Greetings from The Wolf & Seahorse
Eric Cantona opens the week with an evening of conversation at Waterfront Hall on Tuesday, followed by Russell Howard's two-night stand-up run at the same venue.
The weekend adds Belfast's first Big Autumn Jazz Weekend at Scott's Jazz Club, three nights of live jazz alongside Sausage Sodas & Onion Bhajis at the Grand Opera House and a new Rainbow Run colour run at Titanic Slipways.
Sixpence None The Richer close out the week at Mandela Hall on Sunday, a night after The Scratch's own show at the same venue.
Let's dive in 👇
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Eric Cantona
Tuesday 22 September · 19:00 · Waterfront Hall
Billed as "the King of Old Trafford," Eric Cantona sits down for a live, unscripted interview about his career, with Jed Stone as host and live music through the night.
Russell Howard: Don't Tell the Algorithm
Wednesday 23 to Thursday 24 September · 19:30 · Waterfront Hall
Russell Howard's new stand-up tour asks audiences to put their phones away for a night of "just humans and jokes," running across two nights at Waterfront Hall.
Big Autumn Jazz Weekend
Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September · Scott's Jazz Club
Belfast's first Big Autumn Jazz Weekend fills Scott's with three nights of live jazz: Friday's Aren't Blakey tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Saturday's gypsy jazz from Belleville, and Sunday's Linley Hamilton Sextet performing Kind of Blue in full across an afternoon and an evening show.
In the Air Tonight
Tuesday 22 September · 19:30 · Grand Opera House
A full band and powerhouse vocals recreate Phil Collins' solo hits and his Genesis-era favourites, building to the show's signature live drum finale.
Cqaf presents: Laura Veirs + special guest Karl Blau
Thursday 24 September · 20:00 · The Black Box
Portland singer-songwriter Laura Veirs is joined by Karl Blau for a stripped-back set built around her new album, Temple Songs, described as intimate, dreamy and quietly defiant, with fingerpicked nylon-string guitar and vulnerable vocals. She has previously collaborated with kd lang, Neko Case and Sufjan Stevens.
The Scratch
Saturday 26 September · 19:00 · Mandela Hall
The Scratch, a high-voltage folk-metal band, stop at Mandela Hall on their Pull Like a Dog tour.
Swiftogeddon – 20 Years of Taylor Special
Saturday 26 September · 21:00 · Empire Music Hall
The club night marks two decades of Taylor Swift's music with hits, deep cuts and fan favourites spanning every era of her catalogue.
Sixpence None The Richer
Sunday 27 September · 19:00 · Mandela Hall
Formed when guitarist Matt Slocum and vocalist Leigh Nash met at a Texas church retreat in the early 1990s, Sixpence None The Richer visit Belfast as part of their first proper European tour. Their 1999 single Kiss Me went triple Platinum in the US, and the band has released three new projects, including the live album Live at Gruene Hall, since reuniting in 2024.
Tenx9: Shame
Wednesday 23 September · 19:30 · The Black Box
Nine storytellers share true, ten-minute tales for this edition of the regular Tenx9 storytelling night, themed around shame.
Belfast Improv Festival 2026
Friday 25 September · 19:00 · Lavery's
Five international improv ensembles make their Belfast debuts on the festival's opening night at Lavery's, including Banana Hut Gang's completely improvised story told backwards and Germany's Turtle Logic.
Sausage Sodas & Onion Bhajis
Friday 25 to Saturday 26 September · 19:30 · The Studio, Grand Opera House
Lata Sharma's one-woman show is back after a successful May run, drawing on her own experience as a teenage Indian girl growing up in 1980s Belfast to explore cultural identity, sectarianism and racism with humour and nostalgia.
Belfast Record Fair
Saturday 26 September · 10:30 · Oh Yeah Music Centre
Thousands of vinyl records and CDs fill the Oh Yeah Music Centre for this family-friendly fair, with genres and eras covered for collectors and casual browsers alike.
The Charity Slam
Sunday 27 September · Afternoon · Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey
Theatre at the Mill hosts a charity wrestling card mixing professional and amateur wrestling, with comedian William Thompson as host. This year adds the event's first-ever women's match, crowning wrestling's inaugural "Killer Queen."
The Rainbow Run
Friday 25 September · Check time · Titanic Slipways
YouthAction NI turns Titanic Slipways into a 2k and 5k colour run for the charity's first Rainbow Run, raising funds for youth work, wellbeing support and creative programmes across Northern Ireland.
For a full overview of all events on this week in Belfast check out our event listings page
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