{"id":5255,"date":"2012-12-05T16:31:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T15:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2012-12-05T16:31:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T15:31:59","slug":"whats-on-for-families-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2012\/12\/whats-on-for-families-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s On for Families this Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jacqueline from www.whatsonni.com shares her pick of festive family events taking place this weekend across the North from Panto to Santa and Christmas markets!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The opening gala night of Jack and the Beanstalk in support of the Doghouse Sanctuary is this Saturday 8th December.\u00a0\u00a0 Starring local celebrity and comedienne Victoria E Armstrong as Baron Bigwig, Nadia McConviile at Jack, Jonny Conaghan as Dame Trott, Philip Patton as Simon and Niamh McManus as Jill.\u00a0 Music to get you singing along! Comedy and old fashioned romance! Dancing from the new dance troupe! Custard pies, a singing cow and a GIANT of a giant.\u00a0 All will be revealed this December in E2A’s Panto Tickets only \u00a35.00 each, making this the best value in town.<\/p>\n

Tyrone<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ava Antiques, Vintage and Art Fair returns to the Glenavon House Hotel Cookstown this\u00a0Sunday 9th December in time for all your Christmas shopping.\u00a0 \u00a0If it is shopping with a difference you are looking for then look no further.\u00a0\u00a0 The exhibition space is transformed into a cave of hidden treasures waiting to be found by avid antique market goers looking for a bargain or two.<\/p>\n

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Fermanagh<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Visit Castle Coole with the children this December and enjoy the festivities.\u00a0 Castle Coole will be home to Santa and Mrs Claus from 8-18th December as they busily prepare for Christmas. They will be welcoming children into their magical Christmas home – the perfect way to get into the festive spirit.\u00a0 Travel from Enniskillen to the North Pole through the magical basement tunnel, meet Mrs Claus and see the elves’ playroom, enjoy a story and a chat with Santa and receive a special gift.\u00a0 Booking is essential – entry is by half hour sessions.<\/p>\n

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Santa\u2019s elves have been busy creating a magical Christmas Wonderland at The Jungle Moneymore every Saturday and Sunday until 22nd<\/sup> December.\u00a0 On-Target Taster Jungle activities, elf-tastic arts and crafts, festive face-painting,\u00a0 woodland petting farm, cracking Christmas food and drink and locally sourced gifts and produce\u00a0 are all part of the experience.\u00a0 Of course, no Christmas Wonderland is complete without\u00a0 Santa who will be at The Jungle to meet and greet your little ones, present them with a fabulous gift and pose for\u00a0the photograph that happy family memories are made of!<\/p>\n

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Journey back 2000 years at the Armagh Planetarium to Bethlehem, and seek to discover a scientific explanation for the star the wise men followed to find the baby Jesus in \u201cMystery of the Christmas Star\u201d. The star of Bethlehem is an iconic astronomical event whose true origin remains unknown even today, in spite of years of speculation and investigation. The show will guide the viewer through some of these investigations and the most likely causes of this interesting cosmological object which was remarkable enough to make the wise men travel across the desert from Babylon to Bethlehem to see the newborn baby King. We will also explore possible dates for the birth of Christ and look at the historical records of significant astronomical events which occurred at this time. This modern retelling of the Christmas story in our digital theatre will charm and captivate audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n

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Soak up the atmosphere at The Lisburn Christmas Market 6th<\/sup> to 8th<\/sup> December, this year situated at the handy and central Graham Gardens. Now an established festive favourite in Lisburn, the market is host to a wide range of traditional, handcrafted and unique products, speciality hot foods and coffee shop. With outdoor stalls,\u00a0an indoor market in the Kingdom Life Centre and featuring this year for the first time, the Chill Out Tepee, the Market will also feature daily workshops, demonstrations and lunchtime acoustic music in this new Chill Out Zone. On Thursday and Friday a cr\u00e8che will be on offer for pre-school age kids in the mornings and primary school kids in the afternoon and there\u2019ll be lots of activities for the kids all day Saturday 8th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jacqueline from www.whatsonni.com shares her pick of festive family events taking place this weekend across the North from Panto to Santa and Christmas markets! Down The opening gala night of Jack and the Beanstalk in support of the Doghouse Sanctuary is this Saturday 8th December.\u00a0\u00a0 Starring local celebrity and comedienne Victoria E Armstrong as Baron … 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\/5255"}],"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=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5256,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions\/5256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}