12 June 2024
Get ready for our spectacular nine day programme of events across Belfast from Saturday 17 August to Sunday 25 August as tickets for the Belfast Mela, sponsored by Sensata Technologies, go live.
Belfast Mela hosts U105’s Carolyn Stewart and UTV’s Paul Reilly join Mela founder Nisha Tandon OBE with South African poet Nandi Jola, hip hop dancer Azeem Alahi and leader from the South Asian Dance Academy Lauren Martin, at Botanic Gardens, home of the magical Mela Day Finale to announce this year’s tickets are available online.
Nisha Tandon OBE, CEO of Arts Ekta, producers of Belfast Mela says:
“Belfast will once again be transformed into a feast of world music, dance, food and art to celebrate our city’s growing cultural diversity.
“Last year’s Belfast Mela was our biggest festival ever, attracting more than 60,000 people to family events over nine days and we look forward to building on that success this August with our full programme reveal early August. We invite you to get online and book your tickets for Mela Day at Botanic Gardens now!”
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