Handel’s Messiah (Belfast)

Waterfront Hall - Belfast
13 December 2025 19:30
One of our longstanding festive traditions continues with one of the best oratorios ever written.
Tickets: £34.00 - £42.50
A graphic with a starry sky background and the text “Handel’s Messiah” in gold, with a gold star above “Messiah,” celebrating this timeless work in Londonderry.
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The Magic of Christmas (Belfast)

Waterfront Hall - Belfast
21 December 2025 19:45
Tickets: £34.00 - £42.50
A decorated Christmas tree with a star topper stands by a window in Belfast, surrounded by wrapped presents on a red carpet, capturing the Magic of Christmas in a festive room at night.

The Magic of Christmas (Derry~Londonderry)

Millennium Forum - Derry~Londonderry
22 December 2025 20:00
Tickets: £20.00-£31.00

Learning, Community & Engagement

The Ulster Orchestra’s Learning and Community Engagement programme helps us to achieve our vision of enriching lives through music. Since 2016, all of our musicians have been delivering outreach and education activity as part of their orchestral schedule – the only symphony orchestra in the UK to work in this way.
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Sound Links - A celebration of Townsend Street

Find out more about Ulster Orchestra, Townsend Enterprise Park and Zeppo Arts’ project to explore and celebrate the history of Townsend Street, Belfast, as part of the city’s Belfast 2024 celebrations.

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Who We Are

Founded in 1966, the Ulster Orchestra has been at the forefront of musical life in Northern Ireland and the Orchestra’s full-time musicians form the region’s only professional symphony orchestra.

The Orchestra has a distinguished line of past principal conductors including Bryden Thomson, Vernon Handley, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Dimitry Sitkovetsky, Thierry Fischer, Kenneth Montgomery, JoAnn Faletta, Rafael Payare and, most recently, Daniele Rustioni.
A large orchestra group poses with their instruments in a modern indoor setting, arranged on steps and seats, with string, brass, and woodwind sections visible.