Take a look at our jam packed programme of free events taking place this Culture Night 2023 on Friday 22nd September!
Westmeath Culture Night is a platform to showcase the county’s rich cultural offering and designed to make the arts accessible to everyone - enthusiasts and novices alike. You are bound to find whatever you are looking for at Westmeath Culture Night with its wealth of exhibitions, performances, workshops, musical concerts, drama, food and much, much more.
Please come and enjoy what our county has to offer.
Location: Market Square, Mullingar
Time: 7.30pm - 8.15pm
Details: Mullingar Town Band with Colourguard are delighted to present an entertaining music performance programme in Market Square, Mullingar for Culture Night 2023.
Location: Mullingar Arts Centre, Mount Street, Mullingar
Time: 6.30pm - late
Details: Come and spend the evening with us celebrating song, dance, drama, and musical theatre. All events are FREE. Booking is not required.
Link: https://www.mullingarartscentre.ie/index.php/reviews-2/3756
Location: Cluain Lir Care Centre, Robinstown (Levinge), Mullingar
Time: 4pm - 8.30pm
Details: An Art Exhibition with Lucy Tormey and residents of Cluain Lir. Over the past number of months, visual arts activities have been underway with over 40 Residents of Cluain Lir who experience varying degrees of dementia.
This Culture Night, the Centre will be showcasing work that has been made by these residents. It is an opportunity to exhibit the artwork and to invite residents' friends and families along to celebrate their achievements.
Location: Annebrook Hotel, Mullingar
Time: 8pm
Details: Got a minute? We want to see it!
Westmeath Filmmakers Collective are holding a short short film festival this Culture Night. Each film will be no longer than three minute long. There will be something for everyone!
Location: Tour Starts Outside Mullingar Arts Centre, Mount Street
Time: 6.30pm - 7.45pm
Details: Free event
Location: Devine Art Studios, Crookedwood, Mullingar N91FD39
Time: 5pm - 6.30pm
Details: Come paint with me, Caithriona Devine. I will have everything prepped and ready for you to start your masterpiece. You can follow my demo and also get individual attention. Fun and learning. All artist materials and tools supplied. Booking is essential.
Booking Phone Number: 0872702344
Booking Email Address: caithrionadevine@gmail.com
Location: Mullingar Library, County Buildings, Mount St, Westmeath
Time: 5pm - 6pm
Details: Join members of the Mullingar Music Jammers for a few minutes of music. Music Generation Westmeath in association with Mullingar Library and Westmeath Arts Office.
Location: Scoil Bhríde, Emper, Ballynacarrigy, N91 PP71
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Details:
The night's programme will include local;
Refreshments will be offered. There will be presentations to winners of the "Tess Coyne" memorial shield and the "Anne Maxwell" memorial shield.
There will be a raffle on the evening with proceeds going to North Westmeath Hospice services.
All welcome.
Location: Newbury Hotel and Riverside Community Centre
Time: 3pm - 5 pm Newbury Hotel
Time: 6pm -8pm Riverside Community Centre
Details: Language, tradition and culture of Lithuanian community group together with a visual artist Jurgita Stuckaite. We are inviting the public together to create a visual greeting for people of the World.
Location: Belvedere House, Mullingar
Time: 3pm - 6pm
4pm Reading: Excerpts from the works of
CK Howard Bury
Free admission after 3pm
Location: Fore Abbey Coffee Shop, Fore, Castlepollard N91 TN92
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Details: Traditional Music and Storytelling evening in Fore Abbey Coffee shop. All welcome. No booking required.
Photo: Willie Forde
Location: Greville Arms Hotel, Pearse St, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, N91 X9RN
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Details: Mullingar Art Room presents their Annual Art Exhibition this Culture Night in the Greville Arms Hotel. All welcome.
Location: Luan Gallery, Elliot Rd, Ranelagh, Athlone
Time: 5pm - 8pm
Details: Staff will be on hand to give guided tours of Symbols of Subject, an exhibition of work from the TUS Midlands Modern Art Collection, including work from the class of 2023 graduate show Velocity.
Location: Luan Gallery, Elliot Rd, Ranelagh, Athlone
Time: 5-8pm – Open/Free admission (Doors close at 8pm)
Details:
5.30pm Guided tour of exterior castle walls with Henry Brady, Athlone Castle volunteer and Army veteran
6.30pm Guided tour of Visitor Centre & Museum
7.15pm Guided tour of Visitor Centre & Museum
Last chance to see “Stories from the Castle” a temporary exhibition centred around the stories of former residents of Athlone Castle.
