Maynooth University Arts & Minds Festival
Welcoming members of the public, students, staff and alumni to a festival of music, film, literature and discussions at venues across the campus, from Thursday 5th-Sunday 7th May.
The Arts & Minds Festival will bring together a series of live and in-person events. Festival highlights include a concert with Irish National Opera and adiscussion with award-winning author Louise O’Neill (Asking for It, Only Ever Yours, and After The Silence) who is the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at Maynooth University. She will be joined by the critically-acclaimed Louise Kennedy (The End of the World is a Cul de Sac and Trespasses), on Saturday the 7th.
On Friday 6th March, Normal People and Room director Lenny Abrahamson will participate in a panel discussion and Q&A, following a screening of his film, Adam and Paul. The Oscar-nominated director’s latest adaptation of Sally Rooney's, Conversations with Friends, will shortly hit international screens.
A variety of music will be celebrated across the festival weekend, including traditional Irish musicians Thomas McCarthy and Zodomo, featuring Dónal Lunny, Zoë Conway and Máirtín O’Connor, presented by Ola Majekodunmi, on Thursday 5th May. There will also be sean-nós singing and dancing workshops, as well as Irish language craft workshops.
The Irish National Opera event with Gemma Ní Bhriain (mezzo-soprano), Sarah Shine (soprano), and Máire Carroll (pianist) takes place on Sunday 7thMay.
The full programme of events and registration is available on Eventbrite here.
Further information is also available on the MU website here.
Arts and Minds is supported by Maynooth University, Kildare County Council and funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media’s Local Live Performance Programming Scheme.