Arts events in Belfast

Check out happening arts events all around Belfast, NI

Belsonic Festival

 Fri, 12 Jun at 11:00 am Ormeau Park Belfast, Ireland

AVA Festival

 Fri, 29 May at 11:00 am Titanic Slipways

The Official Belfast Freshers Gold Access 2026 - All 5 Annual Events Included

 Sun, 13 Sep at 08:00 pm Multiple Venues in Belfast

AVA Belfast 2026

 Fri, 29 May at 01:00 pm Belfast, Northern Ireland

OFFICIAL RACES AFTER PARTY - BELFAST BLOCK PARTY

 Mon, 04 May at 09:00 pm Common Market

Belfast Freshers Welcome Week 2026 🎓 - UK Largest Freshers Events - Sold out 10 years Running 🏆

 Sun, 13 Sep at 09:30 pm The Botanic Inn

The Room + Greg Sestero Q&A

 Sat, 25 Apr at 08:30 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Belfast: David Nihill at the The Mac Theatre

Thu, 21 May at 07:30 pm The Mac Theatre Belfast

Loyle Carner in Belfast

 Thu, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm Boucher Road Playing Fields

Belfast Cocktail Week 2026

 Fri, 17 Apr at 09:00 am Various Venues

Lasgo, Tina Cousins, Ultrabeat, Lange, Micky Modelle, Kelly Llorenna in Belfast

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm Custom House Square Belfast

Craig Charles

 Sat, 09 May at 08:00 pm Mandela Hall

May Day Belfast Student Races 2026 - QUB V UNI ULSTER

 Mon, 04 May at 10:00 am Down Royal

Emerge Music Festival Belfast

 Sun, 30 Aug at 11:00 am Boucher Road Playing Fields

Kate Rusby Live at Belfast CQAF

 Sat, 02 May at 08:00 pm The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein in Belfast

 Wed, 17 Jun at 08:00 pm Waterfront Hall

MayFest: ECLECTIC LOVE ‘26 Belfast - Club Classics Festival Live @ CHSQ

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm Custom House Square Belfast

Beth Orton

 Sun, 03 May at 08:00 pm Carlisle Memorial Church

Max Cooper – 3D/AV Live

 Fri, 01 May at 08:00 pm Mandela Hall

Ireland's Strongest Man 2026

 Mon, 04 May at 01:00 pm Crumlin Road Gaol

Chris Norman in Belfast

 Sun, 06 Sep at 08:00 pm Waterfront Hall

Indie Discoteque (Belfast)

 Fri, 01 May at 09:00 pm Limelight

Motown Day Party: Belfast ✨

 Sat, 30 May at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

Belfast Barber Bash - Barber Culture, Education & Socialising

 Sun, 07 Jun at 01:30 pm Banana Block GBP 33

Akira

 Sun, 26 Apr at 08:10 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Belfast Hoop Gathering

 Sat, 09 May at 09:00 am Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Belfast Anime & Gaming Con 2026

 Sat, 25 Jul at 11:00 am Crowne Plaza Belfast, an IHG Hotel GBP 17 to 33

70s Day Disco: Belfast 🌟

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships 2026

 Sat, 13 Jun at 08:30 am Grove Park Playing Fields GBP 9 to 28

Playroom Mondays at Kremlin - Race Day After Party 🐴 £1 Entry & £3.50 Drinks 🐻

 Mon, 04 May at 09:00 pm Kremlin

Hawthorne Heights in Belfast

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Voodoo

Pride and Prejudice... and 80's Hits!

 Thu, 07 May at 07:30 pm Waterfront Hall

C-ABBA-ERET

 Fri, 01 May at 04:00 pm 38-44 Upper Arthur Street, BT1 4GH Belfast, United Kingdom

SMALLTOWN BOY - Tribute to Jimmy Somerville

 Sat, 02 May at 08:00 pm Belfast Empire Music Hall GBP 18

Belfast Design Week 2026

 Fri, 01 May at 10:00 am Belfast (Various)

Hayao Miyazaki's Dreams by Mystery Ensemble

 Sat, 23 May at 06:30 pm Waterfront Hall & Ulster Hall

Sound Advice: After Hours W/ TORNADO WALLACE

 Sat, 25 Apr at 09:45 pm Ulster Sports Club

Heated Rivalry Club (Belfast) - Night 3

 Fri, 22 May at 09:00 pm Limelight

Seshioke® Grease v Dirty Dancing / Belfast

Sat, 23 May at 04:00 pm The Botanic Inn

The Unthanks

 Thu, 30 Apr at 08:00 pm The Belfast Empire

Mamma Mia Belfast

Sat, 27 Jun at 03:00 pm Alibi

Eddi Reader in Belfast

 Fri, 25 Sep at 08:00 pm Mandela Hall

90s Garden Day Party: Belfast 🌿

 Sat, 27 Jun at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

The Reggae Brunch - BELFAST - Sat 25 Apr

 Sat, 25 Apr at 01:00 pm Thompsons Garage

ALIBI 80s v 90s

Sat, 25 Apr at 03:00 pm Alibi

Blood Rave 30/5/26

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 pm The Beehive Belfast GBP 11

