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Lost City Golf to create 15 jobs as it opens at Odyssey Place, Belfast in time for Christmas

Lost City Golf opens another Belfast venue in time for Christmas

Coleraine's Riverside Theatre is staging two special performances of its panto 'Sleeping Beauty'. Credit Riverside Theatre

Special relaxed and captioned panto performances

Denmark fans Harly Jorgensen and Jacob Madsen at Belfast Christmas Market

Viking invasion at Belfast Christmas Market

North Coast Husband and wife artists Adrian Margey and Evana Bjourson photographed ahead of their Festive Exhibition at Coleraine Town Hall. Credit Adrian Margey

Portstewart husband and wife artists stage exhibition

Gerard Derry of Derrys Furniture, Armagh with Katy Mee and Victor Mee of Victor Mee Auctions, with 19th Century boneshakers bicycle just one of the key lots from Victor Mee's Medussa Architectural & Antique Sale Credit: Andres Poveda

1500 antiques from an iconic Belgium salvage yard go under the hammer in Armagh

Pictured at the announcement that Titanic Belfast has won the THEA Award for Outstanding Achievement – Visitor Experience Re-envisioned: Limited Budget are Kerrie Sweeney, chief executive of Maritime Belfast Trust, Judith Owens MBE, chief executive of Titanic Belfast and Ellvena Graham OBE, chair of Tourism Northern Ireland

NI tourist attraction wins international award for 'reimagined experience'

Christmas is in the air at Dobbies. Pic credit: Dobbies

Dobbies’ Antrim and Lisburn stores get into the Christmas Spirit

Nuala Osborne as Christine and Luke de Belder as Raoul in Portrush Music Society's Northern Ireland premiere of The Phantom of the Opera.

In pictures: Curtain up on Portrush Music Society's Phantom of the Opera

Belfast's Victoria Square has lots of free Christmas family fun for everyone to enjoy this weekend. Pictured are Peter Corry festive performer Maeve Smyth, DJ Ryan Hand, and brothers – Grayson, Austen and Hudson Todd are all Christmas jumper ready for Victoria Square’s special Christmas jumper party that takes place on Sunday as part of Belfast’s number one shopping destination’s official Christmas launch weekend

‘tis the season for festive fun at Victoria Square

Picture of the old Jet Centre as work begins to renovate the venue. Credit Movie House Jet Centre

Blast from the past: Do you remember the 'old' Jet Centre in Coleraine?

Game of Thrones Studio Tour in Northern Ireland has won the prestigious national UKInbound Sustainable Tourism Provider of the Year award

Game of Thrones Studio Tour wins UKInbound excellence award

42nd Street is a larger-than-life, massively entertaining celebration of musicals and the irrepressible spirit of Broadway that’s guaranteed to lift anyone’s spirits

Hit musical 42nd Street hits the Belfast Opera House tonight until Saturday

Matt (1389) and Andrew Mallon (1388) ready for the 10K

17 pictures: Centra Run Together smashes fundraising milestone for Action Cancer

Dates announced for Tom Duffy’s circus returning to Belfast. Picture – supplied.

Ad Feature Dates announced for Tom Duffy’s circus returning to Belfast
One of the oldest circus’s in the world is bringing its breathtaking show to Belfast this month.

Nuala Osborne and Aidan Hughes as Christine and the Phantom rehearsing for Portrush Music Society's production of The Phantom of the Opera.

In pictures: Phantom of the Opera rehearsals with Portrush Music Society

Ulster University has launched a powerful Exhibition ‘Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict’ offering a glimpse into the lives of those who lived through conflict in Northern Ireland to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. The free exhibition reveals unique and everyday stories through a range of loaned objects such as twisted metal from an exploded car, a journalist's notes scribbled onto unused cheques, a bullet-proof clipboard used by the security forces, all with labels written in the words of those who own them

Free exhibition looks into the lives of those who lived through the NI conflict

Pumpkin blondie bars with chocolate and walnuts

Carve up some terrifyingly tasty pumpkin dishes this Halloween with Lidl NI

Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, councillor Steven Callaghan pictured with Gary Stewart, owner of Tartine at the Distillers Arms, Ruaridh Morrison, owner of North Coast Smokehouse, Laura Adams from Bushmills Distillery, celebrity chef Paula McIntrye and Wendy Gallagher from Causeway Coast Foodie Tours at the recent launch of the Bushmills Salmon and Whiskey Festival 2023

No fishery at this weekend's Salmon and Whiskey Festival due to budget cuts

Leona Barr, centre manager at CastleCourt urges savvy shoppers not to miss out

CastleCourt reveals details of its biggest night of discounts yet

Delilah, the UK's oldest gorilla, celebrating her 60th birthday. Delilah, who has been at the zoo for more than 30 years, shot to fame in the 1970s when she starred in the BBC show Animal Magic with Johnny Morris. Issue date: Photo: Belfast Zoo/PA

Delilah from Belfast, the oldest gorilla in the UK celebrates her 60th birthday

Fashionistas will find a lot to Louvre at Victoria Square this September as the centre debuts ‘Parisian Promenade’, a captivating new Autumn/Winter fashion show concept, that will unveil this season’s latest trends

Fashionistas will find a lot to Louvre at Victoria Square this September

The stars, Roisin Gallagher (The Fall, The Dry) and Johnny Flynn (Operation Mincemeat, Emma) Picture: Sky/PA.

