The Arts Zone is a Saturday arts and culture programme on Dundalk FM 97.7, presented by Carole Wardlaw and Eimear O’Kane and airing on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at noon. Through interviews, features, and conversation, the show shines a light on the full range of artistic and cultural life in Dundalk and the wider region, from theatre and visual art to music, literature, and community creativity.
Dundalk has a genuinely rich arts scene. An Táin Arts Centre on Crowe Street, housed in the historic Town Hall building, is the town’s main cultural hub, presenting national touring productions, in-house shows, visual arts exhibitions, studio performances, and workshops for audiences of all ages. Beyond An Táin, the town’s arts community includes musicians, writers, poets, visual artists, community drama groups, and cultural organisations that give Dundalk a creative life far broader than its size might suggest. The Arts Zone covers all of it.
Carole Wardlaw and Eimear O’Kane bring genuine enthusiasm and local knowledge to the show.
The show has featured a wide range of guests over the years, from local artists and performers to people working in arts education, community theatre, and cultural development. It serves as a platform and a notice board for what is happening in the arts in the area, helping listeners discover events, exhibitions, and creative projects they might not otherwise hear about.
The Arts Zone is a show that takes the arts seriously without taking itself too seriously, and that combination is exactly what good arts broadcasting should be.
The Arts Zone airs on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at noon on
Dundalk FM 97.7.
