Hello everyone and welcome to our supplementary June Newsletter. We wanted to give you a heads up on some events happening soon and some other news.

Events @thencf

Sun, 22nd June Open Mic

Ballina open mic all are welcome music/poetry/comedy/storytelling whatever floats your boat. Sign up will be at 9.00pm. Both right and lefthand guitars will be provided. Hosted by Seán Gorman and Joe Clarke.

Fri, 4th July All-Seeing Eyes (USA)

All Seeing Eyes, from Kentucky (USA), are a trio of multi-instrumentalists with a beating heart of garage blues and psychedelic rock. Ronan Quinn promoting this one. Details >> here

Upcoming:

Some planned events that will be happening in the space. More details to follow nearer the events, feel free to reach out in the meantime if you want to get involved.

• Midsummer Teen Art Club – 10 July: Sarah (Conway) and Julia are organising this. More details coming soon!
• KutZnTrax // Session Two – 12 July, 9PM: After a storming first night filled with heavy grooves and a buzzing dancefloor, KutZnTrax is back for round two.
• Cormac Quinn and Ronan O'Reilly  will play a dj set with a mix of house and techno genres, incorporating some live instrumentation into the dj set. They would also like to use a vj if anyone is interested in participating. All funds go to water projects in Gaza. Arranged through Derek Greham representing Irish in Gaza group (19 July).
• Queers Sheds Mayo meet-up: Queer Shed Mayo—a skills-sharing group for the LGBTQIA+ community with a focus on art, culture, and ecology—will be launching in the coming months. The date for the first meeting is yet to be confirmed and it could be possibly hosted in theNCF, through Leon. For more information, please contact: queershedmayo@gmail.com.
   

News

There are some big projects happening at the moment and if they come off they'll be a huge benefit to the whole community, kudos to all involved.

TheNCF Community Green Space

I'm sure many of you have gazed into the urban jungle at the back of thencf and wondered what might be lurking down there. Well thanks to Philip Corrigan of ACT you may soon find out. Philip has prepared two excellent applications to transform the space into an urban garden for the benefit of the members and the general public by tapping two potential sources of funding, the Creative Europe "Culture Nudge" project and the Mayo Sustainability Fund. We'll publish more details in the next newsletter but reach out if you want to know more or want to get involved.

TheNCF Studio Spaces

Bernie is working hard on preparing the case for theNCF to take possession of the downstairs building which is currently vacant, to facilitate studio space for our members and also an accessible space for events that require it. So far the feedback has been positive but you can help out by filling out the survey here

especially if you interested in locating your studio/workshop/rehearsal space in theNCF.

ENCC's (European Network of Cultural Centres) Annual Conference 

If any member is interested in representing theNCF at the ENCC Annual Conference, "Against the Tide: Empowering Marginalised Voices through Socio-Culture", taking place in Kotor, Montenegro from September 17th to 19th, please let us know—we’ll be happy to share the details.

Please note that attendance would be at your own expense, but we do have a group discount available.  

Recap

Cruinniú na nÓg - Sketch and Spin

A really unique idea and an excellent event carried off with aplomb by all involved, special shout out to Mary Callaghan for putting it all together and to Gráinne for helping out!

DJ Spuggy, DJ PC and DJ Paul Cunningham - first NCF club night!

Big thank you to everyone who turned up, tuned in, and brought the energy, here are some photos from the debut night to relive it (or see what you missed).