Celebrating Cruinniú na nÓg 2026 - Full Programme

Join us for Cruinniú na nÓg 2026 on 6th June in our Galleries, Workshop Room, Foyer and Outdoors, for this day of free creativity for young people.

• Drop into our Colourings Family Day in our First Floor Gallery [Drop-in 12pm-3pm];
• Meet with artist Corrina Askin and help her add to her thoughtful Dreamer's Space Trail in our Foyer [Drop-in 1pm-3pm];
• Try your hand at Graffiti Workshops with Waterford Walls [pre-booking required, see times below,12 noon-3.45pm]
• or catch OutLine [pre-booking required 12pm, 2pm & 3.30pm], a youth dance show with Selma Daniel Dance & young people from D15.
• We'll also be celebrating the opening of our Summer children's exhibition 'Colourings' with the artist Lucy Hill, in the Ground Floor Gallery from 1pm, and our Creative Resource Space in our First Floor Gallery.
  
  Full Programme Below

Create and play in our Creative Response Space

Location: Draíocht's First Floor Gallery
Tickets: Free | No pre-booking required
Times: Drop In Sessions 12pm-3pm
Ages: 6+ | younger siblings welcome, with the assistance of an adult

Join artists Sarah Ward and Michelle Hall for this workshop using a variety of colourful and tactile materials. Drawing inspiration from the exhibition 'Colourings', by Lucy Hill, where interesting colours and exciting shapes join forces, this workshop will help you and your child to further explore and engage with colour and shapes, together with our artists. So, come along to draw, make, play and create!
Cruinniú na nÓg 2026, a day that celebrates children's creativity, is the perfect day to launch our 'Colourings' exhibition and Creative Response Space, which will continue on over the summer months with a range of drop in and book in workshops for pre-schools, primary school summer provision, families, children and young people. Full programme coming soon.

Notes: Suitable for families and children of all ages, but designed for children aged 6+ years. Please be aware these sessions are not designed for groups. All children must be accompanied by an adult and all adults must be accompanied by a child!

Create A Character
Location: Draíocht's Foyer
Tickets: Free | No pre-booking required
Times: Drop In Sessions 1pm-3pm
Ages: 6-13 years

Meet artist Corrina Askin who will introduce you to her Dreamer's Space Trail in our foyer. Meet her loveable characters and then create your own character to add to our Trail. After drawing your characters or putting your thoughts and ideas on paper, we'll cut them out and temporarily place them in their new home. Could one of your characters live here?

Location: Draíocht Workshop Room & Outdoors
Tickets: Free | Pre-book Online | Capacity: 12 children per session
Times:
Session 1: 12pm-12.30pm
Session 2: 12.45pm-1.15pm
Session 3: 1.30pm-2pm
Session 4: 2.30pm- 3pm
Session 5: 3.15pm-3.45pm
Ages: 8+ | younger siblings welcome, with the assistance of an adult

Wonder Walls for Cruinniú na nÓg invites you to unleash your creativity through vibrant, collaborative murals. We will work together in this hands-on workshop alongside a professional artist to create an outdoor wall mural. Come along and learn a bit about street art, use spray paints and stencils to make an original piece of graffiti art.
Brought to you by the team behind Waterford Walls – The Walls Project. Funded by Creative Ireland.

Notes: During these outdoor workshops, spray paints will be used in a safe and secure environment. Places are free for these sessions and children will be given turns on a first come first serve basis. Dress for mess. Suitable for 8+ years but families of all ages are welcome. Adults do not need a ticket.

More ... Graffiti Workshops in May

An immersive dance theatre experience to enjoy in Draíocht starring young people from Dublin 15!

Location: Draíocht Gallery and Lobby
Tickets: Free | Pre-book Online or phone 01-885 2622
Times: 12 noon / 2pm / 3.30pm / Dur: 40 mins
Ages: All Welcome
Capacity: 60 per show

OutLine is a playful dance‑theatre performance for public spaces inspired by the joyful, energetic scribbles at the heart of Lucy Hill’s summer exhibition 'Colourings'. This new dance piece explores how simple marks - lines, loops, squiggles and bursts of colour - can shape movement, relationships and the spaces around us. Like a scribble racing across a page, performers weave through the building, tracing gestures, stretching shapes, and responding to the 'lines' we draw between and with others. Celebrating the freedom of childhood mark‑making, the performance invites communities to notice the overlooked details of their surroundings, transforming walls and floors into large‑scale sketchbooks. Using dance, original music and collaboration with young people from the local area, the work brings Lucy Hill’s 'Colourings' exhibition off the gallery walls and into lived, moving space - alive with curiosity, play, and collective imagination.

More ... Opportunity for Young Dancers to Participate!
 

Booking Notes:
Bookable Events go on sale on 1st May 10am
Suitable for families and children of all ages. 
All children must be accompanied by an adult and all adults must be accompanied by a child!
Booking through Box Office 01-885 2622 or Online