Find venues, recording studios, record labels, festivals and more in this directory of music businesses in Northern Ireland.

If you don’t see yourself on this list and would like to submit your business, please get in touch.

labels & record stores

labels

• Time to be Proud

• Nocturne

• Lyte Records

• Zenith Cafe

• Subsonicá

• Wanderlust Group

• The Star Room Records

• Say Namm

• Touch Sensitive

• ELLAS

• Tonn Recordings

• S.O.D Records

• Extended Play

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

• Dig With It

• XS Noise

• Hotpress

• YEO Magazine

• Chordblossom

• The Thin Air

• Golden Plec

• Echoes and Dust

• District

PR

• Jeff Robinson PR

• Pulse PR

• Birl PR

• Thrill Merchants

Promoters

• Shine Promotions

• Table It Promotions

• MCD Promotions

• Old Crows Promotions

• The Night Institute

• Fluttertone

• Half Hearted Promotions

• Acid Flex

• Twitch

• Waz Hannin

• Elixir

• Strange Victory

• The Distortion Project

• Aiken Promotions

• Bedroom Community

• Live Free Tour Booking

• The Distortion Project

• BGO Productions

• SD Entertainment

• Sounds of NI

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

• IMBLOC International Traditional Arts Festival, 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

• Antrim School of Music

• GH Music School, Downpatrick

Content Creators

Photographers

• Ciara McMullan

• Lost Lens Caps

• Carrie Davenport

• Aaron Cunningham

• Ebony Alexander

• Darren Hill

• Oliver Galbaith

• Lee Anderson

• Bernie McAllister

• Jonah Gardner

• Broken Film

• Bradley Lyness

• Anna Burnett

• Meet Dean

• Ross Power

We hope you have found the NI Music Business Directory to be a useful resource. Please note, this is an ever-evolving document which aims to provide the most up to date information.

If you notice anything that’s missing or needs to be refreshed, please reach out and let us know!