"A week of traditional music and song under the Mourne Mountains by Carlingford Lough."
Fiddler's Green International Festival
"A traditional one-day agricultural show in the Mourne foothills with livestock, horses and home industries."
Castlewellan Show
"A week of galas, the famous Galway hooker boat races and street fun where Strangford Lough meets the sea."
Portaferry Gala
"The elegant Georgian village of Hillsborough in County Down hosts its oyster festival each September, where Carlingford and Strangford Lough oysters are opened in competition for a world title and served with champagne in the village square while chef demonstrations and live music fill the streets of one of Northern Ireland's prettiest villages."
Hillsborough International Oyster Festival
"The elegant village of Hillsborough, built around a Georgian church and an eighteenth-century castle in County Down, hosts its Christmas market each December bringing together Northern Irish craft producers and food stalls in one of the most architecturally composed village settings on the island."
Hillsborough Christmas Market
"81 years of County Down agriculture at Glenbrook Farm, where livestock classes run from poultry to pedigree cattle alongside craft stalls in a village show that has never forgotten why it started."
Saintfield Show
"A community agricultural show in one of County Down's most picturesque castle villages on Strangford Lough, with livestock, home industries and the particular pleasure of a small show done properly."
Killyleagh Show
"A celebration of the prized Comber Earlies potato, with a food village in this County Down market town."
Comber Earlies Food Festival