Your guide to all the best music gigs from Northern Ireland. If you have a gig you would like us to list here please send the details to: gigs@chordblossom.com
Thurs 5 January
- Death of a Salesman, No Great Loss, Heel of Achilles – Eglantine Bar, Belfast
Fri 6 January
- Steve Davis/Kavus Torabi – Black Box, Belfast
Sat 7 January
- The Dodge Brothers – Black Box, Belfast
- The 4 of Us – Ardhowen, Enniskillen
Sun 8 January
- Tommy Emmanuel – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Pauline Scanlon – Black Box, Belfast
- Amiina – Black Box, Belfast
Thurs 12 January
- Otherkin – Voodoo, Belfast
Fri 13 January
- Na Leanai – Black Box, Belfast
- Norman Jay, Timmy Stewart – Black Box, Belfast
- Gifted: Sister Ghost, Paranoids, WASPS, Black Chapels – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Sat 14 January
- Ruts DC – Black Box, Belfast
- Sherwood & Pinch – Black Box, Belfast
Sun 15 January
- Ulaid & Duke Special – Black Box, Belfast
- Amanda Rheaume – Black Box, Belfast
Tues 17 January
- Meshuggah – Limelight 1, Belfast
Wed 18 January
- Barb Jungr sings Bob Dylan – Black Box, Belfast
Thurs 19 January
- Martha Wainwright – 101 Donegall Street, Belfast
- The Felice Brothers, Horse Thief – Limelight 2, Belfast
Fri 20 January
- Public House, Viper Wine, Parapa Palace, Bastion – McHugh’s, Belfast – all proceeds to Aware NI
Sat 21 January
- Alana Henderson & Jarlath Henderson – Black Box, Belfast
- Martin Stephenson & The Daintees – Black Box, Belfast
- Gifted: No Oil Paintings, Pixie Sayter, Heliopause, Sonja Sleator – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- The Saw Doctors – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Rival Sons – Limelight 1, Belfast
Mon 23 January
- Oathbreaker, 7.5 Tonnes of Beard, Unyielding Love – Voodoo, Belfast
Wed 25 January
- The Mulligan Brothers – Black Box, Belfast
- Wallis Bird – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Joshua Burnside, Rachael Boyd, Malojian, Stephen Elliott – Black Box, Belfast
Thurs 26 January
- Gross Net, This Ship Argo, Die Hexen – Eglantine Bar, Belfast
- Turin Brakes – Black Box, Belfast
- Sarah Jarosz – 1st Presbyterian Church, Rosemary Street, Belfast
Fri 27 January
- Fairpoint Convention – Black Box, Belfast
- Yucatan, Horsebeach, Documenta – Voodoo, Belfast
- The Orb – Limelight 1, Belfast
Sat 28 January
- Les Pantalons, Hunkpapa, DANI – McHughs, Belfast
- Fairpoint Convention – Black Box, Belfast
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast
- James Vincent McMorrow – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Rusangano Family – Black Box, Belfast
- Fatboy Slim, Junior J, Col Hamilton – Lush, Portrush
- Arborist, Franklyn, Our Krypton Son, Joel Harkin – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Emerald Armada, Runabay, VerseChorusVerse – The Playhouse, Portrush
Sun 29 January
- Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Crazy Town, Ill Dose, BeeMickSee – Limelight, Belfast
- The Wonder Years, Tiny Moving Parts – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Mon 30 January
- James McMurty – Errigle Inn, Belfast
Thurs 2 February
- Joseph – McHugh’s, Belfast
- Dana Masters, Alana Henderson – Newcastle Community Cinema, Newcastle
- Special Consensus – Errigle Inn, Belfast
Fri 3 February
- Dana Masters, Alana Henderson – 101 Donegall Street, Belfast
- Emilie Conway Quartet – You Must Believe In Spring – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Sat 4 February
- Shine: Dusky, Danny Dake, Truncate, Peggy Gou, Schmutz – QUBSU, Belfast
- Dana Masters, Alana Henderson – Portrush Town Hall, Portrush
- Niall O’Sullivan – My Funny Valentine – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Sun 5 February
- Dana Masters, Alana Henderson – Marine Court Hotel, Bangor
Mon 6 February
- Blue Rose Code – Black Box, Belfast
Tues 7 February
- Frightened Rabbit – Limelight 1, Belfast
Wed 8 February
- VASA, Body Hound – Voodoo, Belfast
Thurs 9 February
- The Mastersons – Errigle Inn, Belfast
- Carpenter Joe – McHughs, Belfast
Fri 10 February
- Scenery (single launch), Orchid Collective, Emer McLaughlin – Bennigans, Derry
- Elixir Live Hip Hop Showcase – Voodoo, Belfast
Sat 11 February
- Mike and the Mechanics – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Taking Back Sunday, Frank Iero and the Patience – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Crilli 11th Birthday: dBridge – Voodoo, Belfast
- The Cramps Tribute: The Sabrejets, The Groundlings, Thee Dirt Byrds, The Hide Behinds, Madhouse – Black Box, Belfast
Sun 12 February
- Trivium, Sikth, Shvpes – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Owen Denvir (EP launch), Hannah McPhillimy – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Tues 14 February
- The Sherlocks – Voodoo, Belfast
Thurs 16 February
- Carpenter Joe – McHughs, Belfast
- Output Belfast Showcases – Multiple venues, Belfast
Fri 17 February
- Hannah Wants – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Nomadic Rituals (album launch) – Voodoo, Belfast
Sat 18 February
- Sister Ghost, Slouch, No Matter, Alien She – Voodoo, Belfast
Sun 19 February
- Four Year Strong – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Wed 22 February
- Midge Ure – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thurs 23 February
- Carpenter Joe – McHughs, Belfast
Fri 24 February
- Sigala – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Eddi Reader – Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
- Gavin James – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Michael Mormecha, Strength – Bennigans, Derry
- Surf Green, Rainclub, Brand New Friend – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Hot Cops, Oh Boland, Junk Drawer – Lavery’s, Belfast
Sat 25 February
- King King – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- The Answer, Maverick – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Life Goals (single launch), Brash Isaac, BDBR – Voodoo, Belfast
Sun 26 February
- Lukas Graham – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Eddi Reader – Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Mon 27 February
- Vant, Wood Burning Savages – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Tues 28 February
