The Polish Arts Festival launches 'exciting' programme of events in Limerick
This is the 17th year of the annual festival
THE ONLY dedicated festival of its kind in Ireland, the Polish Arts Festival returns to Limerick this September 26-29 with an “exciting” programme of events.
Included in the busy schedule are events taking place across several venues such the Belltable, Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA), The Hunt Museum and the Record Room.
The Polish Arts Festival, now in its 17th year, celebrates Polish culture and art, nurtures new international artistic collaborations and conversations, and supports Polish artists living and creating in Ireland.
This year, the Polish Arts Festival is “thrilled” to present the world-famous Laboratorium Piesni, or Song Laboratory, who will perform on the Belltable stage on Saturday, September 28 at 7pm.
Song Laboratory is a female group of singers from Poland, created in 2013. Using traditional, polyphonic singing they perform songs from all over the world, mainly from Ukraine, Balkans, Belarus, Georgia, Scandinavia and Poland.
They sing a cappella as well as with shaman drums and other ethnic instruments, creating a “new space” in a traditional song, adding voice improvisations inspired by sounds of nature.
Other key events include the exhibition Patching Femininity by artist Olga Anacka in LCGA from September 26 to October 25, a video dance-music installation called Woman of the Seine by Dorota Korczycka-Bablinska in the Belltable foyer, cinema screenings and talks, concerts, and a programme for families as part of carefully curated PAF Kids Day, including an interactive music performance Pstryk!, which is suitable for English and Polish speakers.
Every year, the Polish Arts Festival commissions a brand new original and collaborative music piece which is devised, composed, recorded and then performed live at PAF opening day.
A spokesperson for the festival said, “Music commission is one of our flagship projects and we are thrilled to serve as a springboard for collaborative creative work by a Polish and an Irish music artist. This year, we have been working closely with Limerick singer-songwriter JaYne and Irish/Polish artist Dora Gola, who were inspired by Slavic and Celtic mythology in making Glór na Bogini, a brand new song premiering on September 26th on streaming platforms and live during our festival opening event in LCGA. Join Dora and JaYne in the Record Room at 9pm on September 26 for a live music evening performed solo and together. It’s going to be an unforgettable night!”
The full programme of events and tickets are available on the Polish Arts Festival website.