Culture Night Culture Night Scartaglin Kenmare Sliabh Luachra Cultural & Heritage Centre The Carnegie Arts Centre - The Library Building, Shelbourne - 066 7147231 Street, Kenmare - 064 6648701 Rambling House 8.30pm - midnight Visual Arts & Literary Evening 7pm – 11pm Calling all musicians, singers, storytellers and dancers come and join An evening of Writers and Artists – featuring an open mic session with local us at the Sliabh Luachra Rambing House as we celebrate Culture writers and poets from the Greater Kenmare Area. Also an Exhibition – Night. The Fear an Tí, Bean an Tí are happy to also welcome our Graduate Show 2014 of the Fetac Art Craft & Design – Level 5 Course from special guests who will perform Traditional Sliabh the students of our local Adult Education Centre. Luachra music, songs and All Welcome! stories from this unique area. Don’t forget your dancing shoes! Audience participation is encouraged. Teas and homemade refreshments Culture Night including traditional brack will be served. A raffle will Annascaul be held with lots of great Jerome Connor Gallery, The South Pole Inn, Main Street spot prizes. Don’t miss – all welcome - 066 915 7388 ‘Open Night at the new Jerome Connor Sculpture Gallery’ – 6.00pm- 9.30pm Opened in 2014, the Jerome Connor Gallery upstairs at the South Pole Inn, Annascaul, hosts the largest collection of Jerome Connor sculptures any where Culture Night in the world. The Gallery will open late for Culture Night allowing visitors the Kerry 2014 opportunity to see the work of this fine figurative sculpture. Personnel will be available on the night to provide information and tours. Explore • Experience • Enjoy Waterville Tech Amergin Arts Centre 066 9478956 th MUSIC AND CULTURE OF IVERAGH - 8.30PM - 10.30PM Please note that times listed on the brochure may be subject to change. Friday September 19 Tech Amergin invites you to music & culture of Iveragh with an Please check individual listings for up to date information. emphasis on story telling. Organised by Heritage Iveragh. ALL CULTURE NIGHT WWW.CULTUREKERRY.COM

EVENTS ARE FREE Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with . Culture Night An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a dhéanann comhordú ar an EVERYBODY WELCOME! Oíche Chultúir, i gcomhpháirt le Comhairle Contae Charraí FÁILTE ROIMH GACH ÉINNE! Ballinskeligs Ballinskelligs, Cill Riallaig Arts Centre, Ballinskelligs - 066 9479277 WWW.CULTUREKERRY.COM Arts Exhibition - 6-9pm The most remote Exhibition Centre in will welcome facebook.com/CultureCoKerry @culturekerry art lovers to view an exhibition of landscapes by leading Irish and International artists. www.culturenight.ie Master Crafters on Kerry Craft Trails – Mini Coach Tour about Back Lane Gallery, Lioscarraig, Culture Night , co-ordinated by Original Kerry Lissivigeen, Killarney – Taking in glass blowing, book binding, weaving and chair making a splendid 10am-11pm Killarney bus tour awaits you around Killarney to the studios of Mucros Bindery, Please join us to celebrate the Arts. Kerry Crafted Glass and Kerry Woollen Mills. The tour includes practical An exhibition by 20 local artists and Youth Café, KDYS, Fairhill, Killarney – 064 6631748 demonstrations into the art of bookbinding and book conservation with Paul craftpersons highlighting the culture and Curtis in Muckross, and then travels on to Terence McSweeney in Kilcummin Official Launch of Culture Night Killarney by the Cathaoirleach of heritage of Killarney and the surrounding for an insight into the art of blowing decorative glass. Later at Kerry Woollen Killarney – John Joe Culloty 6pm-9pm with an evening of music, areas. There will be an “Artist Quick Mills, Andrew Eadie’s tour of the Mills in Beaufort will offer a fascinating insight stories & food. into the weaving and finishing of tweeds and woollens. The tour concludes with Draw” where 7 local artists will complete a Goose Island Workshop demonstration into the craft of chair making using a painting or drawing in one hour, which KYDS Killarney Irish green wood. Your tour guide is Garry Marcham from the Goose Island will be prized raffled on the night. Traditional music will be Afro Trad Ireland: From Uganda to Kerry – A musical journey with Workshop who promises a madcap