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FRI 20 SEP CULTURENIGHT.IE 2019 HERITAGE CHILDREN ART & THEATRE POETRY & MUSIC & & FAMILY DESIGN & FILM WRITING DANCE

FÁILTE Culture Night is a wonderful night of celebration but it is also an opportunity to challenge ourselves in understanding ‘what is culture?’ With that in mind we are taking on board the Culture LIMERICK Night instructions to the public from the cultural resource centre in Limerick, - 2019 1. Check out an art form you don’t usually go to 2. Check out a venue you don’t usually go to

3. Go to something that you think sounds weird

So, Wrap Up and enjoy all that Culture Night provides on this night as venues and public spaces across Limerick open their doors to host a programme of free late-night entertainment, as part of an all-island celebration of arts, heritage and culture #weareculture www.limerick.ie

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@culturenight @LimerickArts #culturenight #limerick #ThisIsLimerick #weareculture Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Culture, Heritage and Culture Night Information Hub, Ormston House, 9-10 Patrick Street, Limerick 5pm-10pm the Gaeltacht and the Creative Programme in partnership with Drop into the Culture Night information hub to find out more about what’s on over the course of the night. Limerick City and County Council and Limerick Culture and Arts Office. Our Culture Night team will be on hand giving out free brochures, badges and balloons and can advise you An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a dhéanann comhordú ar an on what events/venues you might like to visit. Oíche Chultúir, i gcomhpháirt le Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Luimnigh agus Oifig Cultúir agus Ealaíon Luimnigh. Limerick Culture and Arts Office. Limerick City & County Council. Email: [email protected] Phone: 061 557363 / 061 556370. FRI 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. 20 Contact the Limerick Culture and Arts Office directly for specific queries. SEP Comhairle Cathrach CULTURENIGHT.IE = Booking/Tickets Required & Contae Luimnigh Limerick City #CULTURENIGHT = Event & County Council FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

7. Limerick Soviet 100: HERITAGE Exhibition, art & talks on Limerick General Strike of 1919 1. Culture Night at King The Gaff, 37 Cecil Street John’s Castle 6pm-9pm King John’s Castle, Nicholas Street History, art and politics collide at this event 5pm-8pm commemorating when Limerick took on an Mosanic Lodge To celebrate the night, doors to the King Limerick Soviet empire. John’s Castle exhibition will be open to We will have an exhibition of showing the public free of charge from 5pm. The 5. 1,000 Years of Maritime historical memorabilia and art and talented Shannon Gospel Choir will give 3. North Munster Freemasons History in Limerick City music inspired by the events, plus talks, a live contemporary performance from North Munster Masonic Centre, Starting point: The Wild Geese Fountain interviews and a Q&A with Mike Finn 7pm-8pm. Castle Street at the rear of Limerick City and Council, author the recent ‘Bread Not Profit’ play 061 711222 5pm-10pm Merchant’s Quay 0868064801 [email protected] Open house with full access to all areas 5.30pm-6.30pm [email protected] www.kingjohnscastle.com including the museum with members John Elliott will lead a guided 1km walk, www.limericksoviet100.ie on hand for explanations as well as two highlighting a millennium of riverine scheduled talks on Freemasonry at 6pm and maritime infrastructure in Limerick, 8. Four Castles of Limerick & 8pm. focusing on the importance of the River 086 8500597 Starting point: Meet on the pavement Shannon in the development of Limerick outside St John’s Cathedral [email protected] City; both past and future. The event is www.freemasonsnorthmunster.com 5pm-6.30pm sponsored by the EU CAPITEN project. This walk, led by Dan Tietzsch-Tyler, 086 3117161 medieval historian and artist specialising 4. Limerick’s Military Tradition www.capiten.eu in archaeological reconstruction drawings, Glazed Street, Limerick City and County will start at St John’s Gate and finish at Council, Merchant’s Quay 6. Limerick Museum Late King John’s Castle. Four stops will look at 5pm-10pm Opening and Guided Tour and discuss three ‘castles’ in Limerick, and Limerick Museum in collaboration Old Franciscan Friary, Henry Street the site of a fourth. The walk will finish in King John’s Castle with: the Organisation of National Ex- 5pm-8pm (Guided Tour 6.30pm) time to permit entry into the castle Servicemen and Women, Royal British Limerick Museum tells the story of (not part of this walk). Legion, Irish Naval Association and Irish Limerick city and county through its 087 2390405 2. A Walk Among the Marks UN Veterans Association, presents the unrivalled collection of Limerick-related [email protected] Surrounding King John’s official opening of an exhibition on the objects. On Culture Night. There will be www.dantt.net service of Limerick men and women in Castle a free guided tour at 6.30pm, given by armies all over the world. Starting point: Bard of Statue, Dr Matthew Potter, Curator of Limerick 061 557740 Nicholas Street Museum. [email protected] 6pm-7.15pm 061 557740 www.limerick.ie/limerick-museum Limericks oldest quarter is defined [email protected] not just by the ideals of it past but also www.limerick.ie/limerick-museum by the physical marks that signify its hidden history and how the everyday is represented. A short walk with the artist Paul Tarpey explores how these marks combine to identify the area. 086 3752606 [email protected] www.skiptraces.net Military Exhibition Limerick Museum Drawing by Dan Tietzsch-Tyler 4 5 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

