festivals and fairs around north down

Celebrating our links with America: Music, line-dancing, history lectures and US food make for variety. The annual Eagle Wing Festival will offer family fun with a slice of history. With historical re-enactments , childrens rides and activities along with music throughout the day. There is something for young and old to ensure a great day is had by all....

A swinging weekend celebrates 100 years since the birth of jazz and 10 years of this superb festival....

Saint Patrick himself is buried at Downpatrick, so where better to celebrate his national day. A cross-community programme of entertainments, church services and activities climaxed on the Big day with a cavalcade of floats and fancy dress....

History vividly comes alive in one of our prettiest villages with spectacular battles and an old-time fair. Millennium groats are the currency of the day!...

A mock or 'Sham Fight' commemorating the Battle of the Boyne - a decisive battle between King James II and William III(William of Orange) for the control of Ireland....

THE GREAT EASTER PARADE’

 

Make a day to remember this Easter Mond...

Opera Fringe is an electric mix of opera and opera related events from the UK, Ireland and Europe. The festival runs each June alongside the annual Castleward Opera season at Castleward Estate, providing audience with top quality experiences of opera....

Enjoy this festival of a traditional high-country sheep fair, shearing demonstrations, show of sheep, traditional rope making, street stalls....