Northern Ireland
We’ve compiled the best of the best in Northern Ireland - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Northern Ireland - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Shows from all over Ireland and Britain—and sometimes farther afield—play at this beautifully restored Victorian theater. Though it has no resident...Read More
One of Northern Ireland's most prized cultural organizations, the Lyric presents a diverse repertory of classical, popular, and contemporary...Read More
The country's main arts agency supports a range of cultural events, including many Belfast festivals, and has information about them. ...Read More
A photography gallery, Belfast Exposed also has a large digital archive of images. ...Read More
This long-established festival at Queen's University lasts for three weeks (from late October into early November) and is the city's major arts...Read More
During 2015 the Waterfront underwent a major expansion, doubling its exhibition and conference space and now ranks as one of the world's top...Read More
This early-May festival, always buzzing with energy, attracts local, national, and international visual and performing artists. Its base of...Read More
If you want advice or information on where to buy the best crafts in Northern Ireland, this is the one-stop center to help you find that perfect...Read More
Celebrating Gaeilge (Irish language) and culture, this cosmopolitan arts center hosts exhibitions, book launches, concerts, theater, and poetry...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesOne of Belfast's best arts venues, the Golden Thread has exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the International Symposium for Electronic Art...Read More
This catch-all venue hosts everything from boy bands and comedians to plays, musicals, tattoo conventions, and even weddings (invitations required...Read More
This major showplace hosts 10 screens of major British and American box-office favorites. ...Read More
The Belfast Giants hockey team is the main tenant of the 10,000-seat Odyssey Arena, but Northern Ireland's biggest indoor venue also hosts rock...Read More
With its impressive auditorium and workshop spaces, the Playhouse stages traditional and contemporary plays and holds concerts. ...Read More
Belfast's main art cinema shows domestic and foreign movies on its two screens. ...Read More
Based in a beautifully restored rambling stone building—a former girls' high school—the Crescent presents an all-year-round series of events...Read More
Popular with visitors, the Red Barn often exhibits photographs reflecting the history of the Troubles and social documentary. The gallery also...Read More
The historic Ulster Hall (it once hosted Rachmaninov) is the permanent home of the Ulster Orchestra. The classical music season runs here from...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesYou might expect to see it in Dublin, but the complete manuscript of James Joyce's Ulysses has been handwritten on to the walls of the Verbal...Read More
Clare Cooper runs this busy art gallery in the city center. She mounts several exhibitions each year, featuring works of, among others, the...Read More
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