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.
Poetry Jukebox
9.30am to 5.30pm (Mon-Fri)
Talks & Ideas
Free
The Upside Down House
2.30pm & 7.30pm
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
CS Lewis Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Martin Hayes Trio
7:30pm
Music
Queer Lives and the Law
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Artists, Architects, Authors & Actors | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Gerard McChrystal & Craig Ogden
7:30pm
Music
Ulster Orchestra – Distant Shores
7:45pm
Music
UK Premiere
BBC Introducing Live
7:00pm
Music
Churches of Belfast | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
My English Persian Kitchen
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Rory Friers
7:00pm
Music
Behind the Studio Door
11.30am - 5pm
Visual Arts
Free
Belfast Anti Slavery | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Camerata Ireland
7:00pm
Music
The Sculptural Art of the Celtic Cross and those who lie beneath | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
The Deep Blue
7pm (doors)
Music
Music & Movement of Displacement and Belonging
7:30pm
Music
M’ANAM
3:00pm
Music
John Hewitt Birthday Readings 2025
8:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Spinning Yarns – Linen Quarter Explained | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
It Used to Be Witches – Under the Spell of Queer Cinema
6:00pm
Film
My Grandfather’s House
3pm & 8pm
Theatre & Dance
Cynan Jones & Anthony Shapland
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas