A day of festive, free family fun is on offer at this year\u2019s BIG Christmas Lights Switch On in Bangor, Co. Down, on Saturday 18th November.\u00a0 Ards and North Down Borough Council has joined forces with \u2018Main Street, My Street\u2019 to put on a full day of entertainment that includes a Christmas market, a Winter Wonderland at Project 24, festive elf selfies, local school choir performances, Santa\u2019s grotto, edible crafts and more.\u00a0 All of which are the perfect prelude to Santa\u2019s arrival and the official switch on and fireworks finale at 5.30pm.<\/p>\n
The Charlemont and Moy Christmas event takes place this Saturday 18th November, beginning in Charlemont at noon.\u00a0 Meet the elves and write a letter to Santa, then make your way to the Moy Square for the Christmas craft stalls, Annaginney petting farm, horse and cart rides, crafts for kids, cage football, carol singing and the main man himself Santa Claus switching on the lights at 4.45pm!<\/p>\n
The Clay, Cake & Creativity at Ashbrooke’s Ceramic Retreat, takes place this week from 16th to 18th November, Ashbrook House, Brookeborough. This exclusive course offers a rare opportunity to stay in the picturesque and historic Ashbrooke House and work with two Royal College of Art Ceramicists.\u00a0 Helen Moore and Sandra Robinson have been specifically chosen for their complimentary skills in both the form and finish of ceramics to offer expert guidance as a complete beginner or seasoned maker.\u00a0 Arriving in the stunning Ashbrooke Estate, you will be welcomed by Amanda Brooke’s renowned home cooking, beside warm open fires with good old fashioned Irish Craic.<\/p>\n
The Hub Cookstown will host their Holistic Fair this Saturday 18th November. Holistic therapies aim to restore the body’s natural harmony.\u00a0 When you are relaxed and in balance you are able to deal with the everyday stresses and strains of life much more effectively.\u00a0 This is an opportunity for you to try massage, reflexology, Bowen therapy, reiki, aroma-touch and much more.\u00a0 All treatments are an amazing \u00a310 (excluding food intolerance resting). Call 028 8676 3398 for further information.<\/p>\n
St Trea\u2019s Ballymaguigan 4th Christmas Craft and Gift Fair takes place this Sunday 19th November from 12.00pm to 4.00pm.\u00a0 Wacky Wax Hands will be outside the main door.\u00a0 Shop from 40+ stalls from local crafters, including handmade crafts, pottery, slate, customised woodwork, bespoke shoes & headpieces, cards, decoupage items, knitted\/crochet items, sewed toys, football gloves, scarves, \u00a0jewellery, handbags, jam & chutney, cakes, nail painting as well as personalised Christmas decorations and wreaths & lots more!<\/p>\n
Antrim town is the place to be this Friday 17th November for the Antrim Switch On, \u00a0with Sonya Mac and Q Radio kicking off the festive season with music and games for all the family.\u00a0 Mr Hullabaloo and Jingles will entertain the crowd from 6pm.\u00a0One of the highlights is sure to be the special children\u2019s prize draw.\u00a0 This year\u2019s entry slips are only available on the night so make sure you\u2019re there to be in with the chance of Santa picking out the winner at 7pm.\u00a0See Toby Pinecone to make sure you are on Santa\u2019s list!\u00a0 A spectacular fireworks display will round off a great festive evening.<\/p>\n
Discover your Inner Elf from 16th<\/sup> to 18th<\/sup> November at Belvoir Players Studio!\u00a0 Don’t be a cotton-headed ninny-muggins. and get yourself down to see this wonderful musical production by Nismat Theatre School. And remember the best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more details on these events and to add your events free go to\u00a0whatsonni.com<\/a>. Follow us on twitter @whatsonNI and on facebook at\u00a0fb.com\/www.whatsonni.com<\/a>\u00a0for news, competitions and what\u2019s on near you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Down A day of festive, free family fun is on offer at this year\u2019s BIG Christmas Lights Switch On in Bangor, Co. Down, on Saturday 18th November.\u00a0 Ards and North Down Borough Council has joined forces with \u2018Main Street, My Street\u2019 to put on a full day of entertainment that includes a Christmas market, a … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1555],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15386"}],"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=15386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15388,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15386\/revisions\/15388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}