Huge range of free events in Offaly for Culture Night

Immerse yourself in culture in venues across Offaly as Ireland’s annual nocturnal cultural extravaganza returns this evening, Friday September 20.

Venues and public spaces across Offaly open their doors to host a programme of free arts, heritage and culture events for Culture Night 2019.

These include Edenderry Historical Society who host a talk at Edenderry Parish Centre; Tullamore Library hosts Eileen Casey’s poetry workshop for adults, Clara Musical Society at the Friends Meeting (Quaker) House, guided tours at Tullamore D.E.W. Visitor Centre; trad session at Offaly’s Leap Castle and a trad-international cultural fusion at Charleville Castle artist’s walk with Michael Bulfin at Lough Boora Discovery Park.
There are also guided tours at Birr Castle’s Science Centre, trad sessions at Dan & Molly’s, Ballyboy, Digan’s Pub, Tullamore and Byrnes Pub, Edenderry; choirs of all ages performing at Áras an Chontae; films, sculpture and environmental discussions at Hough’s, Banagher, artist Louise O’Brien at Edenderry Library; Birr Historical Society walk through two hundred year of ecclesiastical connections, Fixation Dance Academy workshop with Amy Donlon at Charleville Centre, rehearsed reading of Eddie Alford’s comedy ‘Hello! Who’s Calling?’ by the Harbour Theatre Company in McIntyre’s Pub, Shannon Harbour; broadcaster and filmmaker Ann Marie Kelly’s screening of interviews with Ofalia House day care residents at Edenderry Library, and a taster from Scripts – Ireland’s Playwriting Festival at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre on how plays are pitched and developed from past festival participants.
Culture Night Offaly will see villages and towns across the county becoming arts and culture hubs, encouraging people to try new things and get involved in the local cultural scene. Culture Night has something for everyone.

The programme of activities in Offaly is now available to download at www.offaly.ie/arts.