As part of Belfast Learning Festival 2026, Volume Control Enhanced brings you a creative workshop which aims to explore the world of music journalism and digital content creation, led by successful NI creative Dylan Murphy. This workshop is designed to suit all levels of experience and will offer the opportunity to network with other attendees and chat to Dylan 1-1.

All ages lineup opening the gates to the younger scene. In collaboration with the Belfast City Council.

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.

The first edition of Belfast's newest karaoke night series lands during Pride week. Sing the hits, scream the words, or just be in the room where it happens. Oh Yeah Music Centre, Wednesday 22 July. A % of profits will be donated to Rainbow Refugees NI.

Join us after the Belfast Pride Parade for a day party bringing together children, parents, friends and allies for a celebration of community, fun and belonging.

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

Journey through a music city with local expert guides and discover Belfast’s rich musical legacy. With stops at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich and East Side Arts and free entry into the NI Music Exhibition.

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There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

Enjoy an exclusive 30 minute performance by a talented local musician, to round out this popular music-filled journey across the city.

Drag Wounds Annual Trans Pride Festival Fundraiser! 50% proceeds to Trans Pride, 50% to Belfast Trans Resource Centre!

AOA headline the legendary Oh Yeah Music Centre for a night of high-energy alternative rock, joined by Final Thirteen and Phantomorne.

Three of Northern Ireland’s most exciting bands. One stage. One unforgettable night.

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

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.

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.

From a small idea born at a kitchen table on a rainy Monday morning, GazeFest returns for its fourth year!

SPEED and hardcore are two words that have become synonymous on a global scale. The Sydney band have staked claim on the genre through an unwavering ethos built on inclusivity, authenticity and conviction; a nonstop touring schedule across the globe, and records that have reverberated through the underground and beyond.

It's that time of the year again for Belfast's greatest anticipated show of the year: Hamerama 2026.

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

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.

We are pleased to welcome RHINOS back to the venue this September for their first headline performance in two years.

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

Hailing from Galway, Whiplash are the #1 Metallica Tribute band and one of Ireland’s finest Tribute acts.

Metalland is back in Belfast for Metalland: Echoes of Steel Fest 2026.

Come along to the Belfast Record Fair where you'll find thousands of records and CDs to search through. Something for everyone at decent prices. You never know what you might find.

The skank-tastic Slackers will make their way back to Belfast performing at Oh Yeah on 30th September 2026 to get you moving. See you there!

Red Eye Pariah headline the legendary Oh Yeah Music Centre for a massive night of live music, joined by Drew Makes Noise and Abhaile.

Enjoy an exclusive 30 minute performance by a talented local musician, to round out this popular music-filled journey across the city.

Portland’s all folk’d up vaudevillian quintet Bridge City Sinners make their way back to the UK and Ireland this autumn.

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.

Hailing from the depths of rural Ireland, alternative Donegal singer songwriter George Houston was raised on classic folk, pop and rock from his parents vast collection of cds and vinyl, always encouraged to listen and play freely with instruments, George developed a natural timeless sound, a voice beyond his years and a songwriting style sprinkled with an inspired nostalgia.

BBC award-winning songwriter Adam Holmes returns to Ireland for an intimate evening of songs and stories.

Michael McGovern is a Glasgow-born singer-songwriter whose poetic lyrics and fingerpicked nylon-string guitar craft a deeply emotional folk sound.

Join Gustaffson lead singer Andrew Gower and music tour industry expert John Corr (Global Motion) for a free Q&A at 11am on Saturday 17th October. Andrew & John will be talking about their unique experiences of touring from both sides of the profession. They will answer questions about the realities of the music industry in 2026 for artists, technicians, and touring crew.

Gustaffson are back with a UK tour in 2026.

The five piece Manchester outfit are on a journey to redefine what it takes to make ‘real music’ as a band in 2026. They encourage their fans to pick up the lyric book, unite as a collective and disconnect from the numbing comfort of the algorithm.

Therapy Horse "Refining elements of no-wave and shoegaze into “sheets of distortion and [a] gripping sense of catharsis” (Evening Echo), Cork/Limerick-based three-piece Therapy Horse marshal a gamut of influences including Lingua Ignota, Wednesday, Mogwai and Slint, as well as Irish acts such as Percolator and Elastic Sleep, into an exorcistic wall of sound…

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

Enjoy an exclusive 30 minute performance by a talented local musician, to round out this popular music-filled journey across the city.

Smorgasbord is extremely pleased to unite NOLA’s finest export EYEHATEGOD and Singaporean grindcore purveyors Worm Rot together as an exclusive package for Ireland this November.

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

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.

Dust off your blue jeans and get ready to run! After years of packing out theatres and venues across Ireland with their high-energy, authentic tributes to The Boss, Glory Days return to County Cavan for the first time since 2023.

Playback are back with a new album tribute! This year they're celebrating the 50th anniversary of David Bowie's seminal masterpiece Station to Station.

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.

The Talking Heads concert movie classic performed in full by a live band, dances, projections, props and all.

Blending gritty alt-grunge with sharp, melodic hooks, Bleech 9:3 deliver a sound that’s equal parts raw energy and atmospheric intensity.

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

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Britallica is the world's first metal tribute to Britney Spears, a high energy mashup of pop princess anthems and headbanging metal attitude.