NI Centenary Parade

The Northern Ireland Centenary Parade will be taking place in the city centre on Saturday 28th May 2022. Some details of the parade are as follows:

Numbers

• 130 bands – expected participants 20,000+

• Expected spectators along route 60,000

• This parade is at least twice the size of the usual 12th July parades

Route

• Stormont / Newtownards Rd / Queens Bridge / Ann St / Victoria St / High St / Castle Pl / Donegall Pl / City Hall / Donegall Square

• 1.00pm – the parade will leave Stormont arriving in the city centre at 2.30pm

• 2.30pm – 6.00pm the parade will take over 3 hours for all bands to arrive

• Buses taking participants back to their lodges outside Belfast; will be located in Hope St / Gt. Victoria St. Other city centre locations to be finalised.

• Belfast-based bands will parade around the City Hall and then back to their lodges in the North, South, East & West of the city – see map below for timings & routes.

Traffic Disruption

• Rolling road closures will be in place as the parade makes it way to the city centre

• There will be significant disruption to traffic flow as the parade nears the city centre

• It is anticipated that spectators will gather around the City Hall for the arrival of the parade, road closures in the city centre may be in place earlier from 1pm onwards, certainly 2pm

• It is anticipated that traffic disruption will continue until after 7pm

• Translink will be operating bus services using alternative routes however they are advising customers to expect heavy delays

• Train services will run as normal with additional carriages to deal with high volumes of spectators travelling from across NI

• There will be a significant PSNI presence along the route and in the city centre to manage traffic and crowds