Kildare County Council launches exciting line-up for Culture Night 2025

Kildare County Council has announced a vibrant programme of almost 70 cultural events taking place across County Kildare for Culture Night 2025 which will take place on Friday, 19 September 2025 from 4pm till late. 

Kildare County Council’s Arts Service has provided grant support to a number of exciting public-facing projects, across art forms and across the county for Culture Night 2025, including live music, performance, poetry and even a public art bus tour!

Culture Night is an annual island-wide public event, a national moment, that shines a light on all aspects of culture, creativity and the arts. It seeks to actively promote the belief that this rich and varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day. 

The programme is delivered in cities, towns, villages and rural locations as well as online and through Culture Night’s media partners. Doors open from 4pm till late, with special and unique events at participating locations.

All activities are available to the public free of charge and allow audiences the opportunity to celebrate and fully engage with a variety of cultural activities.

Each year, thousands of groups and individuals participate in Culture Night the length and breadth of Kildare. Over the last few months we have been delighted to receive applications, from all over the County, from those who want to share their talent, culture, creativity and interests on Friday, 19 September. 

This year’s programme showcases the diversity of arts and culture in Kildare and offers a programme that fosters openness and encourages participation, valuing equality, inclusion, accessibility and diversity. One Night for All!

The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night Kildare 2025 will be available on www.culturenight.ie/kildare

CULTURE NIGHT COMMISSIONS

• Would you like to live it, Love? A rehearsed reading that takes the audience on a journey through a day in the life of a Traveller woman in Co. Kildare. Kildare Traveller Action, Tully Road, Kildare Town, 4.30-5pm.

• Guitarist Max Zaska brings his 6-piece band ZASKA to perform a high energy show featuring upbeat and danceable music from their forthcoming 3rd studio album NECTAR. The Woodstack Café, Monsterevin, 7-8.45pm.

• Sing Up Speak Out Music School presents Live in the Garden bringing together local singers, dancers, songwriters, poets, musicians and artists. Kilcock Community Garden, Courtoun Road, Kilcock, 6.30-9pm.

• Capella Productions‘ event Soundings, inspired by the iconic school poetry book, will intersperse poetry readings with personal reflections and performances of music from the 1960s to the late 1990s. Athy Library, 8-9.30pm

• Departing from Naas, Rina Whyte, Public Art Specialist will take you on a tour of public artworks in and around Co. Kildare!  The Public Art Bus Tour will travel around some of the varied public artwork in and around the county of Kildare. Departing Naas, 6-8.15pm.

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To avoid disappointment, please check with the venue/organiser if advance booking is required.

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Instagram: @arts_in_co_kildare/ Facebook: @kildareartsservice/ X: @ArtsInCoKildare

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For enquiries, please contact Culture Night Kildare Coordinator, Sheena Malone at culturenightkildare@gmail.com, or phone +353 (0)45 980872.

Culture Night is brought to you by the Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealaíon, in partnership with local authorities and cultural organisations throughout the island of Ireland.