First Fortnight

16 January, 2025

Cistin | First Fortnight 2025

Logos for the First Fortnight mental health arts festival and St Patrick's Mental Health Services

St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS) and First Fortnight invite you to Cistin for an evening of music and storytelling.

“Cistin” is the Irish word for “kitchen”. Here at SPMHS, we are once again partnering with First Fortnight, Ireland’s arts and mental health festival, to welcome you to our ‘cistin’ for a celebration of community and connection through music, poetry and performance.

Cistin takes place from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday, 16 January 2025 in the Lecture Hall of St Patrick’s University Hospital, Dublin 8.

Our guest performers on the night include folk singer Emma Langford and singer-songwriter and mental health advocate, Luke Clerkin. We will have more Cistin guests confirmed very shortly.

First Fortnight is a charity which aims to challenges mental health stigma through arts and cultural action. Every year, it hosts a mental health, arts and culture festival across Ireland during the month of January.

Learn more about First Fortnight here.

See how music and culture can support mental health

See how music and culture can support mental health