2026 Festival
Belfast International Arts Festival is back for its 64th edition from 14 October – 8 November 2026.
With over 200 events across 30 venues, we’re delighted to once again celebrate the very best in Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts and Literature — alongside, for the first time, our new Immersive Arts strand.
#BIAF26
Ed O’Brien
7:30pm
Music
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
7:30pm (20-23 & 27 Oct) | 11am (21, 22 & 27 Oct) | 2:30pm (25 Oct)
Theatre & Dance
Rhythms of Connection
7.30pm (doors)
Music
Darren Jackson’s Wedding
7.30pm (Tues – Sat) | 2.30pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Becoming
11am, 3pm, 7pm
Immersive Arts
A Thirst for Silver | Artist Talk
6:00pm
Visual Arts
Free
Levellers
7pm (doors)
Music
Fergus McCreadie – Flight Pass
7.30pm (doors)
Music
Henning Kraggerud & Friends
7:30pm
Music
NI Premiere
Free
ShedMan
7.45pm (Thu & Fri) | 2pm (Sat)
Theatre & Dance
Beethoven 200: Dance Moves
7:45pm
Music
Aliens
7:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Xenia Pestova Bennett | Hans Otte: The Sound of Silence
7.30pm (doors)
Music
Simon Mayo
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Behind the Studio Door
11.30am – 5pm
Visual Arts
Free
The Light Within & Tá Brón Orm
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
European Premiere
Arts in Contested Spaces
5:30pm
Talks & Ideas
Free
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble | Silence and Sound Waves
7.30pm (doors)
Music
World Premiere
Deathless Verse | A Poetic Tour of Friar’s Bush Graveyard
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Rosemary Jenkinson
2:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Jane Coyle
4:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Belfast Harp Society | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor and Neil Martin
7:30pm
Music
John Hewitt Birthday Readings
8:00pm
Talks & Ideas