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Belfast

Metal, rock, punk and alternative listings. 129 upcoming gigs across 42 venues, next on 27 September.

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Belfast currently has 129 upcoming metal, punk and alternative shows across 42 venues, including The Limelight 2, The Limelight 1, The O2 Belfast. The next gig is Benediction on September 27, 2026. 1 of them is on this weekend. Moshradar tracks the Belfast underground scene — gig listings, venue guides — updated as new shows are announced.

Overview

What's onThe next 8 of 129

All gigs

Sun 27 Sep Benediction The Limelight 2 Tickets
Tue 29 Sep Yonaka The Limelight 2 Tickets
Tue 29 Sep Holy Holy Feat Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey The Limelight 1 Tickets
Wed 30 Sep (Hed) P.E. + Cold The Limelight 2 Tickets
Fri 2 Oct The Molotovs The Limelight 2 Tickets
Fri 2 Oct Baest Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Fri 2 Oct John Andrews Band The Belfast Barge Tickets
Fri 2 Oct Oasis Tribute: Live Forever at The Bentley, Derry City The Bentley Bar £15 Tickets

Where they playBusiest rooms in Belfast

All venues

The Limelight 221 The Limelight 115 The O2 Belfast14 The Telegraph Building9 Ulster Sports Club8

Gigs

Upcoming gigs in Belfast129 listed

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Sun 27 Sep Benediction The Limelight 2 Tickets
Tue 29 Sep Yonaka The Limelight 2 Tickets
Tue 29 Sep Holy Holy Feat Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey The Limelight 1 Tickets
Wed 30 Sep (Hed) P.E. + Cold The Limelight 2 Tickets
Fri 2 Oct The Molotovs The Limelight 2 Tickets
Fri 2 Oct Baest Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Fri 2 Oct John Andrews Band The Belfast Barge Tickets
Fri 2 Oct Oasis Tribute: Live Forever at The Bentley, Derry City The Bentley Bar £15 Tickets
Fri 2 Oct Féline W/ Kristian Woods / Emma O / Sufi Is Ifus / SARAMO Ulster Sports Club £10 Tickets
Sat 3 Oct Hell Yea Voodoo Belfast £6.66 Tickets
Sun 4 Oct The Amazons The Limelight 2 Tickets
Mon 5 Oct The Hu The Telegraph Building Tickets
Tue 6 Oct Fear Factory The Limelight 1 Tickets
Wed 7 Oct Pet Needs Voodoo Tickets
Wed 7 Oct Crash Test Dummies Mandela Hall Tickets
Thu 8 Oct Cabaret Voltaire The Limelight 1 Tickets
Sat 10 Oct The Reytons The Telegraph Building Tickets
Thu 15 Oct Share a Suite - Stephen Wilson Jnr. The O2 Belfast Tickets
Thu 15 Oct Heineken Lounge -Stephen Wilson Jnr. The O2 Belfast Tickets
Thu 15 Oct Heidi Curtis The Deers Head Tickets
Thu 15 Oct Stephen Wilson Jr. - Gary the Torch Tour The O2 Belfast Tickets
Fri 16 Oct Share a Suite - The Rock Orchestra The O2 Belfast Tickets
Fri 16 Oct Heineken Lounge - the Rock Orchestra The O2 Belfast Tickets
Fri 16 Oct The Year Grunge Broke The Limelight 2 Tickets
Fri 16 Oct Negative Creeps - Nirvana Tribute Empire Music Hall Tickets
Fri 16 Oct The Rock Orchestra The O2 Belfast Tickets
Sat 17 Oct Fontaines C.D. The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sun 18 Oct Anthony Toner Plays James Taylor The Belfast Barge £13 Tickets
Sun 18 Oct Share a Suite - Duran Duran The O2 Belfast Tickets
Sun 18 Oct Heineken Lounge - Duran Duran The O2 Belfast Tickets
Sun 18 Oct Tigercub Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Sun 18 Oct Duran Duran The O2 Belfast Tickets
