Over the past year and a half, An Droichead has established itself as one of the best traditional music venues in Belfast. Friday 9–12 is a traditional session with Réalta and Friends; Saturday has a family-friendly fireside session 2–4 and a night session 9–12.
Mostly tunes and a few songs.
The Crosskeys is an old thatched coaching inn set down a secluded leafy lane, a quiet spot for a fortnightly session.
An Chultúrlann spans three floors, with space for artistic and theatrical expression, a café, a tourist information office, community radio, and the North’s largest dedicated Irish language and media book and gift shop. Located in Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter, it hosts live traditional and contemporary music sessions and poetry readings. Suitable for beginners and advanced. Core musicians are Dusty Doris (fiddle) and Maria Rafferty (flute), with visits from various guests and local musicians. ...
A venue for trad music, consistently hosting sessions four evenings a week over the last two decades. A Thursday evening has recently been added, making it five.
It is a ‘Slow Session’ specifically set up to encourage musicians who have no group skills to participate in session playing.
Halt is a new venue in the old Europa bus station.
A new session in Ballyhackamore, open to all skill levels. Meets every Wednesday; schedule updates are posted on social media.
All skill levels welcome. Core instruments include banjo, box, fiddle, mandola and bodhran. Free bar for musicians.