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CULTURE Night 2023 took place last night and Kerry County Council’s Arts Office, supported by the Arts Council and Creative Ireland, helped to co-ordinate over 40 free events  around the county. In Tralee CÉILÍ Afro Dabke Ukraine was delivered by Catherine Young Dance, supported by Mercy Mounthawk with extra bus […]

THE OtherSide — a late-night talk show style event, in a relaxed, intimate setting — was back in Tralee on Friday night. Held at Maddens Cafe in the town centre, for a sold-out show, as part of Culture Night in Kerry it featured a great line-up of guests including Michael […]

CULTURE Night – the annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity, and the arts – takes place tonight and there’s loads to see and do for free in the Tralee area. There’s loads happening at Kerry County Museum. The living history group ‘The Last Prince’ will populate the Medieval […]

JIMMY Deenihan Chair of the MTU Governing Body launched the MTU Culture Night event at the Island of Geese on Monday. This is the first MTU Culture Night (which takes place on Friday, September 22) event in Tralee town which aims to connect the University with the people of Tralee […]

CULTURE Night – the annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity, and the arts – will take place Friday, September 22. Kerry will be host to a programme of free events on the night that offer something for everyone. Special events are programmed at participating locations throughout the county, […]

THE eighteenth edition of Culture Night will take place on Friday, September 22 when Ireland will become a cultural playground. Special events will be programmed at participating locations and, thanks to the continued support of the Arts Council as well as local authorities such as Kerry County Council, all activities are […]

A SPECTACULAR fireshow at the Island of Geese was one of the highlights of Culture Night in Tralee on Friday night as people came out in their droves to enjoy free entertainment all over town. Kerry County Council’s Arts Office, supported by the Arts Council and the Local Live Performance […]

Culture Night is upon us once again and no matter what area of the arts you’re into, you’ll find something to enjoy tonight. And it’s all FREE. Here’s the full line-up of events, both indoor and outdoor in town tonight… • Collis Sandes House Take a guided walk/tour through the […]

CULTURE Night is just two days away so if you’re heading out on the streets of Tralee, it’s handy to know what free events are happening and where! First up on Friday is Kerry International Film Festival presenting a programme of short films in an outdoor film screening in the […]

KERRY International Film Festival will be hosting an outdoor film screening in The Square, Tralee, as part of Culture Night on Friday, September 23 from 8pm – 11pm. The programme being presented by KIFF will include a series of short films in celebration of Irish culture and the exciting line […]

CULTURE Night sees an explosion of free events taking place all over Ireland on Friday, September 23 this year and Siamsa Tíre, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, will host four different events. Two of them will showcase the richness of our local traditional culture and Siamsa Tíre’s young curator […]

  THE new amphitheatre at the Island of Geese site will be the venue for one of town’s events during Culture Night next month. ‘Firestorm’, a new and innovative fire show, takes place at  Island of Geese Amphitheatre on Friday, September 23. Meanwhile, 30 events will take place in September […]

THE Arts Office at Kerry County Council has extended the Open Call deadline for Culture Night Kerry 2022 programme to 5pm on Thursday, July 7. The 17th edition of Culture Night will take place on Friday, September 23 and the early call out went out to anyone interested in organising […]

THE 17th edition of Culture Night will take place on Friday, September 23 and an early call out has gone out to anyone interested in organising an event in Kerry to get in touch with Kerry County Council. Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity […]

KERRY County Arts have launched their programme of events for Culture Night 2021. The newly imagined Culture Night, taking place all over Ireland on Friday September 17th, will focus on outdoor events in stunning locations across County Kerry as well as a limited number of online and live streamed events. […]

TONIGHT is Culture Night in Kerry and lots of the events are online, to ensure public safety while still providing arts and cultural groups the opportunity of showcasing their work to the Kerry public. Every year the Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase is launched on Culture Night. This year the launch […]

KERRY Local Creative Youth Partnership is working with youth groups to create street side window galleries on the Mall in Tralee for Culture Night. ‘Beyond Imagination’ is a street side gallery of shop windows opening at 5pm on Friday, September 18 next. Artist Véronique Gerber and designer Donnchadha O’Connor have […]

DESPITE the current COVID-19 pandemic, Culture Night is happening in Kerry this year. On Friday, September 18, lots of the events are online, to ensure public safety while still providing arts and cultural groups the opportunity of showcasing their work to the Kerry public. Every year the Kerry Visual Artists’ […]

CULTURE Night kicks off right across Ireland between the hours of 5.00pm and 11.00pm tonight and there’s a whole lot to do and see around Tralee. The variety of events on offer ensures there is something that will appeal to everyone, with, tours, talks, screenings and performances that suit all […]

CÉILÍ Afro Dabke will take place in Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre in Balloonagh, Tralee on Culture Night, Friday, September 21 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. This is a world music céilí dance developed by dancer and choreographer Catherine Young and The Welcoming Project with a cast spanning performers from Ireland, Europe, Palestine, […]

THE  ‘Dancing with the Stars’ champion, Aidan O’Mahony, has found his inner rhythm once more as Kerry’s Local Culture Night Ambassador. The Garda from Rathmore who is bases in Tralee will represent his home county as an ambassador promoting the arts on Friday, September 22 as Culture Night takes place […]

CREATIVE Ireland Kerry at the Arts Office of Kerry County Council is calling for participants to take part in a new dance project with Catherine Young, Dancer in Residence at Kerry County Council. Catherine has organised a taster workshop on Wednesday, July 12 at 2pm in Siamsa Tire. Ages 16 […]

SIAMSA Tire was buzzing with activity on Friday night as crowds enjoyed a host of events for all ages during Culture Night. It was just one of many venues hosting get togethers for the artistic community in town for an annual event which continues to grow. The highlight in Siamsa […]

Tonight is Culture Night and there’s a lot of things to do all over town from late afternoon onwards. Here’s some of the events you can head to… 1. Fun in the Square for the little ones… From 4pm, there’ll be Disney characters and face painting, along with dancers from […]

A TRALEE man is among the seven artists exhibiting work at the Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase 2016 will be launched on Culture Night next Friday. Des Fitzgerald from Tralee will join fellow Kerry-based artists Pat Owen, Miroslava Pavelkova, Diarmaid O’Sullivan, Deirdre McKenna, Diana Muller and Joseph Keating in having their work on […]

BILLY Keane will be Kerry’s Culture Night Ambassador for the event which will see events take place in Tralee and all over the county. “I’m delighted to be Kerry’s Culture Night ambassador,” says Billy. “Culture is about people coming together, telling stories, dancing listening to music, poetry. It is part […]

CULTURE Night returns to Tralee and the surrounding area next month and there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Terry O’Brien, Mayor of Tralee Municipal District, along with Cllr. Jim Finucane and Moira Murrell, CE of Kerry County Council were in Tralee Town Park on Wednesday morning along with a host […]

IN the end, the weather kept its promise and the rain stayed away on Friday night, thus leaving everyone else to enjoy the much anticipated culture night taking place all around the town. One of the biggest draws of the night was the special open air cinema which was showing […]

THE wait is almost over for those looking forward to Culture Night which takes place tonight. There will be a whole range of exciting things happening over the course of the day and night, with members of the public encouraged to come down and experience something a little different. All events […]

  NUMEROUS cultural activities will take place in Tralee as part of the national ‘Culture Night’ event on Friday,  September 18. A wide range of  free arts events will be made available to the public and will take place over the course of the night. Ten different venues will host events with it […]