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Join us at the Autumn Fair next weekend!🍁🍂✨🌻📍 Botanic Gardens📆 Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September🕛 12.30pm - 5.30pm💮award...
06/09/2026

Join us at the Autumn Fair next weekend!🍁🍂✨🌻

📍 Botanic Gardens
📆 Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September
🕛 12.30pm - 5.30pm

💮award winning flowers
🍲local food producers
🎠carnival rides
🎹live music
🎨face painting
🎭arts & crafts
♻️eco- friendly tips

For all the details search for Autumn Fair on our website - we hope you can make it!🤩

Make the most of the weekend with free activities and things to do in the city 😍Top highlights include:🍔 St George's Mar...
05/09/2026

Make the most of the weekend with free activities and things to do in the city 😍

Top highlights include:

🍔 St George's Market, Belfast: Browse one of the city's premier attractions, open all weekend, with local food, arts, crafts, and live music!

🦖 Ulster Museum, Belfast: Drop into the interactive discovery centres & family led exhibitions!

🎨City centre galleries including The MAC, Craft NI and Golden Thread Gallery!

🦁Belfast Zoo: Open all weekend, offering a great family day out - don't forget about the new shuttle bus also!😊

🎧Music in the Parks: Free, live music in Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park on Sunday 6 from 2pm-5pm

🎭2 Royal Avenue: Visit our city centre hub with a sensory space, library corner, kids' corner & a chess club on Sunday at 2pm!

👏Cathedral Quarter Sunday market: Browse stalls in Writers' Square in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter!

🎨Art is Trade: This is a networking & community event at Banana Block on Sunday 6 from 12noon-5pm to support connection, conversation, and visibility for local makers - supported by our Bank of Ideas funding!

Don't forget our Autumn Fair at Botanic Gardens is next weekend - Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September! 🍂🍁🌻

Enjoy your weekend in the city & don't forget to check out all our amazing street art, we love spying the Belfast Canvas utility boxes & their glow up! ✨

Visit Belfast | St George's Market, Belfast | 2 Royal Avenue | Belfast Zoo | Cathedral Quarter Belfast | Banana Block | Ulster Museum, Belfast | The MAC | CRAFT NI Gallery | GoldenThread Gallery

We are proud to reveal the upcoming event lineup funded by our Sounds Atypical grant scheme!🤩Delivered in partnership wi...
04/09/2026

We are proud to reveal the upcoming event lineup funded by our Sounds Atypical grant scheme!🤩

Delivered in partnership with the University of Atypical, this funding supports and promotes incredible music and performance art by d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent artists within our UNESCO City of Music👏

Check out these four brilliant, inclusive events taking the stage this autumn and secure your tickets:

🌸 Lauren Martin – In Bloom (Support from Tom Gee) - debut solo launch
🎤Monday 7 September 2026, 7pm with accessible seating
🎤 Black Box - Tickets £5

🎶Songwriting camp & showcase - Andy Skinner
🎤Song Camp Date: Wednesday 23 September,
🎤Lounge Post Production & Oh Yeah Music Centre

🎧Label Me Live (Bounce Arts Festival)
🎤A special triple-bill bringing Joe Kenny, Andrea Begley, and Future Her together for a night of folk & storytelling.
🎤Thursday 1 October, 7pm Black Box - Tickets £10

🎨 Martin Della Vecchia – Still Here
🎤Music composer & visual artist Martin Della Vecchia will explore how movement & emotion inform music composition.
🎤Thursday 1 Oct – Sunday 4 Oct (Various times, screenings every 10 mins) Untold The Museum - Tickets are fee

🌈 BFrank – Single Launch
🎤Pop launch with guest performances from Rita Peach, Maiyamoo & Lee Labaron.
🎤Wednesday 8 October, 8pm Oh Yeah Music Centre Tickets £11

University of Atypical for Arts and Disability | Visit Belfast

Are you searching for a new job?Take a look at what we have to offer:👉Enterprise and Business Growth Officer👉 Pest Opera...
03/09/2026

Are you searching for a new job?

Take a look at what we have to offer:

👉Enterprise and Business Growth Officer
👉 Pest Operative
👉City Innovation Programme Officer
👉 Assistant Planning Officer
👉City Services Manager
👉PA/Secretary To Director
👉Community Centre Assistant Supervisor (part-time)

Search for 'jobs' on our website to find out more and apply.

