Culture Night @ The Ark: Úlla Búlla Family Music Workshops 19 Sep 2025
A bilingual workshop of short, simple, fun and interactive songs in Irish and English. Practice your cúpla focal, have a dance, sing along and plenty of rírá agus ruaille buaille!
Join us for a lively, bilingual family concert filled with songs, stories, rírá agus ruaille buaille! Singer-songwriter Ríona Sally Hartman will share her original Irish-language songs alongside engaging stories told mostly in English.
This informal, interactive performance is perfect for all ages—sing along, learn a fun clapping game in Irish, and soak up the cool craic agus damhsa! No Irish? No problem! Everyone is welcome to join in the fun at this musical adventure.
About the artist...
Ríona Sally Hartman is a musician based in South County Wicklow who holds an honours Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Performance. She releases her own original music under her own name, as well as collaborating with a number of ensembles of various genres including Irish language band IMLÉ and bilingual group Luí Lom (music in Gàidhlig and Irish).
She is musical director and lead performer of The National Concert Hall’s Education and Community Outreach Band, and facilitates early years workshops in the National Concert Hall.
Currently Ríona is working on a project, generously funded by the Arts Council, writing and recording new bilingual children’s music for primary school aged children. She is also currently collaborating with artist Cressida Lynch in facilitating arts workshops with young people all over south and west Wicklow on behalf on The Courthouse Art Centre, Tinahely YPCE Outreach programme. http://www.rionasallyhartman.c...