Hola Monaghan! Loteria Night at Monaghan Peace Campus

What to Expect

Visual artist Andrea Soto is running a bilingual twist on loteria, the traditional Guatemalan lottery game, at Monaghan Peace Campus on Friday 18 September 2026 from 5pm to 7pm. The hook is that the deck is not the standard one. Soto has hand-painted an original set of cards drawn from Monaghan’s own landscapes, wildlife, culture and traditions, so the images being called out over the course of the game are local rather than imported.

Loteria works much like bingo played with pictures instead of numbers, which is what makes it work across languages and age groups. The caller names each card in Spanish and English as it is drawn, players mark their boards, and there are prizes for the winners. Soto describes the evening as a mix of art, storytelling and cultural exchange, with players picking up vocabulary in both languages as they go. The listing is explicit that it is family friendly and open to children and adults together, and that all ages are welcome. Places are limited and booked through Eventbrite. The evening falls on the same date as Culture Night in Monaghan, which Monaghan County Council has listed for 18 September running from 5pm to 10pm, so there will be other things on around the town the same evening.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Friday 18 September 2026, 5pm to 7pm
• Venue: Monaghan Peace Campus, Plantation Road, Monaghan, H18 RP20
• Suitable for all ages, children and adults together
• Bilingual Spanish and English, with no prior Spanish needed
• Prizes for winning players
• Booking through Eventbrite, with limited places
• The ticket price is not stated on the listing, so check the booking page

Getting There

Monaghan Peace Campus is on Plantation Road on the edge of Monaghan town, a purpose-built modern building with parking on site and level access throughout. It is walkable from the Diamond and Church Square in about ten minutes. Monaghan town bus station takes Bus Eireann services on the N2 Dublin to Derry corridor as well as local county routes, so it is one of the more reachable venues in the county without a car.