Icing on the cake: Following its 50th birthday and recent studio move, Downtown Radio has jumped up the ratings as Northern Ireland Number 2 commercial station, surpassing Q Radio. Downtown has added 23,000 listeners during celebrations qoq now reaching 288,000 people each week
What a week. 💚 ☘️
Belfast came alive for the St. Patrick’s Music Festival as over 40,000 people joined us to celebrate the very best in traditional music, song and dance.
Across five unforgettable days, we welcomed 500+ incredible artists who delivered more than 80 hours of live performance across 30+ events, a true celebration of cross traditions music, song and dance.
From powerful live concerts to unforgettable street performances (and yes… even a Trad Picnic 🎻 🧺 ), this year’s festival showcased the richness and diversity of our shared musical roots in ways that felt fresh, vibrant and truly world-class.
A heartfelt thank you to:
✨ All of our phenomenal artists
✨ Our partners and stakeholders
✨ Our funders and supporters
✨ And every single person who came out to be part of it
You made it what it was.
Now… we go again. 🎶
We’re already looking ahead to Belfast TradFest Summer School & Festival, running 26 July – 2 August, and we can’t wait to welcome you back for another incredible celebration of traditional music.
#BelfastTradFest #StPatricksFestival #TradMusic #LiveMusic #BelfastStPats ☘️
With Downtown’s 50th anniversary just round the corner - the Downtown Network reaches 334,000 listeners week. Each listener tunes in for an average of 10.2hours per week (the highest average listenership of all local stations) & collectively they listen for a massive 3.7mil hours
JUST ANNOUNCED: Cool FM Breakfast Show remains the BIGGEST radio show in Northern Ireland with 283,000 listeners. Meanwhile Downtown takes the Number 2 commercial breakfast slot with 159,000 listeners. #rajar
My teachers always said “Declan….you’ll not get a job talking” 🤣🙌🏼 WELL GET IT UP YE!
Hands down best job in the world and I love it so much 🫶🏼📻 @downtownradio
Happy National Radio Day 📻📡🔊 cheers for your ears x
#nationalradioday
The BBC released a list of their highest earning presenters, I thought it unfair that I do the same job (maybe a tiny bit better) in my own NOT humble opinion 🤣🙌🏼 (jokes)
So I wrote a song for my boss @stuartrobinsonshow to see if I could chance my arm…..💷💵💸💰🤑🤣👀
Some exciting content coming with @TrustFordUK ⚡️🔋🔌🚙
How nice is the “Blue my mind” Ford Explorer 🤯💙
Fully electric and fully kitted out 🙌🏼
You even have the chance to win one! Stay tuned to my account and I’ll give you all the details soon!
#trustford#fordexplorer
We’re all set for another exciting year at the @balmoralshow - we can’t wait for the return of the Downtown Show Stage with @dennysince1820 this year!
We’ve got live radio shows, line-dancing sessions, giveaways & performances ,🎶 🎤
Come on down & say hello 👋