Getting Here

The festival will be held in Banana Block in the east of Belfast with good local public transport links.

Public Transport in Northern Ireland

All public busses and trains in Northern Ireland are run by Translink who also have a journey planner, the data is also in Google Maps which is often easier to use.

Arriving by Plane

Belfast is served by 2 airports (Belfast International Airport and Belfast City Airport). There are regular scheduled flights from most UK airports (and further), we recommend using SkyScanner to browse your options. Belfast City Centre can easily be reached by Bus or Taxi from both the City (15 minutes) and International (35-45 minutes) Airports, with buses arriving and departing from stops in Belfast City Centre and from the Belfast Grand Central (formerly Europa Bus Centre), from where the festival can be reached by a short bus ride. To Travel from Belfast City Airport directly to the venue the best route is to walk from the airport to Sydenham Station, from where you the 3a runs to the venue roughly every 30 minutes.

Dublin Airport is also reachable from Belfast, with a regular (~1hr50 long) bus service provided by both Aircoach, Translink, and Dublin Express all arriving at (or on Glengall Street just outside) Belfast Grand Central Station (or Europa Bus Centre).

Local (Metro/Glider) buses

The venue is easily accessible with good local bus routes. Multiple bus routes to/from Belfast City Centre stop at the venue, routes 3a/3g/3f stopping on the Newtownards Road (Ribble Street/Hunt Street stops), and 3b/3c/3d/3e/3h and the Glider G1 stop just around the corner at the Connswater stop on the Albertbridge Road. If you’ll be taking more than one bus in the day, the cheapest way to travel on these services is to buy a Metro/Glider Day Ticket using the Translink mLink app, or for £1 by card/cash on a bus/glider stop.

Longer distance buses

Most longer distance bus services terminate at either the Europa Bus Centre/Grand Central Station or Laganside Bus Centre from where you can connect to local bus services to the venue. For bus services from Scotland, see Ferries.

Train

The G1 3b/3c/3d/3e/3h busses all stop outside Belfast Lanyon Place station, from where the venue is a short 4-stop bus ride. Belfast Great Victoria Street (soon to be renamed Grand Central) station is a short walk from Belfast City Hall where all the local busses mentioned above can be picked up.

Ferries

There are regular ferries from Belfast to Cairnryan (Stena Line) and Larne to Cairnryan (P&O), taking approx 2 hours. There is also an 8 hour Ferry to/from Liverpool (actually Birkenhead) operated by Stena Line, running twice daily (departing at approximately 10pm and 10am in each direction).

All services offer reasonably priced foot passenger fares. For those arriving from further afield Rail & Sail and Coach & Sail deals are available.

Arriving by Car

There is limited on-street parking near the venue, we would recommend parking elsewhere (such as at your accommodation) and using the good public transport links.