Book this fascinating 90-minute evening tour around the Cathedral Quarter to explore Belfast’s rich music scene. Your specialist guide from Creative Tours Belfast will introduce you to some of the city’s best-known musicians and bands, as well as some rising stars to follow.

There’ll be entertaining stories aplenty along the way. You’ll also hear a little about Belfast’s rich musical heritage and the city’s different musical traditions and their roots. Anecdotes will be shared about iconic music moments and key festivals – past and present.

The tour will touch on a wide range of music genres, including electronic, traditional, jazz, rock, pop, rap, punk and more. Music clips will be played along the way from a curated playlist!

Starting outside 2 Royal Avenue, a popular cultural venue, we’ll then take in historic pubs, popular clubs, Belfast’s oldest church building that has strong music links across centuries, a legendary venue in the city’s late ’70s punk scene, an open-air performance space, and the Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast’s own dedicated music hub.

This evening walk will let you explore a great music city, worthy of its 2021 designation as a UNESCO City of Music. It may whet your appetite to continue the evening by experiencing a live music event for yourself – maybe even from the CQAF programme.

The tour will take place in all weathers, so please come prepared! Meet outside 2RA a few minutes before the 6pm start time. The tour will end at 7.30pm on Hill Street.