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City Hall
Belfast City Hall is a Grade A listed building. We use white light to illuminate the exterior most of the time, which is best for highlighting the building's beautiful architectural features.
Our LED lighting system at City Hall reduces our energy costs and allows us to light up the building in various colours and combinations.
Dates in 2022 when City Hall will be lit in different colours are listed in this table. Earlier illumination occasions in 2022 are also shown on this page.
| Date | Occasion | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| 6 October | Guide Dogs Northern Ireland | Blue and yellow |
| 10 October | Fragile X Awareness Day | Blue |
| 14 October | Developmental Language Disorder | Purple |
| 15 October | Baby Loss Awareness Week | Pink and blue |
| 17 October | Parenting NI | Purple |
| 18 October | Anti-slavery Day | Red |
| 20 October | Dementia NI | Red and yellow |
| 21 October | Black History Month | Green and red |
| 22 October | Clonard Waterpolo Club Centenary | Green and white |
| 23 October | Recycle Week 2022 | Green |
| 31 October | Pretty in Pink | Pink and purple |
| 11 November | Polish Independence Day | Red and white |
| 13 November | Remembrance Sunday (Cenotaph only) | Red |
| 18 November until 7 January 2023 | Festive lighting | Various |
| 24 December | Santa Siren | Red siren on City Hall dome |
| 31 December | New Year's Eve countdown | Multicoloured |
We cannot facilitate illuminate requests from 18 November 2022 until 7 January 2023. This is due to the technical requirements of festive lighting on the exterior of City Hall during Christmas.
This table shows earlier occasions in 2022 when City Hall was illuminated.
| Date | Occasion | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September | Organ Donation Week | Pink and Violet |
| 21 September | International Day of Peace | Blue |
| 4 September | 75 years of Relate NI | Blue, orange and honey |
| 1 August | Belfast Pride | Rainbow |
| 12 July | Orangefest | Orange and purple |
| 5 July | Remembering Srebrenica | Green and white |
| 25 June | St John's Ambulance Youth Day | Green and yellow |
| 22 June | Deafblind Awareness Week 2022 | Purple and orange |
| 21 June | Day of Reflection | Yellow |
| 20 June | Refugee Week 2022 | Red |
| 16 June | Clean Air Day 2022 | Sky blue |
| 13 June | Diabetes Week 2022 | Blue |
| 10 June | Centenary of the Catholic Chaplaincy at Queen’s University Belfast | Navy and gold |
| 7 June | Harkin Summit Belfast 2022 | Purple |
| 5 June | The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Purple |
| 2 June | Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday | Red, white and blue |
| 28 May | Menstrual Hygiene Day | Red |
| 14 May | Word Fair Trade Day | Green, blue and black |
| 5 May | International Day of the Midwife 2022 | Purple and orange |
| 3 May | Eid-al-Fitr: marking the end of Ramadan | Green, white and pink |
| 2 May | May Day | Red |
| 10 April | World Irish Dancing Championships | Gold |
| 2 April | 150th anniversary or St Dominic's Grammar School | Claret and white |
| 31 March | Transgender Day of Visibility | Blue and pink stripes |
| 26 March | Lord Mayor's Charity 2021-2022 Youth Lyric | Blue |
| 25 March | Bredagh GAC 50th anniversary | Maroon and white |
| 24 March | Lord Mayor's Charity 2021-2022 Positive Life | Red |
| 23 March | National Day of Reflection | Yello |
| 21 March | World Down Syndrome Day | Blue and yellow |
| 17 March | St Patrick's Day | Green |
| 11 March | European Day for Victims | Red |
| 8 March | International Women's Day | Purple |
| 5 March | Solidarity for Ukraine | Yellow and blue |
| 14 February | Valentine's Day | Red |
| 1 February | Chinese New Year | Orange and red |
| 30 January | 10th Anniversary of the 4 Corners Festival | Red |
| 28 January | Donors' Day – promoting stem cell, blood and organ donation | Pink |
| 27 January | Holocaust Memorial Day | Purple |
| 21 January | 125th Anniversary of Ulster Hockey | Red and white |
We light up the building for events which we have organised in City Hall or the grounds. We will only accept other requests to light up City Hall in exceptional circumstances. For information, please email cityhallfunctions@belfastcity.gov.uk
For more information and advice, get in touch.
cityhallfunctions@belfastcity.gov.uk
Belfast City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast, BT1 5GS,
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