The 19th annual Belfast Mela will take place between the 16-24 August 2025 with a week long programme of events across the city. As part of the week long programme, the main trading opportunity will be Mela Day at Botanic Gardens on the 24 August 2025
Mela Day
Mela Day: 24th August, 12noon – 6pm, Botanic Gardens
The culmination of the week long festival will be our traditional large scale one day event at Botanic Gardens, which attracts thousands of attendees over the course of 6 hours. The Mela is a wide ranging and diverse festival which attracts many different types of businesses and organisations across different sectors including:
- Restaurants and catering businesses
- Artisan food businesses
- Craft businesses
- Health and wellbeing businesses
- Arts and creative businesses
- Public sector organisations
- Third sector organisations
- Charities and not for profit organisations
Apply to Mela 2025
Applications are now open to trade or exhibit at Mela Day. Please download our information pack here which has details of trading options and prices. You can request an application form by filling in the form below.