{"id":20675,"date":"2022-10-20T08:04:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T07:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=20675"},"modified":"2022-10-20T08:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T07:06:47","slug":"halloween-fun-for-all-the-family-at-flowerfield-and-roe-valley-arts-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2022\/10\/halloween-fun-for-all-the-family-at-flowerfield-and-roe-valley-arts-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween fun for all the family at Flowerfield and Roe Valley Arts Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart and Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre in Limavady have a packed programme of horrifying Halloween activities on offer this October.<\/h4>\n

From frightening films to creepy craft workshops, spooky storytelling to live music, you\u2019ll be spoilt for choice if you\u2019re looking for some suitably themed family fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Three-year-old Felicity is looking forward to the Halloween fun taking place at Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart and Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre in Limavady this October.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Banyan Theatre Company return with its Spooky Shadow Puppet Workshop for 5-11 year olds on Saturday 22nd<\/sup> October while tiny tots can enjoy Slightly Spooky Tales with fantastic storyteller Kelly Quigley on Saturday 29th<\/sup> October. On Thursday 27th<\/sup> October, there will be a late-night screening of ‘The Shining’, a fantastic opportunity to see this Stanley Kubrick\u2019s cult classic horror film on a big screen!<\/p>\n

At Flowerfield Arts Centre, kids aged 5 -12 can get creative with Linda Mullholland at a Halloween themed Weekend Wonders Workshop, or those aged 10 \u2013 16 can join local artist Eleanor-Jane McCartney to create a colourful hedgehog mobile at an Autumn Fused Glass Workshop on Saturday 29th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n

Tenx9 returns on Friday 28th<\/sup> October, presenting their successful \u2018Ghosts\u2019 performance.\u00a0 Nine people will have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life about ghosts, from the spooky kind to laments about the ghosts of their past. We are on the lookout for storytellers, so get in touch with your true spine-chilling stories at\u00a0http:\/\/www.tenx9.com\/submissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As well as this, two very special Haunted House Open Days take place at Flowerfield on Saturday 29th<\/sup> October and Monday 31st<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n

Saturday will<\/strong> kick off with a screening of\u00a0the original Hocus Pocus movie and then families are encouraged to channel that witchy energy and get creative in a post-film craft workshop with Linda Mulholland.<\/p>\n

Storyteller Karen Edwards<\/a>\u00a0will bring the spooky myths and legends of the Causeway Coast to life followed by a drop-in creepy craft workshop in the afternoon when you can also enjoy a visit to Naturally North Coast & Glens Artisan Market, serving local<\/p>\n

artisan foods while outdoor music will be provided by electronic pop duo\u00a0VOKXEN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday (October 31st<\/sup>)<\/strong>, a screening of\u00a0Disney\u2019s Coco<\/a> will be followed by a drop-in Sugar Skull craft workshop.\u00a0 Kelly Quigley will share some \u2018Not So Spooky Tales\u2019 for tiny<\/a> tots and in the afternoon there will be drop-in craft workshops with Linda Mulholland to create some monster masterpieces.<\/p>\n

Bookings for workshops, films and events can be made at <\/strong>https:\/\/www.flowerfield.org\/<\/a> and <\/strong>https:\/\/www.roevalleyarts.com\/<\/a><\/strong> or by calling Flowerfield on 028 7083 1400 or Roe Valley on 028 7776 0650.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

For the Halloween Haunted House Open Days, only the films require advanced booking. Tickets are priced at \u00a33 per person or \u00a310 for a family of four.\u00a0 All other activities as part of the Halloween Haunted House Open Days are drop-in and free of charge. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Haunted House Open Days at Flowerfield Arts Centre<\/strong> have received financial support from The Executive Office through the District Council Good Relations Programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart and Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre in Limavady have a packed programme of horrifying Halloween activities on offer this October. From frightening films to creepy craft workshops, spooky storytelling to live music, you\u2019ll be spoilt for choice if you\u2019re looking for some suitably themed family fun. At Roe Valley … Continued<\/a><\/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\/20675"}],"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=20675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20679,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20675\/revisions\/20679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}