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The\u00a0Classic Bike Festival Ireland\u00a0<\/b>which takes place over the first weekend of August has announced even more features at this year\u2019s event.\u00a0 Whilst the motorbikes are central to the Festival it hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed that a lot of families arrive to camp up in their motorhomes, caravans and tents from Friday evening right through until Sunday afternoon.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\nAccordingly, the organisers have made the Sunday offering distinctly more family attractive with the addition of free kids\u2019\u00a0Bouncy Castles<\/b>, a display by\u00a0Kite Crew Ireland<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Lawnmower Racing –\u00a0<\/b>and not forgetting\u00a0<\/b>the\u00a0I.M.C. BAM BAM\u00a0<\/b>racers aged between 6 to 9 years battling it out on the race track. \u201cWe noticed that many now see the Sunday as a Family Day out so we hope these added attractions will complement that, and parents will bring their kids – under 16\u2019s are FREE – for a great day out\u201d a spokesperson told us, \u201cand of course we still have our music features with\u00a0Cellar Door<\/b>\u00a0on\u00a0Friday evening<\/b>\u00a0and the\u00a0Davy K Project\u00a0<\/b>on\u00a0Saturday<\/b>.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Both nights of music will be preceded by\u00a0Chat Shows<\/b>\u00a0this year so the plan is the racing will finish and everyone will head for the fully licensed festival marquee to enjoy the two nights of\u00a0Chat \u2019n’ Music<\/b>. \u00a0 DJ and Host\u00a0Brian Moore<\/b>\u00a0enthused, \u201cit\u2019s always a great party atmosphere in the festival marquee with the teams and riders mixing with the Festival attendees and with the\u00a0Kite Crew, Lawnmower teams<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Arena Trials motorcycle competitors\u00a0<\/b>added to the mix I\u2019ve no doubt it\u2019s going to be the best Classic Bike Festival to date\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n A further feature is that the event is adding its support to the\u00a0Joey Dunlop Foundation<\/b>\u00a0by welcoming the Ride-Out that will travel from Joey\u2019s Bar in Ballymoney to the\u00a0Classic Bike Festival<\/b>\u00a0on Sunday afternoon.\u00a0 This is one of many events to celebrate the life and achievements of the iconic Joey Dunlop who tragically died twenty five years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Gates Open for camping, caravans, motorhomes etc at 3.00pm on\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Friday 1st August \u2013 Paddock and festival marquee access from 6.00pm<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Friday evening\/night<\/b><\/p>\n Chat Show 7.00<\/p>\n Music from 8.00<\/p>\n CELLAR DOOR<\/p>\n Saturday evening\/night<\/p>\n Chat Show 7.00<\/p>\n Music from 8.00<\/p>\n DAVY K PROJECT<\/p>\n DJ\/HOST on both nights BRIAN MOORE<\/p>\n Fully Licensed – Festival friendly prices<\/p>\n Two great nights of entertainment which helps support the event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Classic Bike Festival, Bishopscourt, Co Down \u00a0Racing and parade laps all Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August The\u00a0Classic Bike Festival Ireland\u00a0which takes place over the first weekend of August has announced even more features at this year\u2019s event.\u00a0 Whilst the motorbikes are central to the Festival it hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed that a lot of families … 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\/24151"}],"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=24151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24153,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24151\/revisions\/24153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}