We are delighted to host the Northern Ireland album launch DEKA from Northern-Irish-Ghanaian pop artist Winnie Ama.

Born and raised just outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, Bea Stewart is a singer-songwriter shaped by the rich tradition of Irish folk music she grew up with.

Step into an immersive afternoon where music meets wellbeing. Sonic Sanctuary blends live performances, conversation, and interactive “Mood Booths” to explore how sound shapes our emotions and restores balance.

Susi Pagel headlines a night in Oh Yeah celebrating Belfast's fierce female talent in rock, before her and her band head off to London for their biggest show to date in The Royal Albert Hall, as part of Music for Youth Proms. Supporting are blazing grunge up-and-comers GUSH, and rock 'n' roll queens REVÖLUTIØN.

Come and hear the very best in fresh new talent.

A Little Herbal Hymnal is a spellbinding journey through grief, love, and the healing gifts of the natural world.

Bonded is a night in honour of the recording craft. The request is simple; sit back and listen.

Leo O’Brien, Member Development Manager at PPL will take you through some practical steps to ensure that you are fairly rewarded when your music is broadcast or played in public.

Join us on Tuesday 11th November as we celebrate the new wave of homegrown talent at our annual Scratch My Progress Showcase.

Join us for a one-hour interactive workshop designed to help musicians, songwriters, and creative industry professionals stay healthy, resilient, and performing at their best.

This is your chance to meet a wide range of industry professionals face-to-face from gig promoters and festival bookers, to marketing, PR, content creators and social media experts, and videographers to labels, publishers, managers, trade bodies, funders and more.

Volume Control's annual battle of the bands competition. Live Final with 5 of the freshest new musical acts to hit in the scene in Belfast and beyond. They will battle it out in front of an audience of their peers and industry judges in order to win some brilliant prizes and opportunities for their future.

Join Building Blocks for a unique seminar.

JUJU is Belfast (and Ireland’s) first Japanese-style jazz kissa – a dedicated café for listening to jazz, hosted by Belfast-born photographer and writer, Philip Arneill, creator of the acclaimed TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS project.

Belfast punk music holds a special place in music history, near and far. Take this walking tour to explore the story of punk music on Belfast’s streets, with a passionate punk music loving guide, who saw live back in the late 1970s the city’s best-known bands, including The Outcasts, Rudi, Stiff Little Fingers, Ruefrex, Victim, etc – and loves today’s punk bands too.

As part of the 2025 Sound of Belfast Festival, we are proud to present “RTT” a compelling & intimate panel discussion tracing the evolution of DJ culture both here in Belfast and further afield, via three voices of influential & burgeoning artists: Noel Watson, Timmy Stewart & Hannah.

JUJU is Belfast (and Ireland’s) first Japanese-style jazz kissa – a dedicated café for listening to jazz, hosted by Belfast-born photographer and writer, Philip Arneill, creator of the acclaimed TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS project.

We close the Sound Of Belfast Festival with an afternoon dedicated to solidarity, reflection, and collective expression by presenting a tribute to Sinéad O’Connor’s 1994 album, Universal Mother.