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The café at Riverbank Arts Centre has been closed since March 2020. Kildare County Council has issued a call out for expressions of interest. If you match the criteria, please consider joining us in this lively arts centre – a footfall of coffee-loving patrons guaranteed! Comhairle Contae Chill Dara invites Expressions of Interest from competent local café businesses, food caterers …
Our cinema season returns this September – here are a few highlights of what’s coming up! Joyride When 13-year-old Mully robs a taxi to escape from his selfish father, he discovers two unexpected passengers sleeping in the back seat: a local solicitor named Joy and her newborn baby. An unhappy Joy plans to leave the baby with friends and fly …
It’s that time of year, we come to wind down our Spring/Summer programme and get the venue ready for an exciting Autumn/Winter programme. With that in mind our Box Office hours is as follows: 2nd August – 28th August Monday – Friday 10am – 2pm Saturdays Closed Our Online Booking remains open 24/7! We are delighted to confirm that our BROCHURE will …
Riverbank Arts Centre and Fighting Words are delighted to announce a FREE Fiction Writing Summer Camp for young people in the Ukrainian Community! We are bringing young people together in a community of friendship and creativity this summer! Come explore your creativity with us this Summer and write your own work of fiction! Explore aspects of writing fiction through exercises and prompts, …
Ahead of our SPECIAL PRIDE SCREENING of Dating Amber on Tuesday, 21 June we chat with writer and director David Freyne about his inspirations behind Dating Amber, how important it was to be able to shoot the film in the Curragh and why screening his film in Newbridge is “…a weird and wonderful full circle moment.” Though not your first feature, Dating …
Riverbank Arts Centre is delighted to support a new outdoor family show from Fidget Feet – A Handful of Dreams. This event will take place at The Irish National Stud & Gardens on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th, & Sunday 19th June at 12.30pm & 3.30pm on each day. Simply book a day entry pass for the day and time you …
On Saturday 4 June Riverbank Arts Centre and Kildare Art Collective officially opened Normal with over one hundred guests in attendance. Normal features the work of fifteen artists who are members of Kildare Art Collective. This exhibition presents the artists interpretation of Normal and what it means to them. It examines concepts of the everyday such as family, climate, justice, …
Riverbank Arts Centre is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2022 Music Bursary. The primary objective of the Riverbank Arts Centre Music Bursary is to provide opportunities for Kildare-based professional musicians to develop their practice and/or to create and develop new work. Four bursaries are available as part of this programme – each comprising a cash bursary (€2500) and …
Come celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 on 11 June with Riverbank Arts Centre! We have lots of exciting free events for all the family! Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland, and these events are supported by Kildare County Council. CBI BOOK CLINIC (11am-3pm) Children’s Books Ireland Book Doctors give guidance about books to children and their families. …
