Looking for what’s on in Belfast in September 2026? From Culture Night and live music to theatre, comedy, markets, festivals and free events, here’s our guide to what’s happening across Belfast this month.
🎨 FESTIVALS + CITY EVENTS
🎨 Late Night Art Belfast
3 September
Galleries across Belfast · 6–10pm
Explore Belfast’s galleries after hours. Free.
🥁 Belfast International Tattoo
4–5 September
The O2 Belfast
Massed pipes and drums, dancers, musicians and performers come together for the annual spectacle.
🎸 Belfast Guitar Festival
10–13 September
Crescent Arts Centre
Four days of guitar music, performances and musicians from across a range of styles.
🧘 WellFest Belfast
12–13 September
Ormeau Park
Two days of fitness, health and wellbeing.
🌸 Autumn Fair
12–13 September
Botanic Gardens · 12.30–5.30pm
Flowers, food, music, arts, crafts and entertainment. Free.
🏺 Belfast Potters’ Market
12–13 September
2 Royal Avenue
Potters and ceramicists come together for a weekend market. Free entry.
🌿 Tropical Ravine Show & Tell
12–13 September
Tropical Ravine · 1.30–3pm
Watch artist Kerrie Hanna create stained glass inspired work using plant offcuts. Free.
🏰 Artisan Market at Belfast Castle
13 September
Belfast Castle · 11am–4pm
Local makers and crafts in the grounds of Belfast Castle. Free entry.
🌃 Culture Night Belfast
18 September
Across Belfast
Belfast’s big celebration of arts and culture returns with more than 100 free events across the city.
🎵 Soultrane Block Party
18 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🎷 Big Autumn Jazz Weekend
25–27 September
Scott’s Jazz Club, East Belfast
Belfast’s inaugural autumn jazz festival.
🎭 THEATRE + STAGE
🎭 Nice Lady
4–5 September
Lyric Theatre
😂 Vittorio Angelone: You Can’t Say Nothing Anymore
6 September
Lyric Theatre
🎭 Hamlet: The Musical
September
The Black Box
🎭 Mamma Mia!
9–12 September
The O2 Belfast
🎭 The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong
10–13 September
Lyric Theatre
🎶 Carmen: Come & Sing
11 September
Grand Opera House
🎭 Ordinary Days
11–12 September
Lyric Theatre
🌹 Carmen
12–19 September
Grand Opera House
Northern Ireland Opera brings Bizet’s famous opera to Belfast.
🎭 Partitions
16–19 September
Lyric Theatre
🎵 The Magic of the Bee Gees
21 September
Grand Opera House
🥁 In The Air Tonight
22 September
Grand Opera House
A live celebration of the music of Phil Collins.
🌈 Judy: End of the Rainbow
23–26 September
Grand Opera House
Anna Jane Casey stars as Judy Garland.
🥘 Sausage Sodas & Onion Bhajis
25–26 September
Grand Opera House Studio
🖤 The Addams Family
From 29 September
Grand Opera House
🎵 GIGS + MUSIC
🎤 CMAT + Katy J Pearson
1 September
Custom House Square
🎸 Kings of Thrash
2 September
Voodoo
🎵 Noah James
2 September
Belfast Barge
⚡ Speed + Spy
3 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🎵 Pat Hamilton
3 September
Belfast Barge
🎸 Freak Slug
4 September
Ulster Sports Club
🎵 Hamerama 2026
4 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🎻 Sigur Rós + Ulster Orchestra
4 September
Waterfront Hall
🎸 A Tribute to Jeff Buckley’s Grace
4 September
The Deer’s Head
🎸 The ELO Show
5 September
Waterfront Hall
🎵 The Bjorn Identity
5 September
Limelight
🎸 The Guns N’ Roses Experience
5 September
Belfast Empire
🎤 Chris Norman
6 September
Waterfront Hall
🎹 Freya Ridings
6 September
Ulster Hall
🎤 Allie Sherlock
7 September
Belfast Empire
🎸 Bonnie “Prince” Billy
8 September
Mandela Hall · SOLD OUT
🎸 Focus
9 September
Mandela Hall · SOLD OUT
🎸 Enuff Z’nuff
9 September
Voodoo
🕺 Michael Starring Ben
9 September
Waterfront Hall
🎭 Voices of Valjean
10 September
Ulster Hall
🎸 The Black Charade x Fell Out Boy
11 September
Belfast Empire
🎵 Mark Kermode presents Gang of Three
11 September
The Deer’s Head
🎸 Big Love: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
11 September
Mandela Hall · SOLD OUT
🎸 Cody Pennington Country Show
11 September
Limelight
🎸 Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends
12 September
Mandela Hall · SOLD OUT
🎵 Kalia Vandever
12 September
The MAC
🎵 Horizon + Line 512
12 September
Accidental Theatre
🎸 Faster Pussycat
13 September
Belfast Empire
🎵 Réalta
13 September
The Duncairn
🎸 Marisa Anderson + Natural Elements Trio
13 September
Crescent Arts Centre
🎸 The South
13 September
Ulster Hall
🎤 Billy Ocean
14 September
Waterfront Hall
🎵 Josiah Queen
14 September
Ulster Hall · SOLD OUT
🎸 As It Is + GREYWIND
15 September
Limelight
🎤 Anastacia
17 September
Waterfront Hall
🎵 Dave Lofts
17 September
Ulster Sports Club · SOLD OUT
🎸 Chasing Abbey
18 September
Limelight
🎸 Dead Bob
18 September
