City Events 2013

An Evening of Dance, Movement and Spoken Word

Galway City Library, St. Augustine St. Galway
6-9pm

Galway Dance Project presents “An Evening of Dance, Movement and Spoken Word” at Galway City Library featuring short performances and screenings of work produced by some of Galway city’s contemporary dancers. The night will also include a dance workshop and will culminate in a specially devised piece exploring the forms of dance and spoken word.   A selection of Galway writers will be invited to create new work inspired by Galway Dance Project’s Dance Library and the dancers will be invited to respond to the work using their own unique movement vocabulary.

Galway Dance Project is an artist-led, non-profit dance organisation which aims to provide high quality dance training, education, and choreographic and performance opportunities for dancers in Galway.

Galwaly Dance Project’s Library is located at the Galway City Library on Augustine Street and contains a wide selection of dance dvds and literature.

Full information of this event will be available on Facebook/Galway Dance Project & on the Galway Culture Night website.

Blue Teapot Theatre Company

Munster Avenue, Galway
091 520977 

4pm – 5pm

Blue Teapot Theatre Company is proud to host the launch of Galway’s Culture Night at 4pm. Mayor of Galway, Terry O’Flaherty will open the event by unveiling the newly painted premises, showcasing a splash of personalized graffiti created by artist in residence Margaret Nolan and the graffiti artist known as Finbar 247.  Dulux Let’s Colour project has chosen Blue Teapot Theatre Company for this vibrant facelift.

Blue Teapot will open its doors to their new workshop space, refreshments will be provided and all are encouraged to attend. Blue Teapot is currently in the midst of rehearsal for the upcoming world premiere Sanctuary opening in the Galway Theatre Festival on October 4th.

Town Hall Theatre

Courthouse Square, Galway
091 569777

7pm – 10pm
Emerging theatre artists in Galway will showcase their work on the main stage as part of Culture Night. This will involve, performances and reading of new plays. The groups involved include Mephisto Theatre Company and Truman Town Theatre. Many of these productions were perfomed at the Galway Fringe Festival in the summer of 2012. Why not pop in to the Town Hall Theatre for a twenty minute theatrical treat and catch one of the productions!

Access Music Project

St Patrick’s Band Hall, Frenchville Lane, Fairgreen, Galway
091 533 861
www.accessmusicproject.ie
12am
Culture Night kicks off with a special early event from the Access Music Project which provides training opportunities for the unemployed musician to obtain the skills and knowledge required to find work in the music industry and in further education. This concert is the culmination of the skills and talents learnt and honed over the last twelve months. The Culture Night event will be this group’s last performance before graduation as the 2011–12 participants perform an eclectic mix of original, folk, rock, a capella and percussion pieces on this their last day on the course!

Traditional Showcase at Áras na nGael

45 Sráid Doiminic, Gaillimh091 567824
www.arasnangael.ie 
www.emmaosullivan.com

6pm
Described by many as a natural teacher, Emma O'Sullivan, 

All Ireland winning Sean Nós dancer, will facilitate a fun children’s workshop called ‘Fiddles and Feet’ from 6pm in An Amharclann, Áras na nGael. 

Emma will then take to the stage with Goitse for one night only at 7.30pm in Club Oa2 in Áras na nGael. Goitse are a flourishing, highly talented five piece band. Their energetic playing and distinctive quality of their sound lies in the arrangement of well–known traditional tunes. 

Both events will be followed by World Music Night.

Nuns Island Theatre

Nuns Island, Galway
091 565886

8pm

Nuns Island Theatre presents a night of free music with Layne County and Síomha Brock.

Layne County have become a popular live circuit presence. They are a fresh alternative rock sound emerging from the West of Ireland. Layne County’s songs are brimming with dark lyricism and old–school chaos. They are also marked by an infectious warmth and irresistible groove.

Síomha Brock is widely recognized for her outstanding talents and versatility, Síomha is hugely influenced by a wide knowledge of jazz and soul, which resonates in her writing, the delivery of her own songs and the many standards she also enjoys singing.

