Upcoming Events in Northern Ireland
The Amgen Irish Open 2024
Royal County Down Golf Club
36 Golf Links Road, Newcastle, County Down, BT33 0AN
Located just 35 minutes from Drumbo Country House, we are in a great location for your group to stay when watching The Amgen Irish Open during the 12th-15th September, 2024.
Tickets for the Irish Open are available at this link
Book your accommodation and your tickets to the event now to avoid disappointment!
Belfast Mela Festival
2024
A week long celebration of culture, colour and creativity as it comes together across a magical series of events finishing with the fabulous festival finale at Botanic Gardens.
Belfast Mela is the city’s annual celebration of global cultures when tens of thousands of visitors come together to celebrate our people and diversity.
The centre piece of the festival is Mela Day, which transforms Botanic Gardens into a magical global garden filled with the sights, sounds and aromas of nations right around the world. Music, dance, arts and culture come together to create a heady, good humoured atmosphere which invites the world into the heart of our city.
The 2024 programme is currently being finalised. Please check back or keep updated at belfastmela.org.uk
Belfast City Marathon 2024
After you and your running chums have completed the Moy Park City Marathon, why not sink into the hot tub to relax those aching muscles! You have all earnt it.
Date: Sunday 5th May 2024
Time: 9am
Start: Stormont Estate (Prince of Wales Avenue)
Finish: Ormeau Park
Entry Requirements: Participants must be over 18 years old to enter. All participants must complete the Marathon Run and Wheelchair Race in less than 6 hours.
Designated Charity Partner: Air Ambulance NI
Belfast Trad Fest
Get Ready For The Summer
SUMMER FEST 21-28 JUL 2024
From Concerts to Workshops, Solo Highland Piping Competition & The Dunville's Irish Whiskey Session Trail there will be something to suit your tastes.
Click the link here for more information.
Book your accommodation for your group for the Winter Weekend and get ahead of the game for the Summer Fest Now!
Belfast Punk Music Walking Tour
Come explore the story of punk music in Belfast, a city where punk meant more! Hear about the role of the Good Vibrations record shop and label set up in the late 1970s - and also discover our great contemporary punk bands.
From the late 1970s, Belfast punk has held a special place in music history, near and far. The story of 1970s punk and the Good Vibrations record shop and label run by Terri Hooley, has been dramatised in the ‘Good Vibrations’ film.
Take this walking tour to explore the story of punk music on Belfast’s streets, with a passionate punk music loving guide, who saw live back in the late 1970s the city’s great bands, including The Outcasts, Rudi, Stiff Little Fingers, Ruefrex, Victim, etc – and who also loves today’s punk bands too.
Embrace A Giant Spirit
Discover Northern Ireland has a whole host of activities to discover right at the end of your fingertips.
Whether you need some inspiration for eating out, finding a cooking school, participating in the arts, taking in a concert, discovering a new outdoor pursuit, or just some fun and fantastic adventures that are on offer across Northern Ireland can be found here.
Check out the website for inspiration, and see where your next Giant Adventure will take you!
