The world's largest festival of Irish music and dance is set to take place in Belfast for the second year in a row. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann - the All-Ireland Fleadh - is held for a week during August and, in the past, has welcomed up to 600,000 visitors to the host town or city. The event had already been confirmed for 2026 in Belfast and will run from 2 - 9 August. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann confirmed on Saturday that Belfast will again host the All-Ireland Fleadh in 2027 becoming the first location in Northern Ireland to host the cultural music festival twice. Organisers also announced on Saturday more details about this year's event. Sharon Shannon and her Big Band will headline the main stage on 2 August 2026. Belfast City Council said other acts performing on the gig rig stage for the opening ceremony in 2026 will be award-winning group Goitse; former All-Ireland winners, Blackwater Ceili Band; and Belfast ensemble McPeake. It added that it will also include "a range of school choirs, as well as cross-community and multi-cultural performances". Deputy lord mayor of Belfast, Councillor Paul Doherty, said it was a "tremendous honour" for Belfast to host the event again in 202
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Over eight years and five different flats, one thing in Ryan Hoey's life has been constant - his rent keeps going up. In Belfast, rent prices are growing faster than in any other UK city. "It doesn't surprise me – I think I've seen it in…
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Over eight years and five different flats, one thing in Ryan Hoey's life has been constant - his rent keeps going up. In Belfast, rent prices are growing faster than in any other UK city. "It doesn't surprise me – I…
Read original at BBC →As the sun came out this week, the first tourists of the spring season could be spotted in Belfast city centre. Opposite the City Hall the smart new Bedford Hotel is nearing completion. But amid the optimism new…
Read original at BBC →The world's largest festival of Irish music and dance has not even been to Belfast yet and it has already signed up to return. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann - the…
Read original at BBC →The world's largest festival of Irish music and dance is set to take place in Belfast for the second year in a row. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann - the All-Ireland Fleadh - is held for a week during August and, in the past,…
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Over eight years and five different flats, one thing in Ryan Hoey's life has been constant - his rent keeps going up. In Belfast, rent prices are growing faster than in any other UK city. "It doesn't surprise me – I think I've seen it in…
View source →As the sun came out this week, the first tourists of the spring season could be spotted in Belfast city centre. Opposite the City Hall the smart new Bedford Hotel is nearing completion. But amid the optimism new official figures pointed to…
View source →The world's largest festival of Irish music and dance has not even been to Belfast yet and it has already signed up to return. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann - the All-Ireland Fleadh - in…
View source →The world's largest festival of Irish music and dance is set to take place in Belfast for the second year in a row. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann - the All-Ireland Fleadh - is held for a week during August and, in the past, has welcomed up to…
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