What to do over Easter

Wondering what to do over the Easter holidays?

This year, we’re holding the Belfast 400 Easter Festival at City Hall, marking the 400th anniversary of the granting of the city’s first Royal Charter in April 1613.

We are hosting a fusion of free events, including exhibitions, family events, films, talks, tours andworkshops. The Ulster Hall is also getting in on the act with a packed Belfast 400 programme, and other city centre venues are part of it too.

History doesn’t have to be boring, as you’ll see at Belfast 400’s Easter Festival.

Event highlights include:

Easter treasure hunt
Little ones can follow Mr Bunny’s treasure map through City Hall, figuring out clues to reach the treasure – and their prize!
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Bus tours
Find out more about John Hewitt, the father of Ulster poetry, on this free tour that stops off at the Ulster Museum. Or, if music is more your thing, take a trip on the free Belfast Music Tour and travel through the rock and roll years of the city.
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Titanic artefacts
See the violin that Titanic bandleader Wallace Hartley played as the great ship sank in an exhibition of artefacts from auctioneers Henry Alderidge & Son prior to their April 2013 sale.
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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Enter Alice’s magical world for a tea party with a difference with fairy cakes, games and, of course, the Mad Hatter himself!
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Talk: Remembering Belfast
Join Professor Sean Connelly, lead author of Belfast 400: People, Place and History, for this talk, which looks at Belfast from medieval settlement to Titanic town.
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Cinema zone
Queen’s Film Theatre presents a series of films looking at Belfast in legend and history by exploring the distinctive personality of the city over the last 400 years.
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Vintage car display
City Hall grounds will play host to Banbridge Old Vehicle Club for a display of classic cars spanning the decades.
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Walking tours
Discover hidden histories, interesting characters and the architecture of Belfast in a series of tours running throughout the festival.
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Community competition
We’re asking community groups across the city to tell us the story of their neighbourhood in our Belfast Places competition. Winning entries will be showcased at Titanic Belfast.
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