Festivals in Belfast

Check out happening festivals events all around Belfast, NI

Zach Bryan at Boucher Road Playing Fields

 Tue, 23 Jun at 05:00 pm Boucher Road Playing Fields

Belsonic Festival

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

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

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

Mela Day

 Sun, 30 Aug at 12:00 pm Botanic Gardens GBP 10 to 27

Emerge Music Festival Belfast

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

Official Belfast Returners Freshers week 2026 - For 2nd, 3rd & 4th Year Students!

 Sun, 13 Sep at 08:00 pm Multiple Venues in Belfast including Kremlin, Ollies & many more

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

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

⚠️ SALE 20% OFF - Belfast Freshers Welcome Week 2026 🎓 - Presented by FOOTASYLUM - UK Largest Freshers Events - Sold out 10 years Running 🏆

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

Restricted, Basswell, Black Traffic, Negitiv, Vieze Asbak, Winson, blk. in Belfast

 Sat, 29 Aug at 05:00 pm Boucher Road Playing Fields

Night Market Sailortown

 Fri, 05 Jun at 05:00 pm Clarendon Dock, Belfast, BT3 9, United Kingdom

Emerge 2026 - Sunday Day Tickets - blk.

Sun, 30 Aug at 04:00 pm Boucher Playing Fields

Belfast Big Freshers Icebreaker - UK Largest Freshers Events - Sold Out 10 Years Running 🏆

 Mon, 14 Sep at 09:00 pm The Botanic Inn

The Belfast International Tattoo

 Sat, 05 Sep at 08:00 pm The SSE Arena, Belfast

United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships 2026

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

The Saw Doctors - Feile 2026

 Fri, 07 Aug at 06:00 pm Falls Park

Emerge 2026 - Saturday Day Tickets - Hannah Laing

 Sat, 29 Aug at 04:00 pm Boucher Playing Fields

Belfast TradFest Summer School 2026

 Mon, 27 Jul at 08:00 am Ulster University GBP 159

The Farmer's Bash

 Fri, 12 Jun at 05:30 pm Ormeau Park

Emerge 2026 - Weekend Tickets

 Sat, 29 Aug at 12:00 am Boucher Playing Fields

A History Of House Presents David Holmes

 Sun, 30 Aug at 08:00 pm The Deer's Head GBP 18

ABBA Day Party: Belfast 💃🕺

 Sat, 19 Sep at 03:00 pm The Botanic Inn

SOLAS - Live at Mandela Hall

 Fri, 31 Jul at 07:30 pm Mandela Hall

70s Day Disco: Belfast 🌟

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

FLOOK + Special Guests: An Chéad Ghlúin Eile

 Sat, 01 Aug at 07:30 pm Mandela Hall

Marching Band Showcase Festival

Thu, 06 Aug at 07:00 pm Titanic Slipway

Steelworks

 Sat, 27 Jun at 01:00 pm Titanic Distillers

80's Day Disco: Belfast 🪩

 Sat, 15 Aug at 03:00 pm The Botanic Inn

Old Skool Rave Day Party: Belfast 🙂

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

"DEJA VU" Pure Old SKool

 Sat, 27 Jun at 04:00 pm Liquid / Lava Lounge Belfast

THE DRUIDS - FLEADH BELFAST 2026

 Mon, 03 Aug at 07:30 pm 42 Botanic Avenue, BT7 1JQ Belfast, United Kingdom

90s Garden Day Party: Belfast 🌿

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

The Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines Scotland

 Thu, 08 Oct at 07:30 pm Waterfront Hall & Ulster Hall

Sailortown Festival Speciality Market

Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am Clarendon Dock, Belfast

Belfast Coffee Festival 2026

 Sat, 03 Oct at 08:00 am Carlisle Memorial

Africa Day celebration

 Sat, 06 Jun at 01:00 pm City Hall GBP 0 to 4

Festival of Play 2026 - Belfast

 Thu, 18 Jun at 09:30 am Stranmillis University College GBP 0 to 50

Reggae Day Party: Belfast 🌴

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

JOHN CRAIGIE

 Sat, 10 Oct at 08:00 pm The Deer's Head GBP 19

The Mark Braidner Blues Band // Laura Henderson & Gareth Hughes 

 Sun, 28 Jun at 11:30 am The Belfast Barge

Taste the Summer @ The Perch Rooftop Bar

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:00 pm The Perch Rooftop Bar EUR 17

