2025 Festival
Belfast International Arts Festival’s 63rd edition took place from 14 October – 9 November 2025.
Lisa O’Neill
7:30pm
Music
Willy Mason
7:30pm (doors)
Music
Oats, Ropes and Whiskey – Connswater River | Walking Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Faust-ish
8pm (Tues – Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
The Musicians of Bremen Live!
5.30pm (Thur & Fri) | 2pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Unlocking Sherlock
8pm (Thur & Fri) | 7pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Future Parade
7:00pm
Embrace
Free
Contrasts of Belfast | Walking Tour
2:00pm
Talks & Ideas
The Flight of Souls
7:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Free
The Fallen & Everynothing (Double Bill)
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Artist in Residence
World Premiere
BPM: Barneys, Parties and Melters
2:00pm
Theatre & Dance
HOOLA
7:00pm (doors)
Music
Colin Davidson & Mark Carruthers
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Billie Marten
7:30pm
Music
Blackbirds, Bricks and The Man Who Sold Belfast – A Stroll Through Ormeau Park
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Catherine Airey & Gurnaik Johal
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Ulster Orchestra – Always Clara
7:45pm
Music
Turin Brakes
7:30pm
Music
Seán Hewitt & Michael Amherst
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Cathedral Quarter Arts Tour
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Bernie McGill
1:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Free
Raw Chicken
2:00pm
Visual Arts
Free
Elaine Feeney & Ali Watkins
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
John Banville
2:30pm
Talks & Ideas