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This Week

Taste Summer in Ards and North Down

Openings

Season

25th June 2025-6th July 2025

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

Cockle Row Cottages
LocationMain Street, Groomsport

Openings

Season

29th June 2025

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

Tractors in a field
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

Celebrate the heritage of the Ferguson Tractor at the Ulster Folk Museum, with ploughing and…

ForM Winner 2024
LocationCastle Park, Bangor

Openings

Season

1st June 2025-30th June 2025

Explore sculptures and artworks in the beautiful surroundings of The Walled Garden, Bangor.

Summer Craft Activities at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

3rd July 2025-5th July 2025

Enjoy drop-in craft activities as part of your visit to the Ulster Folk Museum on Thursdays,…

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.

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.

Weave a Willow Potato Basket
LocationHelen's Bay

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | Join us for our "Weave a traditional Irish Potato Basket or Sciathog"…

Summer foraging spread at the Ulster Folk Museum workshop
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

29th June 2025

Forage for seasonal plants, trees and fruit on this summer walk around the Ulster Folk Museum on…

Tour on production floor
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

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

Front exterior of Pier 36 in daytime
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

25th June 2025-6th July 2025

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

Specialist Plant Fair Weekend
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

28th June 2025-29th June 2025

Get ready to dig into a blooming celebration as horticultural experts and garden traders transform…

Sensory Nature Walk at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

2nd July 2025-20th August 2025

Take in the sights, sounds and smells of the natural world on a relaxing walk with the Ulster Folk…

Inspiration and Transformation Exhibition
LocationCastle Park Avenue, Bangor

Openings

Season

19th June 2025-31st August 2025

An exhibition of the works of County Down artists. This exciting new exhibition is a celebration of…

Image of Craft Beer & BBQ Food
LocationComber

Openings

Season

4th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | This 4th July, gather with us in the heart of Comber for BBQ & Brews…

Copeland Whiskey Warehouse
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

4th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | Whiskey Tasting at The Copeland Distillery. Throughout the evening,…

Exterior of bar restaurant
LocationComber

Openings

Season

3rd July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | A quiz night packed with craic, craft pints, and Comber-style…

Sunset Paddle and BBQ
LocationWhiterock, Killinchy

Openings

Season

2nd July 2025

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

Special Effects Make Up club
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

2nd July 2025-4th July 2025

Special Effects Make Up Course with professional techniques

Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

1st May 2025-30th September 2025

Visit the Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat,see our exhibition and hear her story.

Painting of farm on Ards Peninsula
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

7th June 2025-23rd July 2025

Portaferry Art Society was founded in 1975 by like minded artists who took inspiration from their…

Ingredients and pestle and mortar at the Demo Kitchen
LocationComber

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

A celebration of the local PGI status Comber Earlies potatoes and the delicious local food and…

E Foiling with Strangford Lough Activity Centre
LocationSketrick Island, Killinchy

Openings

Season

4th July 2025-6th July 2025

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

Pickie swim 1
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

4th July 2025

The annual Open House Festival Pickie to Pier Swim

Next Week

Taste Summer in Ards and North Down

Openings

Season

25th June 2025-6th July 2025

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

Cockle Row Cottages
LocationMain Street, Groomsport

Openings

Season

6th July 2025

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

ForM Winner 2024
LocationCastle Park, Bangor

Openings

Season

1st June 2025-30th June 2025

Explore sculptures and artworks in the beautiful surroundings of The Walled Garden, Bangor.

Summer Craft Activities at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

3rd July 2025-5th July 2025

Enjoy drop-in craft activities as part of your visit to the Ulster Folk Museum on Thursdays,…

Portaferry market
LocationPortaferry

Openings

Season

5th July 2025

Monthly artisan food& craft market

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.

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.

Ballyboley Wild Dining
LocationOrlock, Groomsport

Openings

Season

6th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | We would love you to join us for one of this years Orlock Farm…

2025 Picnic in the Park poster
LocationBangor

Openings

King's Call

6th July 2025

Open House Festival's Picnic in the Park - nine summer Sunday afternoons of FREE music in Ward Park

Tour on production floor
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

5th July 2025

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

Front exterior of Pier 36 in daytime
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

25th June 2025-6th July 2025

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

Sensory Nature Walk at the Ulster Folk Museum
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

2nd July 2025-20th August 2025

Take in the sights, sounds and smells of the natural world on a relaxing walk with the Ulster Folk…

Inspiration and Transformation Exhibition
LocationCastle Park Avenue, Bangor

Openings

Season

19th June 2025-31st August 2025

An exhibition of the works of County Down artists. This exciting new exhibition is a celebration of…

Image of Craft Beer & BBQ Food
LocationComber

Openings

Season

4th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | This 4th July, gather with us in the heart of Comber for BBQ & Brews…

Copeland Whiskey Warehouse
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

4th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | Whiskey Tasting at The Copeland Distillery. Throughout the evening,…

No14 at the Georgian House restaurant sign
LocationComber

Openings

Season

5th July 2025-6th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | A two-day mini symposium in the heart of Comber exploring the world…

Exterior of bar restaurant
LocationComber

Openings

Season

3rd July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | A quiz night packed with craic, craft pints, and Comber-style…

Sunset Paddle and BBQ
LocationWhiterock, Killinchy

Openings

Season

2nd July 2025

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

Special Effects Make Up club
LocationBangor

Openings

Season

2nd July 2025-4th July 2025

Special Effects Make Up Course with professional techniques

Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

1st May 2025-30th September 2025

Visit the Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat,see our exhibition and hear her story.

Painting of farm on Ards Peninsula
LocationNewtownards

Openings

Season

7th June 2025-23rd July 2025

Portaferry Art Society was founded in 1975 by like minded artists who took inspiration from their…

Image with beer, potatoes and cheese, as well as text of the event as in the listing
LocationComber

Openings

Season

5th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | Get ready for a night of belly laughs, brilliant beer, and ooey-gooey…

High Tea at Sea on Strangford Lough
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Season

5th July 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | Enjoy a thrilling fast boat ride through the islands of the beautiful…

E Foiling with Strangford Lough Activity Centre
LocationSketrick Island, Killinchy

Openings

Season

4th July 2025-6th July 2025

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

This Month

Ingredients and pestle and mortar at the Demo Kitchen
LocationComber

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

A celebration of the local PGI status Comber Earlies potatoes and the delicious local food and…

Four paddleboarders sharing a board, two of them jumping into the water
LocationKillinchy

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

Season

29th June 2025

Part of Taste Summer in AND | We offer a paddleboarding experience from the shores of Strangford…

Tour on production floor
LocationDonaghadee

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

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

Tractors in a field
LocationHolywood

Openings

Season

28th June 2025

Celebrate the heritage of the Ferguson Tractor at the Ulster Folk Museum, with ploughing and…

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