History Events in Belfast

Check out happening history events all around Belfast, NI

Oscars 2026: Sinners

 Sat, 07 Mar at 06:15 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Anne Cadwallader: Crossing Over, launched by Stephen Rea

 Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm Accidental Theatre Free

The Reggae Brunch - BELFAST - Sat 25 Apr

 Sat, 25 Apr at 01:00 pm Thompsons Garage

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

 Sat, 14 Mar at 02:00 pm The Empire Music Hall

TITANIC HOTEL APRIL MARKET

Sun, 12 Apr at 12:00 pm Titanic Hotel Belfast

National Lottery Open Week: QFT Projection Booth Tour

 Sat, 07 Mar at 11:30 am Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Stand up Comedy in broken English • Victor Patrascan in Belfast

 Tue, 21 Apr at 08:00 pm Oh Yeah Music Centre

DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING WITH BRIAN HENRY MARTIN (AGES: 18-30)

 Sun, 22 Mar at 11:00 am Ulster Museum, Belfast

Visions of Europe: Pompei: Below the Clouds

 Sun, 22 Mar at 05:30 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

The Witches' Way - full-day historical witchcraft coach tour from Belfast

 Tue, 17 Mar at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

History Of House

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

Carl Hardebeck: "The Blind Bard of Belfast"

 Tue, 10 Mar at 06:00 pm Ulster Orchestra Free

The Rest Is History: The Titanic

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Waterfront Hall Auditorium

Black Belfast: Titanic Quarter - horror & true crime walking tour

 Sat, 16 May at 02:00 pm Titanic Museum, Belfast

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

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

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

 Fri, 22 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

Black Belfast: Cathedral Quarter - horror & true crime walking tour

 Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm The Merchant Hotel

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

 Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm The Crown Liquor Saloon

The Dark Side of Friar's Bush - Belfast graveyard walking tour

 Fri, 13 Mar at 11:00 am Friars Bush

Black Belfast: Linen Quarter - horror & true crime walking tour

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm Limelight 2

Belfast Blitz - Stories from the Dockside

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm HMS Caroline

Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable + Q&A

 Sat, 14 Mar at 03:30 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

The Witches' Way - full-day historical witchcraft coach tour from Belfast

 Mon, 25 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

Finding Jane: Fallen Women in Victorian Belfast

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Queen’s University Belfast Medical Biology Centre GBP 0 to 13

Gladiator

 Mon, 30 Mar at 08:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Walled Cities 8: King Frankie + Q&A

 Tue, 10 Mar at 06:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

The Witches' Way - full-day historical witchcraft coach tour from Belfast

 Mon, 04 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

Four Days in July (followed by panel discussion)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 03:00 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

TRUE CRIME MONTH: DOG DAY AFTERNOON

 Wed, 18 Mar at 08:00 pm The Deer's Head Free

Black Belfast: Cathedral Quarter - horror & true crime walking tour

 Sat, 28 Mar at 02:00 pm The Merchant Hotel

Guided Tour of Riddel's Warehouse

 Sat, 28 Mar at 12:00 pm Riddel's Warehouse GBP 0 to 22

Reimagining the Map: Constitutional Change, These Islands, and Europe

 Wed, 25 Mar at 02:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre Free

Belfast and the Partition of Ireland – historical walking tour

 Fri, 27 Mar at 10:30 am Beacon of Hope ('Nuala with the Hula') beside the Queen's Bridge GBP 0 to 17

Walled Cities 8: The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul + Q&A

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

JFTFP26: Conflagration

 Sat, 28 Mar at 03:15 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

DNA Stories Day

 Fri, 27 Mar at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Terror Talks: Eerieland - Ghost Stories of the North of Ireland (World Storytelling Day)

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

Béal Feirste: Belfast - An Audience with Seamus Ó Tuama

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:30 pm Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich GBP 0 to 22

Facets of War: critical voices on contemporary conflicts

 Fri, 27 Mar at 04:00 pm The Graduate School - Room TR6 Free

Third Class - A Titanic Story

 Sat, 28 Mar at 05:00 pm 2-4 Great Victoria St, BT2 7HR Belfast, United Kingdom

In celebration of GREY GARDENS

 Sat, 28 Mar at 08:00 pm Black Box

10 years since EURef: Lessons and Learnings for Northern Ireland

 Mon, 23 Mar at 03:30 pm Belfast Campus, Ulster University Free

Balmoral Cemetery walking tour

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:00 pm Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast GBP 13

Reclaim The Enlightenment: The Trial of John Mitchel

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm First Presbyterian Church GBP 0 to 11

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm The Crown Liquor Saloon

Belfast's Remarkable Women

 Thu, 12 Mar at 01:00 pm 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

The Battle of Algiers

 Sun, 29 Mar at 07:00 pm Sunflower Bar GBP 0 to 9

Sound Spa Experience @ Templemore Baths Heritage Space

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:30 pm Templemore Baths GBP 28

Bookmark Weaving and Tour: Carnegie Oldpark

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:30 am Carnegie Oldpark GBP 0 to 16

