Fast-paced, alt.rock group Foreign Mornings wrap up a UK and Ireland tour with a headline in their hometown of Belfast. They’ve been championed by RTE2XM, BBC Introducing, Amazing Radio, Hot Press and Scotland On Sunday. Rising Scottish indie rock outfit Forgetting the Future and Belfast alt-rock group Monday's Child provide support.

Off Axis is a talent exchange and artist development community interest company, enabling musicians to tour the UK and Ireland independently by swapping shows and retaining 100% of the ticket income visit OffAxisGigs.com

This is an 18+ event.

Oh Yeah's Scratch My Progress and PRS Foundation are proud to present Garrett Laurie , Martha Greer, HY:LY and Beat Up Car as part of Output Belfast & Sound Of Belfast 2024.

This is a free event.

By working in collaboration with Beyond Skin, Sound of Belfast is proud to stage Amita Ravikiran - a multi-talented artist from India.

For this special concert Amita will be joined on stage with musicians she has collaborated with over the years and some new collaborators for this concert.

A night that will take you places with incredible musicianship.

This is an 18+ event.

In response to the growing need of young artists for a safe place to perform and enhance their skills, Oh Yeah launched their first all-ages Open Mic in August 2022. It was a massive success with a bill filled to the brim of talented performers, all under the age of 18.

It's the Starr Records Pop Quiz! special during Sound of Belfast. Expect NI music related trivia, free pints, spot prizes, and a 200 quid first prize.

This is an 18+ event.

Does Ireland have its own way of thinking about music? How might this perspective have developed? And could it explain the current dynamism in Irish musical life?

Belfast punk music holds a special place in music history, near and far. Take this walking tour to explore the story of punk music on Belfast’s streets, with a passionate punk music loving guide, who saw live back in the late 1970s the city’s best-known bands, including The Outcasts, Rudi, Stiff Little Fingers, Ruefrex, Victim, etc – and loves today’s punk bands too.

Operated by Creative Tours Belfast

This tour starts at the Go Petrol Station, 120 Great Victoria Street.

Our Acoustic Picnic is a beloved monthly event that brings families together for a day of music, art, and dance. This well-established family fun day is completely free of charge, providing a space for families to come together, bring a picnic, and enjoy the lively atmosphere of live music and creative activities.

Volume Control's annual battle of the bands competition.

Live Final with 6 of the freshest new musical acts to hit in the scene in Belfast and beyond. They will battle it out in front of an audience of their peers and industry judges in order to win some brilliant prizes and opportunities for their future.

This is an all-ages event.

Breaking Into Music is a Creative Industries Day curated by the Oh Yeah Music Centre as part of the annual Sound of Belfast Festival in November.

Schedule:

9:00 am - Registration + Breakfast  - CATERING - 

9:30 am - Opening remarks from Pricilla / Tony Harlowe with Video from Rio Ferdinand

10:00 am - Panel 1 - Foot in the Door - How to get started in the music industry with Jen (BBC 6 Music), Gemma Bradley (BBC ATL), Alicia Raye, OJ & Nikki Riggon.

10:55 am -  Changeover

11:00 am -  Panel - NETWORKING - with Sian Mullholland, Tony Moore, Ben Magee (New Champion Management), Saul Duffin (YEO Magazine).

12 noon   - Networking lunch – Performance HOT BOX Young People

1:00 pm - Workshops:

‘Can you hear me now?’ A panel and information session for young musicians and producers on how to get their music heard. Advice on radio play, digital platforms and promotional tips.

‘Setting the Stage’. An interactive session setting the main performance space in Oh Yeah up for a soundcheck.

‘Social Media and Digital Platforms for your creative project’.

2:00 pm – Workshops:

‘HYMN Creative Mental Health’.

‘Rocky Start Together Recording Studio. ’ Introduction to the studio.

‘DJ Basics’

3:00 pm - Close with a performance from an Irish Hip Hop artist

For further information or to sign up email caoimhe@ohyeahbelfast.com

This is a 14+ event.

Bonded is a new night in honour of the recording craft. The request is simple; sit back and listen. Each month we will select an LP to listen to in a safe and attentive group environment. The musician behind it will be present on the night.

This is an event designed to slow the listening process down. To delve into the details and grow closer to the art of the recorded format. First up in the series is the latest release The Dance Hall by Lminl aka Deci Gallen (The Jane Bradfords).

This is an 18+ event.

Enjoy an exclusive 30 minute performance by a talented local musician, to round out this popular music-filled journey across the city. You'll to hear about the wealth of musical talent in Belfast across a wide range of genres, while enjoying a specially curated music playlist. Along the way you will hear anecdotes about Van Morrison, Gary Lightbody and Snow Patrol, James Galway, Ruby Murray, Ottilie Patterson and many other music ‘legends’.

