Sunday 2nd August at 1pm Sárán Mulligan – SOLO Traditional Music Recital   Join talented concertina player Sárán Mulligan for a lunchtime performance this Sunday as he performs some of his most recent compositions with some classic traditional music pieces from the region.   Sárán Mulligan is a concertina player from Dundalk, County Louth, recognised […]

Skerries Trad Sunday Seisiún transpose to Highlanes Gallery’s Courtyard, Sunday 26th July, from 1-2pm!   The Skerries Trad Sunday Seisiún are musicians from the Fingal area. They gather every Sunday in the Coast Inn in Skerries to play Traditional Irish Music.   With fiddles, flutes, banjos and more, the Seisiún is always lively. They will […]

Gabrielle Alioth: Seapoint Strand The world below water must be filled with a greenish light. In the past, fishermen sometimes found apple blossom in their nets or a golden cup. What fills the space in our mind when we forget the past? Friday 24th July at 11.30am   Swiss writer Gabrielle Alioth has been living […]

Join the Drogheda Traditional Singers for a summer evening of song & the senses – from this multi-generational group of singers from 7pm.   The singing tradition in Drogheda is a strong, vibrant and much admired cultural core of the region connecting generations & spanning four decades, and while originally passed on orally, technoology has […]

Thursday 16th July at 1pm Join us for the GIAF key event of Jackie Nickerson’s exhibition STATESIDE – a Highlanes Gallery national tour, where Jackie will be in conversation with writer and journalist Tom Downey   STATESIDE is Jackie Nickerson’s sweeping, fragmented visual diary of a decade living and working across the USA. From streetscapes […]

Prepare your artwork entry Workshop with Sadbh de Buitléir-Kearney YOUNG CREATIVES ART COMPETITION   Wednesday 8th July 11.30am-1pm For children aged 8 – 18 years   As we announce our first children’s art competition in Young Creatives Art Competition with the closing date of Sunday 12th July, we invite children to attend a ‘studio-session’ and […]

Prepare your artwork entry Workshop with James Moonan YOUNG CREATIVES ART COMPETITION   Sunday 5th July 11.30am-1pm For children aged 8 – 18 years   As we announce our first children’s art competition in Young Creatives Art Competition with the closing date of Sunday 12th July, we invite children to attend a ‘studio-session’ and informal […]

Bea Orpen and the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection Friday 3rd July at 11.30am   Yvonne Scott discusses her recently published essay on the life and work of artist, Bea Orpen, exploring her painting practice in idea and materiality, as well as Bea and her husband Terry Trench’s founding of the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection, 80 […]

Local and regional harping talent presented in two free lunchtime performances.   It is always a treat to host the Rising Stars Series of An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Harp Festival, and this year sees the high calibre and exceptional talent harpers of the region expressed in two free lunchtime free performances.   Tuesday 30th June […]