Derry – Londonderry

Culture Night will see cultural venues across the City of Derry open their doors for a programme of entertainment, discovery and adventure.Joining 20 other towns and cities across Ireland and beyond, the newly crowned UK City of Culture for 2013 will offer access to an amazing array of late night cultural activities.

Explore our cultural city in a new light and take part in an exciting and evocative programme of events for you, your family and friends to enjoy.

For more information visit:www.whatsonderrylondonderry.com
Most events are free except where a cost is indicated.

Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall
13 Society St.Tel: 028 7126 3571
7pm – 10pm Opening of Memorial Hall Meeting Rooms & Museum
7pm – 8.30pm Dance & Skirl – Exhibition of Ulster Scots Dancing
7pm – 9pm Supper Dance – an evening tea dance with music by Danny Feeney.

Bedlam Market
35 Great James St.
10am – 11pm
Celebrating its first birthday -there will be an exhibition of“Vintage Hollywood comes to Derry” by way of showcasing local models fashion of the era, photographs and prints,jewellery and much more.

Brown’s Restaurant
1 Bond’s Hill
Tel: 028 7134 5180
4pm : Outside cooking demonstration -£10.
5.30pm -7.30pm : BBQ tasting four courses menu -£20.

Catwalk on the City Walls
The Grand Parade,City Walls
8pm
Culture & Couture return to Derry’s historic City Walls in another exhibition of fashion & style showcasing looks of timegone by and those yet to come.Not to be missed.

Cafe Del Mondo
The Craft Village
7pm – 9pm
Direct from Panama ‘FernandoGuicciardi’ the Internationally Acclaimed Flamenco guitarist playing live in the Café.Bookings essential.

Central Library
Foyle St.
4pm – 7pm Ancestry.com – come and learn how to use the wonderful ancestry websites, staff will be on hand to help
7.30pm -8.30pm Janet Dowd Band has been involved in a wide range of musical ventures singing witha folk/skiffle band called the Dangerous Dining Club when living in Carlisle, a large local swing band, a folk, country and blues band with husband Mervyn And friend Cinny and a 5 peace concert band called The Bromley Ramblers. More recently she has collaborated with two fantastic musicians, Jonathan Toman and his sister Rachel Toman from Lurgan, to form Avita Event Music,providing musical arrangements for special occasions.
8.30pm Children’s Story Telling.

Check Mate … The Arts of Chess
Guildhall
6pm – 10pm
Experience the Art of Chess and learn from the Masters with Alan Turnbull and City of Derry Chess Club and friends.

Context Gallery
5 – 7 Artillery St.Tel: 028 7137 3538
11am – 9pm
Extended hours of opening with free admission to the gallery and its latest exhibitions.

Creative Villag e, Arts Space
11 Castle St.Tel: 028 7136 0044
5.30pm – 11pm
Creative Village Tours of the City;Demos by creative practitioners,Creative Village Gallery Exhibition and free creative workshops.

Cultural Treasure Trail
Staring at City of Culture Office,Waterloo PlaceTel: 028 7136 3558
2pm – 11pm
Be a cultural Code Breaker! Suitable for all age groups ,families and friends. Discover the unique cultural treasures the city of Derry ~ Londonderry Offers. Start from the City Of Culture Office Waterloo Place                                           lasting 1.5hours. Taking in the unique, arts, cultural and historic sites of  The City including the Peace Bridge.

Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin
37 Great James St.Tel: 028 7126 4132
7pm – 11pm
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin will be providing a night of traditional song, dance and food starting at7pm. Entry Free of charge.
7pm – 10pm
❤ Gaeilge Irish Language Information Fair – Everything you ever wanted to ask about Irish featuring a range of local exhibitors all on hand to answer questions and provide information about classes,courses, events, initiatives,services and opportunities in the Irish language in your local area.

Damian O’Hara (GRAPHIC DESIGNER)
City of Culture Office,Waterloo Place.
12noon -9pm
A series of paper cuts illustrationsbased on local Derry myths and legends such as half-hung MacNaughton

Derry Visitor & Convention Bureau
44 Foyle St.
Tel: 028 7137 7577
9am – 9pm
Tourist Information Ambassadors of Will be roaming the city centre from the City Walls to the Peace Bridge.

