3 Best Performing Arts Venues in Northern Ireland

This long-established Belfast festival lasts for three weeks in October and is the city's major arts festival.

This early-May festival, always buzzing with energy, attracts local, national, and international visual and performing artists. Its base of operations is the Black Box on Hill Street, at the heart of the Cathedral Quarter, where a café serves snacks during the day and light lunches. The same organization runs the very successful Out to Lunch festival in January.

This vibrant three-day street-theater event coinciding with the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival spills into public spaces across Belfast the first weekend in May. The popular event has been running since 2003 and features world-class entertainers in the form of acrobats and visiting artistes.