The North Coast Association has put tickets on sale for two Midsummer Concerts at Mussenden Temple in 2026. The events take place at 7.30pm on Friday June 19 and 3pm on Sunday June 21.

Tickets can be purchased by phone or in person at the Portrush Visitor Information Office on 02870 823333. Free parking is available in the Lions Gate Car Park at Downhill. A free minibus provided by the National Trust runs attendees from the car park to the temple.

Soloists Hayley Howe on soprano and violin and Ryan Longridge on piano will perform light classical music, popular pieces and extracts from stage musicals.

Ryan Longridge serves as pianist for the Belfast Tenors and performs at Bert’s Jazz Bar in the Grand Merchant Hotel. He was named Translink’s adult Grand Pianist 2024 for the Grand Central Station opening.

Longridge received a Trinity College medal as a teenager for the highest exam marks in the UK. He earned a Chick Corea Incentive Award and scholarship to study jazz performance at Berklee College of Music. His performances include stages in the US, Taipei, the Philippines and India.

Hayley Howe, based in Lisburn, plays violin and soprano. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for four years and led the chamber orchestra at Edinburgh University. She completed a masters in violin performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and trained as a classical singer with Judith Sheridan.

Howe works with New Irish Arts, NI Opera and Sanctuary Singers. She also provides private violin tuition.