Nerve Centre (organisation) facts for kids

The Nerve Centre is a cool place in Derry, Northern Ireland. It's a special arts centre where people can get creative with media. It first opened its doors in 1990.

Since 1999, the Nerve Centre has been in a modern building right by Derry's historic walls. This building has everything needed for creative projects. It includes a place for live shows, a café, practice rooms, recording studios, and special rooms for editing videos and making animations. The films and animations made here have won many awards from around the world. For example, the short film Dance, Lexie, Dance was nominated for an Oscar in 1998. Also, the animated short The Crumblegiant was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2008.

Helping Young People Get Creative

Since the early 1990s, the Nerve Centre has worked across all of Northern Ireland. It runs music programs, animation projects, and video workshops for young people. In 2003, the Nerve Centre opened another location in East Belfast called Studio On Creative Learning Centre. This centre helps schools and youth groups in the Belfast area learn new creative skills. It's one of three Creative Learning Centres that support creativity in young people and in education. The Nerve Centre also runs a second centre in Derry, right next door to its main building.

The Nerve Centre is a charity. It is managed by a group of people who work in education, arts, business, and funding.

What You Can Do at Nerve Centre

The Nerve Centre is also a fun place for entertainment. It hosts live music, shows films, and features cool video and animation projects. You can also experience interactive multimedia here. The Nerve Centre encourages artists to work together and helps young people who might feel left out of traditional art spaces.

Many famous bands have played at the Nerve Centre. These include Fightstar, Scouting for Girls, and The Zutons. Even Snow Patrol played there when they were just starting out! In 2005, the centre hosted Ireland's very first Anime convention, called Tomo-Dachi. The Nerve Centre is also where bands from Derry audition for the BBC's ATL Rock School.

The Instinct Festival is an exciting event that happens every year across Derry. It celebrates all kinds of arts and is free for young people. There are workshops that help you use your imagination and learn to appreciate art even more. These workshops are open to everyone under 18.

Unfortunately, budget cuts to arts funding were announced in 2015. These cuts could affect the future of the Nerve Centre.

Famous Performers

Many great artists and bands have performed at the Nerve Centre. Here is a list of some of them: