# Event Details - **Event Name**: A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 09:30 pm - **Event Description**: Tickets: £6/ Doors 7pm Wind down on a Sunday night with some music and poetry in Seatons of Sailortown! BOSSA NOVA BLUE Meabh Cormacain and Paul Webster reinterpret the songs of Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Joao Gilberto. They play traditional Brazilian melodies and familiar songs with a bossa twist across voice, violin and guitar bringing a passion and authenticity rarely found outside of Brazil. Bossa Nova is the melancholy samba jazz of 1950s and 60s Rio de Janeiro. The sea, sun, sand and exquisite longing for love were captured by poets and musicians who made their home in the beaches and mountains of the ‘cidade maravilhosa’. When living in Brazil Meabh was exposed to the rhythmic maracatu and frevo of the Northeast and the traditional chorinho, but it was bossa nova that followed her home to Northern Ireland. Paul progressed through rock, blues and folk into classical and jazz then branched out into playing bass, mandolin and piano with the Corncrakes, Katalizt and Gunderman before falling for the chill vibes of Rio. MACHA PRESS POETS Susanna Galbraith is a poet from Belfast. She has a particular interest in areas where literature and visual art overlap and interact. She is an editor of Abridged magazine. Her poems and essays have been published widely and she has received several Arts Council of Northern Ireland awards. Her debut collection, Morsels, was launched in 2025. Máighréad Medbh is a poet with nine published books and a reputation for compelling performance. Since her debut with Blackstaff Press in 1990, she has performed widely in Ireland, Europe, the UK and US. She works mostly in long-form sequences and her ecological verse novel, Parvit of Agelast was shortlisted for the 2017 Pigott Prize. Macha Press is an all-island poetry publisher founded in 2024. We are a not-for profit collective, and all income generated by sales and fees to editors goes back into the press. We publish two books per year, one by an emerging poet and one by an established poet. The twin aims of Macha Press are to publish poetry by marginalised voices, including work that is innovative, hybrid and intercultural, and to promote the visibility and dissemination of underrepresented poetries to a wider audience. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/belfast/a-night-of-music-and-poetry-bossa-nova-blue-and-macha-press-poets/200029448133641 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 5 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Belfast - **state**: NI - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Seatons of Sailortown - **lat**: 54.608698483282 - **long**: -5.9205043315887 - **full address**: Seatons of Sailortown, 57 Dock Street,Belfast, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/93929a8429de17bc9efd8485d006b484aa5fde39376082c30f050f9fe7432006-rimg-w604-h260-dc291c13-gmir?v=1768854130 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets being held? - **A:** A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets takes place on Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 09:30 pm at Seatons of Sailortown, 57 Dock Street,Belfast, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets? - **A:** A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets is organized by Look North - North Belfast Festival. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Belfast, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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