{"id":17125,"date":"2019-02-22T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17125"},"modified":"2019-02-22T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:38:08","slug":"10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/02\/10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-53\/","title":{"rendered":"10 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 (25\nFebruary \u2013 3 March)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.       BMS\nInternational Festival of Chamber Music<\/a>, Belfast, 1 \u2013 3 March. The\nInternational Festival of Chamber Music is Northern Ireland\u2019s premier chamber\nmusic event, presenting top international classical musicians alongside\noutstanding local artists in three days of world-class concerts and recitals at\nthe Crescent Arts Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.       Frank\nCarson – Rebel Without A Pause<\/a>, Newry, 27 February. In this\nacclaimed one\u2013man show at the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, we journey with Frank\nfrom his Belfast boyhood – where life was so tough even the arms on the chairs\nhad tattoos \u2013 through his adventures in the army, and into the world of showbiz\nwhere he entertained Royalty, delighted Pope John Paul II and never forgot\nwhere he came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.       World\nSeniors Snooker World Championship<\/a>, Belfast, 3 March. Players\nincluding Jimmy White, Ken Doherty and Stephen Hendry go head to head in a bid\nto lift the world crown at the Waterfront Hall.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.       Red\nHot Chilli Pipers<\/a>, Belfast, 1 March.  From\ntheir formation in 2002 and a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 to\nopening the main stage in their own right in 2014, the past sixteen years have\nseen the Red Hot Chilli Pipers become the most famous bagpipe band on the\nplanet. They perform this March at the SSE Arena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.       Cherishing\nMythology<\/a>, Armagh, 1 March \u2013 6 April. Armagh Art Club\u2019s Biennial\nExhibition takes a journey through Mythology, linking with many of the myths\nand legends familiar to all. From their individual approaches and variety of\nskills and techniques, the artists open up the inspirational world of make\nbelieve and imagination, woven though by threads of reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.       W5\nand Giants Joint Ticket<\/a>, Belfast, 3 March.  Discover over 250\ninteractive exhibits at the award-winning Science and Discovery Centre and then\nwatch NI\u2019s professional ice-hockey team hit the ice to take on Manchester Storm\nin The SSE Arena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.       Long\nMeadow Farm Tour<\/a>, Craigavon, 2 \u2013 22 March. Visit Long Meadow Farm\nfor an unforgettable, fully guided tour in the heart of the Orchard County.\nTraverse bountiful orchards, explore the cider-making facilities and sample\naward-winning Irish ciders all in the good company of the friendly and\nwelcoming farm patrons, the McKeever family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.       A\nVision of Elvis<\/a>, Belfast, 2 March. Starring Rob Kingsley, winner of\nThe National Tribute Music Awards ‘Official Elvis Show’ and ‘Number One Male\nTribute\u2019, A Vision of Elvis is internationally renowned as ‘the best Elvis\nPresley tribute concert touring the world today’ and is coming to the\nWaterfront Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.       Tim\nPeake Spacecraft and VR Experience<\/a>, Holywood, 20 February \u2013 11 May.\nTim Peake\u2019s Spacecraft, presented by Samsung and the Science Museum Group, is\ntouring the UK and will land at the Ulster Transport Museum on 20 February. The\ndisplay of the iconic craft will be accompanied by Space Descent VR supported\nby Samsung, a unique virtual reality adventure narrated by Tim Peake himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.   Pizza\nand Pottery Night<\/a>, Bangor, 28 February. Loaf Pottery\u2019s popular pizza\nand pottery nights begin with a pottery class where their potter will give a\ndemo of throwing a pot on the wheel before teaching a hand building class. <\/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 (25 February \u2013 3 March) 1.       BMS International Festival of Chamber Music, Belfast, 1 \u2013 3 March. The International Festival of Chamber Music is Northern Ireland\u2019s premier … 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\/17125"}],"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=17125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17126,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17125\/revisions\/17126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}