Events

Ballycastle Museum, 59 Castle Street Ballycastle, open July and August from 12pm to 6pm, Admission Free.  The museum is housed in the 18th century courthouse and market building and includes the very fine late 19th century/early 20th century Irish Homes Industries Workshop Collection, artworks by prominent artists such as JW Carey, John Campbell, Rosamund Praegar, watercolours by A Nicholl and John Nixon, the splendid 1904 Taisie Banner from the first Glens Feis, social history material of the 19th and 20th century, Neolithic finds from Rathlin Island, Bronze Agfe material and a photographic and postcard display.

 

Contact:  Ballycastle Tourist Information

Telephone:  028 2076 2024

Email: tourism@moyle-council.org

 

Ballycastle Film Club hosts weekly Friday night film screenings which are open to everyone.  Admission is free and a tuck shop is available.

 

For further information on about our screening programme please contact Harry Hamill, Project Co-ordinator by telephone on: 028 2076 2371 /07725 95842 or log onto www.ballycastlefilmclub.com

Please contact the event organiser closer to the date of this exhibition to find out further details.

For further information contact Rev. Canon George E. Graham on: (028) 2073 1221 or email : rectordunluce@btconnect.com

ADMISSION FEE TBC

 

IRISH DANCING SUMMER SCHOOL
Community Hall, Sheskburn Recreation Centre, Ballycastle

Come along to Lir School of Irish Dancing Summer School to enjoy classes in traditional Irish Dancing for both adults and children. Your tutor Bronagh McGarry will lead you through all the right steps, helping you in your quest to become the next Michael Flatley or Jean Butler! Everyone is welcome to join in.

 

Please contact Bronagh McGarry on 07737 120177 for further details or email: bronaghmcgarry@yahoo.co.uk.

Brighter Nights: Jim And Dr. Nick

Cushendall, From 8pm onwards

A brand new show to entertain and amuse all the family. Fire-juggling. two eight-foot unicycles, hilarious antics and audience participation.

Brighter Nights is an ongoing initiative inviting everyone to enjoy Ballycastle & Cushendall Seafront areas as the positive, welcoming and creative spaces they are. (N.B: Events are weather dependent and subject to change).

Brighter Nights: Streetwise Stilt-walking Samba Band

Ballycastle Seafront, From 8pm onwards

This eight piece stilt-walking samba band create a hot atmosphere no matter what the weather. The sounds of South America bring a carnival atmosphere to the seafront.

 

Brighter Nights is an ongoing initiative inviting everyone to enjoy Ballycastle & Cushendall Seafront areas as the positive, welcoming and creative spaces they are. (N.B: Events are weather dependent and subject to change).

 

Local groups who will benefit from the proceeds of this year’s Fundraising Car Boot Sales include Moyle Gateway and Mother Goose & Jack Horner Playgroups.

One of the most successful community festivals in Northern Ireland, the 18^th annual ‘Heart of the Glens Festival’ caters for all age-groups, from toddlers to grandparents. This year’s colourful programme includes the ever popular ‘Theme Street Night’, Ceili, the Lurig Run, the Family Fun Vintage Day and of course Ireland’s longest ‘Waves of Tory’. Fantastic fun for all!

 

As part of the Heart of the Glens Festival we open our doors to the public, with guided tours of the station, demonstrations with key pieces of rescue equipment and a dramatic seaside rescue!

We also have stalls, kids activities, climbing wall and this year we have gone the ‘whole hog’ with a Hog Spit Roast.

A fun afternoon out for all the family. Activities begin at 1pm.

For further information contact Gerard O'Neill at Red Bay Life Boat Station on (028) 2177 1483, email: redbay@rnli.org or log onto: www.rnli.org.  

 

 

Come along and enjoy this popular event providing lots of fun and entertainment for all the family. The many attractions include Bouncy Castles, Face Painting, a Football Competition, Car Boot Sale, Wet Sponge Throwing and lots more besides!

A new Junior Reading Group, for 10-13 year-olds, will meet in Ballycastle Library (Leyland Road, tel. 028 2076 2566) on the first Saturday of every month.  So if you’re age 10 – 13 and enjoy reading and group discussions, why not make this a monthly date? You’ll be made very welcome! Please enrol at the library or telephone 028 2076 2566

This is an extremely enjoyable junior tournament which is great fun for competitors and spectators alike.  All competitors must pre-register via Moyle District Council's Recreation Department. 

