Belfast Halloween week with nine giant inflatable monsters, a pumpkin patch at City Hall, the Día de los Muertos Skull Procession and a haunted ghost trail.
Halloween screening of Tim Burton's stop-motion film Frankenweenie at ODEON Cinemas Belfast, part of the Cinemagic festival for young people.
Halloween pumpkin patch at the City Hall grounds with over 1,000 pumpkins to choose from.
Screening of Tim Burton's 'Corpse Bride' at the ODEON Belfast with a pre-screening Halloween face-painting station in the foyer.
Free family celebration of the Mexican Day of the Dead with dancers, drummers, fire performers, stilt walkers and a sugar skull float, ending with a Skull Procession.
Free drop-in Halloween session led by artist Ronan Smyth with face painting by Fran Gordon and Sunita Shaw at The MAC.
Family screening of the animated film 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' at The Belfast Barge, part of the Cinemagic Festival 2026.
Family workshop to make a colourful lantern to celebrate Diwali, with all materials provided.
Free Christmas parade from Belfast City Hall down Donegall Place to CastleCourt, with face painting, circus performers and Santa's Grotto in the mall.
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, with local artists and performers, lights up the city for Christmas at City Hall, marking the start of the festive season.
Free family morning of live music from West Cork, children's arts and crafts and an Irish song session led by Dr Caoimhín Mac Con Fhaoileach.
Two-year-olds from the Belfast Sure Start cohort act as 'museum experts' and lead visitors through hands-on, age-appropriate science activities.
GBL Productions pantomime, a modern take on the Sleeping Beauty fairytale with slapstick comedy and audience participation, as a Christmas show.
Adam Garcia brings his West End dance show Emerald Storm to the Grand Opera House, fusing Irish dance and urban tap with live music from Tom Ball.
Festive night market with more than 120 traders, street food, artisan crafts, mulled wine and live music at St George's Market.
The MAC Christmas musical, a reimagined classic about family and friendship aimed at audiences of all ages, especially children aged 5 and over.
Free market with local makers, artists and artisans selling their goods at Belfast Castle.
Christmas pantomime, billed as Northern Ireland's biggest, with music, comedy and spectacular effects, recommended for ages 3 and above.
Premium festive adventure at W5 where children meet Santa's reindeer, make reindeer food, visit the elves' workshop and have a one-to-one with Santa.
Cinemagic screening of Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie at The Ulster Museum, part of the museum's 'Movies at the Museum' programme.
Family ice show with Mickey Mouse and friends from Moana, Frozen, Encanto, Toy Story and Coco, with world-class skating and acrobatics.
Two-hour Minecraft Education building sessions for children aged 8 and over, with festive challenges and a maximum of 16 participants each.
Tumble Circus brings its alternative Christmas show to a fully heated Big Top in Writers' Square for its tenth year.
Free, family-friendly guided tour of the Ulster Museum's natural science galleries for children aged 6 to 11, part of the NI Science Festival.
Family-friendly guided tour of the Nature Galleries and a hands-on colour workshop for mini art lovers aged 6 to 11, part of the NI Science Festival 2027.
Free, family-friendly guided tour of the Ulster Museum's natural science galleries that reads the history of Ireland through its landscape and wildlife, with object handling.
New production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie and starring Alice Fearn as Grizabella.
A musical journey through Irish culture with Irish hits, dynamic choreography and storytelling.
Belfast's annual spring fair, held free of charge at Malone House.
Dance spectacular by Johannes Radebe, the South African Strictly Come Dancing star, with ballroom, South African rhythms and pop anthems.
Amateur production of Shrek the Musical by St Agnes' Choral Society, recommended for all ages.
Olivier Award-nominated stage adaptation of Judith Kerr's children's book, with sing-along songs and no interval, for children aged 3 and over.
Touring stage show from London's Natural History Museum that brings life-like dinosaurs to the stage for a prehistoric journey through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
The hit comedy-musical about an out-of-work actor who becomes a Scottish nanny to stay in his children's lives, with Gabriel Vick in the lead role.
Family Halloween adventure at W5 with a haunted house, mask-making, a spooky makeover of the Climbit structure and the 'Pumpkins and Potions' live science show.
Science and magic Halloween show where 'Potion Masters' brew bubbling potions and conjure demonstrations with exploding pumpkins and audience participation.
Inclusive, sensory and play-based fashion learning experience with hands-on activities inspired by the museum's Ashes to Fashion exhibition.
All-ages, hands-on Halloween trail where visitors help the character Boo Ghost find missing festival items by solving puzzles in a Halloween House and Spooky Square.
Halloween week at The Ivy Belfast with the 'Wicked Eye' dessert and cocktail, and the Little Monsters Breakfast Banquet for children.
Belfast One's Halloween takeover with nine monsters roaming the city centre, pumpkin decorating workshops, face painting, a spooky disco and a new Horror Trail.
Titanic Belfast's autumn programme of free family activities, including a food and craft market, a Hay Bale Trail, live music and the 'Flavours of Titanic' exhibition.
The West End musical Annie, with Claire Sweeney as Miss Hannigan, comes to the Grand Opera House in Belfast.
Halloween installation at Victoria Square with face painting, crafting and a Monster Map trail to find missing monsters.
