The Tall Ships Races are being welcomed by the Lidl Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival. For more information about this free event, go to the Tall Ships Belfast website.
This is the third time that Belfast has hosted the races, having previously welcomed the ships in 1991 and 2009.
Both previous visits were incredibly popular; in 2009 around 800,000 spectators came to the four-day event, when a flotilla of 40 ships berthed along the city's quays.
In 2015 we're hoping to attract 500,000 people, with another 500,000 watching the ships arrive and leave along the Northern Ireland and Irish coasts. The ships are berthed in and around Belfast Harbour and the Titanic Quarter area.
Which ports will the Tall Ships visit after Belfast?
After the Tall Ships leave Belfast on 5 July, they will visit the following ports:
- Aalesund, Norway 15 - 18 July
- Kristiansand, Norway 25 - 28 July
- Aalborg, Denmark 1 - 4 August.