12. 200 Years: A brief history of a Public House CHILDREN & FAMILY Mickey Martins Pub, Augustinian Lane, Thomas St 5pm – late We will be visiting and looking at the 13. Pigtown Pig Parade history surrounding the 200 year Bedford Row anniversary of their little pub which was 6.45pm-7.15pm (Entertainment starts Sarsfield Barracks Gate first licensed in 1819. They will be doing from 6pm, parade leaves 6.45pm sharp) this throughout the day and evening using Be part of Limerick’s Pig Parade and walk 9. Sarsfield Barracks the media of Art, Music, Theatre and with Limericks butchers and famous brass Museum and Walking Tour Historical Discourse all wrapped up in the bands. Help get Limericks giant piggy to the market. There will be puppets, street Sarsfield Barracks, Prospect Hill usual Mickey Martins pageantry. Pigtown Parade performers, and real life piglets. You can 4.30pm - 6.30pm 087 6811828 make your own mask or face painted from (Tours at 4.30pm & 5.30pm) www.mickeymartins.ie 6.30pm before the parade starts 7pm. The military museum in Sarsfield Barracks 086 8368508 allows the 12th Infantry Battalion to [email protected] showcase its proud heritage of military www.pigtown.ie operations both at home and overseas since the foundation of the state. In addition to the visit of the museum, 2 14. Pigtown comes to walking tours of the historical sites of the barracks will be available for members Pigtown Parade of the public at 1630 and 1730. Family The Milk Market friendly. 5pm-8pm 061 314307 This little piggy event goes to the Market. In association with the Pigtown Food and Culture Series Featuring Pig Talks, Pig 10. Tour of St. John’s Cathedral Parade Walk, Street Food,, Music, Market Cathedral Place History Exhibition and much more 5pm to 6.30pm-7pm 8pm. Visit Pigtown.ie and Limerick Milk Guided tour of St John’s Cathedral with Market Facebook for more info on this Fr Frank O’Connor. The Cathedral was Food and Culture Series. designed by architect Philip Charles 087 3348111 Pigtown Parade Hardwick and it has the tallest church [email protected] spire in Ireland. www.milkmarketlimerick.ie 061 414624 [email protected] 11. Harvesting the Hedgerows The Milk Market 8pm-8.30pm Explore the abundant wild and feral foods to be found in our landscape with Ethnobotanist Theresa Storey. 087 9808853 [email protected] www.thegreenapron.ie Pigtown Parade Pigtown Parade St. John’s Cathedral 6 7 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

Overview of the evening: 17. Blacksmith Demonstrations 20. Abbey River Coffee See ancient cooking objects in our Cook’s Arthur’s Quay Park Culture Night Tour of the 7pm-10pm Potato Market, Merchant Quay Smell & Taste food from 10 different Artist blacksmith Eric O`Neill of Killuragh 5pm-10pm Limerick cultures, cooked by professional Kraftworks and Resident Artist of By day a coffee shop, by night a gathering cooks using recipes of Limerick people Arts Studios will give a live of music and art. For Culture Night, forging demonstration of tradition and Serving from 5-9pm (€5 per dish) Abbey River Coffee will be exhibiting local contemporary blacksmithing techniques. artwork and hosting local musicians in Hear the sounds of Ireland and Italy This event offers a unique insight into the the downstairs courtyard at the Potato Touch Culture with our Loan boxes work of a modern day smith and it is an Market. opportunity to see up close, rarely seen Play Polish Arts & Crafts for Kids, African 087 6684270 forging methods and processes live on the Drums, VanGoYourself (become a painting) [email protected] streets of Limerick.

[email protected] Not to mention that Lavery & Osborne: www.killuraghkraftworks.com 21. Behind Closed Doors @ Observing Life will be in its last week and Henry Street Garda Station The Culture of Food it’s FREE on Culture Night, there is a Polish Art Festival in the Cafe and much more for 18. Open House Limerick Henry Street all the family! Fab Lab, Rutland Street 5pm-9pm (Tours every half hour) 15. The Culture of Food Tickets for Lavery & Osborne will be 6pm-9pm Have a tour through Henry Street Garda Join Open House Limerick for their Station and experience what a city centre The Hunt Museum, The Custom House, available from information desk on the brochure launch of ‘Architecture is Garda Station works like. Visit our State Rutland Street, Limerick night. Visionary’. They will also be hosting their of the Art Custody Suite and get an 5pm-12am 061 312833 fun family friendly event Limerick City insight into how prisoners in custody are Experience the taste, smells and sights [email protected] Builders, inviting you and your children to processed. Get an opportunity to have of The Culture of Food @HuntMuseum. www.huntmuseum.com help create a busy streetscape through a your fingerprints taken and meet with Professional chefs will be ten cooking creative workshop of sculpture, collage, various other Garda Units, e.g. Dog unit, recipes submitted in our Cooking Culture colour and drawing. Drugs Unit, Armed Response Unit. Call-out to Limerick communities and 16. Chris Bullzini, [email protected] Booking is essential. you can take part in the Hunt Museum’s www.openhouselimerick.ie Please pre-book at: historical cooking objects tour, from the Ropewalker 061 212442 sweetmeat dishes to wine sieves . This will Arthur’s Quay Park [email protected] be complimented by activities throughout 7pm-10pm (3 performances, 10-15mins) 19. Children’s Speakers Corner the museum such as music, dancing, kids High wire circus artist Chris Bullzini will Limerick City and County Council, arts and crafts, coin stamping, loan boxes put on an awe-inspiring family friendly Merchant’s Quay and the last chance to see Lavery and performance in Arthur’s Quay Park on 6.30pm-7.30pm Osborne, which is FREE on Culture Night Culture Night. ‘It’s a love of balance Join us on the steps of Limerick City Hall and to VanGoYourself. combined with a desire to give people the on Merchants Quay for a special Children’s In the Hunt Café you will experience opportunity to look up from the floor and Speakers Corner at 6.30pm. This is open to the aroma and taste of food from many see something different that keeps me on all kids who want to get on their soapbox cultures, which professionally cooked the wire.’ – Chris Bullzini and have their voice heard. We will have recipes submitted by the public, with 061 556370 a fun pick and mix of topics on nature, posters with short stories from the person [email protected] climate and the environment to encourage whose recipe it is. Limerick’s young citizens to voice their The night will have a strong emphasis opinions and ideas. Speakers Corner will on Polish Culture arts and crafts for kids be facilitated by Cllr Elisa O’Donovan. based on some Polish patterns, a small 087 9120231 fashion show and the Polish Arts Festival [email protected] Exhibition in the Hunt Cafe. Chris Bullzini, the Ropewalker

