Poetry and Film Workshop / Colm Scully
Colm Scully, award winning poet and poetryfilm maker, will give a two day workshop on the art and skills of poetry film making. If you love poetry and often wonder how you might visualise your words, or if you are an amateur film maker who is dying to put their thoughts onto paper, this is the class for you.
Thurs 17th 10:00 - 14:00, Fri 18th 9:30 - 13:30
Location: Wild Atlantic Glamping
Workshop Fee: €50 (2 days) including booking fee
The Museum of Birds and Beasts presents: Readings from the Islanders
During 2024 and 2025, artists Tess Leak and Sharon Whooley collected stories from the islanders of West Cork relating to animals, birds, fishing and folklore. The stories are told in the islanders’ own voices and record a way of life shaped by necessity and the enduring relationship between people, animals, the land and the sea.
Location: The Community Centre
Free event / no booking required
Reading by Colm Scully from his book Neanderthal Boy
In Neanderthal Boy, Colm Scully's latest poetry collection, history - both personal and political - unfolds through the lens of myth and memory. With a masterful touch, Scully intertwines the past and present, drawing connections between the familiar and the distant.
Location: The Heritage Centre
Free event / no booking required
Official Festival Launch / Opening of the Pop up Craft Shop
Join us for the official Bere Island Arts Festival launch, celebrating the festival and the people who make it possible. The event also marks the opening of our pop-up craft shop, featuring work by talented Bere Island artists and makers.
Location: Lawrence Cove Marina Craft Shop
Free event / no booking required
The Devil’s in The Dancehall
The Devils in the Dance Hall is a powerful, joyous live performance rooted in Irish social history, music, and resistance, inspired by the true story of Jimmy Gralton and the suppression of Ireland’s rural dance halls in the early 20th century
Location: The Drill Hall.
€35 including booking fee.
There will be a late night foot passenger ferry at 11pm from Rerrin Village to The Pontoon.