- Busted – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Kimmie Rhodes – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
Wed 1 March
- Kimmie Rhodes, Brian Houston, Gareth Dunlop – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- Paul Brady, Darrell Scott, Declan O’Rourke – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- Gifted: The Wood Burning Savages, Petty Youth, Buffalos Bay, Thee Dirt Byrds – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Thurs 2 March
- REWS – Voodoo, Belfast
- Fiona McCourt – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- One Man Town, The Heart Vandals, Mosmo Strange, WASPS – McHughs, Belfast
Fri 3 March
- Monkey Bath, The Westlink, The Fake Flirtations – McHughs, Belfast
- The Pigeon Detectives – Limelight, Belfast
- REWS – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Peter McVeigh – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- Darrell Scott – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- Myles Manley, Strength, Jess Edlin – Sunflower Bar, Belfast
Sat 4 March
- John Bramwell – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Shine: Rodhad, Dense & Pika, Schumtz – QUBSU, Belfast
- Ryan McMullan – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- Kaz Hawkins Band – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- Grainne Duffy – Market Place Theatre, Armagh
- Eleanor McEvoy – Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
Sun 5 March
- Black Star Riders, Gun, The Amorettes – Limelight, Belfast
- Postmodern Jukebox – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Tues 7 March
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Limelight, Belfast
Wed 8 March
- Blossoms, Touts – Limelight, Belfast
- The Amazons – Voodoo, Belfast
- Grails, Majeure – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- International Women’s Day: The Missing Voice – The MAC, Belfast
Thurs 9 March
- Wild Child – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Getting to know: Ciara O’Neill – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Fri 10 March
- Wookalily – Market Place Theatre, Armagh
- Gorgon City – Limelight, Belfast
- Our Krypton Son (album launch), Conor Mason, PORTS – Nerve Centre, Derry
Sat 11 March
- Grainne Holland – Market Place Theatre, Armagh
- Twitch: Objekt & Willow – QUBSU, Belfast
Mon 13 March
- Monster Truck – Limelight, Belfast
Tues 14 March
- Hunkpapa, BROR, The Fugues, Sasha Cook – QUBSU, Belfast
Wed 15 March
- Hot Cops, Shadow Police, The Parish Band, The Crying Scene – McHughs, Belfast
Thurs 16 March
- Jarrod Dickenson – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- The Saw Doctors – Ulster Hall, Belfast
Fri 17 March
- Lee Scratch Perry – Limelight, Belfast
- Hornets, Words That Burn, Drakonis, Towers, Judas Wolves – The Barge, Belfast
- Emerald Armada St Paddy’s Day with Franklyn, Joshua Burnside, No Oil Paintings – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Sat 18 March
- Lee Scratch Perry – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Stomptown Brass – Black Box, Belfast
- WASPS (single launch), R51, Mosmo Strange, Before Munich – Voodoo, Belfast
Sun 19 March
- Napalm Death, Warpath, War Iron, Black Skies Burn – Limelight, Belfast
- All Time Low – Ulster Hall, Belfast
Mon 20 March
- Rick Astley – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Bear’s Den – Limelight, Belfast
Tues 21 March
- Ride – Limelight, Belfast
- Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Wed 22 March
- Crowbar – Limelight, Belfast
- Gus White, Colonel Chocolate and The Justice Triangle, Joel Harkin – McHughs, Belfast
Thurs 23 March
- Punk For MS – Voodoo, Belfast
- Russian Circles, Cloakroom – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Kate Gilberston (single launch), Goldie Fawn – Black Box, Belfast
Fri 24 March
- Ben Glover – Black Box, Belfast
- The Boomtown Rats – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- The Light Runners – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Sat 25 March
- Dana Masters – Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
- Ben Glover – Bennigans, Derry
- Icarus and Other Works – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
- Malojian, Paddy Nash, Rebecca Mulhern – Nerve Centre, Derry
- God’s Waiting Room: Unloved, Cat’s Eyes DJs, David Holmes – Maple Leaf Club, Belfast
Sun 26 March
- Eleanor McEvoy – Black Box, Belfast
Wed 29 March
- Run The Jewels – Limelight, Belfast
Thurs 30 March
- Ben Glover – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
Fri 31 March
- Thunder – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Gregory Alan Isakov – Voodoo, Belfast
- Twitch: Palms Trax – QUBSU, Belfast
- Stormzy – Limelight, Belfast
- Colin Hay – Limelight, Belfast
Sat 1 April
- Kickstart 2017 Showcase – BRØR, Sam Wickens, Glass Wings, Claire Louise – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
- BEAK> – Limelight, Belfast
- Little Hours – McHughs, Belfast
- Steve Lawler – Sugar, Derry
- Empty Lungs, Chewing on Tinfoil, Life Goals, Anna’s Anchor – The Barge, Belfast
Sun 2 April
- Fangclub – McHughs, Belfast
Mon 3 April
- Superfood, King Nun, Pale Waves – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
- Emmett McGonagle (EP launch), Alpha Twin, Paper Dogs, Paddy Clarke – McHugh’s, Belfast
Wed 5 April
- John Feeley, Classical Guitar Society of Northern Ireland – Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards
- Ben Glover – Larne Town Hall, Larne
Thurs 6 April
- GIFTED: Hot Cops, Hello Casanova, Sleeping Outside, Whale Talk – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Rebekah Fitch, Brash Isaac, Amy Montgomery – The Pavilion, Belfast
- Laura Cantrell – Errigle Inn, Belfast
- Leah McFall – QUBSU, Belfast
- Laura Cantrell – Errigle Inn, Belfast
- Getting to Know: Our Krypton Son – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
- Will McNicol, Luke Selby, Joseph Leighton Trio – Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards
Fri 7 April
- Bosco Ramos (EP launch), Junk Drawer, Vulpynes, Hanaway – McHughs, Belfast
- Jon Gomm, Becky Langan, Amrit Sond – Queen’s Hall, Newtownards
- Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble – Black Box, Belfast
- Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon – Limelight, Belfast
- Tony Villiers & The Villains – Ivy Bar, Newtownards
- Hiva Oa (EP launch), ROE – Bennigans, Derry
Sat 8 April
- The Sad and Beautiful World of Sparklehorse – The MAC, Belfast
- Rumours Re-told – Queen’s Hall, Newtownards
- Voodoo Hounds – Ivy Bar, Newtownards
- The Jesus and Mary Chain, Documenta – Limelight, Belfast
- Aesect, Zhora, Soothsayer, Zombified, Elder Druid – Voodoo, Belfast
- The Quireboys – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill
Sun 9 April
- Errol Walsh, Ted Ponsonby, Joe Murray, Niall Hanna – Ivy Bar, Newtownards
- Sarah McQuaid, Eilidh Patterson, Brigid O’Neill – Queen’s Hall, Newtownards
- Honeyblood – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Mon 10 April
- John Prine – Millenium Forum, Derry
Tues 11 April
- John Prine – Ulster Hall, Belfast
Wed 12 April
- Alejandro Escovedo – Errigle Inn, Belfast
- Melanie C, Alex Francis – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Thurs 13 April
- Palace, The Holy Innocents – Voodoo, Belfast
- SONI Easter Rocks – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Fri 14 April
- Linley Hamilton Band feat Darren Beckett – No Alibis, Belfast
- Electric Octopus – Belfast Barge, Belfast
- Lost Avenue, Sister Ghost, Wasps, Foreign Oil – McHugh’s, Belfast
Sat 15 April
- Showhawk Duo – Limelight, Belfast
- The Toasters – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Mon 17 April
- Shine: Kink, Heidi, Schmutz, Clockwork & Cophin – Limelight, Belfast
- Shine: Drumcode – QUBSU, Belfast
Thurs 20 April
- Ryley Walker – Voodoo, Belfast
- Citizen Nobody – Black Box, Belfast
- Anthony Toner – Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
Fri 21 April
- Resist: Kapoor, Autumns, Kandehha, Marion Hawkes – Black Box, Belfast
- New Pagans, Via:Barvikha, The Crying Scene – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Sat 22 April
- Frankie Ballard – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Grainne Duffy – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
- Necrofest – Voodoo, Belfast
- The 4 of Us, Al Black – Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena
- Temperance, Selene, Conjuring Fate – Limelight, Belfast
Sun 23 April
- Anthony Toner – Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Tues 25 April
- The Big Moon, Francobollo – Voodoo, Belfast
Wed 26 April
- Therapy? (acoustic) – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Thurs 27 April
- Danny Bryant – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- KXP, Skymas – Voodoo, Belfast
- Robert Cray – Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Marquee, Belfast
- For Emma Forever Ago Revisited – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Fri 28 April
- The Handsome Family – St George’s Church, Belfast
- William McCarthy – Black Box, Belfast
Sun 30 April
- Booker T Jones – Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Marquee, Belfast
- Hot Chocolate – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- The Americans – Voodoo, Belfast
- Imelda May – Millennium Forum, Derry
- Shine: The Black Madonna, Hammer, Schmutz – Limelight, Belfast
- Heidi Talbot – Black Box, Belfast
- Joshua Burnside (album launch), Alana Henderson – The Duke of York, Belfast
Mon 1 May
- Imelda May – Millenium Forum, Derry
Tues 2 May
- While She Sleeps – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
- Wheatus – Limelight, Belfast
- exmagician, Waldorf & Cannon – Lavery’s, Belfast
Wed 3 May
- Cabbage – Voodoo, Belfast
- James Leg, The Bonnevilles – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- The Divine Comedy – Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Marquee, Belfast
Thurs 4 May
- The Parrots – Voodoo, Belfast
- Mons Olympus (album launch), Mosmo Strange, Ravens, NEWT – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Fox Colony (EP launch), Life Goals, Brash Isaac, Whale Talk – McHugh’s, Belfast
Fri 5 May
- The Smyths – Limelight, Belfast
- Anthony Toner – Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
Sat 6 May
- The Selecter, The Beat – Limelight, Belfast
- Sugarhill Gang – Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Marquee, Belfast
Sun 7 May
- Madison Violet – Black Box, Belfast
- James Leg, The Bonnevilles – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
Tues 9 May
- Tom Chaplin, Ainslie Wills – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Dan Owen – McHughs, Belfast
Wed 10 May
- The Vamps – SSE Arena, Belfast
- The Furrow Collective – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
Thurs 11 May
- Jake Clemons – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Salad Boyz (EP launch), WASPS, Parapa Palace, Pandora Ills – Voodoo, Belfast
Fri 12 May
- Aibhe Reddy, Maria Kelly – The MAC, Belfast
- Discharge, Hornets, Suckin’ Diesel – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Sat 13 May
- AE Mak, Beauty Sleep – The MAC, Belfast
- Dana Masters – Black Box, Belfast
- Billy Ocean – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Katatonia – Limelight, Belfast
- Arborist, Pixie Saytar, Heliopause, Stoker Ray – Voodoo, Belfast
- Twitch: Helena Hauff, Joy Orbison, Edward – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Chordblossom presents: Lauren Bird ‘The Inbetween’ album launch, Runabay, Whale Talk, Katie Armstrong – McHugh’s, Belfast
Sun 14 May
- Ducking Punches (acoustic), Anna’s Anchor, Empty Lungs, Life Goals – Sunflower, Belfast
Wed 17 May
- The Cranberries – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thurs 18 May
- Gavin DeGraw – Limelight, Belfast
- Anthony Toner, John McCullough, Matt McGinn – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
- J Hus – Limelight, Belfast
Fri 19 May
- Ulaid & Duke Special – Culturlann, Belfast
- Sofar Sounds – Secret Venue
- Elixir 2 Feat Strange U – Voodoo, Belfast
Sat 20 May
- The Beach Boys – SSE Arena, Belfast
- Declan McKenna – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
- Triggerman, Lady J – Nerve Centre, Derry
- The Velvet Underground & Nico (anniversary tribute) – The MAC, Belfast
Sun 21 May
- Angel Olsen, Tim Darcy – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Tues 23 May
