Welcome to Belfast International Arts Festival
Our 63rd Festival returns 15 October – 9 November 2025 with a new season of contemporary arts and culture in over 30 venues across the city and featuring the very best international and homegrown artists in theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.
Selected Highlights
Ottilie
7.30pm (except Mon 20th - 8pm) | 2.30pm (Sat 18 Oct only)
Theatre & Dance
Chris Smither
7pm (doors)
Music
Unreconciled
8pm (Fri & Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
Instructions
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Denouement
7.30pm (Tues – Sat) | 2.30pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Martin Hayes
7:30pm
Music
My English Persian Kitchen
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Lisa O’Neill
7:30pm
Music
Faust-ish
8pm (Tues – Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
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