Culture Night with Charleville Castle & Friends!
Come and experience an awe-inspiring, interactive variety of cultural performances this Friday at Charleville Castle, Tullamore!
Culture Night takes place once a night each year on
September 18th. Originating in Temple Bar, it has now extended to hundreds of venues that host free events which take place throughout the whole country in the majority of towns and cities in Ireland. Its purpose is to celebrate international creativity in this country, and also for each county, town and city to be aware of and appreciate its multicultural, talented citizens.
Venues in Tullamore, Co. Offaly also host a variety of Culture Night performances each year in various venues throughout the town through the Offaly County Council Arts Office. This year, over 30 venues will open up their doors and showcase some of County Offaly’s best talent through poetry, theatre, craft, song, dance and comedy; Charleville Castle will of course be right in the middle of the excitement – with an amazing variety of international songs, dance and revelry!
Rahan Comhaltas and friends plan to entertain you with an eclectic mix of Egyptian and Contemporary Dance, Storytelling, Gypsy, French and Polish songs, and some surprise international acts in the gorgeous setting of Neo-Gothic styled Charleville Castle – one of County Offaly’s artistic jems itself.
The Red Embers and special guests open the evening with a series of Egyptian style and Contemporary dances. This cultural dance troupe is based out of Charleville Castle, Tullamore and have been entertaining audiences nationwide since 2006 at events and festivals such as Shakefest, Tullamore Arts Festival, Hulabaloo Children’s Festival, Bealtine Festival, Castlepalooza and countless St. Patricks Day Parades throughout County Offaly.
Jacek and Friends will be performing an energetic set of Gypsy Jazz, Classical, French and Polish songs to the spirited sounds of violin, guitar and vocals and will be sure to have the audience hopping. Jacek & Friends have played other local venues on Culture Night in the past but have not had the fortunate opportunity yet to fill the walls of the Grand Ballroom’s perfect acoustics with their music until now.
Following Jacek & Friends we introduce the finale of the evening’s entertainment with Rahan Comhaltas and friends taking to the stage to bring to you the very best of their own Irish traditional culture with a show that both captivates the audience and welcomes their participation. After the initial staged show, light refreshments are served during the short break ‘sos’. Then the wild card part of the show unfolds where guests are invited to join in the Seisiún experience, taking to the floor as they wish … with a step, tune, song, or story which will bring the evening to a fantastic crescendo that will have the audience singing, participating and dancing along. Music, song, dance and storytelling await the lucky audience on this anticipated night – but who will show up? There is only one way to find out – see you there!
The show starts at 7:30pm – there is no advanced booking necessary but arrive early to get a good seat. Audience members get a double whammy – not only do they get to experience amazing cultural talent in County Offaly’s Culture Centre of the Midlands on the heel of successful Multicultural Dance and Art Festival Shakefest, but they also get to experience it in one of Ireland’s Neo-Gothic Architectural and Artistic Masterpieces – Charleville Castle.
We wish to thank the Offaly County Council Arts Office for supporting this venture.