- Glass Wings – Bennigans, Derry
Wed 24 May
- Enter Shikari, Crossfaith – Limelight, Belfast
- Aaron Shanley & The Horrortongues (album launch), No Oil Paintings, Bronagh Broderick – McHugh’s, Belfast
Thurs 25 May
- Talos – Voodoo, Belfast
- Andy Irvine, Paul Brady – Millennium Forum, Derry
- Alana Henderson, Rosie Carney, Hannah McPhillimy, LARKS – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Fri 26 May
- Wookalily – Adrhowen Theatre Gallery Bar, Enniskillen
- Damo Suzuki with Blue Whale, Robocobra Quartet – Black Box, Belfast
Sat 27 May
- The Skids, The Defects – Limelight, Belfast
- Imelda May – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Girls Rock School afternoon – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
- Women’s Work Showcase – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
- Neo Neo: Fears – Black Box, Belfast
Sun 28 May
- Andy Irvine, Paul Brady – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Bird & Bramble launch – Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Tues 30 May
- Garry Talent, Kevin Montgomery – Errigle Inn, Belfast
- Clean Cut Kid – Voodoo, Belfast
Wed 31 May
- Glass Wings (EP launch), Our Krypton Son, Sam Wickens – McHugh’s, Belfast
Thurs 1 June
- The Staves, Mikaela Davis – Limelight 1, Belfast
- The Rifles – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- JP Cooper – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Carcer City, Dream Awake, Ketos
Fri 2 June
- AVA Festival – T13, Belfast
- Ulaid & Duke Special, The Emerald Armada – Holywood Rugby Club, Holywood
- Cull – Goat’s Toe, Bangor
Sat 3 June
- AVA Festival – T13, Belfast
- Jarlath Henderson – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Musician In Residence (album launch) – Nerve Centre, Belfast
- Scenery (EP launch), Foreign Owl, The Midnight Preachers – Playhouse, Derry
Sun 4 June
- Kraftwerk – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Gareth Dunlop, Dana Masters- Holywood Rugby Club, Belfast
- Ben Ottewell, Winter Mountain – McHugh’s, Belfast
Tues 6 June
- Simple Minds (acoustic), KT Tunstall – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Wed 7 June
- Airbourne, Devilskin – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Mitski, Cajsa Siik – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Kaz Hawkins Band – Roe Valley Arts Centre, Limavady
- Picture This – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thurs 8 June
- Anto & The Echoes, The Late Twos, Fox Colony, Hand Models – Voodoo, Belfast
- Kaz Hawkins Band – Roe Valley Arts Centre, Limavady
- Travis is a Tourist, Callum Stewart – Black Box, Belfast
- Gifted: Waldorf & Cannon, Crossfire Hurricanes, The Holy Innocents, Dandy’s Loft – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- The Dillinger Escape Plan – Limelight 2, Belfast
Fri 9 June
- Life Goals, Peter McVeigh, Nathan O’Regan – McHugh’s, Belfast
- No Oil Paintings (EP launch) – Black Box, Belfast
- We Raise Bears – No Alibis, Belfast
- Damien Dempsey – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Sat 10 June
- Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Chris Keys, Brigid O’Neill, Chris Molloy – Black Box, Belfast
- Anthony Toner – Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Tues 13 June
- The Stone Roses – SSE Arena, Belfast
- Belsonic: Arcade Fire, The Kooks – Ormeau Park, Belfast
- Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown – Limelight 2, Belfast
- Devin Townsend Project – Limelight 1, Belfast
Wed 14 June
- Clutch, Duellists – Limelight 1, Belfast
Thurs 15 June
- The Avalanches – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Rory Nellis, Phillip Watts d’Alton – Lavery’s, Belfast
- Mosmo Strange, Civil Simian, Buffalos Bay, Emer Maguire – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Fri 16 June
- Belsonic: The 1975, Picture This, Pale Waves – Ormeau Park, Belfast
- 999, Stop! Stop! Stop! Start Again, Hooligan – Voodoo, Belfast
- Patrick Topping, Ethan McKinney – Limelight 1, Belfast
- Paramore, Bleached – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Katharine Timoney – No Alibis, Belfast
Sat 17 June
- Via Barvikha (EP launch), Junk Drawer, Hand Models, Brash Isaac – McHugh’s, Belfast
- Sea Pinks (album launch), Oh Boland – Black Box, Belfast
- Ye Vagabonds – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Belsonic: Cream Classical, Judge Jules, Tall Paul, Robbie Nelson – Ormeau Park, Belfast
Sun 18 June
- Joseph Leighton Trio – Black Box, Belfast
Mon 19 June
- Belsonic: Martin Garrix – Ormeau Park, Belfast
Tues 20 June
- Jealous of the Birds, R51, Augustus Allen – Limelight 2, Belfast
Wed 21 June
- Melt Banana – Voodoo, Belfast
- Stone Foundation – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Alter Bridge – Ulster Hall, Belfast
Thurs 22 June
- Belsonic: Jess Glynne, Martin Jensen – Ormeau Park, Belfast
Fri 23 June
- Zu, Jessica Moss, Robocobra Quartet – Limelight, Belfast
- Twitch: Steffi, Virginia – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Sat 24 June
- Phil Rudd Band – Limelight 2, Belfast
- Joshua Burnside, Son of the Hound, Lauren Bird, Hungergrumps – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Mon 26 June
- Belsonic: The Chainsmokers, Anne-Marie, Lost Kings – Ormeau Park, Belfast
Tues 27 June
- Saint Sapphire, Surf Green, The Bell Diver Spiders – Voodoo, Belfast
Wed 28 June
- Belsonic: Green Day, Rancid – Ormeau Park, Belfast
- The Black Madonna, Mike Servito, Deep Fried Funk DJs – St Columb’s Hall, Derry
Thurs 29 June
- Sharon Shannon – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Ben UFO, Job Jobse, OR:LA – Guildhall, Derry
- Hiva OA, Fears – Lavery’s, Belfast
- Pandora Ills, Public House, Viper Wine, Haypark – Voodoo, Belfast
Fri 30 June
- Belsonic: Axwell Ingrosso – Ormeau Park, Belfast
- Carl Craig, Shit Robot – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Eastside Sessions: Cormac Neeson – Eastside Centre, Belfast
Sat 1 July
- Vonda Shepherd – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Crilli DnB – Goat’s Toe, Bangor
- Our Back Yard – Craigavon
Wed 5 July
- The Smith Street Band, The Bennies – Voodoo, Belfast
Thurs 6 July
- Sam Wickens – The Paper Fig, Portstewart
- Chris Keyes – Manina Restaurant, Portstewart
