Cork City set to be a hive of activity for Culture Night 2016
AS Ireland’s second city, Cork has always prided itself on being every bit as attractive to visitors as the capital with hidden and not so hidden gems dominating the skyline and around almost every street corner.
For Culture Night 2016 Cork City Council is orchestrating more than 200 events at over 100 venues across the city and has invited people to celebrate the city’s colourful culture by bike, bus or on foot.
While the full list of events is far too exhaustive to include in a single article, below is just a favour of some of the highlights across a range of categories.
The sound of beautiful music will be seeping out from the walls of venues across the city, with the City Hall playing host to a day long programme of free events. Music Generation Cork City (MGCC) will host music workshops for all ages and abilities throughout the day, with the award-winning Vanbrugh Quartet playing a concert in the venue at 9pm.
The Camden Palace Hotel Community Arts Centre will throw open the doors of its new home on John Redmond Street for ‘ The Modern Raze’, an exhibition of art, painting, photography and videos curated by former Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Kenny Morris. Kenny will also head up a evening of live music celebration four decades of punk rock.
The Lee Session Trad Trail will take people on a musical journey across the city, with people able to sample the delights of some of its best know pubs along the way.
Libraries, colleges and schools across the city will be busy playing host to exhibitions, workshops and concerts, while the City and County Archives will open its doors from 6-8pm, with a guide tour of its 1916 themed ‘View for the Record’ exhibition at 7pm.
The city’s rich and vibrant culinary scene will be celebrated through a series of mouth-watering events with the world famous English Market open for business late into the night and tours and beer tasting at The Franciscan Well Brewery.
A series of guided walks and tours will traverse the city across the whole of Friday taking in some of Cork’s landmark buildings including the City Gaol, Elizabeth Fort, The Lifetime Lab, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral and the UCC Visitor’s Centre.
For a full programme of events taking place across the city during Friday, September 16 visit www.culturenightcork.ie.