Upcoming Events and Workshops

Spring on the Farm - Family Open Day

Meet our pet lambs & feed our donkeys and goats. For big and little kids, get creative at the junior heritage craft stations. Take the nature trail hunt and stop off along the way in your personal picnic spot with a little treat.

25th May 2026

Glenravel International Furnace Festival

Watch expert smelters from around the world take iron ore from our local mines and smelt it into iron in mud furnaces built from the land around us. Witness this ancient process as it was over 3000 years ago

30th & 31st May 2026

Folk Wisdom Weekend

Tenth Glen Heritage Farms fourth annual heritage skills festival promises to be another engaging weekend of traditional crafts, natural heritage, restoration skills, local history, heritage farming and plenty of craic

30th & 31st May 2026

Heritage Farm & Craft Experiences - Vintage Hand Tool Carpentry Workshop

Get hands on with the traditional celtic farming calendar. Unlock ancestral skills hidden in your fingertips with hands on traditional farm activities such as threshing corn, butter making or learn a craft working with natural materials like willow, flax & wood.

6th June 2026

Slemish Market Supper Club

Join us for an elegant six-course dining experience where the finest seasonal produce is transformed into beautifully crafted dishes using time-honoured cooking traditions. Expect a night of refined flavours, beautiful countryside, and unforgettable atmosphere, a celebration of regenerative food at its very best.

6th June 2026

Walking Heritage Farm Tours

Discover the myth and folklore rooted in the land and how we now care for it. From rural life over 100years ago to modern regenerative farming and from High Kings of Ireland to iron ore mining & the Industrial Revolution

Wednesdays in June – Sept 2026

Fire, Feast & Folklore - Summer Solstice

Step back to a simpler time and peek in the window to an old Irish way of life. Capture the spirit of the past and connect to the land, life and legends through Fire, Feast and Folklore, authentic Irish rural experiences and fireside feasts on our heritage farm.

19th June 2026

Archipelago Festival Of Colour

Immerse yourself in a weekend celebration of all things natural colour! An intimate festival dedicated entirely to natural dyes, pigments, and inks, honouring the Land that provides them.

25th & 26th July 2026

European Heritage Open Day 2026

Flax, oats and potato crops will all be at various stages of harvest. Learn about the importance of these crops in our heritage and get an opportunity to get hands on with some some of the traditional harvest tasks such as pulling flax or threshing oats.

12th & 13th September 2026

Samhain - Trick or Treaters Escape Room

Join us to discover the origins of Halloween as you play our Trick or Treaters themed escape room game. A chilling and thrilling alternative entertainment this Halloween, suitable for families, young and old

16th October to 1st November 2026