\u201cOur varied festival selection means that foodies, music lovers and keen culture vultures are all catered for \u2013 the only difficulty is choosing which one you want to visit.\u00a0 Why not turn your festival experience into a short break or holiday and sample some of Northern Ireland\u2019s hotels, B&Bs and self-catering properties and don\u2019t forget the many caravan park and glamping sites to really make you time away special,\u201d said Pauline.<\/p>\n Tourism Northern Ireland has outlined a list of fun festivals that are available over the coming months:<\/p>\n Ulster Fleadh \/ Fleadh Uladh | 18 – 26 July | Dromore, County Tyrone<\/strong><\/p>\n This huge celebration of traditional Irish music, song and dance returns to the village of Dromore with concerts, lively pub sessions and impromptu street performances, culminating in a Cultural Parade.<\/p>\n Fiddler’s Green International Festival<\/strong><\/a> | 19 – 26 July | Rostrevor, County Down<\/strong> Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival | 23 July – 3 August | Enniskillen, County Fermanagh<\/strong><\/p>\n A multi-arts festival celebrating Irish Nobel Prize writer Samuel Beckett, who attended school in Enniskillen.\u00a0 The line-up features theatre, dance, film, visual arts and literature, with international names from across the arts world.\u00a0 Quirky venues include the island town’s four churches and nearby Devenish Island.<\/p>\n August F\u00e9ile<\/strong><\/a> | 30 July –\u00a09 August | Belfast<\/strong> Sunflowerfest<\/strong><\/a> | 31 July – 2 August | Hillsborough, County Down<\/strong> 7 Hills Blues Festival<\/strong><\/a> |\u00a06 –\u00a09 August |\u00a0Armagh City<\/strong> Stendhal Festival<\/strong><\/a> |\u00a07 –\u00a08 August | Limavady, County Londonderry<\/strong> Club MTV<\/strong><\/a> | 15 August | Derry~Londonderry<\/strong> Belsonic<\/strong><\/a> | 15 – 26 August | Belfast<\/strong> EastSide Arts Festival<\/strong><\/a> | 19 – 31 August | Belfast<\/strong> Hilden Beer and Music Festival<\/strong><\/a> | 28 – 30 August | Hilden Brewery, Lisburn, County Antrim <\/strong> Tennent’s Vital<\/strong><\/a> | 29 – 30 August | Belfast<\/strong> Carnival of Colours | 29 – 30 August | St. Columb’s Park, Derry~Londonderry<\/strong><\/p>\n This flagship circus, arts and music festival will be filled with top treats for all the family.\u00a0 Highlights include the very best of international and local street theatre,\u00a0 storytelling, workshops and international foods, with evening cabaret, music and comedy.<\/p>\n Belfast Mela<\/strong><\/a> |\u00a030 August | Belfast<\/strong> Bluegrass Music Festival<\/strong><\/a> | 4 – 6 September | Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, County Tyrone<\/strong> To find out more about activities and events taking place in Northern Ireland click on www.discovernorthernireland.com\/events<\/a> or visit your local tourist information centre.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thousands of people every year attend a summer festival where they experience exhilarating live performances, enjoy unique experiences and make new friends, and this year in Northern Ireland is no exception with so many excellent festivals to choose from all over the country. Tourism NI\u2019s Destination PR Officer Pauline Gormley explains why attending a festival … 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\/9586"}],"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=9586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9588,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586\/revisions\/9588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PicMonkey-Collage7.jpg\" "\\"PicMonkey")
<\/a>\u201cWhether you have a love of live performances and spending time with friends or you are after something more low key and a day out with the family, there is a great festival to suit you in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
\nThis popular,\u00a0long running festival will feature over 200 events\u00a0including music, outdoor ceilis, children\u2019s activities, guided mountain walks, art exhibitions, workshops and sports.\u00a0 Confirmed music acts include Irish\u00a0artists\u00a0Seamus Begley and Steve Cooney, K\u00edla, Dan\u00fa and The Sands Family.<\/p>\n
\nIreland’s largest community festival plays host to headlining music from home and abroad, as part of a diverse range of events including comedy, sporting, exhibitions, tours, drama and debates.\u00a0 This year’s headline acts include\u00a0reggae legends UB40 and comedian Frankie Boyle.<\/p>\n
\nThis well established and family-oriented festival will feature superb live music, storytelling, poetry and interactive art, dance and music workshops, in a beautiful setting with on-site camping at Tubby’s Farm near Hillsborough.<\/p>\n
\nFrom Chicago Rhythm to Funk Style this festival brings some of the finest Blues bands to the atmospheric streets of Armagh, with local bands appearing alongside top class international acts.\u00a0 Fringe events add an artistic and family-oriented buzz, with eateries and shops getting involved to bring a real Blues feel to the city.<\/p>\n
\nThis multi-award-winning music and arts festival will return for a\u00a0fifth year to Ballymully Cottage Farm near Limavady.\u00a0 There will be a vast array of musical genres,\u00a0including Friday night headliner and Rock and\u00a0Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Donovan.<\/p>\n
\nFollowing on from the success of MTV’s visit to the city in 2014, there will be an MTV Club event at Ebrington Square this Summer.\u00a0 Stay tuned for line-up announcements.<\/p>\n
\nBelsonic returns to Belfast’s Custom House Square this August with\u00a0another eclectic range of world-class musical artists.\u00a0\u00a0The line-up will include Rudimental, Duke Dumont,\u00a0Paloma Faith, Stereotypes, The Coronas and Bastille.<\/p>\n
\nAn annual festival celebrating the creative talent of East Belfast.\u00a0 One confirmed highlight will be the return of the hugely successful\u00a0Dancing Shoes – The George Best Story<\/em> to the city’s Grand Opera House.<\/p>\n
\nA favourite for all lovers of beer and music, at Ireland’s oldest independent brewery.\u00a0 Enjoy more than 20 acts over three music stages, with three bars serving over 30 ales, stouts, lagers and ciders from Ireland and Britain,\u00a0plus a food village in the front garden.<\/p>\n
\nTaking place at Belfast’s Boucher Road Playing Fields, this is one of the biggest events in the local music calendar.\u00a0 Big names Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, John Newman, The Script and Kodaline are among the confirmed acts.<\/p>\n
\nThe Mela (a Sanskrit word meaning ‘to meet’) returns to the city’s Botanic Gardens for a huge\u00a0multi-cultural celebration of music, dance, food and visual arts.<\/p>\n
\nHead to this popular outdoor museum where there will be strumming on the porches of the log cabins, dancing in the cobbled streets and jamming outside the General Store!\u00a0 The line-up includes some of the biggest names in bluegrass, hailing from Ireland, England, North America and mainland Europe.<\/p>\n