The Collegiate Church of St Nicholas

Lombard Street, Galway
www.stnicholas.ie
6pm
The Collegiate Church of St Nicholas the oldest Irish parish church in daily use. Over the centuries it has been at the heart of Galway life and remains the city's number one landmark. On Culture Night the ancient building will open from 6.00pm until late to showcase great Galway music, headlined by the iconic choirs Cois Cladaigh and Tribal Music. Special guests include renowned singer songwriter John Faulkner and Rev Gary Hastings, flautist and rector of St Nicholas, leading his own "Tunes in the Church" session, drawn from the legendary St Nicholas summer music series.

St.Nicholas Take Two

9pm
Hailing from Newfoundland, Canada Juno award-wining Amelia Curran will perform in Ireland this September. Invited over as part of a partnership set up between MusicNewfoundland & The Valentia Isle Festival, Co.Kerry, To celebrate the amazing history of the transatlantic telegraph cable that was laid between Valentia and Hearts content in 1866, Connecting Europe and the Americas for the very first time.  Ameila will play her debut show in Galway for Culture night alongside Mayo songstress Orlagh De Bhaldriathe as a further celebrabration of 'women in song' from both sides of the Atlantic.  Orlagh no stranger to Galway, is currently the musical director of Macnas and has been wowing audiences from the top of the amazing Macnas structures with her beautiful voice on the streets of Galway these past few years. Both artists will perform original peices new and old from their own collections in the magical surrounds of St.Nicolas's church.

Acoustic Session with Fia Rua and Friends

Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway
www.fiarua.com
5.30pm – 7.30pm
Galway based singer/songwriter and folk singer Fia Rua (Eoghan Burke) will bring together a once off acoustic session of songs and tunes. Fia Rua released his second album “Falling Time” last year and this was given a thumbs up from Hotpress.

Raising the Roof at the Red Earl’s Hall

Galway Civic Trust / Galway Early Music present
Raising the Roof at the Red Earl’s Hall 
Druid Lane, Galway
091 564946

5pm – 8pm

A night of music and history in one of Galway’s medieval treasures. The Hall of the Red Earl, Druid Lane, Galway, comes to life as medieval musicians once again fill the hall with piping, fiddle, percussion and early Irish harp. 

Recitals will be interspersed with a chance to hear about the history of this fascinating medieval site.  Historical music and interpretation in an historic building, this event creates a magical moment of time travel.

Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe

St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s Road, Galway
admin@mcng.ie

7pm – 9.30pm

Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe/the Galway Music Resource is happy to present an evening of music at St Mary’s College. MCnG is the first fully dedicated school of music in Galway and currently boasts a population of 350 students. The school offers lessons from the age of 1 year old right up to the ‘golden years’ across the full range of musical instruments and styles. This is an opportunity to visit the School of Music and learn about the range of services on offer while soaking up the atmosphere of a live orchestral rehearsal at 7pm, and later at 8pm winding the evening up with a public taster concert given by the staff of the college across a range of instruments and musical styles.

NUI Galway Societies

Cube Theatre, Aras na Mac Leinn, NUI Galway
Contact: Socs Box, NUI Galway

8pm

NUI Galway Societies host a Culture Night Variety Show. The talented students of NUI Galway will be showcased at 8pm in the Cube Theatre, Aras na Mac Leinn. Students from a number of different societies will perform a dazzling array of art forms for the evening. The night will include music, dance, performance and juggling.

University College Hospital Galway

University College Hospital, Newcastle Road, Galway 
091 544979

5pm & 6pm
Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust presents for Culture Night a concert by legendary singer songwriter John Faulkner. Acclaimed musician and music historian John will perform the great songs of Galway and include some classic works of his own. He will be joined by regular accompanist Tony Trundle. The concert commences at 6.00pm.

