In Memories We Grow — Imagine Arts Festival turns 25 in 2026, and the festival is marking it with six days of theatre, music, dance, visual art and heritage across Waterford City, 20–25 October.

The official programme launch took place on Culture Night, MC’d by our own Oliver Carroll.

Festival Director Sinead Dunphy caught up with Ollie to look back at 25 years of Imagine Arts.

Looking back to where it all began, to the birth of the arts in Waterford, and the organic growth of Waterford’s artistic and cultural identity.

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