story or two! Refreshments included. provided by the Killarney School of Music. stories and drumming – 8pm – 9.30pm Meeting Point: Outside the Malton Hotel, Killarney. Look for the Kerry Craft Enjoy African & Irish Culture with Live Music, Ugandan Stories & Song. Trails sign on the front of the bus. Frank Lewis Gallery, 6 Bridewell Lane You then get to play a drum and become part of the band. Instruments First some first served basis. There is – 064 6631108 – 7pm-9pm are provided and no experience required. Just bring your love of music no charge for this tour. Suits ages 8 and The Frank Lewis Gallery is presenting a night of music, singing, dancing and craic along and Afro Trad will do the rest! upwards. Total on board 16. and magic throughout the evening. Refreshments will be served. Contact: Deirdre 086 8524222 Killarney Library, Rock Road, Killarney – 064 6632655 Time: 6.00pm to 10.00pm to The Malton The Danny Mann Pub, New Street The Annals of Innisfallen Display – 6pm-8pm Hotel, Killarney – 064 6631640 – 9pm-11pm Traditional Irish Ballads featuring fiddle renditions. Kerry County Council is displaying the only facsimile copy of the Annals of See www.originalkerry.com Innisfallen in existence especially for Culture Night. The annals pre-date The Book of Kells. (Original annals are housed in the Bodleian Library in Killarney Musical Society Oxford) Sing along to 30 years of melodies at Culture Night Corkery’s Bar - 9.30pm-11pm The School House, Muckross House, Gardens and Sing along to 30 years of melodies with Killarney Musical Society. Gneeveguilla Traditional Farms Muckross Come for a song but stay and make a memory. Bring friends, bring family or Sliabh Luachra Comhaltas, Gneeveguilla GAA Hall Traditional Farms - 064 6670165 just bring yourself. All welcome. Muckross The Schoolhouse presents Gneeveguilla GAA Hall 9pm – 11pm Sliabh Luachra Comhaltas are inviting you to join them for what promises “Breaking Trad” – 8pm-9.30pm to be a hugely enjoyable evening of traditional music, song and dance. Muckross Traditional Farms welcomes the formation of a dynamic new Irish band featuring Dónal Murphy, Niall Murphy, Mike Galvin and Pauline Hartigan. The four come Culture Night together with a wealth of experience in performing with some of the best traditional Killorglin bands in Ireland such as Four Men and a Dog, Sliabh Notes, De Danann, K-Fest, Pop Up Gallery, Killorglin The Mike McGoldrick Band, Cara Dillon and The Chieftains. Pauline’s K-ulture Night – 6pm-11pm soulful vocals add a unique perspective to the band. Their music is K-Fest presents a night of mischief and surprise for Culture Night 2014. powerful, high octane and full of vibrancy. Come and meet some of the Kerry’s finest emerging artists as K-Fest The is a must! Tickets must be pre-reserved and a max of 2 per person. takes the talent out of the concert halls and galleries and brings them to meet you. Art/Music/Film/Spoken Word. Killarney Arts, Foyer of the Dept of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, New Road, Killarney – 6pm-9pm Killorglin Area Office, Killorglin An exhibition of paintings, journals, memorabilia relating to the life and Pauline Bewick Collection – 6pm-9pm www.paulinebewick.ie work of Percy French. Guided Tour - time TBC Culture Night Culture Night Kerry County Museum, Ashe Memorial Hall Denny St., Tralee - 066 7127777 St John’s Theatre and Arts Centre - 068 22566 Official Opening of Culture Night Tralee, by The Musical Menagerie - 6pm Cllr Jim Finucane, Mayor of Tralee @6pm A puppet show with music for 5 to 10 year After Dark at the Museum - 6pm–10 pm olds telling the story of two zoo-keepers Stroll down a medieval street dressed in who recall their very first day at work. costume, dig up a skeleton, marvel at beautiful Presented by Your Mans Puppets, Galway. photographs from Kerry and explore 8,000 years of history in the Museum Gallery. Special events include traditional music by Sliabh Mish The All Ireland Wrenboy Competition Comhaltas and a special exhibition by the Cíar The Square, Listowel 7pm Quilters. The best Wren groups in the country battle it out for the coveted title. Kerry School of Music, Old Custom House, High Street Traditional Music with Sliabh Mish - 066 7125690 Comhaltas - 6pm–8pm Open House – 