Belfast’s traditional spring festival returns on Monday 13 March to Sunday 19 March with a feast of music, talks, tours, live entertainment and St Patrick's Day festivities celebrating the best By St. Paddy’s Day Crawl. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style with a high-energy club crawl! The King West St. Patrick’s Day Club Crawl Party takes you to four top venues in one night, including Ruby Soho, Isabelle’s Toronto, 44 Toronto, and Century. When: March 14, 2025 at 8 p.m. Where: Multiple venues. 4. St. Paddy’s Day Party at CastleCourt are pleased to welcome back the McGowan Academy of Irish Dancing this St. Patrick’s Day! Join them for traditional Irish dancing in the mall between 11am-1pm at the Royal Avenue doors. This is a perfect way to start your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations before the Belfast City Parade. St Patrick’s Day Parade on Monday 17 March; St Patrick's Music Festival - 14 to 17 March 2025; Trad Trail across various locations - 10 to 17 March; Seachtain na Gaeilge activities – 1 to 17 March; Spraoi Cois Lao - 8 March 2025; We'll update this page with more information as it becomes available. St Patrick's Day Parade route (Image: Belfast City Council). The map shows the route of this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade on 17 March, leaving City Hall at 1.30pm. The parade starts from Belfast has been hosting events since the start of March, with a packed programme of cultural activities across the city leading up to St Patrick's Day. The St Patrick's Day parade on Monday will Throughout the day, the new St Patrick's village, around St Patrick's Square, will be the place to experience traditional céilí dancing, lots of family-friendly activities and an artisan fair. That, of course, is entirely up to you, but based on our experience of St Patrick’s Day parades in times past, people start to line the route from as early as 9am to get the best vantage point. Belfast TradFest is delighted to partner with Belfast City Council to programme and deliver St. Patrick’s Music Festival across March 14th – 17th as part the UNESCO City of Music’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The programme invites everyone to the city to enjoy a variety of indoor and outdoor traditional arts events encompassing a Belfast TradFest is delighted to partner with Belfast City Council to programme and deliver St. Patrick’s Music Festival across March 14th – 17th as part the UNESCO City of Music’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Belfast TradFest is delighted to partner with Belfast City Council to programme and deliver St. Patrick’s Music Festival across March 14th – 17th as part the UNESCO City of Music’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. St Patrick's Day Parade route (Image: Belfast City Council) The map shows the route of this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade on 17 March, leaving City Hall at 1.30pm. All bin and recycling collections will take place as normal on St Patrick's Day, Monday 17 March 2025. Belfast City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS 028 9032 0202. Social St Patrick’s Day Parade 2025. Mon, 17 Mar 2025, 1:30pm Discover what’s on in Belfast including upcoming live music, gigs, concerts, comedy, children’s Northern Ireland is gearing up for a vibrant St Patrick’s Day celebration next week, with towns and cities set to turn green in honour of Ireland’s patron saint. From colourful floats to The annual St Patrick's Day parade, the focal point of the city's celebrations, is set to bring music, colour and life to the streets of Belfast on March 17. The 2025 St Patrick's Day celebrations feature over two weeks of events. The biggest Irish language family fun day of its kind will take place on Saturday 8 March from 1pm-4pm at Custom House Join us for Belfast’s annual St Patrick’s celebrations. Activities will include: Seachtain na Gaeilge le energia activities from 1 March to 17 March ; Trad Trail across various locations from 10 March to 17 March ; St Patrick's Music Festival from 14 March to 17 March; St Patrick's celebrations at St George's Market on 15 and 16 March This year, Belfast will celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a packed programme of events and cultural activities across the city from 1-17 March. The popular annual St Patrick’s Day parade will bring a dazzling display of costume, music, dance and theatrical performances to the city’s streets on Monday 17 March. Find out what’s on in Belfast and beyond for St Patrick’s Day, on Monday 17th March 2025.
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