Blog (May 2025) - Visit Derry

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Lilian Seenoi Barr, has welcomed the launch of the prestigious All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships which will take place in Ebrington Square on 5th July.

Gary Lightbody, lead singer and guitarist with rock band Snow Patrol will be joining us here at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on 21st August 2025.

Foyle Port welcomed its first cruise ship of the 2025 season yesterday, Sunday 11th May, as the state-of-the-art expedition vessel World Explorer arrived at Lisahally. Her visit marks the start of what is set to be a positive and exciting cruise season for the region.

The Tower Museum’s famous Armada Shipwreck collection is on the move, as National Museums NI commences restoration work on the key artefacts before they make the transition to their new home in the state-of-the-art new DNA (Derry~Londonderry on the North Atlantic) Museum in Ebrington Square.

The ‘City of Song’ certainly lived up to its name at the weekend as tens of thousands soaked up the sunshine and the sounds at the City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival.

One of the most significant moments in world history will be commemorated in Derry next month with a special event to mark 80 years since the surrender of the Battle of the Atlantic, and the end of a fierce struggle to protect vital shipping lines that claimed over 100,000 lives during World War II.