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Limerick Jazz 23. Jazz at Limerick Youth Theatre Culture Night Limerick The Basement, 73 O’Connell Street 25. Culture Night at Headway 5.15pm-5.30pm, 5.45pm-6pm, 6.15pm-6.30pm 9-11 Upper William Street Limerick Youth Theatre are hosting 5pm-8pm Limerick Printmakers musicians from the Limerick Jazz Call into Headway’s open night, have the Workshop to promote jazz in the city. chance to explore their centre and view 22. Experiment/Learn/Print Members of the public will have the some of their client’s amazing artwork. with Limerick Printmakers opportunity to hear some great jazz music, Music on the night will be provided by the Headway Choir. Headway - Bringing Limerick Printmakers, Bridgeland House, chat to musicians about the upcoming jazz festival and the workshops and talk to LYT positive change to the lives of those 3 John’s Square affected by acquired brain injury. Rinnce Storytelling Mary I 5pm-7pm, 7.15pm-9pm staff about joining LYT. 061 311100 061 209488 An established favourite on the Culture www.headway.ie Night trail, LP will host a range of free [email protected] 27. Rinnce, Rannta agus www.lyt.ie printing activities for children and parents 26. Culture Night at Mary Scéalaiocht / Dance, Rhymes can play too! and Storytime 5pm - 7pm: Print for Kids, 3 - 16 yrs 24. Continuing a Caring Immaculate College Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál/ Mary LP will host a range of free printing , Tradition - Learn How to Immaculate College, South Circular Road activities for children - & parents too! Join South Circular Road Save a Life 5pm-6pm the madness! 5pm-8pm Sa cheardlann seo, cuirfear an bhéim 7.15pm - 9pm: Mini Print Workshops for St. John’s House, 7a Davis Street Members of the public are invited to ar rannta, ar cheol agus ar ghluaiseacht Adults Only 7pm-9pm celebrate Culture Night 2019 at Mary sa phróiseas sealbhaithe teanga Explore silkscreen and intaglio Continuing with their long history of caring Immaculate College, Limerick. A schedule agus déanfar stiúradh ar cheardlann printmaking, along with the cyanotype for the sick and injured, the Order of Malta of engaging and interactive exhibitions, idirghníomhach agus taitneamhach. All process, led by the LP team. Ambulance Corps will be holding First Aid workshops and performances will be levels of Irish speaker welcome to this Please note: children under 14 cannot workstations and demonstrations on Basic delivered from 5pm-8pm for both young rhymes, music and dance workshop for attend activities after 7.15pm Life Saving skills and old. See www.mic.ul.ie for further children aged 3- 8. 061 311806 087 6967216 details. 085 7245563 [email protected] [email protected] 061 774726 [email protected] www.limerickprintmakers.com orderofmaltaireland.org [email protected] www.mic.ul.ie www.mic.ul.ie 10 11 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

