{"id":14630,"date":"2017-07-20T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T12:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=14630"},"modified":"2017-07-20T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T12:06:08","slug":"wickerman-gathering-at-navan-centre-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/07\/wickerman-gathering-at-navan-centre-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Wickerman Gathering at Navan Centre &#038; Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Last chance to get your tickets!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14631\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/press2-22-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/>The Navan Centre &amp; Fort\u2019s annual celebration of the ancient Celtic sun god Lugh takes place on Saturday 5<sup>th<\/sup> August from 6.00pm.\u00a0 This spectacular Wickerman Gathering celebrates with music from the fabulous HatchJaw, the amazing Trad Folk Experience and the outstanding Fireside Folk. Enjoy performances by the Armagh Rhymers.\u00a0 The ever-popular ceili dancing will get your feet tapping, don\u2019t worry about not knowing the steps \u2013 we will even teach you a few moves!<\/p>\n<p>Visit the encampment to see how the Celts would have prepared for the burning of the Wickerman.\u00a0 See the traditions of the time and get a greater understanding of the customs associated with this festival such as the technique of Casting of the Fews!<\/p>\n<p>Take part in some wellness meditation, see our Birds of Prey, enjoy some Henna &amp; traditional face-painting and be amazed by our fire dancers!\u00a0 Browse our crafts stalls packed full of unusual crafts with a Celtic theme.<\/p>\n<p>Of course don\u2019t forget we will have our Wickerman towering above the audience, ready for the fire ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Booking in advance essential on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armagh.co.uk\/wickerman\">www.armagh.co.uk\/wickerman<\/a> No tickets are available on the evening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further information contact Navan Centre &amp; Fort, 81 Killylea Road, Armagh\u00a0 BT60 4LD Tel + (0) 44 2837 529644 <a href=\"mailto:navan@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk\">navan@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last chance to get your tickets! &nbsp; The Navan Centre &amp; Fort\u2019s annual celebration of the ancient Celtic sun god Lugh takes place on Saturday 5th August from 6.00pm.\u00a0 This spectacular Wickerman Gathering celebrates with music from the fabulous HatchJaw, the amazing Trad Folk Experience and the outstanding Fireside Folk. Enjoy performances by the Armagh &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/07\/wickerman-gathering-at-navan-centre-fort\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/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\/14630"}],"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=14630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14632,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14630\/revisions\/14632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}