St George's Market in the heart of Belfast is always a hive of activity at the weekend, but on Sunday the popular market came alive with the sound of Ukulele's as a flash mob took over.
As part of Belfast's first ever Ukulele Festival, more than 60 people formed from Ukulele jams across Northern Ireland and a few visitors from across the UK, brought the venue to a standstill and had everyone singing and dancing along.
Speaking to Belfast Live, ukulele player and festival volunteer Frances Mulvenna said they wanted to do something to showcase the best of Belfast as well as spread the 'joy of the ukulele'.
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She said: "The festival ran across the weekend and the flashmob was just one part of it and really the intention was to link up with the market because it's an iconic Belfast thing, it's always thriving so we really wanted to showcase Belfast.
"As well as that, the ukulele is such a wonderful instrument and it always brings a smile to people's faces so we just wanted to spread the joy of the ukelele to a receptive audience of locals and visitors from abroad too."
Clips of the performance of Teenage Kicks have been spreading across the internet as well as being caught on camera by a BBC film crew who were in the market filming with hosts Colin Murray and Edith Bowman.
"It has been a whirlwind since it happened so it's been brilliant to see the buzz on social media following it. It was just by chance Colin [Murray] got in contact, just pure fluke that they happened to be filming in St George's so it was a wonderful coincidence."
Francis said it was an easy choice when it came to what song they were going to perform in the well-known Belfast venue.
"Teenage Kicks is such an iconic song and it is one of our favourites, it always goes down a storm, we know the song inside out, back to front and upside down so it's always a favourite and always gets people's attention so it was an obvious choice as well. And it was just a complete coincidence that The Undertones were playing in Belfast at the weekend too so that was nice," she added.
You can find out more about Belfast Ukulele Festival via their Facebook page HERE.
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