- Callum Stewart – Harry’s Shack, Portstewart
- Tony Villiers & The Villains – The Anchor Complex, Portstewart
Fri 7 July
- Belfest – QUBSU, Belfast
- Son of the Hound – Warke’s Deli, Portstewart
- Beauty Sleep – Shenanigans, Portstewart
- Larks – Harry’s Shack, Portstewart
- Cup O Joe with Eilidh Patterson – The Anchor Complex, Portstewart
Sat 8 July
- Peter J McCauley – The Three Kings, Portstewart
- Matt McGinn – Roughan’s Ice Cream & Coffee Shop, Portstewart
- Gerry Norman – New York Inn, Portstewart
- Verse Chorus Verse – Manina Restaurant, Portstewart
- Brand New Friend – Shenanigans, Portstewart
- Mandy & Graham Bingham – Cromore Halt, Portstewart
Sun 9 July
- Emer Maguire – Warke’s Deli, Portstewart
- Rory Nellis – Manina Restaurant, Portstewart
- Joshua Burnside – Harry’s Shack, Portstewart
- No Oil Paintings – The Anchor Complex, Portstewart
Wed 12 July
- Brian Kennedy – St Malachy’s Church, Castlewellan
Thurs 13 July
- Ham Sandwich, Ded Rabbit, Orlaith & Mollie – Maginns, Castlewellan
- David Keenan – King’s Inn, Castlewellan
Fri 14 July
- Parapa Palace (EP launch), MOSA, Ghost Office – Voodoo, Belfast
- Martha Wainwright – Festival Marquee, Castlewellan
Sat 15 July
- God’s Waiting Room with David Holmes – Maginns, Castlewellan
Mon 17 July
- Sunn O ))) – Limelight, Belfast
Tues 18 July
- D.O.A., No Matter, Lost Avenue – Voodoo, Belfast
Wed 19 July
- Prong, Spoil Engine – Voodoo, Belfast
Thurs 20 July
- Sister Ghost, Bosco Ramos – Lavery’s, Belfast
Sat 22 July
- Arnocorps – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Lore, Niamh McGlinchey – Black Box, Belfast
Wed 26 July
- Kate Nash, Skating Polly – Limelight, Belfast
- Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express – Errigle Inn, Belfast
Fri 28 July
- Plague Artists, Rosco’s Riot & The Crossfire Hurricanes – Voodoo, Belfast
Sat 29 July
- Shine: Ben Klock, Jasper James, Jay Clarke – QUBSU, Belfast
- The Winter Passing, Aaron Shanley and the Horror Tongues, Vokxen, Jess Edlin – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Cottage Sessions: Paddy Nash & Ruairi O’Doherty- Craft Village, Derry
Thu 3 August
- Maven Sessions: Alana Henderson – Belfast
Fri 4 August
- Kaz Hawkins – Park Avenue Hotel, Belfast
- Elder Druid, Electric Octopus, Zlatanera, Mother Mooch, Bad Boat, On Patrol – Voodoo, Belfast
Thu 10 August
- Becky and the Holograms, Echo Raptors (acoustic), Alpha Twin – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Fri 11 August
- Stendhal Festival – Ballymully Cottage Farm, Limavady
- Bosco Ramos, Mosmo Strange, Paranoids, Before Munich – Voodoo, Belfast
Sat 12 August
- Stendhal Festival – Ballymully Cottage Farm, Limavady
- The Emerald Armada, Franklyn – Voodoo, Belfast
- Gareth Dunlop – Tumble Circus Big Top
Sun 13 August
- Ciaran Lavery – Tumble Circus Big Top
Sat 19 August
- Foy Vance, Amy MacDonald, Ryan McMullan, David C Clements – Custom House Square, Belfast
- Gascan Ruckus Summer BBQ – Speakeasy, QUBSU, Belfast
- REWS, Jealous of the Birds, Anto and the Echoes, Pandora Ills – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Sun 20 August
- Listener, Michael Mormecha, Sleeping Outside, Weathered Dreams – Voodoo, Belfast
Tues 22 August
- Kasabian, Blossoms, Touts – Custom House Square, Belfast
- The Script – Millennium Forum, Derry
Wed 23 August
- Vital: Muse, Biffy Clyro, Nothing But Thieves, Fangclub – Boucher Road, Belfast
- The Psychedelic Furs – Limelight, Belfast
- Boris – Limelight, Belfast
Thu 24 August
- Party Fears, Last Days of Elvis, Susie Blue – McHugh’s, Belfast
- Langhorne Slim, Malojian – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Defeater, Death of a Salesman, Apartments, January – Voodoo, Belfast
Fri 25 August
- Hilden Beer & Music Festival – Hilden Brewery, Lisburn
- Ocean Colour Scene, The Coral, Carl Barat & The Jackals – Custom House Square, Belfast
- Daithi – Culturalann, Belfast
- THVS, Ortolans, Little Arcadia, Black Wave – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
Sat 26 August
- Hilden Beer & Music Festival – Hilden Brewery, Lisburn
- Stiff Little Fingers, The Stranglers, Ruts DC, The Outcasts, Terri Hooley – Custom House Square, Belfast
- Vital: Tiesto, Clean Bandit, Robin Schulz, Sigala, Disciples – Boucher Road, Belfast
- Jack Lukeman – Black Box, Belfast
- The 4 of Us – Portico, Portaferry
Sun 27 August
- Hilden Beer & Music Festival – Hilden Brewery, Lisburn
- Carl Cox, Hot Since 82, Phil Kieran, Schmutz – Custom House Square, Belfast
Mon 28 August
- Lenniefest: A celebration of Leonard Cohen – Walled Garden, Bangor
Wed 30 August
- Courtney Marie Andrews – Space Theatre, Bangor
Thurs 31 August
- The Thin Air: Gnarkats, Beauty Sleep – Lavery’s, Belfast
- Dick Valentine – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
Fri 1 September
- Dick Valentine – Katy’s Bar, Belfast
- Andrew Weatherall – Voodoo, Belfast
- CJ Ramone – Limelight, Belfast
Wed 6 September
- Sue Rynhart, Cacao – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Thurs 7 September
- Maven: Katharine Philippa – Maven, Belfast
- Gifted: Rory Nellis, Owen Lamont, Our Native Devils, Arlo – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Daoiri Farrell, Cup o Joe – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Fri 8 September
- Ryan Adams – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Hejira, Hive Choir – Black Box, Belfast
Sat 9 September
- Moira Calling – Moira
- Joshua Burnside – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
- Musicians Against Homelessness: Silences, Bassh & Mmode – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- R51 tour fundraiser, Matua Trap, Bosco Ramos – McHugh’s, Belfast
- Touts – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
Mon 11 September
- Flogging Molly, Blood or Whiskey – Limelight, Belfast
Wed 13 September
- Tom Hickox – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Thurs 14 September
- Aidan Logan (EP launch), Kaz Hawkins, Lauren Bird, Ben Cutler – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
- New Portals, Franklyn, Chase The River – 39 Gordon Street, Belfast
- Brigid O’Neill – Black Box, Belfast
- Steve Strong, Hiva Oa, WASPS, Hungergrumps – Aether & Echo, Belfast
