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1 FRIDAYFRIDAY SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 22ND 22ND FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICKLIMERICK CITY CITY & &COUNTY CultureCOUNTY Night 2017 LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY Puts You at the Heart of Culture in Limerick!

Culture Night returns across Limerick county and city bringing with it the energy, creativity and civic pride of all who participate and attend. As a national annual event Culture night has become an evening when we leave behind our desks, televisions and couches to come together to celebrate our culture in and with our communities, wherever they may be. In Limerick our culture is as multiple and diverse as its citizens and landscape. And culture night visitors can experience this by visiting some of the 80 events outlined in this CULTURE NIGHT programme. Be it some of our first class contemporary facilities such as Limerick Gallery of Art, the new Limerick Museum, the LIMERICK 2017 Hunt Museum, Dance Limerick, Irish Aerial Creation Centre and the Belltable, or an education facility such as Limerick School of FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND Art and Design, or Mary Immaculate College. Or you may decide to SWITCH ON CULTURE NIGHT drop in to one of the unique independent cultural organisations throughout the city and county such as Limerick Printmakers, Ormston House Cultural Resource Centre, Adare Heritage Centre, www.culturenight.ie Glorach Theatre, Rathkeale Arts, De Valera Museum, Conradh na Gaeilge or Friars’ Gate Theatre among many many others. www.limerick.ie So join us as we turn the spotlight on to our Limerick’s rich cultural www.facebook.com/ heritage and celebrate our creativity. culturenight All events are FREE but some venues may require advance booking. @culturenight @LimerickArts Imrothlaíonn Oíche na Cultúrtha timpeall ort, teacht linn ar turas #culturenight #limerick agus beidh iontas ort eagraíochtaí cultúrtha a feiceáil lena dorais #LOVECulture oscailte deanach duitse, i gomhair do chlann agus i gcomhair do chairde, chun sult agus spraoi a baint astu. @culturenight #LOVECulture The Arts Office, #CultureNight Limerick City and County Council The Culture Night App is now available on the = Booking/Tickets Required = Irish Language Event APP STORE and GOOGLE PLAY

Culture Night Information Hub, Limerick Tourist Office, 20 O'Connell Street 5pm-10pm Drop into the Culture Night information hub to find out more about what’s on over the course of the night. Our Culture Night team will be on hand giving out free brochures, badges and balloons and can advise you on what events/venues you might like to visit. Limerick Arts Office. Limerick City & County Council Email: [email protected] Phone: 061 557363 / 061 525031 All event details correct at the time of going to print. Some events require advance booking. Please see www.culturenight.ie for up to date event details. Contact the Arts Office directly for specific queries.

Culture Night Limerick is brought to you by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with Limerick City and County Council.

HERITAGE CHILDREN ART & THEATRE POETRY & MUSIC & & FAMILY DESIGN & FILM WRITING DANCE

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The Hunt Museum houses one of Ireland's greatest private collections of art and antiquities; it also provides an extensive education programme and wide array of public events throughout the year.

Celebrate with us on Friday September 22! 6pm-11pm 5pm-8pm 6.30pm-7.30pm 7pm-8pm Drop in Art & Crafts A World of Music A Night of Vinyl and Vine Explore your creative side & Dance Join Nicky Woulfe in with drop in Arts & Crafts A diverse programme of conversation and music Education Wing music and song, presented The Hunt Café by the Irish World Academy 7pm, 8pm, 9pm of Music and Dance, UL 6pm-7pm Hunt Collection The Marquee, Riverside Storyteller’s Chair Highlights Garden Storytelling with author Explore highlights of the Darren Shan collection with one of their 7.30pm & 8.30pm The Captains' Room expert guides Opera Delights Presented by the 7.30pm-9pm 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm University Concert Hall Storyteller’s Chair Jack B. Yeats and Paul and Olive Cowpar with Limerick Literary Henry: Contrasting The Marquee, Festival Visions of Ireland Riverside Garden Limerick Literary Festival Exhibition tours of a unique and friends discuss their exhibition of work by two of favourite books, from Ireland’s most important classics to contemporary 20th Century artists The Captains' Room

5pm-11pm 9pm-11pm International Living Seisiún at the Hunt Statue Museum Presented by the A rehearsed show presenting Polish Art Festival Irish Traditional Music with The Courtyard Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

The Hunt Museum, The Custom House, Rutland Street www.huntmuseum.com [email protected] 061 312833 3 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

6pm-9pm Culture Night at Dance Limerick Dance Limerick & Dance Limerick Studio, www.dancelimerick.ie 061 400994 1-2 John’s Square [email protected]

Dance Limerick brings together youth and professional artists for an evening of dance, music, poetry and colour in Limerick’s Cultural Quarter!

Finding inspiration from the words ‘together’ and ‘belonging’, artists from various disciplines are invited to collaborate and tell their stories through movement, sound and words within the magical setting of the Dance Limerick church.

Free taster classes in hip-hop, contemporary and Latin- American dance will be held throughout the evening in the dance studio

Fresh Film Festival will be screening films upstairs in the Church space.

Performances from: Dance Limerick Local dancers, musicians and singer/songwriters celebrates youth Music Generation Limerick City Students and staff of the Irish World Academy, UL arts for Culture Night Limerick Dance Collective at John’s Square, Summer Dance Fusion Project Limerick’s Cultural Stanzas Poetry Quarter! Highlights from Light Moves Screendance Festival Some performers will be wearing designs from students of the Fashion Department of LSAD and we will be displaying exclusive work from the Limerick Printmakers inspired by movement and energy!

Dance Limerick champions the creation and presentation of professional dance in the Limerick region and provides opportunities for dance to be experienced in many ways, by all ages.

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LIMERICK GALLERY OF ART

Limerick Gallery of Art is the largest contemporary Art Gallery in the Mid-Western Region, annually exhibiting national and international artists in a diverse exhibition programme with Selections from its Permanent Collection rotated throughout the year.

CULTURE NIGHT EVENTS: 5pm-10pm Danny Osborne and Frieda Meaney: Landmarks and Lifeforms An exhibition by two artists who live and work on the Beara Peninsula. Geology, biology, marine science and zoology is presented in this exhibition through painting, print, video installation and sculpture, combining scientific with artistic interpretations of the natural world.

5pm-10pm Elizabeth Magill: HEADLAND Elizabeth Magill came to the attention of the art world in the early 90s. LCGA initiated this exhibition to present her new www.gallery.limerick.ie body of work to a younger audience who may not be familiar [email protected] with her work. 061 310633 6pm-8pm Family Workshop at LCGA An energetic workshop for families while they view the current exhibitions on display.

6pm-7pm The Mysterious Mr. Valentine Jazz Duo Presented by Limerick Jazz Festival 2017, they will be performing a programme of music entitled: The Sorrows of My Heart.