You’ll find out about Belfast’s famous punk bands of the late 70s, our jazz, pop, Traditional Irish, rock, classical, electronic and many other genres of music vibrant today. The tour will take in the city’s oldest pub, Kelly’s Cellars, the city’s oldest church, First Presbyterian Rosemary Street, modern music venues, record shops, outdoor venues and a Victorian Music Hall.

Belfast is alive with music. Come discover why Belfast deserves the prestigious UNESCO City of Music title it was awarded in November 2021.

The tour is delivered by Creative Tours Belfast and ends with a visit to Oh Yeah, where you’ll be shown around the fascinating collection of music memorabilia in its NI Music Exhibition, before settling down to enjoy a fabulous performance.

This tour starts at Ulster Hall, Bedford Street.

Punkoween carries on into the dark howling night at the Oh Yeah Music Centre on Thursday 27th October, with punk principalities Parker, Gender Chores, and Strange New Places.

Dressing up is encouraged - if you dare...

18 +

PUNKOWEEN IS BACK!

Risen again to bring the Volume Control gang some spooktacular live music in Oh Yeah Music Centre.

Strange New Places
Gender Chores
PARKER

The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast are excited to announce they are bringing their unique take on military history LIVE to Belfast for the first time ever! Hosts Joe, Tom, and Nate cover Military History while mocking inept Commanders, battlefield blunders, and everything in between.

Doors 7pm

Take a musical bus journey through the heart of the rock and roll city! Newly appointed as UNESCO City of Music, Belfast is home to some of the world’s most talented musicians and iconic music venues. What better way to explore the city than to take in the sights through a musical lens as your local expert guide shares lesser-known facts and which won’t be found easily online. Hear colourful tales that have been passed down through generations with special mentions of The Undertones, Ruby Murray and David Holmes, to name but a few.

The tour group will congregate at Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter for a sharp departure at 2pm.

After an informative ride throughout the city, the bus will drop you off back at Oh Yeah where you can enjoy a complimentary drink of your choice and browse the NI Music Exhibition free of charge. The exhibition displays legendary items such as Gary Lightbody’s guitar used to write ‘Chasing Cars’, Gary Moore’s iconic barbed wire patterned suit which he wore as part of an amnesty international show, and a brick from the original Maritime Hotel building, plus many more pieces of treasured music memorabilia!

Bespoke tours which include private, group or corporate tours can be arranged upon request. Please contact hannah@ohyeahbelfast.com for details, availability and a price quote.

This tour starts at Oh Yeah Music Centre, Gordon Street.

Come join us for Girls Rock School NI jam sessions are back for the Autumn! These relaxed and fun music-making sessions are open to girls and gender expansive youth aged 8-17. Open to all experience levels and total beginners, come along and learn to write songs together and even try out an instrument for the first time! If you or someone you know is interested, this is for you! We look forward to rocking out with you this spooky season!

Tickets: £35 for 4 weeks, includes mentorship, access to instruments and equipment plus free GRSNI merch.

Dates: Saturday 5th October, 12th October, 19th October and 26th October

Times: Ages 8-12 12pm to 1.30pm // Ages 13-17 1.30pm - 3pm

“Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!”

Regina George was wrong. So Fetch is happening, playing all your favourite hits from the 00s!

Think Britney Spears to Avril Lavigne. McFly to Usher. Rihanna to Gwen Stefani. Justin Timberlake to Busted. Beyonce to Amy Winehouse.

So whether you were a skater boi, or spent the decade hanging out under your umberella-Ella-Ella-eh, you can expect to hear your faves on the night!

Mean Girls inspired fancy dress is highly encouraged!

Celebrating your birthday between Oct 18th and Nov 1st? Then you get free entry! Drop us an email to hello@throwbackevents.co.uk with the subject 'So Fetch Belfast' to claim!

We also offer free entry to NHS staff, email us to sort entry.

This is an 18+ event.

Starr Records are back with their Pop Quiz and this time it's the 80s!

The usual £200 quid first prize, free pints, prizes and Play Your Cards Sh*te.

Quiz starts at 7 SHARP with doors at 6:30. Fiver per head with max teams of 6.

The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival presents Indigo Girls – It’s Only Life After All in association with Oh Yeah as part of the Women's Work Festival on Wednesday 23rd October.

Indigo Girls were one of only a handful of acts to emerge in the 80s and 90s who somehow found success in the music industry purely on their own terms.

