{"id":17408,"date":"2019-05-30T09:13:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T08:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17408"},"modified":"2019-05-30T09:13:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T08:13:05","slug":"10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/05\/10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-59\/","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 (3- 9\nJune)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.       World\nOceans Day<\/a>, Portrush, 8 June. Join Visit\nCauseway for an exciting boat trip with the Irish Whales and Dolphins Group\non-board the Causeway Lass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.       BBC\nRadio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time Summer Garden Party<\/a>, Newtownards, 8\nJune. BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time is returning to the shores of\nStrangford Lough to hold its annual Summer Garden Party in the beautiful\nsurrounds of the National Trust\u2019s Mount Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.       Belfast\nBook Festival 2019<\/a>, Belfast, 7-16 June. This year’s line-up at The Crescent\nArts Centre and partner venues across the city features authors, comedians and\njournalists, delivering a unique, diverse and highly creative programme that\ncaters from a wide range of interests and explores many topical themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.       Fun\nBike Food Tour Weekend<\/a> , Strangford, 7-9 June. An exclusive short break in\none of the most beautiful parts of Northern Ireland, combining both culinary\nand cycling adventure for 10 people led by award winning Belfast City &\nCountry Bike Tours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.       Bushmills\nSalmon & Whiskey Festival<\/a>, Bushmills, 7-9 June.  Two days of\nfantastic entertainment and activities will spread across Bushmills Main\nStreet, Millennium Park, Bushmills Distillery and The Salmon Fisheries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.       Causeway\nCoast Amateur Golf Tournament<\/a> ,Ballycastle, 3-7 June. Experience golf like\nyou have never experienced it before with The Causeway Coast Amateur Golf\nTournament.  Having run successfully since  the 1960s it attracts up\nto 600 golfers annually from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.       Shortcross\nGin Evening<\/a> , Bangor, 7 June. Join\nThe Old Inn for a fantastic evening of gin and food, and learn about Shortcross\nGin from the experts. Evening includes blended gin cocktails and a four course\ntasting menu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.       Kaz\nHawkins<\/a>, Downpatrick, 7 June. ‘My Life and I’ is an intimate and personal\nshow coming to the Down Arts Centre about Kaz’s life in song,  aiming to\nhighlight mental health issues such as abuse, drug addiction, domestic violence\nand more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.       Something\nin the Air<\/a>, Belfast, 1-9 June.\nComing to the MAC and produced by the Brassneck Theatre Company this play tells\nthe tale of  hundreds of families fleeing south to refugee camps, escaping\nthe violence, but one young woman lost more than just her home. Fifty years\nlater, she is forced to confront the events of that summer in a way she could\nnever have imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.   Paddle\nBoarding in Binevenagh<\/a>, Limavady, 9 June. Flow with nature through\nBinevenagh, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, while on a stand up\npaddleboard lesson. This is a sport which can be enjoyed at any pace but will\nalso give you time to take in the scenery while hearing about the heritage of\nthe local area from knowledgeable instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nmore information on these events or to plan a short break in Northern Ireland,\nvisit <\/em><\/strong>www.DiscoverNorthernIreland.com<\/em><\/strong><\/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 (3- 9 June) 1.       World Oceans Day, Portrush, 8 June. Join Visit Causeway for an exciting boat trip with the Irish Whales and Dolphins Group on-board the … 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\/17408"}],"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=17408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17409,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions\/17409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}