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27December Saturday
Afternoon Event,Performance

Seasonal Latin American & Irish tunes with Mike Rivas, Classical Guitarist

Time: Saturday, December 27, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Saturday 27th December, 1pm Mike Rivas Classical Guitar Recital   Born in Santa Tecla, estate of La Libertad, El Salvador, Central America, as a young boy Mike used to hear his father playing songs with an old guitar at home. Then Mike’s brother taught him the first chords in the instrument. Months later, during an […]
20December Saturday
Afternoon Event,Performance,Talks

Winter Solstice with Drogheda Creative Writers

Time: Saturday, December 20, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Winter Solstice at Highlanes Gallery Saturday 20th December from 1-2.30pm Join Drogheda Creative Writers and Just Write Poetry Group to mark Winter Solstice.   As the sun rises on Dec 21st, 2025, it illuminates the inner chamber at Newgrange prehistoric monument. Light triumphs over darkness, signalling the gradual return of longer days, and the promise […]
10December Wednesday
Adult,Afternoon Event,Families & Children,Performance,Talks

DCW International Human Rights Day Poetry Performance

Time: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL Join Drogheda Creative Writers and Just Write! Poetry group as they celebrate International Human Rights Day in Highlanes Gallery on Wednesday December 10th from 3pm – 4.30 pm.   This years theme focuses on human rights as our everyday essentials. Poets will read their work focusing on lived […]
22November Saturday
Evening Event,Performance

Ceol Tradisiúnta- An Glúin Nua – Drogheda Traditional Music Weekend

Time: Saturday, November 22, 2025 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Drogheda Traditional Music Weekend Session in Highlanes Gallery Saturday 22nd November, 3.15-4.45pm Upper Gallery Ceol Tradisiúnta-An Glúin Nua   Emerging musical youth talent from Drogheda, Beaulieu and Co. Tipperary perform during this afternoon’s session, featuring Síofra Devine (fiddle) who comes from a musical Drogheda family and is a music student in UCL, Joe Savage (banjo) […]
18October Saturday
Evening Event,Families & Children,Performance,Talks

Harping at the Highlanes – National Harp Day ’25

Time: Saturday, October 18, 2025 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Join harpist Jennifer Leahy and MGL students for a live performance and ‘Try the Harp’ Session 3.30pm-4.30pm To mark National Harp Day across the island, join harpist Jennifer Leahy as she returns to perform at the gallery, this time with talented MGL students, and with a’Hands On Harp’ Session.   About: Jennifer Leahy is an […]
19September Friday
Adult,Evening Event,Exhibition,Performance

Tredagh Singers Performance at Highlanes Gallery – Culture Night 2025

Time: Friday, September 19, 2025 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Join Highlanes Gallery for a special performance with the wonderful and celebrated Tredagh Singers, for this year’s Culture Night 2025   Featuring some of the finest local voices in the region, the Tredagh Singers, a mixed-voice choir, will perform a seasonal recital of Old English and Irish Song, and promises to be a treat for […]
Adult,Evening Event,Exhibition,Performance

Traditional Irish Music Recital – Boyne Tradfest at HLG – Culture Night ’25

Time: Friday, September 19, 2025 6:45 pm - 7:20 pm
Enjoy a special Traditional Irish Music recital with harpist Éilís Needham & Fiddler River McGann for Culture Night ’25   Traditional Irish Music Recital & Oscailt Oifigiúil na Féile   This traditional Irish music recital with Éilís Needham (harp) and River McGann (fiddle) complements maelstrom – Maud Cotter’s large-scale sculptural exhibition exploring complexity and space within the […]
Afternoon Event,Families & Children,Performance,Talks

Drogheda Creative Writers – Celebrating Culture Night at 3pm

Time: Friday, September 19, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Drogheda Creative Writers in collaboration with Just Write have organised a poetry reading in Highlanes Gallery on Friday 19th September at 3pm where they will perform poems and reflections on openness, discovery, celebration and belonging.   All are welcome to join us at this free event on Culture Night in Drogheda.   ABOUT Drogheda Creative Writers […]
05September Friday
Afternoon Event,Performance,Talks

World Alzheimer’s Month – Heart of a Caregiver

Time: Friday, September 5, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
To mark World Alzheimer’s Month, which is a global campaign to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, we are pleased to host a talk by Drogheda writer, Dawn Staudt.   Dawn’s book, From the Heart of a Caregiver (2020), won glowing praises from the Drogheda Branch of Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland, at […]
24August Sunday
Afternoon Event,Families & Children,Performance

Drogheda Brass Band – Summer Sunday Courtyard Performance

Time: Sunday, August 24, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Revel in music outdoors as the streetscape of Laurence Street is lifted with the uplifting music of Drogheda Brass Band as they perform in the gallery’s courtyard on Sunday 24th August at 1pm.   This is a standing event, with audiences gathering at the upper level of the gallery courtyard.   About Drogheda Brass Band […]