Accidental Theatre is a snug and kooky little arts theatre in the city center that hosts comedy, music, theatre and dance. Brilliant Corners 2023 was no exception.īC 2023 began in a new venue for the festival. Nearly every gig saw musicians praise MOM, drawing applause from appreciative audiences who have come to know, at gigs throughout the yearand down the yearsthat MOM is synonymous with great music. Binker Golding said as much during his setwhere he certainly held nothing backon the final evening. This translates into happy musicians who give their all on stage. That could mean the mundane stuff like sourcing a particular cymbal or acoustic guitar, but it also means taking jet-lagged musicians on a walk to the top of Cave Hill to clear their heads and gaze down on Belfast in all its glory.
It is not just MOM's enlightened programming, but the care and respect with which it treats the musicians. A number of musicians paid glowing tribute to MOM from the stage, with Alexander Hawkins hitting the mark when he described Belfast's veteran music promotors as "a real beacon of creativity." Promoters Moving On Music, however, have seen it all before in 27 years of putting on gigs, and its team rose to every challenge. Heavy snow threatened to disrupt proceedings, while industrial action in France threw a slight spanner in the works. As ever, the main venue was Black Box, where audiences were treated to the best of Irish, British, European and North American jazz and improvised music. One of the highlights of Belfast's music calendar, Brilliant Corners' eleventh annual shindig served up thirteen concerts over nine days.
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