Gallery
What’s on this Week
THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY
Lamp-work Demonstrations
Margaret Napier is a lamp-work glass artist based in County Down. She produces unique on-of beads and jewellery.
Location: Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Admission: FREE
Contact: 028 4461 0747
A Night of Country Music
In aid of Heartbeat-NI
Location: Diamond Pats, Newcastle
Time: 9pm – Late
Admission: £10
Contact: 028 4372 5700
Another Guitar in the Bar (Every Thursday)
Acoustic Americana, Country Roots & Folk Music.
Time: 9.00pm
Location: Dufferin Arms, Killyleagh
Contact: 028 4482 1182
Karaoke
Location: Quinn’s Bar, Newcastle
Time: 8pm – 11pm
Contact: 028 4372 6400
A Night of Country Music
In aid of Heartbeat N I
Conor McKay, Boxcar Brian, Nuala McEvoy, Country Harmony and many more
Location: Diamond Pat’s, Newcastle
Time: 9pm – Late
Admission: £10
Contact: 028 4372 5700
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY
Celtic Airs and Graces
Features Irish Airs, haunting Celtic melodies, lively jigs and reels, as well as classical gems and virtuoso pieces.
Ireland’s most famous harpist Cormac de Barra, who plays with Clannad and Moya Brennan joins with flautist Karin Leitner, who played for Kevin Spacey and is a composer in her own right to form a formidable duo that play with wit and charm.
Location: Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Time: 8pm ( 80 minutes + interval)
Admission: £10 / £8 concession
Dancing to Samuel Miskelly
Location: Crossgar Memorial Hall
Time: 8pm – 12 midnight
Light Supper provided
Disco with DJ Black Jack
Location: Quinn’s Bar, Newcastle
Time: 7pm – 10pm
Contact: 028 4372 6400
Live Entertainment (Every Friday)
Location: The Maghera Inn, Ballyloughlin Road, Castlewellan
Time: 9.30pm
Contact: 028 4372 2236
Live Jamming Session – All musicians welcome (Every Friday)
Location: The Dugout, Main Street, Newcastle
Music by The Humdingers
Location: O’Hare’s Lounge Bars, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 2487
Sparky’s Teenage Disco (Every Friday)
Location: Sparky’s, Diamond Pat’s, Newcastle
Admission: £5.00
Age: 13 – 17year olds
Contact: 028 4372 5700
Live Music (Every Friday)
Location: Diamond Pat’s, Central Promenade, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 5700
Music by Johnny Bravo
Location: Denvir’s, English Street, Downpatrick
Contact: 028 4461 2012
DJ McKee
Location: The Villager, Crossgar
Contact: 028 4453 0385
SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY
Car Boot Sale (Every Saturday)
Location: Down Hockey Grounds, Strangford Road, Downpatrick
Time: 9.00am – 4.00pm
Contact: 078 7857 5637 or traders@hotmail.co.uk
Indoor Market & Craft Fair (Every Saturday)
Location: Eclipse Cinemas, Downpatrick
Time: 9.00am-2.00pm
Admission: FREE
Contact: 07881550883/07879635771
Free Parking, Disabled Access
Lamp-work Demonstrations
Margaret Napier is a lamp-work glass artist based in County Down. She produces unique on-of beads and jewellery.
Location: Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Admission: FREE
Contact: 028 4461 0747
Viking Crafts
Come along and make a range of Viking themed crafts, from helmets to jewellery.
Location: Down County Museum
Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Admission: £3
Contact: 028 4461 5218
Traditional Folk & Blue Grass (Every Saturday)
Location: Dufferin Arms, Killyleagh
Time: 4.00pm – 9.00pm
Contact: 028 4482 1182
Rath Celtair Folk Music Club
The club will present virtuoso accordion player Mairtin O’Connor alongside one of the Country’s top fiddle players Cathal Hayden, who currently plays with Four Men and a Dog and singer guitarist Seamie O’Dowd. The trio together promise a night of wonderful music to delight traditional music fans.
Location: Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Time: 8pm
Admission: £12 / £10 concession
Contact: 028 4461 0747
Danny: 077 0320 9886
Music by Richard Walker
Location: Denvir’s, English Street, Downpatrick
Contact: 028 4461 2012
Disco with DJ Simon
Location: Quinn’s Bar, Newcastle
Time: 9pm
Admission: £5
Contact: 028 4372 6400
Live Music in the Lounge (Every Saturday)
Location: The Ramble Inn, Ballykilbeg, Downpatrick.
