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Belfast TradFest, the pinnacle of world-class traditional music concerts, fiery pub sessions & Ireland’s fastest growing summer school of traditional music, is set to celebrate its 8th edition across Belfast UNESCO City of Music between Sunday 26th July - Sunday 2nd August 2026. Featuring a week long programme of workshops and a full programme of concerts, talks, lectures, sessions, céilís & festival clubs.

In 2025, the festival welcomed over 900 summer school students and attracted a record audience of more than 30,000 people across its events. Belfast TradFest proudly acknowledges and celebrates the rich cultural diversity of the different traditions within Northern Ireland, playing a vital role in bringing communities together through a shared appreciation of traditional arts. Their 8th festival will be a momentous occasion, as it will recognise the advancements and achievements since 2017 and all that organisers have overcome to bring people together, in a defining cultural celebration of the very best of traditional music, song and dance.