#CultureNight #OícheChultúir #LanguagExplorers

Friday, 21st September 2018
It’s been already 13 years since #CultureNight has been an amazing and free opportunity to explore a range of venues across Ireland and join the celebration of art, creativity and culture!  If you’re looking for some great language events in Dublin have a look at this list!

#TheGutterBookshop
Join one of Dublin’s best independent booksellers for the most exciting evening of the year! At 5 pm, The Hellenic Community of Ireland and Mother Tongues invite you to a multilingual storytelling session for children. All welcome.

Time 5pm–5.45pm
Address Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, D8
Web gutterbookshop.com
Tel 01 679 9026

 

 

#PortugueseLanguageCentre
Visit Ireland’s only school specialising in teaching Portuguese. Enjoy an evening of lusophone music, film excerpts and readings from some of the best-known writers and poets in Portuguese from Angola, Brazil and Portugal. Enjoy a cafezinho whilst browsing the mini-library or learning about Portuguese-speaking countries through the school’s exhibition.

Time 5pm–11pm
Address 9 Abbey St Lower, D1
Web portugueselanguage centre.ie
Tel 087 164 1521

#ClubChonradhNaGaeilge
Cuir críoch le Culture Night by immersing yourself in ceol as Gaeilge in Club Chonradh na Gaeilge. A céilí will take place from 9 pm to 10.30pm, with live music and craic galore. Come along and finish your evening with a jig and a reel! There will also be live traditional musical performances by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

Time 7pm–11pm
Address 6 Sráid Fhearchair, D2
Web anclub.ie
Tel 01 475 7401

#ConradhNaGaeilge Heritage
Téigh go Conradh na Gaeilge to experience #Irish language & culture. Take a tour of the historic building where Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera once worked and see it come to life. Glac páirt i dturas treoraithe a spreagfaidh tú le níos mó a fháilt amach faoi athbheochan na Gaeilge. Ticéid ar fáil | Tickets available: http://bit.ly/cultur18

Time 6.30pm–9.30pm
Address 6 Sráid Fhearchair, D2
Web cnag.ie
Tel 01 475 7401

#AllianceFrançaiseDublin
Check out some unmissable family events at the Alliance Française! Bring your team to the library for the multimedia treasure hunt from 6pm to 8pm for a chance to win goodies and prizes, before heading to the building’s French restaurant for a concert by folk-pop group Alcaz. The restaurant will be open serving treats and drinks for guests to enjoy.

Time 6pm–10pm
Address 1 Kildare St, D2
Web alliance-francaise.ie
Tel 01 676 1732

#Goethe-InstitutIrland
The Goethe-Institut is back at 37 Merrion Square! To celebrate the restoration of their gorgeous Georgian building to its former glory, they’re filling it with culture from far and near for Culture Night 2018. Come along and enjoy dance performances, a Sci-Fi reading, art in The Return gallery, film screenings and info on their language classes and library.

Time 4pm–10pm
Address 37 Merrion Square, D2
Web goethe.de/dublin
Tel 01 680 1100

Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania #lithuanianembassydublin
Learn about creativity and the artistic potential of Lithuanians in Ireland; folk music and dancing, poetry, and traditional crafts. Artist Jolita Jarutienè will exhibit her paintings on the experience of returning to Lithuania and back again. The embassy will be serving a range of Lithuanian snacks and delicacies throughout the evening.

Time 5pm–11pm
Address 47 Aliesbury Rd, Ballsbridge, D4
Web ie.mfa.lt/ie/en
Tel 01 203 5757

Italian Institute of Culture #italianinstituteofculturedublin
Promoting Italy’s image from the heart of Dublin city for many years, the IIC celebrates Italian culture by showcasing the nation’s many artistic and intellectual productions. This year, the Institute presents an evening of Italian opera in collaboration with Lyric Opera Productions. All are welcome to enjoy live performances of masterpieces of the opera tradition from talented singers.

Time 5.30pm–9.30pm
Address 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, D2
Web iicdublino.esteri.it/ IIC_Dublino
Tel 01 662 0509

#InstitutoCervantesDublin
Take a close look at the arts in Spanish through a multidisciplinary and exciting new programme. Dancing, music, poetry, and gastronomy come together in a combination of traditional and modern artistic expressions, in a vivid journey from Flamenco dance and tapas to hip-hop and spoken word performances.

Time 5pm–10.30pm
Address Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, D2
Web dublin.cervantes.es/en
Tel 01 631 0000

#BallyroanLibrary
Singer songwriter Enda Reilly will perform a mix of songs in Irish from his album Amhráin Nua i nGaeilge/New Songs and English language songs with Yeats Poetry from his album Whorls. Historian Liz Gillis will give a talk entitled ‘The Irish Women’s Suffragette Movement’.

Time 6pm–8.30pm
Address Orchardstown Avenue, Rathfarnham, D14
Web southdublinlibraries.ie
Tel 01 494 1900

#ImmanuelChurchDublin
The Bible is the world’s best-selling book. Explore the story of the Bible and how we can read and interpret it, centuries after it was written, with aids for introducing the Bible to children. Come see displays of the Bible in many different languages, and printed editions from the 17th century to the present day.

Time 5pm–10pm
Address 28 Bachelor’s Walk, D1
Web immanuelchurchdublin. org
Tel 01 873 0829

Áras Chrónáin Ionad Cultúir #IrishCulturalCentre
Dublin’s premier Irish Cultural Centre invites all to a free event of a guided tour around the wonderful 1840 Georgian headquarters of Muintir Chrónáin. The tour will be followed by a wonderful evening of an Irish set & Céilí dancing lessons, traditional Irish music, dance, song and a cúpla focal for all levels, from 8.30pm.

Time 8.30pm–12pm
Address Watery Lane, Orchard Rd, D22
Web araschronain.ie
Tel 01 457 4847

The Sugar Club
Farah Elle will sing a special one-off set in Arabic. Habibi Funk will DJ forgotten treasures from the 1970s / 1980s Arabic world. Yankari will perform another jaw-dropping set of Nigerian afrobeat & DJ Kixx / Papa Lou will play records from all over the world. Lastly, Lil Portie will feed everyone. They specialise in Jamaican & Caribbean food, but for this event will bring a North African / Middle Eastern influence to the table too. Couple more bits TBA as well.

Music: Habibi Funk (DJ, Jakarta Records), Yankari (LIVE, Nigeria / Éire), Farah Elle (LIVE, Libya / Éire), Moving Still (DJ, Éire / Saudi Arabia), Moiketsi aka DJ Kixx (DJ, Lesotho / Éire), DJ Dubble V (DJ, Italy / Eire), Papa Lou (DJ, Rialto / Éire)
Food: Lil Portie // www.lilportie.com
Woweembeem: occasional parties and mixtapes promoting afrobeat, reggae, latin & rare grooves. Celebratory sounds to nourish the soul. Music from Africa, the Caribbean, South America and all corners of the globe.

Time 9.00pm–03.00 am
Address 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, Ireland D02 ET9
Web m.me/thesugarclub
Tel (01) 678 7188

Find lots more in #CultureNight brochures on https://culturenight.ie/downloadable-pdf-brochures/