Also in the hospital, opening in the Arts Corridor at 5pm is the official launch of the exhibition ‘My Crooked Field’ the result of observations made by artist Gary Robinson on one particular field outside Longford: “All things can be unearthed in this ordinary field: life, death, renewal, hope and most of all wonder” The launch is by Tom Kenny, director of the Kenny Gallery, and all Culture Night vultures are welcome to drop by!

Sean agus Nua

Niland Gallery, Merchants' Road,
Galway
0871192654

7.30pm
Sean Agus Nua provides an evening of multicultural entertainment featuring music and film. Introducing the Kurdish / Irish Friendship Organization, three short and highly–decorated Kurdish films are to be shown, while musical entertainment will be provided by Liminal (performing a fusion of Kurdish and Irish roots music), Erika Feeney (a selection of Swedish folk and original compositions) and SONKE: Galway’s Multicultural Choir (with songs from diverse regions of the world).

Galway Cathedral Choir

directed by Raymond O’Donnell
Galway Cathedral, Galway

7.30pm

Galway Cathedral will be performing a recital for Culture Night featuring the Cathedral Chamber Choir and organ music. Galway Cathedral has been home to Galway Cathedral Choir since the building’s dedication in 1965. The choir, which is open to teenagers and adults, provides the music at all major feasts and liturgical occasions in the Cathedral, as well as at the regular Sunday 11.15am mass throughout the year. Its repertoire covers ten centuries, including Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, Viennese masses and some contemporary music. The choir has been directed by Raymond O’Donnell since January 1994.

Galway Rehearsal Studios

Ballybane House, Ballybane Industrial Estate, Galway
085 8484707

7pm

Galway Rehearsal Studios will be celebrating Culture Night with a showcase of local live music and theatre and tours of their brand new music and theatre rehearsal studios and School of Rock. Great tunes and good vibes guaranteed in this fantastic new space!

NUI Galway’s Archives and Special Collection

NUI Galway’s Archives and Special Collection, James Hardiman Library  present
Huston School of Film and Digital Media, James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway
091 493353

6pm 

Tom Kilroy – The Playwright and the Archive 
An overview of the literary archive of celebrated Irish playwright Tom Kilroy. 

6.50pm 

Exhibition and talk on Pomes Penyeach and Nora Barnacle archive letters 

An original edition of the James Joyce written collection of poems, donated by Joyce to the Special Collections of the James Hardiman Library. Marie Boran and Kieran Hoare. 

7.45pm 

Film Screening: The Dead  
Directed by John Huston (1987) Adapted from Joyce’s story, the last film directed by John Huston – with an introduction on the John Huston archive held at the James Hardiman Library. 

Natural Grace: Irish Music and Martin Hayes

Galway Film Centre  present
Natural Grace: Irish Music and Martin Hayes
Kelly’s, Bridge Street, Galway 
091 563804

8pm

A film by Art Ó Briain which won the Best Irish Feature Documentary Prize at the 2012 Galway Film Fleadh. The documentary will be screened Upstairs at Kelly’s. This film is a musical journey into the heart and style of one of our greatest traditional fiddlers, Martin Hayes as we travel with him from his home in East Clare, to performances in the USA and Japan. The director Art Ó Briain has created an eloquent and beautifully crafted film and will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.

Engage Art Studios

The Dock Shed, Galway
6pm 

#008000 is the html colour code for green. This group show 

will deal with the landscape, its multiple representations and the methodologies used within its representation.

Founded in 2004, Engage provides a central space in Galway for professionally–oriented visual artists, of all levels, to work within a vibrant community of creativity, production, inspiration and opportunity. The unique studio space is on the top floors of the old Pro Cathedral Building on the corner of Middle and Abbeygate Streets.

A group show of Engage Art Studio artists, curated by Grace McEvoy (BLOCK T, Dublin).

Engage is a member of Adapt Galway, a coalition of visual arts groups. The Shed, an empty 4000 sq ft warehouse space currently used for visual art, is a project initiated by Adapt that will continue into next year.