Ceilidh @ The Crum — First Friday Ceilidh Nights

 Fri, 04 Sep at 08:00 pm Crumlin Road Gaol Visitor Attraction and Conference Centre GBP 17

30+ Club Festival

 Sat, 20 Jun at 06:00 pm Custom House Square Belfast

Trance Day Party: Belfast 🔊

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

Anthony Toner

 Sat, 27 Jun at 12:30 pm The Belfast Barge

The Deep Strikes // Tom Gee

 Fri, 26 Jun at 06:30 pm The Belfast Barge

Share a Suite - the Belfast International Tattoo

 Sat, 05 Sep at 12:30 pm The SSE Arena, Belfast

Heavy Metal Day Party: Belfast 🔥

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

Trans Pride Fundraiser Fest 2026

 Sat, 01 Aug at 03:00 pm Oh Yeah Music Centre GBP 12

HALLOWEEN BURLESQUE GOTHIC BALL

 Sat, 31 Oct at 12:30 pm 38-44 Upper Arthur Street, BT1 4GH Belfast, United Kingdom

Windborne

 Fri, 07 Aug at 07:30 pm St Comgall's - Ionad Eileen Howell GBP 18 to 25

Ryan McMullan - Fleadh 2026

 Thu, 06 Aug at 07:00 pm Empire Music Hall

R&B Fest Summer Garden Party - Belfast

 Sat, 08 Aug at 01:00 pm The Tipsy Bird GBP 25

Reckless Raves: OVERLOAD 001

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:00 pm Thompsons

ALBOMINATION FEST II

 Sat, 13 Jun at 07:30 pm The Union Bar GBP 8

Written to be Read Quickly by Andy White

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

NI Rave Run

 Mon, 08 Jun at 09:00 pm Belfast City Hall GBP 10

CINEMAGIC YOUNG CONSULTANTS (12-14 YR OLDS) 2-DAY MOVIE SUMMER SCHEME

 Tue, 21 Jul at 10:00 am Ulster Museum, Belfast

Crypt of the Riff Festival XIII

 Fri, 03 Jul at 08:00 pm Voodoo GBP 17 to 28

The Keith Doran Band // Mark Braidner (Solo)

 Sat, 27 Jun at 06:30 pm The Belfast Barge

Breastival 2026

 Sat, 01 Aug at 12:00 pm Drumglass Park Free

Filter Championships 2026 - Northern Irish Heat

 Sat, 03 Oct at 08:00 am Carlisle Memorial

Ska Day Party: Belfast 🎺

 Sat, 21 Nov at 03:00 pm The Botanic Inn

August 7th: Fleadh Special: Markus Strothmann's Emerald

 Fri, 07 Aug at 09:00 pm 1 Sandown Road, Ballyhackamore, BT5 6GT Belfast, United Kingdom

Colour Procession at Mela Carnival 2026

 Sat, 22 Aug at 12:00 pm Writers Square Free

Soultrane Festival

 Sat, 19 Sep at 06:00 pm Mandela Hall

Smorgasbord Pres. Dying Wish - Voodoo Belfast - 9th July 2026

 Thu, 09 Jul at 08:00 pm Voodoo Belfast

Barry Kerr, Pauline Scanlon & Gerry O'Beirne + Cuas

 Wed, 29 Jul at 07:30 pm The Empire Music Hall

Rip It Up: Rave Culture: A New Era

 Sat, 13 Jun at 06:20 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Is the Camera Obsolete?

