The 4th<\/sup>\nannual Portaferry Sails & Sounds festival takes place from 20th<\/sup>\nto 23rd<\/sup> June. This is an\naction packed weekend of sailing, rowing, racing & trips on Strangford\nLough, with lots of free events on offer across the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celebrate the the longest day of the year with the Celts as they prepare for Mid-Summer at Navan Centre and Fort this Friday.\u00a0 Join the Celtic camp, mingle and help set up for the evening\u2019s festivities, dine at 9.00pm on something quite wild then sing, dance and listen to stories of the years gone by while watching the sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Share Discovery Village\nare hosting a celebration the Summer Solstice on Trannish Island on Upper Lough Erne this Friday. Paddle out\nfor a tasty BBQ and a variety of fun activities and watch the breath-taking\nsunset on Upper Lough Erne on the longest day of the year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Creag\u00e1n\nare holding their annual mid-summer 5K on Wednesday 19th June at 7.30pm. This\nis a chipped event suitable for all runners, expert or beginners. If you would\nlike to be part of An Creag\u00e1n Mid-Summer run, and enjoy the beautiful scenic\ntrack, please contact An Creag\u00e1n on 02880761112 or email info@ancreagan.com to\nregister, \u00a35 per person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join The Playhouse on\nSaturday 22nd<\/sup> June for the heartening tale of Pamplemousse\u2019s\nidentity crisis, set against evocative and playful music by local composer Greg\nCaffrey. The opera will be performed by the young talents of the NI Opera\nStudio and the Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble. \nSuitable for children 7+ Duration: 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join Mr Hullabaloo,\nthe magical storyteller and his colourful puppet friends at the Courtyard\nTheatre Newtownabbey this Saturday 22nd<\/sup> June. In this brand new show, Jingles the Jester\nand Bobbin the Bear visit the seaside to hear tales of Pirates and Mermaids.\nThen pay a visit to Fairy Twinkles summer garden in fairy glen but watch out\nfor the naughty little rascal trampling on all the summer flowers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nFriday 21st June The Priests will\npresent a concert in St. Bernadette’s Church, Rosetta Road, Belfast. This\niconic 1960s fan-shaped building, with its huge wall of stained glass and clear\nview of the performers for everyone in the audience, promises to be an ideal\nvenue for this concert on the longest evening of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For further details on\nthese events and to add your events free go to whatsonni.com<\/a>. Follow us on twitter @whatsonNI and on facebook at fb.com\/www.whatsonni<\/a> for news,\ncompetitions and what\u2019s on near you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jacqueline\nMcGonigle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Down The 4th annual Portaferry Sails & Sounds festival takes place from 20th to 23rd June. This is an action packed weekend of sailing, rowing, racing & trips on Strangford Lough, with lots of free events on offer across the weekend. Armagh Celebrate the the longest day of the year with the Celts as they … 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\/17478"}],"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=17478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17479,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17478\/revisions\/17479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Armagh<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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