Artspace Studios

Liosban, Galway
www.artspacegalway.com 

5pm – 9pm

Artspace studios is an artists collective where artists share studio space and exhibit their work together. We would like to open the studio doors and invite you to meet the artists. Ben Geoghegan will hold “Studio Fire Sale / Make Me An Offer Sale” of a range of items from classic, classy not to mention sexy Artworks along with items such as tools, odd objects, bike parts and collected stuff intended for art production, but never got to see the day. Each item will have a price attached and the viewer/buyer is encouraged to make an offer on the item plus a ping pong event, tunes included and a winner stays on policy, screenings, print workshops and other events.

Norman Villa Gallery

86 Lower Salthill, Galway
091 521131

6pm

Jane O’Malley
Exhibition of Jane O’Malley’s mastery of line and colour resulting in beautiful vibrant paintings which appear to dance with an internal energy.

Of special note are a series of paintings and etchings based on Clare Island off the Mayo coast. The Island was very important to Jane and her late husband, artist Tony O’Malley.

Galway City Museum

Flood Street, Galway
091 532460 

5pm

The City Museum welcomes Culture Night audiences to  “Galway; An Incomplete History” as nineteen archaeologists and historians present cameos to illuminate three thousand years of Galway history. The museum’s major exhibitions will also open late, including a retrospective of the great Breton artist Micheau–Vernez.

Space Invaders

present OBSOLETE
The Eyre Square Centre, Galway
086 8758341

6pm  

The Space Invaders visual arts initiative returns to the Eyre Square Centre (at the Eyre Square entrance upper ramp) with a new exhibition – “Obsolete” featuring cutting edge work by Galway street artists and photographers including Reg Gordon, Noel Tate, Margaret Nolan, Finbar 247 and AKA Crap. 

The exhibition also features artwork from the artists of the YAP project, working with Margaret Nolan.

Gallery BlueHorse

Flood Street Galway
www.bluehorse.ie

6pm – 8pm 

Gallery ‘BlueHorse’ opened July of this year in Flood Street Galway, and features the work of owner Kate Hayes. The works are displayed in such a way as to convey the essential idea of Art as part of everyday life and Living space.

Forge Clay Studios

New Road, Galway

7pm – 9pm 

For this year’s Culture Night, Forge Clay Studios on New Road will open their doors to the public from 7pm–9pm. Forge Clay Studios was set up in 2011 to provide space and facilities for contemporary ceramic artists as well as artists from other disciplines in Galway.

On the night artists will be giving clay demonstrations to the public. There will be some light refreshments and member’s current work can be seen throughout the studio. For more information: www.facebook/pages/The Forge–Art–Studios

The Foroige Journey Arts Group

in association with Jen Hesnan presents

Galway City Youth Cafe, Fairgreen road, Galway
Jen Hesnan 087 1650765
jenhesnan@gmail.com

5pm 
An Evening of Willow Madness

The Foroige Journey Arts Group in association with Jen Hesnan presents “An Evening of Willow Madness” on Culture Night at the Galway City Youth Cafe on Fairgreen Rd. (Across from the City Link Coach Station). This is an event that will allow you to try your hand at willow sculpture and environmental art guided by youth artists of the Journey Arts Group. The event will also showcase the premiere viewing of “Our Journey” a documentary exploring the achievements and arts projects the past year has brought to the Journey Arts Group. Members of the public of all ages are invited to come and join the fun from 5pm onwards.

Lorg Printmakers

Unit 8 Ballybane Enterprise Centre, Galway
091 773759

4pm – 8pm

Lorg Printmakers invite you to take part in work shops and demonstrations in the form of t–shirt and bag printing, digital printing, screen printing, inking and creating your own monoprints. You will get to see and experience how a working print studio functions.

This event will see visual artists giving demonstrations to the public where the participants will be able to take home a piece of art that they have made as a memento of the evening. 

126 Artist Run Gallery

Queen St, Galway
086 4491366

5pm – 9pm

Four preludes to history is a bundled sequence of all of the preludes in Michael Karr’s absurdist audiovisual collage The symphony that’s beginning to end: a 16-hour-long comprehensive recomposition of music history, which consists of 9,000 fragments of recorded music from 1800 BCE up to 2012.

