Thousands of people are set to join Santa and weatherman Barra Best to mark the start of the festive season in Derry’s city centre on Sunday at the Christmas Lights switch-on.
Weather forecaster Barra Best can’t promise the snow when he hosts Derry’s Christmas Lights switch-on in Guildhall Square this Sunday but he does know he’s coming to a city that knows how to party!
Derry’s Eurovision winner Dana said there is nowhere else she would rather be as she returned to the city yesterday to celebrate 50 years since she won the international song contest.
Local shoppers hoping to source a unique Christmas gift need look no further than this weekend’s 25th annual Guildhall Craft and Artisan Food Fair in Derry.
The Millennium Forum has announced that one of Ireland’s best loved writers, Roddy Doyle, will appear there next summer in Conversations with Roddy Doyle as part of a live tour celebrating his prolific career.
Drama students from Limavady High School and the North West Teacher Centre have visited The Playhouse to explore first-hand the process of making theatre.
Sippy Fest started around a kitchen table in the City of Culture year, and before long had grown to a festival with over 1200 people enjoying local brews, food and music in the Guildhall, Derry.
Derry songbird, Katie Patton, will be taking on the role of Julie Andrews, alongside musical extraordinaire Ryan Quinn, so why not join this magical duo as they put on a ‘practically perfect’ performance display for audiences.
Hollywood screenwriter William Nicholson, who wrote Gladiator, Les Misérables and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, will open the 32nd Foyle Film Festival on Friday night.
