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  1. Images of trucks at Kirkistown racecourse
    Birdseye view of Kirkistown Race course
    Trucks at the Track
    Images of trucks at Kirkistown racecourse
    Birdseye view of Kirkistown Race course
    Trucks at the Track

    Kircubbin

    Address

    Kirkistown Motor Racing Circuit, 130 Rubane Road, Kircubbin, County Down, BT22 1AU

    Telephone

    07730 666 653

    Price

    Price from: £10.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Treat your dad this Father's Day and visit the Trucks at the Track Show for a high-octane family day out at Kirkistown Race Circuit, on Sunday the 15th June.

    Dates

    From:
    15 June 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00

    Price

    Price from: £10.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  2. Female, male and young boy sitting in The Old Inn restuarant

    Crawfordsburn, Bangor

    Address

    The Old Inn, 15-25 Main Street, Crawfordsburn, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1JH

    Telephone

    028 9185 3255

    Price

    Price from: £21.95 to £49.95 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Father's Day

    Celebrate this special day by taking your father out for a scrumptious meal at our historic inn, where you can enjoy a cosy atmosphere and a delectable menu.

    Dates

    From:
    15 June 2025Open 12:00 - 17:00

    Price

    Price from: £21.95 to £49.95 Per Ticket
  3. Sychar's Well

    44 Windmill Rd, Millisle

    Address

    The School Garden 1895, The Schoolmaster's House, 44 Windmill Rd, Millisle, Down, BT22 2ED

    Telephone

    07730581285

    Price

    Price from: £60.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Workshop

    Bespoke Block Printing Event at The School Garden to create 4 bespokely printed linen napkins using hand cut blocks by Jenna from Sychar's Well.

    Dates

    From:
    20 June 2025Open 10:30 - 14:00

    Price

    Price from: £60.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  4. Small Whiskey Bottles
    Barrels at warehouse
    Stills at The Distillery
    Small Whiskey Bottles
    Barrels at warehouse
    Stills at The Distillery

    Manor Street, Donaghadee

    Address

    The Copeland Distillery, Manor Street, Donaghadee, County Down, BT21 0HF

    Telephone

    02891624000

    Price

    Price from: £30.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Tour

    Whiskey Tasting at The Copeland Distillery

    Dates

    From:
    20 June 2025Open 19:00 - 10:00

    Price

    Price from: £30.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  5. E Foiling with Strangford Lough Activity Centre
    Electric Picnic Bike Tour of Strangford Lough
    Killinchy and Whiterock, Strangford Lough
    Accommodation Killinchy
    Views of the water
    Electric Picnic
    E Bike Tour
    E Foiling with Strangford Lough Activity Centre
    Electric Picnic Bike Tour of Strangford Lough
    Killinchy and Whiterock, Strangford Lough
    Accommodation Killinchy
    Views of the water
    Electric Picnic
    E Bike Tour

    Sketrick Island, Killinchy

    Address

    Strangford Lough Activity Centre, 40 Whiterock Road, Sketrick Island, Killinchy, County Down, BT23 6PT

    Telephone

    028 9182 6846

    Price

    Price from: £660.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Outdoors Event

    Escape the ordinary with our Electric Wilderness Hideaway – a thrilling two-day adventure on Strangford Lough's breath-taking shores.

    Dates

    From:
    20 June 2025to22 June 2025
    From:
    4 July 2025to6 July 2025
    From:
    11 July 2025to13 July 2025
    From:
    25 July 2025to27 July 2025
    From:
    8 Aug 2025to10 Aug 2025
    From:
    15 Aug 2025to17 Aug 2025
    From:
    22 Aug 2025to24 Aug 2025
    From:
    29 Aug 2025to31 Aug 2025

    Price

    Price from: £660.00 Per Ticket
  6. A group enjoying a food tour in Donaghadee
    A group enjoying a food tour in Donaghadee
    A group enjoying a food tour in Donaghadee
    Tour group admire the stills within the Copeland Distillery
    Donaghadee Lighthouse, harbour and boats.
    Donaghadee Harbour from the sea, a birds eye view
    A group enjoying a food tour in Donaghadee
    A group enjoying a food tour in Donaghadee
    A group enjoying a food tour in Donaghadee
    Tour group admire the stills within the Copeland Distillery
    Donaghadee Lighthouse, harbour and boats.
    Donaghadee Harbour from the sea, a birds eye view

    Donaghadee

    Address

    Starting at Grace Neill's Bar, 33 High Street, Donaghadee, County Down, BT21 0AH

    Telephone

    028 9182 6846

    Price

    Price from: £62.50 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Tour

    This is a food tour with a difference.  Taste Donaghadee celebrates all that is divine about this beacon of great taste which also has a gloriously rich history to explore. This tour will allow you to visit and taste the full 360 degrees of…

    Dates

    From:
    21 June 2025Open 14:00 - 17:00
    From:
    16 Aug 2025Open 14:00 - 17:00
    From:
    20 Sept 2025Open 14:00 - 17:00

