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<\/a>Bangor Easter Parade, Bangor Town,\u00a0Co Down,\u00a0April\u00a06.\u00a0The spectacular parade will be taking place at 3pm on Easter Monday when over 200 children and young people from local youth and dance groups across North Down will take part in the spectacular Pirate Parade. Look out for pirate ships, colourful bands, pirates, dancers and live music.\u00a0This is an extravaganza not to be missed!\u00a0From 3pm.<\/p>\n\u2022\u00a0Aquaholics Puffin Express Sea Safari,\u00a0Ballycastle Harbour,\u00a0Ballycastle, Co\u00a0Antrim, April 6.\u00a0Enjoy\u00a0the beautiful\u00a0north coast from the sea including sights like the\u00a0Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. \u00a0Then head over to Rathlin Island\u00a0and enjoy the\u00a0spectacular sights of West Lighthouse and the bird sanctuary from the water. After two hours, the safari returns to Ballycastle.\u00a0And be on the\u00a0lookout for dolphins, seals and a wide range of seabirds.\u00a0From 2pm.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Eggstreme Egg Hunt and Bunny Cruise,\u00a0Share Discovery Village,\u00a0Lisnaskea, Co\u00a0Fermanagh,\u00a0April 5-6.\u00a0Roll up,\u00a0roll up or roll down as the case may be for the Share Easter Bunny Hunt and Cruise.\u00a0Participants\u00a0can\u00a0undertake our picture orienteering challenge followed by a cruise aboard the Inishcruiser. Family Fun Day, suitable for all ages.\u00a010am or 2pm start times.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Easter Sea Safari Sightseeing Boat Trips,\u00a0Clearsky Adventure Centre, Castle Ward Estate, Co Down,\u00a0April 5-6.Everyone loves the sightseeing tour of Strangford Lough with its abundance of nature and wildlife. See the SeaGen, Angus Rocks Lighthouse, surface whirlpools and some of the many seals at Cloughy Rocks Nature Reserve. You might see a pod of porpoise or even a basking shark! Suitable for age 3 years plus. Trips leave from Strangford Pier and run hourly throughout the day.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Easter Country Music Showtime Concert,\u00a0Newcastle Centre,\u00a0Central Promenade,\u00a0Newcastle, Co\u00a0Down,\u00a0April 7.\u00a0Newcastle Centre goes country at\u00a0Easter when Ireland\u2019s first lady of country music Susan McCann takes the stage to top the bill on this special,\u00a0Easter Country Music Showtime with the stars concert,\u00a0which has now become an annual event for country fans.\u00a0Begins 7.30pm.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Easter Extravaganza at Marble Arch Caves\u00a0Visitor Centre, Florencecourt,\u00a0Enniskillen,\u00a0Co\u00a0Fermanagh,\u00a0April 6-7.\u00a0Why not come along and celebrate Easter at one of Europe\u2019s finest show caves. A range of activities will be available and this promises to be a great\u00a0day\u2019s\u00a0fun for all the\u00a0family. First tour begins at 10am.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a044th International Pan Celtic Festival,\u00a0Cult\u00farlann U\u00ed Chan\u00e1in,\u00a0Great James Street,\u00a0Derry~Londonderry, Co Londonderry,\u00a0April\u00a07-12.\u00a0Now in its 44th year, the Pan Celtic Festival returns to the City\u00a0following an incredibly successful first year in 2014. The festival is a celebration of the cultural links between the nations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. Musicians, singers and dancers arrive from all of the Celtic countries to share their cultural nuances in this family-friendly Easter event.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Monteverdi Vespers,\u00a0Saint Patrick\u2019s Cathedral,\u00a0Armagh,Co\u00a0Armagh,\u00a0April 10.\u00a0\u2018Soundworld of Venice\u2019 comes to Armagh\u00a0to offer\u00a0a\u00a0rare chance to hear Venetian music played on original instruments of the period.\u00a0St Patrick\u2019s Cathedral will be filled with the sights and sounds of 17th Century Venice with a performance of the Vespers\u00a0of 1610 by Claudio Monteverdi, considered a masterpiece of its type. From 8pm.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Jack,\u00a0The Alley Arts and Conference Centre, Railway Street, Strabane, Co Tyrone,\u00a0April 11.\u00a0Join Black Air Theatre Company this Easter holiday as they bring this classic fairytale to life. A must see show for all the family!\u00a0Show starts at 2pm.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Easter Carnival Games, W5 at Odyssey, Belfast,\u00a0until April 12. Join W5 this Easter\u00a0for an old fashioned, fun family day out, with a modern technology twist! Throw balls to knock down virtual milk bottles, pop virtual balloons or smash virtual plates!\u00a0\u00a0What cracking fun!<\/p>\n
Please note some of the events require pre-booking.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tourism\u00a0NI\u00a0has put together a list of 10 exciting things to do in Northern Ireland next week (April\u00a06 \u2013 12). \u2022 Bangor Easter Parade, Bangor Town,\u00a0Co Down,\u00a0April\u00a06.\u00a0The spectacular parade will be taking place at 3pm on Easter Monday when over 200 children and young people from local youth and dance groups across North Down will take … 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\/8872"}],"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=8872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8873,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8872\/revisions\/8873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}