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St George’s Market Belfast

Weekend

Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the

Restoration of St Georges Market &

The Beginning of Months of Sundays

25th, 26th and 27th June from

10.00am onwards each day

CHOIRS | HISTORY TOURS | BELFAST GUITAR TRIO | SILVERFISH | VOCA LOCA

URSULA BURNS ON HARP | SAMSONELLES | PIANO RECITALS ON THE BALCONY

HOG-ROASTING | VICTORIAN ECONOMY COOKING | DRAWING CLASSES

RAG AND BONE MAN | ARK FARM | VOXPOP CAMERAS

Local Organic Produce, Continental Dishes, ‘Longest Fish Counter in Ireland’, Deli Counters, Local Artists and Craftspeople, Antique and Vintage, Bric-a-brac, a wide variety of the best from one of the best markets in United Kingdom and Ireland.

Come as a Victorian character on Sunday.

Join our St Georges Photo Archive and maybe win a prize!!!

 

 Friday 25th

From 10 in the morning

Street Songs from St Malachy’s Primary School Choir (sung at the original Market opening ten years ago)


Classical stringed-instrumentals throughout the market day

 Street Theatre telling the hundred year-old story of St George’s Market History at 11.00. Meet at the clock.

Two wandering camera crews provided by Northern Visions to capture memories.

 (Five minutes of your time makes you part of the St George’s Market Archive –some of these will be included in the Market Memories documentary to be premiered in late September))
 

Moochin Photoman on search for the faces of St George’s Market on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for a Portrait of the many Faces of St Georges’.

 
Saturday
26th

From 11.00am

 Pot-Throwing Demonstration by Claycrafts’ Wenda Campbell throughout the day.

 How to Spit a Hog Demonstration / How to Bone a Fish Demonstration / Victorian Economy Cooking Demonstration 

Music by Silverfish

Voca Loca Women’s Choir (Suffragette and other songs) celebrating women’s struggle for peace and justice of the last 100 years at Noon. (on Market floor)
 

A Hundred Years of St George’s Market History . Street Theatre performed at 11.0AM and 1.0PM. Tickets available at Market Office .Meet at the Market Clock.
 

 Wandering Cameras from Northern Visions on the lookout for opinions from traders and customers.

 Tell Karen Mc Cartney (History Facilitator from Ulster Peoples’ College) What would you like to see in the Market? What do you love about St George’s Market? What makes us one of the top markets in Great Britain and Ireland? Be part of history.

 

Sunday 27th

 (the first official Sunday Market in Belfast’s St George’s Market History)

 Ursula Burns on harp in Craft Alley throughout Market Day (copies of Ursula’s new album available)


 Samsonelles (this group launched the newly refurbished building ten years ago) reformed for this special occasion.

 Starting at 12 noon.
Victorian teas served in St George’s Bar and Grill served throughout the Market Day

 Piano Recitals
on St George’s Balcony. (pupils from the European Piano Teachers Association)


 Street Theatre
at 11.00am and 1.00pm. Tickets from Office. (£3 per adult with two children free) Meet at Market Clock Look out for the horse and cart of the Rag and Bone Man outside!


 Una Mc Cullough
and Sheila Piele from Cultra Museum will demonstrate, knitting, tatting, quilting, patchwork and other traditional textile techniques in the Craft Alley end of St George’s


 Drawing Lessons
at Kingsmill Nurseries Stall provided by Art Tutors from PS2 Gallery. Take home your own artwork

 

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All our golden yesterdays - back in the heart of Belfast!

Ever wondered how you can harvest your own honey in the city? Or how  to weave your own basket? And what about spinning your own wool or making your own ram’s head poker? Come along and meet a community of artisans & craftspeople in St Georges Market on market days.

There you will come face to face with bee keepers, weavers, spinners, bakers, basket-makers and blacksmiths and what about learning from the experts on how to prepare food, fish and meat in age-old traditional ways?

 The bees will not be the only ones buzzin’- see a weaver create linen before your very eyes – and get the heart –warming delicious smell of fresh soda farls and potato bread made in the old traditional ways.

Then there is the historical tour around St Georges Market itself. Learn all about how it was built and all the people who have made a living in it over the years and the many famous people who have passed through it. Find out why our ancestors thronged thick and fast to attend the weekly jamboree that the life of the market offered. They too had to count the pennies as they went hunting for bargains. Some traders trekked for miles from the surrounding countryside from early morning to ensure they had a good pitch for their stalls or carts.

     

    Come back in time with us for an experience you won’t forget – on each and every market day