Fleadh frenzy as Belfast sees 95% jump in city footfall, crowds top 350k
The Fleadh, the world's largest celebration of Irish traditional music, is drawing record numbers to Belfast this week, outpacing early estimates.
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The Fleadh, the world's largest celebration of Irish traditional music, is drawing record numbers to Belfast this week, outpacing early estimates.
It is the first time the annual music festival has been held in Belfast and only the second time it has been held in Northern Ireland.
Not heading to Belfast? You can still catch up on all the Fleadh craic with live coverage from RTÉ, TG4, and Comhaltas.
The eight-day festival, running until 9 August, is the world's largest celebration of Irish music and culture.
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, hosted this year in Belfast for the first time, runs from 2 to 9 August.
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TG4 will broadcast four nights of live music, song and dance as the world's largest celebration of Irish traditional culture arrives in Belfast for the first time.
Custom House Square and The Telegraph Building will host a week-long programme of free events in Belfast this August to celebrate Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. Presented as The Fleadh...
Organisers and participants hail the "transformational" impact of the cultural festival on the city.
The people of Belfast "created a truly positive and welcoming atmosphere" for the 2026 Fleadh.
“You can really start to feel the energy as the opening ceremony draws near. I have no doubt this will be a truly historic and unique Fleadh,” said Visit Belfast’s chief executive...
More than a million people are estimated to have attended this year’s event, the first Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann hosted in Belfast.
As the Fleadh comes to Belfast this week, the city’s food scene and the best service in the country are the perfect partners for the festival.
The event will return to Belfast next year amid vows that it will be even bigger and better.
More than 200 events and 180 traditional music competitions are taking place
The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026 will take place in Belfast next month for the first time.
Ahead of what is typically the busiest period of the Fleadh, footfall in Belfast has already exceeded initial predictions.
While the focus may now be on the economic windfall the Belfast business sector may enjoy because of the Fleadh, the focus will shift soon to the long term benefits for arts fundin...
‘I think it’s important that we talk about our histories, how similar we are’
Opening the Fleadh on Sunday, Connolly described it as a ‘celebration of what we all have in common, and the universality of music, sound, and dance’.
The city saw 1.65 million visits during the Fleadh but what can Belfast learn from the experience ahead of next year's event and beyond?
‘People now know what it can be, they won’t accept less.’
Cé go bhfuil brabhús eacnamaíoch suas go £100m (€116m) á shaothrú ag Béal Feirste as an bhFleadh Ceoil, is mó tábhacht atá ag an spiorad cheolmhar agus chomhoibrithe atá á chothú a...
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