Fri 15 September
- Elixir Live Hip Hop Showcase – Voodoo, Belfast
- King Kong Company – Limelight, Belfast
- Agnieszka Chylinska – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Musicians Against Homelessness: Invaderband, The Barbiturates, Foreign Owl, The Gatefolds, Tuath, Cherym, Hush, Useless Wooden Toys, Lunch Machine & All The Cannibals – Sandinos, Derry
- Life Goals, WÄRHËÄDWÏNG, The Sea, Close By – McHugh’s, Belfast
Sat 16 September
- The Bonnevilles, Lost Avenue, MELTS – Sandinos, Derry
- The 4 of Us – Playhouse, Derry
Mon 18 September
- John Smith – Black Box, Belfast
Thurs 21 September
- ASN Fundraiser: LARKS, Susie Blue, Jess Edlin, Vokxen, Jess Brien, Anna Cafolla – The Menagerie, Belfast
- Grainne Duffy – Black Box, Belfast
Fri 22 September
- Culture Night Belfast
- Bosco Ramos, Michael Mormecha, Invaderband, Hit The B Button – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- GRSNI: Tigers Not Sisters, Sister Ghost, The Sea, Close By, Vokxen – Fresh Garbage, Belfast
- Documenta, Delta Mainline – Black Box, Belfast
- James Downey & The Aos Si (EP launch), Lauren Bird, Whale Talk – The American Bar, Belfast
Sat 23 September
- Lewis Watson – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
Wed 27 September
- Worry Dolls – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Thurs 28 September
- Thomas Leeb, Jonathas Ferreira – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Fri 29 September
- Ryan McMullan – Limelight, Belfast
- Villiers & The Villains, Gareth Dunlop – Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena
Sat 30 September
- John Deery & The Heads (album launch) – Nerve Centre, Belfast
- Gareth Dunlop – Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
- Gavin James – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Bicep – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- MacMillan Coffee Evening: Hand Models, Vokxen, Haypark – Lavery’s, Belfast
Sun 1 October
- Shellac – Black Box, Belfast
Tues 3 October
- Inglorious – Limelight, Belfast
- I Love The 90s – SSE Arena, Belfast
Wed 4 October
- Neck Deep – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Christy Moore – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thurs 5 October
- Micah P Hinson – Voodoo, Belfast
- ROE – Maven, Belfast
- GIFTED: Electric Octopus, Black Chapels, Search Party, James Downey – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Christy Moore – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Clang Sayne – Black Box, Belfast
- The Shimmer Band, The Blinders, Bang Bang Romeo, Blackwaters – Limelight, Belfast
- Getting to know: DANI – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Rally for Choice: GIRL, Beauty Sleep, Hiva OA – The Pavilion, Belfast
Fri 6 October
- Shine: Joseph Capriati, Enrico Sanguilano, Psycatron – Limelight, Belfast
- Shrug Life (album launch), Junk Drawer, BRØR, Mark Loughrey – McHugh’s, Belfast
- Elder Druid, Nomadic Rituals, Molar Bear, Voodoo Blood – QUBSU, Belfast
- The Wood Burning Savages, Foreign Owl, Cherym – Sandinos, Derry
- Kevin Jones, Decky McBride – 387 Ormeau Road, Belfast
Sat 7 October
- Rubberbandits – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Jenny Hval, Die Hexen – Black Box, Belfast
- Mairtin O’Connor Trio – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Lush! Classical – SSE Arena, Belfast
Sun 8 October
- Neil Diamond – SSE Arena, Belfast
- Ryan McMullan – The Glassworks, Derry
- Alter Bridge – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- The Picturebooks – Voodoo, Belfast
- Dermot Kennedy – Limelight, Belfast
- Sonja Sleator (album launch), John Andrews, Ethan Hanna – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Mon 9 October
- Arcane Roots, Good Tiger – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Tues 10 October
- Joss Stone – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Lindsay Ell – Limelight, Belfast
Wed 11 October
- The Excitements – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Thurs 12 October
- Beth Rowley – Fealty’s Back Bar, Bangor
- Alpha Twin, Mosmo Strange, Dandy’s Loft, MOSA – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Big Wild Showcase: WASPS, Foreign Owl – The Menagerie, Belfast
Fri 13 October
- Jools Holland & his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Amber Run – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Resist: Aisha Devi – Black Box, Belfast
- Eilidh Patterson, Brigid O’Neill – Culturann, Derry
- Atlantic Arc Orchestra – Roe Valley Arts Centre, Limavady
- Mark Loughrey (album launch), Joel Harkin – Bookfinders, Belfast
Sat 14 October
- Newton Faulkner – Limelight, Belfast
- Trucker Diablo, Gasoline Outlaws – QUBSU, Belfast
- Hudson Taylor – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Runabay – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Darren Doherty & The Heathen Choir, Lost Avenue, Plead The Fifth – Dicey Riley’s, Strabane
Sun 15 October
- The Slackers, Aggressors BC, The Vibes – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Luka Bloom – Black Box, Belfast
- Zara Larsson – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- The Darkness – Limelight, Belfast
- Andy McKee, David Browne Murray – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
Mon 16 October
- The Horrors – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- The Dears – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Atlantic Arc Orchestra, Lula Pena – Grand Opera House, Belfast
- Tom McRae – Limelight, Belfast
Tues 17 October
- Badly Drawn Boy – Limelight, Belfast
Wed 18 October
- WASP – Limelight, Belfast
- Ailbhe Reddy – Black Box, Belfast
- Dodie – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Thurs 19 October
- Malojian – Strand Arts Centre, Belfast
- David Lyttle Trio – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Brash Isaac, Hand Models – Lavery’s, Belfast
Fri 20 October
- Fatima Yamaha – Limelight, Belfast
- Anthony Toner – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Pat Dam Smyth – McHugh’s, Belfast
Sat 21 October
- Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – Limelight, Belfast
- Paul Carrack – Grand Opera House, Belfast
Sun 22 October
