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Roots Revealed is a professional genealogy and family history service based in Ballymena and they are now taking bookings for their upcoming Exploring Your Roots genealogy evening course.  It will be delivered by local genealogist Natalie…

The Film|Makers Exhibition at the Braid is open until Saturday 19th August 2017 and is well worth a visit. We called to see it for ourselves recently. The Exhibition is in the Mid Antrim Museum on the second floor of The Braid. So…

From Paperboy to Peace Builder - An Evening with Tony Macaulay will be held in Ballymena at the Braid Town Hall. It will be held as part of Community Relations and Cultural Awareness Week 2016. If the name sounds familiar it is because we…

Agatha Christie's The Hollow is set to be a must see play in Ballymena in September. The Ad Hoc Theatre Group are working hard and rehearsing to prepare a brilliant performance of this classic country house murder. Agatha Christie's…

Sleeping Beauty will appear at the Braid in Ballymena. The brilliant panto is here just in time to get us in the Christmas mood and if you go along you will be helping to support NIAMH, the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health.…

Ballymena will welcome Patrick Kielty to the Braid next month. On Saturday 20 June 2015 the Dundrum comedian will be bringing his new show to Northern Ireland and  he is looking for help. Kielty, a psychology graduate is asking audiences…

The Castle Players will be performing "Cupid wore Skirts" at the Braid in Ballymena. The Castle Players are a Ballymena based theatre company who are presenting “Cupid Wore Skirts”, an exciting production which is based on what happens…

The Braid Real Music Club will welcome Bronagh Gallagher to Ballymena this Saturday. The actress and singer was born in Derry and is coming to Ballymena to perform an acoustic gig with Conor Brady to promote her latest album. Read a review…

The Braid Mid-Antrim Museum based in Ballymena is currently showing an exhibition of patchwork quilts. Patchwork quilts of all styles, ages and from lots of different places will be on display to the public in the Exhibition Gallery from…