{"id":17538,"date":"2019-07-05T14:12:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17538"},"modified":"2019-07-05T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:15:46","slug":"10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/07\/10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-64\/","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 (8-14\nJuly)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.       Athenry:\nDance of the Celts<\/a>, Belfast, 11 July. Irish dance company \u2018Ta Da\u2019 \npresents the tale of the famous song \u201cThe Fields of Athenry\u201d like you\u2019ve never\nseen before at the Cabaret Supper Club.  With a talented cast of World\nChampions and dancers from the biggest touring shows, such as \u2018Riverdance\u2019 and\n\u2018Lord of the Dance\u2019, watch as \u2018Michael\u2019 and \u2018Mary\u2019 find love during the Great\nFamine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.       Newcastle\nSummer Street Entertainment<\/a>, Newcastle, 13 July. Come\nalong and enjoy the Sharp Dressed Men street theatre, a circus shows,\nincorporating a mix of slapstick comedy and circus skills including juggling,\nstilt walking and fire breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.       Walled\nCity Music International Piano Festival<\/a>, Derry~Londonderry, 1-10 July. The\nWalled City Music team prepares to welcome 35 young piano students from across\nthe world to the Ulster University Magee Campus  for a unique and exciting\nbrand new piano festival and competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.       Teddy\nBears Picnic & Family Fun Day<\/a>, Limavady, 14 July. Visitors to the\nCauseway Coast can bring the whole family along to Carrowmena Activity Centre\nto enjoy the Teddy Bears Picnic and family fun day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.       County\nAntrim Tennis Championships<\/a>, Ballycastle, 7-14 July. This event, which is\nplayed on the only grass courts in Northern Ireland, is one of the most\ncompetitive with entries from all over Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.       Orangefest\n– Twelfth of July Celebrations<\/a>, Belfast, 12 July. The celebrations showcase\naspects of Ulster’s rich heritage and culture such as Orange Lodges, marching\nbands, fife and drums, flute music and the resonant sound of Ulster’s unique\nLambeg drum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.       Public\nCruise of Upper Lough Erne<\/a>, Lisnaskea, 15 July. Journey to Crom Castle\npassing Reilly Wood, Gah Island Tower and the Hara Krishna Island, in comfort\non board the Inishcruiser. This 57-seater luxury pleasure boating has an open\nair viewing deck and fully heat, licenced cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.       Causeway\nCoast Foodie Tours – Catch and Sea<\/a>, Portrush, 7 July. Leaving Portrush\nHarbour, just before daybreak on The Causeway Lass, this tour allows you to\ncatch your breakfast in the crystal clear waters of the Causeway Coast, as the\nsun slowly rises over The Mull of Kintyre and Rathlin Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.       Shandon\nPark Open Week<\/a>, Belfast, 6-13 July. As Northern Ireland gets ready to\nwelcome the 148th<\/sup> Open, Shandon Park Golf Club, just three miles\nfrom Belfast City Centre, is hosting its own Open Week of daily golf\ncompetitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.   Between\nthe Hedges Exhibition<\/a>, Armagh, 1-31 July. For this exhibition at Armagh Visitor Information Centre,\nSharon Regan looks to the hedgerows, and shares the stories and myths inspired\nby the animals living within them.<\/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 (8-14 July) 1.       Athenry: Dance of the Celts, Belfast, 11 July. Irish dance company \u2018Ta Da\u2019  presents the tale of the famous song \u201cThe Fields of Athenry\u201d … 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\/17538"}],"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=17538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17539,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17538\/revisions\/17539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}