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This Week

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,…

May Day Tea Dance 2025
LocationHolywood

Openings

Doors open 2pm. Finishes at 4pm

5th May 2025

In association with Merry May Day, Holywood on 5 May - Join us for a 1940s themed Tea Dance on May…

Man and Woman Making Wedding Rings Together
LocationHolywood

Openings

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

2nd May 2025

Come and spend some precious time with your fiancée ahead of the big day, creating your wedding…

photograph showing traders and customers at the comber farmers market
LocationComber

Openings

Season

1st May 2025

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

4 Textured Rings with different band widths
LocationHolywood

Openings

Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

2nd May 2025

NI Silver is in the business of 'creating memories' for people; memories of their time in Northern…

A photo of a trio of little girls taking part in the annual maypole dancing dressed in pastel skirts to match the ribbons of the Maypole
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

5th May 2025

A day of celebration featuring traditional maypole dancing, live music, entertainment, and…

May Day at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

5th May 2025

Celebrate May Day on Monday 5th May at the Ulster Folk Museum.

Set dancing workshop for adults - poster
LocationHolywood

Openings

2.30pm - 4.30pm (doors open 2.15pm)

5th May 2025

Part of Merry May Day - Set Dancing Workshop for Adult Beginners Organised by the Holywood Set…

Morgan Roussel: Reborn
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

2nd May 2025

Contemporary jazz from one of France's finest composer-musicians. A true concentrate of energy,…

Rib on Strangford Lough at dusk
LocationKillinchy

Openings

7am - 9am

2nd May 2025

10am - 12noon

2nd May 2025

1pm - 3pm

2nd May 2025

4pm - 6pm

2nd May 2025

This unique experience combines thrill, history, and the raw beauty of Strangford Lough – perfect…

Early Birds Singing  group
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

1st May 2025

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

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LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

3rd May 2025

A series of four talks on Donaghadee Local history by Dr Robert Neill and Dr Tom Neill.

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

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

29th April 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

2nd May 2025

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

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…

Vintage microphone on stage in front of curtains
LocationBangor

Openings

Doors open 7pm Show starts 7.30pm

2nd May 2025

Join some of the finest local music theatre singers for a tour of the showstoppers, from Hamilton…

Next Week

May Day Tea Dance 2025
LocationHolywood

Openings

Doors open 2pm. Finishes at 4pm

5th May 2025

In association with Merry May Day, Holywood on 5 May - Join us for a 1940s themed Tea Dance on May…

Man and Woman Making Wedding Rings Together
LocationHolywood

Openings

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

6th May 2025

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

8th May 2025

Come and spend some precious time with your fiancée ahead of the big day, creating your wedding…

VE Day image
LocationCastle Park Avenue, Bangor

Openings

Season

11th May 2025

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we welcome you to the museum to meet some characters…

4 Textured Rings with different band widths
LocationHolywood

Openings

Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

6th May 2025

Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

8th May 2025

NI Silver is in the business of 'creating memories' for people; memories of their time in Northern…

E Foiling with Strangford Lough Activity Centre
LocationSketrick Island, Killinchy

Openings

Season

9th May 2025-11th May 2025

Escape the ordinary with our Electric Wilderness Hideaway – a thrilling two-day adventure on…

A photo of a trio of little girls taking part in the annual maypole dancing dressed in pastel skirts to match the ribbons of the Maypole
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

5th May 2025

A day of celebration featuring traditional maypole dancing, live music, entertainment, and…

May Day at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

5th May 2025

Celebrate May Day on Monday 5th May at the Ulster Folk Museum.

Set dancing workshop for adults - poster
LocationHolywood

Openings

2.30pm - 4.30pm (doors open 2.15pm)

5th May 2025

Part of Merry May Day - Set Dancing Workshop for Adult Beginners Organised by the Holywood Set…

VE Day Celebrations image
LocationCastle Park Avenue, Bangor

Openings

Season

7th May 2025-3rd August 2025

An exhibition at North Down Museum, exploring local recollections and memories of VE Day.

VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebration presented by Bangor Drama Club
LocationBangor

Openings

Doors open 7pm Show starts 7.30pm

8th May 2025

Come along and enjoy an evening of 1940s music , drama and memories.

Early Birds Singing  group
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

8th May 2025

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

Diona Doherty Comedian
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

9th May 2025

A new stand up show from Diona Doherty, filled with hilariously relatable anecdotes and whole lot…

VE Day Air Raids Sirens and Whistles
LocationCastle Park Avenue, Bangor

Openings

Season

8th May 2025

To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, join defence heritage expert Dr James O'Neill at North Down…

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LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

10th May 2025

A series of four talks on Donaghadee Local history by Dr Robert Neill and Dr Tom Neill.

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

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

6th May 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

8th May 2025

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

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…

Flowers
LocationComber

Openings

Opening service starts 11am. Exhibits close at 9pm.

9th May 2025

10am-9pm

10th May 2025

2pm-5pm. Closing service at 6.30pm.

11th May 2025

The Flower Festival is celebrating 380 years of Christian Life and Witness in First Comber…

This Month

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

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

29th April 2025

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

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,…

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…

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