Down
Ards and North Down is the place to be this Halloween for a frightfully good time! The Council run programme of events begins with the ever popular Seapark Fireworks on Saturday 24th October from 4pm. The annual event held at Seapark Recreation grounds in Holywood, is set to be the best yet, featuring a fun fair, food fair, live music and a spectacular fireworks display finale to finish the event in style. Food Fair and Fun Fair at 4.00pm.
Armagh
Armagh Gaol opens its doors this Halloween for a follow up of last year’s ghost hunting tour experience. This special limited edition tour will give you an insight of the History of the Gaol in spooky conditions and will describe some of the harrowing stories of reported ghostly activities. Tours are carried out in low light conditions and not for the faint hearted!
Fermanagh
Come along for a spooktacular afternoon at Florence Court this Sunday 25th October. Enjoy the hallowe’en craft fair and meet the gardener to find out what it takes to grow the perfect pumpkin, find some scary beasts on a children’s trail, or take a spooky house tour to meet the ghosts and ghouls of Florence Court…if you dare!
Tyrone
Fright Night comes to the Court House Cookstown starting on Thursday 22nd October. Crumlin Road Gaol brings Belfast’s No.1 Scare Attraction to Cookstown’s Old Courthouse. This is your chance to see inside with some scares along the way. As one of the Judges quoted ‘It can be a Jungle IN there!” Low light conditions, and not for the faint hearted. Not suitable for young children. Strobe lighting will be used throughout.
Derry/Londonderry
The Roe Valley International Folk Festival, one of Northern Ireland’s premier music festivals, returns 23rd to 26th October. Renowned for its mix of folk music, dance and traditional sessions, the festival is a wide definition of what might be considered folk. This year’s line-up has reflected the many changes in the folk music scene from the present and is always a hotbed mix of old and the new. The list of performers who are performing this year include Haggerdash, The Allen School of Dance, the Loup Players and the Ben Currie Band.
Antrim
Operation purple present the opening event at the new Eikon Exhibition Centre this weekend, Heroes and Legends with Emerald Garrison – all raising funds for the fit-out of the new N.I. Adult Hospice. So come on, join in the fun, support and celebrate the care and services of Northern Ireland Hospice! Heroes, legends and even some villains will assemble at Eikon Exhibition Centre, Balmoral Park, Sprucefield for a magical event. Meet Darth Vader, train as a Jedi and enjoy a dramatic show as the good guys clash with the dark side.
Belfast
There are some decidedly ghostly goings-on at W5 this October… Are you and your family brave enough to investigate the creepy mansion known as Monster Manor? If the rumours surrounding this old place are true you will encounter singing pumpkins, dancing skeletons, floating ghosts, paintings which transform before your very eyes and all manner of mysterious monsters! It’s really spooky, a little bit scary and a whole lot of fun. So this October why not bring your family along and discover the secrets of Monster Manor for yourselves? We dare you! Monster Manor is open Saturdays and Sundays until 25th Oct and daily from Monday 26 – Sunday 1 Nov.
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