Crafts & making
Gulliver's Travels: A Creative Writing Adventure
10am – 12pm
Carrickfergus Museum · Under a mile
- Ages 8–12
- £12
- Indoor
Rainy day ideas in Carrickfergus
Indoor events for when the weather won't play along. Some also have an outdoor part, so check the listing.
163 events within 10 miles of Carrickfergus
Today
Halloween
Halloween at Ulster Folk Museum
10am – 4pm+2 more dates
Ulster Folk Museum · 5 mi
- £9.35–£32
- Indoor & outdoor
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
Spooktacular Activity Afternoon (Cloughfern Library)
2:30pm – 4pm
Cloughfern Library · 5 mi
- Ages 4–11
- Indoor
Halloween
Science & museums
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
Storytime & rhyme
Rhythm and Rhyme (Cloughfern Library)
10:30am – 11am+4 more dates
Cloughfern Library · 5 mi
- Up to 4
- Indoor
Tomorrow
Halloween
Halloween Pumpkin Patch 2026
Time TBC+1 more date
Ark Open Farm · 8 mi
- Indoor & outdoor
- Sensory-friendly
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
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
Thursday 26 November
Science & museums
