BELFAST · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Belfast
233 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Belfast. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Belfast
Belfast has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can see what’s on in Belfast over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Belfast: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Belfast pages? Browse the Belfast live music hub, Belfast open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Belfast guide, or find a band in Belfast. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
What’s on in Belfast this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
233 upcoming gigs in Belfast · sorted by date · page 1 of 10.
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OCT
10
George Houston
Oh Yeah Music Centre·Duncairn, Belfast
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock, Pop
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OCT
10
The Reytons
The Limelight 1·Central, Belfast
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- GenreRock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
10
The Reytons
The Telegraph Building, Belfast
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- GenreRock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
10
Violet Grohl
The Limelight 2·Central, Belfast
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OCT
10
R.E.M. by Stipe
Empire Music Hall, Belfast
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OCT
10
Hardware x Plain Sailing w/ Barker, Kessler + more
Mandela Hall·Windsor, Belfast
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- GenreDJ / Electronic
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OCT
10
KRUELTY, Anderex, So Juice
The Telegraph Building·New Lodge, Belfast
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- GenreDJ / Electronic, Techno
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OCT
10
KRUELTY
The Telegraph Building·New Lodge, Belfast
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OCT
11
Caitlin cook
The Limelight 2·Central, Belfast
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OCT
13
SOFY
Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
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- GenrePop
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OCT
13
Darren Kiely
The Telegraph Building, Belfast
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- GenreFolk, Country
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OCT
14
Macdara Yeates: 'Mudlark Ballads' Album Launch Tour
Oh Yeah Music Centre·Duncairn, Belfast
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- GenreFolk, Celtic / Irish
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OCT
15
Michael McGovern
Oh Yeah music Centre·Duncairn, Belfast
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- GenreIndie Rock, Folk
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OCT
15
Heidi Curtis, Madams Last Discovery
The Deers Head·Central, Belfast
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- GenreRock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
16
The Year Grunge Broke
The Limelight 2, Belfast
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OCT
16
Chris Watson
Ulster Sports Club·Duncairn, Belfast
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OCT
16
George Murphy & the Rising Sons, George Murphy
Clayton Hotel Belfast·Central, Belfast
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- GenreFolk
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OCT
16
Negative Creeps
Empire Music Hall, Belfast
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- GenreRock, Pop
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OCT
17
The Wran
Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
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- GenreIndie Rock, Folk, Celtic / Irish
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OCT
17
Fontaines CD - Fontaines Tribute Band
The Limelight 2, Belfast
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock
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OCT
17
Gustaffson
Oh Yeah Music Centre·Duncairn, Belfast
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OCT
17
D-MODE
Mandela Hall, Belfast
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OCT
18
Anthony Toner Plays James Taylor
The Belfast Barge·Central, Belfast
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- GenreSinger-Songwriter, Tribute Act
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OCT
18
Clare Sands: They Tried To Burry Us
The Empire Music Hall·Central, Belfast
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Belfast Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Belfast, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Belfast page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 22 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Belfast venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 233 upcoming gigs.
233 upcoming gigs listed for Belfast. 22 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Belfast gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Belfast open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Belfast live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Belfast. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Belfast shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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