A Certain Ratio

Fri, 08 May at 08:00 pm Black Box

Belfast Coffee Festival 2026

 Sat, 03 Oct at 08:00 am Carlisle Memorial

Robert Finley in Belfast

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Belfast Empire Music Hall

Twitch - Erol Alkan b2b Wallace

 Sat, 02 May at 10:00 pm Ulster Sports Club

Arborist (Mark McCambridge)

 Fri, 01 May at 08:00 pm The Harrison Chambers of Distinction GBP 17

BIFF to the Future

 Fri, 01 May at 07:45 pm The Mac Theatre Belfast

ART CLUB | MAY

 Fri, 01 May at 10:00 pm Sixty6

Museum Late: Fashionably Late

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Ulster Museum, Belfast

Old Skool Rave Day Party: Belfast 🙂

 Sat, 18 Jul at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

MISSIO in Belfast

 Sat, 12 Sep at 06:00 pm Ulster Sports Club

The Night Institute presents: David Holmes: Bank Holiday Special

 Sat, 02 May at 08:00 pm Shorts Sports And Recreational Club

Seshioke® Grease v Dirty Dancing

Sat, 09 May at 03:00 pm Alibi

Thursday | Singles Cocktail Night | Belfast

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Haymarket Belfast

Tigirlily Gold in Belfast

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Waterfront Hall

Guy Davis

 Thu, 07 May at 08:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

"DEJA VU" Pure Old SKool

 Sat, 27 Jun at 05:00 pm Liquid / Lava Lounge Belfast

Glasshouse perform Sigur Rós

 Fri, 08 May at 08:00 pm Rosemary Presbyterian Church

History Of House

 Sun, 03 May at 08:00 pm The Deer's Head GBP 15

Ska Day Party: Belfast 🎺

 Sat, 09 May at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

Official Belfast Student Races Afterparty @ Kremlin

 Mon, 04 May at 09:00 pm Kremlin

Trance Day Party: Belfast 🔊

 Sat, 29 Aug at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

Dead Goat: Album Launch

 Sun, 10 May at 02:00 pm Black Box

Reggae Day Party: Belfast 🌴

 Sat, 25 Jul at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

Black Belfast: Queen's Quarter - horror & true crime walking tour

 Sat, 09 May at 02:00 pm The Empire Music Hall

Cerys Hafana

 Sat, 02 May at 07:30 pm Duncairn Cultural Arts Centre

Phantoms of the Popera

 Sun, 28 Jun at 07:30 pm Grand Opera House Belfast

National Drawing Day

Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am Ulster Museum, Belfast

Alana Henderson

 Sun, 10 May at 02:00 pm The Deer's Head

Wilfie & John McCullough

 Sun, 26 Apr at 02:00 pm The American Bar

Terror Talks: Vaimpír - Ireland's Dracula Story (World Dracula Day)

 Tue, 26 May at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

Preview: Rose of Nevada + director Q&A

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Colin Stafford-Johnson | In Conversation

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm Ulster Museum, Belfast

Heavy Metal Day Party: Belfast 🔥

 Sat, 01 Aug at 02:00 pm The Botanic Inn

Glow in the Dark Sip and paint party ( Belfast )

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm The Botanic Inn GBP 31 to 255

Africa Day celebration

 Sat, 06 Jun at 01:00 pm City Hall Free

Eastside Electronics By Night 2026

 Sat, 25 Jul at 10:00 pm Banana Block

Junior Brother

 Wed, 06 May at 08:00 pm Ulster Sports Club

Classical Adventures: Prokofiev and Mozart

Fri, 01 May at 07:45 pm Ulster Hall

Troubled

 Sat, 02 May at 01:00 pm The Mac Theatre Belfast

Framer Mastery Workshop in Belfast

 Tue, 21 Apr at 09:00 am BT1 4GA GBP 269 to 469

Country Day Party: Belfast 🤠

 Sat, 10 Oct at 03:00 pm The Botanic Inn

Jon Gomm in Belfast

 Sat, 12 Sep at 08:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Shock Treatment - A Punk Legacy Reborn

 Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm The American Bar

Sausage Sodas & Onion Bhajis

 Fri, 08 May at 07:30 pm 2-4 Great Victoria St, BT2 7HR Belfast, United Kingdom

NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Bailingo - Belfast's first ever Latin Bingo event

 Sun, 03 May at 05:30 pm Belfast

The Irish Rock Tribute Show

 Sat, 16 May at 07:30 pm 94 Belvoir Drive, BT8 7DJ Belfast, United Kingdom

NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

The Body Bus - full-day historical body snatching coach tour from Belfast

 Fri, 22 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTH BELFAST FOODBANK)

 Sun, 31 May at 03:00 pm Ulster Museum, Belfast

Black Belfast: Queen's Quarter - horror & true crime walking tour

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:00 pm The Empire Music Hall

MAN WOMAN CHAINSAW

 Sat, 19 Sep at 06:30 pm Ulster Sports Club GBP 19

DIVAS DAYTIME SUMMER CABARET WITH CHER & LADY GAGA

 Sat, 27 Jun at 12:30 pm 38-44 Upper Arthur Street, BT1 4GH Belfast, United Kingdom

The McCosh Lecture - Professor Katharine Hayhoe

 Wed, 06 May at 02:30 pm Queen's University Belfast, Council Chamber and Canada Room, Lanyon Building Free