28. McCarthy’s Circus Bar 32. Ask Not What Culture 35. Open Studio at Travelling Exhibition ART & DESIGN Can Do For You, But What You spacecraft Artists’ Studios Parkway Shopping Centre Can Do For Culture Unit 6, Court, (off Mungret 12pm-9pm Gallery Interlude, Lucky Lane, 9¾ Street, behind the Milk Market) 5pm-7pm The John McCarthy circus archive and 31. Culture Night at LSAD Catherine Street story gives an intriguing and colourful 7pm-9pm Spacecraft is a non-profit contemporary insight into the travelling circuses and Limerick School of Art and Design, Gallery Interlude presents a multimedia art studio in Limerick city. Set up in their contribution to Ireland’s cultural Clare Street conceptual artwork, by Michele Horrigan 2017 by graduates of LSAD, the space heritage. Splendid colours invite us inside 6pm-9pm and Sean Lynch, a critique on the facilitates eight artists working in a variety the circus canvas with 13 local artists The Limerick School of Art and Design relationship between art making today of disciplines in an open plan studio. The exhibiting their take on the “Big Top” with a is open for Culture Night. Their Clare and unstable urban structures. Candid studio will be open to the public for Culture contemporary arts exhibition. St Campus will host workshop themed conversation on Limerick’s perilous Night, come and meet the artists! 087 6709376 fashion displays, digital portrait cultural state - and fun! Gallery Interlude, 087 6779133 [email protected] workshops, and music technology is a joint project between Contact Studios [email protected] demonstrations suitable for all ages. They and Lucky Lane, kindly sponsored by The spacecraftlimerick.com will also be showing will be exciting new Glen Tavern and ArtMad/Normoyle Frawley 29. Ballyneety Men’s Shed short films from the Fresh Film festival Framing. 36. Altered Spaces: Ce/ART and an exhibition from Limerick Street Ballyneety Men’s Shed, Courthouse, 089 4378240 Bank of Ireland Workbench, Photography. Ballyneety [email protected] 125 O’Connell Street 061 208870 7.30pm - 11pm http://bit.ly/gallery-interlude-facebook 5pm-9pm www.lit.ie/lsad Building on last year’s successful -page Visual art collective Ce/ART (Loraine event this will be a showcase of local Callanan, Bairbre Geraghty, Edel Hogan talent including their schools. They will 33. +CxC Engage - Best Bits and Mary Moran) bring their latest be performing as singing groups and Fab Lab, Rutland Street exhibition ‘Altered Spaces’ to O’Connell individuals, dancing, storytelling, music 1pm-3pm, 3.30pm-5pm, 5.30pm-7pm St. Limerick. This event will feature an and monologues. Visual arts by local Come join the conversation on Limerick as opportunity for an FPV micro drone artists will be on display. Refreshments will a Liveable City - street food and opinions interactive experience. be provided during the intermission and a galore! Best Bits starts with a story-telling 085 7462399 free raffle will be held on the night. session, followed by a guided tour. View the [email protected] 087 3177949 ongoing work of CityxChange in re imaging www.ceart.online [email protected] and transforming the city. See the way design and architecture is being used to 37. Drawing Exhibition by 30. Tráthnóna Chultiúr make Limerick a liveable, sustainable city. Maurice Quillinan Old Library, Please pre-book at: Narrative4, 58 O’Connell Street 2.30pm-5pm [email protected] 5pm - 10pm Seo leanas na himéachtaí a bheidh ar siúl 086 3218496 ‘Cold Mountain poems’ is an exhibition of Leis an údar & scealaí Sean Ó Líatháin, Trá 34. Sediment by Mariele ten new charcoal drawings by Limerick lí, ceol le Seamus Ó Briain. Cómh maith based artist Maurice Quillinan. The le scealta agus amhráin ó Mháirín Ui Neudecker drawings are meditative preparatory Loingsigh agus tuile scealaíocht ó Daisy Limerick City Gallery of Art, studies for the ‘Hanshan; Red Pine Poems’ Kearney, Baile Dhá Thuile. Beidh cupán 4pm-9pm forming the basis for the ‘Youyi’ series of tae agus cácai éagsúla ar an mbórd! Buail This is Neudecker’s first major solo exhibitions in Hangzhou and Shanghai in isteach. Beidh fáilte romhaibh go léir. exhibition in an Irish cultural institution. October. This exhibition runs until Friday 061 393152 In her work Neudecker is exploring the interphases and overlaps of the two and 27 Sept 5pm. three-dimensional. She uses a broad 061 315656 range of media including sculpture, film, [email protected] www.narrative4.com Limerick School of Art and Design photography as well as sound. 061 310633 [email protected] 12 www.gallery.limerick.ie 13 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

40. ‘Heterotopia’ Exhibition 43. Free Market/ Grey our choices in how we live are echoed in by Sheila Richardson the sounds we hear. Limerick Museum, Henry Street Heron Media FRIARSGATE THEATRE - “GATHER 5pm-9pm LIBRARY, FRIARS’ GATE SOUND/EXPERIENCE SOUND” Heterotopia is the title of a new suite of THEATRE & VARIOUS LOCATIONS, (INTERACTIVE) KILMALLOCK paintings by the artist Sheila Richardson. Drop in from 7.00 to 8.30 for anything from 6pm-9pm 5-30 minutes. The term refers to worlds within worlds ‘Free Market’ is an architecture exhibition and other spaces outside the mundane. 7.30 – 8.30 and programme of events celebrating, Head off on the streets and nooks and Sheila is both Artist MFA and Art exploring and re-imagining the vital role of cranny’s of Kilmallock with audio recorders Therapist MA, and within this display, she Ireland’s small town market places. (supplied) to capture your own sounds of brings together a synergy of colour and Kilmallock. Bring back your sounds and imaginative image. Sheila Richardson KILMALLOCK LIBRARY - FREE MARKET PAVILION EXHIBITION engage with the composer as your sounds is based in Cappamore Artist Studio 6pm-8pm are edited live and woven into a collective Complex. Original content from the Free Market soundwork ready for performance at 061 417826 Venice Biennale Pavilion 9.15pm (suitable for ages 8+ Children will be included in the exhibition – under 16 must be accompanied by when including architectural models and collecting sounds by an adult). A team of experienced recordists will be on hand to Made in Limerick 41. Annemarie Bourke Art drawings. Exhibition FRIARSGATE THEATRE – guide you with easy to use equipment. For those who don’t wish to collect sounds, Art Gallery, 98 O’Connell Street ‘FREE MARKET’ INSIGHTS 6.45pm there will be an opportunity to experience 38. Made in Limerick 5pm-10pm Introductory talk by the Free Market team live shaping of sounds being collected in 17 Thomas Street Exhibition of the latest paintings by about the pavilion surprising ways. 6pm-9pm Annemarie Bourke. Seascapes, flowers FRIARSGATE THEATRE “KILMALLOCK Meet the makers at ‘Made in Limerick’, and much more. Fine art Giclee prints also FRIARSGATE THEATRE “THE SOUNDS - AS IT LIVES AND BREATHES” (LIVE where you can meet up to 20 craftspeople on show. Come along and find out all about OF KILMALLOCK” – HOW KILMALLOCK PERFORMANCE) and designers, who will be happy to guide SHAPED THE SOUNDS OF FREE MARKET our wonderful art classes and begin your 9pm you through their work and the process creative journey. A fun evening for all the (30 Minutes) 7pm Sound Designer of the Venice Biennale, A sound rich performance of a brand of designing and making their handmade family. Diarmuid McIntyre will explore the Sound new composition that will draw on the arts and crafts. Live demonstrations on 061 410510 Design of Free Market which draws sounds collected by participants through the night. [email protected] significantly from Kilmallock featuring the evening plus voices and sounds of 083 8521119 www.annemariebourke.com everything from the till’s of Ryan’s Kilmallock [email protected] Supervalu, the Bank Holiday Mart, collected over the past 10 years and during www.facebook.com/MadeInLimk 42. Art Talks Kilmallock Free Market-Kilmallock, with live Playground, the pedestrian lights. He will narrators, sound artists, and musicians Jean Ryan’s Art Studio & Gallery, with a twist. 39. Limerick Art Society Liddy Street also dive deep into the unique soundscape of Kilmallock life. There’s Miriam Delaney| [email protected] 6pm-9pm Autumn Exhibition humour in the sourcing of the sounds, Diarmuid McIntyre | [email protected] Central Buildings, O’Connell Street Exhibition of paintings with different styles surprises when different sounds echo each Friars’ Gate Theatre | 063 98727 | 4pm-10pm and medium. Open discussions on how art other, and powerful reflections on how [email protected] Limerick Art Society is holding a members’ can be used to communicate, with a free exhibition in the Central Buildings showing painting demonstration where the artist a wide variety of paintings in all media like will explain the work progress and allow landscapes, portraits and still lives, from people to ask art related questions. realistic to abstract. Everybody welcome. 085 7057765 086 8866091 [email protected] [email protected] www.jeanryan-art.com www.limerickartsociety.ie

