Culture Night Laois – Friday 22nd September 2017.
Culture Night Laois
is brought to you by the
Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural
and Gaeltacht Affairs
in partnership with
Laois County Council.
THERE’S LOTS HAPPENING IN LAOIS
THIS CULTURE NIGHT
JOIN US FOR FREE FUN EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY
See the FULL brochure here http://www.laois.ie/wp-content/uploads/Laois-Culture-Night-6pp-A5.pdf
Anam – Siamsa Tire, a percussive dance show featuring world class performers, at the Dunamaise Arts Centre at 8pm.
Samba Drum Performance presented by Music Generation Laois at the Plaza, County Hall, Portlaoise starting at 5pm. Led by Peter Crann with a visiting Samba Band ‘Itchy Feet Drummers’ from Sligo
Equinox:Live Art showcase live art including dance, painting, poetry and much more, taking place upstairs in Kavanagh’s , Portlaoise at 9pm ( over 18s event).
Bennie Reilly’s New Works exhibition in the Dunamaise Arts Centre Gallery at 7pm.
‘Exploring Cultural Connections – Through Music, Dance, Conversations, Displays’ at the Portlaoise Parish Centre from 6pm-8pm.
A traditional Irish Evening at An Sean Chistin, in Irey, Ballyfin at 8pm, and an Open Artists Studio event by Artist Kevin Mc Cann at Glory, Glory, Old Deer Park, Ballyfin, from 5pm-11pm.
A Reading and Crafting evening with author Helena Duggan in Durrow Library from 7pm
Storytelling at Portlaoise Library for students to enjoy a storytelling session with Jack Lynch from 11am-12pm.
Emo Court will open for two free guided tours starting at 6pm and 7pm.
Paddy and Hannah Flynn of Roundwood House, Mountrath, will also
open their doors at 5pm for a tour of one of Ireland’s finest Georgian country
houses, booking required T 057 8732120.
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Mountrath Figure2Ground studios will host an Artists Open Studio
event in Murrays,
Left Bank House – explore different aspects of digital art, from 5pm to
10pm.
‘The Fight for Colour and Wonder’ opening of an exhibition by Melissa Donagher at The French Restaurant in the French Quarter Portarlington at 7pm.
Portarlington Comhaltas will perform in the Hawthorn Function Room, Portarlington at 8pm .
Spink Comhaltas will hold an evening of traditional music in Spink Community Hall at 7:30pm.
Rathdowney Men’s Shed will showcase music, dance, story-telling and a display of the Men’s Shed woodcraft work from 7pm.
More info T: 057 8664033/13, email artsoff@laoiscoco.ie or see the National Culture Night website www.culturenight.ie
Patricia O’Rourke
Arts Department
Laois County Council
Portlaoise
Co Laois
Phone No: 057 8664013
Email: porourke@laoiscoco.ie