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Welcome to Europe’s LARGEST Halloween festival, Derry Halloween! With four days and nights of festivities to enjoy, we promise this will be an unforgettable experience – filled with ghosts and ghouls, Halloween in the Walled City is like no other. To give you some inspiration for your trip with the family this year, we’ve pulled together a four-day itinerary to help plan your spooky fun in the Halloween Capital!

Leading private bus and coach operator Aircoach has been announced as the official travel partner for Derry Halloween Festival 2024.

A packed programme of family friendly Halloween events for the Strabane area has been unveiled by the Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Lilian Seenoi Barr.

As the nights draw in it’s a busy time in the home of Halloween as the final preparations are put in place for the Carnival parade that is the centrepiece of Derry’s world-famous festivities.

The 2024 cruise season at Foyle Port wrapped up on Sunday 15th September, marking the end of a successful period in the Port's 170th year of operations. The last ship to depart Derry-Londonderry was Hebridean Princess, concluding a season that saw over 10,000 passengers and crew visit the region, bringing significant financial benefits to the local community.

Come and join Orchestra NorthWest at 6pm on Sunday 29th September 2024 in Derry’s beautiful Guildhall for our Autumn Concert! 

The magical new Derry Halloween programme went live today featuring all sorts of spell-binding delights, unveiled by the Mayor of Derry and Strabane, Councillor Lilian Seenoi Barr and Winifred the Witch.

One year on from the launch of international single-ticket fares from City of Derry Airport, as part of the take-off of the Loganair London Heathrow service offering the new hub connectivity, new passenger figures have unveiled that the number travelling through the ‘Gateway of the Northwest’ to connect to international destinations has tripled from Summer 2023 to Summer 2024.

Hilton today announced the signing of DoubleTree by Hilton Derry-Londonderry, marking the brand’s debut in Northern Ireland’s second biggest city, as part of a franchise agreement with the longstanding owners of the City Hotel.

The City of Derry International Choir Festival returns this October for its largest ever festival and organisers have announced the fantastic line-up of guest artists for this year’s programme of events.

After almost a decade of planning and development the 22nd July has been confirmed as the date for the public opening of Derry's iconic new Peacemakers Museum. 

The 12th City of Derry International Choir Festival returns this autumn from the 23rd to 27th of October and this year will see the largest ever number of participating choirs the festival has had since its inaugural year as part of the 2013 City of Culture programme.