- Jarrod Dickenson – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- The Slocan Ramblers – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Bugzy Malone – Limelight, Belfast
- Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – Millennium Forum, Derry
- Shane Filan – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Tues 24 October
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Limelight, Belfast
- OMD – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Wed 25 October
- Train – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Donny McCaslin Group – Limelight, Belfast
- Rebekah Fitch (single launch), LARKS, Reevah – McHugh’s, Belfast
Thurs 26 October
- Roddy Woomble – Voodoo, Belfast
- Myles Manley, Strength – The American Bar, Belfast
- Acid Mothers Temple – Black Box, Belfast
- Spectrum Festival – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Fri 27 October
- Picture This – SSE Arena, Belfast
- Fangclub, Wood Burning Savages – McHugh’s, Belfast
Sat 28 October
- Switchfoot – Limelight, Belfast
- Orange Goblin, Zlatanera – Limelight, Belfast
- Jah Wobble’s Invaders of the Heart, David Holmes – Maple Leaf Club, Belfast
- Other Voices Belfast – Duncairn, Belfast
- David Kitt, Our Krypton Son – Guildhall, Derry
Sun 29 October
- Alison Moyet – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Fozzy, Hardcore Superstar, Madame Mayhem, Last Band – Limelight, Belfast
- Skinny Living – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Nightmare Before Halloween: Foreign Owl, SLT, Miss Mary Jane – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Ports, Joshua Burnside – Guildhall, Derry
Mon 30 October
- Jesse Dayton – Errigle Inn, Belfast
- Liam Gallgher, The Strypes, Kyle Falconer – SSE Arena, Belfast
Tues 31 October
- The Raven Age – Limelight, Belfast
- Strange New Places, Brick Smyth, Prayag Ray – Just Books, Belfast
- Shadow Child – Nerve Centre, Derry
Wed 1 November
- Brandy Clark – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Yurodny – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Thurs 2 November
- GIFTED: Sister Ghost, Born Only Yesterday, The Sea Close By, Let Go Dive – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Getting to Know: Leah McFall – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Ruth Bate, Ghost Office, Cut In Blinks, Joel Benjamin McMordie – The Menagerie, Belfast
- Christy Moore – Millennium Forum, Derry
- London Grammar – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Fri 3 November
- Anto & The Echoes, Vokxen, Part Time Pilots, Les Pantalons – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Boyce Avenue – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Christy Moore – Millenium Forum, Derry
- Civil Simian, Velvet Alibi, Scream Blue Murmur, Blackjack – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Burning Codes, Stephen Macartney – Sunflower Bar, Belfast
Sat 4 November
- Native Music Mart – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Oh Yeah is 10 – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Lisa Hannigan – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Aslan – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Wild Rocket, Slomatics – Voodoo, Belfast
Sun 5 November
- Warwick Johnson – Limelight, Belfast
Mon 6 November
- Mongol Gentlemen’s Club, WASPS, Wanderers, SLT – Voodoo, Belfast
Tues 7 November
- Scouting for Girls – Limelight, Belfast
Wed 8 November
- The Tragedy of Dr Hannigan, No Oil Paintings, Aidan Logan, Whale Talk – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Y & T – Limelight, Belfast
Thurs 9 November
- Scratch My Progress: Strange New Places, Reevah, Hand Models, Cut in Blinks – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Bananarama – SSE Arena, Belfast
- The Cadillac Three, Broken Witt Rebels – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- The Amazons – Limelight, Belfast
- Empty Lungs, Lost Love, Sleeping Outside, Hand Models – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Fri 10 November
- The Bonnevilles, The Rackets, Petty Youth, Paranoids – Voodoo, Belfast
- Help Musicians NI Industry Essentials & Showcase – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- Monkey Bath (album launch), MOSA, The Fake Flirtations, Blocked – QUBSU, Belfast
Sat 11 November
- Northern Ireland Music Prize – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Rory Nellis, Owen Lamont – The MAC, Belfast
- God’s Waiting Room: Jane Weaver, David Holmes – Maple Leaf Club, Belfast
- Claude Bourbon – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
- David Keenan, Mongoose – Duncairn Arts Centre
- Brian Nash – Black Box, Belfast
- John Spillane – The American Bar, Belfast
Sun 12 November
- Mark Geary – Black Box, Belfast
Mon 13 November
- The Paperboys – Black Box, Belfast
- Night Demon – Voodoo, Belfast
Tues 14 November
- Pins, Franklyn – Voodoo, Belfast
- QR Presents: Underground – QUBSU, Belfast
Thurs 16 November
- Big Wild Showcase: Slow Place Like Home, Rachael Boyd – The Menagerie, Belfast
- Cigarettes After Sex – Limelight, Belfast
- Zorall, Hazemize – Voodoo, Belfast
- Ports & Prima Quartet – Anchor Bar, Portstewart
Fri 17 November
- Opeth, Enslaved – Limelight, Belfast
- Tom Russell – Clayton Hotel, Belfast
- Paddy Casey – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Sat 18 November
- NI Soul Troop 10th Anniversary Show – The MAC, Belfast
- Morbid Angel – Limelight, Belfast
- Tom Russell – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
- Glacial Sound, Gross Net, Bloom, Lathropus, Lazio – The Menagerie, Belfast
- Steve Cooney, Dermot Byrne, Trevor Hutchinson – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Rosborough – Nerve Centre, Derry
Sun 19 November
- Lucie Silvas, Charlie Worsham – Limelight, Belfast
- Sunday Brunch with Ralph McLean: Stevie Scullion, Mandy Bingham, Paddy Nash – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
Mon 20 November
- Stu Larsen – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Paul Brady – Millenium Forum, Derry
Wed 22 November
- Mutation, Nasa Assassin – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Edelle McMahon (album launch) – Accidental Theatre, Belfast
Thurs 23 November