Wed 21 Oct The Small Fortunes Voodoo Tickets
Fri 23 Oct Overpass Empire Music Hall Tickets
Sat 24 Oct NORTHERN DISSONANCE: AN AFTERMATH EVENT. Limelight 2, 24/10/26 The Limelight 2 £20 Tickets
Wed 28 Oct Gurriers Ulster Hall Belfast Tickets
Wed 28 Oct Mike Massé The Black Box Tickets
Fri 30 Oct Panchiko Empire Music Hall Tickets
Fri 30 Oct Definitely Oasis - Belfast The Beehive Belfast £20 Tickets
Fri 30 Oct John Andrews Band The Belfast Barge £12.50 Tickets
Fri 30 Oct Reckless Raves: THE WARE-HOUSE XL [HALLOWEEN SPECIAL] Common Market £24–£30 Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Punkoween Daytime Show Oh Yeah Music Centre £7–£10 Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Jamie Webster: Matinee Album Launch Show McConnell's Distillery £20.23–£40.68 Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Huey Morgan - Fun Lovin Criminal The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sat 31 Oct One Night of Rock 'n' Roll Ballyhackamore Working Mens Institute And Club £10 Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Jamie Webster: Album Launch Show McConnell's Distillery £20.23–£40.68 Tickets
Sat 31 Oct Black Parade - 00's Emo Anthems Halloween Party | Belfast The Empire £7–£10 Tickets
Sun 1 Nov Transvision Vamp The Limelight 1 Tickets
Mon 2 Nov Jack Savoretti Ulster Hall Belfast Tickets
Tue 3 Nov Alison Moyet Waterfront Hall Auditorium Tickets
Wed 4 Nov Swervedriver The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sat 7 Nov Skindred - You Got This Tour The Telegraph Building Tickets
Tue 10 Nov Little Angels The Limelight 1 Tickets
Thu 12 Nov Car Bomb + Frontierer. Thurs 12th Nov, Voodoo Belfast Voodoo Belfast £22.50 Tickets
Fri 13 Nov Divides Unfold + Saffron Gorman & The Black Eagle Band. 13th Nov Limelight 2 £11 Tickets
Fri 13 Nov Bec O'Malley - Homeward Bound The Barge Tickets
Fri 13 Nov Shine X BBC Introducing Presents Don't Sleep Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Sat 14 Nov PorkPie Live at The Limelight 1, Belfast The Limelight 2 £25 Tickets
Sat 14 Nov Pork Pie The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sat 14 Nov Duke Special Mandela Hall Tickets
Sun 15 Nov Tia Bow: Blackberry Path Album Launch + Clare Galway Support Oh Yeah Music Centre £14 Tickets
Mon 16 Nov Teenage Fanclub Empire Music Hall Tickets
Thu 19 Nov Jamie McIntyre The Limelight 1 Tickets
Thu 19 Nov Bicurious Ulster Sports Club £12 Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Share a Suite - The Shamrocks The O2 Belfast Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Heineken Lounge - the Shamrocks The O2 Belfast Tickets
Fri 20 Nov The Last Resort,Sensory Overload and ANAMACHARA At The Barge The Belfast Barge £5–£10 Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Chloe Slater Voodoo Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Wrong Jovi The Limelight 2 Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Fat Dog The Limelight 1 Tickets
Fri 20 Nov Chapterhouse Empire Music Hall Tickets
Fri 20 Nov The Shamrocks The O2 Belfast Tickets
Sat 21 Nov 1000mods Voodoo Tickets
Sat 21 Nov Twenty One Pilots Appreciation Party (Belfast) Limelight 2 £7–£10 Tickets
Sun 22 Nov Xentrix + Nervosa + Tortured Demon. Limelight 2 - 22/11/26 Limelight 2 £22.50 Tickets
Sun 22 Nov Radio Free Alice Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Tue 24 Nov Urne Voodoo Tickets