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47. Kilmallock - As it Lives 49. Literature in Translation FILM & THEATRE and Breathes Quay Books, Arthur’s Quay Friarsgate Theatre, Kilmallock Shopping Centre 9pm-10pm 7pm-9pm A sound rich live performance of a brand There are so many incredibly good books 46. Culture Night Youth new composition that will draw on the in translation available today. Through Film Squad sounds collected by participants through a book display and a small exhibit, we Limerick City & County the evening plus voices and sounds of hope to introduce an audience to some 6pm-10pm Kilmallock collected over the past 10 years modern and contemporary international A group of young filmmakers will take and during Free Market-Kilmallock, with literature – with a collection of books that part in a pre-production workshop with a live narrators, sound artists, and musicians readers will find engaging, stimulating, and mentor and following this they will plan, with a twist. Part of the Free Market/ Grey enduring. shoot and edit a short Limerick Culture Heron Media programme of events. 085 8511760 Night documentary from a young person’s 063 98727 [email protected] perspective. [email protected] www.quaybooksstore.com Fresh Film Festival is collaborating with LYS on this project. There will be a 50. Fourfront Poets present Design and Craft workshop in advance of the night with a ‘Once Upon October’ roving Culture Night film crew, visiting and Granary Library, Michael Street filming the night’s events and interviewing 44. Creating with Design and 6.30pm-7.30pm young audience members. They will also The Fourfront Poets will again present an Craft support the editing of the footage post- evening of poetry and traditional music Adare village event. If you are a young person who would for Culture Night. This year, the theme 4pm-8pm like to take part, please pre-book at: 061 of their presentation will be ‘Once Upon Come join the Design and Craft Adare 319555 October’, with a salute to the old tradition workshop, be creative, get involved and [email protected] of story-telling as the year moves towards be inspired. Design and Craft Adare is a www.freshfilmfestival.com POETRY & WRITING colourful little shop filled with handmade Hallowe’en and Christmas. The Fourfront local Irish art , craft and design. They are a Poets are Ciaran O’Driscoll, Jo Slade, Paul group of 14 like-minded creatives all under Sweeney and Mark Whelan. The musicians the same roof. 48. A Limerick Literary will be Margaret Farrelly and John 086 3990692 Festival - Kate O’Brien Bashford. [email protected] Reading 087 6536605 [email protected] No. 1 Pery Square Hotel, 1 Pery Square 45. ‘Ocean Rhythms’ - 7pm-8pm Paintings and Music to Limerick Literary Festival in Honour of Kate O’Brien, in association with the Soothe the Soul Glucksman Library at the University of Red Door Gallery, The Square, Limerick and Number 1 Pery Square, presents a reading of Kate O’Brien’s last 8pm-9pm unpublished novel ‘Constancy’. A reading Paintings by Olivia O’Keeffe, an Irish artist from the manuscript, unpublished but now based in the Netherlands and music for 2 chapters published in 1972, and by Claire Sheahan McMahon and Kayla now housed in Kate O’Brien Papers at the McMahon on Harp and Flute. Perfect for a Glucksman Library, accompanied by Q&A Friday evening and Culture Night, ‘Ocean session on this later work by Limerick’s Rhythms’ is sure to be a feast for the eyes foremost female novelist. and ears. 087 2863428 Literature in Translation 086 2517086 www.limerickliteraryfestival.com [email protected] 16 17 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH LIMERICK CITY & COUNTY

