{"id":5473,"date":"2013-03-06T09:51:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T08:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2013-03-06T09:51:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T08:51:58","slug":"our-pick-of-family-events-coming-up-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/03\/our-pick-of-family-events-coming-up-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Our pick of family events coming up this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Down<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland have organized a short circuit meeting at Kirkistown Racing Circuit on Saturday 9th<\/sup> March from 10.00am to 4.00pm, featuring direct drive junior and senior classes. The event will be a round of the North of Ireland Karting Championship.<\/p>\n

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

The Strule Arts Centre Omagh is the venue this Saturday for Children’s Story telling by local bilingual author Maria Boden followed by an Art Workshop with Bronwyn Moloney who will help the children prepare their own headpiece or decoration for St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations Omagh 2013. 10.30am to 12.30 pm.<\/p>\n

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

The Waterways Ireland Junior Angling Classis 2013 takes place this Saturday (and Saturday 16th March) in Enniskillen. The event is organised on an individual and school team basis.\u00a0 Fishing skills will be incorporated into the event.<\/p>\n

Derry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Castle Comealot’s jester, Mr Minute, has been found dead, but he didn’t die laughing – oh no – he was murdered! All the prime suspects have been gathered together and you are invited to help solve the murder of Jester Minute.\u00a0“The Unprofessionals” present “The Last Laugh”.\u00a0 Tickets \u00a320pp (includes buffet)\u00a0In Aid of NI Children’s Hospice. Dungiven Castle, Saturday 9th March 8.00pm.<\/p>\n

Armagh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enjoy a Mother\u2019s Day with a difference at Navan Centre and Fort this Sunday, as you lunch with Queen Macha, the only Queen of Ireland. Macha\u2019s legacy in the City remains today as her name was given to \u2018Armagh\u2019, Macha\u2019s Height.\u00a0 During lunch Queen Macha will invite guests to savour an array of home cooked foods in a Royal Feast where they will be entertained with enchanting music and some Royal activities. Children will take part in a Bard Workshop, learning from one of King Conor\u2019s Bards on how to script a verse for their Mother. Then simply relax and listen to storytelling with our Celtic characters.<\/p>\n

Antrim<\/strong><\/p>\n

How about a day out with a difference? Stena Line are setting sail from Belfast at 11:30 on Saturday 9th March (other dates available throughout the summer and beyond) with a new series of non-landing Pirates and Princesses Kids Cruises, offering families the chance to enjoy a day of fun from only \u00a310 per person.\u00a0 Young pirates and princesses can enjoy a day of swash-buckling fun from the minute they step onboard with a magic show, treasure hunt, face painting, balloon modelling and many more surprises before arriving back at Belfast Port at 17:45.\u00a0 Ideal for birthday parties and the ferry giant even has your party invites wrapped up as these can be downloaded online and personalised.\u00a0 There are even goody bags as the birthday guests depart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Down The 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland have organized a short circuit meeting at Kirkistown Racing Circuit on Saturday 9th March from 10.00am to 4.00pm, featuring direct drive junior and senior classes. The event will be a round of the North of Ireland Karting Championship. Tyrone The Strule Arts Centre Omagh is the venue … 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\/5473"}],"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=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5474,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions\/5474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}