Performers include
Michael Karr: composition, vocals, recorders and percussion 
Rik Möhlmann: keyboards, electronics, guitar, flutes and percussion
Cristina Beteringhe: violin, vocals, flutes and percussion
David Bordeleau: violoncello, vocals and percussion

091 Labs

091 Labs, 1st Floor, Tyrone House, 47 Eyre Square, Galway 
087 7691367

6pm – 8pm 

091 Labs are a Makerspace, a collaborative community space based on Kennedy Park, focused on providing Galway with a place for people to work and collaborate on creative projects, to learn and share their knowledge with others. 

091 Labs will allow you to take part in a number of workshops and demonstrations e.g. Retro gaming, Food hacking, Electronics workshops and Printing demonstrations.

The Rosa Parks Art Gallery and Studio

3 Mc Donagh Ave, Mervue, Galway
087 7952495
www.bridegan.com

8pm – 10pm 

The Quest
(Seeking or Pursuing something – a search/looking for something/a journey.)

Some of the Works on display have taken their inspiration from the 1960 song “The Train Song” by Vashti Bunyan.

“…Its so many miles and so long since I’ve left you don’t even know what I’ll find when I get to you, but suddenly now I know where I belong. It’s many hundred miles and it won’t be long…”

Artists: Nathan Prendergast, Triona Mac Giolla Ri, Elizabeth O Beirn, Megan Prendergast, Emma Mulryan, Brid Egan.

Within the Shawl At The Townhall Theatre

Townhall Theatre, Courthouse Square, Galway

087 6987410 or barbaraderrane@gmail.com

6pm

A mosaic exhibition by artist Barbara Derrane will be launced on 21st of Sept in the Town Hall Theatre. This exhibition is a collection of unique mosaic work by Barbara; a native of Inis Mór, her work is greatly influenced by the island’s natural surroundings, culture and heritage. This current body of work, in her chosen medium of mosaic, recreates island life in times gone–by and is a celebration and an exploration of the iconic traditional shawls worn extensively by the women of the Aran Islands. The shawls were not just a uniformed garment worn to guard against the elements; they were also a statement of a woman’s individuality, her status, and her stage of life. Barbara hopes that this exhibition will awaken a passion to revive the skill of shawl–making and arouse curiosity in people to explore more about the silent heroic women Within the Shawl. “Within the Shawl” runs from Friday 21 September to Wednesday 17 October 2012.

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre culture night extravaganza.

Bridge Mills Language Centre
director@galwaylanguage.com
7pm - 8.30pm

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre would like to open its doors to the public for one night only for a melee of entertainment from various local artists. The Mill and nearby bridge was a central historical point of interest throughout Galway’s long history. 417 years later on we pay homage to this fantastic building and its exciting history by letting the public in for a night of fun and frolics

The night will include:

• A rehearsed reading of “The departure lounge” by writer Fintan O’Higgins
• An audio visual experience, consisting of an original recording of Dylan Thomas’s “Under Milkwood”
• A one act adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like white Elephants”

The Bridge Mills Restaurant will be exhibiting the works of three local based artists for the cultural night. Nicolàs Richards,Mary Horan and Mark Smith. Mark Smith will also have his gallery on the top floor of The Bridge Mills, opened to the public for that evening.

Galway City Library!

Galway City Library / Galway Dance Project
present
An Evening of Dance, Movement and Spoken Word
Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway
091 561666

UPDATED
This is the 5^th year that Galway City Library has participated in Culture Night. This busy  library will close at 5pm (to allow for the events to  be set up  ) and re-open again at 5.45pm with the first of the evening’s shows starting at 6pm. 

6pm: I’ll Live ‘til I Die
A celebration in talk, story and song of the iconic Delia Murphy. Take delight in the songs of the iconic balladeer, Delia Murphy and hear her fascinating life story told by her niece Carmen Cullen. 

