Once a traditional members' sports club, this three-floor venue on High Street in Belfast city centre was acquired by the Beannchor Group in late 2019 and reopened as a music venue, bar and brewery. Trading as the Ulster Sports Club, it kept much of the building's traditional aesthetic while reinventing itself as one of the city's livelier and more characterful night-time destinations. Live music sits at the core of the operation. Spread across multiple floors, the venue has a full capacity of around 595 and is recognised as a Musicians' Union Fair Play venue, a mark of its commitment to treating performers well. It hosts gigs, club nights and private events in its music rooms while the front and saloon bars keep the drinks flowing. A distinctive feature is the in-house brewery. The associated Out of Office brewery produces its beers on the top floor of the building, with a linked taproom adding to the bar offering, giving the venue a genuine working-brewery dimension alongside its programme of events and helping it stand out among Belfast's bars. The club has built a reputation as one of Belfast's less obvious but more rewarding watering holes, a little different from the standard city-centre bar and worth seeking out. Its mix of music rooms, separate bars and a brewery under one historic roof gives it an unusual identity, and it keeps late hours into the early morning at weekends. Open seven days a week, the Ulster Sports Club combines live music, craft beer brewed on site and a heritage building to occupy a distinctive niche in Belfast's nightlife. Its blend of venue, bar and brewery keeps it firmly on the city's gig and drinking circuit, drawing both music fans and curious drinkers. Its central High Street position, a short walk from the Cathedral Quarter, makes it an easy stop on a night out in the city.

Type: Theater / Concert Hall

Address: 96-98 High Street, Belfast, United Kingdom, BT1 2BG

Telephone: 028 9023 0771

Website: https://www.ulstersportsclub.com

Capacity: 595