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This Week

Tour on production floor
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

6th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | Come and experience a tour the distillery, taste our award winning…

Portaferry market
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

6th September 2025

Monthly artisan food & craft market

The-Sound-Healing-Spa-Castle-Espie-2
LocationComber

Openings

Season

5th September 2025

Enjoy the unique surroundings of Castle Espie After Hours Sound Spa Experience with your host,…

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LocationBangor

Openings

Season

6th September 2025

Record fair

Collage of Dine at Dock images, waiters and waitresses serving food, and food dishes
LocationPortavogie

Openings

From 7pm

5th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | This is a unique dining experience with celebrity chef Anna Haugh at…

Taste Autumn in Ards and North Down

Openings

Season

5th September 2025-28th September 2025

A showcase of local food and drink with a series of seasonal foodie-themed events over a two-week…

Sunset Paddle and BBQ
LocationWhiterock, Killinchy

Openings

Season

10th September 2025

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

Programme cover
LocationGroomsport

Openings

Season

5th September 2025-7th September 2025

Events to celebrate the voyage of the Eagle wing in 1636.

RAF Bangor Town Show
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

5th September 2025-6th September 2025

Join us for the RAF Bangor Town Show – an action packed family event!

Man and Woman Making Wedding Rings Together
LocationHolywood

Openings

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

9th September 2025

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

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

Coshkib Hill Farm at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

6th September 2025

Learn about the history of Coshkib Hill Farm at the Ulster Folk Museum on Saturday 6th September.

Pond dipping
LocationComber

Openings

Season

21st June 2025-21st September 2025

Make special memories this summer. Dart down to WWT's first-ever Dragonfly Festival this summer.

Bangor Castle Walled Garden
LocationCastle Park, Bangor

Openings

Season

7th September 2025

This tour is part of a new range of 'Taster Tours' delivered by the latest ONC Level 2 Tour Guiding…

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

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

5th September 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

9th September 2025

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

Discover Groomsport
LocationGroomsport

Openings

Season

7th June 2025-13th September 2025

Join a walking tour lead by local ambassadors telling the amazing history of their village.

Dahlias
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

6th September 2025

Celebrate our one year anniversary with us and the Dahlias and make a jam jar posy to take home…

Full Moon Kayak Tour
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Harvest Moon

7th September 2025

Join us for a Full Moon Paddle on Strangford Lough this year.  The moon is unique to witness from…

Echlinville Distiller
LocationKircubbin

Openings

14:00 - 16:00

6th September 2025

The Echlinville Distillery Tour and Tipple offers offer a unique insight into the workings of our…

4 Textured Rings with different band widths
LocationHolywood

Openings

Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

5th September 2025

Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

9th September 2025

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

Wildlife Walks at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

5th September 2025

Join the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording for a beginner's guide to species spotting at…

Some Fresh...
LocationKircubbin, Newtownards

Openings

Season

5th September 2025-28th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | To celebrate the launch of the new Some Fresh Farm Shop Online Store…

Cockle Row Cottages
LocationMain Street, Groomsport

Openings

Season

7th September 2025

Each Sunday throughout the summer will see activities and entertainment visiting the seaside…

Devine hours at Pier 36
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

9th July 2025-31st October 2025

Part of Taste Autumn AND | Happy hour promotions

Next Week

Tour on production floor
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

13th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | Come and experience a tour the distillery, taste our award winning…

Dirt, Disease and Death: A Tour of Comber's Medical History EHOD 2025
LocationComber

Openings

Season

14th September 2025

Everyone who lived and working in Comber was and is a part of its medical history. Learn more about…

The Old Market House EHOD 2025
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

13th September 2025

A landmark building in the centre of Bangor since the 18th Century

Ulster Transport Museum: Access to Transport Museum Store EHOD 2025 *FULLY BOOKED*
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

13th September 2025

*FULLY BOOKED* Join us for a self-guided tour of these very special collections, including Rex…

Taste Autumn in Ards and North Down

Openings

Season

5th September 2025-28th September 2025

A showcase of local food and drink with a series of seasonal foodie-themed events over a two-week…

