Live Music Guide
Live Music in Antrim
County Antrim outside Belfast has live music in Lisburn, Portrush, Ballymena, Larne and the north of the city, led by the Island Arts Centre and The Playhouse. LocalJams tracks every listed gig across the county, updated nightly; Belfast has its own guide.
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Antrim covers the north-east corner of the island from the Glens and the Causeway Coast down to Lisburn, and because Belfast's venues are filed under their own county on LocalJams, this guide covers the rest of Antrim: 25 venues, 14 of them in Ballycastle, with Ballymena, Lisburn, Antrim town, Larne, Newtownabbey, Portglenone, Portrush, Toomebridge and north Belfast making up the others. The upcoming calendar is short, with 17 gigs listed over the coming months and blues the only genre tag that appears.
Thompson's Garage in north Belfast is the busiest listed venue, with a weekly pattern of Funkarama with DJ Hix on Wednesdays, Fubu Thursdays with DJ Koast and Misfit Friday, plus a Funkarama Fright Night for Halloween. The Island Arts Centre on Hillsborough Road in Lisburn lists Thunder Rolls, The Neil Diamond Experience, The Bjorn Identity and The Human Touch, and The Playhouse in Portrush has a November run with Joachim Cooder, Ken Haddock, the Pat McManus Band and The Unseen Growth Of Winter. Beyond those, the BT Blues Club in Ballymena lists Paul Sherry, the Dunadry Hotel an 80s Retro Christmas Soiree, and the Olderfleet Bar in Larne a Trance Anthems Halloween party. Ballycastle's 14 venues have nothing upcoming at the moment.
No free-entry gigs or ticket links are flagged in the county's listings right now, so check each venue directly, and see the Belfast guide for the city's nightly sessions and concert halls.
Upcoming gigs in Antrim
See allFri, 16 Oct10:00 PM
Misfit Friday at Thompsons
Thompson's Garage
Belfast (North)
Sat, 17 Oct8:00 PM
Paul Sherry
BT Blues Club
Ballymena
Wed, 21 Oct10:00 PM
Funkarama ft DJ Hix and Guests
Thompson's Garage
Belfast (North)
Fri, 23 Oct10:00 PM
Misfit Friday at Thompsons
Thompson's Garage
Belfast (North)
Sat, 24 Oct7:45 PM
Thunder Rolls
Island Arts Centre Lagan Valley
Lisburn
Wed, 28 Oct10:00 PM
Funkarama Fright Night ft DJ Hix and Guests
Thompson's Garage
Belfast (North)
Fri, 30 Oct7:30 PM
The Neil Diamond Experience
Island Arts Centre Lagan Valley
Lisburn
Sat, 31 Oct8:00 PM
Trance Anthems Halloween Party
Olderfleet Bar
Larne
Thu, 12 Nov8:45 PM
Joachim Cooder Live Launch Event
The Playhouse
Portrush
Fri, 13 Nov8:45 PM
Ken Haddock
The Playhouse
Portrush
Sat, 14 Nov8:00 PM
The Bjorn Identity
Island Arts Centre Lagan Valley
Lisburn
Popular venues in Antrim
All venuesLive music in Antrim: FAQ
Where can I find live music in Antrim tonight?
The listings on this page show upcoming gigs across Antrim, refreshed every night. Open any gig to see the line-up, start time, ticket details and a map to the venue. For a filtered view by date, genre or price, use the Explore page.
Are there free gigs in Antrim?
Sometimes, but none of the Antrim gigs currently listed on this page is marked free. We only mark a gig as free when there's positive evidence for it, so the green "Free Entry" badge appears only when the venue or promoter says so. Listings refresh nightly, and the Explore page lets you filter by price.
Where can I find traditional Irish music sessions in Antrim?
Our Antrim listings outside Belfast don't currently show a traditional session pattern. For sessions, the Belfast guide covers the city's regular trad listings, including the Friday session at The Deers Head; check the Explore page with the Antrim filter for anything new in the county.
How often are Antrim gig listings updated?
Every night. Our crawlers read public listings from venue websites, ticketing platforms and established what's-on guides, then clean and de-duplicate them so the listings stay accurate and focused on live music.
Can I find ticketed concerts as well as pub gigs in Antrim?
Yes. LocalJams lists everything from free trad sessions to ticketed concerts and touring shows. Where a ticket page exists we link straight to it — we never sell tickets ourselves, so the venue or promoter is always the final word on prices and availability.