MUSIC & DANCE 53. Piano at the Station 55. Weep You No More 57. Evening of Traditional Colbert Station, Parnell Street People’s Museum, No. 2 Pery Square Music, Song and Dance 7pm-9pm 6pm-7pm St John’s Brass and Reed Band-Room, Irish Rail launch another of their A very special chamber concert of 2 Garryowen Road Taste of Trad permanent public piano’s at Limerick’s Renaissance and Baroque music from 7.30pm-9.30pm Colbert Station for the public to enjoy England and Scotland, featuring Mario An evening of Irish Traditional Music, Song and play. Papini (lute), Vlad Smishkewych (voice), and Dance, in the company of the members This initiative will be launched with and Yonit Kosovske (harpsichord). of Garryowen CCÉ, a Limerick City branch performances by Limerick musicians and 061 525031 of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. surprise guests. [email protected] 089 6113478 061 556370 www.peoplesmuseum.ie [email protected] [email protected] www.facebook.com/Garryowen.CCE 56. Limerick Jazz Big Band 54. Opera Delights Dolan’s, Dock Road 58. A night of Music with the St. Mary’s Cathedral, Bridge Street 5pm-7pm Boherbuoy Brass and Reed 51. Taste of Trad 7pm-8pm LJS 15 piece Big Band will perform some of University Concert Hall and Olive the best known tunes associated with this Band University Concert Hall, Cowpar present the passion of opera genre of music. The programme is a very Thomas Street (O’Connell Street in the stunning surrounds of St. Mary’s recognizable list of great jazz standards; Adjacent) 1pm-2pm Cathedral. Choose from one of two Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glen Miller 6.30pm-8pm Get Culture Night off to a great start with evening recitals which will feature some etc. Come our and enjoy a fabulous evening The Boherbuoy Brass and Reed band this lunchtime performance by students of of Limerick’s most talented singers, of music. was established in 1850. Listen to the the prestigious MA Irish Traditional Music performing arias and duets from beautiful 061 314483 band play music from a range of different Performance and Irish Traditional Dance and best loved operas. [email protected] musical genres. Performance postgraduate courses. Liven 061 331549 www.dolans.ie 0873528117 / 0862248487 up your lunchtime with this midday taste www.uch.ie www.facebook.com/boherbuoy.limerick of Trad on campus. 061 331549 59. Choir Night with Limerick [email protected] www.uch.ie Choral Union & Polish University Choir 52. The Big Limerick Céilí St. Michael’s Church, Denmark Street Dance Limerick, St. John’s Church, 8pm-9pm John’s Square Join us for one and only night with Limerick 6pm-9pm Choral Union performing together with Join us at Dance Limerick for The Big Polish University Choir as part of 12th Limerick Céilí, a participative celebration Polish Arts Festival. of traditional Irish dance and music. 086 3924644 Céilí Caller Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain will [email protected] lead you through the steps, with dance www.polishartsfestival.ie demonstrations and live music by students from The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Suitable for all ages. 061 400994 [email protected] www.dancelimerick.ie Limerick Jazz Big Band

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Limerick School of Music 62. Organ Recital 65. Woven 68. Traditional Music and St John’s Cathedral, Cathedral Place See www.culturenight.ie for details Dance at the Locke Bar 7pm-8pm (Guided Tour 6.30pm) 7pm-8pm 5pm-7pm, 9pm-12am At 7pm, visiting organist Peter Barley, will A creative musical display by David Idioh, Traditional music and dance with a couple treat us to a 30 minutes recital on the featuring amazing arts from the local of lively ‘seisiúns’. cathedral organ, showcasing a variety community who perform with him. A weave 061 413733 of sounds and styles of music for our of African and Irish sound, performances [email protected] entertainment. This event will be preceded from his album ‘Woven’ to be released at www.lockebar.com by a guided tour of the cathedral at the end of September. 60. Limerick School of Music 6.30pm. 089 9785729 Open Rehearsal & Staff 061 414624 [email protected] [email protected] Concert www.lpof.ie Limerick School of Music, Mulgrave 66. Oíche Cheoil sa Chistin Street, Limerick 63. 061 Tait House / A Night of Music & Song in 6.30pm-7pm Open Rehearsal LSOM Tait House Community Enterprise, Tait the Kitchen Orchestra Conradh na Gaeilge, Halla Íde, 7.30pm-8.30pm Staff Concert House, Collins Avenue, Roxboro Road 8pm-11pm 18 Thomas Street We are delighted to welcome you to 7pm-9pm an Open Rehearsal with our Senior 061 Recordings and Tait House Community Enterprise are delighted to Informal Night of Irish Tradition Ceol, Orchestra where you can hear and see Amhráin, Rince, Cupán tae. the instruments coming together to make build on their previous work together in bringing local musical talent to perform Storyteller: Micheál Ó Siochrú. Cuirfear magical music! This will be followed by a fáilte roimh chomhrá i nGaeilge agus concert given by our very talented staff in unconventional performance spaces. Traditional Music at Dolans This all-ages show will be a showcase for i mBéarla. Songs from our visitors in with gems from the world of classical languages other than Irish or English are music. emerging young acts in Limerick, helping them develop their confidence and skill in always very welcome at this annual event. 69. Traditional Irish Music 061 417348 061 417895 Session [email protected] live performance. Pre-booking required. [email protected] Dolans Pub & Restaurant, 3-4 Dock Road www.limerickschoolofmusic.ie 061 415340 [email protected] www.cnagluimneach.wordpress.com 9pm-10pm www.taithouse.ie Dolans has a proud tradition of nightly 61. Prima Volta Presents: Jar traditional Irish music sessions in the bar Jar Jr & Jus’Me 67. Culture 101 for nearly 25 years. Come join in, it would 64. Rambling House be great to see you. The Record Room, The Commercial, 101 O’Connell Street Kilmurry Arts & Heritage Centre, Kilmurry 061 0314483 46-47 Catherine Street 10pm-12pm 7pm-8pm www.dolans.ie 9pm-late The event will be an open invitation to Be it a starting point, a place to pop into Prima Volta marks Culture Night with musicians, singers, poets to check out the for quirky events, a city centre venue an evening of bass, beats and rhymes great acoustics of this venue and perhaps or a space to round up all your cultural 70. Old Chapel Rooms featuring a live set from Jar Jar Jr, one of plan their own event in the coming months. activities on Culture Night. Different Variety Night Ireland’s finest producers. Jar Jar Jr has 086 2449297 events will be happening throughout their Old Chapel Rooms, Kilfinane just released his latest ep ‘Free Parking [email protected] 6 venues and facilities will be available 8pm-10pm on Sunday’ and has previously produced www.kilmurrycentre.com to the public. Visit their website for Old Chapel Rooms Kilfinane presents a tracks for Kojaque (Soft Boy Records). information. variety night to celebrate the re-opening Also on the night, showcasing his brand 061 597164 and launch of the newly named ‘Old Chapel new live MPC set will be the Cuttin’ Heads [email protected] Rooms, Kilfinane’ featuring a host of local Collective legend Jus’Me along with a www.101limerick.com acts rich in culture, arts and heritage. surprise guest MC. Support on the decks 087 1307168 comes from Prima Volta selector Peter [email protected] Curtin. [email protected]

