On Friday September 20th over 1600 venues across the island of Ireland will open up after hours with a programme of free cultural entertainment, as part of Culture Night 2019. For us in county Kildare this is a special year as we celebrated our 10th anniversary.  

This year 86 free events will take place county-wide, from 4pm till midnight; the list includes music gigs, visual art exhibitions, craft workshops and demos, sport and wellbeing experiences, spoken word events, tours, theatre plays, film screenings, culinary and nature events and much more.

Big and small venues will be open and free till late; among them Kilcock Art Gallery, Maynooth Castle, the National Science and Ecclesiology Museum, The Orchard, Bog of Allen Nature Centre, KLeisure, Newbridge Silverware, Dance Tones, United Nations Training School, De Bruir Studio, Burtown House and Gardens.

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.