Wed 25 Nov Avatar The Limelight 1 Tickets
Wed 25 Nov Harakiri for the Sky The Limelight 2 Tickets
Thu 26 Nov Eagles of Death Metal The Limelight 1 Tickets
Fri 27 Nov Electric Six The Limelight 2 Tickets
Fri 27 Nov Twilight Rave (Belfast) Limelight 2 £7–£9 Tickets
Sat 28 Nov Gearbox X Reckless Raves: THE TEMPLE 008 THE TEMPLE £30–£45 Tickets
Sat 28 Nov Lacerated & Carbonized + Nihilanth + CA.28/11/26, Deers Head The Deers Head £15 Tickets
Mon 30 Nov Evergrey + TBC. Monday 30th November, Limelight 2, Belfast Limelight 2 £25 Tickets
Mon 30 Nov Milo Korbenski Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Tue 1 Dec Esmeralda Road Voodoo Tickets
Tue 1 Dec Dylan John Thomas The Limelight 1 Tickets
Tue 1 Dec The Darkness The Telegraph Building Tickets
Wed 2 Dec Esmeralda Road Voodoo Tickets
Wed 2 Dec Enter Shikari The Telegraph Building Tickets
Thu 3 Dec Disorder The Limelight 2 Tickets
Tue 8 Dec Sevendust The Limelight 1 Tickets
Thu 10 Dec The Frank and Walters The Limelight 2 Tickets
Thu 10 Dec Ash - 1977 30th Anniversary Tour Ulster Hall Belfast Tickets
Thu 10 Dec The Pogues The Telegraph Building Tickets
Fri 11 Dec Emo Fest - the Greatest Emo Tribute Night The Limelight 1 Tickets
Sun 13 Dec Razorlight - 'America' 20th Anniversary Tour The Telegraph Building Tickets
Sun 13 Dec Alabama 3 Oh Yeah music Centre Tickets
Tue 15 Dec BLEECH 9:3 Oh Yeah music Centre Tickets
Wed 16 Dec Mammoth The Telegraph Building Tickets
Wed 16 Dec NuMuze Presents: Disorder + XL Poncho & Penny's Band Ulster Sports Club £12.50 Tickets
Fri 18 Dec Niall McNamee - Limited Edition Tour Ulster Sports Club £10 Tickets
Tue 19 Jan Unpeople Voodoo Tickets
Tue 19 Jan Holly Humberstone The Limelight 1 Tickets
Mon 25 Jan Alestorm + Battle Beast + Wizardthrone Ulster Hall Belfast Tickets
Thu 28 Jan Melrose Avenue The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sat 30 Jan Good Health Good Wealth Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Sun 7 Feb South Arcade The Limelight 1 Tickets
Tue 16 Feb Saxon The Telegraph Building Tickets
Sat 20 Feb Iceage Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Sun 21 Feb Basement The Limelight 1 Tickets
Mon 1 Mar Signs of the Swarm The Limelight 2 Tickets
Mon 1 Mar Editors Ulster Hall Belfast Tickets
Wed 3 Mar Hudson Freeman Ulster Sports Club Tickets
Tue 9 Mar The Menzingers & the Flatliners The Limelight 2 Tickets
Tue 9 Mar Megadeth - Breakout: Hibernation Of The Nations Europe Tour 2027 The O2 Belfast Tickets
Tue 9 Mar Share a Suite - Megadeth The O2 Belfast Tickets
Wed 10 Mar Lambrini Girls: No Refunds Tour Empire Music Hall Tickets
Thu 11 Mar Dirty Honey The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sun 14 Mar Big Country The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sat 27 Mar Martin Stephenson & The Daintees Limelight 2 £25 Tickets
Sat 3 Apr Kings of Lyon & The UK Strokes The Limelight 2 Tickets
Sat 5 Jun Oasis Supernova Live 27 - Belfast Mandela Hall £8–£24 Tickets
Fri 11 Jun Belsonic Festival Ormeau Park Belfast, Ireland Tickets
Sun 13 Jun Britallica (Britney Spears Metal Tribute) - Oh Yeah, Belfast Oh Yeah Music Centre £20 Tickets
Thu 17 Jun SOMBR // You Are The Reason Tour // Belfast Ormeau Park Tickets
Thu 1 Jul Stendhal Festival Ballymully Cottage Farm £10–£15 Tickets
Thu 9 Sep The Dire Straits Experience Ulster Hall Belfast Tickets

