On Saturday 23rd June, the annual Comber Earlies Food Festival\u00a0welcomes the multi Michelin Star Chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli, who will be hosting this year\u2019s food demonstrations. Join the celebrations and have a relaxing hay bale picnic while listening to a Brass band. With amazing savoury potato-based traditional gourmet dishes to try, children\u2019s activities and street theatre to enjoy this is going to be a great family day out.<\/p>\n
Join Navan Fort this Friday 22nd June for Celtic Celebration on the eve of Mid-Summer as the Celts say goodbye to the longest day in the year \u2013 why do they do this?\u00a0 How did they celebrate?\u00a0 Join the camp and celebrate in style. Arrive and be welcomed into the Celtic camp, mingle and help set up for the evening\u2019s festivities, dine at 9:00pm on something quite wild, caught earlier in the day then sing, dance and listen to stories of the years gone by while watching the sunset.\u00a0 Pre-booking only, as spaces are limited.<\/p>\n
This Saturday 23rd June, join staff at the Marble Arch Caves in a hunt for unseen wildlife in the Marble Arch National Nature Reserve. Hunt in habitats throughout the Nature Reserve, catching and identifying invertebrates as you go!\u00a0 Why not learn a bit more about these mini-beasts\u2019 fascinating lifestyles and their roles in an ecosystem. You will also get an opportunity to get up close to some of the moth species found in the woodland, as you discover what is inside the moth trap from the night before!\u00a0 This event is suitable for people of all ages but all children must be accompanied by an adult.\u00a0 Please bring warm waterproof clothing and suitable footwear. Unfortunately, the Nature Reserve is not suitable for pushchairs.<\/p>\n
The biggest summer jam live music festival is in Strabane this year with headline act \u201cHothouse Flowers\u201d. It all takes place at the Canal Basin on 23rd June. There are five top local bands supporting the spectacular Hothouse Flowers, on two stages, namely The Paul Brady stage and the Flann O\u2019Brien stage. The fun starts at 5pm with \u201c1980\u2019 Something\u201d and the main act hits the stage at 9.30pm. There will be a fully licensed bar area and a selection of food vendors covering the whole area. So summer is here and it\u2019s time to party at Strajamba 2018!<\/p>\n
Take a journey through Chocolate & tantalise your taste buds with the Chocolate Manor\u2019s tasting session this Thursday, followed by dinner at the fabulous, award-winning Angler\u2019s Rest.\u00a0 You are invited to try some new taste sensations in chocolate, beginning with the Chocolate tasting, where\u00a0you will learn a little about how their favourite chocolate is created, and be guided through a cocoa journey, uncovering flavours you may not have experienced in chocolate before. Focus on tuning your senses so you can enjoy chocolate even more than you do now!\u00a0 You will then enjoy a 2 course dinner in the wonderfully welcoming\u00a0Angler\u2019s Rest Restaurant<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 this award winning eatery brings the best of local produce together to create some stunning dishes!<\/p>\n The Randalstown Soap Box Derby is back on Friday 22nd<\/sup> June! This year it\u2019s even bigger, better and faster, so why not enter your team to take part in this exciting and entertaining event?\u00a0 If you, your group or business would like to enter a team, entry forms and rules are available from ARCHES Office or email: info@randalstownarches.com<\/a>.\u00a0 All Soapbox Karts must have: – back brakes, steering and drivers must wear a helmet. Age 16+Pre-registration of teams is essential and all drivers competing will be required to provide details for insurance purposes. Entry is free!<\/p>\n W5 Late, this Saturday 23rd<\/sup> June, is a strictly adults-only, after-hours evening\u00a0at Northern Ireland\u2019s award-winning science and discovery centre!\u00a0 With over 250 interactive exhibits and four incredible exhibition areas, there\u2019s plenty to see and do!\u00a0 Meet the life-sized humanoid robot as Robothespian goes LIVE! Scale the heights on Climbit, and engage with the experts in our exciting range of science shows and lecture theatre talks!\u00a0 Marvel at moving, ROARING dinosaurs as the incredible\u00a0Dinosaur Encounter<\/a>\u00a0exhibition arrives at W5 and\u00a0try your hand at drawing some prehistoric predators at Sketch Club with local illustrator Blair Bailie, plus so much more! \u00a0There will be a fully licensed bar where you can have a glass of wine or cold beer.\u00a0 Admission is \u00a312.00 per adult. Capacity is limited, therefore online booking essential.<\/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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Down On Saturday 23rd June, the annual Comber Earlies Food Festival\u00a0welcomes the multi Michelin Star Chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli, who will be hosting this year\u2019s food demonstrations. Join the celebrations and have a relaxing hay bale picnic while listening to a Brass band. With amazing savoury potato-based traditional gourmet dishes to try, children\u2019s activities and street … 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\/16291"}],"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=16291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16292,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16291\/revisions\/16292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Antrim<\/h1>\n
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