Literary-art Events in Belfast

Check out happening literary-art events all around Belfast, NI

IoD NI Women's Leadership Conference 2026

Fri, 06 Mar at 09:00 am Crowne Plaza Belfast, an IHG Hotel GBP 180 to 193

Belfast: David Nihill at the The Mac Theatre

Thu, 21 May at 07:30 pm The Mac Theatre Belfast

Huey Morgan - The Fun Lovin' Criminal - Belfast

Mon, 23 Feb at 08:00 pm Limelight Belfast

Menolicious authors Mariella Frostrup and Belles Berry in Conversation

Tue, 27 Jan at 07:00 pm University of Ulster

Anne Cadwallader: Crossing Over, launched by Stephen Rea

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

Katherine Priddy

Sun, 25 Jan at 08:00 pm Black Box

Hamnet + Reclaim the Frame recorded Q&A

Mon, 26 Jan at 05:30 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

This Flight Tonight: The Songs Of Joni Mitchell

Sun, 22 Mar at 07:30 pm The Black Box GBP 27

Belfast Business Show

Wed, 25 Mar at 10:00 am Clayton Hotel Belfast GBP 0 to 318

Terror Talks: Vaimpír - Ireland's Dracula Story

Tue, 26 May at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

Scoil Gheimhridh Uí Chadhain (Lá iomlán | Full day)

Sat, 31 Jan at 10:30 am Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich Free

Reclaim The Enlightenment presents an Alternative Burns Night 2025

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

Tadhg Hickey in Conversation with Clare Daly

Fri, 30 Jan at 07:00 pm Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich Free

Voices At The End

Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm Harty Room, School of Music, Queen's University Belfast GBP 0 to 17

Teachers as Writers: Showcase and Celebration

Thu, 29 Jan at 09:00 am Stranmillis University College Free

Purely Poetry Open Mic

Fri, 30 Jan at 07:15 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Litdrive Belfast

Sat, 07 Feb at 09:00 am Seamus Heaney Centre GBP 20

Facets of War: critical voices on contemporary conflicts

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

Everything is Connected: An Evening of Stories, Most Weird, Many True

Fri, 27 Mar at 07:30 pm Crescent Arts Centre GBP 0 to 22

Beneath and Beyond the Brushstrokes

Wed, 25 Mar at 06:15 pm Lecture Theatre 3, BC Block, Ulster University Belfast Campus Free

Are You Really The Doctor? with Matt Hutchinson

Sun, 22 Feb at 04:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Burns Night Freestyle

Sat, 24 Jan at 08:00 pm Malone RFC

PRONI - Secrets from the files 2004 and 2005

Fri, 30 Jan at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Be prepared - civil food resilience in the face of change

Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm The Great Hall - Queen's University Belfast Free

Demonstration of Mediumship

Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm The Devenish Complex GBP 17 to 20

Towards a New World: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Sat, 31 Jan at 12:15 pm Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich Free

New Isles Press - Issue 5 Launch

Sun, 01 Mar at 02:30 pm University of Ulster, Belfast

QUANTUM 2.0 with Jim Al-Khalili

Sun, 15 Feb at 02:00 pm Whitla Hall

Partitions - a new one-man play by Joe Nawaz

Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm The Deer's Head GBP 9 to 11

Invoking Ireland: Connecting With the Source

Sat, 28 Mar at 08:00 pm St Comgall's - Ionad Eileen Howell GBP 0 to 24

Kraina: Songs of the Polish Diaspora

Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm Harty Room, School of Music, Queen's University Belfast GBP 0 to 11

Seminar: Gaza: The Dream and the Nightmare

Thu, 29 Jan at 04:00 pm Senate Room, Queen's University Belfast Free

An Audience with Adam Kay

Tue, 24 Mar at 08:00 pm Limelight GBP 0 to 18

New Selected Poems: Medbh McGuckian in Conversation with Tara McEvoy

Fri, 27 Feb at 07:00 pm Clifton House, Belfast, BT15 1, United Kingdom

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

Almost Like Belonging

Sun, 29 Mar at 05:00 pm Áras Uí Chonghaile James Connolly Visitor Centre Free

Connect Networking Belfast

Tue, 24 Feb at 10:00 am Tesla Centre and Collection Point Belfast Free

A Night of Music and Poetry: Bossa Nova Blue & Macha Press Poets

Sun, 01 Mar at 07:30 pm Seatons of Sailortown

Dr Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us

Wed, 11 Feb at 07:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Transport Number Four – Vienna 1941

Tue, 27 Jan at 01:00 pm Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Free

Standing shoulder to shoulder against Racism

Sat, 31 Jan at 11:00 am Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich Free

Joe Guinan in conversation with Seán Byers

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

Let’s Talk about Whiteness

Tue, 24 Mar at 05:30 pm The Black Box GBP 0 to 11

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

Write Night with TIM MACGABHANN, in conversation with Dara McWade

Wed, 18 Feb at 05:30 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Protestants & a United Ireland with Claire Mitchell & Dr. Robbie Mc Veigh

Sat, 31 Jan at 11:00 am Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich Free

What did a derelict former bonfire site ever do for the city?