A Bomber’s Moon

 Tue, 14 Apr at 12:00 am The Sanctuary Theatre, 1a Castlereagh Street, Belfast

Mary Ann's Poor House Tales - Self Guided Tour of Clifton House

 Sun, 22 Mar at 10:00 am 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

A History of Belfast in 10 Streets

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:00 pm Belfast City Hall GBP 0 to 17

Lambros Fatsis (Policing the beats) - talk, discussion and vinyl set

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:30 pm The Green Room at the Black Box GBP 0 to 8

Painting the Past – Archival Paint by Numbers

 Sat, 07 Mar at 11:00 am Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Reclaim The Enlightenment: Slavery and Racism

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:30 pm First Presbyterian Church Free

Millies & Militants: Women of Belfast Walking Tour

 Sun, 29 Mar at 11:00 am Belfast City Hall GBP 0 to 17

TRUE CRIME MONTH: THE THIN BLUE LINE w/ Shankill Screen

 Thu, 12 Mar at 08:00 pm Vault Artist Studios - Shankill Mission Free

'Roof Over Northern Ireland' by Richard Doherty

 Thu, 26 Mar at 01:00 pm PRONI

Constitutional Visions from the Grassroots with Professor Jennifer Todd

 Thu, 19 Mar at 11:30 am St Comgall's - Ionad Eileen Howell Free

From Mint to Museum: Craft, Design and the Making of Britain and Ireland's Coinage

 Sat, 04 Apr at 01:00 pm Ulster Museum, Belfast

TITANIC NEEDLE FELTING WORKSHOP

 Mon, 13 Apr at 06:30 pm 9 Queens Road, BT3 9DT Belfast, United Kingdom

Clashing Symbols! So where are you really from?

 Mon, 23 Mar at 06:00 pm Grand Central Hotel Belfast - Panorama Suite Free

Roof Over Northern Ireland

 Thu, 26 Mar at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Why are our indigenous languages worth preserving and what is stopping us?

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm Ulster University - Mary Ann McCracken Building Free

Civil War, Foreign Intervention, and International Law

 Wed, 18 Mar at 12:00 pm Senate Room, Queen's University Belfast Free

Discover Belfast’s Welcoming Past – and Imagine Its Future ... walking tour

 Thu, 26 Mar at 01:30 pm Belfast City Hall Free

Getting Started At PRONI Workshop

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Invisible Cultural Policy in America

 Tue, 14 Apr at 05:00 pm McMordie Hall, Music Building, Queen's University Belfast Free

German Air Raids: Destroyed Churches and Lost War Memorials

 Thu, 07 May at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

EHRI-UK Seminar: Holocaust collections at Queen’s University Belfast

 Thu, 23 Apr at 01:00 pm The McClay Library Free

Donegall Pass Walking Tour

 Sat, 21 Feb at 11:00 am 65 Donegall Pass GBP 6

A Centenary of Care Through Film 100 years of the Ancient Monuments Act NI

 Wed, 18 Mar at 01:00 pm 2 Titanic Blvd Free

Workshop: Women's representation in UNTOLD: The Museum

 Sat, 07 Mar at 10:00 am 28 Bedford St Free

Hidden in plain sight? Mapping medieval urban landscapes in Ireland

 Wed, 15 Apr at 01:00 pm 2 Titanic Blvd Free

Meet the Curator event, for A Centenary of Care exhibition

 Wed, 25 Mar at 11:00 am 2 Titanic Blvd Free

Heritage Futures Northern Ireland- Belfast

 Fri, 27 Mar at 11:00 am Church House Free

Alternative Ulstours - Doctor Death: Killer Case of John Bodkin Adams

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm The Limelight 2

German Air Raids: Belfast Civil Defence Services fatalities

 Fri, 17 Apr at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

How to Archive Your Video Content with Northern Ireland Now

 Fri, 20 Mar at 10:30 am PRONI

The NI Wartime Diaries held in the Mass Observation Archive

 Thu, 12 Mar at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Shadows of Light: Victorian Photography Archives in PRONI

 Fri, 03 Apr at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

C.S. Lewis Study Tour

 Sat, 20 Jun at 09:30 am Belfast, Northern Ireland Free

House Stark in the Second World War

 Fri, 29 May at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Restoration of Two Vernacular Cottages - The Owners' Perspectives

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm The Old Museum Building GBP 6 to 15

What is 'glory' to the Greeks, and why can't it be achieved without women?

 Wed, 22 Apr at 01:00 pm Linen Hall Library

Book Launch: Bernard Keenan - Interception

 Fri, 20 Mar at 01:00 pm School of Law, Main Site Tower, QUB (Moot Court - MST.02.006) Free

“Birth of Irish republicanism” The United Irishmen Tour

 Sat, 11 Mar at 10:00 am Berry Street GBP 18 to 20

The Milltown Cemetery Tour

 Tue, 07 Mar at 10:00 am Milltown Cemetery GBP 18 to 20