{"id":9946,"date":"2015-09-08T12:02:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=9946"},"modified":"2015-09-08T12:07:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:07:40","slug":"whats-on-ards-north-down-this-weekend-and-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/09\/whats-on-ards-north-down-this-weekend-and-next\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s On Ards &#038; North Down this weekend and next."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Saturday 12 September \u2013 Friday 18 September<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 15 September, Valhalla Street Theatre presents \u2018Winds of War\u2019 in 1914\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project 24, Bangor Seafront<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7pm \u2013 7.45pm &amp; 8pm \u2013 8.45pm<\/p>\n<p>Calling all Amateur Actors &amp; Actresses, join Valhalla Street Theatre in The Hub at Project 24 for an interactive rehearsal of their up and coming play \u2018Winds of War\u2019 in 1914.<\/p>\n<p>Info: project24ni.com<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Saturday 19 September \u2013 Friday 25 September <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 19 September, Battle of Britain 75 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ards Airfield <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12noon \u2013 7pm<\/p>\n<p>FREE<\/p>\n<p>1940s Concert, Vintage Fair, Spitfire and Hurricane Flypast and more.<\/p>\n<p>Info: Ards Visitor Information Centre, (028) 9182 6846, <a href=\"mailto:ardsvic@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk\">ardsvic@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk<\/a>, visitardsandnorthdown.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 19 September, Tea with the Lord (Coach Tour) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour Departs from Ards Visitor Information Centre, 1pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets: \u00a318 (Ad), \u00a316 (Conc), \u00a39 (Ch)<\/p>\n<p>Embrace the opportunity to visit Ballywalter House, the beautiful stately home of the Dunleath family for over 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>Info:\u00a0 Ards Visitor Information Centre, (028) 9182 6846, <a href=\"mailto:ardsvic@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk\">ardsvic@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk<\/a>, visitardsandnorthdown.com<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 20 September, Movilla Cemetery Walking Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour departs from Movilla Cemetery, Newtownards, 2pm <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets: \u00a36 (Ad), \u00a35 (Conc), \u00a33 (Ch)<\/p>\n<p>This tour uncovers the stories behind the headstones as it explores the significant role the graveyard\u2019s inhabitants played in the history of the area.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Info:\u00a0 Ards Visitor Information Centre, (028) 9182 6846, <a href=\"mailto:ardsvic@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk\">ardsvic@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk<\/a>, visitardsandnorthdown.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 20 September, En Plein Air Painting Challenge <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project 24, Bangor Seafront<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11am \u2013 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Calling all Amateur Artists; bring your easels to Project 24\u2032s Community Garden and The Hub and create your own masterpieces in 4 hours!<\/p>\n<p>Info: project24ni.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 23 \u2013 Sunday 27 September, Aspects Irish Literature Festival <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bangor, various locations <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A celebration of the written word through poetry, prose, journalism, comedy, song writing and much more. Programme and Tickets now available via aspectsfestival.com<\/p>\n<p>Info: North Down Museum, (028) 9127 1200, aspectsfestival.com<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Exhibitions<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">North Down Museum, Bangor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Castle Park Avenue, located by Bangor Castle (Town Hall) BT20 4BT<\/p>\n<p>T: 028 9127 1200. Admission Free<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 29 August \u2013 Sunday 27 September <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paintings: Bryansburn Artists<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 9 September \u2013 Sunday 1 November <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paintings: Middletown &amp; Music<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ards Crafts and Visitor Information Centre <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>31 Regent Street, Newtownards, BT23 4AD<\/p>\n<p>T: 028 9182 6846 Admission Free<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 5 \u2013 Saturday 26 September <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Avalon Pilgrimage\u2019 &#8211; Avalon Guitars\u00a0<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 12 September \u2013 Friday 18 September Tuesday 15 September, Valhalla Street Theatre presents \u2018Winds of War\u2019 in 1914\u2019 Project 24, Bangor Seafront 7pm \u2013 7.45pm &amp; 8pm \u2013 8.45pm Calling all Amateur Actors &amp; Actresses, join Valhalla Street Theatre in The Hub at Project 24 for an interactive rehearsal of their up and coming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/09\/whats-on-ards-north-down-this-weekend-and-next\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/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\/9946"}],"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=9946"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9948,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946\/revisions\/9948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}