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This Week

Foraging Afloat
Kayaking
Foraging
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Season

6th April 2025

Spring is arriving on Strangford Lough and with it the arrival of an array of seasonal wild food…

Beach with Flags
LocationGroomsport

Openings

Season

8th April 2025

Join us for a creative and inspiring event where we will explore our shores. At 1:30pm the group…

Dart the dragonfly standing beside Lloyd the fly on  a leaf on a pond.
LocationComber

Openings

Season

5th April 2025-1st June 2025

Dive into the wonderful world of wetland insects with Lloyd and his new friend Dart the dragonfly…

Photo of a group  conducting field research.
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

7th April 2025-9th April 2025

Learn everything you need to know about earthworms in this three-day training course with the…

Beach
LocationCloughey

Openings

Season

5th April 2025

All ages are welcome to join this creative and inspiring event to explore our shores. At 10am the…

Cash Returns 20 years of Walk the Line tribute show
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

5th April 2025

The greatest and most exciting Johnny Cash & June Carter Tribute in the UK, Ireland and…

Blue and white pottery from beach
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

5th April 2025-1st May 2025

A beachcombing timeline from the County Down coast. From Victorian vintage to villainous vapes,…

Aisling Agnew and Richard Allen
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025

Moving On Music is delighted to present two of Northern Ireland's finest classical musicians for a…

photograph showing traders and customers at the comber farmers market
LocationComber

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025

Comber Farmers' Market is held on the first Thursday of the month from 09:00 - 13:30 in St Mary's…

Two ladies with small torches melting down some gold in contemporary studio
LocationHolywood

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

4th April 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

8th April 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshops in our Holywood Northern Ireland working Goldsmiths studio…

Image of City of Bangor from the Marina with boats in foreground and buildings in background
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025-5th April 2025

Choral Festival

Ards International Guitar Festival 2025
LocationConway Square, Newtownards

Openings

Season

9th April 2025-13th April 2025

The Ards International Guitar Festival is back with a bang in April 2025 with a fresh new programme…

Close up of an emperor dragonfly
LocationComber

Openings

Season

6th April 2025

Create a wetland insect and learn how to animate your new character on their own mini wetland…

Early Birds Singing  group
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025

Join us in Portico for 8 wonderful mornings of community singing Held over 8 weeks and led by…

Next Week

Beach with Flags
LocationGroomsport

Openings

Season

8th April 2025

Join us for a creative and inspiring event where we will explore our shores. At 1:30pm the group…

Dart the dragonfly standing beside Lloyd the fly on  a leaf on a pond.
LocationComber

Openings

Season

5th April 2025-1st June 2025

Dive into the wonderful world of wetland insects with Lloyd and his new friend Dart the dragonfly…

Photo of a group  conducting field research.
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

7th April 2025-9th April 2025

Learn everything you need to know about earthworms in this three-day training course with the…

Craig Ogden classical guitarist
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

13th April 2025

A virtuoso of his instrument with an international career, Craig Ogden's compelling guitar playing…

Blue and white pottery from beach
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

5th April 2025-1st May 2025

A beachcombing timeline from the County Down coast. From Victorian vintage to villainous vapes,…

Helen's Bay Players present "Table Manners" by Alan Ayckbourn
LocationHelens Bay

Openings

8pm

10th April 2025-12th April 2025

Table Manners is one, of Alan Ayckbourn’s three, three Act plays that make up, what are called, the…

A craft stall at a North Down Craft Collective Fair at WWT Castle Espie.  A visitor is chatting to a local artist.
LocationComber

Openings

Season

13th April 2025

Meet local artists and makers and shop their beautiful, handmade craft pieces. From textiles to…

Two ladies with small torches melting down some gold in contemporary studio
LocationHolywood

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

8th April 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

10th April 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshops in our Holywood Northern Ireland working Goldsmiths studio…

Copeland Logo
LocationManor Street, Donaghadee

Openings

Season

11th April 2025

Cheese & Cocktails at The Copeland Distillery

Ards International Guitar Festival 2025
LocationConway Square, Newtownards

Openings

Season

9th April 2025-13th April 2025

The Ards International Guitar Festival is back with a bang in April 2025 with a fresh new programme…

Early Birds Singing  group
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

10th April 2025

Join us in Portico for 8 wonderful mornings of community singing Held over 8 weeks and led by…

This Month

Image of City of Bangor from the Marina with boats in foreground and buildings in background
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025-5th April 2025

Choral Festival

Aisling Agnew and Richard Allen
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025

Moving On Music is delighted to present two of Northern Ireland's finest classical musicians for a…

photograph showing traders and customers at the comber farmers market
LocationComber

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025

Comber Farmers' Market is held on the first Thursday of the month from 09:00 - 13:30 in St Mary's…

Early Birds Singing  group
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

3rd April 2025

Season

10th April 2025

Join us in Portico for 8 wonderful mornings of community singing Held over 8 weeks and led by…

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