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3. Limerick Civic Trust HERITAGE Carroll Collection The Bishop’s Palace, Church Street 6pm-8pm Limerick Civic Trust welcome the public to its exhibition of the Carroll Collection. This exhibition focuses on a family living on a significant land holding in the Midwest region of Ireland and their adventures both in Europe and further a field. The exhibition presents a wide range of memorabilia including paintings, swords, photographs, tropical maps, military decorations, estate records etc. King John's Castle www.limerickcivictrust.ie 061 313399 1. Culture Night at King John’s Castle King John’s Castle, Kings Island 5pm-7pm (Last admission: 6.30pm) Welcome to King John’s Castle, on ‘King’s Island’ in the heart of medieval Limerick City. The stunning new exhibition at King John’s Castle brings to life over 800 Limerick Civic Trust Carroll Collection years of dramatic local history. This 13th century castle includes a state of the art interpretive centre including; touch screen 4. VIP2017: Limerick Military technology, 3D models and discovery History Exhibition devices telling the story of this magnificent City Hall, Limerick City and County structure. Council, Merchant’s Quay www.shannonheritage.com 5pm-10pm 061 360788 Limerick Archives and the Organization of National Ex-servicemen and women, 2. North Munster Masonic the Royal British Legion, the Irish Naval Centre Association and the Irish United Nations 9 Castle Street, Kings Island Veterans Association present the opening of a new exhibition that details the 5pm-10pm Limerick men and women that have fought Come and meet some of North Munster’s in the world’s different armies over the last Freemasons, explore the museum, listen number of centuries. Saint Mary's Fife & to an Irish harp recital and attend a talk on Drum Band, Limerick City Pipe Band, and the history of Freemasonry in general and renowned piper, Michael Egan will perform. of Limerick in particular. www.viplimerick.wixsite.com/2017 www.FreemasonsNorthMunster.com 061 55407293 / 087 2549640 086 8500597

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5. Limerick Museum 7. Music and Art in Mount Old Franciscan Friary, St Alphonsus/Redemptorists Henry Street, Limerick Redemptorists, Mount St Alphonsus, 5pm-8.30pm South Circular Road Come and visit the Limerick Museum in 5pm-10.30pm its new home. Learn about the history of 5pm: ‘A Peal of Bells’. Limerick City and County. Established 6pm: Recital by piano in 1916, Limerick Museum is the oldest and organ students local authority museum in the state and from the Redemptorist with 60,000 objects has one of the largest Centre of Music. 8pm: collections of any Irish museum. Patronage and Art in www.museum.limerick.ie 19th century Limerick 061 557740 - Guided tour of the church with Seamus Enright, CSsR, Rector of Mount St Alphonsus. 9pm: Concert of organ and choral music with Dr Paul Collins and the Redemptorist Church Choir. 10pm: Organ Recital by Irina Dernova. www.novena.ie 061 315099

Limerick Museum 8. Tour of St John’s Cathedral St John’s Cathedral, Cathedral Place 6. Hunt Collection Highlights 6.30pm-8pm Tour of St. John’s Cathedral at 6.30pm, with The Hunt Museum, The Custom House, Organ Recital at 7pm. Rutland Street [email protected] 7pm, 8pm, 9pm 061 414624 Explore highlights of the Hunt Museum collection with one of their expert guides. 9. Discover Dominican: Learn about the history of its unique artefacts in 10 minutes talks. A Glimpse into Dominican www.huntmuseum.com Religious Order Then and Now 061 312 833 St. Saviour’s Dominican Church, Glentworth Street 7.30pm-8.30pm All are welcome to a presentation about the history of the Dominican Order in the city of Limerick. Tour the church with a Dominican lens, and get an insight into what the Dominican life looks like from the perspective of the Dominican Sisters. There will be activities for the children, so bring the whole family. [email protected] Hunt Collection Highlights 085 2255796 7 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND = Booking/Tickets Required FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY = Irish Language Event LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

10. The 12. Walk the Medieval Walls History of of Limerick Limerick City Meeting Point: Outside the entrance to and County St John’s Hospital A&E, John’s Square through the 5pm (Duration: 90 minutes) Medium of The walk will be led by Dan Tietzsch-Tyler, Postcards medieval historian and archaeological illustrator specialising in reconstruction St John’s drawings. It will explore several of the Cathedral, thirteen surviving stretches of the Cathedral Place medieval city walls and remaining town 6.30pm-7.30pm gate. The walk will take about 90 mins The history of Limerick City and County and finishes at King John's Castle in time through the medium of postcards in an to permit access to the castle. A map- exhibition featuring some two hundred handout will be provided and people are postcards collected by Donough Canon free to leave at any time to visit other O’Malley. Journey through the storied attractions. history of Limerick. www.dantt.net [email protected] 087 2390405 11. Sarsfield Barracks Military History and Culture Sarsfield Baracks, Lord Edward Street 7pm-8.30pm The military museum in Sarsfield Barracks allows the 12th Infantry Battalion to showcase its proud heritage of military operations both at home and overseas since the foundation of the state. In addition to the visit to the museum and a Sense of Place brief on the history of the barracks, there will be a display of pictures and videos of 13. Sense of Place personnel training in Sarsfield Barracks. [email protected] Curraghgour Boat Club, Merchant’s Quay 6pm-9pm Sarsfield Barracks Military History and Culture A riverside conversation at Curraghgour Boat Club with members who hold fast the traditions of the river Shannon (boat making, navigation, fishing) within an ever changing urban environment. The club, founded in 1877 on the historic spot where Nordic Viking warships first landed, provides stunning views of the city riverway. In collaboration with artist Deirdre Power and supported by CITY RIVERWAY ENGAGE. 086 1591563 / 087 2116648 8 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

14. Tracing Limerick’s Old Dr Donncha MacGabhann. This is an interactive experience where questions Hospitals and Equipment and comments are welcomed. PLEASE Order of Malta Ambulance Corps, NOTE: This event is free but must be pre- 7A Davis Street booked due to limited places. (4 people per 6pm-9pm session). This exhibition will include: Nurses [email protected] Uniform from c. 1900’s, Doctors Dress, 061 557363 History of and Origins of Hospitals in Limerick, Display of Old Medical/Chemists 16. Angela’s Ashes Experience Exhibits, Maps, Photographs and Books. The Frank McCourt Museum, www.facebook.com/orderofmaltalimerick Hartstonge Street 087 6967216 5pm-9pm Storytelling, guided tours of museum and video. [email protected] 061 319710 COUNTY LIMERICK 17. Georgian Clothing, Customs, and Material Culture presented by Melissa Shiels Friars’ Gate Theatre, Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock 8pm-9.30pm Costume Historian and Heritage Expert, Melissa Shiels, will present an assortment Book of Kells of items and clothing ranging from 1775 to 1795 - the year of Jane Austen's birth to the time she wrote her first novella. Learn 15. Guided Tour of the Book about a day in the life of an upper class of Kells Georgian woman; come see the 'weird and Contemplative Centre (opposite the UL wonderful' cosmetics Student Union), University of Limerick, and beauty regimes that Castletroy Georgian ladies followed and the rapidly changing Session 1: 6pm-7.30pm, fashions they were Session 2: 7.30pm-9.00pm devoted to. Melissa will This is a rare opportunity for an intimate demonstrate how some viewing of this Book of Kells. The limited everyday objects were edition Faksimile Verlag facsimile used and how they were (1990) reproduces every page in perfect a part of a greater shift in detail and is itself a rare book. Explore society. this remarkable manuscript in the www.friarsgate.ie Melissa Shiels company of Kells' scholar and author 063 98727 9 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND = Booking/Tickets Required FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY = Irish Language Event LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

