Background of the hall

Built in 1862, the Ulster Hall has been entertaining the citizens of Belfast for almost 150 years. This Victorian concert hall has an illustrious past. In its first 50 years it played host to Charles Dickens, Ellen Terry, Lord Randolph Churchill and Caruso.

Throughout the Second World War it played a significant role in entertaining American troops billeted on our shores.

Since then it has seen major boxing champions come and go, tracked popular music through the Ruby Murray years to punk, dance and beyond.

It has been the Belfast home of great rock music, from its favourite son Rory Gallagher to the world début of Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin, in 1971.

The newly refurbished Ulster Hall will continue to entertain.

It now provides a home for the Ulster Orchestra and their programme of world class concerts.

With new bar and café facilities and a suite of new dressing and meeting rooms the venue will play host to the corporate client, the sports impresario and the music promoter alike.

Our facilities include: