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DANCE, POETRY AND a fire show are just some of the performances to expect at the annual Culture Night taking place across Ireland on 20 September.
Over 4,000 free events will be taking place on the night, with everything from animation and light projections to readings and open-air concerts.
Events will also be taking place in Abu Dhabi, Paris and Leeds.
Culture Night has been taking place since 2006 across Ireland and organisers said that over 400,000 people attended events at last year’s celebration. It’s organised by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht along with arts offices, local authorities and cultural organisations around Ireland.
The night will see a host of events taking place across the country. In Dublin, singer Lisa Hannigan will be performing at the Irish Museum of Modern Art while Artistic Liberties will tell the story of the historic Liberties area through photographs.
A free, open-air concert will be held by RTÉ at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History. This will feature live music, spoken word performances and dance to the music of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
In Donegal, a performance of Waiting Tables for Godot (yes, you read that correctly) in An Grianan Theatre. In Cork city, a fire show from the Pitch’d Circus Arts Festival will light up the skies.
Out West, Clifden in Galway will be screening a documentary called Yesterday We Were in America to celebrate 100 years since the first transatlantic flight.
Kilkenny will see the Rhyme Rag Ensemble, a group of teenage writers, hosting a 30-minute performance of their poetry.
For the Gaeilgeóirs, Irish language events will take place including tours of Conradh na Gaeilge and an evening of Irish set and Céilí dancing lessons, trad music and more at Áras Chrónáin Ionad Cultúir in Clondalkin.
In Dublin and Cork, complimentary bus routes will be provided to bring people to their cultural destination.
The full programme of events can be found on their website. More events will be added closer to the time.
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If you really want to honour front line workers just promise never to vote Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.
@Niall O Donoghue: politicize politicize politicize. bravo
@Niall O Donoghue: your right on this one!
@Niall O Donoghue: If only the Shinners were in charge now, things would be so much better…..
said no one ever..
@Eamonn Duggan: if the shinners were in charge they would be organising a border poll as we speak. The virus would be of secondary importance.
@Niall O Donoghue: Exactly. They treated nurses like crap for years now are calling on them and making them work on the frontline even when pregnant. Uk have advised pregnant nurses and healthcare workers over 28 weeks not to work in direct patient contact yet here they are being put in harms way. They don’t care
@clairebear: think you will that’s the case the world over at the moment
@bmul: many countries are protecting pregnant staff. Other women are let home to protect their babies here yet pregnant nurses are expected to be on the frontline with 25% of cases being healthcare workers. Do their babies matter less than office workers babies
@Jerome Morrow: na well a member of the Dail has politicised it, feck this nonsense crap and just PAY WHAT THEY ARE WORTH
@Jerome Morrow: na well a member of the Dail has politicised it, fleck this nonsense crapt and just PAY WHAT THEY ARE WORTH
@Eamonn Duggan: The shinners never had power so the mess the country does be in year after year and the corruptness of our politicians and Garda force certainly cannot be blamed on them. But then again FF and FG are in the habit of blaming the problems they created on anyone but themselves.
@Niall O Donoghue: what you mean the greens. Niall your dreaming
Lovely idea, ..sometimes we forget because of busy lives…and now it’s about keeping ourselves safe , keep safe .
@Maggie May: decided to bring out the Christmas lights. My mum is long retired nurse. She’s gone back work. The lights are for her and all her colleagues making a difference while being risking their own lives.
@Optimus Prime: Great idea!!! I was struggling with what to do as we don’t have any candles. Christmas lights are wonderful!!!
This could keep the fire brigade busy if people view this as lighting a candle!
@Carol Cunningham: exactly
@Carol Cunningham: totally agree
Be very careful where you put your candle too..
Ensure cards and net curtains are well clear & can’t be blown into the flame or you’ll be requieing a different front line service.
Better still, use a battery candle.
@Shayne O’Donoghue: it does stand to reason but your advice is well placed. Encouraging the country to put a flame in their window has obvious dangers
How about this idea? A National Day of Appreciation in summer 2021! Parades, fests, and other activities to show the Nation’s pride and appreciation to our front line medical workers.
@John Flood: people seem to forget all the other front line people. People working in supermarkets, local shops, delivery people, IT workers, social welfare etc… they are equally important making sure people can live and reduce risks
@Craic_a_tower: while all the people you have mentioned are important in keeping the country running now and we are all grateful. They are not the true frontline, they cannot be equal to the people who are risking their lives, these are our health care and ambulance staff. These people are providing care and are in direct physical contact with the sick and so are 100% at risk.
@Charlotte Warrington: they are risking their lives that is the point
@Craic_a_tower: Only the health care, ambulance staff are really risking their lives, they are the only ones who have to have physical contact with people
Where can I get a lighthouse.
@John C: I think there’s one in Longford.
Being urged to light candles in the window!! Excellent idea to keep the fire service busy
I think we should get on with the work. There will be plenty of time for plaudits when its all over.
@Imagine !: Agreed … the best way to help our frontline staff is to not get sick. Stay at home. Some of the stuff aimed at them at the moment is just tokenism. They’re too busy and strung out to even notice it. It just makes other people feel better to be making big gestures. Let’s just avoid getting the virus, pay them properly, and make the health service a better place.
Atheist friends might not be too happy about us mention of a religious Easter festival in this particular request from a state organisation when they are pushing for a full secular state in name and in practice!
@Bobby wilson: Ah c’mon Bobby. You more than anyone on here praise and sympathise with the people this is aimed at. Plenty of these same people are Atheists as well.
@Logan Shepherd: of course! But watch this space all the criticism of religious beliefs! And who by the way a lot health worker’s too would have a very deep religious faith !
@Bobby wilson: Bobby, it’s just a date. You are the only one on this whole thread to bring religion into it. If this virus is teaching us one thing, it’s that it doesn’t matter who or what you are. Anyone can get it.
@Bobby wilson: you know the word Easter is derived from the name of a pagan fertility goddess? The same origin as the word oestrogen. As with most Christian festivals, it’s a pagan festival hijacked by the Churches. It was originally a fertility festival, hence eggs and bunnies feature.
@Bobby wilson: Clown
@Bobby wilson: Speaking as an atheist, i couldn’t give 2 hoots
@Ed: hello to you too!
@DJ François: good for you!
Will this not interfere with the Green Party National Salad in Windows Directive?
@Lester Jeffcoat: I think you just made that up Lester.
@Logan Shepherd: whoosh
@Declan Edward: ditto
It’s a lovely idea with good intentions but I don’t think asking people to light candles at their windows is wise or safe .
Must. Follow. Orders. Put. Candle. In. Window. Easter. Sunday. Yes. Master.
@Tiktok: I have the same admiration for these people as anyone but i hate all his token bs. Its like, if you dont have a flag in your garden, if you dont copy paste and share tributes to front line staff, or if you dont light that candle then that means youre against them. What is this, primary school?
@Tiktok: It’s actually Saturday
@Tiktok: It’s actually Saturday
What happened my free postcards?
@Furze: requisitioned to make up for the toilet paper shortage
@DJ François: too glossy for bum usage… Tried it.. Not a pleasent experience.
Let them get on with the work of saving people and don’t be making more work for them! Lit candles in windows, really! They know we appreciate them when we’re nowhere to be seen. Stay at home.
What sentimental bullshit?
@Nathan: Someone is bored and wants to start a row.
@Nathan: Sad
@Logan Shepherd: Not really! This mass sentimentality is merely away of creating a false unity. It achieves nothing concrete. That energy can be channelled into a more positive direction.
This sentimentality is merely a way of containing the masses. Merely a means to hoodwink/ manipulate them and discourage more emancipatory action.
@Nathan: I’d see it as more of a symbolic gesture. People are more or less confined to their homes, so putting a light in the window to acknowledge our frontline staff is no big deal to me. It may even lift the spirits of our frontline staff who see them. That can only be a good thing. As an aside, a light in the window was once a common sight in rural Ireland, to light the way home for people who were forced to emigrate due to hardship. I understand where you are coming from but we will have to agree to differ on this one. Stay safe Nathan.
Not good for health and safety, unecesasary naked flames in houses bad idea ,torch is the way to go
Candle in the window
Crazyyy idea…shine light, no good. Pay healthcare what they are worth and more…better idea!
Very patronising as per usual, people do their jobs because of their humanity, putting people on a pedestal, to suit a narrative kind of grinds on me,
@Stephen Kelly: what’s the best kind of cables to light.
Heard criticism of burning candles letting off toxins or unpleasant aromas that are not good for us to be inhaling.
@Coole Swan: I don’t understand your comment, you may have already inhaled too many cable toxins
@Stephen Kelly: got ya.
Who’s urging us?
And make sure you use a candle and burn the Gaff Down
Would encourage communities and Villages to LightUpYourVillage too, as a symbol of solidarity and remembrance to all those affected by the Coronavirus. Were doing it here in Donnybrook Dublin 4. Stay safe all, Cool Heads/Clean Hands.
Would encourage communities and Villages to #LightUpYourVillage too, as a symbol of solidarity and remembrance to all those affected by the Coronavirus. Were doing it here in #Donnybrook Dublin 4. Stay safe all, Cool Heads/Clean Hands.
And this will help. How ? Most will be pissed and end up burning their house down. More work for the Fire Brigade
@Gerald: thanks, that gave me a chuckle
There’ll be another run in the shops now for batteries, torches, candles and every other thing that lights up.
Yes if you want to honour the health workers, vote a government that won’t starve the health service. Also, with home bring the final refuge, don’t burn it down by using a candle!!!!
Who is urging people to light candles in windows? The fire brigade, or the hospital workers that will have to treat people for smoke inhalation?
Would anyone know the music that accompanies this advert on TV…?! It’s very striking
Why Easter?
Put one in window now and show them they are loved
I’m sick of this claptrap. Not allowing planeloads of people into the country daily without quarantining them would be far more helpful.
HELLO! FIRE SAFETY PLEASE candles OK only if used with caution… Fake LEDs perhaps safer, also beware cheap old battery type prone to overheating, so please ensure a wet towel always at the ready.
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