Would you like free, reusable period products delivered to your door?If you’re a resident in the Belfast City Council ar...
02/09/2026

Would you like free, reusable period products delivered to your door?

If you’re a resident in the Belfast City Council area, you are eligible!

Part of our period dignity community initiative, these products help tackle period poverty and reduce waste.

You can find out how to order from the link in comments.

Ever wondered what Late Night Art Belfast is?On the first Thursday of every month (this month it's Thursday 3 September)...
02/09/2026

Ever wondered what Late Night Art Belfast is?

On the first Thursday of every month (this month it's Thursday 3 September), from 6-9pm, Belfast's diverse art spaces are open late & buzzing with exhibitions for you to enjoy 🤩

To make exploring even easier, we are thrilled to share the brand-new Belfast Art Map - created by Belfast Visual Arts Forum in collaboration with ourselves here in council.

So if you have no plans tomorrow evening, why not come into the city & see what it's all about? Galleries include 2 Royal Avenue, The MAC, CRAFT NI, Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery, Catalyst Arts, GoldenThread Gallery and Belfast Print Workshop.

As a council, we are proud to celebrate & support the incredible arts, culture, and local talent in our city👏

Late Night Art Belfast is free to attend and is for everyone!

Visit Belfast | Discover Northern Ireland

Our successful Bank of Ideas projects are a great example of our funding brought to life 👏The initiative, now in its thi...
01/09/2026

Our successful Bank of Ideas projects are a great example of our funding brought to life 👏

The initiative, now in its third year, gave the public the chance to decide how £50,000 of funding should be used in local communities.

Some upcoming dates for your diary from successful projects:

✨PULSE: Wellbeing Club Night at The Oh Yeah Centre.
🎧Join dancers Aisling McCormick & Rosie Mullin along with DJ Venus Dupree in an immersive music‑led experience!
🤩Wednesday 9 September, 7pm-10pm - tickets via Oh Yeah Music Centre

🎭Freedom of the City at The MAC
🗣️A new play about Belfast created by young people from 5th Element. The play is a love letter to Belfast and interweaves themes of community, self-knowledge and raising others up!
🤩Thursday 10 September, 7.30pm - The MAC

🎨Art is Trade at Banana Block, Portview Trade Centre
🛍️This is a networking and community event to support connection, conversation, and visibility for local makers - Bring your creative work, talk to visitors and connect with other makers!
🤩Sunday 6 September, 12 noon-5pm

Previous projects began to take shape from the beginning of June and included:

✨Where Our Stories Meet: An intercultural storytelling project by Imagenation NI connecting Northern Irish and Indian backgrounds 📚
✨The Big Ukulele Jam hosted a massively popular community play and sing-along at the Big Fish landmark!🐟
✨Free, outdoor Tai Chi wellbeing sessions delivered by Joe McKeown across Belfast over the summer!🙆
✨Barnyard Boogie at St James' Community Farm 🕺

Over 40 projects from communities right across the city have benefited from our Bank Of Ideas scheme - an incredible initiative!

We've extended the consultation period on proposals for a new Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) in Drumglass Park to gi...
30/08/2026

We've extended the consultation period on proposals for a new Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) in Drumglass Park to give more people the opportunity to have their say.

The project aims to help manage wastewater and reduce the risk of flooding during periods of heavy rainfall in the Lisburn Road area.

Proposals include the creation of a new permanent SuDS pond, with a landscaped area around it, delivering both drainage and environmental benefits.

The consultation will now remain open until 18 September.

To view the proposals and complete the online consultation form, please visit our Your Say platform.

Northern Ireland Water Department for Infrastructure

The Mela Festival's official grand finale will take place today! (Sunday 30 August) 💃😍The Mela Carnival and Global Villa...
30/08/2026

The Mela Festival's official grand finale will take place today! (Sunday 30 August) 💃😍

The Mela Carnival and Global Village kicked off the festival celebrations in the city centre last Saturday & after a jam-packed week, a fantastic family friendly event will take over Botanic Gardens today!

✨Botanic Gardens
✨12pm-6pm

The park will be transformed into a world of colour, sound and creativity - with dance, food and family activities!

Belfast City Hall will also light up in yellow and purple this evening to mark the 20th anniversary of the Belfast Mela Festival.

Ticket information for today's event is available on the Belfast Mela website & via Arts Ekta 🥰

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