The park is the point today. Botanic Gardens, Sunday, 12 to 6, twenty years of Belfast Mela in one afternoon.
Mela Day is Sunday 30 August at Botanic Gardens. ArtsEkta’s 20th festival. General £12, concession £9, family £24, plus booking fee. Under-fours free. Tickets on the gate if they last.
Do you need a ticket?
Yes. Book if you can.
Who: Belfast Mela, 20th year
Where: Botanic Gardens
When: Sunday 30 August, 12pm to 6pm
Tickets: General £12, concession £9, family £24, plus booking fee. Ages 0–4 free. On the gate subject to availability.
Gates: Stranmillis Road (Queen’s and the Ulster Museum) or Botanic Avenue (McClay Library). Other park gates closed.
Alcohol: not on site
Subject to availability.
Two gates, no booze, come hungry
Official word is book on your phone, arrive early, leave the car if you can. Translink, walk or cycle. Blue Badge parking is first come at Queen’s Library Car Park. Under-16s with an adult. Well-behaved dogs on leads, away from the food. Over 30 food stalls. Pack for rain or shine.
The Tunisia Medina is new this year. The rest is the park you already know: World Stage, food village, Little Asia, Baba Bollywood, the Fairy Trail.
20 years, still this park
Carnival was last Saturday. Earth Child was at the Slipways. The 20th anniversary was on sale in the spring. Today is the day in Botanic.
If you are splitting the afternoon, the Giants are back at The O2 at 4pm.
See you in the park.
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