Belfast International Arts Festival

Belfast International Arts Festival is back for its 64th edition from 14 October – 8 November 2026! With over 200 events across 30 venues, they're delighted to once again celebrate the very best in Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts and Literature - alongside, for the first time, their new Immersive Arts strand.

All Belfast International Arts Festival Events

Levellers

Brighton folk-rockers Levellers have been one of Britain's most enduring and best-loved bands for…

Oct 22

Simon Mayo

We welcome Simon Mayo to the festival for a career retrospective celebrating more than four decades on…

Oct 24

Jane Coyle

A Better Locksmith by arts journalist and critic Jane Coyle is a recently published anthology of reviews…

Oct 25
Oct 28, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026

TAKKUUK

An extraordinary immersive journey into the Arctic, infrared cinematography and a hypnotic BICEP score…

Oct 28

Joshua Idehen

Poet and performer Joshua Idehen brings his acclaimed new album I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is…

Nov 01