Events across county tonight for culture night

Tonight is Culture Night, with a number of events happening across the county.

In Blackbird Cooks in Navan's Cornmarket,  there's an Open Mic night, and   people are invited along to read something. It could be their own work, or a poem or piece of prose by one of the great masters. 

There will a special gift for anyone who participates, courtesy of The Gallery Press. It will get going at 7.30pm, admission is absolutely free, and everyone is welcome. 

Castletown Accordion Orchestra, which has represented Ireland at world and European level, will perform a free concert in Mullagh Hall, commencing at 8.30pm. The orchestra will perform both classical and contemporary pieces which are sure to entertain all ages.

“People who have not heard an accordion orchestra will be very surprised at the standard of music that can be achieved on these instruments,”  musical director, John Chilton, says.  “We have a number of different orchestral levels ranging from elementary to senior.  The senior orchestra will perform for National Culture Night 2015. We have a real treat in store - the repertoire includes a beautiful arrangement of traditional Italian songs, the ‘Italian Suite’; extracts from ‘Phantom of the Opera’, some well known Irish music, and what will surely bring the house down, our rock and roll classics.”

Enfield Comhaltas will celebrate Culture Night 2015 with an open air session outside Enfield Credit Union on Friday night at 8.30pm. This will be followed at 9.30pm with a music session in The Bridge House, Enfield, when finger food will be served. There will be fiddle music by Ashbourne native Danny Diamond with readings by Tom French at Ashbourne Library   at 7.30pm, and CCE Comhaltas Navan , with Kentstown/Seneschalstown Accordion band, play at Smyth’s of the Bridge, Academy Street, Navan, at 7.30pm. More details of this event at available at www.comhaltasnavan.com  or on FB @Official Comhaltas Navan.
Dunboyne Comhaltas hosts a sessiún in Brady’s from 8pm, and Athboy Macra na Feirme presents an evening celebrating the vibrant culture and heritage of both Macra na Feirme and the town of Athboy  - Macra Hall – Main Street, Athboy, from 6pm-11pm.

For Culture Night, the Solstice Arts Gallery will be open from 7pm – 9.30pm for everyone to come see the current exhibition ‘We Were Promised Anarchy, But What We Got Was Chaos’ by Dublin artist Alan Butler.