Sat, 28 Mar at 02:00 pm PeasParkBelfast Free

Joe Kenny live at the Sunflower Belfast

Wed, 04 Mar at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House GBP 10

Plastic by Matthew Rice (Book Launch)

Thu, 29 Jan at 06:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Look North Workshop: Poetry and Mindfulness with Judith Greene

Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am Frederick Street Quakers

An Evening with Rob Parsons - Belfast

Wed, 10 Jun at 07:30 pm Orangefield Presbyterian Church GBP 5

'Clearances' by Seamus Heaney, Performed by Lalor Roddy

Sun, 15 Mar at 03:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Look North - An Afternoon of Poetry and Music

Fri, 27 Feb at 02:00 pm The American Bar

Look North - Storytime

Sat, 28 Feb at 11:00 am Belfast Central Library

The Snail Artist Kids Art Workshop Ages 5+ Saturday 28th February 2026

Sat, 28 Feb at 02:30 pm 378A Belmont Road, BT4 2NF

Writing in Plain Sight: Poetry Readings & Open Mic

Sat, 28 Feb at 07:00 pm Paperxclips Books

Building Narratives: Home as Art/Art as Home

Thu, 29 Jan at 07:30 pm La Roche House GBP 17

Troubled Queer Stories – Queerness in Conflict

Sun, 29 Mar at 11:15 am Paperxclips Books Free

Eleanor Tiernan

Thu, 26 Mar at 08:00 pm Limelight GBP 0 to 17

Look North presents Carol Ann Creagh - Nursing to Writing

Fri, 27 Feb at 01:00 pm Belfast Central Library

Masterclass A: "Responding to Image and Memory" - with Jason Lovell

Sun, 08 Feb at 11:00 am The ARC (Arts Resource Centre) GBP 9

Conference on Children's Literature 2026

Thu, 26 Mar at 05:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Bon Ton Rouler

Sat, 31 Jan at 09:00 pm 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, BT2 7DB Belfast, United Kingdom

Crossing Voices: Migration and Belonging Poetry Workshop

Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Crescent Arts Centre GBP 0 to 22

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

Shakespeare's Plays: finding performance hints in the text

Tue, 03 Feb at 07:00 pm Accidental Theatre GBP 14 to 66

Peace in/from the Margins

Mon, 23 Feb at 12:30 pm South Dining Hall Free

This Is Not a Love Song

Sun, 08 Feb at 02:30 pm The Harrison Chambers of Distinction GBP 12

Masterclass B: "Teasing out a Theme" - with Stephanie Conn

Sun, 08 Feb at 11:00 am The ARC (Arts Resource Centre) GBP 9

Reclaim The Enlightenment: Slavery and Racism

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

Poyums Annaw: An Evening with Len Pennie

Mon, 23 Mar at 07:30 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Write Night with KARIS KELLY

Tue, 10 Mar at 05:30 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

An archaeology of the coarse earthenware industry in Ulster

Wed, 17 Jun at 01:00 pm 2 Titanic Blvd Free

Writing Speculative Fiction as a form of Rebellion

Tue, 24 Mar at 10:00 am The Ledger Studio, University of Atypical GBP 0 to 22

Listening to the Lough – a day of democracy, care and imagination

Fri, 27 Mar at 10:00 am Crescent Arts Centre GBP 0 to 22

Talk: Mary Beckett - A Belfast Woman

Wed, 25 Feb at 01:00 pm The Linen Hall

Port Masterclass with Mine Bennett

Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Ramada by Wyndham Belfast City Centre GBP 55

Masterclass D: "The Poetry of Surviving and Thriving" - with Shelley Tracey

Sun, 15 Feb at 11:00 am The ARC (Arts Resource Centre) GBP 9

Masterclass C: "Woods to Words: Writing Eco-poetry" - with Emma Must

Sun, 15 Feb at 11:00 am The ARC (Arts Resource Centre) GBP 9

Scribe Writing Group - Belfast Playwrights

Mon, 23 Feb at 06:00 pm 23 Fountain St Free

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

Works in Progress: An Improv Jam

Sat, 10 Jan at 04:30 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

An Introduction to NCTF-Full Face Bio-regeneration Belfast

Fri, 13 Feb at 10:00 am FaceTherapy NI GBP 65

An Introduction to NCTF-Full Face Bio-regeneration Belfast

Mon, 23 Mar at 10:00 am FaceTherapy NI GBP 65

The Milltown Cemetery Tour

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