Waterford Cultural Quarter (WCQ) welcomes everyone to experience a novel casino night along with visual art, music, spoken word, theatre and cultural heritage in venues on O’Connell Street, Waterford City for Culture Night 2026. Creative Waterford presents a new and exciting event, “Creativity Casino”, developed by artist Catherine Barron. Drop in to WCQ Place, 18 […]
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Community, Creative Spirits, Creativity, Culture, Festival
Waterford Walls Street Party, Pocket Part, Thomas St, WCQ on Saturday 15 August. All welcome.
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Aug
Aug
Mark in your diaries Saturday 15 August for another packed Street Party in the Pocket Park (next to Downse’s) on Thomas Street. Recession Squad with Rhythm walls with: DJs, live painting, rap performance and the jaw dropping skills on display at the Rhythm Walls Breaking Battle. See Waterford Walls socials for full details on the […]
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Aug
Aug
Waterford Walls has returned to the city with another incredible line-up of homegrown and International talented mural artists adding vibrancy to the urban landscape for this it’s 12th year running. The festival brings music, workshops, family events and guided tours and much much more. If you’d like to learn more about the murals already created […]
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Aug
Aug
The city-wide Spraoi takeover this past August Bank Holiday weekend brought with it an impressive line-up of street theatre and live music. In the Cultural Quarter highlights included: virtuoso South-American style one-man-band,L’Homme-Orchestre and Miss Mary by artist Kristyn Fontanella, bringing a hauntingly beautiful outdoor dance reimagining the spirit of Ireland’s dance masters. And a SPRAOI […]
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Mar
The countdown is on and St. Patrick’s Festival programming kicks off this Friday. The 5-Day event will bring performances, carnivals, craic agus ceol right through the Bank Holiday weekend. FREE events on O’Connell St in the heart of the Cultural Quarter include Celtic Copper Craft workshops on Sat & Sun in WCQ Place and a […]
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Feb
Join SE Craft Studios for an hour of slow craft hands-on fun crafting cool Celtic copper pieces in the Cultural Quarter this St. Patrick’s Weekend —no experience needed! The workshop is free to attend, but booking is essential. Workshops sessions will run on both Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March. Unwind at this slow craft […]
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Sep
A wonderful selection of events happening along O’Connell Street for Culture Night, September 19th from 6 to 10 p.m. All events are free, most are drop-in and some are bookable: Waterford Walls Tours from Thomas Street are popular so check out their page on Eventbrite. Leaflets are available from Waterford Gallery of Art, Garter Lane […]
Arts, Community, Creativity, Culture, Regeneration
Join Us for the Thomas Street Pocket Park – Sneak Peek & Playful Communities Event!
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Apr
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 […]
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 […]
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Oct
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 […]