2025 Festival
Belfast International Arts Festival is back for its 63rd edition from 14 October – 9 November 2025!
Experience a brand-new season of world-class theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film, with performances from the very best international artists and homegrown talent.
Over 30 venues across the city will come alive with bold ideas, unforgettable stories, and extraordinary artistry.
Geoff Dyer & Joe Dunthorne
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Half Bap Workers
11.30am - 7.30pm (Tues - Sat) | 1.30pm - 4pm (Sun) | Closed Mon
Visual Arts
World Premiere
Free
Dancehall
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
Opening Event
NI Premiere
Ottilie
7.30pm (except Mon 20th - 8pm) | 2.30pm (Sat 18 Oct only)
Theatre & Dance
The Big Neighbourhood
11am - 4pm
Visual Arts
Free
Chris Smither
7pm (doors)
Music
Rhythm, Verse, Brushstokes and Ballads | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Loose Ends Live @ BIAF
12:00pm
Special Events
Free
Piaf – Christine Bovill
8pm (doors)
Music
Unreconciled
8pm (Fri & Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
Drs and Diseases | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Anchored in Air
1.10pm & 3.30pm
Theatre & Dance
Embrace
Irish Premiere
Free
Minerals, Greed and Extractive Capitalism
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
An Fia sa Choill
2:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Free
The Orb
7:00pm
Music
Boulez: Anthems and Dialogues
7:00pm
Music
Irish Premiere
Oscar Wilde Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
144th Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition
10am - 5pm (Tues - Sun) | Closed Mon
Visual Arts
Free
Arts Across Belfast | Bus Tour
10:25am
Talks & Ideas
Charles Owen – Soloist & Collaborator
7:30pm
Music
Free
Denouement
7.30pm (Tues – Sat) | 2.30pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Instructions
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
A Royal Tour of Belfast
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
CS Lewis Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas