To mark the return of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to Belfast, we’ve a special tenx9 showcasing two of Ireland’s greatest cultural contributions to the world - storytelling & music. Join us for nine true stories on the theme: Tradition plus a few traditional tunes. However you interpret the theme, get in touch with your true Tradition stories here.
In partnership with our friends at the Integrated Education Fund & as Newry Pride gets underway, tenx9 is returning to the city for nine true stories on the theme Belonging. Got a story? Get in touch here & come join us in Bellini’s.
Almost made it as a movie/pop/footie star? Had an unlikely meeting with a celebrity? However you interpret it, get in touch with your true Claim to Fame stories. Submit your story here.
Tenx9 is teaming up with the Integrated Education Fund to once again bring true stories to Derry/Londonderry & where better than the Nerve Centre. Theme tbc.
We’re delighted to be teaming up with the Greencastle Writers Group for our first event in Inishowen at the amazing Maritime Museum & Planetarium. We’ll have nine true Stories from the Sea. If you’ve got a story to share, get in touch here.
It’s wonderful to be pairing with Belfast Pride Festival again and what better theme than: Pride! Got a personal true story that will go well with the festival idea of “love in all its colours”? Then get in touch here.
We are delighted to be part of Red Sails Festival 2026, bringing you nine true Seaside Stories in Portstewart’s The Anchor. Get in touch with your sandy tales & send your submissions here.
In conjunction with the project Outpouring at Riddel’s Warehouse, we’re teaming up with the organisers for true stories on the theme When I was young… in this unique venue. Who doesn’t have a story from early/earlier years? We’ve all been there! Get in touch here.
As always the event is free but please put your name down here for tickets.
Delighted to be part of the Belfast Photo Festival again. Tell us your true story of New Horizons - they could be tangible or intangible, you decide but be sure to submit at least one photo that accompanies your story.
Tenx9 is returning to Omagh thanks to our lovely friends at the Integrated Education Fund. The theme is Stepping Up. Tell us when you stepped up, or someone stepped up for you. Did you do something to “give back”? We will be in Bogan’s Bar again for nine true stories.
A teacher, a parent / grandparent, lollipop lady - who is or was your HERO? Maybe someone you never even knew! Come & tell us at the Black Box. Submit your true herogram here.
To honour the exhibition Corrymeela: An Unfinished Journey Towards Peace at Belfast’s Linen Hall Library, there will be a special collaboration featuring nine true stories on the theme…. well, what else but Corrymeela.
Nine true stories with Attitude - join us for our evening in partnership with Disability Action. Interpret the theme as you see fit…within reason, obviously. Then submit your stories here.
Delighted to be teaming with the festival of politics & ideas - Imagine! Get in touch with your true stories on the theme: Something New… not borrowed or blue. Submit here.
We’re delighted to be pairing with NI Sci Fest for nine true stories on the theme Directions. Sat Nav disasters, unfoldable paper maps, Hitchcock… interpret as you see fit. Get in touch with your story here.
It’s that time of year when we feel we’ve none of this left… Money. So come tell your true money stories at the first tenx9 of 2026: rich or poor, wastrel or fiscal conservative. Get in touch with your story here.
It comes around every year & yet still gets us in a tizzy! Come along & enjoy nine Christmas stories - better than Dickens, ours are true & we might even have a wee surprise too. Get in touch with your story here.
Come & celebrate Christmas with a difference with nine true festive stories that will make you laugh, cry & believe in Santa all over again. Submit your true story here.
Free as always but be sure to book your tickets here.
Fall is our November theme - what does that bring to mind? Another word for autumn? A gravity induced accident? A moral plummet from the high ground? Make your own mind up & submit your true story here.
Don't forget to join us in Belfast’s Black Box. Always free.
Delighted to be back in Limavady’s Roe Valley Arts Centre to celebrate Hallowe’en with nine true stories. Get in touch with your tale of terror here.
Free as always but be sure to book your tickets via the venue website here.
Join us for nine true stories on the theme Cheers! in the Black Box! Whether it’s positive, negative, funny or tragic get in touch with your stories here.
We are delighted to be back in Derry/Londonderry for Columbafest for nine true stories on the theme Faith. A word that carries so much meaning & weight, how would you interpret it? Free as always but please remember to book your seats here.
Funded by PEACEPLUS in partnership with Derry City and Strabane District Council managed by Special EU Programmes Body.
It’s a local expression meaning… well you decide for yourself. Be as literal or as imaginative as you like but whatever, send your true stories to tenx9 here.
As we cling on to the last balmy days, we want your Summer stories: cruel summer, summer lovin’, easy living, whatever your experience. Get in touch with your true story here.
Join us in the Black Box for an extra tenx9 on the theme America. Still in love with the land of the free? Disillusioned with the home of the brave? Got a great J1 summer story to share? Get in touch at the usual place.
Maybe it’s the smell of smoke in the air in July but the theme for this month is Fire. Get in touch with your true stories & remember interpret as you see fit. Submit your stories here.
We’ve teamed up again with Belfast Photo Festival for nine true stories on the theme Natural. Maybe you tried the nudist beach, maybe you destroyed the garden, maybe you’re unnatural! Whatever your true story, it must have a photo connected. Submit your stories here.
Come & join us for true stories on the theme Plants at a special mini-tenx9 at the Brink! site on Union St. Whether you’re a successful horticulturist or kill every plant you own, get in touch here. Don’t forget to join us for a Sunday afternoon with a difference. Find out more here.
Tenx9 is delighted to be part of Brink Summer Solstice at their site on the Belfast Stories location. This will be a mini-tenx9 offering true stories on the theme Plants. Remember when you thought the weeds were deadly Triffids? Or you killed every house plant you ever owned? Or you rewilded a whole mountain? Get in touch here.
Join us for an evening of confession as we hear nine true stories on the theme Sin. Do you dare to bare your darkest secrets to the tenx9 audience? Of course you do! Submit your true story here.
We’re delighted to partner with the NI Mental Health Arts Festival for nine true stories on the theme: MIND. Get in touch with your stories here & please note the venue, one that’s new to us. Register for your FREE tickets here. Can’t wait!
It’s St George’s Day so why not a collection of true stories on the theme English? Maybe it’s a story set in England or peopled by English or learning English. You decide. Get in touch as ever here.
The tangled issue of Class is our theme for March. Have you a story of snobbery, wealth or just school! Maybe even something/one in your life who was “class”. Interpret in your own way & get in touch with your true story here.
Channel your inner boffin with your Chemistry story - gassy disaster in class? Romance in a lab coat? You decide. Get in touch with your story here.
Such a delight to again be part of Out to Lunch for our first tenx9 of 2025 & our theme is Moving - moving in, moving out, emotionally moving? You decide. Get in touch with your true stories here.
