Now recognised as one of Northern Ireland’s largest arts festivals, Belfast Mela brings together music, dance, art, theatre, wellbeing and food from around the world to celebrate the city’s growing cultural diversity. The multicultural festival, which attracted more than 60,000 people last year, once again takes place over nine-day period. The full Mela 2024 programme is available online at https://belfastmela.
org.uk This year’s Belfast Mela Festival started on Saturday with a carnival parade through Belfast city centre. Photo: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye This year’s Belfast Mela Festival started today with a Mela Carnival through the streets of Belfast city centre.
Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye The Mela parade makes its way through the heart of the city of Belfast in a fusion of colour, music and dance. Photo: Andrew McCarroll / Pacemaker Press This year’s Belfast Mela Festival started on Saturday with a carnival parade through Belfast city centre. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye.