18. Trathnóna Chultuir ‘Scoraíocht‘ Eagraithe ag Scor Gníomhach Cosaint Shibhialta Contae Luimnigh An Sean Leabharlann, Cill Díoma, Co. Luimnigh / Old Library, Kildimo 3pm-6pm Ceol tradisiúnta, Amhráin, Filíocht, Scealíocht agus Rince. Beidh údair i láthair freisin comh maith le muinteoir damhsa. [email protected] 061 393152 / 087 2452336

19. Railway Memoirs: Personal Recollections of Limerick to Tralee and Foynes Railways Public Library, Gortboy, Newcastle West 7pm Talk and slide presentation on Limerick to Tralee Railway Line, also to include the Foynes Railway line, by Liam O’Mahony. [email protected] 069 62273

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22. Pigtown Comes to the CHILDREN & FAMILY Milk Market Milk Market, Cornmarket Row 20. Culture Night at Dance 5pm-8pm Limerick Pigtown by the Limerick Food Group brings Dance Limerick & Dance Limerick Studio, this little piggy event to the Milk Market. 1-2 John’s Square Featuring Pig Talks, Pig Parade Walks, 6pm-9pm Pig Pottery Making for all ages, Street Food, Cooking Demos and much more. Dance Limerick brings together youth Visit Pigtown.ie and Limerick Milk Market and professional artists for an evening Facebook for more info on this Food and of dance, music, poetry and colour in Culture Series. Limerick’s Cultural Quarter! Finding www.pigtown.ie/www.milkmarketlimerick.ie inspiration from the words ‘together’ and ‘belonging’, artists from various disciplines Pigtown Archery at Milk Market are invited to collaborate and tell their stories through movement, sound and words within the magical setting of the Dance Limerick church. Full details on page 3. www.dancelimerick.ie 061 400994

21. World Recipe Exchange Bedford Row 23. A Pig’s Tale 5pm-11pm Milk Market, Cornmarket Row The World Recipe Exchange explores (Outside the Gallery) international culinary traditions of 5pm-8pm contemporary Limerick: the ingredients, Clay making event to celebrate Limerick’s recipes, stories and memories of tastes pork butchers. Come and make your own and smells that we carry with us through pig’s nose, ears or tail, or even a sausage our lives. We invite you to join us for a or two. Held as an offshoot of the Limerick special public space event to discover Ceramic Artists exhibition 'A Pig’s Tale' in new tastes and share delicious recipes. the Milk Market Gallery and part of the World Recipe Exchange is based at Pigtown Culture and Food Series. Ormston House Cultural Resource Centre. www.pigtown.ie This project is kindly supported by the 086 1051355 European Cultural Foundation R&D Grant and by Limerick City and County Council. [email protected] 061 525031

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24. Canopy of Culture 26. Family Workshop Arts & Aerial Appreciation Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie Chez le Fab, Arthur's Quay Park Building, Pery Square 7pm-10pm (Shows from 8pm) 6pm-8pm An evening of Aerial & Arts Performances An energetic workshop for families while and Live Music under the canopy at Chez they view the current exhibition on display. le Fab. Fun for all the family, with aerial www.gallery.limerick.ie artistry with Irish Aerial Creation Centre, 061 310633 dance performances, fireshow, face painting, hula hoop artistry and outdoor 27. Limerick Printmakers stalls, from 8 til late. Chez le Fab: An ‘Print Your Heart Out!’ Eclectic Picnic by the Park. www.facebook.com/ChezLeFabCafeBar Kids Print Activities 086 2234036 Limerick Printmakers, Bridgeland House, 3 Johns Square

Fidget Feet 5pm-8pm Come to Limerick Printmakers on Culture Night & print your heart out! LP will have tons of fun kids print activities to try out with our friendly members on hand to help. There’s a wall just waiting to be covered with inky stamps plus lots of printmaking to try! Please Note: Kids events will run from 5pm-8pm ONLY. Adults are welcome to take part in kids events with specific adult only print activities taking place from 25. Drop in Art & Crafts 7.30pm – 9pm. www.limerickprintmakers.com The Education Wing, The Hunt Museum, 061 311806 Rutland Street 5pm-8pm Limerick Printmakers Explore your creative side with drop in Arts & Crafts for children in the education wing of the museum. www.huntmuseum.com 061 312833

Drop in Arts & Crafts

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28. Culture Night Bus 30. The Urban Co-op Pick up from: Red Viking Tours bus stop, Celebrates its Birthday on Arthur’s Quay Culture Night! 5pm-8pm The Urban Co-op, Tait House, The Red Viking Culture Night Tour Bus Roxboro Road will take in the cultural and historical 5pm-9pm highlights that Limerick city has to offer. Come and help This is a hop-on, hop-off service. us celebrate our www.redvikingtours.ie first birthday 061 220555 at our new premises in Tait 29. Culture Night at Mary House. We will Immaculate College have music, Main Building, South Circular Road food, talks, fun for the kids, 6pm-9pm tastings, samples and lots more. Learn The MIC community would like to invite about Limerick’s food heritage and the the general public to celebrate Culture history and culture of the co-operative Night by attending a variety of events i.e. movement. workshops, performances, exhibitions, ww.theurbanco-op.ie recitals, celebrating culture, creativity and 061 317429 / 086 3766787 the arts for both children and adults. The events include: Exhibition of Artworks 31. International Living and Historical Projects by MIC Students, Drama Workshops for Children, An Evening Statue with MIC Community Choir, Young Soloists' The Courtyard, The Hunt Museum, Concert by recent young ESB Feis Ceoil The Custom House, prizewinners from the Mid-West, 'Traid na Rutland Street hAoine': Traditional Irish Music Session, 5pm-11pm Sean-nós dancing workshop, Rapping The Polish Art and manuscripts (MIC Irish Department in Festival presents Collaboration with the Diocesan Archive). an international Please see www.mic.ul.ie for finalised Living Statue who timetable. will be performing in www.mic.ul.ie 061 774726 the Hunt Museum courtyard over the course of the night. Mary Immaculate Culture Night www.huntmuseum. com 061 312833

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32. The SPIN South West Experience 2nd Floor, Citygate House, Raheen Business Park 6pm-10pm - Booking Essential Be introduced to radio behind the scenes. Meet the DJs, workshops on creating the jingles and imaging that gives SPIN South West its unique sound. Visit our Studios and be part of our programmes on the night. Meet the SPINIs and enjoy live music in the station! www.spinsouthwest.com/culturenight 061 218800 33. Celebrate Youth Culture Northside Youth Space (Limerick Youth Service), Ballynanty 5pm-6.30pm Clothes, fashion, song, music, politics, art, hairstyles! What is youth culture? Limerick Youth Service invites the young & not so young, to a showcase of youth culture at the Northside Youth Space. www.limerickyouthservice.com 083 8546757 COUNTY LIMERICK 34. Art and Music Unite Us – Le Chéile le Ceol agus Ealain Red Door Gallery, The Square, Newcastle West 8pm-10 pm Newcastle West Arts and Glór na nGael An Caisleán Nua Thiar present ‘Artists, Artists Everywhere’ featuring works by three generations: the late Patrick Massey, Keith Massey and Alex Massey, aged 10; joined by Kerrie Cummins and Kyla McGowan. Music by Capriccio String Quartet will follow to complete the night. [email protected] 086 2517086

