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

✨🔭 NI Science Festival - Stargazing at HMS Caroline

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

Anne Cadwallader: Crossing Over, launched by Stephen Rea

 Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm Accidental Theatre 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

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

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

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

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

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

History Of House

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

'Blue Lights' Location Walking Tour

 Sun, 01 Mar at 02:00 pm Belfast City Hall GBP 17

The Rest Is History: The Titanic

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

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

 Sat, 14 Mar 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: Queen's Quarter - horror & true crime walking tour

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

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

Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable + Q&A

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

Look North - Library Tour and Bookmark Weaving Session

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm Carnegie Oldpark

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

 Mon, 25 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

Walled Cities 8: King Frankie + Q&A

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

Bridges to China Spring Festival Launch

 Sun, 01 Mar at 01:00 pm Ulster Museum Free

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

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

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

 Mon, 04 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

TRUE CRIME MONTH: DOG DAY AFTERNOON

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

Bookmark Weaving and Tour: Carnegie Oldpark

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

V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death

 Sun, 15 Feb at 07:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Belfast's Rebel Harp

 Fri, 20 Feb at 07:45 pm The Harrison belfast

Mary Ann’s Poor House Tales: Clifton House Self-Guided Audio and AR Tour Experience

 Sun, 01 Mar at 10:15 am Clifton House, Belfast, BT15 1, United Kingdom

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

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

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

JFTFP26: Conflagration

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

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

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

A History of Belfast in 10 Streets

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

Balmoral Cemetery walking tour

 Sun, 22 Feb at 02:00 pm Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast GBP 13

DNA Stories Day

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

NT Live: The Audience

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

Mairéad Farell 38th Anniversary Fundraiser

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:30 pm Felons Club GBP 12

Béal Feirste: Belfast - An Audience with Seamus Ó Tuama

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

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

Third Class - A Titanic Story

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

Facets of War: critical voices on contemporary conflicts

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

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

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

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality

 Sun, 22 Feb at 02:00 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

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

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

NI Science Festival 2026: 'Wrens, WAAF, and Wardens: Women during the War' by Dr Robyn Atcheson

 Tue, 17 Feb at 01:00 pm PRONI

The Battle of Algiers

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

Reclaim The Enlightenment: The Trial of John Mitchel

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

Mapping Ireland: Joe Mahon in conversation with Keith Lilley & Frances Kane

 Sat, 21 Feb at 03:00 pm Ulster Museum, Belfast

Sound Spa Experience @ Templemore Baths Heritage Space

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

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

Spirits of Belfast - historical ghost walking tour

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

Bród Film Club: MILK

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Kitsch Sisters Studio GBP 9

A Bomber’s Moon

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

Donegall Pass Walking Tour

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

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

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

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

Transport Number Four – Vienna 1941 By DfC Engaged Communities Group Follow

 Thu, 05 Mar at 02:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Mary Ann's Poor House Tales - Part of Look North! Festival

 Sun, 01 Mar at 10:00 am 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

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

 Tue, 17 Mar at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

Clashing Symbols! So where are you really from?

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

Wrens, WAAF and wardens: women during the war

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

Pizza and Public History Masterclass

 Wed, 18 Feb at 03:30 pm Queen's University Belfast Free

'Roof Over Northern Ireland' by Richard Doherty

 Thu, 26 Mar at 01:00 pm PRONI

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

TITANIC NEEDLE FELTING WORKSHOP

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

In celebration of GREY GARDENS

 Sat, 28 Mar at 08:00 pm The Black Box GBP 0 to 13

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

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

Look North Walking Tour: North Belfast Heritage Cluster

 Fri, 27 Feb at 09:30 am St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

Exhibition, A Centenary of Care: 100 years of the Ancient Monuments Act NI

 Wed, 25 Feb at 10:30 am 2 Titanic Blvd Free

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

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

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

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

Civil War, Foreign Intervention, and International Law

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

Getting Started At PRONI Workshop

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

‘I hope the Defenders have rallied to you’: The United Irishmen, Defenders and Popular Loyalism

 Tue, 24 Feb at 01:00 pm 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom

Shock (1946) | Screening

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Sunflower Public House GBP 4

German Air Raids: Destroyed Churches and Lost War Memorials

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

Ruin to Revival

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

The Stained Glass Art of the Harry Clarke Studio

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

Public History in a Divided Nation: Promise and Pitfalls of Interpretation

 Thu, 19 Feb at 12:00 pm HAPP Seminar Room (27UQ/01/003), 27 University Square, Queen's University Belfast Free

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

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

Heritage Futures Northern Ireland- Belfast

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

Meet the Curator event, for A Centenary of Care exhibition

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

Hidden in plain sight? Mapping medieval urban landscapes in Ireland

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

German Air Raids: Belfast Civil Defence Services fatalities

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

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

Look North Talk: From Stewardship to Public Service - The Journey of Belfast Quakers

 Sun, 01 Mar at 03:00 pm Frederick Street Quakers

May Morton - Phantom Poet

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

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