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This Week

Theatre emblems
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

23rd October 2025

Season

25th October 2025

Drama for Change: A collection of short plays aiming to 'Raise Awareness & Inspire Change'

Make a Traditional Besom Broom in the Walled Garden
LocationHelen's Bay

Openings

Season

25th October 2025

Join us for a hands-on, heritage-inspired workshop where you'll create your very own besom broom…

A dried hydrangea wreath with a linen bow
LocationMillisle

Openings

Season

23rd October 2025

We have a final date for our popular hydrangea wreath making experiences. Come along and learn how…

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

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

25th October 2025

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

Artist Adrian Margey
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

24th October 2025-26th October 2025

Artist Adrian Margey will stage his annual Autumn Exhibition & Sale of original works at the…

4 Textured Rings with different band widths
LocationHolywood

Openings

Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

25th October 2025

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

whiskey, cheese & crackers
LocationKircubbin

Openings

Season

25th October 2025

Experience Excellence with a tour and tasting at The Echlinville Distillery alongside some of…

Autumn Baking Experience
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Autumn Baking

23rd October 2025

Join Tracey in her cosy kitchen for some jam making! You'll also make a delicious Guinness Wheaten…

The Deputy Mayor of Ards and North Down, Cllr Vicky Moore and musician Lisa Dawson
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

25th October 2025-25th November 2025

This November, Ards and North Down will once again celebrate the richness of Ulster-Scots language,…

Stack'd Wednesdays menu by Pier 36
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

9th July 2025-31st October 2025

Part of Taste Autumn AND | Stack'd Wednesday Special

Halloween fun at Mount Stewart
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

25th October 2025-2nd November 2025

Join us at Mount Stewart this Halloween Half Term for spooky fun and thrilling adventures for all…

Fiachra Garvey classical pianist
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

26th October 2025

Award-winning Irish pianist Fiachra Garvey performs Beethoven, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Ravel &…

Newtownards Workhouse Minute Book
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

17th October 2025-22nd November 2025

A display by Ards Historical Society on the Workhouse system in Ireland and Bully's Acre,…

Halloween carved pumpkins
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

24th October 2025-1st November 2025

The pumpkins are back and they've taken over the town! Complete the hunt and be in with a chance to…

Ards Puppet Festival 2025
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

26th October 2025-27th October 2025

Ards Puppet Festival is back! The Ards Puppet Festival returns to Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards and…

Rebecca Roudman Cellist
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

25th October 2025

Combine the virtuosic wail of Jimi Hendrix, BB King soul, and Bill Monroe fire , and you get the…

Devine hours at Pier 36
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

9th July 2025-31st October 2025

Part of Taste Autumn AND | Happy hour promotions

Man and Woman Making Wedding Rings Together
LocationHolywood

Openings

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

25th October 2025

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

Mount Stewart gardens
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

25th October 2025

Join Botanical Artist Ali Walker as she guides you in the art of drawing a range of Autumnal…

Halloween in Groomsport 2025
LocationMain Street, Groomsport

Openings

Season

26th October 2025

FREE Halloween fun at Cockle Row Cottages and The Boat House, Groomsport

Watch an intimate performance by Joshua Burnside on Saturday 25th October in the Ulster Folk Museum, alongside readings by Anne McMaster and performan
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

25th October 2025

If Joshua Burnside was around 150 years ago, he would have been known as one of the great folk…

Pottery plate decorated with Halloween themed prints
LocationMillise

Openings

Season

25th October 2025-1st November 2025

Print your own pottery with specially made spooky sponges.

Super Natural October
LocationComber

Openings

Season

27th October 2025-31st October 2025

Get ready for a fun-filled Halloween, bubbling over with magical activities for the whole family to…

Little Bangor Stories
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

27th October 2025

Join Anne-Marie Foster for a morning of recollections hosted by the Little Bangor Stories podcast.

Next Week

Battleship Potemkin 1925 movie
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

1st November 2025

Experience Sergei Eisenstein's revolutionary 1925 masterpiece with live improvised accompaniment by…

Try embroidery at the Ulster Folk Museum as part of this year's  Leid and Lairn Festival.
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

1st November 2025

Embroider a wild thistle wall hanging with costume designer Úna Hickey at the Ulster Folk Museum.

