INFORMATION
AVA Festival will run on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st May in Belfast.
The festival will open each day at 13.00 and close at 23:00.
The festival will be accessible by foot, taxi and public transport via train or bus with regular services running from Belfast City Centre.
The dancing doesn’t end when the festival site closes. There will be a whole host of afterparties taking place across Belfast in some of the city’s most iconic venues hosted by some of our favourite festival acts as well as a few extra faces you’ll know and love.
After parties are ticketed separately from the main festival.
Announcements coming in 2025
You can purchase AVA merchandise on-site or from our website year-round:
Proof Of Age
This is an 18+ event.
This year, we will feature a brand-new hospitality area with all the bells and whistles.
Tickets will be available in 2025
This year we have introduced the option to use Paypal’s “Pay-in-3” at checkout, to spread the cost of your ticket in three automated installments.
This will take the place of Deposit Tickets offered in previous years.
This allows you to spread the cost of your tickets across three payments. The first payment is made at the time of purchase, and the remaining two payments are automatically taken from your linked account every month on the same date.
Each payment is interest-free, with no hidden fees or costs.
You will need a PayPal account to use Pay in 3.
To use Pay in 3:
- Select your preferred ticket type on the RA Event Page
- Click Buy Tickets
- At checkout: under “Payment details” select the option “PayPal Pay Later”
- Under Basket select “Pay Later”
- You will be transferred to PayPal – select the “Pay in 3” option and then “Continue”
AVA aims to be welcoming and accessible to all. We are committed to making your visit as easy and enjoyable as possible.
The event site is accessible and there are multiple accessible toilets. If you are attending the festival and wish to pre-book the accessible viewing platform or have any questions relating to accessibility please get in touch with info@avafestival.com
We provide a 2:1 ticket scheme for individuals who would be unable to attend our events without bringing a personal assistant. Once you have bought a full price ticket, please email info@avafestival.com with one of the following information below and a ticket will be supplied to you if requirements are met.
-DLA/PIP or equivalent (dated within the last 12 months)
-Medical Professionals letter – reviewed case by case
-Deaf or blind registration
-Nimbus Access Card
-Both sides of your blue badge
Please Note: Personal assistant tickets come at no extra charge. Please do not buy a ticket for your personal assistant as these tickets will not be refunded.
Once we have received this information we will be in touch regarding accessing the ticket for the personal assistant
AVA is on a journey to become a more sustainable, inclusive and environmentally friendly event where we reduce our negative impact on the world, both locally and globally, and cultivate a sense of community and belonging for everyone that passes through our gates year on year, where everyone feels that they belong to something special. It’s not an easy ride but it’s an exciting one. We are committed and we are in it for the long run.
AVA is committed to supporting the local community, championing homegrown talent with an emphasis on diversity & inclusion and actively minimising our impact on the environment.
We’ve created three strands for this work: Sustainability, Community, and Inclusion. We’re finding our feet and working on measuring how we’re currently performing and thinking about how we can not only improve what we are doing now but be leaders in the field. Throughout this journey, we’re committed to publicly reporting our progress, so that we can be held accountable, by you, our audience.