6pm: Journeys Creative Writing Group celebration of Active Ageing.
The Journeys Creative Writing Group invites everyone to join them for a Culture Night celebration of active ageing. Bring along a favourite poem and join in or just listen. Juvenile Section of the Library 6pm to 7pm.

7.30pm: Galway Dance Project
To celebrate Culture Night 2012, Galway Dance Project is delighted to present a series of live short performances by some of Galway’s finest dancers at Galway City Library, followed by screenings of filmed footage of a broad spectrum of Galway’s Dance Community.  

YAP Art Project
This art project celebrates the Youth Advocate Programmes 10^th birthday in Ireland.The art project was created by six youths on the programme. It symbolises two advocates supporting and guiding two youths through the YAP programme. The project was completed over a five day period with the support of artist Margaret Nolan who assisted in developing the vision.

Dance Library Collection Display 
A  collection of over 80 DVDs and books on Dance. So come discover DVDs and books from every Dance genre!

Art Exhibition: ‘Autumnal Echoes’ by  Aoife Bheilbigh   
This exhibition consists of a series of mixed media paintings depicting abstract expressions of nature.  The artist draws on the unique colours and textures found in sky, sea and mountains, employing a unique painterly style similar to  pointillism. The paintings are vibrant and colourful, inspiring  the spectator to observe their natural surroundings through an imaginative eye.

Culture Night in the City Library should be one to remember. Further details from Bernie at  City Library 091-561666

Galway Community Circus

Galway Community Circus training space, St Joseph’s Community Centre, Ashe Rd, Shantalla, Galway
085 1117224
www.galwaycommunitycircus.com

6pm – 8pm

Galway Community Circus brings you a magical evening of circus – packed with workshops and performances for the young and young at heart. Performed by young Galway Community Circus members alongside professional artists. Join in to discover the wonderful world of circus!

Evening of circus workshops and performances in skills such as Acrobatics, Aerial dance, tight–rope walking, diabolo, stilt–walking, juggling, unicycling and much more for young people and adults by young Galway Community Circus members alongside professional artists.

Galway One World Centre

76 Prospect Hill, Galway
091 530590

7pm – 9pm 

Galway One World Centre promises you an informative night on the topic of Global Justice. You are invited to take part in a number of educational activities run by the Centre. Galway One World Centre is experienced in running Global Justice awareness workshops in schools and community groups.

Back to the Future

National Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland present Back to the Future 

DERI @ NUI Galway, IDA Business Park, Lower Dangan, Galway.
087 2935106

6pm – 8pm 

A Retro Gaming & Science Fiction event in NUI Galway.
Visitors will be able to enjoy playing video Arcade classics including Pacman, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Pong and Sonic on renowned vintage consoles and computers such as Atari, Amiga, Sega Mega Drive and Sinclair ZX81. 

The sights and sounds on offer will try to capture the essence of the early days of computer gaming of the 1970s and 1980 which made a major contribution in the overall development of digital sound and graphics. This promises to be an exciting creative night of Retro Gaming.

The Western Writers' Centre

Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway 
091 564822 ext 312

7pm 

The Western Writers’ Centre, Galway, (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlin Maude) presents poets PATRICK STACK, MARY ELLEN FEAN, and FRED JOHNSTON with musician MARY O’SULLIVAN, on Friday, September 21st at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, starting at 7pm, as part of Galway’s Culture Night.

Over The Edge

Kenny Warehouse & Gallery, Liosban Retail Park, Galway
091 709350

6pm 

Des Kenny has asked us to facilitate an Over The Edge Open Mic Reading on Culture Night at Kenny Warehouse & Gallery, Liosban Retail Park. As part of this event, the poet Máire Holmes will be launching a new collection of her poems.

The event will start at 6pm on September 21st. And there will also be prizes for the best open–mic readers on the night.

Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop

Cornstore Mall, Middle Street, Galway
091 561 766

6pm 

One of Galway’s most loved institutions, Charlie Byrne’s bookshop will again host an evening of readings from the amazing number of Galway based authors who have published work over the past year. Curated by Galway Bay FM Art Show’s Vinnie Browne the evening features prose and poetry, fiction and non–fiction creating a magical few hours in the relaxed atmosphere of one of the world’s greatest bookshops.

Bringing Galway Culture and History Full Circle

Galway Rape Crisis Centre, The Lodge, Foster Court, Galway
091 583149

6pm – 11pm 

The Galway Rape Crisis Centre will host an evening of Music, Arts and readingf in their new home, the former Magdelene Laundry centre. Local writers Sarah Clancy and Elaine Feeney will read from their work and there will be music from local musicians.

Galway Arts Centre

47 Dominick Street, Galway
galwayartscentre.ie

6pm

Galway Arts Centre will open the floor on Culture Night to showcase their favorite Artists from their year round programmes. Expect old favorites and exciting new voices in Galway's leading multi–media arts venue. The programme includes a special event 'Thirteen ways of looking at a Blackbird'. This will include a poetry reading by the Patrick Kavanagh Award winning poet Martin Dyar, followed by the official launch of the 2013 Strokestown International Poetry Awards by Dr John Kenny from the Dept of English, NUI Galway.

Night of the Scarecrow!

Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden present
Night of the Scarecrow!  
Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden, Galway 
087 2935106

5.30pm – 7.00pm 

Dozens of scarecrows will be brought to the Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden on September 21st to populate its vegetable plots and orchards.

The scarecrows made out of straw and recycled clothes by the children from local schools will recognise the age–old tradition that farmers and gardener used up until recently to protect the seeds and shoots of their food crops from being eaten by birds.

The Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden is a successful neighbourhood project involving all sectors of local society in promoting healthy eating, outdoor activity, social interaction and biodiversity protection.

Men’s Shed Ballinfoile present

Cumann na bhFear, Men’s Shed, Ballinfoile, Galway
087 2935106

5.30pm – 7.00pm 

On Culture Night, Cumann na bhFear will install a traditional cast iron cookware set comprising a kettle, a three legged cast–iron cauldron and a skillet mounted on a hearth crane 

in the Ballinfoile Mór Community Organic Garden. 

To the accompaniment of an Irish music seisiun, visitors will enjoy over an open fire a sumptuous meal of locally grown organic spuds and vegetables.

Cumann an bhFear is a volunteer group modelled on the Men’s Shed movement with a strong emphasis on the preservation and teaching of heritage crafts and skills.

Age Action West

Gaway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway
091 527831 

6pm – 7pm 

The Journeys group meets each May for 6 weeks at Galway City Library. We write short stories, poems and memoirs in a fun, informal and non-judgemental atmosphere. There is a lot of laughing! We would love to share our writing with all on Culture night, all welcome. Juvenile Section of Galway City Library from 6pm – 7pm.

Ballybane Community Centre

Ballybane, Galway
091 768300

5pm 

Culture Night in Ballybane presents “Jumping Clay”, Make and Take workshops for children in exciting 3D clay modelling, super sculpture fun that shows children the basics of proportionality and improves their fine motor skills. The workshops are aimed at 6 to 12 year old and are innovative, exciting and mess free.

Also in Ballybane, brilliant local author Margaret Dowling will be reading from her forthcoming book ‘A Patchwork of Short Stories’. The reading will take place in Ballybane Community Garden at 7pm (if it rains we’ll move into the Community Centre!).

By The People

Circus Tent, Eyre Square, Galway
085 2785434

5.30pm

An interactive communal arts project designed to make everyone an artist for the day! The art students of GMIT and GTI will be running interactive art stands in Eyre Square. You are invited to come down and explore paint, ceramics and printwork. All the work produced that day will have an official gallery opening and all participants are invited to come and join us in an exhibition that is truly for and by the people.