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ART & DESIGN

35. Danny Osborne and Frieda Meaney: Landmarks and Lifeforms Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie Building, Pery Square Hunt Museum 5pm-10pm An exhibition by two artists who live and 37. Jack B. Yeats and Paul work on the Beara Peninsula. The artists’ Henry: Contrasting Visions of interests in geology, biology, marine Ireland science and zoology as well as travel and navigation is presented in this exhibition The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street through painting, print, video installation 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm and sculpture, combining scientific with Guided tours of this unique exhibition of artistic interpretations of the natural work by two of Ireland’s most important world. Their individual artworks are 20th Century artists. The exhibition presented alongside a large collaborative features 51 works of art, bringing together print work where Osborne’s images of paintings from private and public cooled lava forms are placed side by side collections, many of which would have with Meaney’s bird, gorilla and human previously been unavailable for public heads. viewing. www.gallery.limerick.ie www.huntmuseum.com 061 310633 061 312833 36. Elizabeth Magill: HEADLAND 38. Open Night at Fab Lab Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie Limerick Building, Pery Square No. 7 Rutland Street 5pm-10pm 5.30pm-8.30pm Elizabeth Magill came to the attention of Celebrate Culture Night at Fab the art world in the early 90s with a major Lab Limerick, with activities and exhibition at the Arnolfini, Bristol, followed demonstrations on 3D printing, laser by prestigious group shows at Serpentine cutting, electronics and much more! Family Gallery, London, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin friendly fun, and open to all. No registration and the British Art Show. Magill has been required. the recipient of many significant awards www.fablab.saul.ie and prizes over her 30 year career. Limerick 087 9005044 Gallery of Art initiated this exhibition to present a new body of work to a younger audience who may not be familiar with her work and for an established audience to have the opportunity to view new and recent work. www.gallery.limerick.ie 061 310633 3D Printing at Fab Lab 15 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND = Booking/Tickets Required FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY = Irish Language Event LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

39. Plinth III - Exhibition Plinth Preview Sailors Home, O’Curry Street 6pm-10pm Plinth III is an annual graduate exhibition dedicated to promoting emerging visual artists in Limerick. A dedicated support structure for recent graduates of Limerick School of Art and Design which offers a platform for the development of ideas, 41. An Acquired Lens creative and collaborative support which Headway, 9-11 Upper William Street encourages graduates remaining active in 5pm-8pm the city. Plinth III will also be open Sat 23rd, Mon 25th-Sat 30th 12-5 pm. Headway’s event ‘An Acquired Lens’ is plinth.weebly.com brought to you by the people who make the centre what it is, the clients. On show this evening is the various glass mosaics, Drifting Through the Marks Surrounding King John's watercolours, and crafts that allow you Castle to see what our clients see in ways that words cannot describe. www.headway.ie 061 313479

40. Drifting Through the Marks Surrounding King John’s Castle Meeting Point: The Bard of Thomond Statue, Nicholas Street 42. Open Studios Wickham Street Studios, 6.30pm-7.15pm 6A Wickham Street This walk led by the artist Paul Tarpey 5pm-9pm explores how the unofficial street marks of the everyday intersect with established This is a great opportunity to meet the signs to create a particular map for the artists and gain a fresh insight into their Medieval Quarter. When this overlap is work. Current studio members: Kieran encountered as a drift, a combination of Herlihy, Clara Ryan, Paul Rhatigan, Tim graffiti, monuments, disused shop signs O’Neil, Simon Fennessy Corcoran, Ciara and billboards all come together to create Clifford, Michael Cleary, Mike O’Brien, Seán an alternative portrait of one of Limerick’s Guinan, Gerry Davis, Ramon Kassam, Tom oldest areas. Prendergast, Kate Molloy, Rachel Marum. www.skiptraces.net wickhamstreetstudios.blogspot.com 0863752606 086 1565322

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43. A Studio with a View - A 45. Pinch Design Studio Visit to a Painters Studio Official Opening The Little Jerusalem Studio/Gallery, 26 27 Catherine Street Wolfe Tone Street 6pm-9pm 5pm & 9pm by appointment. Official opening of Pinch, a new graphic An invitation to view painter, Kieran Carey’s design studio and letterpress printing studio - bursting the myths about what workshop. There will be a letterpress we do as artists. This is a chance to view a printing demonstration followed with some working studio and exhibitions room in a light refreshments. A letterpress design gallery context. print competition will be run via www. Appointment only: 061 412826 pinch.ie and the winner will be announced [email protected] on the night. www.pinch.ie 087 3565440

Limerick Printmakers Tidal Scratchings

46. Tidal Scratchings Shannon Rowing Club, Sarsfield Bridge 44. ‘Experiment/Learn/Enjoy’ 8pm-10.30pm with Limerick Printmakers Hosted by Softday, Tidal Scratchings is Adult Print Activities/ a creative performance event, featuring Exhibitions artists exploring, creating and presenting Limerick Printmakers, Bridgeland House, new collaborative work in a live cabaret- 3 John’s Square style setting. Tidal Scratchings is organised around improvisation and listening, 7.30pm-9pm (Please Note: Kids events involving established and emerging artists will run from 5pm-8pm ONLY) working in sound, media, literary, visual Mini Workshops & Demo’s - Come join and performing arts. The event provides a us in LP & try your hand at a range of rare opportunity for artists to showcase printmaking processes with the support of their current work and a chance for the LP’s friendly & knowledgeable members. audience to experience the excitement of LP will also share in a collaborative project new work being created live before their with Dance Limerick on the night. eyes through improvisation. Each artist www.limerickprintmakers.com performs their own work for 15 minutes, 061 311806 after which all performers will come together for an improvisational jam as the finale of the performance evening. www.softday.ie/scratchings/ 086 3731067

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Meredith Monk 50. Made in Limerick Live Craft Demonstrations 17 Thomas Street 6pm-9pm Meet the makers at ‘Made in Limerick’, where you can meet up to 20 local craftspeople and designers, who will be happy to guide you through their work and the process of designing and making it. Live craft demonstrations, with a live forge outside the shop on Thomas St. 47. EVA International present [email protected] Meredith Monk’s Ellis Island 087 2254880

Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street Made in Limerick 6pm-7pm EVA International, in partnership with Ormston House, presents Ellis Island by Meredith Monk. The film was originally presented at EVA in 2002 and is being retrieved from the archive for a special Culture Night screening, made possible by Video Data Bank. Monk is an artist, composer, and musician, who has exhibited and performed internationally since the 1960s. www.eva.ie | [email protected] 51. Exhibition - 'Nostalgie' 48. Exhibition by Louise Maher Alliance Française de Limerick, Belltable, 69 O’Connell Street 7 Pery Square 8pm-9.30pm 7pm-9pm Limerick Printmakers Printmaking Bursary A selection of French Themed Paintings by recipient Louise Maher exhibits recent visual artist Alison Quaid work in the Belltable. [email protected] www.limerickprintmakers.com 061 414818 061 311806 49. Tonal Patterns RTÉ Lyric FM Windows, Robert Street 9am-7pm RTÉ lyric fm has invited artists with links to Limerick City, to promote their work on the station’s street windows for Culture Night. Come along to Robert Street and experience this unusual collection. www.rte.ie/lyricfm

