History Events in Belfast

Check out happening history events all around Belfast, NI

Through the Wardrobe: Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra Tour: Belfast

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm Fisherwick Presbyterian Church Free

"Well Dressed Hooligans"The Story of the Belfast Suffragettes Walking Tour

 Sun, 24 May at 11:00 am Belfast GBP 21

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

 Fri, 22 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

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

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

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

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

Terror Talks: Eerieland - Ghost Stories of the North of Ireland (National Ghost Hunting Day)

 Sat, 26 Sep at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

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, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm The Empire Music Hall

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

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

BPM

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:30 pm The Brian Friel Theatre GBP 20

Cronos

 Fri, 15 May at 09:00 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

Trailblazing Women of Belfast Tour

 Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm Queen's University Belfast GBP 15

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

 Thu, 04 Jun The Crown Liquor Saloon

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

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm Titanic Museum, Belfast

Balmoral Cemetery walking tour

 Sun, 10 May at 02:00 pm Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast GBP 15

Terror Talks: BTK - The Life & Crimes of Dennis Rader

 Fri, 24 Jul at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

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

 Sat, 11 Jul at 02:00 pm Titanic Museum, Belfast

Millies & Marches : Women of Belfast Walking Tour

 Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am Belfast GBP 21

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

 Sat, 02 May Limelight 2

Brothels, Babies & Old Belfast: Cathedral Quarter Walking Tour

 Sun, 31 May at 11:00 am Albert Memorial Clock GBP 21

Branch Centenary Timings

 Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am 30 Montgomery Road, BT6 9HL

Eighteenth Century Ireland Society Conference 2026 QUB 11-12 June 2026

 Thu, 11 Jun at 10:00 am Queen's University Belfast EUR 18 to 60

Templemore Baths & Victorian Workhouse Heritage Tour

 Tue, 12 May at 11:00 am Templemore Baths Free

The History of the Belfast Workhouse

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am Richview Presbyterian Church Halls GBP 10

Collaborating and Connecting with Natural History: NatSCA 2026 Conference

 Thu, 14 May at 09:00 am Ulster Museum GBP 35 to 75

The Poor House through the Centuries

 Thu, 11 Jun at 02:00 pm Clifton House Free

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

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

Tour of Balmoral Cemetery with Stephen Beggs

 Sat, 20 Jun at 11:00 am Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast GBP 20

'Dead Interesting Women': Friars Bush Graveyard Tour

 Sat, 30 May at 02:00 pm Friar's Bush Graveyard GBP 21

Inaugural Lecture, Olwen Purdue, Professor of Modern Social History

 Fri, 15 May at 05:00 pm Queen's University Belfast, Council Chamber and Canada Room, Lanyon Building Free

The London Irish and London Pride: Identity, Memory and the Citizen Soldier

 Thu, 21 May at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Lunchtime Talk and Tour: Joe Laverty

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

Spotlight Belfast: Tracing the City's Past

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Old Museum Building, 7 College Square, Belfast BT1 6AR

Anne Boleyn: Feminist Icon or Femme Fatale?

 Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am Holywood Arches Library GBP 20

Behind the Door: Stories of the Gate Lodge – Memory Box Workshop

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm Good Shepherd Gate Lodge Free

Voices from the War Memorial: Witness to the Blitz 85 years on

 Thu, 28 May at 01:00 pm 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast, BT3 9, United Kingdom

Piece by Piece: A Shared Roots Mosaic Workshop

 Sun, 24 May at 01:00 pm Good Shepherd Gate Lodge Free

The Day Ulster became Uncle Sam's Stepping-Stone to Berlin

 Thu, 04 Jun at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

CWGC War Graves Week Tours 2026 - Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery

 Sun, 17 May at 11:00 am Dundonald Cemetery Free

Balmoral Cemetery Walking Tour

 Sun, 10 May at 02:00 pm Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast

Talk: 20th Century Irish Fashion and Textiles

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm Botanic Gardens, BT9 5AB Belfast, United Kingdom

Sound Spa Experience @ Templemore Baths Heritage Space

 Thu, 09 Apr Templemore Baths GBP 28

Roisín Higgins, 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

West Belfast Presbyterian Historical Walking Tour

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am Corner of College Square North and Durham Street Free

Hunger, Cholera & Plague-breath: Dealing with Famine Diseases in Belfast

 Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

Material Matters: Textile Knowledge, Sustainability and Fashion Futures in Ireland

 Sat, 30 May at 02:00 pm Ulster Museum, Belfast

Keeper of the Gate: Rosettes & Key Charms Workshop

 Sat, 23 May at 12:00 pm Good Shepherd Gate Lodge Free

Charles Thomson’s Journey from Ulster to America’s Founding

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Difficult Pasts: the Ethics and Aesthetics of Telling Difficult Histories

 Mon, 05 Oct at 04:00 pm Queen's University Belfast Free

Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution

 Thu, 17 Sep at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Bricks and Bone Saws: Hospitals, Philanthropy and Medical Practice in north Belfast

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

Getting Started At PRONI Workshop

 Thu, 21 May Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Belfast’s Molly McNeill: her life and times, 1897-1984

 Mon, 27 Jul at 01:00 pm Clifton House Heritage Centre, 2 North Queen Street, BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

C.S. Lewis Study Tour

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

Turas Na Néireannach Aontaithe “Tús an Phoblachtachais Éireannaigh”

 Wed, 05 Aug at 10:00 am Berry Street Free

House Stark in the Second World War

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

“From Guerrilla War to Government” The Ballymurphy Story Tour

 Mon, 06 Mar at 10:00 am Divismore Way GBP 18 to 20