Blending 40 years of home movies, incredible raw film archive, and intimate present-day verité, the award-nominated It’s Only Life After All is a poignant reflection of the iconic folk rock duo.

Even at their commercial peak, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers were routinely mocked for being too earnest, too poetic, too folky, too lesbian. Back then, being labelled a female, gay singer-songwriter was an artistic and commercial curse, as Ray recalls in vivid detail in one of the film’s most powerful scenes.

There’s been something of an Indigo Girls renaissance in the offing since Margot Robbie’s Barbie belted out Closer to Fine across thousands of multiplexes last summer.It’s Only Life After Allis a timely look into the obstacles, activism, and life lessons of two queer friends who never expected to make it big.

“Smart and compelling…Existing fans will be mesmerized, but non-fans like me should also get a kick out of “It’s Only Life After All.”Elisabeth Vincentelli – Critic’s Pick, New York Times 

Susan has spent the last few years honing her craft as a solo performer. A songwriter of hidden depths, with a timeless voice that is equal parts balm and blowtorch, she is audacity personified, a free spirit, a real performer.

Since the release of the critically acclaimed collaboration album with Mick Flannery ‘In The Game’, Susan has toured extensively across Europe and North America, performing both with Mick and solo on headline tours, festival stages, and as an invited guest to an array of artists including Phoebe Bridgers, Valerie June and The Teskey Brothers.

This will be the Belfast release show for Susan’s new album ‘Now in a Minute’. 

Doors 7:30PM

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

On a leisurely, music-filled stroll, your guide Dolores will introduce you to many of the city’s music legends, past and present. You will also hear about Belfast’s rich musical heritage, traditions and roots.

This tour starts at Ulster Hall, Bedford Street.

There is a wealth of music talent in Belfast, across many genres - from hip hop to classical, jazz and punk - opera to folk, country and electro pop - and more! Music plays a significant and important role in the fabric of Belfast, making it a vibrant city to live in or visit.

On a leisurely, music-filled stroll, your guide Dolores will introduce you to many of the city’s music legends, past and present. You will also hear about Belfast’s rich musical heritage, traditions and roots.

This tour starts at Ulster Hall, Bedford Street.

Come join us for Girls Rock School NI jam sessions are back for the Autumn! These relaxed and fun music-making sessions are open to girls and gender expansive youth aged 8-17. Open to all experience levels and total beginners, come along and learn to write songs together and even try out an instrument for the first time! If you or someone you know is interested, this is for you! We look forward to rocking out with you this spooky season!

Tickets: £35 for 4 weeks, includes mentorship, access to instruments and equipment plus free GRSNI merch.

Dates: Saturday 5th October, 12th October, 19th October and 26th October

Times: Ages 8-12 12pm to 1.30pm // Ages 13-17 1.30pm - 3pm

Waz Hannin is back and better than ever with another series of roast battles with a panel of hosts Tmike Justin freeburn and Adam Byrne.

H-O-T-T-O-G-O! If you are HOT TO GO then come dance at the Pink Pony Rave!

Chappell Roan just got a well deserved number 1 album and we are celebrating by throwing a party to worship Chappell Roan and friends!

DJs will be playing :

Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, The Last Dinner Party, Mitski, Sabrina Carpenter, Reneé Rapp, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers, MUNA, Troye Sivan & more.

If Kink Is Your Karma then get ready to sing your heart out all night long!

Celebrating your birthday between October 5th - 19th? Then you get free entry. E-mail us on hello@throwbackevents.co.uk with the subject ‘Pink Pony Belfast' to claim.

We also offer free entry to NHS staff, email us to find out more.

This is an 18+ event.

Belfast punk music holds a special place in music history, near and far. Take this walking tour to explore the story of punk music on Belfast’s streets, with a passionate punk music loving guide, who saw live back in the late 1970s the city’s best-known bands, including The Outcasts, Rudi, Stiff Little Fingers, Ruefrex, Victim, etc – and loves today’s punk bands too.

Operated by Creative Tours Belfast

This tour starts at the Go Petrol Station, 120 Great Victoria Street.

Come join us for Girls Rock School NI jam sessions are back for the Autumn! These relaxed and fun music-making sessions are open to girls and gender expansive youth aged 8-17. Open to all experience levels and total beginners, come along and learn to write songs together and even try out an instrument for the first time! If you or someone you know is interested, this is for you! We look forward to rocking out with you this spooky season!

Tickets: £35 for 4 weeks, includes mentorship, access to instruments and equipment plus free GRSNI merch.

Dates: Saturday 5th October, 12th October, 19th October and 26th October

Times: Ages 8-12 12pm to 1.30pm // Ages 13-17 1.30pm - 3pm