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71. Culture Night at the Rambling Inn The Ramble Inn Bar, Church Street, 9.30pm-11pm Traditional singing night, hosted by West Limerick traditional singing club. 087 2293636 [email protected]

72. Scoraiocht Limerick Culture Night Glórach Theatre, Abbeyfeale 8pm-10pm An occasion for local people to meet up and make merry through song, dance, music & storytelling, with a little bit of gossiping thrown in! 087 1383940 [email protected] www.facebook.com/ GlorachTheatreAbbeyfeale 73. The Glen Gathering Glenbrohane Community Hall, Limerick Culture Night Glenbrohane, Garryspillane, Kilmallock 8pm-10pm A gathering of people in Glenbrohane to encourage the art of conversation through music, crack and the Irish Language. 087 2379020 [email protected]

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Map Event Where Time = Booking/Tickets Required What’s On & Where = Irish Language Event 12. 200 Years: A brief history of a Mickey Martins Pub, Augustinian 5pm – late Public House Lane, Thomas Street Map Event Where Time CHILDREN & FAMILY HERITAGE 13. Pigtown Pig Parade Bedford Row 6.45pm-7.15pm 01. Culture Night at King John’s King John’s Castle, 5pm-8pm Castle Nicholas Street 14. Pigtown Comes to the Milk The Milk Market 5pm-8pm Market 02. A Walk Among the Marks Starts: Bard of Thomond Statue, 6pm-7.15pm Surrounding King John’s Castle Nicholas Street 15. The Culture of Food The Hunt Museum, The Custom 5pm-12am House, Rutland Street 03. North Munster Freemasons North Munster Masonic Centre, 5pm-10pm Castle Street 16. Chris Bullzini, the Ropewalker Arthur’s Quay Park 7pm – 10pm

04. Limerick’s Military Tradition Glazed Street, Limerick City and 6pm-9pm 1 7. Blacksmith Demonstrations Arthur’s Quay Park 7pm – 10pm County Council, Merchant’s Quay 18. Open House Limerick Fab Lab, Rutland Street 6pm-9pm 05. 1,000 Years of Maritime History in Starts: The Wild Geese Fountain, 5.30pm-6.30pm Limerick City Limerick City and Council, 19. Children’s Speakers Corner Limerick City and County Council, 6.30pm-7.30pm Merchant’s Quay Merchant’s Quay

06. Limerick Museum Late Opening Old Franciscan Friary, 5pm-8pm 20. Abbey River Coffee Culture Night Potato Market, Merchant Quay 5pm-10pm and Guided Tour Henry Street (Guided Tour 6.30pm) 21. Behind Closed Doors @ Henry Henry Street 5pm-9pm (Tours Street Garda Station every half hour) 0 7. Limerick Soviet 100: Exhibition, The Gaff, 37 Cecil Street 6pm-9pm art & talks on Limerick General 22. Experiment/Learn/Print with Limerick Printmakers, Bridgeland 5pm-7pm, Strike of 1919 Limerick Printmakers House, 3 John’s Square 7.15pm-9pm

08. Four Castles of Limerick Meet on the pavement outside 5pm-6.30pm 23. Jazz at Limerick Youth Theatre The Basement, 5.15pm-5.30pm, St John’s Cathedral 73 O’Connell Street 5.45pm-6pm, 6.15pm-6.30pm 09. Sarsfield Barracks Museum and Sarsfield Barracks, 4.30pm - 6.30pm Walking Tour Prospect Hill (Tours at 4.30pm 24. Continuing a Caring Tradition - St. John’s House, 5pm-8pm & 5.30pm) Learn How to Save a Life 7a Davis Street

10. Tour of St. John’s Cathedral Cathedral Place 6.30pm-7pm 25. Culture Night at Headway 9-11 Upper William Street 5pm-8pm Limerick 11. Harvesting the Hedgerows The Milk Market 8pm-8.30pm 26. Culture Night at Mary Mary Immaculate College, 5pm-8pm Immaculate College South Circular Road

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Map Event Where Time Map Event Where Time 2 7. Rinnce, Rannta agus Scéalaiocht Mary Immaculate College, 5pm-6pm 40. Annemarie Bourke Art Exhibition Art Gallery, 98 O’Connell Street 5pm-10pm / Dance, Rhymes and Storytime South Circular Road Limerick Museum, Henry Street