Destined
Derry City Centre
Tel: 028 7136 2424
7pm
Drama – “Rights” performed by people with learning disabilities. (Contact City of Culture office,Tel: 028 7136 3558)

First Derry Presbyterian Church
Upper Magazine St.
Tel: 028 7126 1550
3pm – 9pm
Free guided tours of the restored Church and new Visitor Centre.

Gordon Gallery
13a Pump St.Tel: 028 7137 404411am – 11pm
Richard Livingstone (1951 – 2010)was born in Derry, came to art as a mature student before establishing a national and international reputation as painter, sculptor, printmaker and installation artist. Tragically he died in 2010. This is the first part of a two part retrospective which concentrates on the small works or ‘Miniatures’.

Greater Shantallow Community Arts
Guildhall Square
Tel: 028 7135 7443
5pm – 10pm
Art Reaching Communities. A Cultural Celebration of diverse and creative communities that through creative expression and performance bring our city to life. A showcase of the very best music and dance performance Derry has to offer appearing live and free in the heart of the City of Culture.

Guildhall Press
St. Augustine’s Church,Palace St.
7.30pm -8.45pm
Guildhall Press author and local historian, Mickey McGuinness will be giving a presentationon ‘Images of Emigration and Colmcille’ at St. Augustine’s Church from 7.30pm – 8.45pm. Copies of the Guildhall Press publication Discover Derry by Brian Lacey, with contributions from Mickey McGuinness, willalso be on sale and availablefor signing.

Hi Vis Ability
Various venues throughout the city(Contact City of Culture office,Waterloo Place for more information)
Tel: 028 7136 3558
12pm – 6pm
Hi Vis Ability is collective term for individual and collective performances and show cases from Disability sector. Participants include: Destined, Lilliput, Stage Beyond,Belmont House, Something Special.

Hedgeschool21 CIC
11 Castle St.Tel: 028 7136 0044
5.30pm -11pm
Seminars on music, literature and cultural informal workshop.Book swap.

Link Music CIC
11 Castle St.Tel: 028 7136 0113
5.30pm -11pm
Music workshops and performances.

Little Acorns
Bedlam Market, 35 Great James St.
5pm – 11pm
An exciting evening of literary greats and book signings that will include a number of Guildhall Press authors such as Garbhan Downey, Felicity McCall, DaveDuggan, Phil Cunningham, Jenni Doherty, Charlie Herron and Sean Mackel among other local writers. All invited to meet and greet for a literary feast!

Mac Cafferty School Singers
Millennium Forum,Newmarket St.
Tel: 028 7126 4426
7pm
Members of the renowned Mac Cafferty School of Music -for children from nursery level upwards – will sing in a choral arrangement to celebrate Derry – Londonderry’s great musical heritage on Culture Night.

Millennium Forum
Newmarket St.
Tel: 028 7126 4455
7pm – 8.30pm
A special showcase even tpresenting the outstanding talents of young people from various local groups based in the Millennium Forum. Featuring a mix of music dance and drama excerpts from some of the stars of tomorrow! Also on displaywill be the artistic talents ofsome of those who participated in the recent InterAct Youth Arts Festival.

Moving Canvass
Throughout the City
12 noon – 9pm
An exhibition of creativity, talent and culture throughout the City From Artisans, Performers andCreatives.

Museum of Free Derry
55 Glenfada Park
Tel: 028 7136 0880
7pm – 9pm
Late night opening

Music Theatre 4 Youth
Ebrington Centre,The Waterside Theatre, Waterside
Tel: 028 7131 4000
7.30pm
Musical theatre showcase performed by young people from  Foyle view School. The young people in this workshop will be working on the themes from hit West End musicals to create a devised piece of musical  theatre in just 4 days which will be performed as part of the Culture Night celebrations on September 23rd.

Pa ul Casey
Guildhall Square
3.30pm -4.30pm
Performance by Irish songwriter,guitarist and singer.

Rivers of the World Exhibition
City Centre(Contact City of Culture office,Waterloo Place for more information)
Tel: 028 7136 3558
7pm – 10pm
An eclectic mix of work inspired by studies of the River Foyle involving a unique partnership with ILex, British Council, WELB, Donegal HSE and 6 schools:St Josephs College, Oakgrove,Foyle and Londonderry College,St Columbs College,Cranna College Buncrana andRoyal and Prior Raphoe in Co. Donegal. An opportunity to work with 6 Artists from across the Northwest.

