Editing Belfast (section)

=== UNESCO City of Music ===
In November 2021, Belfast became the third city in the British Isles to be designated by [[UNESCO]] as [[City of Music (UNESCO)|City of Music]] (after Glasgow in 2008 and Liverpool in 2016) and is one of 59 cities worldwide participating in the [[Creative Cities Network|UNESCO Creative Cities Network]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Culture: Belfast music |url=https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/belfastmusic |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Belfast City Council |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206142909/https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/belfastmusic |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2021 |title=Belfast awarded Unesco City of Music status |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59213363 |website=BBC News |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226220710/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59213363 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The greater part of Belfast's music scene is accommodated in the city's [[pub]]s and clubs. [[Irish traditional music]] ("trad") is a staple, and is supported, along with [[Ulster Scots people|Ulster-Scots]] [[snare drum]] and [[Bagpipes|pipe]] music, by the city's TradFest summer school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belfast TradFest {{!}} Arts and Entertainment |url=https://visitbelfast.com/partners/belfast-tradfest/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Visit Belfast |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206142908/https://visitbelfast.com/partners/belfast-tradfest/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Belfast TradFest |url=https://www.belfasttraditionalmusic.com/music-masterclasses |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Belfast TradFest |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206142908/https://www.belfasttraditionalmusic.com/music-masterclasses |url-status=live }}</ref>

Music offerings also draw on the legacy of the punk<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Garth |date=10 September 2020 |title=Belfast and the Furious: How punk made its mark on Northern Ireland |url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-punk-in-troubles-torn-northern-ireland-91176/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=The New European |archive-date=2 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202192328/https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-punk-in-troubles-torn-northern-ireland-91176/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the underground club scene that developed during [[The Troubles]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Belfast Underground Clubs |url=http://www.belfastundergroundclubs.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216113737/http://www.belfastundergroundclubs.com/ |archive-date=16 February 2016 |access-date=7 February 2016 |website=belfastundergroundclubs.com }}</ref> (associated with the groups [[Stiff Little Fingers]] and [[The Undertones]], and celebrated in the award-winning 2013 film, [[Good Vibrations (film)|Good Vibrations]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Clare |date=3 July 2014 |title=Belfast's punk scene brings Good Vibrations … and Troubles |url=http://theconversation.com/belfasts-punk-scene-brings-good-vibrations-and-troubles-28708 |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=The Conversation |archive-date=2 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202192327/http://theconversation.com/belfasts-punk-scene-brings-good-vibrations-and-troubles-28708 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Snow Patrol]]'s frontman [[Gary Lightbody]] led a line up of private donors that together with public funders established the [[Oh Yeah (music centre)|Oh Yeah music centre]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=5 February 2008 |title=Fate Awards planned for Belfast this month |url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4413823.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908223157/http://www.hotpress.com/news/4413823.html |archive-date=8 September 2012 |access-date=14 October 2009 |magazine=[[Hot Press]]}}Note: Archived page, can be found.</ref> The Cathedral Quarter non-profit supports young musicians and these have engaged with a range of genres including [[Alternative rock]], [[Indie rock]], [[Electronica]], [[Post rock]], [[Post punk]], [[Crossover (music)|Crossover]], and [[Experimental rock]].

Queens University hosts the [[Sonic Arts Research Centre]] (SARC), an institute for music-based practice and research. Its purpose designed building, Sonic Laboratory and multichannel studios were opened by [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], the German composer and "father of electronic music",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Worby |first=Robert |date=2017 |title=Stockhausen: The Father of Electronic Music |url=https://sites.barbican.org.uk/stockhausen/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=sites.barbican.org.uk |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209005044/https://sites.barbican.org.uk/stockhausen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2017 |title=About {{!}} Sonic Arts Research Centre {{!}} Queen's University Belfast |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/sarc/about/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=qub.ac.uk }}</ref>