- Wanderers, Vokxen & Rebekah Fitch – 39 Gordon Street, Belfast
- Richard Dawson – Black Box, Belfast
- Dave – Limelight, Belfast
- Hunkpapa – Voodoo, Belfast
Fri 24 November
- Silences, Orchid Collective – QUBSU, Belfast
- Pussy Riot, Bitch Falcon, Sister Ghost – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Diamond Head, Stormzone – Voodoo, Belfast
- Niall Hanna – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Wally Page – The American Bar, Belfast
- Hermitage Green – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Le Galaxie – Black Box, Belfast
- The Mad Dalton (single launch), Ian McHugh, Karl Devlin – Sunflower Bar, Belfast
Sat 25 November
- Pvris – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Bronagh Gallagher Band – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Grainne Duffy – Old Courthouse, Antrim
- Blackwater Conspiracy, Roll the Dice – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
Sun 26 November
- Ninebarrow – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
- Kobra & The Lotus, Brutai – Voodoo, Belfast
- Queen & Adam Lambert – SSE Arena, Belfast
Mon 27 November
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Wolf Alice – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Buí (album launch), Matua Trap, Strange New Places – The Menagerie, Belfast
Tues 28 November
- Hudson Taylor – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
Wed 29 November
- Bronagh Broderick (EP launch), Kat Little, Lauren Bird – McHugh’s, Belfast
Thurs 30 November
- Chordblossom Presents: Whale Talk (single launch), Joel Harkin, Lucy Bell
- Kaz Hawkins Band, Ursula Burns – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Fri 1 December
- The Undertones – Limelight, Belfast
- Lankum, Lisa O’Neill – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
- Mary Coughlan – Black Box, Belfast
Sat 2 December
- Hannah Peel, Penny Police – Voodoo, Belfast
- Robert Plant, Seth Lakeman – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Peter Hook & The Light – Limelight, Belfast
- Grainne Duffy – Atlantic Bar, Portrush
Sun 3 December
- Marty Coyle – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Niamh McGlinchey – Glasgowbury, Draperstown
Tues 5 December
- Mark Lanegan, Tenebrous Liar, Joe Cardamone – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Wed 6 December
- Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Anais Mitchell – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Tom Robinson – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Thurs 7 December
- Jessica Hoop – Strand Cinema, Belfast
- The Divine Comedy – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Wookalily – Duncairn, Belfast
- Dan & Shay – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Ricky Ross – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Chris Rea – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Friday 8 December
- Declan McKenna – Limelight, Belfast
- The Cabeytu Brothers – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Eilidh Patterson – Roe Valley Arts Centre, Limavady
- Andy White – American Bar, Belfast
Sat 9 December
- Duncairn Christmas Party – Duncairn, Belfast
- Grainne Duffy – Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
Sun 10 December
- Bay City Rollers – Limelight, Belfast
- James Kirby – Black Box, Belfast
Mon 11 December
- The Charlatans, Documenta – Limelight, Belfast
Tues 12 December
- Ciaran McManus (album launch), Gnarkats, Whale Talk – QUBSU, Belfast
Wed 13 December
- Dream Awake, Heel of Achilles, Lock Horns – Voodoo, Belfast
- Sikth, 7.5 Tonnes of Beard, Drakonis, Altus – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Thurs 14 December
- Yawning Man, Electric Octopus – Voodoo, Belfast
- Sit Tight, Emer Maguire, Kamaro, Rebekah Fitch – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- PIPS Fundraiser: Hand Models, Ghouls, Joel Harkin – The Menagerie, Belfast
Fri 15 December
- Glen Hansard – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Dana Masters – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Surf Green, Sit Tight, Kavalier, Valium – Voodoo, Belfast
- Bosco Ramos, Junk Drawer, Slouch – Sandinos, Derry
Sat 16 December
- John Gibbons – Mandela Hall, Belfast
- Echo Raptors, Rory Lavelle, Modern Rome, Orlaith & Mollie – The Pavilion, Belfast
- The Defects, The Gakk, Fubar – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
- The Answer – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill
- And So I Watch You From Afar, Touts, Catalan, Calling All Horses – Telegraph Building, Belfast
Sun 17 December
- Cara Dillon – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- CKY, Raging Speedhorn, Black Chapels, Mosmo Strange – Limelight, Belfast
Tues 19 December
- Katharine Philippa – The Naughton Gallery, Belfast
Wed 20 December
- Imelda May, Mick Flannery – Waterfront Hall, Belfast
- Declan O’Rourke – The Glassworks, Derry
- Touts, Alder, Judas Wolves – Top of the Town, Omagh
- David Keenan, Noella Hutton, Stephen Whiteman, Rebecca Mulhern – Sandinos, Derry
Thurs 21 December
- The Coronas – Ulster Hall, Belfast
- Gascan Ruckus, Via: Barvikha, WASPS, The Vicunas – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- SNOW YEAH: Owen Lamont, Teddy Charles Jr, Glass Wings – Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast
Sat 23 December
- Touts, Mosmo Strange, SLT – Nerve Centre, Derry
Tues 26 December
- Harvey McKay – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Shine: Dave Clarke, DJ Bone, Kobosil, SHDW, Obscure Shape, Saoirse, Schmutz – Telegraph Building, Belfast
Wed 27 December
- Gweedore Reunion – Nerve Centre, Derry
Thurs 28 December
- Lush Classics Party – Nerve Centre, Derry
- Crilli’s Xmas Drum & Bass Pudding – V00doo, Belfast
Fri 29 December
- The Emerald Armada, Nathan O’Regan, Orchid Collective, Fox Colony – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
- Ryan Vail, Joshua Burnside – The MAC, Belfast
- Bry – Elmwood Hall, Belfast
Sat 30 December
- Ryan Vail, Joshua Burnside – The MAC, Belfast
- The Bonnevilles, The Crossfire Hurricanes, The Groundlings, Electric Blue – QUBSU, Belfast
Sun 31 December
- NI Soul Troop’s Suited and Booted NYE Special – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
