Poetry Events in Belfast

Check out happening poetry events all around Belfast, NI

Poyums Annaw: An Evening with Len Pennie

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

Desert Island Poems with Terrance Hayes

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

A Memory That Burns

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

Best of 3 Saturday Comedy at The Black Box

 Sat, 14 Mar at 03:00 pm The Black Box GBP 6

Beneath and Beyond the Brushstrokes

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

Purely Poetry Open Mic

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

'Clearances' by Seamus Heaney, Performed by Lalor Roddy

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

Reading Seamus Heaney: The Translations of Seamus Heaney

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre 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

Accidental Open Mic Night

 Tue, 17 Feb at 08:00 pm 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, BT2 7DB Belfast, United Kingdom

New Selected Poems: Medbh McGuckian in Conversation with Tara McEvoy

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

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

Henry Normal & Jan Brierton

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

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

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

Blueprints: How mathematics shapes creativity with Marcus du Sautoy

 Sun, 15 Feb at 12:00 pm Whitla Hall

Writing in Plain Sight: Poetry Readings & Open Mic

 Sat, 28 Feb at 07:00 pm Paperxclips Books

Crossing Voices: Migration and Belonging Poetry Workshop

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

It Goes As Follies: A Family-Friendly Trad Session February 2026

 Sat, 28 Feb at 01:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Manic Comedy *All Open Mic Special!*

 Mon, 16 Feb at 08:00 pm The American Bar GBP 6

Youth Open Mic

 Sun, 08 Mar at 12:00 pm Oh Yeah Music Centre

Best of 3 Saturday Comedy at The Black Box

 Sat, 25 Apr at 03:00 pm The Black Box GBP 6

Write Night with TIM MACGABHANN, in conversation with Dara McWade

 Wed, 18 Feb at 05:30 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

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

Look North - Shared Reading Event

 Fri, 27 Feb at 02:30 pm Belfast Central Library

Scribe Writing Group - Belfast Playwrights

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

May Morton - Phantom Poet

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