Events - Garter Lane

If you’re passionate about movement and dance or looking to try something new, Garter Lane Arts Centre hosts a variety of dance classes from many different providers each week, with

Dance Classes at Garter Lane

Mon 1st Jan - Wed 31st Dec

Garter Lane Studios - X91 ER27

Dance STUDIOS Workshops

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

Friends Of Garter Lane Arts Centre

Wed 1st Jan - Wed 31st Dec

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€50

Film WFFA

Become A Friend

Grief’s Current Shape - a new thread based exhibition by Ciara O'Connor “If I do leave you, I will have passed on to you something of myself; you will be

Grief’s Current Shape by Ciara O’Connor

Sat 6th Sep - Sat 8th Nov

Garter Lane Arts Centre - Main Gallery

Free!

Exhibition Gallery-Main Space Visual Art

Join Ireland’s leading Fashion Design Academy for youngsters! Project Fashion Academy is run by professional designer Paul Alexander and his fashion design team. Unleash your child’s creativity, train them up

Project Fashion Sewing Classes

Thu 11th Sep - Thu 4th Jun

3:30-5pm, 5-6:30pm & 6:30-8pm

Garter Lane Studios - X91 ER27

€89.90/month

Children Education Workshops

Book A Place

The new Autumn season of movies from Waterford Film For All is here for you to enjoy, showcasing some of the very best of independent, European and World cinema The

Waterford Film For All Autumn Season 2025

Tue 16th Sep - Tue 9th Dec

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€9/€7.50 Concessions (incl booking fee)

Film WFFA

Take a look behind the scenes for Open Studios with a chance to meet some of our artists in their studios and learn about their practice, with a pop-up exhibition

Open Studios

Thu 25th Sep - Thu 16th Oct

5-7PM

Garter Lane Studios

Free

Exhibition STUDIOS Visual Art

A Little Room presents Drawing on Disaster Drawing on Disaster [Working Title] is a wirk-in-progress documentary film that explores the intersection of art-making and activism in the context of the

A Little Room Presents: Drawing on Disaster by Eoin Dalton

Tue 7th Oct

6:00pm

A Little Room , Garter Lane Studios, X91 ER27

Free, booking essential

A Little Room

Book Here

Waterford Film For All presents Santosh from acclaimed director Sandhya Suri In rural India, 28-year-old Santosh avails of a scheme to inherit her late husband’s job as a police officer.

Waterford Film For All presents Santosh (2024)

Tue 7th Oct

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€9/€7.50 Concessions (incl booking fee)

Film WFFA

Buy Tickets

Avant Garde Farmavita Hair Show Join us for an unforgettable evening at the Gather Lane Theatre as we present the Avant Garde Farmavita Hair Show, hosted by international Farmavita session

Avant Garde Farmavita Hair Show

Wed 8th Oct

7pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€15 (incl booking fee)

Buy Tickets

Join us as Ciara O'Connor and Cristín Leach discuss "Grief's Current Shape" a new thread based exhibition by Ciara O'Connor. This event is supported by Waterford City and County Council

C.P.D. Ciara O’Connor in conversation with Cristín Leach

Thu 9th Oct

11.30am

Garter Lane Theatre

Free, booking essential

Education Exhibition Gallery-Main Space Visual Art

Book Now

Red Lead Film presents Life Support In the sparsely furnished backroom of a church in Ireland, a group of people gather each week. These recovering addicts find a degree of

Red Lead Film presents Life Support

Thu 9th Oct

7pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

Free, but booking essential

Film

Book Tickets

Nollaig Casey, Niall McCabe & Mike McGoldrick After a successful Music Network tour, these three extraordinary artists have forged a musical bond that transcends the stage. This lineup features acclaimed

Nollaig Casey, Niall McCabe & Mike McGoldrick

Fri 10th Oct

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€24 (+booking fee)

Music

Buy Tickets

Please note this event is for school groups only! Dear Educators, We are delighted to announce our Seasonal Workshops for primary schools. Workshops are tailored to suit all ages. Workshops

Garter Lane Seasonal Workshops for Primary Schools

Tue 14th Oct - Thu 23rd Oct

Workshops

Waterford Film For All presents The Encampments The Encampments is a documentary about the pro-Palestinian solidarity encampment that emerged on the campus of New York’s Columbia University in 2024. As

Waterford Film For All presents The Encampments (2025)

Tue 14th Oct

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€9/€7.50 Concessions (incl booking fee)

Film WFFA

Buy Tickets

SLÍ and Waterford New Communities Women's Shed presents Wax Print and Greensleeves Inc. A fashion night out for climate action week. Style meets sustainability featuring a double screening of thought-provoking films. Join

SLÍ and Waterford New Communities Women’s Shed presents Wax Print and Greensleeves Inc.

