{"id":14977,"date":"2017-09-04T10:17:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=14977"},"modified":"2017-09-04T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:17:10","slug":"save-the-date-for-the-kilkeel-seafood-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/09\/save-the-date-for-the-kilkeel-seafood-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SAVE THE DATE\u2019 for the Kilkeel Seafood Festival!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAhoy there\u201d<\/span><\/b> \u2018Kilkeel Seafood Festival\u2019 will take place at Kilkeel Harbour on Saturday 16th<\/sup> September.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h1>\n

\"\"The event is a celebration of Kilkeel\u2019s martime heritage whilst showcasing our local seafood offering. Home of the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland, Kilkeel Harbour will be a buzz of activity on Saturday 16th<\/sup> September and seafood lovers are in for a real treat. Visitors can expect a day packed with delicious seafood sampling, there will be 5 top local chefs cooking up a storm in the Seafood Pavilion that will whet your appetite. <\/span><\/p>\n

There will be an opportunity to visit a range of artisan producers and you can quench your thirst by sampling locally brewed craft beer. The traditional oyster eating and prawn tailing competition will take place throughout the day if you are up for the challenge?\u00a0 Do not miss Kilkeel RNLI Lifeboat\u2019s demonstration of lifesaving techniques in the heart of the harbour, while saying hello to \u2018Stormy Stan\u2019.\u00a0 Local man Terry Cunningham will showing spectators how to maintain and\u00a0mend fishing<\/span><\/em>\u00a0nets. Throughout the day visitors will have the opportunity to visit our award winning Mourne Seafood Cookery School, Visitor Information and Maritime Heritage Centre, not forgetting \u2018Seascope\u2019 Northern Ireland\u2019s first Lobster Hatchery and Marine Biology Centre, where you can meet Lucy the Lobster who will take you on an interactive educational adventure viewing tanks as well as seeing fascinating sea creatures, making your visit extra special and memorable on the day.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s more families can enjoy live music and a plethora of children\u2019s entertainment from nautical themed story-telling, under the sea kid\u2019s fancy dress competition, touch tank, face painting, arts and crafts, walk-about cartoon characters and so much more\u2026..\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The event organisers have fished out a few appetisers, where you will be spoilt for choice and uncover culinary delights, special offers and sample menus that you can try at home. Please join us and tell your family and friends to come along and enjoy exploring the panoramic views Kilkeel Harbour has to offer. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAhoy there\u201d \u2018Kilkeel Seafood Festival\u2019 will take place at Kilkeel Harbour on Saturday 16th September.\u00a0 The event is a celebration of Kilkeel\u2019s martime heritage whilst showcasing our local seafood offering. Home of the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland, Kilkeel Harbour will be a buzz of activity on Saturday 16th September and seafood lovers are … 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\/14977"}],"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=14977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14979,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977\/revisions\/14979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}