What's On in Belfast
Friday 07 August 2026 · This weekend · City guide
Belfast is turning up the volume this Friday, with the kind of evening that reminds you why this city has such an irresistible heartbeat after dark. From the gentle lap of the Lagan to the sweat-soaked dancefloor of a proper club night, there is a thread of live music and communal joy running through the whole night. Get out there — the city is waiting.
Highlights
The Night Hearts / Foreign Mornings / Mark Hegan — There are few more romantic settings for live music in Belfast than The Belfast Barge, that beloved floating venue moored on the Lagan with the city lights shimmering on the water around it. Tonight it hosts a triple bill of homegrown talent — Mark Hegan warming things up before Foreign Mornings and headliners The Night Hearts take the stage — making this the perfect Friday night out for anyone who wants something intimate, local, and genuinely alive. Doors are at 8:00pm, so check the website for ticket details and get in early before word spreads.
Plain Sailing's Irish B2B Special — Plain Sailing brings their beloved club night to the Ulster Sports Club for an Irish B2B Special — a format that puts two DJs behind the decks together, trading tracks and building something spontaneous and electric that neither could create alone. Starting at 10:00pm, this is a late-night affair built for those who know that the best dancefloors in Belfast are the ones that feel like a secret shared among friends. Tickets are a very reasonable £5–£12, which for a night of this calibre is practically a gift.