Time: 9.00pm
Contact: 028 4461 2154
Traditional Irish Music by Red Biddy
Location: Curran’s Bar & Steakhouse, Chapeltown, Ardglass
Contact: 028 4484 1332
Music by Jim Lyons
Location: Magee’s Lounge, Crossgar
Time: Music from 9.15 pm – 12.30 am
Live Country Music (Every Saturday)
Location: Golf Links House, Dundrum Road, Newcastle
Time: 9.00pm – Late
Contact: 028 4372 2054
Music by JB & The Outlaws
Location: Macken’s Bar
Contact: 028 4372 3430
Live Music in Front Bar with Sugartown Road
Location: O’Hare’s Lounge Bars, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 2487
Live Music with Roxy (Music Every Saturday)
Location: Diamond Pat’s, Central Promenade, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 5700
70’s Disco with DJ Phillips
Location: The Villager, Crossgar
Contact: 028 4453 0385
Karaoke with Finbarr & Rosie
Location: The Dugout, Main Street, Newcastle
Time: 10.00pm till late
Live Entertainment (Weekly)
Location: The Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 2599
SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY
Karaoke
Location: Quinn’s Bar, Newcastle
Time: 9pm
Admission: £5
Contact: 028 4372 6400
Music by Paul & Gerry
Location: Denvir’s, English Street, Downpatrick
Contact: 028 4461 2012
Traditional Irish Music Session with Celtair (Every Sunday)
Location: The Quoile Tavern, Scotch Street, Downpatrick
Time: 9.00pm
Contact: 028 4461 7777
Live Music (Every Sunday)
Location: Diamond Pat’s, Central Promenade, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 5700
Live Band in Front Bar (Every Sunday)
Location: O’Hare’s Lounge Bars, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 2487
Live Music by
Location: The Dugout, Main Street, Newcastle
Time: 4pm – 7pm
Live Entertainment (Weekly)
Location: The Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 2599
Open Mic Night with Jericho
Location: Curran’s Bar & Steakhouse, Chapeltown, Ardglass
Admission: Free
Contact: 028 4484 1332
WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY
Countryside Walks – Castlewellan Forest Park ‘In & Out Walk’
Location: Meet at Upper Square, Castlewellan (Boots essential)
Time: 11.00am (Generally 5 – 8 miles).
Admission: £7.00 per person
Contact: 028 4377 8721/ cahalking@utvinternet.com
Quiz Night (Every Wednesday)
Location: Denvir’s, English Street, Downpatrick
Time: 10.00pm
Contact: 028 4461 2012
Jam Session
Location: Macken’s Bar
Contact: 028 4372 3430
Music in Mariners Lounge (Every Wednesday)
Location: Diamond Pat’s, Central Promenade, Newcastle
Contact: 028 4372 5700
NIASP – Anxiety, Stress, Panic attacks (1ST & 2ND Wednesday of each month)
Group sharing experiences & support group.
Location: Ballymote Centre beside Supervalu
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Contact: Pam Neill-McVeigh 028 9023 5170
HERITAGE COLLECTION – DOWNPATRICK LIBRARY
The Heritage Gallery in Downpatrick Library
- County Down Historical Maps
- Local Newspapers on microfilm
- Photographs and Postcards
- Street Directories and Journals
- Books – a core County Down collection of local history titles including the Gravestone Inscription series.
- Griffith’s Valuation and Ordnance Survey Parish Memoirs.
Location: Downpatrick Library
Time: During Library Opening Hours
Contact: 028 4461 1448
Email: localstudies.down@librariesni.org.uk
ART OF THE RAILS
Art off the Rails (1st Saturday in each month) Participate in Art off the Rails, both amateur and professional artists are invited to take advantage of this unique opportunity to display and sell their work in the centre of Downpatrick. No piece of work to exceed a price of £150.
Location: The Square, Market Street, Downpatrick
Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm
Contact: Down Community Arts 028 4461 5703
EXHIBITION – ABOUT FACES
Local photographer Bobby Hanvey’s many familiar local characters in colour and monochrome taken day and daily over the decades of his life in Lecale.
Duration: Friday 20 January – Saturday 25 February
Location: Down Arts Centre
Time: During Arts Centre Opening Hours
Admission: FREE
Contact: 028 4461 0747
EXHIBITION – TITANIC – HONOUR & GLORY
In the 100th anniversary year of the sinking of the famous ship, this exhibition looks at the story of the Titanic and her sister ships of the White Star Line.
Duration: Friday 20 January – Sunday 15 April 2012
Location: Down County Museum
Time: During Museum Opening Hours
Admission: FREE
Contact: 028 4461 5218
EXHIBITION – WELL 2 PROJECT
Over the past few months a group of young people in the Downpatrick area have been working with local artist, Tom Cunningham, to produce some excellent and unusual pieces of work using a variety of art techniques, material and technology, and the final results have been amazing.
Duration: 7 – 28 February 2012
Location: Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick
Time: Opening Hours Mon – Sat 9am – 5pm
Admission: FREE
Contact: 028 4461 9000
EXHIBITION – DOCTOR’S ORDERS – THE STORY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH IN COUNTY DOWN
This exhibition features items from the Museum’s medical collections including in some recently donated objects from the Downe Hospital.
Duration: Tuesday 21 February –January 2013
Location: Down County Museum
Time: During Museum Opening Hours
Admission: FREE
Contact: 028 4461 5218