{"id":19854,"date":"2021-11-05T12:32:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T11:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19854"},"modified":"2021-11-05T12:32:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T11:32:55","slug":"join-us-in-antrim-and-newtownabbey-for-a-superhero-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/11\/join-us-in-antrim-and-newtownabbey-for-a-superhero-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us in Antrim and Newtownabbey for A Superhero Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Christmas Switch on Events will take place across the Borough from Friday 19 November until Saturday 4 December. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018A<em> Superhero Christmas\u2019<\/em> and with the help of Mr. Hullabaloo and friends, we will all learn that to be a true superhero doesn`t require us to fly or to wear a special costume.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/press-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/press-1-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19855\" width=\"512\" height=\"346\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our special Christmas Show hosted by Cool FMs Stuart Robinson, will celebrate Key workers and will include School Choirs, Traditional Music Groups, Bands and other local artistes along with an exciting pantomime performance by Children\u2019s Magical Storyteller Mr Hullabaloo and Friends who will teach us that \u2018A true hero isn`t measured by the power of his strength but by the strength of his heart\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This FREE family fun event will also feature a Christmas Market, Street Entertainment, Son et lumiere show and a short programme of Christmas Readings, Carols and Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Super finale will see a number of our Favourite Superhero\u2019s lending their magic power as they help the Mayor and Santa Claus Light up our towns for Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Councillor Billy Webb said: \u201cI am delighted that we can celebrate Christmas once more as a community, coming together to celebrate this special time of year. This year\u2019s Superhero theme is the perfect opportunity to pay tribute and give thanks to all the heroes that live around us each day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you can join us for A Superhero Christmas, an evening of festive fun with lots of prizes to be won!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For details of all switch on events please visit antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk\/christmasswitchon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Christmas switch on events will also be available to watch live, online, keep an eye on our social media and website for further details.<\/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>Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Christmas Switch on Events will take place across the Borough from Friday 19 November until Saturday 4 December. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018A Superhero Christmas\u2019 and with the help of Mr. Hullabaloo and friends, we will all learn that to be a true superhero doesn`t require us to fly or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/11\/join-us-in-antrim-and-newtownabbey-for-a-superhero-christmas\/\">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\/19854"}],"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=19854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19856,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854\/revisions\/19856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}