With a fine Indian summer’s night forecast and a record 70 events planned, this year’s Culture Night is tipped to be the biggest one yet in nearly two decades.

From concerts, an outdoor movie on Hookers, 30 plays in 60 minutes in a nightclub – there is something to excite the senses for just about every sensibility.

Last year’ s Culture Night attracted over 20,000 people to town. Coordinator Katie Meehan predicts that could swell by 5,000 with decent temperatures expected.

“We have 65 events, however some of these are counted as one event when it is a programme of events. So, it is more like 70-plus events, which is an increase from last year,” she remarked.

“We reckon we will get about 25,000 or more people if the weather stays good but we have many indoor events too in case it rains.”

Top billing goes to Otherworld by Outside Gallery in collaboration with creative producer Emmet Kerrigan. Taking place in the Cornstone Mall between 8pm and 11.30pm and De Burgo’s between 10.30pm and 1am, this is described as a multidisciplinary, immersive audiovisual experience featuring a diverse line up of musicians and DJs. A similar show last year proved to be a huge hit. Tickets are free but should be booked on Eventbrite.ie.

Outside An Tabhdhearc on Middle Street from 9pm, the Irish language arts group Fibín bring to life the story of the Claddagh Ring. The company recreates the atmosphere of a bustling Algerian market to delve into the extraordinary tale of love, slavery and how Richard Joyce brought the Claddagh Ring to Galway. From 9pm.

At the Spanish Arch from 8pm, Let’s Draw by Maxime Touroute and Rémy Dupanloup turns the iconic stone façade into an interactive canvas where the public becomes the artist. Participants of all ages are invited to use their smartphones as drawing tools and their creations will be projected in real-time onto Comerford House building, forming a tapestry of light and colour. Local street artists with the Galway Cartoon Festival will be lending a helping hand.

Beside them in the Claddagh Basin on the Hookers restored by Bádóirí an Chladaigh, you can watch excerpts of old classic movies such as The Quiet Man and the newer Irish language favourite An Cáilín Ciúin with the film projected onto the majestic vessels.

At the Electric Nightclub, there is the chance to watch ‘30 Plays in 60 Minutes’, an experimental form of theatre in which all plays take place in the room.

Here the concept is explained: “Each audience member receives a menu as they walk in. Look on that menu, you will see a list of plays. There are 30 plays. There are 30 numbers hanging above the performers heads. Each number corresponds to a play on the menu. The audience choose the order of the show. Some plays are funny, others serious, others just bizarre.”

If sitting down feels like a waste of cultural energy, there will be pop-up céilís at locations around the town, with a troupe of three musicians, a mobile sound system and eight Irish dancers strutting their stuff between 6pm and 9pm. At each stop, the dance master will invite the audience to join in and learn a few steps.

Galway street artists will be inviting the public to legally spray paint a tarp along the edge of the Millenium Children’s Park fence from 6pm. The theme is the Tribes, which will focus on Galway’s heritage.

At the Augustinian Church on Middle Street the Galway City Chamber Choir will be led by Stephen Carroll in a ‘Symphony of Flames’ — choral music before hundreds of lit candles. There will be two half-hour performances 8pm and 9pm.

For an even more high-brow evening at the same venue, Helen Hancock (Soprano) Alex Revenko (Violin) Eszter Cetinceviz (Cello) Ramin Haghjoo (Organ/Keyboard) will perform the music of Handel including Cleopatra arias from Handel’s opera Guilio Cesare in Egitto, the ethereal ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’ from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, ‘Alleluia’ from Exsultate Jubilate by Mozart and songs from the world of musical theatre. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance for the two ‘Music of the Queens’ concerts, starting at 6pm and 7pm.

The Millennials are the biggest fans of the Róisín Dubh Silent Disco but Culture Night gives a chance for the smallies to inherit that mantle on with a ‘Move & Groove’ family friendly version in Fr Burke Park at 6pm.

Before hitting the dance floor, attendees can even get into the festival spirit with face painting. Once the headsets are on, they will listen to the beat of the music for a full two hours, guided by a fitness instructor – guaranteed to produce a good-night’s sleep.

From 6pm, the pedestrianised Westend comes alive with ceilís, theatre, art, dance, live music and DJ sets.

Hungry culture vultures should head to St Joseph’s Community Centre in Shantalla for a multinational food event prepared by United Women Galway from 6pm.

In Salthill there will be a wide range of family-friendly activities at the Galway Atlantaquaria including ‘Echoes of the Ocean’ featuring marine-themed musical performances. A chance to get inside this institution for free.

■ For all details, log onto culturenight.ie and search for events in Galway.

Pictured: Let’s Draw will transform Galway’s iconic Spanish Arch into an interactive canvas where the public becomes the artist. Taking place from 9pm to midnight, participants of all ages are invited to use their smartphones as drawing tools. Creations will be projected in real-time onto the Comerford House building, forming a tapestry of light and colour that evolves with each stroke.