 

Every Monday night throughout the year

6.30pm to 8.30pm

 

Stars Dance Club is a cross-community dance & fitness club for ALL children and young people, male & female. We teach high quality dance & fitness routines to all our members, who then have the opportunity to compete in various competitions, displays & local events. Each member will be learning a variety of routines using a wide range of music, flexibility training, using apparatus. At the Club we promote the physical, social & therapeutic benefits of dance & fitness for all ages. Our aim is to improve physical & mental health, for recreation activities, to improve the quality of life of all who attend, to enhancing citizenship & encourage cross community friendships. The club will help all its members to grow in confidence, self esteem, co-ordination as well as being good exercise and fun.

 

 

Contact: Tracy Fullerton - Dance Co-ordinator/Club Leader

Tel: 07736150027

Email: Tracey.full@btopenworld.com

Liz Weir is a professional storyteller from Northern Ireland who works age groups promoting the art of storytelling, for which the Irish are world famous.  Formerly Children's Librarian for the City of Belfast, she now travels the world telling stories to adults and children.  She organises workshops, appears at major international festivals and has given performances in Israel, Germany, Australia and the United States.  Liz was the first winner of the International Storybridge Award from the National Storytelling Network.

Event suitable for primary schools.  Places limited so please pre-book with staff.  For further details call Cushendall Library on (028) 2177 1297.

For details of the many other children’s events, competitions and activities taking place in NEELB libraries this summer, visit www.neelb.org.uk or www.ni-libraries.net, email info.neelb@ni-libraries.net or call into/telephone your local library.

Brighter Nights: The Bad Billies

Ballycastle Seafront, From 8pm onwards

Everyone can enjoy these traditional street skills which include a bed of nails, fire breathing, comedy and audience participation.

Brighter Nights is an ongoing initiative inviting everyone to enjoy Ballycastle & Cushendall Seafront areas as the positive, welcoming and creative spaces they are. (N.B: Events are weather dependent and subject to change).

Brighter Nights: The Grundy Brothers

Cushendall, From 8pm onwards

Two gentlemen in top hats escape from straitjackets and perform a breathtaking bed of nails stunt, slack-wire walking, 6-foot unicycle feats and juggling.

 

Brighter Nights is an ongoing initiative inviting everyone to enjoy Ballycastle & Cushendall Seafront areas as the positive, welcoming and creative spaces they are. (N.B: Events are weather dependent and subject to change). More details will be available closer to the date on: www.moyle-council.org/events.

 

A day of fun for the whole family.  Attractions include Vintage vehicles and stalls, Animal Corner, Bucking Bronco, Climbing Wall, Stationary Engines, Commercial Vehicles, Bouncy Castle, Birds of Prey, Toy Tractor Trials for the We'ens (remember to bring your own tractor!) and much more.

 

 

Local groups who will benefit from the proceeds of this year’s Fundraising Car Boot Sales include Moyle Gateway and Mother Goose & Jack Horner Playgroups.

BALLYCASTLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL
Opposite Dalriada Hospital, Coleraine Road, Ballycastle.  (10am-12noon)

Moyle Country Markets presents a wide range of locally produced items for sale including baked goods (breads, cakes, tray bakes, etc), preserves jams, pickles and relishes, arts and crafts (knitwear, embroidery, pottery, lace work, patch work, hand-made cards, jewellry, photography, glassware, ) and fresh herbs and plants.  Also on sale is locally produced honey and a range of fruit and vegetables. 

 

Admission is free of charge and everyone is welcome.  For further details please contact Barbara Morisson (028) 2074 1415 / 07880 875845 or email: barbaramorrison@tesco.net

This is an extremely enjoyable senior tournament which is great fun for competitors and spectators alike.  All competitors must pre-register via Moyle District Council's Recreation Department. 

 

Monday 11th August 2008 (From 10.30pm - 11.30pm)

For details of the many other children’s events, competitions and activities taking place in NEELB libraries this summer, visit www.neelb.org.uk or www.ni-libraries.net, email info.neelb@ni-libraries.net or call into/telephone your local library.

Brighter Nights: Babcock & Bobbins

Ballycastle Seafront, From 8pm onwards

 

Hilarious double act with slapstick comedy and circus acts, including fire juggling, stilt-walking, giraffe unicycling, rollabolla and fire breathing. Be prepared for audience participation!

 

Brighter Nights is an ongoing initiative inviting everyone to enjoy Ballycastle & Cushendall Seafront areas as the positive, welcoming and creative spaces they are. (N.B: Events are weather dependent and subject to change). More details will be available closer to the date on: www.moyle-council.org/events.

