Open House

Seaside Revival pays tribute to Bangor’s heyday as a prominent coastal resort with a celebration of all things vintage, local, and seaside inspired. More info on this year's event: openhousefestival.com/event/seaside-…

Tickets on sale now. openhousefestival.com

Are you ready for the summer? We're announcing the Open House Festival 2024 lineup at 10am tomorrow. Tickets available from 10am on Friday 26 April.

Nouvelle Vague are back appropriating the punk and post-punk canon through a Bossa Nova filter. Expect covers of artists such as New Order, Talking Heads, The Buzzcocks, Blondie and The Clash. // @belfastEmpire Tickets available from: openhousepresents.com/event/nouvelle…

WE'VE WON! Yeooooo. We’re absolutely over the bloody moon that we've been awarded Project of the Year in The National Lottery Awards . The Court House is the first Northern Ireland based winner of this highly prestigious award, chosen from over 3,700 projects across the UK. [1/2]

VOTE FOR US! We're honoured to be a National Lottery Project of the Year finalist! No NI based project has ever won & we'd love to be the first - but we need your help. Please comment below or RT this post using #NLACourtHouseBangor. Or click the link in our bio to vote by email.

Today sees the return of Seaside Revival, our one day vintage festival down by the seafront between 12-6pm, and better yet it’s all free.

Great profile Alison Gordon ⁦@openhousefest⁩ ⁦@BelTel⁩ who with Kieran has spearheaded arts & culture regen #Bangor Serious investment now catching up with new city on its feet & bright future ahead. Don’t forget #Seasidefest from 12 tomorrow belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/…

Bangor's in the spotlight today: 3pm: BBC Radio Ulster’s The Ticket for an hour of Festival chat with Dave Elliott, Martha Greer, Amy Louise Wyatt. 7pm: UTV Life for a preview of tomorrow’s Seaside Revival Vintage Festival w/ Alison Gordon and In Full Swing + dance duo.

Listen in to Good Morning Ulster on @bbcradioulster tomorrow for a Bangor special about regeneration and culture with lots of local folk chatting live from The Court House including Alison Gordon, The Florentinas, Taylor Lally & Colin Bateman. #Goodmorningulster #bbcradioulster

We are delighted to announce the welcome return of Foy Vance to his hometown of Bangor for two shows on Friday 8th & Saturday 9th December. You can sign up for early access to tickets by joining our mailing list at tinyurl.com/ohfmailinglist

The Open House summer starts this Saturday with the Pickie to Pier Swim. We’d like to say a huge thank you to the Clandeboye Lodge for their ongoing generous support – and to the 100+ volunteers who’ll be giving up their free time to help us this summer.

After 14 years away, indie-folk group Great Lake Swimmers return to Belfast this December. The Toronto band are renowned for their homespun folk and intimate Americana shows and join us at Ulster Sports Club on Friday 15 December. Tickets from openhousepresents.com

Back in 2021 Alison & Kieran hosted Michael Portillo and The Great Coastal Railway Journeys team to film an episode about the Bangor to Belfast train line. The show airs on BBC2 this evening at 6:30pm, or you can stream it now on the iPlayer.

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The Bangor summer has officially started ❤️

Buzzing to say I am doing my BRAND NEW show ROLEPLAY as part of the Open House Festival at the Walled Garden in my home City of Bangor by the Sea!! Tickets: openhousefestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

Here it is... our 10th summer Festival in Bangor, with everything from live music, comedy, classic film and political theatre. Plus Seaside Revival Vintage Festival and Picnic In The Park return. Tickets are on sale now via openhousefestival.com See you over the summer.

We’re back and delighted to announce that Open House Festival is returning this year, marking ten years in Bangor. The Bangor Festival programme will be live from our website at 10am this coming Thursday 25th May. Tickets for the events will also be available then.

🇮🇪 2 WEEKS! • Belfast • Dublin! Remaining tickets 🎟️ 👉 bit.ly/3NttDct Can’t wait for our first trip to Ireland!! Help us spread the word and tag any Irish pals!

World tour of Ireland with @Wilco this September ~ 6th Belfast @mandelahall 8th Dublin @3olympiatheatre 9th Cork @CorkOperaHouse at @SafeHarbourFest Stop by ☾☾☾