{"id":2914,"date":"2011-05-16T10:24:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2011-05-16T10:24:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:24:24","slug":"from-20-24-may-ballyclare-will-celebrate-it%e2%80%99s-annual-may-fair-and-this-year-there-is-something-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2011\/05\/from-20-24-may-ballyclare-will-celebrate-it%e2%80%99s-annual-may-fair-and-this-year-there-is-something-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"From 20-24 May Ballyclare will celebrate it\u2019s annual May Fair and this year there is something for everyone."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Saturday 21 May will kick off with the traditional Mayor\u2019s Parade as well as a family fun day. Families will enjoy the Teddy Bears\u2019 Picnic, It\u2019s a Knockout, bouncy castles and face painting. Citybeat will be hosting the first round of our new talent competition \u2018Newtownabbey\u2019s Next Big Thing\u2019. There\u2019ll also be dancing with Jump, Jiggle and Jive.<\/p>\n

The traditional market stalls will line the town and at the town hall the Newtownabbey Speciality Market will present the best of food and crafts to tantalise your taste buds.<\/p>\n

In the evening, a free concert by The Elvis Spectacular with warm-up by Shine, followed by a fireworks extravaganza, will take place in Ballyclare Comrades Club grounds.<\/p>\n

This year we are introducing the first ever May Fair Comedy Night on Monday 23 May- William Caulfield will present the well-loved \u2018Our William\u2019 show. Tickets are available from the Town Hall at a cost of only \u00a33.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 24 May is known as May Fair day when the streets make way for a horse trading fair. The famous Continental Market will also be in town and another funday will take place, featuring rare breeds, a petting zone, beagles, bouncy castles, face painting, arts and crafts and drumming workshops. Kids will get a chance to make their own May Fair tart to bake at home.<\/p>\n

Hugo Duncan will also bring his radio roadshow to the town that afternoon.<\/p>\n

In the evening you will be spoilt for choice. There is a cookery masterclass featuring chefs from Barnaby\u2019s and Mount Charles, with food tastings, wines by Grape Expectations and a Can\u2019t Cook Won\u2019t Cook competition at Six Mile Leisure Centre Ballyclare from 7-10pm \u2013 tickets not required. There will also be a Traditional Music and Dance Gala featuring Glengormley Traditional Music School from 7-10pm in the Town Hall, tickets are not required.<\/p>\n

For more information, follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com\/ballyclaremayfair<\/a>, see www.ballyclaremayfair.com<\/a> or call 028 9034 0000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday 21 May will kick off with the traditional Mayor\u2019s Parade as well as a family fun day. Families will enjoy the Teddy Bears\u2019 Picnic, It\u2019s a Knockout, bouncy castles and face painting. Citybeat will be hosting the first round of our new talent competition \u2018Newtownabbey\u2019s Next Big Thing\u2019. There\u2019ll also be dancing with Jump, … 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":[1451,1453,683,1142,1452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914"}],"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=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions\/2917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}