FOR a week Belfast was transformed with a series of pop-up bars and other spaces to accommodate the influx of visitors to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
Around 100 businesses were granted street trading licences, with 60 inside the pedestrianised event zone between High Street, Bridge Street, and Royal Avenue, with a further 40 outside of this zone.
A number of temporary pavement café licences were approved to enable cafés and other businesses to extend their premises.
A raft of entertainment licences were also granted around the city centre to provide music during the festival in a host of diverse spaces, including a vacant warehouse and a car-park in the Cathedral Quarter.
We look at some of the pop-up bars that appeared and what might happen next.
The Donegal
A new venue that proved hugely popular with revellers during the Fleadh, located at 11-17 Donegall Street.
The outdoor beer garden went viral on social media, being located in a vacant former warehouse building with live music all-day long and even Irish dancers appearing on higher levels of derelict buildings entertaining the crowds below.
Brothers Andrew and Patrick Simpson have stated they have plans up their sleeves following its success during the Fleadh.
Electric Light Station
Located in Chapel Lane, this was the site of Belfast's first municipal power station and remains one the oldest surviving civic power stations of its kind.
During the Fleadh, the space was taken over by Lavery's and a building that once powered the city became a home for music, culture and unforgettable nights throughout the Fleadh.
A building constructed more than 130 years ago to help bring electricity to Belfast, sitting largely dormant for years, had its shutters lifted once again as thousands of people walked through its doors and filled it with a different kind of energy.
There are no current plans for the building now the Fleadh is over.
In a post, Lavery's said: "For one brief week, an extraordinary piece of Belfast’s history was alive again.
"The Fleadh may be leaving Belfast until next year, but hopefully a little of what it brought with it stays behind."
Peter Keegan's Bar
As part of the Fleadh, Lavery's also opened a pop-up bar in Callender Street, named after Peter Keegan whose remains lie in Friars Bush Cemetery.
As well as a bar, pizza was provided by Viti Pizzeria, who specialise in Neapolitan-Argentinian pizza.
The site is owned by the Ringland Group and they have planning permission for a new £10m hotel with 76 rooms planned.
Fleadh at North Street
Another popular venue during the Fleadh, Kelvin Collins of Ben Madigans on the Cavehill Road transformed a car-park in North Street into a food and drink space and marquee for live music.
Unfortunately, the site will revert back to a 100-space car park.
In a post, organisers said: "What started as an idea became eight unforgettable days of music, laughter, great food, great pints and thousands of people coming together in the heart of Belfast.
"We learned a lot, made lifelong memories and, most importantly, proved just how special this city is when it comes together.
"The best part? We get to do it all again."
In a statement, Belfast City Council told us: "The pop-up bars during the Fleadh were facilitated by occasional liquor licences (granted by the Courts) and some had entertainment licences.
"If bars want to operate after the current occasional licence ends, then they would need to reapply to the Courts to serve alcohol.
"Each pop-up bar might be subject to different applications and permissions governing future use.
"The granting of an entertainments licence does also not confer nor negate any requirement for planning permission which may be required depending on the duration of the use."
