Pictured left to right: Jason Craughwell, Galway Sports Partnership; Louise Osbourne, Festival and Events Co-ordinator; Megs Morley, Arts Centre Director and Curator; Kate McBrearty, Producer - An Taibhdhearc; Ruth Mulhern, Arts Officer; Muireann Kelly, Artistic Director/Co-CEO - An Taibhdhearc; Sharon Spellman, Arts Office; Deirdre Headd, Arts Office; Declan Burke, Active Cities Officer. Photo credit: @murtography
This programme of events is proudly developed and presented by the Arts Office, Galway City Council and funded by The Arts Council and Galway City Council.
Friday 19th September is the date of Culture Night 2025. All are welcome!
The entire City will be alive with cultural activity, with over 75 very special and unique cultural events happening across multiple venues and in our City’s public spaces.
Audiences will experience street transformations, innovative street theatre as Gaeilge, outdoor céilí dancing, circus and spectacle, the pulse of drums through our City’s streets, a celebration of our Galway hookers in the Claddagh basin, visual arts, spectacle and so much more.
Attendees can create their own Culture Night experience with a choice to participate or spectate, including live drawing, street art, dancing and music and theatre. There will be plenty of opportunities to learn new things.
Pictured: L to R - Muireann Kelly, Artistic Director/Co-CEO - An Taibhdhearc; Ruth Mulhern, Arts Officer; Councillor Alan Cheevers, Mayor Galway City, Megs Morley, Galway Arts Centre Director and Curator; Kate McBrearty, Producer - An Taibhdhearc. Photo credit: @murtography
Participants will also gain a better understanding of Galway’s communities and the vibrant multicultural aspect of our coastal city, we will be proudly shining a light on our local cultures as well as experiencing the diversity of creative expression with our international communities.
Events run from 4pm until later into the night in our ‘Culture Night Late’ programme.
Galway City has also been selected as the location from which Culture Night Live for this special 20th anniversary. Expect a dynamic show highlighting Galway and acts from further afield on RTE and RTE Player from 8pm.
You can view a comprehensive list of the events here: culturenight.ie/galway-city