Sunset Paddle and BBQ
LocationWhiterock, Killinchy

Openings

Season

10th September 2025

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

Guided History Tour of Groomsport EHOD 2025
LocationGroomsport

Openings

EHOD

13th September 2025

The tour of Groomsport covers the varied history of the village, including the voyage of the Eagle…

Matthew Martin Organist
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

14th September 2025

Matthew Martin, Precentor and Director of College Music at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge…

First prize for Floral Art to Sophie Whitten in 2024
LocationComber

Openings

Season

13th September 2025

All are welcome to the the Comber and District Horticultural Society's annual show of fruit and…

Comber Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church EHOD 2025
LocationComber

Openings

EHOD

13th September 2025

The Classical style Meeting House was constructed in 1838 on a site donated and endowed by James…

An example of what you can create
LocationMillisle

Openings

Season

12th September 2025

An opportunity to be create your own linen block printed lampshade using the traditional method of…

Man and Woman Making Wedding Rings Together
LocationHolywood

Openings

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

9th September 2025

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

12th September 2025

Bespoke Wedding Ring Jewellery Making Workshop

13th September 2025

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

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

Ballyhemlin Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church EHOD 2025
LocationKircubbin

Openings

EHOD

13th September 2025-14th September 2025

Our property is a Meeting House built in 1834 and is set in a rural setting equidistant from…

E Bike Tour
LocationWhiterock, Killinchy

Openings

Season

14th September 2025

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

Street Art walking tour logo
LocationOn the corner of Abbey Street and Dufferin Avenue, Bangor

Openings

Season

13th September 2025

Street Art walking tour of Bangor Northern Ireland

Cockle Row Cottages EHOD 2025
LocationGroomsport

Openings

Season

13th September 2025-14th September 2025

Take a step back in time with a visit to the lovingly restored Cockle Row Cottages located beside…

Mount Stewart EHOD 2025
LocationNewtownards

Openings

EHOD

13th September 2025-14th September 2025

Mount Stewart is an exceptional example of the Irish demesne, intended to be both beautiful and…

Chilli Festival logo
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

13th September 2025-14th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | Things are hotting up in Bangor Castle Walled Garden for the Chilli…

Pond dipping
LocationComber

Openings

Season

21st June 2025-21st September 2025

Make special memories this summer. Dart down to WWT's first-ever Dragonfly Festival this summer.

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

Openings

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

9th September 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

12th September 2025

LUX Beginners Jewellery Making Workshop

13th September 2025

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

Bangor Castle Tour EHOD 2025
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

14th September 2025

*FULLY BOOKED* Join us for a the once in a year chance to visit Bangor Castle, a Victorian Manor…

Discover Groomsport
LocationGroomsport

Openings

Season

7th June 2025-13th September 2025

Join a walking tour lead by local ambassadors telling the amazing history of their village.

Comber Historical Walking Tour EHOD 2025
LocationComber

Openings

Season

13th September 2025

Join us on a walking tour of Comber's history and heritage with local expert Desmond Rainey. Visit…

This Month

Collage of Dine at Dock images, waiters and waitresses serving food, and food dishes
LocationPortavogie

Openings

From 7pm

5th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | This is a unique dining experience with celebrity chef Anna Haugh at…

Sunset at Burr Point Ballyhalbert, E sculpture marking the most easterly point on the Island.
LocationBallyhalbert

Openings

Meet for 8.15pm bus departure at 8.30pm. Event 9pm-10.30pm approx.

5th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | Experience the incredible starry skies above Burr Point, the most…

Some Fresh...
LocationKircubbin, Newtownards

Openings

Season

5th September 2025-28th September 2025

Part of Taste Autumn in AND | To celebrate the launch of the new Some Fresh Farm Shop Online Store…

Taste Autumn in Ards and North Down

Openings

Season

5th September 2025-28th September 2025

A showcase of local food and drink with a series of seasonal foodie-themed events over a two-week…

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