Belfast Event Tickets

Belfast
Belfast has ample offerings, and whether youre hiking through sharply bent hills, taping your toes in pubs and clubs, or taking part in one of the many festivals, youll come across friendly expressive people who find every reason a reason to enjoy. For beauty, culture or recreation, Belfast is an ideal place and a treat for everyone to enjoy!

Belfast is the capital and the largest urban area in Northern Ireland. As of 2001 census estimates, the citys population was 276,459. Belfast receives a temperate climate with hot humid summers and relatively warm winters.

The citys close proximity to the western end of Belfast Lough and the River Lagan makes it an ideal location for ship-building industry that once made it popular. When the only-of-its-kind Titanic was built in Belfast in 1912, the city has the largest shipyard in the world. Belfast is surrounded by a picturesque series of hills, including Cavehill.

Having been signed the good Friday Agreement after seeing the worst of The Troubles in Ireland, there has been notable urban revival in Belfast including Victoria Square, Queens Island and Laganside as well as the Odyssey complex and the landmark Waterfront Hall. The city is home to the Queens University of Belfast also. The University of Ulster also has a campus in the city, which focuses on fine art, design and architecture.

Parks and gardens
Belfast is notable for maintaining more than forty public parks letting tranquility and nature to touch everyones soul. If youre tired of your hustle life and bustle routine, take a break for sometime and treat yourself to the breathtaking natural sceneries of the city. Most notably is the Forest of Belfast- a mutual effort of government and local groups to conserve the citys open spaces and parks.

They have stationed over 30 public sculptures since 1993 to date. With approximately 700,000 visitors in 2005, another most popular park is Botanic Gardens in the Queens Quarter. The garden features enticing attractions which include the Tropical Ravine, rose gardens in addition to organizing public events ranging from live opera broadcasts to pop concerts. The popular Tennents ViTal festival is held in its gardens each summer.

Also of worth-visiting park is the Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park garnering the attention from thousands of visitors each year to its International Rose Garden. Rose Week is held in July each year featuring more than 20,000 blooms. The garden is occupying an area of 128 acres of meadows, woodland and gardens; also featuring a Princess Diana Memorial Garden.

Culture
Over the years, Belfast has begun a social, economic and cultural transformation with the potential to reverberate across the country. The culture of Belfast is a microcosm of the culture of entire Northern Ireland which continued to express itself through art and music even throughout the troubles.

The city mainly represents a combination of two distinct vibrant cultural communities i.e. Catholic and Protestant. Both communities have contributed remarkably on their own to the citys culture. At present, the city has earned an international cultural reputation; promoting social growth for the future.

Performance Arts and Film
Belfast has a strong performing arts scene not only taking worthy measures to promote all the genres of performing arts equally but also to bring out the best of the talent. One major full-time producing theatre in the country is The Lyric, Belfast.

Many artists including Kenneth Branagh, Martin Lynch and Marie Jones began their career from The Lyric theatre. Another venue significant for featuring the programmes of music, theatre, comedy and dance is the Old Museum Arts Centre. This 19th-century building also hosts year-round workshops and numerous exhibitions.

There are several other venues for performing arts in the city including the Grand Opera House, the Ulster Hall for dances, concert and sporting venue. Belfast has also been taking full advantage of a new tax deal which turns Northern Ireland to even more attractive as a film location where the growing film festival is held annually.

Belfast is also home to several needs-no-introduction singers like Van Morrison, Brian Kennedy and The Stiff Little Fingers. Besides, the citys club scene is also strengthening. The Ulster Orchestra, Northern Irelands only professional symphony orchestra in the classical arena, marked its 40th anniversary in 2007.

Other prominent Belfast musicians include Sir James Galway - The Man With the Golden Flute and Barry Douglas - a classical pianist have both left a strong impact on world stage. Come and explore the majestic scale of Belfast, making it truly a marvelous spectacle!