In Pictures: Romantic-comedy series The Lovers - here are the spots to check out

Royal Caribbean announces new charter flight offering from Belfast

Acoustic duo Natalia and Ciara will play at Portrush Atlantic Hotel, Saturday, September 30. Credit Swell Festival

Swell Portrush festival returns for fourth year

Titanic Belfast has announced the introduction of a new School Transport Bursary to give schools in some of Northern Ireland’s most deprived areas the opportunity to apply for free transport to support them when visiting the world-leading attraction in the 2023/24 academic year. Pictured are Caroline McComb, director of McComb’s Coach Travel, Judith Owens MBE, chief executive of Titanic Belfast and local school pupil Zoe Kennedy

Titanic Belfast offers new travel bursary to allow pupils at free school trip
The new school transport bursary gives schools in some of Northern Ireland’s most deprived areas the opportunity to apply for free transport to Titanic Belfast

The exhibition will be officially opened at 12 noon on Saturday, September 9, in Flowerfield Arts Centre. Credit Lindsay Johnson

Special exhibition in memory of artist John

Belfast's Hinch Distillery enhances their commitment to providing unique and memorable moments for all, including furry friends. Pictured is Lola, the adorable pup, behind the Hinch Cafe

Belfast's Hinch Distillery opens the doors to a dog-friendly cafe

The Secret Bunker in Portadown. Pic: Discover NI

European Heritage Open Days: 24 locations to visit free of charge in NI

Staff at Titanic Belfast are pictured celebrating as the world-leading visitor attraction announces its busiest summer since it opened in 2012. In addition to achieving its best visitor numbers across July and August, the world-leading attraction also welcomed its 7.5 millionth visitor and recorded its busiest ever July

A Titanic summer as NI's world-leading attraction welcomes 7.5millionth visitor

Belfast is welcoming more than 3,000 delegates to the city as this year’s hosts of Europe’s largest archaeology conference. Belfast will join a stellar line-up of international cities who welcomed the group in recent years including Lisbon, Helsinki, Istanbul, Barcelona, Bern, and Budapest – the torch will be passed to Rome in 2024. Pictured at the start of Europe’s largest archaeology conference in Belfast are Nikki Paterson, business solutions manager, Tourism Northern Ireland and Deborah Collins, head of business

NI hosts Europe’s largest archaeology conference with over 3,000 delegates

The geo-located soundwalk encourages users to connect with the heritage of the walls as they explore climate issues

Derry’s Walls and the NI weather brought to life in new sound artwork

Cast and creative team announced for Northern Ireland’s biggest Christmas panto! Pictured in last years show are May McFettridge as Fairy May and Paddy Jenkins as Baron Hardup in Cinderella 2022

Tickets going fast as cast and creative team revealed for NI’s biggest panto

The Omniplex Northern Ireland is offering reduced admission tickets on National Cinema Day, September 2

Fancy seeing Oppenheimer and Barbie at an Omniplex cinema for £3?

Armagh Rhymers, Isabel McKernan CITB NI Heritage project manager, Susan Starrett Ulster Folk Museum general manager, Katherine McClean, Built Heritage and Capital Projects manager NMNI and David Balfour, visitor service manager at Ulster Folk Museum

Crowds gather at Ulster Folk Museum for new Making Festival

The newest kid on the block is Pizza Street opened just a few months ago by husband-and-wife team Massimo & Dee Fierro. Hailing originally from Naples, Italy, Massimo and his wife Dee, a native of Northern Ireland, recently made the big decision to shut the doors on their Canterbury-based Italian restaurant ‘Pinocchio’s’ and relocate from the UK to Moira. Pictured is Massimo Fierro

County Down village emerging as a hub for independent food businesses in NI

The Ulster Folk Museum has announced it will host a new Making Festival at the museum to celebrate our traditional crafts and support the revival of Northern Ireland’s most-cherished heritage skills. The two-day, family-friendly festival, planned in partnership with Construction Industry Training Board NI (CITB NI), will take place Saturday, August 19 and Sunday 20. Pictured are Ulster Folk Museum’s Craft printing demonstrator Andy, Kathryn Thomson, chief executive of National Museums NI, Isabel McKernan CITB NI heritage project manager and Ulster Folk Museum craft weaver Roisin

Ulster Folk Museum’s 'Making Festival' will honour NI's traditional craft skills

Lady Mary Peters launches run for RAF Benevolent Fund. Pictured are Arthur Neill, Gina Neill, Lady Mary Peters, Ben Elephant, Julie Corbett and Angie Neill