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52. Exhibition - All Kinds of COUNTY LIMERICK Everything Art Gallery, 98 O'Connell Street 54. Adare Heritage Centre 5pm-11pm Exhibition of Irish Crafts New works in Adare Heritage Centre, oils, watercolour Main Street, Adare and pastel from 3pm-7pm artist Annemarie Bourke. The An exhibition of Irish crafts. exhibition shows www.adareheritagecentre.ie a wide range of 061 396666 subjects from landscapes, 55. Lucy Erridge - seascapes, Knitwear and Textiles flowers, and Main Street, Adare portraits. www.artannemarie.com 5pm-9.30pm 061 410510 Housed in the Thatched Cottages in Adare, Lucy specialises in creating and designing Knitwear and Textiles - individual and 53. Exhibition by Patrick unique. She works with other talented Finbar Rogers designers to create the pieces for sale in the shop. We will demonstrate how The Shop, 28 Little Gerald Griffin Street we make and design our accessories 5pm-9 pm and art work. We will discuss materials Open viewing of work from Patrick Finbar and techniques and the design process Roger’s portfolio, a gallery of work, plus involved: Crochet, felting, embroidery and leaflets for anyone interested in learning fabric manipulation. animation, setting up workshops that show www.lucyerridge.com earlier methods of animation, character 061 396898 design, story boarding. [email protected] 086 1609107

Finbar Rogers Lucy Erridge Adare

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56. Sheila Richardson Draíocht Art Gallery, Station Road, Adare 7pm-10pm Sheila Richardson, MFA, relocates her studio to Draíocht. Sheila, painting several canvasses simultaneously, recreates the organised chaos of her studio. Enjoy a glass of wine discussing her painting techniques, her characteristic bold use of colour, the use of the palette knife in her work and the inspiration behind her practices. www.draiochtadare.ie 061 395539

57. Design and Craft Adare Blackabbey, Adare 5pm-11pm Design and Craft Adare is a colourful shop filled with handmade local Irish art, craft and design that is run by a group of independent local artists and designers. Throughout the night there will be various craft demonstrations and hands on workshops. Come along for an evening of creativity, cakes and cocktails. [email protected] 061 396000

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a selection of Young Irish Filmmakers THEATRE & FILM of the Year Awards. Limerick School of Art and Design will provide presentation workshops on aspects of Animation, Stop 58. IFI Local Films for Local Motion and Green Screen for all ages. www.lit.ie People: Limerick Through a 061 293870 Lens Belltable, 69 O’Connell Street 8pm-9.30pm Short films made in and about Limerick from IFI Irish Film Archive. A look at social history through documentary, newsreel and amateur footage: The Fall of Limerick Animation at LSAD (1922); Radharc’s films of vocations in Doon (1962) and Abbeyfeale (1963); 60. The Little Boy Who Lived President Kennedy’s Visit (1963); Sybil Connolly’s delightful fashions in Adare in a Grave (1957) and farmers’ protests (1963). The Basement, 73 O’Connell Street Event is free but needs to be pre-booked. 5pm-8pm (First Performance at 7pm) www.limetreetheatre.ie Life in a graveyard can be quite dull and 061 953400 dreary for a young boy; but things are about to liven up! Lumen Street Theatre in association with Limerick Youth Theatre will present: The Little Boy who Lived in a Grave. This short, sweet tale from award winning poet Stephen Murray is told with humour and imagination through shadow puppet theatre, live performance and spectacle, aimed at children and families. The piece will be performed 3 times during the course of the evening. Audience Local Films for Local People capacity will be limited. Children must be accompanied by adults. 59. A Feast of Film and www.lyt.ie 061 311100 Animation at LSAD with Screenings and Workshops 61. St Mary’s CDP Late- Summer Open Air Cinema Limerick School of Art and Design, LIT Clare Street Campus Handball Alley, St. Mary’s Park 5pm-9pm 8.30pm-11pm Limerick School of Art and Design, LIT and There is nothing quite like watching a Fresh Film Festival collaborate to present movie under the stars on a late-summer a feast of Film Screenings and Animation evening! St. Mary's CDP presents this workshops. Fresh Film Festival encourages event in the newly refurbished Handball and supports young filmmakers aged Alley in St. Mary’s Park. Enjoy a wonderful 7 – 18 to tell their stories through the night of kid friendly Open Air Cinema. medium of moving pictures and will screen www.limerickcitycdp.com 061 411076 21 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

64. Storyteller’s Chair with POETRY & WRITING Limerick Literary Festival The Captains' Room, The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street 7.30pm-9pm The Limerick Literary Festival and friends discuss their favourite books, from the classics to contemporary novels. www.limerickliteraryfestival.com | www. huntmuseum.com 061 312833

Narrative 4

62. Turn Empathy into Action at Narrative 4 Narrative 4, 58 O'Connell Street 6pm-9pm Visit N4 on Culture Night and meet some young people involved and pick up your EMPATHY INTO ACTION cards. Narrative 4 is a not-for-profit organisation that fosters radical empathy through storytelling Limerick Literary Festival with an aim of breaking down barriers and shattering stereotypes. N4 changes the way indivduals interact with their 65. Limerick LiKE communities by developing action oriented King John's Castle, King's Island empathetic leaders and citizens. Founded 5pm-7pm by Colum McCann in NYC, The Irish Centre for Narrative 4 is right here in Limerick! A simple, fun, outdoor event - Writers to www.narrative4.com assist passers-by in composing their 061 315656 own Limerick Verse. Composers/Readers receive a stick-a-rock, or, apple, and certificate of achievement. 63. Storyteller’s Chair with www.lk.ie Darren Shan 085 7338939 The Captains' Room, The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street 6pm-7pm Join us in the Captains’ Room of The Hunt Museum for storytelling with author Darren Shan. www.huntmuseum.com 061 312833

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66. Limerick Underground COUNTY LIMERICK Speakers Corner Arthurs Quay Park 68. An Evening with 8pm-9pm Rita Ann Higgins Limerick Rathkeale Arts Centre, Rathkeale Library, Underground Ballingarry Road, Rathkeale Speakers 8pm Corner is open to anyone who A chance to meet wants to get and hear one of up on their Ireland's best soapbox and loved poets in the make their intimate space of voice heard. the Rathkeale Arts Just turn up Centre. Come along on the evening and let Limerick hear and be enchanted, your musings, opinions and ideas. We enraged, encourage public debate for Limerick enlightened, citizens to step up and speak out. enthralled and www.limerickunderground.org emotionally shaken [email protected] up, then leave with a smile on your face. wwww.rathkealearts.wordpress.com 67. Short Classics 086 1249955 Quay Books and Bowes Ryan Restaurant, Arthur’s Quay Shopping Centre 69. Ceiliúradh 7pm-9pm Glórach Theatre, Abbeyfeale,

