MELA + Date 21 – 27 August 2022 Extend your festival experience with MELA+, featuring a week long programme of cultural events across the city. Book Tickets
Category Category All Circus Dance Exhibition Film Food Green Music Outdoors Spectacle Storytelling Theatre Tours Wellbeing Suitability Suitability All Adults Family
Event Listings Previous Events Outdoors Family Sunday 28th August 12pm, Botanic Gardens Mela Day Join us at Botanic Gardens for the festival finale as it’s transformed into a global wonderland of music, dance, food and art. Outdoors Family Saturday 20th August 12pm, Belfast City Centre Mela Carnival This year the city centre will be awash with a kaleidoscope of colour and creativity as we present our first Mela Carnival. Outdoors Family Saturday 20th August 12pm, Writers Square Colour Procession Be part of our colour procession and throw colourful powders in a party atmosphere among friends! Circus Spectacle Family Saturday 20th August 1pm, City Hall A Handful of Dreams An Celtic fusion of music, dance, and aerial awaits with an electric ensemble of aerial dancers and live musicians. Music Adults Tuesday 23rd August 7pm, St Anne's Cathedral Connections A wonderful evening of world music presented by local musicians from across the globe who are living in Northern Ireland. Film Music Family Wednesday 24th August 7pm, Queens Film Theatre Songs of the Earth Climate animation film telling the global story of Asha, a young climate refugee from Bengal. Dance Adults Monday 22nd August 7pm, Lyric Theatre Roshni A soul stirring mix of Indian Kathak dance with live music and vocals from a global palette of styles Food Tours Adults Wednesday 24th August - Thursday 25th August, The Big Fish Tea Walking Tours A dander around Belfast with your host, a plucky tea-worker from 1886, returned from the past to tell the true story of tea in the city. Food Adults Thursday 25th August 7pm, Banana Block Silk Road Supper Club Join us for truly unique three course dining experience as we take you on a voyage of culinary discovery through the Silk Road. Storytelling Theatre Adults Friday 26th August 6pm, Accidental Theatre The Displaced Heart An exquisite adult storytelling and music performance combining English, Punjabi and Irish languages Wellbeing Adults Family Tuesday 23rd August 11am, Springfield Dam Park Mela Wellness Day Join us for a day of Mela-inspired wellbeing activities at Springfield Dam Park Wellbeing Adults Family Wednesday 24th August 11am, Maitri Studio Belfast Mela Wellness Day Join us for a day of Mela-inspired wellbeing activities at Maitri Studio Wellbeing Adults Family Friday 26th August 11am, Woodvale Park Mela Wellness Day Join us for a day of Mela-inspired wellbeing activities at Woodvale Park Green Outdoors Family Sunday 21st August 1pm, Carmel Street Horsey Hill Mini Mela Join in on the Mela magic to celebrate the launch of the Carmel & Palestine Street Community Garden Film Family Thursday 25th August 6pm, Springfield Dam Park Movies at the Dam Get the best seat in the park for our outdoor cinema at Springfield Dam Park Exhibition Adults Friday 19th August - Friday 2nd September, 2 Royal Avenue You, Me & Tea Exhibition Tea-tastic stories, memories and collections bringing you into the wonderful world of tea heritage in Belfast.