Celebrate Culture Night with Music Generation

Culture Night is ‘One Night for All’ and Music Generation Leitrim are embracing that sentiment by inviting anyone aged 7 – 107 years young to join their ukulele workshop at The Island Theatre, Ballinamore. Bring your own ukulele or use one of theirs! Find out more here. Keeping up with the intergenerational theme, Music Generation Kildare will host a 'Ukulele Jam’ and sing-along session in Athy Youth Café for the whole family. See more here.

Music Generation Cork City have an array of workshops and performances taking place on Culture Night. Experience playing the ancient Indonesian Gamelan instruments or top up your music literacy knowledge. See their full list of events here.

Scroll to the end of this page to see the full list of Music Generation Culture Night events.

Come and enjoy a live music performance with your local Music Generation. Hear the sweet sounds of Mayo Harp Ensemble at the Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar; rock on with Music Generation Limerick City’s Limerick Voices epic lineup of local bands; or catch some classics from the Roscommon County Youth Orchestra at King House, Boyle with Music Generation Roscommon.

The streets of Waterford will be filled with fanfare and joy this Friday as Music Generation Waterford’s finest young brass players take over The Viking Triangle from 5:30pm for Big Bands of Waterford. Fresh from their performance at Waterford's Summer in the City festival, these talented young brass players are eager to entertain their local community once again.


Don’t miss Music Generation Cavan/Monaghan’s Music on Wheels Showcase featuring young emerging singer/songwriters, local bands and Musician Educators. It’s all kicking off from 7:30pm in Monaghan Town and is sure to be an exciting evening for all ages.

Music Generation South Dublin will host a live DJ set and performances as part of their NOISE Music programme. Throughout the summer, a group of girls and young women aged 14-18 years wrote and recorded new music with the goal of presenting it on Culture Night. They are led by a dynamic team of professional female DJs, producers and singer/songwriters including Ais, Zali and Anie Verthen. This is a performance not to be missed! Find out more here.


Complete list of all Music Generation Culture Night events is listed at the end of this webpage.

RTÉ One at 7pm
Young singers from Music Generation Offaly/Westmeath perform with Tolú Makay and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra live on the RTÉ Culture Night special.

TG4 at 10pm
Two young rappers from The Kabin & Music Generation Cork City will be featured on TG4 Culture Night special "Imeall". They will perform two original track in Irish.

RTÉ’s Culture Night Special will feature thirty-three children, aged 7-12 years, from Music Generation Offaly/Westmeath’s Tullamore-based partner primary schools. They are joined by members of the Singfest Regional Choirs, and together with friends and family have created this unique, intergenerational choir for an exciting collaboration with the sensational Tolü Makay and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.


In preparation for Friday’s live broadcast, the choir members attended a rehearsal at the RTÉ Radio Centre, where they were greeted by the show's producers and arranger Gavin Murphy. The young singers were thrilled to experience performing with a live orchestra after weeks of practising at home. It was with great excitement that the choir received a surprise visit during their studio session from award-winning singer Tolü Makay. The young singers were ecstatic to learn that Tolü attended the same Tullamore school as many of them and then performed the track together, which was a very special experience for everyone involved.


Watch the live broadcast from Bord na Móna’s Lough Boora Discovery Park on RTÉ 1 and RTÉ Player at 7pm on Culture Night! The show will feature a host of Ireland's finest artists including Martin Hayes, Ailbhe Reddy, Loah and Jack O'Rourke to name a few. Find out more here.

A full listing of all Music Generation Culture Night events is available at the end of this webpage.


Find out more about the events listed below on www.culturenight.ie