{"id":13049,"date":"2016-11-24T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T14:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=13049"},"modified":"2016-11-24T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T14:54:52","slug":"whats-on-in-ards-and-north-down-dc-in-the-run-up-to-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/11\/whats-on-in-ards-and-north-down-dc-in-the-run-up-to-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s on in Ards and North Down DC in the run up to Christmas."},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday 25 November \u2013 Thursday 1 December <\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Friday 25 November, Ards Christmas Switch On<\/a><\/strong>
\nConway Square, Newtownards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Event<\/p>\n

6pm James Huish’s ‘Christmas Show’, compered by Pete Snodden followed by a parade by local children to Conway\u00a0Square led by Santa and the Portavogie Pipe Band
\n7pm Lights switch on and fabulous finale!<\/p>\n

Info: visitardsandnorthdown.com, 028 9182 6846<\/p>\n

Saturday 26 November, Holywood Christmas Switch On<\/a><\/strong>
\nHolywood Library (inside and out)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Event
\nActivities organised by Holywood District and Community Council will take place from 12noon in the Library; 4pm ‘Home for Christmas’ theme featuring local Shane Todd AKA Mike McGoldrick and local Soprano Julia Clarke followed by the lights switch on\u00a04.30pm<\/p>\n

Info: visitardsandnorthdown.com, 028 9127 0069<\/p>\n

Saturday 26\u00a0 and Sunday 27 November, <\/strong>Christmas Market <\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

North Down Museum, Bangor <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Free admission
\nSat 10am \u2013 4.30pm, Sun 12noon \u2013 4.30pm
\nBrowse the many stalls for the perfect stocking filler. Look out for Santa on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Info: northdownmuseum.com, 028 9127 1200<\/p>\n

Thursday 1 December, Comber Farmers\u2019 Market Christmas Special <\/a><\/strong>
\nSt Mary\u2019s Parish Church car park, The Square, Comber<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free admission
\n9am \u2013 1.30pm
\nGet all your essentials for the Christmas period and support our local producers.<\/p>\n

Info: combermarket.co.uk<\/p>\n

Friday 2 \u2013 Thursday 8 December <\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Friday 2 December, Santa Parade and Family Fun<\/a><\/strong>
\nDonaghadee Town Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Event
\nFireworks 6.45pm
\nFestive stalls and entertainment followed by the ever popular Santa parade.<\/p>\n

Info: visitdonaghadee.com, 028 9188 8667<\/p>\n

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Friday 2 and Saturday 3 December, Creative Peninsula Christmas Craft Fayre <\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Ards Arts Centre, Conway Square, Newtownards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free admission
\n10am \u2013 5pm
\nEnjoy a unique shopping experience and purchase that perfect, handcrafted gift.<\/p>\n

Info: ardsarts.com, 028 9182 6846<\/p>\n

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December, Santa in the Stables<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Portaferry Visitor Information Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Event
\nSat 10am \u2013 6pm, Sun 1pm \u2013 5pm
\nChildren\u2019s activities and Santa 1pm – 5pm (both days), plus your chance to buy something unique for friends and family this Christmas! Whilst in Portaferry, why not check out the festive activities at Exploris Aquarium and The Carol Ship on Strangford Lough. Full details on our website.<\/p>\n

Info: visitardsandnorthdown.com, 028 9182 6846<\/p>\n

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December, Magical Moments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout Bangor Town Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Event
\nSat 10am \u2013 6pm,\u00a0Sun 12noon \u2013 6pm
\nA weekend of free, family, festive fun throughout the town centre with music, performance, children\u2019s entertainment and much more!<\/p>\n

Info: visitardsandnorthdown.com, 028 9127 0069<\/p>\n

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Sunday 4 December, Santa Fun Run, Community Carol Service and Christmas Switch On<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Donaghadee Town Centre and First Presbyterian Church <\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Event <\/strong>
\nFun run 2pm, carol service and switch on 7pm<\/p>\n

Info: visitdonaghadee.com, 028 9188 8667<\/p>\n

For a full listing of our Christmas events within Ards and North Down Borough Council see visitardsandnorthdown.com\/Christmas<\/p>\n

Make Someone\u2019s Christmas<\/em><\/p>\n

#ANDmakesxmas<\/p>\n

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Friday 25 November \u2013 Thursday 1 December Friday 25 November, Ards Christmas Switch On Conway Square, Newtownards Free Event 6pm James Huish’s ‘Christmas Show’, compered by Pete Snodden followed by a parade by local children to Conway\u00a0Square led by Santa and the Portavogie Pipe Band 7pm Lights switch on and fabulous finale! Info: visitardsandnorthdown.com, 028 … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13050,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049\/revisions\/13050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}