Belfast scene guide
Belfast scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at The Wee Bar. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Belfast’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Sam Girling: The Wee Bar, The Ulster Sports Club, Happys Belfast
- Techno — if you like Barker: The Ulster Sports Club, Mandela Hall, Accidental Theatre
- Hardcore — if you like Jordan Tilstone: The Temple, Common Market, The Marcus Ward
- Industrial — if you like Jordan Tilstone: The Temple, Common Market, The Marcus Ward
- Trance — if you like Peter James: Happys Belfast, Accidental Theatre
Busiest venues
- The Telegraph Building
- The Limelight
- The Ulster Sports Club
- The Wee Bar
- Happys Belfast
- Mandela Hall
- Accidental Theatre
- The Oh Yeah Centre
How big is Belfast’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 336 club nights across 55 venues in Belfast, featuring 355 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Belfast tonight.
Which Belfast venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Belfast club nights actually start and end?
From the 336 listings publishing door times: the median Belfast night opens at 22:00 — 44% open before 22:00, 56% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 83 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 1% run past 04:00 and 1% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Belfast cost?
Across the 61 listings publishing prices (18% of all nights): the median advance ticket is £10, with half of all nights between £6 and £13. 8% of listed nights are free.
When does Belfast go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (53% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 93% of the week. The busiest month of the year is September.
What does Belfast sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 35% · House 33% · Hardcore 7% · Industrial 6% · Electronica 6% · Trance 5%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.