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Eleven Counties To ‘See All Sorts’ of Culture For One Night

Temple Bar Cultural Trust announced Culture Night 2009 will take place on Friday 25th September, expand to 11 cities and towns nationwide and feature a new look ‘see all sorts’ logo.

Now in its 4th year, Culture Night 2009 looks set to be the biggest and best yet with museums, cathedrals, galleries, theatres, artist studios and other cultural venues opening late, many until midnight,  welcoming visitors of all ages in for a taste of free culture for one night. 

Last year’s Culture Night was an overwhelming success and saw the event go National for the first time with the cultural venues in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford participating.  Over 100,000 people alone attended Dublin Culture Night in 2008.  This year with the addition of Tralee, Sligo, Letterkenny, Mayo, Wexford and Roscommon, we are expecting attendance to exceed our 100,000 mark in Dublin.

Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism said: "Culture Night is an ideal opportunity for participating towns and cities to showcase the best of their artistic and cultural heritage and facilities.  The exciting programme of exhibitions, workshops, performances and activities being planned by all those involved in hosting Culture Night 2009 will further increase the appeal of the event amongst locals and visitors alike. My Department is pleased to provide support to Temple Bar Cultural Trust towards Culture Night 2009 and I am delighted that this year, additional towns are participating with a view to further developing the success of the event and supporting cultural tourism."

“The further expansion of Culture Night this year to a total of 11 cities and towns across Ireland will ensure that thousands of people of all ages and from all backgrounds will have a unique opportunity to experience the impressive range of cultural facilities that this country has to offer.  When we launched Culture Night in 2006 the aim was to provide a new and imaginative way for people to participate in cultural life in all its diversity, free from time pressures or financial constraints, and with hundreds of venues opening their doors and events taking place across the country we expect a huge public turnout on Friday September 25th” Grainne Millar, Head of Cultural Development, Temple Bar Cultural Trust.

A brand new Culture Night logo, designed by Maeve Keane from DIT, Mountjoy Square was also unveiled today.  Maeve was the winner of a competition organized by Temple Bar Cultural Trust that called on students to present a logo design for Culture Night nationwide. With more than 30 entries received Maeve’s logo ‘See all Sorts’ will appear on Culture Night promotional print and online material for all participating towns and cities.

In Dublin over 120 cultural venues have been confirmed for Culture Night including Christ Church Cathedral, the National Museum of Ireland, the Science Gallery Trinity College, The Guinness Storehouse, the Light House Cinema, The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, the Chester Beatty Library Dublin Castle and much more. 

Culture Night is a hugely important event on the cultural calendar providing people with the opportunity to discover and enjoy the rich cultural offering of the country’s cultural venues at night. This year Dublin Culture Night will see Temple Bar Cultural Trust working in partnership with the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, Dublin City Council, Dublin Tourism, Fáilte Ireland, Dublin Bus, DART and LUAS.

The Culture Night National initiative is co-ordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and supported by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in partnership with the local authorities of the participating towns and cities.

* The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night 2009 will be announced on www.culturenight.ie from 18th August or by calling organisers Temple Bar Cultural Trust on 01 888 3610.