Brighter Nights: Toot Sweet

Cushendall, From 8pm onwards

 

Toot Sweet is a fast paced comedy acrobatic show with moments of juggling and a whole load of hula hooping thrown in.  A highly visual show with universal appeal to young and old - hang onto your hat as Hilario and Florentina get up to ever more dangerous escapades!

 

Brighter Nights is an ongoing initiative inviting everyone to enjoy Ballycastle & Cushendall Seafront areas as the positive, welcoming and creative spaces they are. (N.B: Events are weather dependent and subject to change). More details will be available closer to the date on: www.moyle-council.org/events.

 

There will be a Read, Rhythm and Rhyme session in Cushendall Library.  All parents and carers are invited to come along to hear stories, songs and rhymes for babies, toddlers & children up to six years.  Places limited so please pre-book with staff.  For further details call Cushendall Library on (028) 2177 1297.

 

For details of the many other children’s events taking place in NEELB libraries this summer, visit www.neelb.org.uk or www.ni-libraries.net, email info.neelb@ni-libraries.net or call into/telephone your local NEELB library.

Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th August 2008

 

Welcome to the fifth Four Swans Festival!

There’s definitely an art to caring for our environment. With help from some great artists (and swimmers!) this year’s Festival will pay attention to it in all its beauty, diversity and fragility. And in all our huffin’ ‘n’ puffin’ about climate change there’s also a Puffin Ball for children to enjoy.

Plenty to join in with - from an alternative, digital funfair to storytelling, willow weaving, pictures with stones on the beach, drumming, photo exhibitions, films and more.

Then a big Carnival Parade for Sunday, with great music on the seafront at the end of the afternoon. So come along – dress up, walk down, join in, have fun.

The Festival is for all ages – that means you! And we’re also long due some sunshine…

For more details contact David Quinney-Mee on (028) 2076 2225) or email: david@fourswans.org.  A more detailed programme will be available closer to the time by logging onto the Four Swans website: www.fourswans.org.

 

Local groups who will benefit from the proceeds of this year’s Fundraising Car Boot Sales include Moyle Gateway and Mother Goose & Jack Horner Playgroups.

 

Class 1    BROOD MARE (with foal at foot or having produced foal in 2008)

Class 2    FILLY FOAL

Class 3    COLT FOAL

Class 4    ONE YEAR OLD FILLY

Class 5    ONE YEAR OLD COLT / GELDING

Class 6    TWO YEAR OLD FILLY

Class 7    TWO YEAR OLD COLT/GELDING

Class 8    THREE YEAR OLD AND UP MARE

Class 9    THREE YEAR OLD AND UP GELDING

 

 

TRADITIONAL COBS:

Class 10   BROOD MARE (with foal at foot or having produced foal in 2008)

Class 11   FILLY FOAL 

Class 12   COLT FOAL

Class 13   MARE 1 YEAR OLD AND UP

Class 14   GELDING 1 YEAR OLD AND UP

 

 

 

For further information contact Martin on 07801 577861 or Clare on 07835 119670.

 

BALLYCASTLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL
Opposite Dalriada Hospital, Coleraine Road, Ballycastle.  (10am-12noon)

Moyle Country Markets presents a wide range of locally produced items for sale including baked goods (breads, cakes, tray bakes, etc), preserves jams, pickles and relishes, arts and crafts (knitwear, embroidery, pottery, lace work, patch work, hand-made cards, jewellry, photography, glassware, ) and fresh herbs and plants.  Also on sale is locally produced honey and a range of fruit and vegetables. 

 

Admission is free of charge and everyone is welcome.  For further details please contact Barbara Morisson (028) 2074 1415 / 07880 875845 or email: barbaramorrison@tesco.net

The Auld Lammas Fair, Ballycastle

Ireland's Oldest Traditional Market Fair

 

The college makes two car parks available to assist with parking during the Lammas Fair.  All proceeds go towards school funds.

Brighter Nights: Jim And Dr. Nick

Ballycastle Seafront, From 8pm onwards

A brand new show to entertain and amuse all the family. Fire-juggling. two eight-foot unicycles, hilarious antics and audience participation.

A brand new show to entertain and amuse all the family. Fire-juggling. two eight-foot unicycles, hilarious antics and audience participation.

Brighter Nights is an ongoing initiative inviting everyone to enjoy Ballycastle & Cushendall Seafront areas as the positive, welcoming and creative spaces they are. (N.B: Events are weather dependent and subject to change).