    Price

    Price from: £62.50 Per Ticket
  7. Front exterior of Pier 36 in daytime
    Pier 36: The Comber Spud menu
    Taste Summer in Ards and North Down
    Front exterior photo of restaurant
    Front exterior of Pier 36 in daytime
    Pier 36: The Comber Spud menu
    Taste Summer in Ards and North Down
    Front exterior photo of restaurant

    Donaghadee

    Address

    Pier 36, 36 The Parade, Donaghadee, County Down, BT21 0HE

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 9188 4466

    Type

    Type:

    Food & Drink

    This menu, 'The Comber Spud', is curated and hosted by Pier 36 as part of Taste Summer in AND

    Dates

    From:
    25 June 2025to6 July 2025
  8. two blonde females at The Old Inn cheering with a red and white wine

    Crawfordsburn, Bangor

    Address

    The Old Inn, 15-25 Main Street, Crawfordsburn, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1JH

    Telephone

    028 9185 3255

    Price

    Price from: £70.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Food & Drink

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | Join us for an evening of fine wine and flavour as we celebrate summer with a carefully curated tasting menu. Each dish, designed by Executive Head Chef Andy Turner, showcases the best of the season — think vibrant…

    Dates

    From:
    26 June 2025Open 19:00 - 00:00

    Price

    Price from: £70.00 Per Ticket
  9. Meet the Maker
    People sitting in the walled garden at No.14 The Georgian House Comber
    Meet the Maker
    People sitting in the walled garden at No.14 The Georgian House Comber

    Comber

    Address

    No. 14 at the Georgian House, The Square, Comber, County Down, BT23 5DT

    Telephone

    028 9131 1106

    Price

    Price from: £95.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Food & Drink

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | Meet our Local producers with a late supper in the walled garden, sample some local produce.

    Dates

    From:
    27 June 2025Open 19:00 - 11:00

    Price

    Price from: £95.00 Per Ticket
  10. Image of a selection of wines
    Images of boats at Groomsport Harbout
    Groomsport, Cockle Row Cottages
    Image of boats in Groomsport Harbour
    Image of a selection of wines
    Images of boats at Groomsport Harbout
    Groomsport, Cockle Row Cottages
    Image of boats in Groomsport Harbour

    Groomsport

    Address

    Neill Wine, 29 Main Street, Groomsport, County Down, BT19 6JR

    Telephone

    028 9145 0114

    Price

    Price from: £45.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Food & Drink

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | Neill Wines, local experts and purveyors of global spirits and fine wines invite you on a journey through the vineyards of South Africa.

    Dates

    From:
    27 June 2025Open 19:30 -

    Price

    Price from: £45.00 Per Ticket
  11. Four paddleboarders sharing a board, two of them jumping into the water
    Tracey cooking pizza in her garden pizza oven
    Paddle and Pizza
    Four paddleboarders sharing a board, two of them jumping into the water
    Tracey cooking pizza in her garden pizza oven
    Paddle and Pizza

    Killinchy

    Address

    Tracey's Farmhouse Kitchen, Ballmorran Bay, Killinchy, County Down, BT23 6UD

    Telephone

    07711 484 850

    Price

    Price from: £65.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Sport

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | We offer a paddleboarding experience from the shores of Strangford Lough, just 2 minute from our home at Tracey's Farmhouse Kitchen, Killinchy. Instructor Joe will teach you the basics of paddleboard and afterwards…

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025Open 13:30 - 16:30
    From:
    29 June 2025Open 14:30 - 17:00

    Price

    Price from: £65.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  12. Ingredients and pestle and mortar at the Demo Kitchen
    Hands holding Comber Early potatoes
    A collage of images representing Taste Summer and Comber Earlies Food Festival
    A dish using Comber Early potatoes
    Ferguson Tractor front grill
    Fork digging up fresh Comber Earlies potatoes from the earth
    Ingredients and pestle and mortar at the Demo Kitchen
    Hands holding Comber Early potatoes
    A collage of images representing Taste Summer and Comber Earlies Food Festival
    A dish using Comber Early potatoes
    Ferguson Tractor front grill
    Fork digging up fresh Comber Earlies potatoes from the earth

    Comber

    Address

    Comber Town Centre, Comber, County Down, BT23 5DU

    Telephone

    +44 (0)28 9182 6846

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Food & Drink

    A celebration of the local PGI status Comber Earlies potatoes and the delicious local food and drink offering, with guest chefs and cookery demonstrations, an artisan food market, live music, family entertainment, crafting and more! Part of Taste…

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025

    Price

    Free
  13. Summer foraging spread at the Ulster Folk Museum workshop

    Holywood

    Address

    Ulster Folk Museum, 153 Bangor Rd, Cultra, Holywood, County Down, BT18 0EU

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 28 9042 8428

    Price

    Price from: £30.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Workshop

    Forage for seasonal plants, trees and fruit on this summer walk around the Ulster Folk Museum on Sunday 29th June. Please note this workshop is now fully booked.

