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Rachael Lavelle is a Dublin-born singer and composer who captivates audiences with her arresting voice and humorous observations on existence. Merging classical and contemporary influences, her hypnotic tracks blend electronic soundscapes with spoken word and acrobatic vocals. Her debut album ‘Big Dreams’ was nominated for the Choice Music Award.

Ryan Hargadon is a multi-instrumentalist from Dublin, performing on piano, synthesizers, saxophone, clarinet, and flute. He has collaborated and performed with a wide array of solo artists and groups including Anna Mieke, Rachael Lavelle, Niamh Bury, Crash Ensemble, Kojaque, Gemma Dunleavy, Kean Kavanagh, Sorcha Richardson, and more. Recent recording highlights include the 2024 RTÉ Choice Prize Nominated album Big Dreams by Rachael Lavelle, 2023 RTÉ Choice Prize Nominated album Theatre by Anna Mieke, the 2022 RTÉ Folk Award winning album Nine Waves by Ye Vagabonds, and the 2022 RTÉ Choice Prize Nominated album Town’s Dead by Kojaque. Ryan has toured across Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America and has performed at all major festivals in Ireland including Electric Picnic, All Together Now, Body And Soul, Another Love Story, Galway International Arts Festival and festivals abroad such as Pitchfork Music Festival (Paris), All Points East (London), Green Man (Wales), and Pop-Kultur (Berlin). He is an active member of Glasshouse Ensemble, the contemporary classical trio Ikigai and a founding member of the electronic jazz group moondiver. With support from The Arts Council, Ryan is currently working on his solo material scheduled for release next year.

Seamas Hyland is an accordion player, set dancer and singer from Co. Waterford, now living in Dublin. Having toured extensively and recorded with folk band the Mary Wallopers, he is now focusing on his own solo career. As a solo artist, Hyland’s music is deeply rooted in tradition. The music and dancing of West Waterford has had a huge influence on him to date, in particular the accordion playing of Bobby Gardiner. More recently, his artistic practice has drawn inspiration from field recordings from urban and rural environments. He is the recipient of an Arts Council award to further explore these ideas, which will involve writing a new body of work inspired by urban and rural found sounds. On top of his solo project, he enjoys working and collaborating with a variety of artists, including John Francis Flynn, Isadora Epstein, Acid Granny, Eimear Walshe & RF Chaney. He has performed in renowned venues such as Kentish Town Forum (London), Barrowland Ballroom (Glasgow), The Bowery Ballroom (New York) and Vicar St. (Dublin) and at festivals such as Glastonbury (UK), Electric Picnic (IE), All Together Now (IE),  Rock Werchter (Belgium). Hyland has recorded a solo accordion album and is currently working on releasing it over the coming months. The album features many of his own compositions and improvised pieces as well as traditional, unaccompanied solo material.

The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin (1853-7), by Cork architects Deane, Son & Woodward, is a seminal work of Ruskinian Gothic architecture, influencing a generation of British and Irish architects, and revolutionising Victorian architectural taste.

Culture Night Late is presented by The Arts Council in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Night Time Economy Taskforce to offer audiences a greater diversity in their Culture Night experience late into the night, and to encourage more-inclusive and innovative late-night arts events suitable for a range of audience types into the future.

Image credits

1. Photograph courtesy of Áine Gallagher.
2. Áine Gallagher and Peter Curtin, 5 November 2023, Ormston House, Limerick. Photography by Laya Meadhbh Kenny