Events

Join us in Belfast for a feast of harping at Harps Alive 2025.
Learn from some of our great harpers. Enrol in our free workshops to experience the magic of harp playing.

Harping Fun for all the Family with Sharon Carroll
Venue: Shankill Road Library
Date: Friday 13 June, 10am – 12pm

Lecture: Valentine Rennie – The Celebrated Professor of the Irish Harp.
Valentine Rennie’s unique and fascinating life story will be shared by Belfast local historian Mark Doherty.
Venue: Rosemary Street Church Hall
Date: Friday 13 June, 1pm – 2pm

Harps North Concert
An enchanting evening of traditional and contemporary harp music at Harps North, featuring acclaimed pedal harpist Rosie Murphy alongside leading traditional harpers Éilis Lavelle, Colm McGonigle, and Lauren O’Neill.
Venue: Rosemary Street First Presbyterian Church
Date: Friday 13 June, 7.30pm
Tickets £15/€18 (cons. £10/€12) at eventbrite.ie

Intermediate Harp Workshop with Sharon Carroll
Venue: St Joseph’s Sailortown
Date: Saturday 14 June, 10.30am – 12.30pm

Early Irish Harp Workshop with Aoibheann Devlin
Venue: Cultúrlann MacAdam Ó Fiaich
Date: Saturday 14 June, 11.30am

Advanced Irish Harp Workshop with Michael Rooney
Venue: The Duncairn
Date: Saturday 14 June, 11.30am

Save the Assembly Rooms 
A 'Manifestation' to preserve the Assembly Rooms and to secure them for public use as a facility for arts and heritage purposes and for other community uses.
Venue: Assembly Rooms
Date: Saturday 14 June, 3:30 – 4.00pm

Connecting Harps Concert
Featuring Aisling Lyons (harp) and Moya Cannon (poet), Michael Rooney, Gráinne Hambly, Aisling Lyons, Gráinne Meyer and Cormac de Barra. Rounding out the programme are the much-loved duo Zoë Conway and John McIntyre, known for their dynamic fusion of traditional fiddle, voice, and guitar.
Venue: St George’s Belfast
Date: Saturday 14 June, 7:30pm
Tickets £15/€18 (cons. £10/€12) at eventbrite.ie