Halloween Carnival Weekend – Derry Northern Ireland – 29 Oct / 1 Nov

The largest Halloween Street Carnival in Europe

• Celebrate at the largest Halloween Street Carnival Costume Party in Europe with over 30,000 revellers at The Rise of the River Gods Carnival and fireworks display

• Get into the Halloween spirit as you stroll through Derry’s cobbled streets and the Guildhall Square Animation , Music and Street Performance

• Enjoy illumination, mechanical sculpture, shadowplay, music, dance and fire performance as well as some of Ireland’s finest street and night circus performers

• Marvel at a theatrical dreamworld of light, fire, sculpture and circus with Derry~Londonderry’s iconic 17th Century Walls

• Enjoy delicious local produce and wonderful fayre at the Night & Day Time Markets

Food, Nature, Whiskey and Culture

• Sample some of Belfast’s best traditional barswith its famous collection of whiskeysor a pint of Guinness

• Explore the hidden wonders of the North Antrim Coast including the world famous Giant’s Causeway

• Re-live the entire Titanic story from her birth in Belfast to the fateful maiden voyage

• Lunch in the Bushmills Inn, an old Irish coaching inn and mill house

• Enjoy a fascinating tour of Bushmills, the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery

• Learn about Derry’s exceptional brewing & distilling heritage at the Walled City Brewery

• Be transported back in time at the Ulster American Folk Park and participate in a number of traditional Irish activities

Northern Ireland’sSocial and Political History

• Explore the fascinating social history of Northern Ireland’s capital.

• Experience a unique dinner inside Crumlin Gaol (jail) and hear about the history ofpolitical segregation of republican and loyalist prisoners

• View the iconic political Bogside Murals which depict the civil rights era of the 1960s, the early troubles era of the 1970’s and the events of Bloody Sunday in 1972