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Belfast Empire
A converted late-Victorian church with three floors of entertainment, the Empire is a legendary live-music venue. The regular Thursday night Gifted session showcases the best of new talent, both local and UK-wide, while Saturday is either big-name bands or tribute bands. There's also stand-up comedy every Tuesday.
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Botanic Inn
The 'Bot' is the second pillar of Malone Rd's unholy trinity of student pubs, along with the 'Eg' and the 'Welly Park' (Wellington Park). The latter has sadly been renovated into airport-departure-lounge anonymity, but the Bot is still a wild place, with dancing in the upstairs Top of the Bot club Thursday to Saturday (people queue down the street to get in), live folk music from on Wednesday, and big-screen sport when there's a match on.
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Garrick Bar
Established in 1870, but recently refurbished, the Garrick hangs on to a traditional atmosphere with acres of dark wood panelling, tiled floors, pillared bar and old brass oil lamps. There are snug booths with buttoned leather benches, and a real coal fire in each room. There's traditional music sessions in the front bar from on Wednesdays, and to Fridays.
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Harty Room
Queen's University's School of Music (www.music.qub.ac.uk) stages free lunch-time recitals on Thursday and regular evening concerts in the beautiful, hammer beam-roofed Harty Room, and at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (Cloreen Park), with occasional performances in the larger Sir William Whitla Hall (University Rd). You can download a programme from the website - click on the Music at Queen's link.
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Lavery's
Managed by the same family since 1918, Lavery's is a vast, multilevel, packed-to-the-gills boozing emporium, crammed with drinkers young and old, from students to tourists, businessmen to bikers. The Back Bar has live acoustic music from local singer-songwriters on Wednesday and live indie and alternative bands on Thursday, while the Bunker stages various local and touring bands Sunday to Thursday and DJs Friday and Saturday.
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Limelight
This combined pub and club along with next-door venue the Spring and Airbrake (under the same management) is one of the city's top venues for live rock and indie music, having hosted bands from Oasis to Franz Ferdinand, the Manic Street Preachers and the Kaiser Chiefs.
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Milk
Set in a converted red-brick warehouse, Milk has maintained its position as one of Belfast's hottest and most sophisticated clubs. Snatch on Thursday is the city's biggest R&B and hip-hop night, Fridays are for disco, house and electro, and on Saturday resident and guest DJs play house.
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Queen's University School of Music
Queen's University School of Music stages free lunch-time recitals on Thursday and regular evening concerts in the beautiful, hammer beam-roofed Harty Room and at the Sonic Arts Research Centre with occasional performances in the larger Sir William Whitla Hall. You can download a programme from the website - click on the Music at Queen's link.
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Rotterdam
The Rotterdam is a purist's pub, unrepentantly old-fashioned and wonderfully atmospheric, with stone floors, an open fire, low ceilings and perfectly poured Guinness. It's famed for the quality of its live music sessions - jazz, folk, rock or blues plays most nights, and in summer the tables - and the gigs - spill outdoors.
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Sir William Whitla Hall
Queen's University's School of Music stages free lunch-time recitals on Thursday and regular evening concerts in the beautiful, hammer beam-roofed Harty Room and at the Sonic Arts Research Centre with occasional performances in the larger Sir William Whitla Hall. You can download a programme from the website - click on the Music at Queen's link.
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Ulster Hall
The 1862 Ulster Hall is a popular venue for a range of events including rock concerts, lunch-time organ recitals, boxing bouts and performances by the Ulster Orchestra. It's closed for renovations until the end of 2008.
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Waterfront Hall
This impressive 2235-seat venue on the River Lagan is Belfast's flagship performance space. You can catch up-and-coming comedians here and a host of other local, national and international performers, from pop stars to symphony orchestras.
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