Derry · Thu 1 to Sun 4 October

What's on in Derry this weekend

16 listings: 10 fully checked, 5 with one soft field, 1 unconfirmed. Our five picks are labelled, starting with Book this now. How we check

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Jordan O'Keefe at the Nerve Centre

Saturday at 7pm (doors 6.30pm) at the Nerve Centre on Magazine Street, £17.50 plus booking fee. On Monday Ticketsolve showed 52 tickets left for his hometown show.

✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, nervecentre.ticketsolve.com

People walking and cycling across the Peace Bridge over the River Foyle, with the Guildhall clock tower on the far bank — Peace Bridge, Derry. Photo: Robert Eva, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Thu1 October

Thursday 1 October
9.30am to 5pm, 7pm to 9pm	Cloud Flocks & Herds: Helen Merrigan ColferCeramic sculpture exhibition, runs to 24 October.Flowerfield Arts Centre, 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart Price not announced~ Checked 3/4Dates from Flowerfield's exhibition page; Thursday hours from the opening-times block on flowerfield.org. No admission price published.
10am to 4pm	Seamus Heaney HomePlace exhibitionTimed-entry exhibition on Heaney's life and poems in his home village.Seamus Heaney HomePlace, 45 Main Street, Bellaghy £12~ Checked 3/4Times are the first and last timed-entry slots in HomePlace's Ticketsolve feed (Sun slots 1pm to 4pm). Adult £12, over-60s and students £8, children 8+ £7.50, under-8s free, family £29. Opening hours not checked on seamusheaneyhome.com.
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Fri2 October

Magazine Street running inside the city walls, a row of brick and painted terraces with the Guildhall clock tower behind — Magazine Street, Derry. Photo: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Friday 2 October
9.30am to 6pm	If it rainsMuseum of Free DerryCivil rights, Free Derry and Bloody Sunday, told in the Bogside where it happened.Museum of Free Derry, 55 Glenfada Park £10~ Checked 3/4Hours and prices from the museum's own site only (weekday hours to 31 Oct; last entry 5pm). Adult £10, concessions £5 to £8; 10% off booking online. Booking page not read.
7pm to 9pm	Dúchas: Handprinting an Irish Linen LampshadePrint Irish linen by hand, then make it into a lampshade. Adults only.Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, 24 Main Street, Limavady £65✓ Checked 4/41 Oct: roevalleyarts.com and eventbrite.co.uk agree on date, time and price.
8pm	Under £20The Unfinished BroadsideDrama and music about Strabane printer John Dunlap and the Declaration of Independence.Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, 24 Main Street, Limavady Free✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, eventbrite.co.uk
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Sat3 October

The Promenade in Portstewart with parked cars, seafront flats and shops curving round towards the harbour — The Promenade, Portstewart. Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Saturday 3 October
10am to 12pm	Mini-Makers: Mosaic Sea CreaturesChildren aged 8+ make a sea-themed mosaic coaster to take home.An Coire, 132B Tirkane Road, Maghera £15✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, ancarn.org
10am	Weekend Wonders: Grandparents Day SpecialGrandparent and grandchild (6+) draw each other's portraits, then add colour and collage.Flowerfield Arts Centre, 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart £18✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, eventbrite.co.uk
10am to 1pm	The odd oneFungi ID WorkshopLearn to identify wild mushrooms on a morning at a Sperrins nature reserve.Drumnaph Nature Reserve, 15 Halfgayne Road, Maghera £15~ Checked 3/4Organised by An Carn; only the An Carn page read. On 29 Sep it showed 2 places left but also a line saying general admission is sold out, so check before going.
11am to 5pm	The Breathing Wall: Daniel Godínez NivónNew exhibition on the plants, stone and memory of Derry's city walls.Void, 10 Waterloo Place, Derry Price not announced~ Checked 3/4Dates (26 Sep to 12 Dec) from Void's own page; Tue to Sat 11am to 5pm hours from visitderry.com only. No admission price published.
2pm	Stuart Reid: Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!Children's author does a loud, silly live show about his books.Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry Free✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, nervecentre.ticketsolve.com
7pm	Book this nowJordan O'KeefeDerry singer's biggest hometown headline show. 18+, standing.Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry £17.50✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, nervecentre.ticketsolve.com
8pm	Calum MacPhailScottish singer and accordionist with his band, trad and folk.New Gate Arts & Culture Centre, 2-4 Kennedy Place, Derry £25✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, newgatearts.com €25.63 with the ticket site's booking fee.
8pm	Date nightCeol Beo: Tommy SandsThe Co Down folk singer and songwriter plays a small hall in the Sperrins.An Coire, 132B Tirkane Road, Maghera £20✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, ancarn.org
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Sun4 October

A junction on Main Street in Limavady with traffic lights, bunting across the road and a red-brick building on the corner — Main Street, Limavady. Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sunday 4 October
9am to 5pm	Tower Museum: The Derry Girls ExperienceProps and a Quinn house set from the TV show, plus a DNA museum preview.Tower Museum, Union Hall Place, Derry Price not announced! Unconfirmed 2/4Hours (last admission 4pm) from visitderry.com only. Council page gives no hours or prices; TXGB booking page shows no price without a date search. Ring 028 7137 2411.
3pm	The HomePlace Book Club: Twist by Colum McCannMonthly book club; October's book is Colum McCann's Twist.Seamus Heaney HomePlace, 45 Main Street, Bellaghy £6✓ Checked 4/41 Oct: seamusheaneyhome.com and seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com agree on date, time and price.
7pm	Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille BrottoSenegalese kora player and French accordionist play as a duo.New Gate Arts & Culture Centre, 2-4 Kennedy Place, Derry £15✓ Checked 4/428 Sep, newgatearts.com €15.38 with the ticket site's booking fee.
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