Things To Do

Hospitality has the largest staffing shortfall of all sectors in the UK with a widening skills gap,” according to the director of Salon Culinaire.

Three signatures in a visitors’ book in Larne are a deeply poignant link with a local boy who became a household name before being virtually forgotten.

There is always so much happening in Northern Ireland, it can be a challenge to decide what to do with your day off.

Are you on the look out for something fun to do? Wondering what events are happening across Northern Ireland in the coming weeks?

At Larne Museum and Arts Centre on Tuesday November 12 Fran O’Boyle will be presenting a mural slideshow and talk which will include anecdotes and images of his adventures as a mural artist.

Dragons will be swooping into Carrickfergus and taking over the castle as part of Waking the Dragon, which will be held on Saturday November 9 from 5.30pm until 10pm.

Winter Circus is back again for its fourth year at Writer’s Square, Belfast.

The competition, now in its 36th year, is sponsored by Jessops and Phil Smyth Photography. It challenges budding and amateur photographers to creatively photograph animals and scenes around the zoo, capturing the wonder of nature while exhibiting high quality skills and a great eye for a ‘zooper’ photo.

Up and down the country everyone is getting their costumes ready and looking forward to some trick or treating.

Any Questions?, BBC Radio 4’s flagship current affairs discussion programme, is returning to Northern Ireland and will be broadcast live from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s Assembly Buildings in Belfast on Friday, November 15.

The Oh Yeah Music Centre has revealed the full Sound of Belfast programme for 2019.

Belfast Music Society (BMS), promoter of live classical chamber music, has launched Chamber Cherubs, a new series of live classical music concerts for pre-school children, aged 1-3 years, in partnership with The Crescent Arts Centre, supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

A Whitehead couple are holding a fundraiser for the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity on Saturday September 7.

The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland is planning to raise the roof of the Ulster Hall with an evening of favourite hymn singing and praise on Saturday, September 21.

Tourism in Larne has been given a late summer boost with the arrival of a cruise ship at the port.

Kilcreggan Urban Farm in Carrick was among finalists in the Northern Ireland’s Best Small Visitor Attraction awards.