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As the hustle and bustle of Christmas winds down and the New Year's celebrations await, there's a delightful in-between period known as Twixmas – a magical time to extend the festive spirit with your loved ones. 

The Gasyard Development Trust, a community organisation focussed on developing arts, culture and heritage within the Bogside and Brandywell area has revealed the name of its new museum. 

Thousands of people will line the streets of Derry city centre this Friday November 24th as a procession led by Santa Claus and Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Patricia Logue, turns on the Christmas lights for 2023.

Derry City and Strabane District Council will kick off their 2023 Christmas celebrations this weekend when the eagerly anticipated Guildhall Craft Fair returns to the city.

Our legenderry Walled City is renowed for its warm welcome, great craic, music scene and atmosphere.

With winter upon us, shorter days and darker nights, there's no better way to spend the evening than by checking out some of the city's cosiest pubs.

Salem is a name that’s long been synonymous with Halloween, not to mention the supernatural arts, thanks to the notorious witch trials of 1692. The Trials sent a wave of hysteria through the community instilling fear and suspicion, followed by a cull of 19 so-called witches, with over 200 people accused of practicing witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.

A senior business delegation led by US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, Joseph P. Kennedy, III, visited the North West this week as part of their wider Northern Ireland itinerary.

The Norwegian Star elegantly sailed into Lough Foyle this morning at 7am and anchored just off Greencastle. At 91,740 gross tonnage and 296m she is the biggest ever ship to anchor in the Lough. The arrival of the impressive ship marks the last of the 2023 cruise season for Foyle Port.

Derry City and Strabane District Council have announced that the Foyle Maritime Festival will return to Derry’s riverfront from Thursday 27^th until Sunday June 30^th 2024.

The Deputy Mayor of Derry and Strabane, Councillor Jason Barr, was joined by leading figures in the tourism industry for the relaunch of the Alley Visitor Information Centre in Strabane.

It’s been many months in the planning – but the curtain has finally been raised on the Derry Halloween programme for this year, with plenty of haunting highlights to keep everyone entertained from October 28^th – 31^st.

Derry city centre is set to be filled with music, song, dance, fashion and cuisine this Saturday as the North West Multicultural Festival - One World takes place in and around the Guildhall.