This March, RTÉ is delighted to support St. Patrick's Festival, along with 20 other amazing arts and cultural events all over Ireland spanning theatre, film, literature, music, opera, dance, festivals, exhibitions and more.
St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, taking place from 15th – 17th March, will be marked by parades, performances, and diverse expressions of Irish heritage.
Also in Dublin, the Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, curated by and for the disability community, will feature theatre, dance, literature-based performance and visual arts, all delivered through a range of accessible formats in relaxed spaces.
The Franco-Irish Literary Festival will welcome writers in both the English and Irish languages, together with writers of the wider francophone world with panel discussions, interviews, readings, signings and exhibitions. In theatre, The Ark will present The Haircut, a tale for ages 8+ about magic, music, and hair by Wayne Jordan and Tom Lane, while Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear continues at the Gate Theatre.
Also this month, The Dublin Literary Award, which celebrates outstanding achievements in global literature, will announce their 2025 Shortlist, and The Irish Film Institute in Dublin’s Temple Bar will host The East Asia Film Festival Ireland bringing audiences innovative, independent and inspiring cinema from East Asia, with a special on tour programme in venues in Galway, Limerick and Cork.
There will be lots of music events taking place around the country. Finding a Voice, in Clonmel, is a festival of music by women composers through the ages and around the world. It will feature performances from leading Irish and international musicians with music across eras and genres. Chamber Choir Ireland will perform Sing Before Night at the festival, with a programme celebrating choral music by women composers throughout the centuries
The Limerick Early Music Festival, promoting early repertoires from around the world on period and modern instruments, will take place in different venues across the medieval city. Also hosting an array of music performances are Music for Wexford Spring Season, Drogheda Classical Music 24/25 Series and Wigmore Series Dublin.
In Clare, the Ennis Book Club Festival will celebrate reading, with readers both from Ireland and further afield, coming to Ennis to share the joy of reading. And finally, in Cork, the First Cut Youth Film Festival will present films in all genres by individual filmmakers, schools and youth groups as well as offering workshops and talks by film industry professionals.
For more information about the amazing events we are supporting this month, click below:
Dublin Wigmore Series Dublin
Clare Ennis Book Club Festival
Wexford Music for Wexford Spring Season
Join us on 28 March for our penultimate 24/25 series concert with the sensational Con Tempo Quartet and Friends who play a programme of octets by Mendelssohn and Gliére!
— DroghedaClassicalMus (@DroghedaCM) February 21, 2025
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Louth Drogheda Classical Music 24/25 Series
Dublin Dublin International Film Festival 2025
Cork Ortús Chamber Music Festival
Dublin IMMA presents Art as Agency
Dublin King Lear at The Gate
Tipperary Finding a Voice 2025
Dublin Disrupt Disability Arts Festival 2025
Dublin The Haircut at The Ark
Limerick Limerick Early Music Festival 2025
Dublin, Nationwide and International St. Patrick's Festival
This St. Patrick's Festival, Dublin invites you to a celebration like no other. A city of tales, trails, and treasures awaits you - where every street tells a story—of history, of magic, of adventures. 🍀🐍🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/u5G4HpUyEW
— St. Patrick's Festival 🇮🇪🐍☘️💚 (@stpatricksfest) January 28, 2025
Dublin Franco-Irish Literary Festival
Cork First Cut Youth Film Festival
Nationwide and International Dublin Literary Award 2025 Shortlist Announcement
Dublin Dublin Bowie Festival 2025
Clonmel Sing Before Night
Dublin, Limerick and Cork East Asia Film Festival Ireland
Nationwide Irish National Opera
Dublin Abbey Theatre
Every year, RTÉ supports 170 arts and cultural events all over Ireland through the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme. Spanning film, music, dance, opera, festivals, literature, theatre and exhibitions, and with dedicated promotion on RTÉ's television, radio and digital services, and extensive support across RTÉ's social channels, the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme is a lifeline to Ireland's creative and cultural sectors.
To find out more information about RTÉ Supporting the Arts and to apply, go here
