Culture Night 2021 will take place across the country this evening with a host of events on city streets, in workshops, galleries, theatres, parks, museums and libraries.
The sixteenth edition of the Arts Council event takes place on Friday, September 17th in a night celebrating culture, creativity and the arts with special events nationwide.
With the theme ‘Come Together Again’, around 80 per cent of the 1,200 free events on offer will take place in-person this year.
The eclectic mix of events on the programme span from architecture to comedy, circus to dance, film to literature, museums to music, heritage to sport and science to fashion.
There will be a chance for people to explore new aspects of culture or learn new skills and crafts, with many venues staying open until 11.30pm.
Music, visual arts and heritage
More than two-thirds of tonight's events are family-friendly, while music will ring out across Ireland as it makes up more than half of the programme.
Some 41 per cent of this year’s programme comes from the visual arts, with heritage themed events featuring strongly at 24 per cent while 10 per cent of events are as Gaeilge.
Director of the Arts Council, Maureen Kennelly, encouraged people to “plan visits to our galleries, arts centres, museums and festivals and to book tickets to events and support our cultural sector” after the last 18 months saw much of the sector shuttered.
Minister for Culture and Arts Catherine Martin TD said the large number of in-person events mark “a major turning point in our road to recovery.”
Here’s a small taste of what’s on offer...
Dublin
- L'Italia In Piazza: A night in Fitzwilliam Square with an Italian Saxophone Quartet
- Mother Tongues: An Interactive Museum of Languages for Children in Tallaght
- Bewley’s Café Theatre highlights: Music, Poetry and Theatre
- Open Top Tour of Dublin City
Cork
- Cork Upstaged: Culture Night at the Park
- Graffiti Theatre Company: Amharclann na nÓg & Music Generation Cork City
- Teanga: Tongues with Julie Goo's Irish Language Poetry
Galway
Kildare
Roscommon
Wicklow
Donegal
Online
- 14 Henrietta Street: Culture Club Talk
- MTU / Blackrock Castle Observatory: Ireland to the Moon
- Pavee Roads Home: An online exploration of Traveller culture
Global
- Live Drawing Project with the National Gallery of Ireland and Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris
- An exhibition trail of Irish street photography in Berlin
- An Evening of Traditional Irish Music and Spoken Word in Leeds
You can view the full programme of events for Culture Night 2021 at culturenightdublin.ie. The website can be searched by genre as well as location to help visitors plan their route on the night.
