Halloween
Halloween Pumpkin Patch 2026
Time TBC+2 more dates
Ark Open Farm · 8 mi
- Indoor & outdoor
- Sensory-friendly
What's on for families in Carrickfergus
182 family events within 10 miles of Carrickfergus over the next four weeks: crafts, shows, storytimes, trails and more.
Carrickfergus Castle, right on the shore, is a castle children can climb around and dress up in, with a café and picnic spots looking over the lough. Carrickfergus Museum nearby is free, with a play castle and dressing-up corner for younger ones, and the Marine Gardens and promenade are a short walk away.
Today
Festivals & fairs
Halloween
Halloween
Streamvale's Halloween Pumpkin Patch 2026
9am – 12:30pm+6 more dates
Streamvale Open Farm · 9 mi
- Outdoor
Crafts & making
Gulliver's Travels: A Creative Writing Adventure
10am – 12pm
Carrickfergus Museum · Under a mile
- Ages 8–12
- £12
- Indoor
Halloween
Halloween at Ulster Folk Museum
10am – 4pm+2 more dates
Ulster Folk Museum · 5 mi
- £9.35–£32
- Indoor & outdoor
Halloween
Halloween
Halloween
Music
Caregiver & Baby Music, Movement & Sensory Workshops
11am – 12:30pm+7 more dates
Carrickfergus Museum · Under a mile
- Up to 1
- £12
- Indoor
Halloween
Halloween Spooky Scavenger Hunt (Cloughfern Library)
11am – 5pm+2 more dates
Cloughfern Library · 5 mi
- Indoor
- Drop in
Theatre & shows
Halloween
Spooktacular Halloween Witch-Crafts! (Ardoyne Library)
11:30am – 12:30pm
Ardoyne Library · 9 mi
- Ages 6+
- Indoor
- Drop in
Halloween
Halloween
Halloween
Spooktacular Activity Afternoon (Cloughfern Library)
2:30pm – 4pm
Cloughfern Library · 5 mi
- Ages 4–11
- Indoor
Halloween
Science & museums
Halloween
Little Spooks and Storybooks Festival: Boo Bash! (Rathcoole Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Rathcoole Library · 6 mi
Halloween
Bats and Broomsticks and Halloween Fun (Grove Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Grove Library · 8 mi
- Indoor
- Drop in
Halloween
'Eye' Love Reading! - Halloween Storytime and Craft (Holywood Arches Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Holywood Arches Library · 9 mi
- Indoor
Halloween
Halloween
Halloween
Spooky Hallowe'en Bedtime Stories (Glengormley Library)
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Glengormley Library · 7 mi
- Ages 3–8
Storytime & rhyme
Rhythm and Rhyme (Bangor Carnegie Library)
9:30am – 10am+3 more dates
Bangor Carnegie Library · 7 mi
- Up to 4
Tomorrow
Halloween
Not So Scary Halloween: Spooky Seaside Creations
10am – 10:45am+3 more dates
North Down Museum · 7 mi
- Ages 3–11
- £7
- Indoor
Saturday 31 October
Halloween
Little Monsters Breakfast Banquet
12am – 11am+1 more date
The Ivy (Granary Square Brasserie and other Ivy Brasserie locations, excluding Ivy West Street) · 9 mi
- £27.50–£32.50
- Indoor
Sunday 1 November
Theatre & shows
Monday 2 November
Storytime & rhyme
Junior Reading Group aged 9-11 (Ardoyne Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Ardoyne Library · 9 mi
- Ages 9–11
- Free
- Indoor
- Drop in
Tuesday 3 November
Storytime & rhyme
Junior Reading Group (Glengormley Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Glengormley Library · 7 mi
- Ages 9–11
- Free
- Indoor
- Drop in
Wednesday 4 November
Storytime & rhyme
Thursday 5 November
Crafts & making
Friday 6 November
Something different
Something different
Saturday 7 November
Storytime & rhyme
Rhythm and Rhyme (Chichester Library)
10:30am – 11am
Chichester Library · 7 mi
- Up to 4
- Free
- Indoor
- Drop in
Tuesday 10 November
Storytime & rhyme
Sensory Stay and Play Club (Glengormley Library)
11:30am – 12:30pm
Glengormley Library · 7 mi
- Indoor
- Sensory-friendly
Wednesday 11 November
Storytime & rhyme
Thursday 12 November
Christmas
Letters to Santa (Carrickfergus Library)
Time TBC+11 more dates
Carrickfergus Library · Under a mile
- Ages 2–10
- Free
- Indoor
Saturday 14 November
Crafts & making
Sunday 15 November
Theatre & shows
Wednesday 18 November
Outdoors & nature
Go Green with Libraries NI (Tullycarnet Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Tullycarnet Library · 9 mi
- Ages 5–11
- Indoor & outdoor
Thursday 19 November
Science & museums
Go On - Meet Kubo the robot! (Belfast Central Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Belfast Central Library · 9 mi
- Ages 4–10
- Indoor
Friday 20 November
Crafts & making
Design your dream library for Universal Children's Day! (Whitehead Library)
10am – 5pm
Whitehead Library · 5 mi
- Indoor
- Drop in
Saturday 21 November
Christmas
Carrickfergus Christmas Lights Switch On
3pm – 5:30pm
High Street / Market Place · Under a mile
- Free
- Indoor & outdoor
- Drop in
- Sensory-friendly
Sunday 22 November
Christmas
Where things happen around Carrickfergus
The venues with the most family events coming up within 5 miles.
- Carrickfergus Library17 events
- Whitehead Library11 events
- Cloughfern Library9 events
- Greenisland Library9 events
- Carrickfergus Museum8 events
- Ulster Folk Museum2 events
