Events - Garter Lane

NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FROM BOX OFFICE OR ONLINE Support Garter Lane Arts Centre and celebrate our 40th anniversary with this newly commissioned Kathi Burke design zippered tote bag, bringing

Garter Lane Tote Bag Designed by Kathi Burke

Sun 8th Sep - Tue 8th Sep

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€20

Birthday Celebrations Official Merchandise Visual Art

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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 - Thu 31st Dec

Garter Lane Arts Centre

€50

Film Official Merchandise WFFA

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Garter Lane Gift Vouchers are available to purchase online or in-person at Box Office. Give the gift of culture with a voucher that can be redeemed against any event tickets,

Garter Lane Gift Vouchers

Wed 1st Jan - Tue 31st Dec

Gift Voucher Official Merchandise

Garter Lane Gift Vouchers and Products

Traces Dance Ensemble Weekly Workshops Every Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 pm - 6:00pm from April 22nd - June 10th, Traces Dance Ensemble will be running their Weekly Dance Workshops! Location

Traces Dance Ensemble Weekly Workshops

Wed 22nd Apr - Wed 10th Jun

4:30pm-6:00pm

Base Studios, Unit 2 , Six Cross Roads Industrial Estate Waterford

€10 Per Week or €72 for All Classes.

Dance Workshops

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SPROG for Schools is back! We are delighted to have the wonderful Natasha Everitt here with us for SPROG for Schools 26. Natasha will be teaching a drama and movement

SPROG for Schools 2026: Natasha Everitt Drama and Movement Workshop

Wed 10th Jun - Thu 11th Jun

11:15am & 12pm

Garter Lane Theatre

Children Dance SprÓg Schools 26 Workshops

SPROG for Schools is back! This year we will be kicking off SPROG for Schools 26 with the wonderful Debora Adachi and her Illustration Draw Along. Students will get to

SPROG for Schools 2026: Debora Adachi – Illustration Draw Along

Wed 10th Jun

10am and 11:30am

Garter Lane Theatre

Free

Children SprÓg Schools 26 Workshops

SPROG for Schools is back! Are you ready for battle? We are so excited to have Débora Adachi and Amalia Naughton-López battle it out with their own unique drawing styles

SPROG for Schools 2026: Debora & Amalia – Illustrator Battle

Thu 11th Jun

10am & 11:30am

Garter Lane Theatre

Children SprÓg Schools 26 Workshops

SPROG for Schools is back! This year at SPROG for Schools we are delighted to have the amazing Anne McDonnell and her Puppet making workshop. Students will learn to plan

SPROG for Schools 2026: Anne McDonnell – Puppet Making Workshop

Fri 12th Jun

10am & 11:30am

Garter Lane Theatre

Children SprÓg Schools 26 Workshops

SPROG 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

SPROG for Tots 2026

Fri 12th Jun

10:30-11:30 am

Garter Lane Theatre

Free (Booking Essential)

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026 Workshops

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SPROG 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

SPROG 2026 Presents – Art Easels

Sat 13th Jun

10am - 5pm

Garter Lane Theatre (Courtyard)

Free

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026

SPROG 2026 Presents - Pavement Chalks Grab some chalk and decorate our Garter Lane Courtyard! We are delighted to bring Pavement Chalks to our SPROG 2026 Drop-In Activties lineup. Create

SPROG 2026 Presents – Pavement Chalks

Sat 13th Jun

10am - 5pm

Garter Lane Theatre (Courtyard)

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026

SPROG 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

SPROG 2026 Presents – Pop-Up Flower Stall

Sat 13th Jun

10am - 5pm

Garter Lane Theatre (Courtyard)

Free

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026

SPROG 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

SPROG 2026 Presents – Silent Books

Sat 13th Jun

10am - 5pm

Garter Lane Theatre (Foyer)

Free

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026

SPROG 2026 Presents - Wall of Faces Sketch and add your face to our Wall of Faces! Put your face next to all of our other SPROG attendees and help

SPROG 2026 Presents – Wall of Faces

Sat 13th Jun

10am - 5pm

Garter Lane Theatre (Gallery)

Free

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026

SPROG 2026 Presents - The Doodle Wall Held in our Gallery space, The Doodle Wall is one of SPROG's most popular drop in activities. Fill the walls with your ideas

SPROG 2026 Presents – The Doodle Wall

Sat 13th Jun

10am - 5pm

Garter Lane Theatre (Gallery Space)

Free

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026

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

SPROG 2026 Presents – Hog and Dice : A Storytelling Performance

Sat 13th Jun

Start Times 1pm & 3pm

Garter Lane Gallery

Free drop-in sessions. Limited capacity.

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026 Storytelling

SPROG 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

SPROG 2026 – Tramore Pottery

Sat 13th Jun

10:30am-11:30am & 12:15pm-1:15pm

Garter Lane Theatre

Free

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026 Workshops

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SPROG 2026 Drop-in Activities! Along with our excellent workshops and performances, SPROG 2026 will also have drop in activities that can be done free of charge in our Gallery, Foyer

SPROG 2026 Drop-In Activities

Sat 13th Jun

10am-5pm

Garter Lane Theatre

Free

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026

SPROG 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

SPROG 2026 Presents – Fanzini Brothers

Sat 13th Jun

Start Times 12pm & 2 pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€5 subsidised ticket price

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026 Theatre

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SPROG Saturday 2026! Get ready for a day full of creativity, fun, and adventure — SPROG Festival is back! The exciting children’s festival is packed with hands-on art activities, performances

