From Saturday 23rd - Friday 29th July, Belfast TradFest returns with a jam-packed week of traditional music, song and dance, featuring some of the best traditional musicians, singers & dancers from across these islands. Featuring a summer school and a full programme of concerts, workshops, talks, lectures, sessions, céilís & festival club, this week is the only one of its kind in Northern Ireland and brings together both the Irish and the Ulster-Scots musical traditions, in a shared celebration of culture & heritage.

Festival headliner and set to be an ‘I was there moment’ is Sharon Shannon Big Band at Ulster Hall on Friday 29th July. Opening the show will be Hothouse Flowers’ frontman Liam Ó Maonlaí, performing a rare solo set with grand piano, bodhrán & tin-whistle followed by Sharon Shannon’s eclectic six piece band.