Belfast 2024 celebrates the culture of our city with a wide-range of local projects, events and city initiatives, creating new connections and bringing people together to think, explore and create in new ways! Made by the people of Belfast for the people of Belfast!
Belfast 2024
With Belfast 2024 we want to ignite a new chapter for our city – a time when we look forward, dream, imagine and invent what our future city could be. A city that embraces creativity and nature, a city better connected with each other and with the world around us. This programme will see the city come to life with creative projects, inspiring initiatives, and unforgettable moments.
Our Stories Festival
Taking place from 21st-24th November with engaging talks, hands on work-shops, and exciting exhibitions, hosted by artists, thinkers, designers, musicians, activists and storytellers, Our Stories will make you think about how we live together in this city, and what our future will look like.
Belfast 2024 Events
Fashion Flea
Join at Green House, as we fundraise with the best carefully selected second hand fashion for adults of…
This Do Exhibition
This Do asks us to consider what triggers our memories; what happens when those prompts fade or are…
AR Experience Belfast City Hall Exhibition
The ever-popular Belfast City Hall visitor exhibition has been given a sprinkle of magic and bursts to life…
Ó bhéal go béal
Join An Droichead and Belfast artist Mitch Conlon for an afternoon of stories.
Power Plants – Imagining The Future Workshop
Imagine a beautiful future! What kind of place would you like to live in? In 15 years? 20…
Find Another City Better Than This One
Raphaël Amahl Khouri reflects on his time living in San Fransciso, Amman, Beirut and Berlin and asks if…
In Conversation – Stories To Change The Future
Step into an inspiring conversation hosted by Kwame Daniels, where visionary minds meet to explore the power of…
Our Stories Festival – Cadence
Black Box Projects Presents Cadence featuring BLACK MOON DJ Collective with poets Alice McCullough, Niamh McNally and Express…
Our Stories Festival – Tea Dance
Join Norman Houston and his band at Belfast City Hall for tea and dancing, meeting old friends and…
Are You On The Bus?
Are You on The Bus? is a ground-breaking collaboration between some of Belfast’s most inventive arts companies and…
The Wiggle Room by Boom Clap Play
Step into The Wiggle Room - a new immersive experience made by Belfast’s explorers of all ages!
Homemade Undercuts: Hair, Identity and Community
Homemade Undercuts is a candid, tender and intimate new body of photographic work from Ellen Blair.
Climate Scientists
Join intrepid Climate Scientists (Stephen Beggs and Rachael McCabe) who are on the hunt for big ideas on…
Big Talk: Queer Art, Permission & Censorship Now
Join Outburst and special guest artists, writers and curators for a Big Talk on the final day of…
Working Greener: Sustainable Arts in Action
Hosted by Gawain Morrison from Brink!, this lively discussion will explore what a practical guide could look like,…
Places to Eat & Drink
For a city the size of Belfast the choice of places to eat is surprising. We offer everything from fine dining, brasseries and bistros to gastro pubs, cafes, coffee shops and some of the best fish & chips around. Have we whet your appetite? Good. Dig in!
Places to Stay in Belfast
Looking for a comfy place to stay? Of course you are! And you’re guaranteed to find it here in Belfast and throughout Northern Ireland. From 5-star hotels, hostels, serviced apartments, and camping & caravanning, you’re sure to find accommodation in Belfast within your budget.