NEWRY BID

08/10/2025

03/10/2025

We are so exciting to launch our Halloween campaign 'Spooks in the City' 🎃👻💀🎃
We have lots of family fun activities planned for the last week of October. See below further details and the schedule. Please follow our social channels to find out more over the coming weeks.

‘Spooks in the City’ will run from Saturday 26 October to Saturday 1 November with activities for families, shoppers and the night-time economy.
Highlights include storytelling in Newry Library, a pumpkin trail across local shops, live music from Ceev, and Ghost Tours and spooky street theatre from the Newpoint Players.

Families can enjoy an inclusive sing and sign spooky style, facepainting and a children’s disco in Buttercrane. The BID’s costumed promo team, the ‘Spook Squad’, will also be out on the streets handing out sweets and vouchers.

Bars across the city are joining in with a collaborative fancy dress music night on Saturday 26 October. Bars and hospitality outlets across Newry are hosting the city’s largest ever fancy-dress competition. Simply dress up on Saturday 26th October and go to any of the participating bars from 9pm. There will be prizes in all venues with the winners going forward as finalists for Newry BID’s Best Fancy Dress. The venue will take a photo of their winner; followers on BID’s page will get to vote for their favourite with the winner picking up at £250 voucher prize package.

Other highlights include a prize for Best Dressed at Newry Parkrun on Saturday 25th October and a Best Dressed Owner Dog Walk on Friday 31st October at 10am in aid of the USPCA.

Local businesses are also being encouraged to take part in a Halloween Window Dressing Competition. Newry Twilight Market will return from 5pm to 10pm on Friday 31st October with spooky fun for all the family brought by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

03/10/2025

Congratulations to Patricia Trainor who recently picked up her voucher for Bogart Menswear from Newry BID to celebrate their relocation to Monaghan Street. Happy shopping Patricia! 🎉🎉🎉

15/09/2025

You are invited to a consultation workshop on the draft Climate Action Plan where you will hear more about the development of Northern Ireland’s first Climate Action Plan, the policies and proposals contained within and the plan for delivery. The workshop will be led by DAERA along with representatives from other NICS departments.

Date: Tuesday 16th September
Time: 10am-12pm
Venue: Canal Court Hotel & Spa, Newry


The draft Climate Action Plan includes policies and proposals identified by NICS departments to reduce emissions across all sectors of our economy and society. Departments have worked collaboratively to ensure that their policies and proposals collectively achieve the first carbon budget.

A 16-week consultation on the draft Climate Action Plan consultation provides an opportunity to continue important conversations with key stakeholders on the actions needed for Northern Ireland to achieve the first carbon budget and ultimately its net zero target by 2050.

You can view the draft Climate Action Plan and other key documents, including the link to the consultation survey on the DAERA website. (link in comments_

If you wish to attend, please register via link in comments.

01/09/2025

Did you know that Newry BID supports its members with training and support services to help upskill staff?📚🔖🎉

A number of businesses took part in our most recent training including Food Safety and Food Hygiene as well as First Aid and Customer Service training.

Businesses included Snaubs Cafe & Late Night Restaurant, and Court Hotel.

Thank you to our training partners Regional College and Matters.

If you are a Newry BID business and interested in training starting this September, please DM the page for info.
Canal Court Hotel & Spa

31/08/2025

On the Sunday of the Newry Goes Nashville weekend, we hosted a tractor display 🚜 supported by Tractor Club.

To thank and the Ferris family for their support for this event, Newry BID made a £200 donation to Hospice.

30/08/2025

Newry Pride 🏳️‍🌈

30/08/2025

Are you in Newry? We are delighted to have McGrath music in Bar this afternoon from 5pm-7pm to close off Summer in the City. 🎶🎤🎉
Call in!

30/08/2025