August 20th - Oct 24th 2025
Regroup & React
August
Common Threads
Group Exhibition at Island Arts Centre
Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
August 21st - September 13th
Royal School of Needlework Workshops
Masterclasses in needlework
Hillsborough Castle
22 & 23 August
Flax Meitheal Harvest Celebration
A flaxen gathering of community, conversations, education & craic!
An Creagán & Mallon Linen, Co Tyrone
30 & 31 August
Singing Threads: Songs and Stories of Ulster’s Mill Life
Solo Exhibition by Eimear Magee
R-Space Gallery, Lisburn
30 August - 19 September
September
Linen Landscapes
Solo exhibition by Zoë Gibson
Sunburst Gallery, Ards Arts Centre
September 4th - September 27th
European Heritage Open Days
A chance to see inside and learn about some of our most beautifull heritage buildings - here’s a few with linen links!
Various locations
13th September
Dromore Linen Festival
A week-long celebration of Dromore’s rich linen heritage
Various locations across, Dromore
18th - 24th September
Flaxen
Solo exhibition by artist Alice Fox
R-Space Gallery, Lisburn
Sept 27th - Oct 24th
Storytelling with Ceramics
Artist talk with Heidi McKenzie - exploring her practice and family heritage links with linen in Belfast.
Island Arts Centre
11th September 5pm - 6pm
October
Textile Takeover
Discover sustainable textiles at Textile Takeover event - we'll be there, and lots of our freinds too!
Ulster Folk Museam, Cultra
11th October 11am - 4pm
….and more to be added!
Old Belfast and stories from the mills with Sharon Dickson
Storytelling session, part of Lisburn Culture Club
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
4th October 2pm - 3pm
The Linen Biennale is a festival celebrating linen, past, present and future, with initiatives across Northern Ireland by R-Space and other partner organisations. R-Space is supported by the Arts Council Norther Ireland and The Esmé Mitchell Trust supported R-Space’s work for this festival.