History Events in Belfast

Check out happening history events all around Belfast, NI

Anne Cadwallader: Crossing Over, launched by Stephen Rea

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

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

 Fri, 30 Jan at 11:00 am Friars Bush

✨🔭 NI Science Festival - Stargazing at HMS Caroline

 Fri, 20 Feb at 06:00 pm Alexandra Dock, Queens Road, BT3 9 Belfast, United Kingdom

NISF X LUMI: Silkwood

 Thu, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Terror Talks: Wolfland - Wolves & Werewolves of Ireland

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

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

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

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm The Crown Liquor Saloon

Who Did What Now Live in Belfast!

 Sun, 01 Feb at 08:00 pm Sunflower Public House GBP 12 to 16

From Grey Wolves to Grey Squirrels

 Sat, 14 Feb at 02:00 pm Ulster Museum, Belfast

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

Reclaim The Enlightenment presents an Alternative Burns Night 2025

 Sun, 25 Jan at 07:00 pm The Deer's Head Free

Facets of War: critical voices on contemporary conflicts

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

NT Live: The Audience

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm The Crown Liquor Saloon

Friars Bush Graveyard Winter 25/26 Saturdays 11am Cemetery Tour

 Sat, 24 Jan at 11:00 am Friars Bush Graveyard

Belfast Blitz Cathedral Quarter Walking Tour

 Fri, 06 Feb at 02:00 pm Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum Free

Terror Talks: Eerieland - Ghost Stories of the North of Ireland

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

Bookmark Weaving and Tour: Carnegie Oldpark

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

Guided Tour of Riddel's Warehouse

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

Ancient Egyptian Lives – As Revealed by Modern Science

 Tue, 10 Feb at 06:30 pm Elmwood Hall

Roof Over Northern Ireland

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

Third Class - A Titanic Story

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

Béal Feirste: Belfast - An Audience with Seamus Ó Tuama

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

A History of Belfast in 10 Streets

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

Joe Guinan in conversation with Seán Byers

 Sat, 31 Jan at 01:45 pm Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich Free

Reclaim The Enlightenment: The Trial of John Mitchel

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

Brothels, Babies & Old Belfast: Cathedral Quarter Walking Tour

 Sun, 25 Jan at 11:00 am 17 Queen's Square,Belfast,BT1 3FF,GB

Heritage Futures Northern Ireland- Belfast

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

Look North - Library Tour and Bookmark Weaving Session

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm Carnegie Oldpark

UNTOLD: Co-Design and the Making of a Museum

 Fri, 30 Jan at 04:00 pm HAPP Seminar Room (27UQ/01/003), 27 University Square, Queen's University Belfast Free

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

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

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

Conference on Ulster Plantation

 Thu, 12 Feb at 11:00 am Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Stand up Comedy in broken English • Victor Patrascan in Belfast

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

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

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

Comings and Goings: A Talk, Film and Discussion on the Poetry of Pádraic Fiacc

 Sat, 28 Feb at 12:00 pm Belfast Jesuit Centre

Wrens, WAAF and wardens: women during the war

 Tue, 17 Feb at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

NI Science Fest Talk - From ship’s galley to family kitchen: How food defined the First World War.

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:00 pm Alexandra Dock, Queens Road, BT3 9 Belfast, United Kingdom

Belfast's Rebel Harp

 Fri, 20 Feb at 08:00 pm The Harrison Chambers of Distinction GBP 22

German Air Raids: Belfast Civil Defence Services fatalities

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

Clashing Symbols! So where are you really from?

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

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

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

Reclaim The Enlightenment: Slavery and Racism

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

NI Science Fest Talk - Powering the First World War: HMS Caroline Engine Room Talk and Tour

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:00 pm Alexandra Dock, Queens Road, BT3 9 Belfast, United Kingdom

Walking Tour: Black Belfast: Cathedral Quarter - Horror and True Crime

Sun, 01 Mar at 02:00 pm Merchant Hotel Belfast

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

Look North Walking Tour: "Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History": Women in North Belfast

Fri, 27 Feb at 11:00 am St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

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

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

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

The Stained Glass Art of the Harry Clarke Studio

 Sun, 01 Mar at 02:00 pm St. Malachy's College

Ruin to Revival

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

German Air Raids: Destroyed Churches and Lost War Memorials

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

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

 Tue, 17 Mar at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

Hidden in plain sight? Mapping medieval urban landscapes in Ireland

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

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

 Mon, 25 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

C.S. Lewis Study Tour

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

May Morton - Phantom Poet

 Sat, 28 Feb at 03:00 pm Frederick Street Quakers

Friars Bush Graveyard Fridays & Saturdays Cemetery Tour

 Fri, 14 Mar at 11:00 am Friars Bush Graveyard

“Birth of Irish republicanism” The United Irishmen Tour

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

Friars Bush Graveyard Fridays & Saturdays Cemetery Tour

 Fri, 14 Mar at 11:00 am Friars Bush Graveyard

Unearthing the Roman roots of contemporary emergency powers in Latin America

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:45 pm 27 University Square, QUB, 01/003

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