Venues

Venues in Belfast42 listed, busiest first

The Limelight 2 17, Ormeau Avenue · 21 upcoming The Limelight 1 17, Ormeau Avenue · 15 upcoming The O2 Belfast 2 Queens Quay · 14 upcoming The Telegraph Building 124-144 Royal Avenue · 9 upcoming Ulster Sports Club 96-98 High St · 8 upcoming Voodoo 9 - 11 Fountain Street · 8 upcoming Empire Music Hall 42 Botanic Ave · 6 upcoming Limelight 2 17 Ormeau Avenue · 6 upcoming Ulster Hall Belfast 1-7 Bedford Street · 6 upcoming The Belfast Barge Lanyon Quay · 4 upcoming Ulster Sports Club 96-98 High St, Belfast · 4 upcoming Mandela Hall University Road · 3 upcoming Oh Yeah Music Centre 15-21 Gordon Street · 3 upcoming McConnell's Distillery 53-55 Crumlin Road · 2 upcoming Oh Yeah music Centre 15-21 Gordon Street · 2 upcoming The Limelight 2 17 Ormeau Avenue · 2 upcoming Voodoo Belfast 11-13 Fountain Street · 2 upcoming Ballyhackamore Working Mens Institute And Club 1 Sandown Road · 1 upcoming Ballymully Cottage Farm Ballymully Cottage Farm · 1 upcoming Common Market 16-20 Dunbar Street · 1 upcoming Ormeau Park Ormeau Road · 1 upcoming Ormeau Park Belfast, Ireland Unit 10 · 1 upcoming THE TEMPLE 8 Carlisle Circus · 1 upcoming The Barge 1 Lanyon Quay · 1 upcoming The Beehive Belfast 193 Falls Rd · 1 upcoming The Bentley Bar 1-7 Market Street · 1 upcoming The Black Box 18-22 Hill Street · 1 upcoming The Deers Head Lower Garfield Street · 1 upcoming The Deers Head 1 - 3 Lower Garfield Street · 1 upcoming The Empire 42 Botanic Avenue · 1 upcoming Waterfront Hall Auditorium 2 Lanyon Place · 1 upcoming ***Secret Location*** TBA 5th Element NI 8 Exchange Street Custom House Square Belfast Belfast HALT Weavers Cross 10 Glengall Street Happys Belfast 149 Lisburn Road Mad Jacks Unit 1A Menagerie 130 University St St. Columb's Hall 10A Newmarket Street The Limelight Belfast 17 Ormeau Avenue

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Who's playing soonActs with upcoming Belfast dates

(Hed) P.E. 1000mods Acid Age Alabama 3 Alestorm Alison Moyet Anthony Toner Ash Avatar Baest Basement Basement Torture Killings

Gigs in Belfast: the basics

How many gigs are on in Belfast?

There are 129 upcoming gigs listed in Belfast across 42 venues. The next is Benediction on 27 September 2026.

Are there any gigs in Belfast this weekend?

Yes — 1 gig is listed in Belfast this weekend (25–27 September).

What are the best live music venues in Belfast?

The Belfast venues with the most upcoming shows listed are The Limelight 2, The Limelight 1, The O2 Belfast, The Telegraph Building, Ulster Sports Club.

Which bands are playing in Belfast soon?

Acts with upcoming Belfast dates include (Hed) P.E., 1000mods, Acid Age, Alabama 3, Alestorm, Alison Moyet, Anthony Toner, Ash, Avatar, Baest, Basement, Basement Torture Killings.

What genres of live music can you see in Belfast?

Upcoming shows in Belfast cover Alternative, Rock, Metal, Punk, Indie, Emo.

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