Wed 15th Oct

7PM

Free, booking essential

Film

Book Tickets

Come and experience a unique evening of dance and community. Following on from the success of last year's inaugural event, this an evening for dance, theatre and music lovers alike

Dance Scratch Night presented by Rachel Ní Bhraonáin

Sat 18th Oct

7:30pm

Theatre

€7

Dance Theatre

Buy Tickets

Word Against The Word By Keith Dunphy Produced by Watering Hole Productions with Michael Grant and Padraig O’Griofa. In association with the Imagine Festival Keith left Waterford in 1996 to

Word Against The Word

Tue 21st Oct - Sat 25th Oct

8pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€25 (+booking fee)

Theatre

Buy Tickets

Presented by IMAGINE Arts Festival 2025 Composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Phil Christie has carved a singular path through Irish music—from his early work with O Emperor to the exploratory songcraft of The Bonk.

IMAGINE presents Phil Christie (The Bonk)

Sun 26th Oct

8pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€20 (no concessions) + booking fee

Music Theatre

Buy Tickets

Waterford Film For All presents The Count of Monte Cristo from directors Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière This lavish French adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, directed by

Waterford Film For All presents The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

Tue 28th Oct

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€9/€7.50 Concessions (incl booking fee)

Film WFFA

Buy Tickets

OK Dance Presents Scéalta Gaeilge Step into a world where myth and movement intertwine. OK Dance Company invites you on a journey through the rich tapestry of Irish mythology, reimagined

Scéalta Gaeilge: OK Dance Company

Wed 29th Oct

7:00pm

€20

Dance

Book Tickets

Before Tomorrow: Underground Images - Screening by Burke & Rachel Roberts Garter Lane Arts Centre is pleased to present a screening of a short scene from the latest film project

Before Tomorrow: Underground Images

Thu 30th Oct

6:30pm

Garter Lane Studios basement - X91 ER27

€5 (incl booking fee)

Film STUDIOS

Buy Tickets

C.P.D - Funding Applications with Eamonn Maxwell This workshop will give artists insights into how to make more successful applications, including advice on writing proposals, setting budgets/artists fees, supporting materials

C.P.D – Funding Applications with Eamonn Maxwell

Thu 30th Oct

10am – 12pm

Online via Zoom

Free, but booking essential

Visual Art Workshops

Book A Place

Barrack Street Concert Band in Concert at Garter Lane Arts Centre. The Barrack Street Concert Band has been making music in Waterford since its formation in 1870. In that time, they

Barrack Street Concert Band

Sat 1st Nov

7:30pm

Theatre

€15

Music

Book Tickets

The Symphony Club Of Waterford present a night of musical enchantment at Christ Church Cathedral in Waterford with the Hibernian Orchestra. Hibernian Orchestra (Dublin) Conductor - John Finucane Unreserved seating

Symphony Club of Waterford presents Hibernian Orchestra (Dublin)

Sat 8th Nov

6PM

Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford

Tickets: €20, (<18s €10)

Buy Tickets

Stagemad Theatre Company Celebrating 20 Years presents Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize winning A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE A raw, intimate revival of an American classic. Step into the sweltering heat of

Stagemad presents : A Streetcar Named Desire

Tue 11th Nov - Sat 15th Nov

8pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€20 (+Booking fee)

Theatre

Buy Tickets

Waterford Film For All presents Deaf by director Eva Libertad Ángela, a deaf woman, and Héctor, her hearing partner, are in a loving, solid relationship, using sign language and lip

Waterford Film For All presents Deaf (2025)

Tue 18th Nov

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€9/€7.50 Concessions (incl booking fee)

Film WFFA

Buy Tickets

Garter Lane Arts Centre is Delighted to host IFI's Think Languages Week foreign language screenings for secondary schools. Please see below for the programme and information on each film.

IFI School Screenings :Think Languages Week 2025

Tue 18th Nov - Thu 20th Nov

9.30 am

Garter Lane Theatre

€4 per student

Education Film

Madonna and I by John Aspill John Aspill’s Madonna and I is a bold, glitter-dusted monologue that manages to be both uproariously funny and unexpectedly tender. Framed by the beats

Madonna and I

Sat 22nd Nov

8pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€18/€16 concession (+booking fee)

Comedy Theatre

Buy Tickets

Waterford Film For All presents Hidden (2005) - written and directed by Michael Haneke Affluent Parisian couple Anne and Georges start receiving mysterious videotapes of their own home. Under surveillance

Waterford Film For All presents Hidden (2005)

Tue 25th Nov

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€8/€6.50 Concessions (+booking fee)

Film WFFA

Buy Tickets

Waterford Film For All presents Julie Keeps Quiet from director Leonardo Van Dijl Fifteen-year-old Julie is a star student at a tennis academy, and her life revolves around the game.

Waterford Film For All presents Julie Keeps Quiet (2024)

Tue 2nd Dec

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€9/€7.50 Concessions (incl booking fee)

Film WFFA

Buy Tickets

Waterford Film For All presents The Marching Band from director Emmanuel Courcol Thibaut is a successful conductor, recently diagnosed with leukaemia. His best hope for survival is a bone marrow

Waterford Film For All presents The Marching Band (2024)

Tue 9th Dec

7:30pm

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€9/€7.50 Concessions (incl. booking fee)

Film WFFA

Buy Tickets

What’s on?