The Deer’s Head
🎵 Meteora
18 September
Limelight
🎤 Lisa O’Neill
19 September
Belfast Empire
🎤 Jane McDonald: Living The Dream
19–20 September
Waterfront Hall
🕯️ Candlelight: Disney Love Songs
19 September
Belfast Cathedral · 7pm
🎻 Candlelight: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
19 September
Belfast Cathedral · 9pm
🎵 Whiplash: A Tribute to Metallica
20 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🎸 Gong
23 September
Belfast Empire
🎵 Think Twice
24 September
Waterfront Studio
🎻 Ulster Orchestra: Ode to Joy
25 September
Ulster Hall
🎸 John Garrity
25 September
Waterfront Studio
🎸 Ian Prowse
25 September
The Deer’s Head
🎸 The Richie Malone Band
25 September
Belfast Empire
🤘 Metalland: Echoes of Steel Fest
25 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🎸 Genitorturers
26 September
Limelight
🎵 Light
26 September
Belfast Empire
🎤 Swiftogeddon: 20 Years of Taylor Special
26 September
Belfast Empire
🤘 Benediction + Zealot Cult + Abandon Incarnate
27 September
Limelight
🎸 YONAKA + SNAYX
29 September
Limelight
⚡ HOLY HOLY
29 September
Limelight
🎸 The Slackers + Guests
30 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🎷 JAZZ
🎷 Mike Nielsen’s Sound Recipes
4 September
Scott’s Jazz Club
🎷 TRIO-SKW
11 September
Scott’s Jazz Club
🎷 Paul Dunlea Organ Trio
18 September
Scott’s Jazz Club
🎷 Big Autumn Jazz Weekend
25–27 September
Scott’s Jazz Club
- Zak Irvine
- Aren’t Blakey
- Belleville Gypsy Jazz
- Jozef Dani Trio + Crystal Dawn
- Scott Flanigan Organ Trio
- Sunday Morning Piano with Scott Flanigan
- Linley Hamilton Sextet Plays Kind of Blue
😂 COMEDY + LIVE
😂 The Empire Laughs Back
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 September
Belfast Empire
😂 Reuben Solo: Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me
4 September
Limelight
😂 Best of 3 Saturday Comedy
5 September
The Black Box
😂 Nish Kumar
9 September
Ulster Hall
😂 Three’s A Shroud
12 September
Waterfront Hall
😂 Afternoon Delight Saturday Comedy
12 September
The Black Box
⚖️ The Jury Experience: The Killer AI
13 September
Mandela Hall · SOLD OUT
😂 Suzi Ruffell: The Juggle
17 September
The MAC
😂 Maisie Adam: Whatsherface
17 September
Limelight
😂 Mike Rice: Cruel Little Man
18 September
Mandela Hall
🎙️ Breakfast Show: Live & Unfiltered
19 September
Limelight
😂 Urzila Carlson
22 September
Ulster Hall
⚽ Eric Cantona
22 September
Waterfront Hall
😂 Russell Howard
23–24 September
Waterfront Hall
😂 Nurse Georgie Carroll: Infectious
24 September
Limelight
😂 Coven Comedy Club
26 September
The Black Box
🍽️ Jay Rayner
30 September
Waterfront Studio
🎬 FILM + SOMETHING DIFFERENT
🌑 Black Moon
1 September
The Black Box
🧟 The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies
4 September
The Black Box · Free
🎬 Crystal Queer Film Club: I Saw the TV Glow
4 September
The Black Box · Free
🎶 Dream A Lot
5 September
The Black Box
🚶 Belfast Street Art Walking Tour
6 & 27 September
Starts at The Black Box
🎸 Belfast Music Walking Tour
5 & 19 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
⚡ Belfast Punk Music Walking Tour
12 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🎤 Black Box Open Mic
23 September
The Black Box · Free
💿 Belfast Record Fair
26 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre · 10.30am–3.30pm
🏃 SPORT + OUTDOORS
🎶 Music in the Parks
6 September
Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park · 2–5pm
Free.
🏃 SPAR Laganside 10K + Junior Mile
6 September
Ormeau Park
🧘 WellFest Belfast
12–13 September
Ormeau Park
🏃♀️ Belfast City Half Marathon
20 September
Across Belfast
🏒 Belfast Giants v Fife Flyers
26 September
The O2 Belfast · 7pm
🛍️ MARKETS
🏺 Belfast Potters’ Market
12–13 September
2 Royal Avenue
🏰 Belfast Castle Artisan Market
13 September
Belfast Castle
💿 Belfast Record Fair
26 September
Oh Yeah Music Centre
🛍️ Cathedral Quarter Sunday Market
Sundays in September
Writers’ Square
🍎 St George’s Market
Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday
St George’s Market
👀 BELFAST TIMES PICKS
If you don’t know where to start, these are the ones that caught our eye:
- 🎨 Late Night Art · 3 Sep
- 🎻 Sigur Rós + Ulster Orchestra · 4 Sep
- 🎸 Belfast Guitar Festival · 10–13 Sep
- 🌸 Autumn Fair · 12–13 Sep
- 🏺 Belfast Potters’ Market · 12–13 Sep
- 🌹 Carmen · 12–19 Sep
- 🌃 Culture Night · 18 Sep
- 🎤 Lisa O’Neill · 19 Sep
- 🕯️ Vivaldi by Candlelight · 19 Sep
- 🏃 Belfast City Half Marathon · 20 Sep
- 🌈 Judy: End of the Rainbow · 23–26 Sep
- 🎷 Big Autumn Jazz Weekend · 25–27 Sep
- 💿 Belfast Record Fair · 26 Sep
Save this post. September in Belfast is looking busy.
