Culture Night Sligo 2010

13/08/2010 -

Culture Night Sligo 2010 Friday 24th September, 6pm – 10pm
Free late night culture for all ages and all the family
What will you see?

 Over 50 events offer an impressive programme of free late night culture for all ages and all the family in Sligo.  From 6pm to 10pm enjoy storytelling, music, theatre, backstage tours, exhibitions, art installations, films, projections, light graffiti and architecture in theatres, galleries, libraries, artist studios, restaurants, bars, coffee shops, buses, shopping centres and outdoors. Choose from a host of workshops for all ages. Meet artists and craftspeople at work. Explore the work of the Yeats Brothers including ‘The Living Ginger’ Jack B. exhibition at The Model and the permanent exhibition on the life and career of W. B. at the Yeats Memorial Building. 

What is Culture? What is Sligo? Create your own unique Culture Night Postcard in words and images. Bring it along to Tobergal Lane Café and be part of the Culture Night Postcard Exhibition.

Watch out for special menus and grab a bite on the Culture Night Food Trail at over 26 cafés, restaurants and food outlets around Sligo city and at the Tobergal Lane Market.

Hop on a Sligo Music Bus to get in the mood for Culture Night Sligo with Bus Eireann. Will your route be jazzy, choral, classical, trad? Catch a musical bus into town and ask about the special late night return services operating on some routes. Sligo Concert Band will perform at Bus Eireann Station.

Imagine being in 3 places at the one time! Young readers and authors can do so at Sligo Library on Stephen Street with Kids Own, part of a north-south initiative connecting young readers and literature in a special, real-time event on Culture Night. Open Studio will use the latest technology to let you take a virtual tour of the studio of a professional children’s writer or illustrator based in another city, to watch, ask questions and share your own work.

For a unique bird’s eye view of Sligo that all the family can explore, walk across the city through the use of unique large format aerial photographs. Examine how Sligo has evolved in the last 5 years with the Irish Architecture Foundation.

Sligo city’s professional arts venues including The Hawks Well, The Model, The Blue Raincoat Theatre Company and The Hamilton Gallery will open until 10pm with free exhibitions, performances, film screenings, tours, talks and much much more.  Experience The Dream Catcher with the Fine Art & Performing Arts Departments on the Institute of Technology Campus.

Artist-led events will bring the streets of Sligo alive. Follow the Pied Piper and the Carnival Parade from one discovery to another; Find the butterflies who will dust you down with their magic; Take part in a Family Treasure Hunt and be in with the chance to win a family flight sponsored by Sligo Airport; Interact with audio and visual equipment and project your work onto buildings in the centre of Sligo; Watch SLIGLOW² light up the city as artists and photographers collaborate in light painting and graffiti.

Pick up a brochure or contact Sligo Arts Service (071) 911 1823. Full information on www.sligoarts.ie and www.culturenight.ie.

Culture Night is a national initiative co-ordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport in partnership with the Arts Service of Sligo County Council and Sligo Borough Council, the Culture Night Sligo Committee and the participating cultural organisations and individuals.