Culture Night 2024 Programme
A downloadable copy of the 2024 programme is available here
2024-Culture-Night-Programme-(8).pdf (size 2.4 MB)
Culture Night 2024
Roscommon Artist Registration Call-Out, Venue Call-Out and
Commemorations – Culture Night Commission €5,000
Culture Night 2024 will take place on Friday 20th September from 5pm till late.
We are delighted to open the call for Culture Night Roscommon 2024 events and now seek expressions of interest from artists and cultural venues who would like to take part in this year’s programme.
Culture Night is a national moment celebrating culture, creativity and the arts, and seeks to actively promote the belief that this rich and varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people's lives today and every day. All events are free of charge.
Celebrating culture on Culture Night includes celebrating the arts, knowledge and stories, language, traditions and rituals, techniques and skills, food and drink, shared values and sense of community.
In addition to the event call outs we are also offering the Commemorations – Culture Night Commission €5,000.
Roscommon County Council Arts Office - with funding from the Commemorations Unit at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media - wishes to support Roscommon-based artists and creative communities to develop community-led commemorative initiatives, which incorporate an event on Culture Night.
We invite individual artists/creatives or an artist/creative teams, or cultural venues and community groups working with an individual artist/creative or an artist/creative team to submit an application for consideration for this commission to the value of €5,000. The Commemorations Programme is offered this year to support community-led commemorative initiatives to mark the centenaries of locally significant historical events in 1924 and in the early years of the State, as well as other significant anniversaries and associated themes. Full details of this opportunity are provided along with the event call out details below.
For ARTISTS wishing to submit an expression of interest please click here to find out more:
ARTIST-Call-Out-Culture-Night-Roscommon-2024.pdf (size 398.5 KB)
For CULTURAL VENUES wishing to submit an expression of interest please click here to find out more:
VENUE-Call-Out-Culture-Night-Roscommon-2024.pdf (size 398.8 KB)
Culture Night 2023
A downloadable copy of the 2023 programme is available here Culture Night Programme 2023.pdf (size 5.7 MB)
Culture Night 2022
Roscommon County Council Culture Night Commission
1922::2022 The role of local newspapers in a time of conflict and change
The Culture Night – Decade of Centenaries 1922::2022 Commission marks the third in a series of artistic commissions inviting artists to reflect on Roscommon’s role in the struggle for independence. The 2022 commission to the value of €15,000 is supported by the Community Strand of the Decade of Centenaries Programme as part of Roscommon Arts Office/Arts Council of Ireland Culture Night Programme. The 2022 commission seeks proposals from artists across all art forms responding to the theme: The role of local newspapers in a time of conflict and change – how were local events reported?
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION 4pm, Monday 16th May 2022
Applicants must have been born or currently live in County Roscommon.
For full details click here: Culture Night - Decade of Centenaries Roscommon Commission - Artist Brief 2022.pdf.pdf (size 766.8 KB)
Culture Night Spectacular at Roscommon Castle
At the Castle, Friday 17th September from 8pm Booking opens Thursday 9th September
Roscommon County Council Arts Office in association with Culture Night and the OPW will host “At the Castle” on Friday 17th September - a dance, music, film, projections and lighting effects event, live from Roscommon Castle, Loughnaneane Park, Roscommon Town. The event is funded by the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
“It was spectacular. Glad to say I was one of the lucky spectators. Let’s hope, with the lifting of restrictions, lots more people can see it.” A quote from an audience member at the event previously produced at Boyle Abbey in association with Boyle Arts Festival in August. The lifting of restrictions means that a larger audience can attend but early booking is advised via roscommonartscentre.ie.
At The Castle, is a site specific multimedia show with stunning film by Emma Brennan. Projections on the walls of Roscommon Castle will portray a new dance piece performed and choreographed by Mintesinot Wolde with local dancers. Live dance and music by local performers will take place on the night in the Castle grounds, followed by visuals and lighting on a loop until late. Projections and lighting have been devised by Algorithm Productions who bring their expertise to the local team in creating and devising this unique show. The live show takes place at 8pm on Culture Night followed by projections and lighting until 11pm.
Roscommon County Council has been allocated funding by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme 2021 to programme outdoor live performances in summer 2021. Arts Officer Rhona McGrath explains “this is part of a suite of COVID-19 measures by the government to support the commercial live performance sector. The funding enables local authorities to manage and support performances by local performers, technical teams and event organisers, and to bring high quality performances to the public in a safe manner, outdoors, this summer.”
Mintesinot Wolde is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, teacher and member of Dance Ireland. Based in Roscommon, Mintesinot has established his own dance company. For these events, Mintesinot has engaged dancers Victoria Walker, Kate Lohan, Carol Ann Farrelly, Patri Savoie and Robin Wilson.
Emma Brennan, from Roscommon, is a composer, actor, photographer, filmmaker and award-winning director and producer. For these productions, Emma has engaged musicians John and Liz Wynne flute, Padraig McGovern & Leonard Barry uilleann pipes, Barra O Flanniagh percussion, John Joe Kelly bodhrán and Mossie Martin fiddle.
Tickets are free but booking is essential for the live show at 8pm via www.roscommonartscentre.ie. The projections can be viewed from 9pm until 11pm without booking.
Part of Culture Night Roscommon 2021
Roscommon County Council Arts Office, Roscommon County Council, Áras an Chontae, Roscommon. Ireland