SPROG Saturday 2026

Sat 13th Jun

10am - 5pm

Garter Lane Theatre

Children SprÓg SprÓg 2026 Workshops

Garter Lane Arts Centre Presents The Bloomsday Festival Waterford 2026! The Bloomsday Festival is one of Ireland’s most vibrant and unique literary celebrations and is a commemoration and celebration of

Bloomsday Waterford 2026 Presents – Nora

Tue 16th Jun

7:30pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€5 (+Booking Fee)

Film

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TheatreBox Dance Academy Showcase – June 17th & 18th ✨🎭 TheatreBOX is proud to present its talented Dance Academy and Vocal students as they take to the stage at Garter

TheatreBox Dance Academy Showcase presents – Moulin Rouge Excerpts

Wed 17th Jun - Thu 18th Jun

7:30pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€15 & €13 (+Booking Fee)

Dance

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Viking Marathon 2026 Information Garter Lane is proud to be the HQ for this years Viking Marathon! We will have the HQ located in our Theatre Building at 22a O'Connel

Viking Marathon 2026 Information

Fri 19th Jun - Sun 21st Jun

Garter Lane Theatre

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Garter Lane is delighted to have the Inaugural Varity show of Class Act with Pat Grant! About the show Join us for our inaugural show. An inclusive evening of

Class Act with Pat Grant Presents – The Inaugural Variety Show

Wed 24th Jun - Thu 25th Jun

6PM

Garter Lane Theatre

€20 (+Booking Fee)

Music Theatre

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Successful Applications with Eamonn Maxwell In this session we will explore the best way to approach public galleries for exhibitions, including open calls, building your profile and securing studio visits.

CPD At Garter Lane – Successful Applications with Eamonn Maxwell

Fri 26th Jun

9:30am - 11:30am

Online via Zoom

Free (Booking Required)

Visual Art Workshops

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Inspire your young artist with a fun, hands-on art camp designed for creative kids and teens aged 8–18. Our camps explore animation, comics, illustration, and more – all led by

Summer Art and Animation Camps in Garter Lane Studios

Mon 29th Jun - Fri 31st Jul

Garter Lane Studios

€160 Per Workshop

Workshops

Note : Tickets will go on Sale at 11am Wednesday 3rd June David Hennessy Stage School is excited to bring their Summer showing of The Wizard of Oz to the

David Hennessy Stage School Presents – The Wizard of Oz

Thu 2nd Jul - Sun 5th Jul

7:30pm ( + 2:00pm Matinees on Sat and Sun)

Garter Lane Theatre

€22 + Booking Fee

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Band Pres Hŷn Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn {Gwynedd and Môn's Schools Music Service Senior Brass Band} Formed of talented pupils aged 14 - 18 from a variety of

Symphony Club of Waterford presents Gwynedd and Môn’s Schools Music Service Senior Brass Band and Folk Choir (WALES)

Sat 18th Jul

6pm

Christ Church Cathedral, 1 Cathedral Square, Waterford, X91 A447

€20 | Under 18s €10 + booking fee

Music

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Waterford Film For All Present: Song Cycle In 2022, musician and filmmaker Nick Kelly cycled from his home in Dublin to the Glastonbury Festivalin Somerset, England-carrying his guitar, tent and

Waterford Film for All Presents: Song Cycle

Sat 18th Jul

7:30pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€9 | €7.50 Concession

Film WFFA

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Join artist David Begley for an exciting day of monotype printmaking. A monotype is a unique, one of a kind, handmade print, created by drawing or painting an image onto

Monotype printmaking for Adults with David Begley

Sat 8th Aug

10am - 4pm

Garter Lane Studios

€65

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To launch the incoming autumn Waterford Film For All season we are bringing a special screening of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's AMÉLIE. 23-year-old Amélie is lonely. After an isolating childhood, she moves

Garter Lane presents : AMÉLIE 25th Anniversary Screening

Fri 28th Aug

7.30pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€9/€7.50 including booking fee

Film

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Music Network presents Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Pauline Scanlon, Tom Morrow & John Doyle Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh voice, flute Pauline Scanlon voice Tom Morrow fiddle, viola John Doyle guitar, voice Join us to explore songs

Music Network presents Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Pauline Scanlon, Tom Morrow & John Doyle

Fri 25th Sep

8pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€20/€18 + booking fee

Music Traditional Music

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Garter Lane is thrilled to welcome Tom Robinson with Adam Philips for the Then and Now Tour! Note! Tickets will go on General Sale on the 6th May at 11am

Tom Robinson with Adam Philips : Then and Now Tour

Tue 29th Sep

7:00pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€24.68

Music

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The Last Witch Bridget Cleary is a gripping solo performance that explores the life and mysterious death of Bridget Cleary, an independent and spirited woman accused of being a changeling

The Last Witch Bridget Cleary

Sat 3rd Oct

8pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€20 & €18 + booking fee

Theatre

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National Symphony Orchestra Ireland returns to the SETU Arena for another evening of beautiful music Dynamic Bulgarian pianist Emanuil Ivanov brings dazzling technique and sensitivity to Tchaikovsky’s iconic First Piano

National Symphony Orchestra Ireland Presents: Ivanov plays Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1

Sat 3rd Oct

7:30 pm

SETU Arena

Adult - €30 + Booking Fee | Under 18's - €15 + Booking Fee

Music

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Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly Bringing together rhythm, language and immersive sound in one of the most quietly distinctive collaborations in contemporary Irish music. A founding member of Kíla,

Rónán O’Snodaigh & Myles O’Reilly

Sat 10th Oct

8:00pm

Garter Lane Theatre

€20 (+ booking fee)

Music Traditional Music

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