Literary-art Events in Belfast

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

Belfast: David Nihill at the The Mac Theatre

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

The Room + Greg Sestero Q&A

 Sat, 25 Apr at 08:30 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

An Audience with Adam Kay

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

Poyums Annaw: An Evening with Len Pennie

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

March 13th: Linley Hamilton Quartet

 Fri, 13 Mar at 09:00 pm Scott's Jazz Club

Pride and Prejudice... and 80's Hits!

 Thu, 07 May at 07:30 pm Waterfront Hall

Eleanor Tiernan

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

Anne Cadwallader: Crossing Over, launched by Stephen Rea

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

Invoking Ireland: Connecting With the Source

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

David Geraghty (Bell X1) : Solo at The American Bar

 Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm The American Bar

THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE & TIDDLER (DOUBLE BILL)

 Sat, 07 Mar at 11:00 am Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Oscars 2026: Train Dreams

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 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

Visions of Europe: Preview: A Private Life

 Sat, 14 Mar at 01:00 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Belfast Business Show

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

Breaking the Silence: Art, Law, and the Journey of Reproductive Health

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm The Black Box Free

REIC sa Stiúideo Rúnda, Béal Feirste

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm Belfast City Hall EUR 6

Terror Talks: Vaimpír - Ireland's Dracula Story (World Dracula Day)

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

A Memory That Burns

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:30 pm The Black Box GBP 6 to 9

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

 Fri, 22 May at 10:00 am Belfast Cathedral

Visions of Europe: Preview: The Stranger

 Fri, 13 Mar at 08:45 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Beneath and Beyond the Brushstrokes

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

Visions of Europe: Preview: The Last One for the Road

 Thu, 19 Mar at 08:20 pm Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

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

Partitions - a new one-man play by Joe Nawaz

 Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm The Deer's Head

Purely Poetry Open Mic

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:15 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Our Story on Stage

 Fri, 20 Mar at 11:00 am 280 Ballygomartin Road, BT13 3NG

Belfast Art Club@the Errigle Inn 11th of March 2026 With guest Speaker Lucy Mulholland

 Wed, 11 Mar at 07:30 pm The Errigle Inn

Working Against the Clampdown: Who's Afraid of The Arts?

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:30 pm Crescent Arts Centre Free

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

Gaza Soundman

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm Beanbag Cinema GBP 0 to 11

JFTFP26: Conflagration

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

Almost Like Belonging

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

Facets of War: critical voices on contemporary conflicts

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

John Robb - Punk Rock Ruined My Life: And Other Stories

Sun, 03 May at 07:30 pm Sunflower Public House & Live Music

Henry Normal & Jan Brierton

 Sun, 10 May at 03:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Willi Carlisle

Sat, 02 May at 08:00 pm The Deer's Head

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

'Clearances' by Seamus Heaney, Performed by Lalor Roddy

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

Let’s Talk about Whiteness

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

The Listening Room x Trait

 Sun, 22 Mar at 07:00 pm TRAIT Coffee GBP 44

Vladimir Jablokov - My Voyage - Belfast

 Thu, 23 Apr at 08:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Troubled Queer Stories – Queerness in Conflict

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

Reclaim The Enlightenment: The Trial of John Mitchel

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

Crossing Voices: Migration and Belonging Poetry Workshop

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

The Tuesday Group with Bernie McQuillan

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

A Bomber’s Moon

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

Alice in Wonderland

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm 2-4 Great Victoria St, BT2 7HR Belfast, United Kingdom

Voices At The End

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

Write Night with KARIS KELLY

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

Reclaim The Enlightenment: Slavery and Racism

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

Bubble & Squeak — Live Podcast Recording

 Tue, 24 Mar at 08:00 pm Accidental Theatre Free

'Roof Over Northern Ireland' by Richard Doherty

 Thu, 26 Mar at 01:00 pm PRONI

Tina Russell - The Lansdowne Hotel

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:45 pm The Lansdowne Hotel

Roof Over Northern Ireland

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

The Bench

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:30 pm 2-4 Great Victoria St, BT2 7HR Belfast, United Kingdom

Gathering in the glow

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre 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

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

 Sat, 28 Mar at 02:00 pm PeasParkBelfast Free

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

The Trouble With Freedom: Melissa Butcher

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm The Harrison Chambers of Distinction GBP 0 to 8

Civil War, Foreign Intervention, and International Law

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

Global Conference on Strategic Management & Leadership Northern Ireland

 Mon, 24 Aug at 10:00 am Regus - Belfast City Centre GBP 217 to 326

Conference on Children's Literature 2026

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

The Seascape of Leadership in the Grey Zone

 Mon, 23 Mar at 06:00 pm Belfast Campus, Ulster University Free

Port Masterclass with Mine Bennett

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

Invisible Cultural Policy in America

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

Shockwave Therapy & Laser Therapy training

 Sat, 09 May at 09:30 am Windsor Park GBP 75

An Evening with Rob Parsons - Belfast

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

Patrick Gale at Belfast Central Library

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm Belfast Central Library

Shakespeare's Plays: finding performance hints in the text

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

NICF Presents' Wounded, Wonderful, and Worthy'

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Frederick Street Quaker Meeting House GBP 10 to 15

"THE WIND IS US" a play by Mike Broemmel

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Shoot Belfast Studio GBP 15

C.S. Lewis Study Tour

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

Works in Progress: An Improv Jam

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

In The Beginning Volume One Book Launch

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:30 pm Templemore Baths GBP 15

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

An archaeology of the coarse earthenware industry in Ulster

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