{"id":7875,"date":"2014-08-20T13:43:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=7875"},"modified":"2014-08-20T13:45:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:45:33","slug":"jacquelines-pick-of-whats-on-this-week-across-ni-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/08\/jacquelines-pick-of-whats-on-this-week-across-ni-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline’s Pick of What’s On This Week across NI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With only two weeks left of the Summer Holidays, here are Jacqueline\u2019s pick of family events taking place this Bank Holiday Weekend across the North.<\/h1>\n

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

SunflowerFest is a unique 3 day\u00a0fun filled family friendly festival of music and arts at Tubby\u2019s Farm, Cabra Road, Legacurry Friday 22nd<\/sup> to Monday 25th<\/sup> August. Immerse yourself\u00a0in 3 days of music, arts, comedy and holistic therapies.\u00a0 The kidzone has activities to keep for children busy. Hear over 60 bands, comedians and poets perform and let holistic therapists look after your mind and soul. Three day camping tickets available with separate family camping and kids go free.<\/p>\n

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

This Saturday sees the first ever Proms in Dungannon Park\u00a0compered by Noel Thompson with the fabulous Celtic Tenors who have established themselves as the most successful classical crossover artists ever to emerge from Ireland Our local artistes the very popular Gemma Prince, Soprano from Dungannon\u00a0and Local Baritone Karl MC Guckin. Also performing is Arco String Quartet, regarded as Ireland’s leading professional, vibrant and most successful string quartet.\u00a0 This is a seated event with food hall and bar service available, so come along and have your tea before the show commences at 7.00pm.<\/p>\n

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

Waterways Ireland Belleek Water Festival, Belleek takes place this Bank Holiday weekend to coincide with the arrival of the Heritage Boat Association including \u2018Come and Try It\u2019 water activities.<\/p>\n

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

Lots of sparkle and swords are expected at Springhill over the Bank Holiday weekend. (Sunday and Monday). \u00a0Budding Princesses and Pirates can discover the Springhill treasure trail and enjoy lots of sparkling and swash-buckling games and crafts. Prizes given for the best dressed Princess and Pirate. Judging will take place at 3pm.<\/p>\n

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

Following hot on the heels of previous record-breaking summer musicals at The Market Place Theatre, including \u2018Les Miserables\u2019, \u2018Annie\u2019 and \u2018Peter Pan\u2019, they present one of the most beloved British musicals of all time, \u2018Oliver!\u2019 19th<\/sup>– 21st<\/sup> August.\u00a0 Featuring a cast of the best local talent, wonderful sets, a live orchestra, and some of the most memorable tunes ever written, we bring Dickens\u2019 timeless characters vividly to life with the exhilarating story of one boy\u2019s survival against the odds. Lionel Bart\u2019s sensational score is packed full of joyful songs including \u2018Food Glorious Food\u2019, \u2018Consider Yourself\u2019, \u2018You\u2019ve Got To Pick-a-Pocket Or Two\u2019, \u2018I\u2019d Do Anything\u2019, \u2018Oom Pah Pah\u2019, \u2018As Long As He Needs Me\u2019 and many more. This summer musical spectacular will leave you definitely wanting \u2018more!\u2019<\/p>\n

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

Street Car Show & Go, part of the Ballymena Raceway Speedfest weekend, is 2 days of racing this \u00a0Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd August with the Street Car Show taking place on the Saturday.\u00a0 Entry to the show grounds around 4.15pm.\u00a0 Open to Classic, Custom, Retro, Modified and Performance cars. Supercars also welcome – Ferraris, Porsche, entries taken on the day.<\/p>\n

Belfast<\/strong><\/p>\n

The EastSide Arts Festival, delivered by East Belfast Partnership with support from Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and Arts Council for Northern Ireland will run 21st\u00a0\u2013 25th\u00a0August across East Belfast locations, and will showcase a varied arts programme with something for everyone across the east of the city and beyond. See www.eastsidearts.net<\/a> for full programme of events.<\/p>\n

For more details on these and other events across Northern Ireland, news and competitions see www.whatsonni.com, follow us @whatsonni and like us at fb.com\/www.whatsonni. Add your\u00a0 events FREE OF CHARGE at www.whatsonni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With only two weeks left of the Summer Holidays, here are Jacqueline\u2019s pick of family events taking place this Bank Holiday Weekend across the North. Down SunflowerFest is a unique 3 day\u00a0fun filled family friendly festival of music and arts at Tubby\u2019s Farm, Cabra Road, Legacurry Friday 22nd to Monday 25th August. Immerse yourself\u00a0in 3 … 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\/7875"}],"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=7875"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7880,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions\/7880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}