Rolling Programme

Film    Art     Poetry       Music  Sculpture    Street Art   Literature    Theatre.  

Get to see more of Belfast and find out about its talented creative people!

Hop on board this Festival half-day bus tour developed by Creative Tours Belfast for a fun exploration of the best of Belfast’s vibrant arts and cultural scene! Journey across the city with your entertaining and knowledgeable tour guide to become acquainted with a plethora of talented and creative people connected with the streets and different districts of the city that you’ll pass through.

Discover many of the city’s arts centres, theatres, art galleries and music venues, see cool street artwork and public sculptures and listen to music and stories as we go.

See and hear about many great visual artists, writers, actors, directors and musicians who were born or spent time in different parts of Belfast:

– Successful visual artists- for example, The Array Collective, Colin Davidson and Rita Duffy

– Award-winning novelists, playwrights/scriptwriters and poets – includingAnna Burns, Seamus Heaney, C S Lewis, Marie Jones, Lisa McKee, and Owen McCafferty

– Famous film directors and actors – including Kenneth Brannagh, Liam Neeson, Jamie Dornan, Tara Lynne O’Neill and Frances Tomelty

– Musicians of our UNESCO City of Music from Van Morrison, James Galway and Ruby Murray to today’s rising stars!

The tour will start from the Cathedral Quarter and stop for four short visits in each of north, south, east and west Belfast, giving you a chance to see what’s on and to explore a bit. There’ll be additional opportunities for photos along the way.

A special performance will be arranged for tour guests at one of the four venues visited, and a light lunch will also be provided at Eastside Visitor Centre, beside C S Lewis Square.

Meet for 10.25am at the Black Box and we will join our bus by St Anne’s Cathedral after exploring Writer’s Square.The tour will last for three and a half hours, and we will return back to the Cathedral Quarter for 2pm.

DATE: Sunday 18^th January 2026

START: 10.25am – the Black Box foyer

END: 2pm: By St Anne’s Cathedral, Donegall St, Cathedral Quarter

This tour has received part funding from Belfast City Council under its Neighbourhood Tourism Investment Programme