Emerge is the Belfast dance festival that happens at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast in late August.
Emerge has just announced its first acts for the bank Holiday weekend August 23rd and 24th 2025.
Playing the festival are:
- Fatboy Slim
- Bicep Pres. Chroma
- Sonny Fodera
- Hannah Laing
- Horsegiirl
- I Hate Models
- Marlon Hoffstadt
- Plus Special Guest Dj 2Qwik2Gruv (AKA blk.)
- Sarah Story
- Sim0ne
- Yasmin Gardezi
- Azyr
- Dyen
- Fantasm
- Holy Priest
- Jazzy
- Meltx
- Sikoti B2B Alex Farell
- Hotline
- KAD
- Kristian Woods
- Reboot DJs
- Tara Casey
80 acts, across 4 stages and two days, with a full A/V set up is promised.
Tickets
Pre-sale tickets 12pm Thursday 5th December here.
Tickets go on-sale general sale Friday 6th December at 9am from ticketmaster.ie
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
