The programme for Good Relations Week 2026 is now live, with more than 300 events taking place in all 11 council areas of Northern Ireland.
Organised by the Community Relations Council and supported by The Executive Office, the week runs from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October, with events either side of it. More than 80 organisations are taking part — community groups, schools, libraries, councils, churches, museums, universities and charities — and most events are free.
This year’s theme, ‘Include – Everyone. Everywhere. Every Day.’, invites organisations to show what inclusion looks like in practice. The programme ranges from exhibitions, talks and walking tours to comedy, music, sport, film and shared meals.
Highlights from the programme
Comedians Tim McGarry, Colin Murphy, Emer Maguire and Dave Elliott take to the stage at the Ulster Hall on Thursday 8 October for Stand-Up for Integrated Education, a night of joyful, irreverent fun in aid of the Integrated Education Fund.
In Derry/Londonderry, Londonderry Bands Forum’s Beyond the Uniform photo exhibition at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre, from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 October, asks what you see when you look at a band uniform — and invites you to look again, meet the people behind it and discover the role music and belonging play in their communities.
Linda Ervine joins The Belfast Women’s Assembly in conversation at St Comgall’s / Ionad Eileen Howell on Divis Street, Belfast, on Tuesday 13 October.
At Belfast Exposed on Thursday 15 October, Belfast Telegraph editor Sam McBride is in conversation with award-winning poet Angela Graham in Truth Be Told: Journalism & Poetry.
The Ulster Museum’s Modern History curator, Rebecca Laverty, leads a free tour of the Troubles and Beyond exhibition on Friday 16 October.
In Enniskillen, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council presents Unfinished Broadside at the Ardhowen Theatre on Tuesday 13 October — an evening of drama, music, song and dance celebrating Ulster-Scots heritage and America 250.
Omagh RDA hosts an inclusive dressage competition on Saturday 17 October, bringing riders, families and the wider community together.
The same day, the Droichead Project in Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin holds Harvest Home at Clooney Hall in Derry/Londonderry, a family-friendly bilingual celebration with crafts, music and a céilí, and First Steps Women’s Centre hosts Celebrating Cultures and Connecting People at the Hill of The O’Neill in Dungannon — a free afternoon of music, dance and traditional food from communities across Mid Ulster.
In Lurgan, Migrant Centre NI presents Sing for Peace at Lurgan Library on Tuesday 13 October, a multicultural concert of peace, unity and hope for the future. And in Dungiven and Cloughmills, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s free four-week programme Local Roots: American Routes, led by a qualified genealogist, follows local people who crossed the Atlantic and built new lives in America.
Down County Museum in Downpatrick is offering a free tour of the museum at 2pm on Sunday 18 October.
Find an event near you
The full programme can be searched by day, council area, category and audience. Most events are free.
It is not too late to take part: organisations can still add an event to the programme.