About
What's on. What's busy. Where to go next. Built by Lavery's, Belfast's oldest family-owned bar — for visitors, by people who actually go out in this city.
The The Belfast Guide pulls together everything you need to navigate Fleadh week in one place — sessions, bars, food, late-night spots, and the part nobody else shows you: how busy each venue is, in real time. Venues update their own status. Visitors back it up with quick crowd reports. Nothing's older than a few minutes.
Free for anyone to use, no app store install needed. Save it to your home screen and it works like one.
The The Belfast Guide is developed and maintained by Lavery's, Belfast's oldest family-owned bar. It lists every venue running something during Fleadh week — not just ours. The map and timeline are city-wide and venue-neutral.
This is not the official Fleadh Cheoil app and we're not affiliated with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. For official festival information, programmes and competitions, please visit the Fleadh's own channels.
Bars, pubs and food spots update their live status — has seats, good buzz, rammed, queue outside — in two taps.
See something different on the ground? Tap a quick crowd report and the next visitor sees it instantly.
Stale data expires automatically. If a venue hasn't updated in a while, the badge says so. No bluffing.
For Belfast operators
If you run a bar, restaurant, kitchen, late-night venue or session in Belfast, claim your spot on the The Belfast Guide. You'll get a public page, live status controls, and the ability to publish your Fleadh programme. It takes about a minute to sign up. No card, no contract.
Fleadh runs 2–9 August 2026. Use the map to find what's on near you, save the venues you want to hit, and when somewhere's rammed, jump to the closest place with space.
Press, partnerships, bug reports, "you got us wrong" emails — all welcome.
