{"id":9808,"date":"2015-08-20T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T15:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=9808"},"modified":"2015-08-20T16:10:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T15:10:49","slug":"a-great-day-of-free-entertainment-at-bangor-culture-day-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/08\/a-great-day-of-free-entertainment-at-bangor-culture-day-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"A great day of free entertainment at Bangor Culture Day this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second annual Bangor Culture Day takes place this Saturday, as part of the 2015 Open House Festival programme.<\/h1>\n
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: Parkour expert, Paul Allen, gets in some practice ahead of Bangor Culture Day, along with Ian Simpson from the Black Market Icons and Troy from Palm Tree Dynamite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From 12 noon to 5pm, the seafront area of Bangor will erupt with a kaleidoscope of cultural activity, from live music, to spoken word, to dancing, to visual art \u2013 and it\u2019s all free. There\u2019ll be craft making, vintage stalls, artisan food, flash mobs, parkour jumping, storytelling, singing lessons \u2013 and even free recording sessions on offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our messages for this year\u2019s festival has been that Bangor itself is the star of the show, with events taking place in so many unique and beautiful venues,\u201d says Open House\u2019s Culture Day Co-ordinator, Sharon Matchett. \u201cCulture Day will reiterate that message by giving a host of creative local people the opportunity to showcase their talents on their own doorstep.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, all of the activity will be centred around The Hub at Project 24 on Queens Parade. Highlights will include the first public performances from the Open House Festival Choir, which has been rehearsing for the past six weeks under the guidance of singing tutor, Katie Richardson of Katie and the Carnival and Goldie Fawn. There\u2019ll also be big band sounds, traditional music, busking, and a DJ set from the Bangor Vinyl Collective.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be able to participate in screen printing and paint bombing workshops, see bee keeping in action, take part in tea dances, line dancing and get a swing dancing lesson \u2013 and much, much more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still putting the finishing touches to the programme,\u201d says Sharon, \u201cbut there\u2019ll be something happening virtually every minute of day from noon to five pm. So people can come down to the Hub area on Bangor seafront at any time and know they\u2019ll see something!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor of Ards and North Down, Alderman Alan Graham, says, \u201cCulture Day Bangor will be a great celebration of arts and culture showcasing the talent of our area. Ards and North Down Borough Council is pleased to be supporting Open House Festival for this fantastic and free Culture Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Open House Festival Bangor 2015 is supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Tourism NI. For more information about the festival go to: www.openhousefestival.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second annual Bangor Culture Day takes place this Saturday, as part of the 2015 Open House Festival programme. From 12 noon to 5pm, the seafront area of Bangor will erupt with a kaleidoscope of cultural activity, from live music, to spoken word, to dancing, to visual art \u2013 and it\u2019s all free. There\u2019ll be … 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\/9808"}],"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=9808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9810,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions\/9810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}