{"id":17441,"date":"2019-06-10T13:39:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T12:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17441"},"modified":"2019-06-10T13:40:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T12:40:33","slug":"local-band-hunkpapa-provide-the-soundtrack-for-armagh-hostellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/06\/local-band-hunkpapa-provide-the-soundtrack-for-armagh-hostellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Local band Hunkpapa provide the soundtrack for Armagh Hostellers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4>Armagh band Hunkpapa\u2019s track \u2018Losing All\u2019 is used as the backdrop to Armagh City Youth Hostel\u2019s new minute long video. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/press-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17443\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Create Armagh Hostelling Memories\u2019 transports hostellers through a year-round program of incredible things to do, pairing the homegrown soundtrack with evocative shots of Armagh\u2019s unique events and vibrant festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video celebrates the hostel\u2019s prime\nlocation, situated at the heart of the ancient cathedral city, adjacent to\nthe beautiful St Patrick\u2019s COI Cathedral and with spectacular views of the\niconic St Patrick\u2019s RC Cathedral. The hostel\noffers great value, modern accommodation for up to 56 people in twin, double and dorm rooms, all providing en-suite bedroom facilities. It\nwelcomes groups of all\nsizes and interests, independent travelers of every age, families\nand has been awarded a 4* rating by Tourism Northern Ireland. The eighteen\nrooms include a fully equipped kitchen, spacious dining and lounge areas, a\ngames room complete with pool table, free wi-fi, free spacious car-parking and\na left luggage facility. The hostel opens<strong>April\nthrough to October and welcomes larger group bookings during the period\nNovember \u2013 March and for the festival celebrations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armagh band \u2018Hunkpapa\u2019 have just increased their fan base after playing Open\nHouse Festival in conjunction with SnowPatrol\u2019s Ward Park 3 concert. This\nfollows Gary Lightbody\u2019s effusive praise of the band\u2019s songs and BBC Radio 1 presenter,\nPhil Taggart\u2019s comment \u2018Hunkpapa are the best band I have seen in ages with\nmassive, massive tunes.\u2019&nbsp; Prior to their Ireland\nand UK tour in the autumn, Hunkpapa will be performing an intimate hometown gig\nin The Market Place Theatre on Saturday 29<sup>th<\/sup> June and students are\nencouraged to bring the \u2018end of exams\u2019 summer party to Armagh with a hostel\nstay, a very special music gig and a chance to explore Armagh\u2019s distinctive and\neclectic cultural history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view \u2018Create Armagh Hostelling Memories\u2019 video, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/armaghhostel\">www.facebook.com\/armaghhostel<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armagh band Hunkpapa\u2019s track \u2018Losing All\u2019 is used as the backdrop to Armagh City Youth Hostel\u2019s new minute long video. \u2018Create Armagh Hostelling Memories\u2019 transports hostellers through a year-round program of incredible things to do, pairing the homegrown soundtrack with evocative shots of Armagh\u2019s unique events and vibrant festivals. The video celebrates the hostel\u2019s prime &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/06\/local-band-hunkpapa-provide-the-soundtrack-for-armagh-hostellers\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17441"}],"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=17441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17444,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17441\/revisions\/17444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}