MOTHER co-founders Lisa Connell and Cormac Cashman on Cultúr Club 2024

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by Sarah Gill
15th Mar 2024

Ahead of St. Patrick’s Festival’s Cultúr Club on Saturday 16 March, Sarah Gill chats with MOTHER co-founders Lisa Connell and Cormac Cashman on Irish pride, queer clubbing, and what’s to be expected from the 2024 offering.

Founded in 2010, MOTHER is a weekly club night in Dublin city centre celebrating LGBTQ+ club culture that’s grown in leaps and bounds to become a veritable institution of Irish nightlife.

As part of St Patrick’s Festival, MOTHER returns to proudly present Cultúr Club, a very special night of live music, queer performance and art in celebration in one of Ireland’s most iconic spaces, The National Museum of Ireland.

Across three stages, including a 3500-capacity main stage dance tent, a drag cabaret circus tent and the outdoor arena in Clarke Square, Cultúr Club is bringing an array of live music, DJ, and drag talent from across the LGBTQ+ community, traversing musical styles from electronic and disco to trad, techno and beyond for a massive multi-stage queer dance party.

To give us a little insight of what’s in store, and an idea of the highlights and progress from the past 15 years, co-founders Lisa Connell and Cormac Cashman share the MOTHER story so far…

he evolution in understanding in society that clubbing is a legitimate cultural expression that adds value to people's lives and our communities is a really positive first step.

In a world where the context for many minority communities is still so challenging, particularly for LGBTQ+ folk, the antidote is queer joy and expression.

Cultúr Club takes place on Saturday 16 March at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks as part of St. Patrick’s festival. Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite.

You can find MOTHER online.