Watch animated tales for all the family, in the Ulster Folk Museum's 1900s Picture House!
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

1st November 2025-14th November 2025

Watch Five Fables, animated tales for all the family, at the Ulster Folk Museum's 1900s Picture…

Portaferry market
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

1st November 2025

Monthly artisan food & craft market

The Mystery of Ollie the Otter
LocationComber

Openings

The Mystery of Ollie the Otter

30th October 2025-31st October 2025

Enjoy the thrill of this animal nature based 'whodunnit' event for Halloween at WWT Castle Espie.

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 1920 movie
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

1st November 2025

Experience the haunting masterpiece that defined horror cinema! The Cabinet of Dr Caligari with…

Halloween Walking Tour
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

30th October 2025

Halloween walking tour

Autumn Baking Experience
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Autumn Baking

2nd November 2025

Join Tracey in her cosy kitchen for some jam making! You'll also make a delicious Guinness Wheaten…

Halloween Movie Screenings at the Ulster Transport Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

1st November 2025-2nd November 2025

This Halloween, come along for movie screenings of Harry Potter, Brief Encounter and Strangers On A…

The Deputy Mayor of Ards and North Down, Cllr Vicky Moore and musician Lisa Dawson
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

25th October 2025-25th November 2025

This November, Ards and North Down will once again celebrate the richness of Ulster-Scots language,…

Theatre emblems
LocationBangor

Openings

Starts 7.30pm

30th October 2025-1st November 2025

Over three nights, groups will compete for points towards the Northern Ireland One-Act Finals and…

Stack'd Wednesdays menu by Pier 36
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

9th July 2025-31st October 2025

Part of Taste Autumn AND | Stack'd Wednesday Special

Halloween fun at Mount Stewart
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

25th October 2025-2nd November 2025

Join us at Mount Stewart this Halloween Half Term for spooky fun and thrilling adventures for all…

Newtownards Workhouse Minute Book
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

17th October 2025-22nd November 2025

A display by Ards Historical Society on the Workhouse system in Ireland and Bully's Acre,…

Halloween carved pumpkins
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

24th October 2025-1st November 2025

The pumpkins are back and they've taken over the town! Complete the hunt and be in with a chance to…

Ards Puppet Festival 2025
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

26th October 2025-27th October 2025

Ards Puppet Festival is back! The Ards Puppet Festival returns to Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards and…

Late Night Art
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

30th October 2025

On the last Thursday of every month, from 6 - 9pm, creative spaces in central Bangor host art…

Devine hours at Pier 36
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

9th July 2025-31st October 2025

Part of Taste Autumn AND | Happy hour promotions

Not So Scary Halloween
LocationCastle Park Avenue, Bangor

Openings

Season

31st October 2025

Join us for a hands-on workshop and create your very own autumnal bags using natural foraged…

couple in kitchen with Tracey making bread.
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Traditional Irish Breadmaking

1st November 2025

Join me in my Farmhouse kitchen on the shores of Strangford Lough. You will be warmly welcomed to…

Pottery plate decorated with Halloween themed prints
LocationMillise

Openings

Season

25th October 2025-1st November 2025

Print your own pottery with specially made spooky sponges.

Super Natural October
LocationComber

Openings

Season

27th October 2025-31st October 2025

Get ready for a fun-filled Halloween, bubbling over with magical activities for the whole family to…

Little Bangor Stories
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

27th October 2025

Join Anne-Marie Foster for a morning of recollections hosted by the Little Bangor Stories podcast.

Copeland Heros
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

31st October 2025

Come and join us at The Copeland Distillery for our Halloween event filled with delicious Copeland…

This Month

Autumn Baking Experience
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Autumn Baking

23rd October 2025

Join Tracey in her cosy kitchen for some jam making! You'll also make a delicious Guinness Wheaten…

An Evening with Jo Spain promotional poster
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

23rd October 2025

As part of Book Week NI, Bangor Library is delighted to host an evening with the bestselling Irish…

Theatre emblems
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

23rd October 2025

Season

25th October 2025

Drama for Change: A collection of short plays aiming to 'Raise Awareness & Inspire Change'

A dried hydrangea wreath with a linen bow
LocationMillisle

Openings

Season

23rd October 2025

We have a final date for our popular hydrangea wreath making experiences. Come along and learn how…

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