Culture Night 2020 goes online with over 250 free gigs, workshops and discussions

Events and workshops from all over the island are available for free registration.

Culture Night 2020 launch its National Programme at a photocall launch in IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham ,Dublin, with primary funders The Arts Council and its Trailblazers for 2020. The Trailblazers are a group of artists and performers that showcases the scale and diversity of culture in Ireland. Pictured at the launch was Fehdah (Emma Garnett) - musician and producer,Michael Gallen - composer and performerMatthew Gardiner - Member of Dancing duo The Gardiner Brothers, World Champion Irish dancer and Riverdance memberMark Smith - Performer and Theatre Maker

Returning as an online event amid the current Covid-19 restrictions, national arts and events initiative Culture Night returns next month for its fifteenth installment, with over 250 performances, tours, workshops and conversations to partake in, streaming from locations and venues around the island.

In keeping with the flow of events in previous years, arts lovers and the culturally curious can pick and choose from a wide variety of events and compose their own Culture Night trail, hopping from event to event from 4pm on Friday September 18.