Location: Abbey Road Artist Studios
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Details: Join the Athlone Photograph Club Exhibition this Culture Night. The exhibition will showcase the wonderful members images. Beautiful Portraits, Landscapes, Nature and Abstract photos are included in this diverse exhibition of work.
Location: St Mary's Hall, Northgate Street, Athlone, Co Westmeath
Time: 7pm - 10pm
Details: Together with Foroige Athlone and Athlone Ukrainian Community, the Midlands Polish Community CLG is inviting the public to come and enjoy some traditional Eastern European music and flavours. Polish Folk Dance group 'Shamrock' will perform and might also teach us some of the traditional Polish folk dances! Samples of the best Polish and Ukrainian traditional food from BBQ will be served. This is going to be part of the bigger event organized the same time by Foroige Athlone and Athlone Ukrainian Community. Everyone is very welcome to come and enjoy the evening!
Location: Dead Centre Brewery, Athlone (N37 N1F2)
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Details: Celebrate culture night with a wonderful collaboration by artist Claire Guinan and singer songwriter Olivia Burke. Claire will do a live art demo while Olivia plays an acoustic set.
Free entry. All welcome
Location: Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone Civic Centre
Time: 5.30pm - 6pm
Details: Eoghan will be doing a special live performance to launch a new song he has written about Westmeath in the Civil War. This song was commissioned by the Westmeath Decade of Centenaries Programme for Westmeath County Council.
Details: Eoghan will be doing a special live performance to launch a new song he has written about Westmeath in the Civil War. This song was commissioned by the Westmeath Decade of Centenaries Programme for Westmeath County Council.
No booking required. All welcome.
Location: Athlone Civic Centre
Time: 5pm - 6pm
| Join members of the Athlone Youth Orchestra for a little light music for Culture Night. |
No booking required. All welcome.
Location: Excise St, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Details: Exhibition focusing on a decade of this artist led studio in Athlone. Some studios will be open to visitors where they can see work in progress in discussion with the artist.
No booking required.
Location: Athlone Art Gallery, The Village at Burgess
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Details: No booking required.
Location: Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard, N91HV58
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Details: This event will consist of a ‘show and tell’ of some of the dolls that Teresa has made throughout the years. She will discuss the processes she uses, before facilitating an engaging mixed media doll making activity for audience members to enjoy. This event is suitable for all ages. Booking is essential as places are limited. Participants are most welcome to bring a doll they own to this event, the older the doll the more wonderful the experience will be.
For Booking : email teresamdoyles@mail.com OR
contact Teresa 0876421148.
Location: Water Street Association, Water Street Castlepollard, N91NP40
Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Details: The public, young and old, are invited to join us for a night of music and storytelling, we will have music showcasing local musicians and an open mic where our audience are invited to share stories, poems or songs. Visitors can also enjoy events outside in our community garden and gather around our fire pit where we will be serving homemade punch and warming apple pie made with produce from our own garden.
Location: Mullingar Rd, Castlepollard N91V9DR
Time: 3pm - 4.30pm
Details: Join us on culture night for the opportunity to join in some jewellery making and a cuppa where everyone will make a beaded necklace to bring home . Limited to 8 people.
Booking Link: https://www.deirdreclogherart.ie/product/culture-night-jewellery-making-workshop
Location: Church of the Assumption, Main St, Kinnegad
Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Details: Live performances with music varying from classical, to trad and contemporary. There will be groups, soloists and dancers performing on the evening.
Location: Tuar Ard Arts Centre, Moate
Time: 6pm - 10pm
Details: Hirameki – ‘brainwave’ or ‘flash of inspiration’ in Japanese – is where doodling and imagination come together. Simply put, it is the art of turning a random blot into something amazing, just by adding a few dots and lines.
This Culture Night, Tuar Ard in association with Art Box will introduce the public to Hirameki art. This will be a live workshop with no strict time - people can hop in for 10 minutes or stay for 4 hours. All those who attend will be invited to display their completed work in the Tuar Ard Art Studio if they wish.
The event is aimed at all adults over the age of 18. Both new and seasoned artists who are looking for inspiration are welcome. Parents, childcare workers and teachers would also benefit from their session.
Location: Tuar Ard Arts Centre, Moate
Time: 10am - 7pm
Details: Art from Artefacts Exhibition: A collection of intimate stories from the wider Moate community