Culture Night 2010 Expanding Across Ireland Twenty Towns, Cities, Counties and Islands Participating
On Friday 24th September 2010, in 20 towns, cities, counties and islands across Ireland, the clocks of museums, cathedrals, galleries, theatres and other cultural venues will be reset to stay open until 11pm, in celebration of Culture Night 2010, a late-night of free culture for people of all ages.
Organisers, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, say what began as small scale Culture Night in the Temple Bar area in 2006 is this year spreading to 20 towns, cities and counties across Ireland, and reaching as far as the islands of Tory and Inis Meáin.
Streets, venues and open-spaces will come alive with a rich cultural offering of electric atmosphere, colour, music, performance and workshops providing people with an opportunity to reacquaint or introduce themselves to a vast and rich cultural offering.
Culture Night provides the platform to celebrate our distinct cultural and creative resources which are a source of great national pride and an essential element of our national competitiveness in globalised world.
For the first time, since Culture Night officially launched in 2006, the Gaeltacht regions will host their own Culture Night, marking a great step in bringing culture closer to people and moving towards Temple Bar Cultural Trusts vision of an all-Ireland Culture Night.
Grandparents, grandchildren, families and people of all backgrounds can be seen experiencing Culture Night – it brings together a very unique and diverse audience who all share a desire to explore and enjoy culture.
Last year Dublin saw an amazing 152,000 in the City for Culture Night and with this year’s expansion thousands more are expected to descend on Culture Night with people travelling from far and wide to experience Culture Night in their preferred area.
The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night 2010 will be available on www.culturenight.ie from 18th August or by calling organisers Temple Bar Cultural Trust on 01 6772255.
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