28. McCarthy’s Circus Bar Parkway Shopping Centre 12pm-9pm 41. ‘Heterotopia’ Exhibition by Jean Ryan’s Art Studio & Gallery, 5pm-9pm Travelling Exhibition Sheila Richardson Liddy Street

29. Ballyneety Men’s Shed Ballyneety Men’s Shed, 7.30pm - 11pm 42. Art Talks Kilmallock Library, Friars’ Gate 6pm-9pm Courthouse, Ballyneety 43. Free Market/ Grey Heron Media Theatre & various locations, 6pm-9pm 30. Tráthnóna Chultiúr Old Library, Kildimo 2.30pm-5pm Kilmallock

ART & DESIGN 44. Creating with Design and Adare village 4pm-8pm Craft Adare 31. Culture Night at LSAD Limerick School of Art and 6pm-9pm Design, Clare Street 45. ‘Ocean Rhythms’ - Paintings and Red Door Gallery, The Square, 8pm-9pm Music to Soothe the Soul Newcastle West 32. Ask Not What Culture Can Do For Gallery Interlude, Lucky Lane, 7pm-9pm You, But What You Can Do For 9¾ Catherine Street FILM & THEATRE Culture 46. Culture Night Youth Film Squad Limerick City & County 6pm-10pm 33. +CxC Engage - Best Bits Fab Lab, Rutland Street 1pm-3pm, 3.30pm-5pm, 4 7. Kilmallock - As it Lives and Friarsgate Theatre, 9pm-10pm 5.30pm-7pm Breathes Kilmallock

34. Sediment by Mariele Neudecker Limerick City Gallery of Art, 4pm-9pm POETRY & WRITING Pery Square 48. Limerick Literary Festival - Kate No. 1 Pery Square Hotel, 7pm-8pm 35. Open Studio at spacecraft Unit 6, Mungret Court, 5pm-7pm O’Brien Reading 1 Pery Square Artists’ Studios (off Mungret Street, behind the Milk Market) 49. Literature in Translation Quay Books, Arthur’s Quay 7pm-9pm Shopping Centre 36. Altered Spaces: Ce/ART Bank of Ireland Workbench, 5pm-9pm 125 O’Connell Street 50. Fourfront Poets present ‘Once Granary Library, Michael Street 6.30pm- Upon October’ 7.30pm 3 7. Drawing Exhibition by Narrative4, 58 O’Connell 5pm - 10pm Maurice Quillinan Street MUSIC & DANCE

38. Made in Limerick 17 Thomas Street 6pm-9pm 51. Taste of Trad University Concert Hall, 1pm-2pm University of Limerick 39. Limerick Art Society Autumn Central Buildings, 4pm-10pm Exhibition O’Connell Street 52. The Big Limerick Céilí Dance Limerick, St. John’s 6pm-9pm Piano at the Station Church, John’s Square

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Map Event Where Time Map Event Where Time 53. Piano at the Station Colbert Station, 7pm-9pm 65. Woven See www.culturenight.ie 7pm-8pm Parnell Street for details

54. Opera Delights St. Mary’s Cathedral, 7pm-8pm 66. Oíche Cheoil sa Chistin / A Night Conradh na Gaeilge, Halla Íde, 7pm-9pm Bridge Street of Music & Song in the Kitchen 18 Thomas Street

55. Weep You No More People’s Museum, 6pm-7pm 6 7. Culture 101 101 O’Connell Street 10pm-12pm No. 2 Pery Square 68. Traditional Music and Dance at The Locke Bar, 5pm-7pm, 56. Limerick Jazz Big Band Dolan’s, Dock Road 5pm-7pm the Locke Bar 3 George’s Quay 9pm-12am

69. Traditional Irish Music Session Dolans Pub & Restaurant, 9pm-10pm 5 7. Evening of Traditional Music, St John’s Brass and Reed 7.30pm-9.30pm 3-4 Dock Road Song and Dance Band-Room, 2 Garryowen Road, Garryowen 70. Old Chapel Rooms Kilfinane Old Chapel Rooms, 8pm-10pm Variety Night Kilfinane 58. A Night of Music with the Thomas Street 6.30pm-8pm Boherbuoy Brass and Reed Band (O’Connell Street Adjacent) 71. Culture Night at the Rambling Inn The Ramble Inn Bar, Church 9.30pm-11pm Street, Abbeyfeale 59. Choir Night with Limerick Choral St. Michael’s Church, 8pm-9pm Union & Polish University Choir Denmark Street 72. Scoraiocht Glórach Theatre, 8pm-10pm Abbeyfeale 60. Limerick School of Music Open Limerick School of Music, 6.30pm-7pm, Rehearsal & Staff Concert Mulgrave Street, Limerick 7.30pm-8.30pm 73. The Glen Gathering Glenbrohane Community Hall, 8pm-10pm Glenbrohane, Garryspillane, 61. Prima Volta Presents: The Record Room, The 9pm-late Kilmallock Jar Jar Jr & Jus’Me Commercial, 46-47 Catherine Street www.limerick.ie Culture Night Information Hub 62. Organ Recital St John’s Cathedral, 7pm-8pm www.facebook.com/ Ormston House Cathedral Place (Guided Tour culturenight 6.30pm) 9-10 Patrick Street @culturenight Limerick @LimerickArts 63. 061 Tait House Tait House Community 8pm-11pm #culturenight 5pm-10pm Enterprise, Tait House, Collins #limerick Drop into the Culture Night information hub to Avenue, Roxboro Road #ThisIsLimerick #weareculture find out more about what’s on over the course of the night. 64. Rambling House Kilmurry Arts & Heritage Centre, 7pm-8pm Kilmurry 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.

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