What’s on in Belfast
this week

Includes 145th Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition at Belfast International Arts Festival venues; Faith Healer at Lyric Theatre, Belfast and LEGO Dragon on a Skateboard Make-and-Take at W5, 2 Queens Quay, Belfast BT3 9QQ.

Includes Leid And Lairn: Ulster-Scots Ceilidh Tea Dance at Queen's Hall, Newtownards; Out There, by William Keohane (And Other Stories, 2026) at Queen's University Belfast (venue/building not stated on listing card) and Anesti Danelis at Limelight Belfast (Limelight 2), 17 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast.

Includes Armistice Day at City Hall, Garden of Remembrance, Belfast; Anvil / Special Guest Killer at The Deer's Head, Belfast and Northern Ireland Music Prize at Ulster Hall.

Includes Celebrating Our Showbands at Belmont Bowling Club, Concert: QUB Music Student Showcase at Queen's University Belfast (venue/building not stated on listing card) and The Balmoral Hotel Christmas Light Switch On at The Balmoral Hotel.

Includes Robocobra Quartet: Hundred Pieces Listening Party at Late Café; The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And B... at The Green Room, The Black Box, Belfast and The Jazz Room at The Belfast Empire Music Hall, 42 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JQ.

Includes The Good Neighbourhood by Ashwin Chacko (Bad Book Press,... at Queen's University Belfast (venue/building not stated on listing card); Belfast Christmas Market (opening) at Belfast City Hall grounds and Spirit of 2016 - The Northern Ireland Football Podcast at The Belfast Empire Music Hall, 42 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JQ.

Includes Super Song Sunday & Abair Amhrán at The Duncairn, Duncairn Avenue, Belfast BT14 6BP; Belfast Music Stories at The Harrison and The New Wave: Gráinne Meyer & Atóg at Oh Yeah Music Centre.

Includes Niall Horan: Dinner Party Live On Tour at The O2 Belfast; Launch of Belfast from Space: New and Selected Poems by M... at The Black Box, Green Room, Belfast and Chorus! An Evening with the Northern Ireland Opera Chorus at Ulster Hall, Belfast.

Includes Algorithms of War - book launch at Queen's University Belfast (venue/building not stated on listing card); Belfast Christmas Lights Switch On at Belfast City Hall and Outburst Festival 2026: Public Domain – IAF Podcast Live at The Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast.