Making Connections: April - September Programme
12:00 - 17:00, Wednesday 17 April 2013 - Wednesday 18 September 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

Making Connections Afternoons take place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Ulster American Folk Park. Alongside free entry for anyone aged 50+ after 12 noon, we also offer special events on each date.

American Independence Celebrations
10:00 - 17:00, Thursday 4 July 2013 - Sunday 7 July 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

Where better to celebrate the 4th July than in Frontier America?

Making Connections: July
12:00 - 16:00, Wednesday 17 July 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

Alongside free entry after 12 noon for anyone aged 50+, July's Making Connections programme offers you the opportunity to find out more about Murray's Drapery Shop.

Making Connections: August
12:00 - 16:00, Wednesday 21 August 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

Enjoy a summer's afternoon at the Folk Park with free entry after 12 noon of you are aged 50+ and a curatorial talk on Irish Lace.

Return of Thomas Mellon
Monday 26 August 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

It’s August 1882 and banker, judge entrepreneur, millionaire and founding father of one of America’s richest business dynasties, Thomas Mellon has travelled back across the Atlantic Ocean to visit the home in which he was born 69 years earlier.

22nd Annual Bluegrass Music Festival
10:00 - 17:00, Friday 30 August 2013 - Sunday 1 September 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

There’ll be strumming on the porches of the log cabins, dancing in the cobbled streets and jamming outside the General Store.

Bluegrass in the Park Friday Sessions
13:00 - 18:00, Friday 30 August 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

Stroll through the outdoor museum as a mix of international and home-grown talent fill the air with the infectious sounds of bluegrass and old-time music.

Bluegrass Friday Evening Concert
20:00 - 23:00, Friday 30 August 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

The line-up for the opening night of the 22nd Anniversary Festival includes multi-talented artists from home and abroad! American Bluegrass band Cedar Hill, English Bluegrass band Jaywalkers and Scottish band Southern Tenant Folk Union open the 2013 Bluegrass Festival!

Bluegrass Saturday Evening Concert
20:00 - 23:00, Saturday 31 August 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

Lonesome River Band, Rawhide and Lynda Dawson with Pattie Hopkins will be on stage for the Saturday Bluegrass Evening concert!

Spirit of Bluegrass Gospel Concert
18:30 - 20:30, Sunday 1 September 2013
Ulster American Folk Park

Back by popular demand this years Spirit of Bluegrass Gospel Concert is a definite must see! The grand finale of the Bluegrass 2013 Music Festival will see Cedar Hill and The Churchmen take to stage.