WHAT'S ON · WED 7 OCTOBER
What's on in Belfast today
Every family event, show and session happening in and around Belfast today, with times, prices and ages. Checked by us, not scraped.
10 things on 2 free 6 indoors 8 venues
Wed 7 October10 things on
All day · check times with the venue
Susan Hughes - A Feeling in the Blood
The MAC · Belfast
Indoors
FreeAll day · check times with the venue
Ellie's Eats
Roar and Explore · Belfast
Indoors
from £10.50All day · check times with the venue
W5 LIFE Saturday Sessions
W5 Belfast · Belfast · ages 8+
Indoors
FreeAll day · check times with the venue
Dr. Zoë Victoria Gibson 'Linen Landscapes'
R-space Gallery · Lisburn
Indoors
from £7.50All day · check times with the venue
Halloween Pumpkin Patch
Streamvale Open Farm · Newtownabbey
All day · check times with the venue
Mary McIntyre & Robert Anderson Reconstructions: A Room for Mike Kelley
The MAC · Belfast
Indoors
from £2410:30-13:00
A History of Terror
DC Tours - Belfast Walking Tours · Belfast · ages 12+
13:00
Bubble Bop Disco
Streamvale Open Farm · Newtownabbey
15:00-16:00
Lego Club
Shankill Road Library · Belfast · up to age 8
Indoors
19:30
Meetings Season
Whitehead Railway Museum · Carrickfergus
ALWAYS A GOOD SHOUT
Places to just turn up to
Farms, parks and museums that don't need booking. Check opening hours on the listing before you set off.
FreeLisburn City Library
Lisburn
Free storytimes, rhyme sessions and craft groups in a Lisburn library with an actual Harry Potter day thrown in.
Sensory friendlyWheelchair accessibleWi-Fi
from £10Salsa-NI
Belfast
Adults-only Tuesday night salsa in Belfast, £10 a class, no partner and no booking needed.
from £15Belfast Dreams School of Music
Belfast
One-to-one lessons in guitar, piano, ukulele or banjo, with singing lessons too if that's more your child's thing.
Mount Ida Pottery
Banbridge
Hand build or throw on the wheel at a Banbridge pottery studio where you shape your own clay piece from scratch.
ArtisAnn Gallery
Belfast
A small art gallery to wander round, with free parking right outside and wheelchair access on the ground floor.
Card onlyFree parkingWheelchair accessible
from £3BAC (Belfast Activity Centre)
Belfast · ages 8+
Caving, climbing, mountain biking and paddlesport on one site just outside Belfast, for kids eight and up.
Birthday partiesGroup bookingsIndoor seatingParking+4 more
Good to know
Is anything free?
Yes, Ellie's Eats and Dr. Zoë Victoria Gibson 'Linen Landscapes' are free to attend. Some free events still need a ticket booked in advance; each listing says so.
What do tickets cost?
Paid events start from £7.50. Prices are taken from each organiser's own published list and shown on every event page, with the booking link.
What if it rains?
Susan Hughes - A Feeling in the Blood, Ellie's Eats, W5 LIFE Saturday Sessions, Dr. Zoë Victoria Gibson 'Linen Landscapes' and 2 more are indoors. Our rainy-day list has every place under a roof if the forecast turns.
How up to date is this?
The list refreshes every few minutes from the organisers' own published schedules. If an event is cancelled at short notice it may still show; the booking link on each listing goes to the organiser's live page.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Belfast today, with times and prices.
TOP PICKEllie's Eats · free- Fri10 things · W5 LIFE Saturday Sessions
- Sat13 things · Halloween Pumpkin Patch
- Sun9 things · Susan Hughes - A Feeling in the Blood
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