Poetry Events in Belfast

Check out happening poetry events all around Belfast, NI

Sunflower Comedy Club pop up. Micky Bartlett. Alan Irwin. Darren Matthews

 Sun, 25 Jan at 07:30 pm Sunflower Bar Belfast GBP 12

Reclaim The Enlightenment presents an Alternative Burns Night 2025

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

Best of 3 Saturday Comedy at The Black Box

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

Purely Poetry Open Mic

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

Beneath and Beyond the Brushstrokes

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

Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health with Daisy Fancourt

 Wed, 11 Feb at 08:00 pm Crescent Arts Centre

Best of 3 Saturday Comedy at The Black Box

 Sat, 24 Jan at 03:00 pm The Black Box GBP 6

Invoking Ireland: Connecting With the Source

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

It Goes As Follies: A Family-Friendly Trad Session (January 2026)

 Sat, 31 Jan at 01:00 pm The Seamus Heaney Centre Free

Blueprints: How mathematics shapes creativity with Marcus du Sautoy

 Sun, 15 Feb at 12:00 pm Whitla Hall

New Selected Poems: Medbh McGuckian in Conversation with Tara McEvoy

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

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

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

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

Manic Comedy *All Open Mic Special!*

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

'Clearances' by Seamus Heaney, Performed by Lalor Roddy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Youth Open Mic

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

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

Poyums Annaw: An Evening with Len Pennie

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

Best of 3 Saturday Comedy at The Black Box

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

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

May Morton - Phantom Poet

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

Youth Open Mic

 Sun, 01 Feb at 12:00 pm Oh Yeah Music Centre