{"id":19482,"date":"2021-07-05T09:17:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T08:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19482"},"modified":"2021-07-05T09:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T08:17:53","slug":"sails-sounds-festival-portaferry-8-12-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/07\/sails-sounds-festival-portaferry-8-12-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Sails & Sounds Festival, Portaferry 8-12 July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Five Day Festival of Sailing, \u00a0water activities, environmental, Drama Plays, crafts, food foraging and lots more a Festival for everyone based in Portaferry and on the shores of Strangford Lough Co. Down<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portaferry is preparing for a five-day Festival with covid restrictions in place they have adapted the programme which will include celebrating their heritage Sailing event The Narrows Series launching with the spectacular Bar Buoy Race with over 100 boats participating.  The festival which will be the biggest maritime event to come to Ards Peninsula  since the very popular \u2018Galway Hooker Festival\u2019 of many years ago.  The event is being hosted again this year by Portaferry Sailing Club and is supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council will centre around the lough on the Shore Front.  The Events will spread out from the Club to all parts of the town ensuring plenty of family fun for everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Club is running the festival we are expecting boats from all over the lough and North Down, Scotland, Isle of Man & ROI and farther afield.   The boats will gather on Thursday and racing will begin on Friday through to Monday for competitive racing with ticketed taster sessions kayaking\/boat rafting and coastal rowing to allow locals and visitors to get up close and witness the spectacular boats in action<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival highlight is a unique opportunity for the public to engage on the water and to cruise the lough on the beautiful boat \u201cCuan Shore\u201d and for Game of Thrones fans an opportunity sail past the original filming ground of \u201cWinterfell\u201d not forgetting 2 Game of Thrones doors one in Strangford and one in Portaferry.  The new environmental boat \u201cCitizen Sea\u201d will be visiting and an opportunity to explore and sails on this beautiful ship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New event this year is two fantastic plays by Belfast production company Spanner in The Works performing \u201cWHAT IF\u201d & \u201cBUTTERCUP\u201d we also have family adventure day, food foraging\/cooking demonstration, craft workshops, guided walking tours in Portaferry and Kearney Village. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To compliment the Sailing, there will be local food outlets promoting local produce The visiting public can avail of free activities PAST maritime and heritage museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage & ferry door trail, family fun treasure map trial, Nugent\u2019s Wood national trust woodlands walk  restaurants, coffee shops, hotel and fast food outlets are also gearing up for the Festival with special food menus to keep locals and visitors replenished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Festival this year due to covid restrictions and guidelines are limited in what can be delivered in comparison to other years, although different there are quite few new additional activities for everyone to sign up and try Eventbrite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look out for details of all events, locations and times to be published and distributed all over the province in the near future.  The festival program can be found on our exclusive website www.portaferrysailsandsounds.com<\/a> or follow us on facebook & twitter \u2013 (www.facebook.com\/Portaferrysailsandsounds) for updates and festival information on where to buy tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This promises to be one of the highlights of the summer and will involve many volunteers and local business owners who will go out of their way to extend a welcome to all visitors whether they come by land or by sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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