    Dates

    From:
    29 June 2025Open 11:00 - 13:30

    Price

    Price from: £30.00 Per Ticket
  14. E Bike Tour
    Electric Picnic E Bike Tour
    Picnic
    E Bike Tour
    Electric Picnic E Bike Tour
    Picnic

    Whiterock, Killinchy

    Address

    Strangford Lough Activity Centre, Sketrick Island, Whiterock, Killinchy, County Down, BT23 6PT

    Telephone

    07909 721 898

    Price

    Price from: £60.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    History

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | Guided E Bike Tour and Artisan Picnic

    Dates

    From:
    29 June 2025Open 10:00 - 13:00
    From:
    14 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 13:00

    Price

    Price from: £60.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  15. Traditional Breadmaking experience
    Soda breads on the griddle
    Delicious soda bread on the griddle!
    Traditional Breadmaking experience
    Soda breads on the griddle
    Delicious soda bread on the griddle!

    Killinchy

    Address

    Tracey's Farmhouse Kitchen, 52A Ballymorran Road, Killinchy, County Down, BT23 6UD

    Telephone

    +44 (0)7711 484 850

    Price

    Price from: £30.00 to £60.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Workshop

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | Learn how to make traditional breads in Tracey's Farmhouse Kitchen located on the shores of Ballymorran Bay, Killinchy, on Strangford Lough.

    Dates

    From:
    1 July 2025Open 11:00 - 13:30

    Price

    Price from: £30.00 to £60.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  16. Sunset Paddle and BBQ
    Sunset Paddle
    Sunset Paddle and BBQ
    Sunset Paddle

    Whiterock, Killinchy

    Address

    Strangford Lough Activity Centre, Whiterock Bay Launch Point, Whiterock, Killinchy, County Down, BT23 6PT

    Telephone

    07909 721 898

    Price

    Price from: £55.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Sport

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | Guided Kayak Tour and sumptuous island BBQ

    Dates

    From:
    2 July 2025Open 19:00 - 22:00
    From:
    10 Sept 2025Open 06:00 - 21:00

    Price

    Price from: £55.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  17. Exterior of bar restaurant
    A potato with information on quiz night 3rd July at 7.30. Cost £4pp
    Exterior of bar restaurant
    A potato with information on quiz night 3rd July at 7.30. Cost £4pp

    Comber

    Address

    McBrides on the Square, 1-3 The Square, Comber, County Down, BT23 5DX

    Telephone

    028 9131 3969

    Price

    Free

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | A quiz night packed with craic, craft pints, and Comber-style competition. As part of the Comber Earlies Festival, we're mixing up pub trivia with a healthy dose of spud pride and local banter.

    Dates

    From:
    3 July 2025Open 19:00 - 23:30

    Price

    Free
  18. photograph showing traders and customers at the comber farmers market

    Comber

    Address

    St Mary's Parish Church car park, Comber Square, Comber, Down, BT23 5DU

    Telephone

    07872 857 912

    Type

    Type:

    Farmers Market

    Comber Farmers' Market is held on the first Thursday of the month from 09:00 - 13:30 in St Mary's Parish Church car park, the Square, Comber. There are over 24 regular traders selling artisan food and plants.

    Dates

    From:
    3 July 2025
    From:
    7 Aug 2025
    From:
    4 Sept 2025
    From:
    2 Oct 2025
  19. Copeland Whiskey Warehouse
    Copeland Logo
    Merchants' Quay Blended Irish Whiskey
    Merchants' Quay Single Grain Whiskey
    Copeland barrel & whiskey sample
    Copper Still
    Copeland Whiskey
    Copeland Whiskey Warehouse
    Copeland Logo
    Merchants' Quay Blended Irish Whiskey
    Merchants' Quay Single Grain Whiskey
    Copeland barrel & whiskey sample
    Copper Still
    Copeland Whiskey

    Donaghadee

    Address

    The Copeland Distillery, Manor Street, Donaghadee, County Down, BT21 0HF

    Telephone

    028 9162 4000

    Price

    Price from: £40.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Food & Drink

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | Whiskey Tasting at The Copeland Distillery. Throughout the evening, you will learn about the history of The Copeland brand and The Distillery.

    Dates

    From:
    4 July 2025Open 19:00 - 22:00

    Price

    Price from: £40.00 Per Ticket

    Facilities

    Parking & Transport

    • On site parking
  20. Image of Craft Beer & BBQ Food

    Comber

    Address

    McBrides on the Square, 1-3 The Square, Comber, County Down, BT23 5DX

    Telephone

    028 9131 3969

    Price

    Price from: £20.00 Per Ticket

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Part of Taste Summer in AND | This 4th July, gather with us in the heart of Comber for BBQ & Brews : A Taste of Home — a celebration of local flavour, craft, and community

    Dates

    From:
    4 July 2025Open 19:00 - 23:30

    Price

    Price from: £20.00 Per Ticket
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