Out To Lunch 2026 Early-bird

Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor & Neil Martin

The Black Box

Friday 9 January, 8.00pm

John Prine’s German Afternoons: Presented by All the Best

The Black Box

Saturday 10 January, 2.00pm & 8.00pm

Historic Pubs of the Cathedral Quarter

Leaves Kellys Cellars

Sunday 11 and Sunday 25 January, 2.00pm

Hiraeth: Yearning for Home? With Michael Smiley and Miranda Sawyer

The Black Box

Sunday 11 January, 2.00pm

Keith James: The Songs of Nick Drake

The Black Box

Sunday 11 January, 8.00pm

Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes

The Black Box

Tuesday 13 January, 1.00pm and 8.00pm

Simply Streisand

The Black Box

Wednesday 14 January, 1.00pm, Thursday 15 January, 1.00pm

‘A Little Cloud’ and ‘Counterparts’ from Joyce’s Dubliners

The Black Box

Wednesday 14 January, 8.00pm

Michael Palin in Conversation

The Whitla Hall

Wednesday 14 January, 8.00pm

Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It

The Black Box

Thursday 15 January, 8.00pm

Naima Bock

The Deer’s Head

Thursday 15 January, 8.00pm

Céilí for Lunch

The Black Box

Friday 16 January, 1.00pm 

Clifton Street Cemetery Tour

Leaves Clifton House

Friday 16 January & Friday 23 January, 2.00pm

The Hans Zimmer Experience

The Black Box

Friday 16 January, 8.00pm 

Quire at Out to Lunch

The Black Box

Saturday 17 January, 2.00pm

Luka Bloom

The Black Box

Saturday 17 January, 8.00pm

Greg Wilson

The Deer’s Head

Saturday 17 January, 9.00pm

Arts Across Belfast Bus Tour

Leaves Black Box

Sunday 18 January, 10.25am - 2.00pm 

Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers

The Black Box

Sunday 18 January, 2.00pm 

In association with the Harrison Hotel

Out To Lunch with Vincent Price

The Harrison Hotel

Sunday 18 January, 7.00pm

Rosie Wilby: The Breakup Monologues Live Podcast

The Black Box

Sunday 18 January, 8.00pm

Ulster Orchestra at Out to Lunch: Mendelssohn and More!

The Black Box

Tuesday 20 January, 1.00pm & 7.30pm

Grant-Lee Phillips

The Deer’s Head

Tuesday 20 January, 8.00pm

Women in Black

The Black Box

Wednesday 21 January, 1.00pm

Lemoncello

The Black Box

Thursday 22 January, 8.00pm

Los Dramaticos

The Black Box

Friday 23 January, 1.00pm 

In association with Music Capital

Red Sky July

Oh Yeah Centre

Friday 23 January, 7.30pm

John R Miller

The Deer’s Head

Saturday 24 January, 8.00pm

Superfly Funk and Soul & CQAF present

Don Letts DJ Set + Explosion Sound System Selectors

Ulster Sports Club 

Saturday 24 January, 10.30pm 

I Dreamed I Dream

Ulster Sports Club 

Saturday 24 January, 8.00pm

The Darkling Air with special guests Arco String Quartet

The Black Box

Sunday 25 January, 2.00pm 

Katherine Priddy

The Black Box

Sunday 25 January, 8.00pm

Caroline McEvoy: Train Man

The Deer’s Head

Sunday 25 January, 8.00pm

NI Opera presents ‘Cabaret for Lunch’ & ‘Evening Cabaret’

The Black Box

Tuesday 27 January, 1.00pm and 7.30pm

Menolicious authors Mariella Frostrup and Belles Berry in Conversation

Belfast College of Art. Ulster University

Tuesday 27th January 2026, 7.00pm

Classic Country for Lunch featuring The Boondocks

The Black Box

Wednesday 28 January, 1.00pm

Belfast and The Age of The Enlightenment

Clifton House

Wednesday 28 January, 7.00pm

Connor Burns – Gallus

The Black Box

Wednesday 28 January, 8.00pm 

Wookalily

The Black Box

Thursday 29 January, 1.00pm

‘Political Girl – Life and Fate in Russia’ Maria Alyokhina

The Black Box

Thursday 29 January, 8.00pm 

Yann Tiersen

The Black Box

Friday 30 January, 8.00pm

Einaudi for Lunch featuring Ruth McGinley

The Black Box

Saturday 31 January, 2.00pm