NI Music business directory
Find venues, recording studios, record labels, festivals and more in this directory of music businesses in Northern Ireland.
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labels & record stores
labels
record stores
Starr Records, Belfast
Time Slip Records, Belfast
Dragon Records, Belfast
Sound Advice, Belfast
HMV, Belfast
Voodoo Soup, Belfast
Cool Discs, Derry
Abbazappa Record Shop, Derry
Bending Sound, Bangor
Vinyl Sounds Good, Bangor
Choons, Bangor
Number One Records, Larne
Fairhill Records, Ballymena
Vanilla Records, Cookstown
publishing & performance rights
Songwriters in NI are represented by PRS For Music, IMRO.
Performers and recording rightsholders in NI are represented by PPL & PPI.
media, pr & promotion
media
PR
Promoters
venues
large venues
SSE Arena, Belfast
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Ulster Hall, Belfast
The Telegraph Building, Belfast
Mandela Hall, Belfast
Millennium Forum, Derry
small/medium venues
Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
The Limelight, Belfast
The Empire, Belfast
The Duncairn, Belfast
Voodoo, Belfast
The Deer’s Head, Belfast
Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
Black Box, Belfast
The Pavillion, Belfast
The American Bar, Belfast
Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast
The Points, Belfast
McHugh’s, Belfast
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Derry
The Nerve Centre, Derry
Bennigans Bar, Derry
Sandinos, Derry
The Court House, Bangor
The Skylite Room, Warrenpoint
The Townhouse Venue, Castlederg
Glasgowbury, Draperstown
Festivals
Large festivals
Belsonic, Belfast
AVA, Belfast
Custom House Square, Belfast
Féile an Phobail, Belfast
Stendhal, Limavady
Camp Dalfest, Glenarm
smaller festivals
Sound of Belfast, Belfast
Belfast International Arts Festival, Belfast
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
Outburst, Belfast
Tradfest, Belfast
Out To Lunch, Belfast
Eastside Arts Festival, Belfast
Panarts – Nashville Songwriter’s Festival, Belfast
Celtronic, Derry
Open House Festival, Bangor
Eats and Beats, Newcastle
The Soma Festival, Castlewellan
Dergfest, Castlederg
recording studios
Start Together Studio, Belfast
Red Box Recording, Belfast
Amps Studio, Belfast
Earth Music, Belfast
Half Bap Studios, Belfast
Hotbox Studios, Belfast
Attic Studios, Belfast
Black Studios, Belfast
Tribal King, Belfast
Strandtown Studios, Belfast
Stoney Road Studios, Belfast
Blast Furnace Recording, Derry
Burchwoods, Derry
Cloud9 Studios, Banbridge
Sonic Recording Studios, Ballymena
Joyful Noise, Craigavon
GNA, Craigavon
Big Space Studio, Newry
Analogue Catalogue, Newry
369 Recording Studio, Lisburn
Inca Road Studios, Lisburn
Tree Song Studios, Lisburn
Zero Hour Studio, Coleraine
Einstein Studios NI, Antrim
Manor Park Studio, Moneyglass
Stiúideo Feirste, Belfast
Small But Massive Studio, Draperstown
education
Music and Audio Production, Queens University Belfast
Music and Sound Design, Queens University Belfast
Music Performance, Queens University Belfast
Music (BA Hons) - Ulster University
Music with Education - Ulster University
Music with History - Ulster University
Music with Drama - Ulster University
Music Performance and Production, Southern Regional College
Creative Music & Audio Production, Southern Regional College
Creative Music & Audio Production (top up), Southern Regional College
GH Music School, Downpatrick
Content Creators
Photographers
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