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<\/a>Castle Ward will host their annual festival Pumpkinfest this Saturday and Sunday.\u00a0 Choose your pumpkin, scoop out the insides and draw on your own unique designs before handing them to the expert carvers. Create your own scarecrow to enter the scarecrow pageant.\u00a0 Castle Ward\u2019s 18th century mansion also plays host to the witch\u2019s spooky cellar for you to explore.\u00a0 Live music is provided by Lawrence T & The Wolfmen and Cup O\u2019Joe on Saturday, and Matt McCrum on Sunday.\u00a0 Other activities include organic pumpkin soup sampling, an autumn trail, horse and carriage rides (weather permitting) and free-flow mansion tours from 12pm to 5pm (ground floor only, last entry 4pm).<\/p>\nTyrone<\/h1>\n
Up in that pantheon inhabited by the biggest selling recording artistes of all time in Ireland, rubbing shoulders with Bono and the Boys, you might be surprised to bump into Phil Coulter who is\u00a0 playing live at the Burnavon Theatre Cookstown this Friday evening, 17th October.\u00a0 He has written at least four titles that can be\u00a0added to the list of Great Irish Songs \u2013 the\u00a0anthems \u2018The Town I Loved So Well\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018Ireland\u2019s Call\u2019, and the haunting \u2018Scorn Not His\u00a0Simplicity\u2019 and \u2018Steal Away\u2019.<\/p>\n
Fermanagh<\/h1>\n
On Friday 17th October 9pm, The Young Folk return to Ardhowen Theatre\u2019s gallery bar after their outstanding performance earlier this year.\u00a0The band members Anthony Furey, vocals\/guitar; Tony McLoughlin, bass\/mandolin; Paul Butler, piano\/vocals and Karl Hand, drums\/percussion, over the past 12 months, have played in New York, Italy, UK (the prestigious Cambridge Folk Festival, where they shared a stage with The Waterboys and The Staves) and Ireland for the launch of their debut album, \u2018The Little Battle\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0 Dubliner Magazine labelled them as \u201ca unique prospect\u201d \u201cone of the most promising young Irish bands of recent years\u201d (Eamon Carr), \u201cnot because of their impressive resume, but because of the raw energy and passion they bring to the stage\u201d<\/p>\n
Derry<\/h1>\n
The Auction Room Maghera announce the live performance of Grammy-nominee Eric Taylor Wednesday 15th<\/sup> October.\u00a0Eric Taylor is a master storyteller and has been one of the finest southern songwriters for the last four decades. Influencing such well-known artists as Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle, Taylor tours extensively throughout North America and Europe. He has appeared on Austin City Limits, Late Night With David Letterman, NPR’s “Morning Edition” and BBC Radio. A mesmerizing performer whose shows will leave you wanting more.<\/p>\n On the Armagh Gaol\u2019s special spooky Halloween tour, you will be regaled with the harrowing stories associated with Armagh Gaol\u2019s long history.\u00a0 Tours are carried out in low light conditions and are not for the faint hearted!\u00a0 Suitable warm clothing and flat shoes must be worn.\u00a0 Tours available 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 29th, 30th and 31st October at 19:00, 20:00, 21:00 and 22:00.<\/p>\n The Ghost in the Glens Storytelling and Music Festival 16th to 19th October is a Storytelling festival based in Cushendall which will celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Glens of Antrim. The festival will include storytellers and musicians from the local area as well as featured guests from the rest of Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. It aims to strengthen the cultural links and celebrate the diversity of the population living in the Glens today.<\/p>\n The Eclectic Emporium is a once a month opportunity to buy unique, quality and enviable items for your wardrobe and home from Irish crafters, designers and vintage dealers, and have an inspirational day out at the same time.\u00a0 Showcasing unique handcrafted designs, authentic vintage & all things unusual, the Eclectic Emporium will be popping up again on Sunday 19th October at The Empire Music Hall, 42 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JQ.\u00a0 Run by the Eclectic Collective, the Emporium pop-up will feature around 20 purveyors of loveliness each month, offering great vintage, handcrafted and re-designed fashion, furniture, home decor, jewellery, crafts, gifts, collectibles, curiosities, stationery, art, sweet treats, and much more!\u00a0 Belfast Empire, Sunday 19th October, 12-5pm, admission free.<\/p>\n For more details on these and other events across Northern Ireland, news and competitions<\/a> see www.whatsonni.com<\/a>, follow us @whatsonni and like us at fb.com\/www.whatsonni. Add your\u00a0 events FREE OF CHARGE at www.whatsonni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Down Castle Ward will host their annual festival Pumpkinfest this Saturday and Sunday.\u00a0 Choose your pumpkin, scoop out the insides and draw on your own unique designs before handing them to the expert carvers. Create your own scarecrow to enter the scarecrow pageant.\u00a0 Castle Ward\u2019s 18th century mansion also plays host to the witch\u2019s spooky … 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\/8159"}],"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=8159"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8164,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8159\/revisions\/8164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Armagh<\/h1>\n
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Belfast<\/h1>\n