6pm-10pm Kicking off Culture Night at Kerry County Kerry School of Music will throw its doors open and members of the public and Culture Night Museum at 6pm, we are delighted to their families are invited to drop in, have a cup of tea, participate in or view announce that Sliabh Mish Comhaltas are classes in progress including ballet, modern dance, orchestras, flute choir and / Oíche back again by popular demand! Like all our wind ensemble. Culture Night events, admission is free and Launch of Kerry School of Music Young Musician of the Year Finalisets’ CD & Chultúir An Daingin everybody is welcome to experience Kerry Chamber Choir & Orchestra’s first joint CD with Jacobs Award winning Master Crafters on Kerry Craft Trails – Craft making traditional music, dance and story broadcaster Weeshie Fogarty. They will also be the basis of two programmes telling at its finest. in Weehie Fogarty’s “In Conversation with” series on Radio Kerry during the demonstrations at An Gailearaí Beag Autumn. An evening of demonstrations featuring the craft of hand stitching leather Quilting Exhibition - 6pm–10pm with Elaine Waters from Uisce Saddlery, as well as the crafting of beech This is your chance to attend a Tralee International Resource Centre, 13-14 St. Patrick’s wood toys by Rosario Calandra from Ventry Toys. The evening will special late opening of temporary Bungalows, Boherbee - 066 7127918 conclude with a demonstration into the making of the St. Brigit’s Cross exhibition by the Cíar Quilters. African Drumming Culture Night - 7pm–9pm using súgán and presented by Breandán O’ Conchúir. On display are all types of quilts Meeting Point: An Gailearaí Beag, Main Street, Dingle The African drumming culture night will explore Africa through drumming from traditional to contemporary. song and storytelling. There will be a chance for beginners to try their hand Contact: Linda Ni hAinifein 066 9152976 Members of the Cíar Quilters will be at drumming with an introductory lesson. Come along for a fun night, with a Time: 6.00pm to 9.00pm at hand throughout the evening to discuss their work with you and tell you range of songs, drumming styles, percussion, conversation and food! See www.originalkerry.com some tricks of the trade. FÁS, Monavalley, Tralee - 066 7126444 An Lab - 087 8546572 [email protected] 20:20 Kerry – Curators Choice - Tour of the TV & Film Training Unit – 7pm-9pm In An Lab sa Daingean ar Oíche Chultúir beidh an file Thomas McCarthy 6pm-9pm Tonight is your chance to explore some ag léamh, na healaíontóirí Úna Ní Shé agus Andrew Duggan ag cur obair i of the unusual, intriguing, and thought- This is a great opportunity to find out more láthair, taispeántas leis an ngriangrafadóir Mossy Donegan chomh maith le provoking objects that Kerry County on how Film and TV making really operates sraith gearr-scannáin ar thaispeáint san amharclann. Museum has been collecting for the last on the technical side! Course managers In An Lab, Dingle on Culture night, the poet Thomas McCarthy will read, 20 years. Every object has one thing in and students will be available to answer the artists Úna Ní Shé and Andrew Duggan will present work, Mossy common – each tells a story about the questions. Donegan’s wonderful photographs will be on display and there will be a people of Kerry: a diverse canvas that series of short films in the theatre. spans 19th century amputations on the Meadowlands Hotel, Oakpark high seas, the pageantry and mayhem of Napoleonic battlefields, the – 066 7180444 info@ Meitheal Eitseála, Chorca Dhuibhne tragedy of Kerry’s last hangings, and many more. meadowlandshotel.com 087 6553538 [email protected] Irish Music Night at the Meadowlands Hotel We are an open access print studio based in Dingle and will be opening Tralee Library, Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry - Tel: (066) 7121200 with Trad Softly – 10pm-12.30am our doors to the public. Visitors can see print making demonstrations and Tralee Art Group – “We can all paint & draw” – 6pm-8pm Evening of traditional music with Trad Softly Come and draw your favourite characters. Children, moms and dads, we maybe even try their hands at the wheel of the press. A very popular stop are sure you have a special character from a treasured book, come along on