Quay Books 7.30pm-9pm Celebration of the written word, with local singers, poets, actors and writers contributing to the night. All welcome, and the stage is open to those who Interested in reading the classics but come and want don’t have time for 'War and Peace'? Great to do their own Books come in all shapes and sizes. Quay recitation or song. Books, in association with the Limerick 0871383940 Writers' Centre, invite you to join us in Bowes Ryan Restaurant & Coffee Shop for an introduction to 10 mini-masterpieces which pack a powerful impact in under 200 pages. Readings, Books, Exhibition. www.facebook.com/Quaybookslimerick/ 085 8511760

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This programme of music is truly emollient MUSIC & DANCE for the heart and for the soul! For full Limerick Jazz Festival details go to www.limerickjazz.com. www.gallery.limerick.ie | www.facebook. 70. A Taste of Trad com/MysteriousMrValentine University Concert Hall, UL, Castletroy 061 310663 1pm-2pm Get Culture Night off to a great start with 72. Organ Concert at this lunchtime performance by students of St John’s Cathedral the prestigious MA Irish Traditional Music St John’s Cathedral, Performance and Irish Traditional Dance Cathedral Place Performance postgraduate courses. Liven up your lunchtime with this midday taste 7pm-7.30pm of Trad on campus. Presented by University Cathedral organist Concert Hall and the Irish World Academy Bernadette Kiely of Music and Dance. will perform organ www.uch.ie favourites including 061 331549 Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor and 71. The Mysterious Widor’s Toccata from Symphony No 5. Presented by Limerick Mr. Valentine Jazz Duo Pipe Organ Festival, founded in 2014 to Limerick Gallery of Art, celebrate the 150th anniversary of this Carnegie Building, Pery Square organ and now runs every two years. 6pm-7pm Next festival is 2018. This concert will Presented be preceded by a talk on the Cathedral's by Limerick stained glass windows. Jazz Festival www.lpof.ie 087 6497879 2017 and the Limerick Arts 73. Organ Concert at Office, The St Mary’s Cathedral Mysterious Mr. St Mary’s Cathedral, Bridge Street Valentine will be performing 8.30pm-9pm under the Peter Barley, Cathedral spell of the Organist, in association programme with Limerick Pipe of music Organ Festival, will entitled: The perform music by Sorrows of French composers my Heart, César Franck and Jehan a collection of highly poeticized songs Alain, both renowned and compositions about love, loss and for their organ music. redemption which, having been performed St Mary’s will celebrate its 850th birthday in one form or another by artists such as in 2018 so do come along to see what David Bowie; Tom Waits; Leonard Cohen; both this Limerick landmark building and and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, have Limerick Pipe Organ Festival have to offer. permeated the Great American Song Book. www.lpof.ie 087 6497879

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74. A Night of Vinyl and Vine event. No pre-booking. Tickets are available on the night from the Hunt. The Hunt Café, The Hunt Museum, www.irishworldacademy.ie The Custom House, Rutland Street www.huntmuseum.com 7pm-8pm 061 202917 / 061 312833 Join Nicky Woulfe in The Hunt Café where he will be in conversation and playing 78. Opera Delights music that has influenced his life. The Marquee, Riverside Garden, www.huntmuseum.com The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street 061 312833 7.30pm & 8.30pm 75. Open Evening at Tait University Concert Hall and Olive Cowpar present the passion of opera in the House Music Room beautiful surrounds of the Hunt Museum. Tait House, Collins Avenue, Roxboro Road Choose from one of two evening recitals 7pm-9pm which will feature some of Limerick’s most Open Evening at Tait House Music talented singers, performing arias and Room. Tait House Community Enterprise duets from the most beautiful and best (formerly known as Southill House) is a loved operas. This is a free, ticketed event. community development co-operative. No pre-booking. Tickets are available on www.taithouse.ie the night from the Hunt. 061 415340 www.uch.ie / www.huntmuseum.com 061 331549 / 061 312833 76. Music Generation Limerick City 79. Seisiún at the Hunt Music Generation Creative Centre, Museum Athenaeum Building, 30 Cecil Street The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street 5pm-7pm 9pm-11pm Music Generation Limerick City will throw open the doors of their Creative Centre, the Seisiún, a rehearsed show presenting only one of its kind in the country. Activities Irish Traditional Music, song and dance include a Silent Disco & green-screen song with special emphasis on the legacy of Co. recording and pop-up gigs though-out the Limerick poetry and song tradition, with 12 studios. This is a chance to get involved Cappamore CCÉ. with hands on music making. www.huntmuseum.com www.musicgenerationlimerickcity.com 061 312833 087 2104583 80. Trad Night on Bedford 77. A World of Music & Dance Row The Marquee, Riverside Garden, Bedford Row, Limerick City The Hunt Museum, Rutland Street 7pm-9pm 6.30pm-7.30pm An evening of traditional music, song and The Irish World Academy of Music and dance with Garrai Eoin Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Dance presents a diverse programme of Eireann. music and song from Ireland and around 087 7568559 the world, performed by its talented students and staff. This is a free, ticketed 25 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND = Booking/Tickets Required FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY = Irish Language Event LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

81. Oíche Cheoil sa Chistin / Nile St. James Music in the Kitchen Halla Íde, 18 Thomas Street 7pm-9pm Informal Night of Irish Tradition - Ceol, Amhráin, Rince agus Cupán tae. Music, Song, Dance and a cup of tea. Conradh na Gaeilge Limerick provides a language and cultural centre which serves the ever growing needs of the Irish speaking public in Limerick City and its environs. cnagluimneach.wordpress.com 061 417895 83. Nile St. James Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street 8pm-10pm Ormston House is delighted to host an intimate concert with Nile St. James for Culture Night. Join the Limerick soul and folk singer/songwriter as he previews new original material ahead of his Irish tour in October. Early arrival recommended as places are limited. www.ormstonhouse.com Oiche Cheoil sa Chistin [email protected] 84. The Acoustic Club 82. Limerick School of Music presents 'The Never Ending Celebrates Culture Night Four' Limerick School of Music, Various locations, Limerick City Mulgrave Street 7pm-9pm 6.30pm-8.30pm Four Bob Dylan lookalikes will wander around Come and explore the vibrant musical Limerick City playing a Dylan song here and community at LSOM there (and maybe reading a line or two from 6.30pm-7pm: Listen in on LSOM Senior Moby Dick or All Quiet on the Western Front). Orchestra’s first rehearsal of the term – All four will meet at 9pm in Arthurs Quay and Bring along the kids to hear the various play a medley of Dylan songs. instruments, see how an orchestra works www.facebook.com/acousticclublimerick and meet our young musicians. 7.30pm-8.30pm: LSOM Staff and Student 85. Rambling House Concert – Come and hear our illustrious Kilmurry Arts & Heritage Centre, behind staff members perform, joined by some of Hurlers Pub, Castletroy Limerick’s finest student musicians. Not to be missed! 8pm-9.30pm www.limerickschoolofmusic.ie Local artists performing music, song, 061 417348 dance and poetry. 086 2449297 26 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

