Halloween
Halloween Pumpkin Patch 2026
Time TBC+2 more dates
Ark Open Farm · 2 mi
- Indoor & outdoor
- Sensory-friendly
What's on for families in Newtownards
145 family events within 10 miles of Newtownards over the next four weeks: crafts, shows, storytimes, trails and more.
The Ark Open Farm, on the Bangor Road on the edge of town, has pet lambs, kid goats, rabbits and pony rides. Scrabo Country Park is free, with woodland walks and the tower looking out over Strangford Lough. Mount Stewart, the National Trust house and gardens on the lough shore, makes a bigger day out.
Today
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Festivals & fairs
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Streamvale's Halloween Pumpkin Patch 2026
9am – 12:30pm+6 more dates
Streamvale Open Farm · 5 mi
- Outdoor
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SUPER Natural at Castle Espie
10am – 5pm+3 more dates
WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre · 4 mi
- Indoor & outdoor
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Halloween at Ulster Folk Museum
10am – 4pm+2 more dates
Ulster Folk Museum · 6 mi
- £9.35–£32
- Indoor & outdoor
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Crafts & making
Gulliver's Travels: A Creative Writing Adventure
10am – 12pm
Carrickfergus Museum · 10 mi
- Ages 8–12
- £12
- Indoor
Theatre & shows
Music
Caregiver & Baby Music, Movement & Sensory Workshops
11am – 12:30pm+7 more dates
Carrickfergus Museum · 10 mi
- Up to 1
- £12
- Indoor
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'Eye' Love Reading! - Halloween Storytime and Craft (Holywood Arches Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Holywood Arches Library · 8 mi
- Indoor
Storytime & rhyme
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Bats and Broomsticks and Halloween Fun (Grove Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Grove Library · 9 mi
- Indoor
- Drop in
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Storytime & rhyme
7 - 9 Year Old Reading Group (Newtownbreda Library)
6:30pm – 7:15pm
Newtownbreda Library · 9 mi
- Ages 7–9
- Free
- Indoor
- Drop in
Storytime & rhyme
Rhythm and Rhyme (Bangor Carnegie Library)
9:30am – 10am+3 more dates
Bangor Carnegie Library · 5 mi
- Up to 4
Tomorrow
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Not So Scary Halloween: Spooky Seaside Creations
10am – 10:45am+3 more dates
North Down Museum · 4 mi
- Ages 3–11
- £7
- Indoor
Saturday 31 October
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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
Rhythm and Rhyme (Donaghadee Library)
10:30am – 11am+3 more dates
Donaghadee Library · 7 mi
- Up to 4
- Indoor
Tuesday 3 November
Storytime & rhyme
Page Turners Book Club (Ballyhackamore Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Ballyhackamore Library · 7 mi
- Ages 9–11
- Indoor
Wednesday 4 November
Storytime & rhyme
Thursday 5 November
Storytime & rhyme
Children's Storytime (Tullycarnet Library)
3:30pm – 4pm
Tullycarnet Library · 5 mi
- Ages 4–8
- Free
- Indoor
- Drop in
Friday 6 November
Something different
Game On (Holywood Arches Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Holywood Arches Library · 8 mi
- Ages 7–11
- Free
- Indoor
- Drop in
Saturday 7 November
Storytime & rhyme
Rhythm and Rhyme (Chichester Library)
10:30am – 11am
Chichester Library · 9 mi
- Up to 4
- Free
- Indoor
- Drop in
Tuesday 10 November
Storytime & rhyme
Wednesday 11 November
Storytime & rhyme
WordPlay French Class (Ormeau Road Library)
4pm – 5pm+1 more date
Ormeau Road Library · 9 mi
- Ages 7–11
- Indoor
Thursday 12 November
Christmas
Letters to Santa (Carrickfergus Library)
Time TBC+11 more dates
Carrickfergus Library · 10 mi
- Ages 2–10
- Free
- Indoor
Saturday 14 November
Christmas
Wednesday 18 November
Outdoors & nature
Go Green with Libraries NI (Tullycarnet Library)
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Tullycarnet Library · 5 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
Saturday 21 November
Christmas
Carrickfergus Christmas Lights Switch On
3pm – 5:30pm
High Street / Market Place · 10 mi
- Free
- Indoor & outdoor
- Drop in
- Sensory-friendly
Sunday 22 November
Christmas
Where things happen around Newtownards
The venues with the most family events coming up within 5 miles.
- Newtownards Library8 events
- Bangor Carnegie Library7 events
- Dundonald Library7 events
- Comber Library6 events
- Ark Open Farm2 events
- North Down Museum2 events