the culture trail last year, be sure not to miss it! and draw and paint what you read. D’oíche Chultúir beimíd ag léiriú modhanna priontála don phobal The Fanzini Show Culture Night The Square, Tralee - 6.30pm-8pm Master Crafters on Kerry Craft Trails – Open Studio Visit Ali Acrobat Caherciveen to the Pat Lawless Furniture Studio, The Ali acrobat show is an non stop roller coaster of skill, infectious, smiles co-ordinated by Original Kerry & fun – Hakuna Matata. CCÉ Barr Na Sraide Culture Night, Community Drum Dance Ireland Centre – 8.00pm-10.00pm For Millennia before the Viking’s brought the Pole Lathe to Europe, Kings and peasants enjoyed eating from hand carved plates, which were loved Interactive drum and dance sessions full of fun and rhythm CCÉ Barr Na Sraide invites you to a free evening of traditional music, song and dance as part of our Celebration of Culture Night 2014. because of the beauty of their texture. Kerry Film Festival - 066 7129934 www.kerryfilmfestival.ie On Culture Night, call to Lawless Furniture’s studio in Ballyferriter West A secret film in a secret location - 6pm–10 pm KDYS Cahersiveen Community Resource Centre to experience plate making in wood. Every two hours from 5.00pm to Kerry Film Festival’s Secret Cine Club presents groundbreaking films in Embracing Difference through Music – 8pm-10pm 11.00pm there will be room for three people to feel our heritage and do a extraordinary settings. The venue is secret until the last minute and the A gathering of young people for an evening of fun, learning, entertainment and workshop making a plate. There will film remains a secret until the credits roll across the screen! Join us for an sharing of music, song and dance. also be room for five to look on. adventure in cinema. Where? All will be revealed on our Facebook page Booking advisable. in September….! Free Admission! Meeting Point: Pat Lawless Furniture, Siamsa Tíre Theatre - 066 7123055 1km West of Ballyferriter. A Celebration of Folk – 6.30pm - 9.30pm Culture Night Lat.52.161928; Lon: -10.424308 As part of its 40th Anniversary programme Contact: Pat Lawless for 2014, Siamsa Tíre will be celebrating caherdaniel 087 7426360 our native folk culture in music, song and dance with workshops, performances and Oiche Cultúr Halla Pobal Cathair Dónal - 8.30pm No charge for participating special events including a talk by Prof. Bigí Linn! Ceol, Amhránaíocht agus Craic Gealta See www.originalkerry.com Muiris O’Laoire at 6.30pm, Irish Culture Oiche Cultúr, Caherdaniel Community Hall at the Crossroads, charting in a lively and Join us! Music Song and Craic guaranteed. entertaining way the evolution of Irish culture into the 21st century. Master Crafters on Kerry Craft Trails Open Studio Visit to Louis Mulcahy Pottery, co-ordinated by The Institute Of Technology Tralee Original Kerry Department of Creative Media & Information Technology, North Campus, Dromtacker, Tralee Culture Night Music, poetry, song and pottery and lots of it! Take in the full studio tour, try The Creative Media Dept is hosting an exciting showcase of student work your hand at pot making under the watchful eye of an experienced potter – that will demonstrate their creativity and explore a vast myriad of different there will be tea and scones for all. Louis Mulcahy will be on hand to share styles and themes. Not to be missed!! Causeway in the fun and offer you an insight into just why this destination is the best Causeway Comhaltas, An Tóchar Inn (Yallop’s Bar), location in Ireland to learn about the fine art of pot-making! KYDS, Denny St, Tralee – 066 7121674 Causeway Village Meeting Point: Clogher, Ballyferriter ‘KDYS Live Band Project: Young Songwriters Showcase’ – Oíche Ceoil – 8pm-11pm Workshop GPS co-ordinates: N 52°09.191’ W 010°27.260’ 8pm-10pm A great night of music, song and dance with storytelling. Sean Nos, ceili Contact: Linda Hannafin 066 9156229 The KDYS Young Songwriters Showcase is an opportunity for young singer/ dancing and promotion of the Irish language. Refreshments provided on the Time: 6.00pm to 8.00pm songwriters to perform their own compositions in front of their peers. It’s a night. A great night for old and new friends to meet. See www.originalkerry.com platform for talented artists paying original music.