86. Wonderwall: Songs, 88. Irish Traditional Music Psalms and Stories from Session Limerick and North Cork Dolan's Pub, 4 Dock Road Mary Immaculate College, 9.30pm-11.30pm South Circular Road Live traditional Irish Music in Dolans Pub. 5pm-8pm All welcome. In Limerick Diocesan Archives a little- www.dolans.ie known collection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Irish manuscripts - songs, psalms and stories - from Fr Tomás COUNTY LIMERICK De Bháll, one of two priests censored by General Maxwell for involvement with the 89.An Evening of Music and Volunteers. Come celebrate with LDA and Roinn na Gaeilge in song, art and story. Song www.ldo.ie De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage 061 315856 Centre, Water St, Bruree 8pm-9:30pm Enjoy traditional Irish music while browsing the De Valera Collection and our local artefacts. Singers are welcome Boherbuoy Brass & Reed to participate and share their favourite song of old in Irish or in 87. Recital - Boherbuoy Brass English. A quaint setting & Reed Band surrounded by history Bedford Row and music in an old school house turned museum. 7pm [email protected] A Recital by Boherbuoy Brass & Reed Band 086 3949230 087 3528117/086 3714804 [email protected] 90. Ceolchoirm le Kate agus Deirdre Cussen Red Door Gallery, Newcastle West 8pm-10pm Is deirfiúracha iad Kate agus Deirdre Cussen ón ngrúpa Elective Orchestra agus beidh siad ag ceol sa Ghailearaí, áit a bheidh saothar ealaíne Keith Massey á thaispeáint. Sisters Deirdre (Cello) and Kate (Fiddle and Viola) Cussen in concert in the Gallery where Keith Massey’s work is being shown. Dolan's Trad Session 086 8676273

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What’s On & Where

Map Event Where Time HERITAGE 01. Culture Night at King John’s Castle, 5pm-7pm (Last King John’s Castle Kings Island admission: 6.30pm)

02. North Munster Masonic Centre 9 Castle Street, King’s Island 5pm-10pm

03. Limerick Civic Trust The Bishop’s Palace, 6pm-8pm Carroll Collection Church Street

04. VIP2017: Limerick Military City Hall, Limerick City and 5pm-10pm History Exhibition County Council, Merchant’s Quay

05. Limerick Museum Old Franciscan Friary, Henry St. 5pm-8.30pm

06. Hunt Collection Highlights The Hunt Museum, The Custom 7pm, 8pm, 9pm House, Rutland Street

0 7. Music and Art in Mount St Redemptorists, Mount St 5pm-10.30pm Alphonsus/Redemptorists Alphonsus, South Circular Road

08. Tour of St John’s Cathedral St John’s Cathedral, 6.30pm-8pm Cathedral Place

09. Discover Dominican: A Glimpse St. Saviour’s Dominican Church, 7.30pm-8.30pm into Dominican Religious Order Glentworth Street Then and Now

10. The history of Limerick City and St John’s Cathedral, Cathedral 6.30pm-7.30pm County through the Medium of Place Postcards

11. Sarsfield Barracks Military Sarsfield Baracks, Lord Edward 7pm-8.30pm History and Culture Street

12. Walk the Medieval Walls of Meet outside the entrance to 5pm-6.30pm Limerick St John’s Hospital A&E, John’s Square

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Map Event Where Time 13. Sense of Place Curraghgour Boat Club, 6pm-9pm Merchant’s Quay

14. Tracing Limerick’s Old Hospitals Order of Malta Ambulance Corps, 6pm-9pm and Equipment 7A Davis Street 5pm-7pm (Last admission: 6.30pm) 15. Guided Tour of the Book of Kells Contemplative Centre (Opposite 6pm-7.30pm & ULSU), University of Limerick 7.30pm-9pm 5pm-10pm (2 Sessions)

6pm-8pm 16. Angela’s Ashes Experience The Frank McCourt Museum, 5pm-9pm Hartstonge Street

5pm-10pm 1 7. Georgian Clothing, Customs, and Friars’ Gate Theatre, Sarsfield 8pm-9.30pm Material Culture presented by Street, Kilmallock Melissa Shiels 5pm-8.30pm 18. Trathnóna Chultuir ‘Scoraíocht‘ An Sean Leabharlann, Cill Díoma, 3pm-6pm 7pm, 8pm, 9pm Eagraithe ag Scor Gníomhach Co Luimnigh / Old Library, Cosaint Shibhialta Contae Kildimo Luimnigh 5pm-10.30pm 19. Railway Memoirs: Personal Public Library, Gortboy, 7pm-8pm Recollections of Limerick to Newcastle West 6.30pm-8pm Tralee and Foynes Railways

CHILDREN & FAMILY 7.30pm-8.30pm Dance Limerick & Dance 6pm-9pm 20. Culture Night at Dance Limerick Limerick Studio, 1-2 John’s Square

6.30pm-7.30pm 21. World Recipe Exchange Bedford Row 5pm-11pm

22. Pigtown Comes to the Milk Milk Market, Cornmarket Row 5pm-8pm

7pm-8.30pm 23. A Pig’s Tale Milk Market, Cornmarket Row 5pm-8pm (Outside the Gallery)

5pm-6.30pm 24. Canopy of Culture Arts & Aerial Chez le Fab, Arthur's Quay Park 7pm-10pm Appreciation (Shows from 8pm)

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Map Event Where Time 25. Drop in Art & Crafts The Education Wing, The Hunt 5pm-8pm Museum, Rutland Street

26. Family Workshop Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie 6pm-8pm Building, Pery Square

2 7. Limerick Printmakers ‘Print Your Limerick Printmakers, 5pm-8pm Heart Out!’ Kids Print Activities Bridgeland House, 3 Johns Square

28. Culture Night Bus Pick up from: Red Viking Tours 5pm-8pm bus stop, Arthur’s Quay

29. Culture Night at Mary Immaculate Main Building, Mary I. 6pm-9pm College South Circular Road

30. The Urban Co-op celebrates its The Urban Co-op, Tait House, 5pm-9pm birthday on Culture Night! Roxboro Road

31. International Living Statue The Courtyard, The Hunt 5pm-11pm Museum, The Custom House, Rutland Street

32. The SPIN South West Experience 2nd Floor, Citygate House, 6pm-10pm Raheen Business Park (Booking Essential)

33. Celebrate Youth Culture Northside Youth Space (Limerick 5pm-6.30pm Youth Service), Ballynanty

34. Art and Music Unite Us – Le Red Door Gallery, The Square, 8pm-10 pm Chéile le Ceol agus Ealain Newcastle West

ART & DESIGN 35. Danny Osborne and Frieda Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie 5pm-10pm Meaney: Landmarks and Building, Pery Square Lifeforms

36. Elizabeth Magill: HEADLAND Limerick Gallery of Art, Carnegie 5pm-10pm Building, Pery Square

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Map Event Where Time 3 7. Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry: The Hunt Museum, 7.30pm, 8.30pm, Contrasting Visions of Ireland Rutland Street 9.30pm

38. Open Night at Fab Lab Limerick No. 7 Rutland Street 5.30pm-8.30pm

39. Plinth III - Exhibition Preview Sailors Home, O’Curry Street 6pm-10pm

40. Drifting Through the Marks Meeting point: The Bard of 6.30pm-7.15pm Surrounding King John’s Castle Thomond Statue, Nicholas St

41. An Acquired Lens Headway, 9-11 Upper William St 5pm-8pm

42. Open Studios- Wickham Street 6A Wickham Street 5pm-9pm Studios

43. A Studio with a View - A Visit to a The Little Jerusalem Studio/ 5pm & 9pm Painters Studio Gallery, 26 Wolfe Tone Street (By Appoint.)

