Giant new experiences await in Northern Ireland

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Belfast Music Week - Legends Night (Oh Yeah Centre) The Oh Yeah music centre is a former bonded whiskey warehouse in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast's cultural district. It measures 14 500 square feet over three floors and features a performance space, a drop-in area, office units, a privately-run recording studio and exhibition space. Several parts of the building are scheduled for renovation. Oh Yeah was recognised as a charity in 2008. Since moving into the building in 2007, we have hosted live events with the likes of Elbow, Gary Lightbody, Tim Wheeler from Ash, Duke Special, Foy Vance, Iain Archer, James Walsh from Starsailor, Lisa Hannigan and Jello Biafra. Tonight Oh Yeah Centre are hosting The third annual ‘Oh Yeah Legends' award will be presented on Sept 17 at Oh Yeah, recognising major contributions to the NI music scene, This year's recipients are The Undertones. The details of the night are: The Undertones, DJ Terri Hooley, plus special guests. Presented by Mike Edgar and Bronagh Gallagher.

Northern Ireland is packed with fantastic experiences and attractions and recent additions provide even more reasons to visit the region.

Culture, history, music, folklore and the great outdoors form the basis of a number of exciting new visitor experiences in Northern Ireland.

With Belfast recently named as the first UNESCO City of Music on the island of Ireland, a pipeline of musical experiences is in development.

First up is Belfast UNESCO City of Music Walking Tour, a new guided tour that aims to share the city’s amazing music story. Led by local music expert, Dolores Vischer, the tour visits places that have strong connections with key musical events.

Beginning at the Ulster Hall, which has hosted many famous performers, and stopping at pubs, arenas and a historic church, the tour shares stories and anecdotes about musicians from Ruby Murray and Rory Gallagher to Led Zeppelin and Dexys Midnight Runners, exploring the city’s musical history across all genres. The tour ends with a live performance in the Oh Yeah Music Centre.

The fascinating history of one of Northern Ireland’s most remarkable private estates is the subject of another new experience. “Stories of Brook Hall” is a walking tour guided by a member of the family who have called Brook Hall in Derry~Londonderry their home since the middle of the nineteenth century.

Tour of the gardens around Brook Hall stunning estate and gardens, pick your own willow for traditional craft making. Discover centuries of history and heritage as you explore one of Ireland’s finest private collections of rare plants and trees within our arboretum and gardens.

There is also the chance to tour the estate’s beautiful arboretum and to learn how Brook Hall has journeyed over 35 years to become Ireland’s first measurably carbon neutral heritage landscape. Other experiences that can be enjoyed on the estate include yoga, willow weaving, wild foraging, river paddle boarding, and arts and crafts.

On the Carntogher Mountain, County Derry, a new 6km guided hill walking tour follows the footsteps of Irish emigrants as they tried to escape the Great Famine. The Emigrant’s Walk is led by a local tour guide and famine expert and includes a stop at an authentic Famine Pot in Friel’s Bar, where you can taste the nettle soup the emigrants would have been served.

 

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