Emerge Music Festival has annnounced its return for 2023 at Boucher Road Playing Fields for the August Bank Holiday weekend next year, August 26th & 27th 2023.
Year one saw Peggy Gou, Disclosure, Eric Prydz & more play the festival while this year, the headliners are:
- Bicep (Live)
- Carl Cox
- Camelphat
- Charlotte De Witte
- Skin On Skin
- Alan Fitpatrick
- Rebuke
- blk.
- 999999999
- Charlie Sparks
- FJAAK (DJ)
- Lala
- Trym
Emerge will feature four stages and 2 days and more than 50 acts, with more to be announced.
“This years line-up is the culmination of almost 30 years work at both club level, and building on our other outdoor events in the city. Bicep played some of their first live shows at our events, so seeing them headline a show of this size in Belfast, as their career continues to explode Internationally, is a genuine pleasure for me. Likewise, I’ve been working with Carl Cox for over 25 years, and he’s a perfect addition to this event. Emerge Music Festival’s opening year was everything I had hoped for, and I look forward to building on that success for our second year with more acts, even bigger production and a genuinely first class customer experience.”
Festival Director Alan Simms of Shine
Tickets go on-sale general sale on Thursday 1st Dec at 5pm from ticketmaster.ie
Ticket price TBC.

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.