44. ‘Experiment/Learn/Enjoy’ with Limerick Printmakers, 7.30pm-9pm Limerick Printmakers Bridgeland House, 3 John’s Adult Print Activities/ Exhibitions Square

45. Exhibition by Louise Maher Belltable, 69 O’Connell Street 8pm-9.30pm

46. Pinch Design Studio 27 Catherine Street 6pm-9pm Official Opening

4 7. Tidal Scratchings Shannon Rowing Club, 8pm-10.30pm Sarsfield Bridge

48. EVA International present Ormston House, 6pm-7pm Meredith Monk’s Ellis Island 9-10 Patrick Street

49. Tonal Patterns RTÉ Lyric FM Windows, 9am-7pm Robert Street

50. Made in Limerick Live Craft 17 Thomas Street 6pm-9pm Demonstrations

51. Exhibition - 'Nostalgie' Alliance Française de Limerick, 7pm-9pm 7 Pery Square

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Map Event Where Time 52. Exhibition - All Kinds of Art Gallery, 98 O'Connell Street 5pm-11pm Everything

53. Exhibition by Patrick Finbar The Shop, 5pm-9 pm Rogers 28 Little Gerald Griffin Street

54. Adare Heritage Centre Exhibition Adare Heritage Centre, Main 3pm-7pm of Irish Crafts Street, Adare

55. Lucy Erridge – Knitwear and Main Street, Adare 5pm-9.30pm Textiles

56. Sheila Richardson Draíocht Art Gallery, 7pm-10pm Station Road, Adare

5 7. Design and Craft Adare Blackabbey, Adare 5pm-11pm THEATRE & FILM 58. IFI Local Films for Local People: Belltable, 69 O’Connell Street 8pm-9.30pm Limerick Through a Lens

59. A Feast of Film and Animation Limerick School of Art and 5pm-9pm at LSAD with Screenings and Design, LIT Clare Street Campus Workshops

60. The Little Boy Who Lived The Basement, 5pm-8pm (First in a Grave 73 O’Connell Street Performance at 7pm)

61. St Mary’s CDP Late-Summer Handball Alley, St. Mary’s Park 8.30pm-11pm Open Air Cinema POETRY & WRITING 62. Turn Empathy into Action at Narrative 4, 58 O'Connell Street 6pm-9pm Narrative 4

63. Storyteller’s Chair with The Captains' Room, The Hunt 6pm-7pm Darren Shan Museum, Rutland Street

64. Storyteller’s Chair with Limerick The Captains' Room, The Hunt 7.30pm-9pm Literary Festival Museum, Rutland Street

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Map Event Where Time 65. Limerick LiKE King John's Castle, King's Island 5pm-7pm

66. Limerick Underground Arthurs Quay Park 8pm-9pm Speakers Corner

6 7. Short Classics Quay Books and Bowes Ryan 7pm-9pm Restaurant, Arthur’s Quay Shopping Centre

68. An Evening with Rita Ann Higgins Rathkeale Arts Centre, Rathkeale 8pm-9pm Library, Ballingarry Road, Rathkeale

69. Ceiliúradh Glórach Theatre, 7.30pm-9pm Abbeyfeale MUSIC & DANCE 70. A Taste of Trad University Concert Hall, 1pm-2pm UL, Castletroy

71. The Mysterious Mr. Valentine Limerick Gallery of Art, 6pm-7pm Jazz Duo Carnegie Building, Pery Square

72. Organ Concert at St John’s St John’s Cathedral, 7pm-7.30pm Cathedral Cathedral Place

73. Organ Concert at St Mary’s St Mary’s Cathedral, 8.30pm-9pm Cathedral Bridge Street

74. A Night of Vinyl and Vine The Hunt Café, The Hunt 7pm-8pm Museum, The Custom House, Rutland Street

75. Open Evening at Tait House Tait House, Collins Avenue, 7pm-9pm Music Room Roxboro Road

76. Music Generation Limerick City Athenaeum Building, 5pm-7pm 30 Cecil Street

7 7. A World of Music & Dance The Marquee, Riverside Garden, 6.30pm-7.30pm The Hunt Museum, Rutland St

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Map Event Where Time 78. Opera Delights The Hunt Museum, Rutland St 7.30pm & 8.30pm

79. Seisiún at the Hunt Museum The Marquee, Riverside Garden, 9pm-11pm The Hunt Museum, Rutland St

80. Trad Night on Bedford Row Bedford Row, Limerick City 7pm-9pm

81. Oíche Cheoil sa Chistin / Halla Íde, 18 Thomas Street 7pm-9pm Music in the Kitchen

82. Limerick School of Music Limerick School of Music, 6.30pm & Celebrates Culture Night Mulgrave Street 7.30pm (2 performances)

83. Nile St. James Ormston House, 8pm-10pm 9-10 Patrick Street

84. The Acoustic Club presents Various locations 7pm-9pm 'The Never Ending Four'

85. Rambling House Kilmurry Arts & Heritage Centre, 8pm-9.30pm behind Hurlers Pub, Castletroy

86. Wonderwall: Songs, Psalms and Mary Immaculate College, 5pm-8pm Stories from Limerick and North South Circular Road Cork

8 7. Recital - Boherbuoy Brass & Reed Bedford Row 7pm Band

88. Irish Traditional Music Session Dolan's Pub, 4 Dock Road 9.30pm-11.30pm

89. An Evening of Music and Song De Valera Museum and Bruree 8pm-9:30pm Heritage Centre, Water St, Bruree

90. Ceolchoirm le Kate agus Deirdre Red Door Gallery, 8pm-10pm Cussen Newcastle West

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52 HERITAGE CHILDREN ART & & FAMILY DESIGN POST OFFICE LANE 76 E 45 TRE LAN62 THEA THEATRE POETRY & MUSIC & 09 & FILM WRITING DANCE 48 60 82 58 36 71 35 26 14 ENT 88 C 07 51 CRES E 86 TH 16 63 39 43 75 29 30 11 32

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LIMERICK COUNTY EVENTS CASTLECONNELL CASTLETROY

LIMERICK CITY PALLASKENRY MURROE MUNGRET CAPPAMORE FOYNES 18 KILDIMOMO PAPATTRICKSWELLRIC W DOON BALLYNEETY CAHERCONLISH ASKEATTOONO 56 LOUGH PALLASGREEN GLIN 55 54 57 GUR ADDARE OOLA KILCOLMAANN 68 RATHKEALE CROOM ARDAGH Tipperary BRUFBRUFF 90 BALLINGARRY HOSPITAL ATHEA 19 NEWCASTLE WEST KNOCKLONGK BRBRUREE 69 KILMEEDY CASTLETOWN 89 34 KILMALLOCK 17 BALLYLANDERD S GALBALLY ABBEYFEAABBEYFEALE KILLKILLEELY TOURNAFULLA KILFINANE DROMCOLLOGHER

HERITAGE CHILDREN ART & THEATRE POETRY & MUSIC & & FAMILY DESIGN & FILM WRITING DANCE

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