{"id":17014,"date":"2019-01-21T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17014"},"modified":"2019-01-21T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:07:29","slug":"%ef%bb%bf10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/01\/%ef%bb%bf10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeff10 things to do in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DiscoverNorthernIreland.com\nhas stacks of fun things to do across NI, from family days out to gigs and\ncultural events. Here are ten exciting things taking place this week (21 \u2013 27\nJanuary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.       Out\nto Lunch Festival<\/a>, Belfast, 4 \u2013 27 January. Now in its fourteenth\nyear this festival specialises in lunch-based art solutions in the Cathedral\nQuarter and beyond. This year\u2019s festival boasts a jam-packed line-up including\nBritain\u2019s Got Talent\u2019s Lost Voice Guy and DJ Terri Hooley. To see the full\nline-up visit CQAF.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.       Foil\nArms & Hog<\/a>, Derry~Londonderry, 24 January. Former children and\nregular eaters Foil Arms and Hog are back with their new show Craicling. Best\nknown for their YouTube videos, with over 100 million online hits, their live\nshow is what they are most proud of and it will be performed at the Millennium\nForum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.       Four\nLast Songs<\/a>, Belfast, 24 January. Four Last Songs was completed the\nyear before Strauss died, but he did not live long enough to hear its premiere.\nInspired by the poets Josef von Eichendorff and Herman Hesse, the Four Last\nSongs tackles the subject of death with serenity and acceptance, written with\nStrauss\u2019s characteristic Romantic orchestration and inspired lyricism for\nsoprano voice, with which he had a life-long love affair, performed at the\nWaterfront Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.       IMBOLC\nInternational Music Festival<\/a>, Derry~Londonderry, 27 January \u2013 10 February. Taking place in Cult\u00farlann\nU\u00ed Chan\u00e1in, this is one of Ireland\u2019s leading folk and world music festivals.\nWhilst still firmly rooted in the musical cultures of this island, the festival\nhas grown in depth and breadth and now encompasses music genres ranging from\nfolk, traditional and roots to jazz, contemporary and world music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.       Mairead\nDuffy Art Exhibition<\/a>, Armagh, 2 January \u2013 28 February. Craftswirl at Armagh Visitor Information\nCentre are delighted to welcome this exhibition of work by local artist M\u00e1ir\u00e9ad\nDuffy from Middletown in County Armagh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.       Coming\nHome: Art and the Great Hunger<\/a>, Derry~Londonderry, 19 January \u2013 16 March. Coming Home: Art and the Great\nHunger, the acclaimed Famine art collection, currently on loan from Ireland’s\nGreat Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University, has been touring the island of\nIreland this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.       A\nCostume Cavalcade<\/a>, Armagh, until 2 March 2019.  This exhibition\nat the Armagh County Museum tells the story of dress over the last three\nhundred years showcasing some of the most important examples in the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.       Close\nTo Home<\/a>, Limavady, until 25 January. Roe Valley Arts hosts this\nexhibition of work by artists of the Puffin Artists Group CIC co-ordinated by\nthe lovely Puffin Gallery in Ballycastle and including works in ceramics,\nglass, paintings, jewellery and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.       MAC\nInternational<\/a>, Belfast, until 31 March. MAC International presents a\nsnapshot of the most exciting and ambitious art practices from across the\nworld. It is the largest arts prize in Ireland and one of the few major art\nprizes in the UK, offering artists from around the world an opportunity to\nexhibit at the MAC in Belfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.   A\nStep Back In Time<\/a>, Omagh, until 14 June 2019. This exhibition at the\nUlster American Folk Park includes almost 100 objects, ranging in date from a\nmedieval brooch to a contemporary diamante embroidered costume for solo dance.\nEmbroidered costumes, medals, and certificates will tell the story of the\ndevelopment of dance schools and the governing bodies for Irish Dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nmore information on these events or to plan a short break in Northern Ireland,\nvisit www.DiscoverNorthernIreland.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DiscoverNorthernIreland.com has stacks of fun things to do across NI, from family days out to gigs and cultural events. Here are ten exciting things taking place this week (21 \u2013 27 January) 1.       Out to Lunch Festival, Belfast, 4 \u2013 27 January. Now in its fourteenth year this festival specialises in lunch-based art solutions in … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17014"}],"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=17014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17015,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17014\/revisions\/17015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}