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Discover Ireland's flourishing beer festival scene across Dublin, Cork, Galway and Belfast. From traditional pub celebrations to modern craft gatherings, Ireland welcomes festival-goers with genuine hospitality and exciting new brewing talent.
Ireland has grown from a stout-and-pub heritage into one of Europe's most exciting beer destinations, and its festivals have grown with it. Expect events that pair a genuinely warm welcome with a craft scene that has come a long way in a short time.
Dublin leads the calendar, with multi-brewery festivals and brewery parties across the city through the year. Cork champions the brewers of Munster, Galway brings its easy, festival-town character, and Belfast reflects a craft scene in Northern Ireland that is growing fast.
Stout will always be part of the story here, but you will find far more besides, from crisp lager and hazy pale to farmhouse saison and barrel-aged sour. Many festivals are tied to taprooms and brewpubs, which gives them a relaxed, local feel, and the craic is very much part of the experience.
For a beer trip, Ireland is hard to beat. Get to know the breweries you will meet in our Ireland breweries guide, then browse the festivals below to plan your visit.
Belfast Beer & Cider Festival
Thu 5 - Sat 7 November 2026
Banana Block, Portview Centre, Belfast
We’ll be delighted to welcome you back to the Banana Block, Portview Centre, to sample our great range of beers and ciders from across the UK and Ireland.
Discover the award-winning breweries that make Ireland a craft beer and real ale destination. Many of these breweries participate in regional festivals or host their own taproom events.
Ballymakeera
9 White Deer Brewery is an independent brewery based in Ballyvourney, West Cork, Ireland. They produce an entire range of gluten-free beers using Irish ingredients, sourcing local grains and barley, and following eco-friendly brewing practices. Their beers include styles like Kölsch, Irish red ale, pale ale, stout and a Black IPA, and they emphasize sustainability through initiatives like the ENSO project. The brewery is Irish-owned, located in a Gaeltacht area, and draws inspiration from local folklore—its name and one of its beers reference the legend of St. Gobnait.
Greyabbey
Ards Brewing Company Ltd, founded in 2011 and based in Greyabbey on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, operates as a small, local brewery producing bottle-conditioned, cask, and KeyKeg beers. Their core range includes beers such as Pig Island, Scrabo Gold, Hip Hop, Ballyblack Stout and several seasonal and golden ales, most of which are distributed within a roughly 15-mile radius. The brewery emphasizes traditional brewing methods and serves a community-focused market.
Stradbally
Ballykilcavan Brewing is a family-owned craft brewery deeply rooted in its 13-generation farm heritage, using barley, hops and water all sourced from the farm itself. Their beers are unfiltered and unpasteurised, giving them extra flavour and complexity. Sustainability is a core focus: they’re Gold-level members of Ireland’s Origin Green programme and regularly hit ambitious targets on energy, water, packaging and biodiversity. Their product line includes traditional beers like red ale, stout and lager, as well as modern hop-forward styles, and they even brew a special “fresh-hopped” ale using ingredients grown within 500 m of the brewery.
Newtownstewart
Barronscourt Brewing Company is a family-run farm-based brewery, founded in early 2018, that produces artisan craft beers with a strong focus on flavour and sustainability. Their range includes a wheat beer, red ale, stout, IPA and golden lager, and they use spring water from their own estate. The brewery also recycles its spent ingredients through local anaerobic digestion, making them one of Ireland’s more environmentally conscious brewers.
Newry
A small batch brewery based in Kilkeel Co Down NI brewing fresh modern beer.
Belfast
Bell’s Brewery in Belfast revives one of the city’s oldest brewing roots, founded in 1778 by John Bell, a Wine & Spirit Merchant who helped spark Belfast’s early beer revolution. Located in The Deer’s Head pub on what was once known as Bell’s Lane, the brewery is a fully operational brewpub that brings brewing back into the heart of the city’s now historic Brewery Quarter. It crafts a range of on-site beers while celebrating local heritage and architecture, offering patrons the chance to watch the brewing process from their seats and to engage with Belfast’s brewing history.