Walking Tour of Galway

Browne’s Doorway, Eyre Square
www.druidtoursireland.net

6pm – 7.45pm

See where some of the most famous residents and visitors to Galway once roamed! From the crazy and the eccentric to just the plain normal famous person. Let Brendan Hynes take you round to see the sites. Come one, come all!

Tribes Alive!

For more information visit www.thelatinquarter.ie

2.30pm and 5.30pm 

Theatrical Medieval Walking Tour of Galway’s Latin Quarter 
Tribes Alive! an enchanting new 70 minute dramatic walk through the winding medieval streets of Galway’s Latin Quarter. Written by Paraic Breathnach, directed by Rod Goodall and featuring local actors, the tour will visit nine of the city’s most historic landmarks including Spanish Arch, Blake’s Tower, Kirwan’s Lane, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church and The Hall of the Red Earl.

Tour departs from outside Galway City Museum twice daily, 2.30pm and 5.30pm.

The Westside Library Writers

Westside Resource Centre
7-9pm

There will be some readings from their book Monday Miscellany - A collection of stories, poems and memoirs written by the Westside Library Writers, which was launched on Tuesday July 19th, 2011, by James Harold in Westside Library, during the Westside Arts Festival. The group were delighted to be invited to participate in the event and they will read from their book and also other works which have not been published to date.

For further information people can contact Vernice Murray at the Westside Community Development Project, on 091 528325 or 087 9303468

The Dubliners Dilemma

a new play by Declan Gorman Bachelor's Walk Productions
Bank of Ireland, Theatre, NUI Galway 
3.00PM

Entry is free, but on a first-come, first-served basis.

Described as “Vivid” (Irish Times), “Remarkable” (Metro Herald), “Ingenious” (Mail on Sunday) and “a compelling performance” (Irish Theatre Magazine) Declan Gorman’s one-man tram-hurtle through James Joyce’s “Dubliners” became an immediate success on its premiere in Dublin this Summer.    Set in 1914, the play shows how London publisher Grant Richards determined to re-read Joyce’s controversial manuscript, eight years after rejecting it over fears it might breach strict British and Irish obscenity laws.  As the racy, comic stories of Joyce’s childhood and young adult world spring to life around him, Richards relives his frustrating correspondence with the arrogant Irish writer. Should he risk everything now second time around and be the one to launch this volatile but brilliant genius on a world about to descend into the madness of war?

“Gorman holds the audience enraptured throughout with a truly mesmerising performance. This original adaptation is by no means exclusively for die-hard Joyce fans, making a brilliant introduction for newcomers!”  Metro Herald

Running time: approx 50 minutes.

St. Patricks Band hall

Fairgreen Rd. , Foster St .
7.30pm to 9.30pm 

St. Patricks Brass Band invite you to  come along to an open rehearsal in the Band room. This will be an interactive performance, where people can find out more about the group and hear them perform. St. Patricks Brass Band are delighted to continue to support culture night in Galway and again will open our band hall for an open recital on the Friday night between the hours of 7.30 to 9.30.

Natalie B Coleman Pop up shop at Toni and Guy

16 Corn Street, Augustine Street 
091 567793 
5.00PM 

Toni and Guy are hosting monthly in-salon fashion shows with different designers, this month we are working alongside Irish designers NATALIE B COLEMAN..She is showcasing her Autumn/Winter collection for 2012 "I LOVE ME" in conjunction with Toni and Guy, Primavera Body Shape Studio and Wibo Cosmetics. As a part of Galway Culture night Natalie is having pop up shop in the salon and 20% of discount will be given  . There will be a hair and consultation day as part of this beauty and fashion night strand in Culture Nights programme so pop along for some beauty and retail therapy.

Macnas @ Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

T: +353 91 568896 / 561462. M: +353 86 8533026
Macnas have created a mythical window display in Charlie Byrnes bookstore in Galway. Delve into the wild, magic and delightful world the company that Macnas are renowned for. Take a stroll and catch a glimpse of magic and delight on your walk around the city and enjoy a sense of creativity as you turn the corner and peer through the Macnas looking glass.