Scoil Rince Naomh Colmcille
City Centre
7pm
Celtic class a celebration of Irish dancing, music and song.An eclectic mix of Irish dance, music and song.

Sculptural ceramic artworks by Gail Mahon
City of Culture Office,Waterloo Place.
10am – To Late
New sculptural ceramic artworks by local acclaimed artist will be on display at the Culture office,throughout the day.

Seeds
The Cottage in the Craft Village
7pm – 9.30pm
A World of Dance featuring dancers from around the globe;Irish, Flamenco, Bollywood,Classic Indian and Salsa. Also featuring the Chinese Children’s Choir and Harmonicity Drumming Circle. An Nua Theatre Performance.

Solas Flamenco
Guildhall Square
4.30pm – 5pm3
Flamenco Dance performance
Enjoy a colourful and flamboyant display of the magical art of flamenco dance.

St. Augustine’s Church
Palace St
Tel: 028 7126 7284
4pm – 9pm
Church Open“When stones can speak -Isaac Newton, Edward Lhuyd,The Prince of Wales andColumba’s Abbey” -The fascinating story of theoldest gravestone in the city,circa 1600 – presented byHazel Philson.
5pm – 6pm Musical interlude by Maeve andKathleen McGuinness on fiddleand harp
6.30pm -7.15pm   “Images of Emigration andColmcille” presented by MickeyMcGuinness.
7.30pm -8.45pm .Local publications display,courtesy of Guildhall Press Light Refreshments

St. Columb’s Cathedral
London St.
Tel: 028 7126 7313
7pm – 9pm
Open to visitors to see the Cathedral, Audio Visual Display and the Chapter House Museum.

Street Performance
City Walls
8pm
Tribal Fire is a fire and drumming performance which can light up the darkest night.

The Nerve Centre
7 – 8 Magazine St.
6pm – 11pm
Join us at the Nerve Centre on culture night for a snapshot of year round artistic and cultural programme. Featuring the best of local talent in live performances, film screenings,digital archive and a chance to sample our courses with taster sessions in soundrecording, music productionand film making.

The Peace Bridge
5pm
Musical performance by the legendary northern ireland starPeter Corry, accompanied byMichelle Forbes. Peter has been cast in the opera productions of Cosi fantutte, as Guglielmo,The Marriage of Figaro as Figaro,and The Beggars Opera. Peter performed in the West End and in the UK tour of Les Misérables.Theatre producer, Cameron Macintosh gave permission for only the second time ever, when Corry produced Les Misérables at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena playing to over 15,000 people. He was also privileged to sing “Bring Him Home” at George Best’s funeral. Colette Lennon and Michael Stacey will also carry out a performance on the Peace Bridge.

“The Spirit of Camelot” WITH Anne Craig
City Centre (Contact City of Culture office,Waterloo Place for more information)
Tel: 028 7136 3558
6pm
Stage Beyond Presents -‘The Spirit of Camelot’. A reworking in music, song and words of the old Arturian legend based on the city of Camelot which has lost its sense of humour. The situation calls for a Green Knight.
Enter Sir Wain!

The Tower Museum
Union Hall Place
Tel: 028 7137 2411
6pm -9.30pm
Visit the award winning TowerMuseum to see our permanentexhibitions – Story of Derry and An Armada Shipwreck -La Trinidad Valencera. You canalso find out about our ancient past at the Megaliths of Northern Ireland exhibition. Meet an Archaeologist and get a chance to look at some objects found at digs around the country.

The Verbal Arts Centre
Bishop St. Within
Tel: 028 7126 6946
5.30pm -10pm
A programme of language arts.

The Void Gallery
City Factory,Patrick St.Tel: 028 7130 8080
11am – 8pm
Polly Morgan Exhibition.

Voluntary Arts Ireland
The Playhouse,5-7 Artillery St.
From 11.30am
Up for Arts – get involved withVoluntary Arts Ireland in a range  of arts and crafts activities from painting to dance, carving to music; drama to arranging flowers in this day-long celebration of the arts and crafts.

WHISPERING WOOD ’ BY GREGORY DEVINE
City Centre (Contact City of Culture office,Waterloo Place for more information)
Tel: 028 7136 3558
12noon – 9pm
An exhibition of 15 carved season drift wood heads fromthe Foyle.

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