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Cork Life Centre students paint mural in collaboration with Cork Community Art Link 2021. Photo by Cork Community Art Link. Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance, with Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Mary Rose Desmond at Fitzgerald’s Park, Culture Night 2021 Credit Cathal Noonan.
Culture Night Culture Night Cork City took place on Friday 17 th September. Replicating the successful format developed in 2020, the event consisted of a mix of in-person, outdoor and online events, but with more in-person opportunities than in 2020 due to changes to Covid regulations. 75 venues in total participated this year, presenting over 100 separate events. Local Live Performance Scheme – Phase I Magic Nights by the Lee, a summer programme of outdoor live music performances, was delivered in response to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media’s Local Live Performance Programme Scheme . The scheme aims to support local performers and crew who work in the commercial performance sector and impacted by the pandemic. With a maximum of two hundred in attendance at each concert, in line with public health guidelines, the seven concerts delivered within four city parks were free and booked out within hours. The following performances were successfully delivered:
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