The Nerve Centre

The Nerve Centre was established in 1990 as a focal point for youth culture in Derry, Northern Ireland's second city. By bringing popular music, film, video, animation and interactive multimedia together under one roof, the Nerve Centre promotes creative collaboration and fusion between artists and provides a cultural outlet for many young people who feel excluded from what is traditionally regarded as the "arts sector".

The Nerve Centre is, first and foremost, a production house, or if you like, cultural factory for the creation of new music, film, video, animation and digital media.

The Nerve Centre currently has over 100,000 people benefiting from the work of the centre across it's various events, programmes and projects. 40,000 people attend music concerts at the centre, a further 15,000 attend film events, 10,000 are engaged in a proactive educational programme which includes a cultural diversity programme, 120 music lessons a week, 600 practices per year and over 150 take part in Nerve Centre training courses.