Pictures from Derry City & Strabane District Council.

13. The 40th Anniversary celebrations marking Derry City and Strabane District Council’s annual Halloween Festival in the city have begun with the Awakening of the Walls with a combination of live performance, projections, music with shocks and surprises for the tens of thousands of visitors to the city. The event culminates on Saturday with a carnival parade and a spectacular fireworks display over the River Foyle. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26
The 40th Anniversary celebrations marking Derry City and Strabane District Council’s annual Halloween Festival in the city have begun with the Awakening of the Walls with a combination of live performance, projections, music with shocks and surprises for the tens of thousands of visitors to the city. The event culminates on Saturday with a carnival parade and a spectacular fireworks display over the River Foyle. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26 Photo: Martin McKeown

14. One of the morning wellbeing sessions take place beneath Luke Jerram’s giant floating Earth sculpture Gaia inside the Guildhall as part of Derry Halloween. The sessions lasting around 45 minutes include morning Pilates, meditation, breath awareness, gentle movement, Famo Fascia Movement, and sensory sessions. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26
One of the morning wellbeing sessions take place beneath Luke Jerram’s giant floating Earth sculpture Gaia inside the Guildhall as part of Derry Halloween. The sessions lasting around 45 minutes include morning Pilates, meditation, breath awareness, gentle movement, Famo Fascia Movement, and sensory sessions. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26 Photo: Martin McKeown

15. The 40th Anniversary celebrations marking Derry City and Strabane District Council’s annual Halloween Festival in the city have begun with the Awakening of the Walls with a combination of live performance, projections, music with shocks and surprises for the tens of thousands of visitors to the city. The event culminates on Saturday with a carnival parade and a spectacular fireworks display over the River Foyle. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26
The 40th Anniversary celebrations marking Derry City and Strabane District Council’s annual Halloween Festival in the city have begun with the Awakening of the Walls with a combination of live performance, projections, music with shocks and surprises for the tens of thousands of visitors to the city. The event culminates on Saturday with a carnival parade and a spectacular fireworks display over the River Foyle. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26 Photo: Martin McKeown

16. The 40th Anniversary celebrations marking Derry City and Strabane District Council’s annual Halloween Festival in the city have begun with the Awakening of the Walls with a combination of live performance, projections, music with shocks and surprises for the tens of thousands of visitors to the city. The event culminates on Saturday with a carnival parade and a spectacular fireworks display over the River Foyle. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26
The 40th Anniversary celebrations marking Derry City and Strabane District Council’s annual Halloween Festival in the city have begun with the Awakening of the Walls with a combination of live performance, projections, music with shocks and surprises for the tens of thousands of visitors to the city. The event culminates on Saturday with a carnival parade and a spectacular fireworks display over the River Foyle. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.10.26 Photo: Martin McKeown

