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Creative Tours Belfast
Come on this popular music-filled journey across the city to hear about the wealth of musical talent in Belfast across a wide range of genres, while enjoying a specially curated music playlist. Along the way you will hear anecdotes about Van Morrison, Gary Lightbody and Snow Patrol, James Galway, Ruby Murray, Ottilie Patterson and many other music ‘legends’.
You’ll find out about Belfast’s famous punk bands of the late 70s, our jazz, pop, Traditional Irish, rock, classical, electronic and many other genres of music vibrant today. The tour will take in the city’s oldest pub, Kelly’s Cellars, the city’s oldest church, First Presbyterian Rosemary Street, modern music venues, record shops, outdoor venues and a Victorian Music Hall.
Belfast is alive with music. Come discover why Belfast deserves the prestigious UNESCO City of Music title it was awarded in November 2021.
The tour is delivered in association with the Oh Yeah Music Centre, in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter. The tour ends with a visit to Oh Yeah, where you’ll be shown around the fascinating collection of music memorabilia in its NI Music Exhibition.
The tour starts at 1pm from outside the Ulster Hall, Bedford Street.