'Get up and go'...Lady Mary Peters launches run for RAF Benevolent Fund

Summer of Festivals - get your festival fix of arts events across the country supported by Arts Council NI. Submitted picture

Ad Feature Host of Summer Arts festivals supported by Arts Council NI

Alternative Mid Ulster market event will take place on September 24. Credit: Donna Devlin

40 traders set to take part in Alternative Mid Ulster market event in Cookstown

Pictured are a selection of young entrepreneurs who have been working with Raise Ventures and Young Enterprise Northern Ireland: Siena Morelli, graduate product Designer at Belfast based startup AirPOS, Aiden Boyd, sales executive at Belfast based start-up AirPOS, Eva-Jayne Doherty, head of operations at start-up accelerator Raise Ventures, Rebecca Devlin, senior talent partner at DiverseTalent.ai, a Belfast based SaaS, Stephen Orr, chief revenue officer at AirPOS, Stephanie McEvoy, founder and CEO of NI start-up FarmingCarbon, Ugne Girciute, co-founder of start-up 103 Enterprise Company Programme and Dermot Beattie, customer support officer at AirPOS

NI business community launch first-ever summer school for emerging entrepreneurs

The Faughan Valley Woodlands are located 10 minutes from Londonderry

Faughan Valley Woodlands outside Londonderry officially opens to the public

The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, home to one of Northern Ireland's most popular monthly food and craft markets, is pleased to host the Tastes and Treasures event as a part of Antrim’s highly anticipated Six Mile Festival 2023. Pictured are Shaw Harvey, Crispstix, Gerard Magill, Shorthorn Kitchen and Alanagh Chipperfield, KeNako Biltong

The Junction transforms into food, craft and drink haven next weekend

Grace Alexander, Archie Alexander and Olivia Alexander from Omagh at the 72ft space rocket replica at Writers' Square in Belfast. Pic: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press

Rocket arrives in Northern Ireland on anniversary of first moon landing

Ireland’s biggest art and sculpture event, featuring works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Patrick O’Reilly, and Keith Haring, is set to return to the Culloden Estate and Spa in Belfast this summer

Up for sale: Dali, Warhol and Banksy set to bring the art and soul to Belfast

Only one Northern Ireland attraction featured in their top 10 list, coming in as the fifth attraction which the human eye is drawn to the most in the UK. Glenariff Waterfall, based in a nature reserve after the same name, a 3.5km circular trail, offers various spectacles from a river gorge, rare wildlife and three scenic waterfalls

NI attraction revealed as one of the ‘most beautiful blue spaces’ on the planet

Belfast’s Better leisure centres will open their doors to the public for a weekend of free family activities in celebration of 30 years of GLL. Pictured: A young boy tests out the Surf Simulator at Andersonstown Leisure Centre, Belfast

Belfast’s leisure centres to open for weekend of free family activities

Northern Ireland's first fully accessible soft play opens at The Junction, Antrim. Pictured are Mary Connor, founder of Sensory Kids, Chris Flynn, centre director at The Junction, Gavin McBride, head of Infrastructure Planning Department of Communities and Kathryn Davidson, founder of Sensory Kids

Northern Ireland's first fully accessible soft play opens at The Junction

£1 sessions available at Templemore Sports Complex

£1 council leisure activities return for summer to 'get kids more active'

Ballymacarrett District lodge No 6 says the annual Somme Commemoration parade in east Belfast has been running since the 1920s.
Photo: Aidan O’Reilly Pacemaker Press

Over 100 parades marking Battle of the Somme sacrifice

A pioneering travel company, set up by a father on his paternity leave, is launching its inaugural tour promising to uncover a side of Belfast rarely found in tourist books. Pictured are the famous political murals along The Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. There have been nearly 2,000 murals documented in Northern Ireland since the 1970s, mostly depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions, or other aspects of Irish history or culture

New tour experience unlocks Belfast’s untold stories and melodies

Comedian Micky Bartlett's mini-tour will see the standup perform at Londonderry’s Millennium Forum on October 7 plus the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on October 13 and November 17, 2023. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.ie and Millennium Forum box office

Standup Micky Bartlett announces new Waterfront Hall date

Portrait of Baronness May Blood among those on display at the 'Peace Heroines' exhibition which will be at Belfast's Linen Hall Library until September 30. The colourful portraits, which also include vibrant depictions of Monica McWilliams, Pat Hume, Eileen Weir and Bronagh Hind, were completed by local artist FRIZ who wanted to pay tribute to the women who dedicated much of their time to peace-building

Portrait of Baroness May Blood among those on display at library exhibition

The Singleton family celebrate the news that the MAC has been shortlisted for a national Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award. Keith, Paula, Sonny and Belle, who are from Belfast, were visiting the MAC to view the latest exhibitions and enjoy some of the family-friendly activities on offer. The MAC is the only museum in Northern Ireland to be shortlisted for this prestigious award, having been nominated by members of the public. Undercover family judges will now visit the MAC over the summer months to decide if they can take home the top prize. Visit www.themaclive.com.

Belfast's MAC up for family-friendly accolade