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There will be something for all ages, including multi-cultural arts and crafts, live music, dance, street theatre and much more. Activities will also take place in 2 Royal Avenue, the city centre\u2019s cultural and events space.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to the day of events, Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tina Black said:<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Lord Mayor\u2019s Day celebrations give everyone an opportunity to come into the city centre and enjoy an action-packed afternoon of free and exciting activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe theme for my year in office has been \u2018Celebrating Belfast\u2019 and I have experienced first-hand the amazing work of people from all walks of life to support each other, their communities and the wider city, in these current tough times.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been so impressed with so many of the groups and organisations I\u2019ve met that I\u2019ve invited many to them to join me at my event to help showcase the huge variety of talent our vibrant, multi-cultural city has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Visitors can enjoy a packed line-up of live music, featuring a Kiddy C\u00e9il\u00ed, Belfast Dhol drummers, emerging local bands and musicians from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran and Somalia, as well as performances from the South Asian Dance Academy.<\/p>\n
Families will love the spectacular aerial circus show and comedy street theatre performances and trying their hand at old-style carnival games. Young people can also have a go at a variety of sports and make your own arts and crafts activities, before enjoying drop-in circus and creative writing workshops.<\/p>\n
There\u2019ll also be games and activities for older visitors, as part of our Age-Friendly Belfast programme.<\/p>\n
Entry to the Lord Mayor\u2019s Day event is free and is on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n
For more details, visit www.belfastcity.gov.uk\/lordmayorsday<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The grounds of Belfast City Hall will be packed with free family fun activities on Saturday 22 April for Councillor Tina Black\u2019s Lord Mayor\u2019s Day. Belfast\u2019s First Citizen is inviting everyone to join her in \u2018Celebrating Belfast\u2019 on the front lawns of City Hall between 12pm and 5pm. There will be something for all ages, … 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\/21193"}],"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=21193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21195,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21193\/revisions\/21195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}