 Wed, 10 Jun at 01:00 pm Belfast Exposed Photography Free

Anthony Toner Plays James Taylor

 Sun, 05 Jul at 02:00 pm The American Bar

Karl Devlin // Chris Chalmers // Lonesome Pete

 Sun, 28 Jun at 06:30 pm The Belfast Barge

A Farther Shore

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:30 pm The Sanctuary Theatre, 1a Castlereagh Street, BT5 4NE Belfast, United Kingdom

Family Workshop: The Push and Pull – Making Together

 Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am 11-13 Bloomfield Avenue, BT5 5AA Belfast, United Kingdom

Miller Campbell

 Wed, 29 Jul at 08:00 pm The Harrison Chambers of Distinction GBP 17

The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival

 Fri, 25 Sep at 07:00 pm Waterfront Hall Auditorium

June 26th: Lee Meehan Organ Trio

 Fri, 26 Jun at 09:00 pm 1 Sandown Road, Ballyhackamore, Belfast

Brigade Loco + Añube – Live at Voodoo Belfast

 Fri, 11 Sep at 06:30 pm Voodoo GBP 17

Public Images, Private Lives

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:00 pm Ulster Museum Free

Lunchtime Talk and Tour: Joe Laverty

 Wed, 24 Jun at 01:00 pm Saint Annes Square, Belfast Free

Sound Experience @ Templemore Baths Heritage Space

 Sun, 02 Aug at 03:00 pm Templemore Baths GBP 28

Wee Taste of Ormeau - Sunday brunch edition 🍳

 Sun, 24 May 232 Ormeau Road, Belfast, BT7 2, United Kingdom

Wee Taste of East Belfast

 Sat, 20 Jun at 01:00 pm St Donards Parish Centre

WellFest Belfast 2026

 Sat, 12 Sep at 09:30 am Ormeau Park

Old Crows Promotions Presents: GazeFest

 Sat, 29 Aug at 02:00 pm Oh Yeah Music Centre GBP 17 to 22

East Belfast themed tour

 Sat, 01 Aug at 02:00 pm Friar's Bush Graveyard GBP 17

Flavour Fest 4

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 pm 146 Belmont Circular Road

Belfast Learning Festival 2026

 Wed, 10 Jun at 11:00 am Belfast Met - E3 Building Free

The Electric Age

 Sat, 25 Jul at 07:00 pm The Belfast Barge

Circus Workshop

 Tue, 18 Aug at 10:00 am 2-4 Great Victoria St, BT2 7HR Belfast, United Kingdom

Woodvale Cricket Club

 Sun, 21 Jun at 01:00 pm Ballygomartin Road, Belfast

Digital Art Workshop

 Tue, 18 Aug at 10:00 am 2-4 Great Victoria St, BT2 7HR Belfast, United Kingdom

Sunday Workshop Intensive: Salsa with Santee Hernadez & Giorgina Sarria

Sun, 21 Jun at 03:00 pm Social Dance Academy Belfast

Wee Taste of Ballyhackamore

 Sat, 23 May Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church

Madams Last Discovery: Homecoming

 Fri, 14 Aug at 08:00 pm 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, BT2 7DB Belfast, United Kingdom

5 Lesbians Eating A quiche

 Thu, 16 Jul at 07:30 pm 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, BT2 7DB Belfast, United Kingdom

Poor House through the Centuries - Belfast Learning Festival (free event)

 Thu, 11 Jun at 02:00 pm 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

Skyway Man & Andy Jenkins

 Fri, 26 Jun at 08:00 pm The Harrison Chambers of Distinction GBP 17

Eminent Authors - An Exhibition by Neil Shawcross

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:00 pm 70 Bloomfield Avenue, BT5 5AE Belfast, United Kingdom

Watercolour Mixed Media Painting

 Tue, 18 Aug at 01:00 pm 2-4 Great Victoria St, BT2 7HR Belfast, United Kingdom

Belfast Playwrights - Two-Day Playwriting Workshop

 Fri, 03 Jul at 10:00 am 23 Fountain St GBP 60