Join us for a unique evening of dance and community. Following on from the success of the previous two years, this an evening for dance, theatre and music lovers alike
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Dance Scratch Night 2026 Presented by Rachel Ní Bhraonáin
Join us for a unique evening of dance and community. Following on from the success of the previous two years, this is an evening for dance, theatre and music lovers alike to see fresh new work from Ireland’s up and coming makers.
What’s on?
View All Events to browse through everything we have coming up over the next few months to keep you entertained. Event highlights are listed below.
This Cruinniú na nÓg, Blast will team up with Garter Lane Arts Centre to bring new energy to young people’s wardrobes. With a DIY ethos, bold prints and experimental fashion. This collaboration will consist of 2 events. One second-hand clothes swap & fashion design event, and one upcycling event. Both these workshops are for teenagers aged 13-17.
Sat 30th May
(Week 1) 12pm-14:30pm | (Week 2) 12pm-16:00pm
Garter Lane Theatre
Free
SprÓg Saturday 2026! Get ready for a day full of creativity, fun, and adventure — SprÓg Festival is back! The exciting children’s festival is packed with hands-on art activities, performances
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SprÓg 2026 presents Risky Business - a new show by the Fanzini Brothers The denizens of danger, the masters of disaster, the amazing Fanzini Brothers are back with their new
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Sat 13th Jun
€5 subsidised ticket price
SprÓg 2026 Drop-in Activities! Along with our excellent workshops and performances, SprÓg 2026 will also have drop in activities that can be done free of charge in our Gallery, Foyer
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SprÓg Saturday 2026 Presents - Tramore Pottery Join the team and get your hands messy while creating your very own 3D Clay Hero's! Tramore Pottery is excited to get their
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SprÓg for Tots Messy Play with Eilis O'Toole In this immersive workshop young children will explore the world through creative play. There will be a wide variety of natural and
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Be transported to another place and time when Hog and Dice take you on a storytelling journey this Sprog. Fáin is a storyteller with an extensive repertoire of myths and
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Sat 13th Jun
Free drop-in sessions. Limited capacity.
SprÓg 2026 Presents - The Doodle Wall Held in our Gallery space, The Doodle Wall is one of SprÓgs most popular drop in activities. Fill the walls with your ideas
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SprÓg 2026 Presents - Pavement Chalks Grab some chalk and decorate our Garter Lane Courtyard! We are delighted to bring Pavement Chalks to our SprÓg 2026 Drop-In Activties lineup. Create
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SprÓg 2026 Presents - Pop-Up Flower Stall Come to our Pop-up Flower Stall and choose from a variety of black and white cardboard flowers to colour anyway you want! Take
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SprÓg 2026 Presents - Art Easels Unleash your inner artist at our free standing easels and create your own masterpieces! Using Pencils and Markers, let you imagination run wild and
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SprÓg 2026 Presents - Silent Books If you need a moment to relax from all of our other wonderful drop-in activities, head over to our Foyer space and pick up
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SprÓg 2026 Presents - Wall of Faces Sketch and add your face to our Wall of Faces! Put your face next to all of our other SprÓg attendees and help
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Waterford Film For All Presents - No Other Choice Yoo is a paper expert who is abruptly fired after his company is taken over by an international firm.Yoo and his
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Tue 2nd Jun
€9.00/€7.50 Concessions (incl. booking fee)
Waterford Film For All Presents - Colours of Time Brought together by the inheritance of a house in Normandy, four cousins uncover a hidden history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle
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Tue 9th Jun
€9.00/€7.50 Concessions (incl. booking fee)
By becoming a friend of Garter Lane Arts Centre, you are playing a vital role in the sustainability of Waterford’s vibrant professional arts infrastructure. You are supporting local artists, and
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Garter Lane is celebrating 40 years of arts provision for Waterford in 2024 and has as its mission statement to develop, promote and initiate creative activity, particularly in areas that
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Garter Lane Arts Centre was proud both for artists and for the entire arts sector in May 2024, when Minister Malcolm Noonan officiated over the opening of Garter Lane Studios. No.5 O’Connell
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Garter Lane has as its mission statement to: develop and promote creative activity, and initiating and developing arts activities, particularly in areas that have until now been underdeveloped. Delivery of this Mission Statement is achieved through programming a Multidisciplinary Arts Centre on a year-round basis and partnering with a broad and widely recognised range of cultural and arts providers, organisations and individuals, financial investors including Waterford City & County Council, the Department of Social Protection and the Arts Council. Garter Lane manifests “continued access” through its fully programmed, management and staffing of two venues in the heart of the city combined with continual awareness building of the venue's outputs and engagement opportunities.
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Art Centre
Garter Lane has as its mission statement to: develop and promote creative activity, and initiating and developing arts activities, particularly in areas that have until now been underdeveloped. Delivery of this Mission Statement is achieved through programming a Multidisciplinary Arts Centre on a year-round basis and partnering with a broad and widely recognised range of cultural and arts providers, organisations and individuals, financial investors including Waterford City & County Council, the Department of Social Protection and the Arts Council. Garter Lane manifests “continued access” through its fully programmed, management and staffing of two venues in the heart of the city combined with continual awareness building of the venue's outputs and engagement opportunities.
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