Category Archives: Arts

City of Lights illuminations

  Now that the evenings are getting darker it is the perfect time to enjoy the ‘City of Light’ project inspired by the spirit of Samhain and Waterford’s history and heritage. The City of Lights Project reimagines the City’s walls as spaces of connection, creativity, and celebration. The light trail connects the four main areas […]

Celebrating Community Spirit in the Heart of Waterford – Thomas Street Art House and Pocket Park Sneak Peek Event, 26th April

What a wonderful day at the Thomas Street Pocket Park Sneak Peek! The sun was shining, the smiles were wide, and the community spirit was alive. Local families, residents, and kids of all ages joined us for a day full of creativity, colour, and connection. Waterford Walls ran a brilliant wall-spraying workshop, and everyone had […]

Join Us for the Thomas Street Pocket Park – Sneak Peek & Playful Communities Event!

Join Us for the Thomas Street Pocket Park – Sneak Peek & Playful Communities Event! Date: 26th April 2025 Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Thomas Street Pocket Park, 7 & 8 Thomas Street, Waterford City Centre Waterford’s newest community space, the Thomas Street Pocket Park, invites local residents, businesses, and anyone interested to […]

Have your say! Thomas Street Pocket Park and Community Art House

Thomas Street Creative is an initiative to inform and shape the local community and the cultural direction of Thomas Street in the heart of Waterford’s Cultural Quarter (WCQ). With your input Waterford City and County Council aims to create a community space, comprising of a Pocket Park and Community Art House, that will best serve […]

Celebrating Africa Day 2024

A dance troup in costume, The main figure wears a black costume with straw at the feet, hands and front and an orange headpiece,

Bringing some summer brightness back to O’Connell Street – we look back to the amazing activities that took place in the Cultural Quarter as part of Africa Day 2024 through these images and video. Thanks to the organisers, the helpers, musicians, food providers, dancers and most of all the communities who get involved each year […]

Waterford wins European City of Christmas 2024

   Waterford has been awarded the European City of Christmas 2024 We are beyond delighted to announce that the International Jury of the European Capital and City of Christmas 2024 competition has unanimously voted to award the European City of Christmas 2024 title to WATERFORD CITY!  And you know what that means – 2024 is […]

The Art of Reading Book Club

The Art of Reading Book Club – Colm Tóibín & Claire Kilroy – Online Event   Waterford Libraries welcomes The Art of Reading Book Club with Laureate for Irish Fiction, Colm Tóibín and author Claire Kilroy on Wednesday 17th January at 7:00pm. The Art of Reading Book Club is an initiative of the Arts Council and the […]

Arnold and Hilda at Waterford Gallery of Art

Arnold & Hilda A celebration of the life and works of Arnold Marsh and Hilda Roberts (HRHA) and their lasting influence within the arts and education in Waterford. This exhibition coincides with the release of Marsh’s memoirs, ‘The Happy Belfast Man’ (Lilliput Press) and features over fifty works of art as well as archival material, […]

Official opening of WCQ Place, Community and Cultural Hub, O’Connell Street, Waterford.

Official opening of WCQ Place, Community and Cultural Hub, O’Connell Street, Waterford  On Friday morning 27th October 2023 the Mayor of Waterford City and County, Councillor Joe Conway, officially opened Waterford Cultural Quarter Place: Community and Cultural Hub. WCQ Place, 17 – 18 O’Connell Street, Waterford is a newly renovated ground floor unit which houses […]

Landscape Symposium at WGOA

Landscape Symposium at WGOA   Join us on the 27th Sept, 6:30 – 8:00pm for an evening of artist talks, music, poetry, photography competition prize announcement and more… This event coincides with the gallery’s ‘A Survey of the Landscape’ exhibition and the Landscape Alliance National Landscape Forum 2023 held at Mount Congreve, 28th – 29th Sept. […]