Belfast · 300 upcoming · 18 venues
Live gigs in Belfast
Every grass-roots gig in Belfast - who's on, where, when and what it costs.
At a glance
Belfast300
Upcoming
gigs
at 18 Belfast venuesgigs
| This week | 26 gigs |
| Free entry | None listed |
| Venues | 18 |
| Gig Scene Score | 82 /100 |
01 — Find a gig
300 gigsPick your night
When
Entry
Has
City
Starts19:00 Susy Good Album LaunchThe Black Box Belfast · Duncairn · Belfast 
Matt LangVoodoo · Central · Belfast 19:00Tonight 
Jack SavorettiUlster Hall Belfast · Central · Belfast 19:00Tonight 
Alison MoyetWaterfront Hall Auditorium · Central · Belfast 19:00Tue 3 Nov 
Hail the SunThe Limelight 2 · Central · Belfast 19:00Tue 3 Nov 
Sorcha RichardsonEmpire Music Hall · Central · Belfast 19:00Wed 4 Nov 
SwervedriverThe Limelight 2 · Central · Belfast 19:00Wed 4 Nov 
Leslie Odom, Jr.Waterfront Hall Auditorium · Central · Belfast 20:00Wed 4 Nov 
Dexy's Midnight RunnersUlster Hall Belfast · Central · Belfast 19:00Thu 5 Nov 
Nerina PallotEmpire Music Hall · Central · Belfast 19:30Thu 5 Nov 02 — The scene
Gig Scene Score82
Out of
100
Exceptional — anchored by schedule and activity, one of the UK's defining gig markets.100
| Activity | 95 |
| Schedule fixed scale | 100 |
| Variety | 65 |
| Venues | 88 |
| Coverage | 80 |
| Affordability | 29 |
03 — Other cities
88 citiesGigs elsewhere
All cities, A–ZGigs
A
Aberdeen96Aberystwyth3Accrington15Aldershot5B
Basildon44Bath59Bedford20Billericay3Birmingham577Blackburn15Blackpool75Boston8Bournemouth55Bradford127Brighton243Bristol270Broxbourne31C
Cambridge43Cardiff163Carlisle111Chelmsford8Cheltenham17Coventry105Crawley2D
Derby118Derry21Doncaster7Dublin2Dundee54Durham14E
Edinburgh388Egham8Epsom14Exeter55F
Farnborough11G
Glasgow889Gloucester7Grimsby5H
Hastings40Hereford9High Wycombe26Horley1Hull75I
Inverness32Ipswich49L
Leeds282Leicester63Lincoln30Liverpool475London1514Luton23M
Maidstone32Manchester806Margate10Middlesbrough40Milton Keynes40N
Newcastle296Newquay26Newry13Northampton74Norwich54Nottingham203O
Oxford42P
Peterborough29Plymouth17Portsmouth37Preston82R
Rawtenstall33Reading50S
Scarborough57Sheffield175Southampton181Stockton-on-Tees27Stoke-on-Trent51Sunderland8Sutton58Swansea23Swindon15T
Telford11Tunbridge Wells44W
Waterlooville13Watford51Welshpool2Weymouth6Woking27Wolverhampton108Wrexham49Y
York32
BELFAST · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Belfast
3 gigs tonight · 9 this weekend · 26 this week. 300 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Belfast.
Belfast Gig Scene Score
82 /100
Exceptional — anchored by schedule and activity, one of the UK's defining gig markets.
300Upcoming Gigs
26This Week
0%Free Entry
18Venues
Promoting a Belfast gig? List it free — reviewed before it goes live
04 — About this directory
18 venuesEvery bill, one list
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 get the Belfast weekly gig guide, the next four weeks night by night. This directory pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Belfast: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Belfast pages? See how to book live music in Belfast, Belfast open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Belfast guide, or find a band in Belfast. Or head for nearby UK cities: London, Glasgow and Manchester.
What’s on in Belfast this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
300 upcoming gigs in Belfast · sorted by date · page 8 of 13.
Showing 24 of 300 gigs · page 8 of 13
DEC
21
Rachel Tucker
Waterfront Hall Auditorium, Belfast
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DEC
22
The Highstool Prophets
Ulster Hall Belfast·Central, Belfast
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- GenreIndie Rock, Folk, Celtic / Irish
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DEC
24
Christmas At Balmoral Hotel
The Balmoral Hotel, Belfast
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DEC
26
Dave Clarke
The Limelight 1·Central, Belfast
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- GenreDJ / Electronic
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DEC
26
Onlynumbers
The Telegraph Building·New Lodge, Belfast
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DEC
27
Roll With It
The Limelight 1·Central, Belfast
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DEC
27
Dan McCabe
The Devenish Complex·Musgrave, Belfast
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- GenreIndie Rock, Folk
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DEC
30
Raised On Rock
Empire Music Hall·Central, Belfast
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JAN
8
New step
Oh Yeah Music Centre·Duncairn, Belfast
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JAN
8
Courtnay Reddy As Avril Lavigne
Empire Music Hall·Central, Belfast
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JAN
9
The Adventures
Empire Music Hall·Central, Belfast
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JAN
16
When Ireland Rocked
Empire Music Hall·Central, Belfast
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JAN
19
Holly Humberstone
The Limelight 1·Central, Belfast
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JAN
19
First Aid Kit
Waterfront Hall Auditorium·Central, Belfast
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JAN
19
Unpeople
Voodoo·Central, Belfast
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JAN
22
Ashley Cooke, Niamh McCrystal
The Limelight 1·Central, Belfast
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JAN
22
40 Years of Franks Wild Years
Oh Yeah Music Centre·Duncairn, Belfast
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JAN
22
Mike Denver
Tullyglass House Hotel·Galgorm, Belfast
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JAN
23
Anthony Gomes
The Limelight 1·Central, Belfast
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- GenreBlues
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JAN
23
The Chop Sueys, Hard Bizkit
The Limelight 2·Central, Belfast
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- GenreMetal
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JAN
23
Second Show: 40 Years of Franks Wild Years
Oh Yeah Music Centre·Duncairn, Belfast
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JAN
23
The John Mayall Project
Empire Music Hall·Central, Belfast
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JAN
25
Alestorm, Battle Beast, Wizardthrone
Ulster Hall Belfast·Central, Belfast
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JAN
26
The Snuts
The Limelight 2·Central, Belfast
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05 — Small print 8 answers Common questions 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 — 26 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 300 upcoming gigs.
300 upcoming gigs listed for Belfast. 26 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 before they go live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Belfast open mic directory. For booking acts, see how to book live music in Belfast. 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. Gigs from ticketing platforms are listed as published; submitted gigs are reviewed before they go live. We don't check each gig independently yet, so confirm with the venue before you travel. 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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What Belfast is booking. The 300 gigs on file lean rock, pop and alternative rock, with 22 genres in the mix overall. Central (193) and Duncairn (45) hold the most, out of 14 areas with a show on.
Where and when. The most dates are at The Limelight 1 (43), ahead of The Limelight 2 (42). Saturday is the busiest night: 77 of the dates.
Booking or playing here? The Belfast venue directory lists the rooms with their kit and capacity, and the GX Index shows what gigs pay. Or put on your own night: how to put on a gig. Nearby gig guides: Glasgow, Blackpool and Edinburgh.
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List it free. Gig-goers and artists find you by date and price - reviewed before it goes live.
Looking for tonight? See what's on in Belfast this week, the Belfast open mics and Belfast venues.