The Belfast Continental Market

Friday 24th and Saturday 25th10am – 10pm
Sunday 26th 1pm – 6pm, Monday 27th 10am – 8pm

The Belfast Continental Market Comes to Belfast City Hall and the Maritime Festival this May.
The brighter mornings and longer nights are sure indicators of the end of a long, hard winter. Along with the smell of freshly cut grass, May sees the return of the ever-popular Belfast Continental Market. This year, as part of National Market Week and in support of the Love Your Local Market initiative, Market Place (the company that brings the Continental Market to Belfast), have linked up with St George’s and a number of local traders to create a weekend of market magnificence.
Visitors will have opportunities to shop and browse over quality products and culinary fayre in the traditional venue of City Hall Gardens, the historic setting of St George’s Market and at the Maritime Festival, Queen’s Quay – injecting fresh gastronomic splendour into the retail experience across the city.

With traders from 26 countries as far afield as Morocco, India, Belgium, France, Russia, Tanzania, Spain and China joining some of the very best local traders, the Belfast Continental Market is more than just a pretty façade. From Crepes to Macaroons there is something to make everyone’s mouth water. In City Hall Gardens, St George’s and at the Maritime Market Queen’s Quay, local traders will offer the finest local produce alongside the amazing mix of international stalls, with a free bus shuttle service between the three venues.
Allan Hartwell, Chief Executive of Market Place, welcomed the return of the Belfast Continental Market and the boost it will bring to Belfast’s tourism and retail offering.

A free maritime shuttlebus will operate during the Maritime Festival. Departing from Chichester Street in the city centre the bus will take you down to Queen’s Quay. A return service will leave from Station Street, dropping off at St George’s Market and the Continental Market at City Hall.