The 20th annual Belfast Mela will take place between the 22-30 August 2026 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 30 August 2026
Mela Day
Mela Day: 30 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 2026
We are now accepting applications to trade or exhibit. Please email [email protected] for an application pack. The deadline for applications is 3th July 2026. No applications will be accepted after this time.