Belfast Punk Music Walking Tour

Come explore the story of punk music in Belfast, a city where punk meant more! Take this walking tour to explore the story of punk music on Belfast’s streets, with a passionate punk music loving guide, who saw live back in the late 1970s the city’s great bands, including The Outcasts, Rudi, Stiff Little Fingers, Ruefrex, Victim, etc – and who also loves today’s punk bands too.

The story of 1970s punk and the Good Vibrations record shop and label run by Terri Hooley, has been dramatised in the ‘Good Vibrations’ film.

You’ll see legendary sites in the 1970s punk story, including where the Good Vibrations record shop first opened, and where the Harp Bar and The Pound stood. Visit also the city’s music hub, the Oh Yeah Music Centre, to look at its punk memorabilia in its NI Music exhibition. You’ll hear about punk collectives in Belfast from the 1980s to now, including Warzone and Giro’s.

A soundtrack of punk music - past and contemporary - will be played at each stop.