Festivals

10 smaller arts and music festivals to check out this summer

Whisper it - lest you provoke the weather gods - but with this prolonged period of glorious sunshine we've been having, it's the perfect time to start planning your summer festival schedule.

Galway International Arts Festival announces 2025 programme

The Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) has officially launched its 2025 programme, revealing what organisers describe as their most ambitious line-up to date.

Dublin Literature Festival 2025 - 10 essential events

From May 16th-25th, International Literature Festival Dublin brings over 200 events across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, film, music and performance to Dublin's Merrion Square.

Classic Donegal GAA final to screen with live musical soundtrack

This May, the Regional Cultural Centre (RCC) in Letterkenny will host a special event commemorating a landmark moment in Irish sporting history: Donegal's first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship victory, achieved on September 20, 1992.

Cork Midsummer Festival returns with a cultural lark by the Lee

Festival Director Lorraine Maye previews the 2025 Cork Midsummer Festival programme, bringing an eclectic array of cultural activity to the banks of the river Lee this June.

Lighting up the city - inside the Five Lamps Arts Festival

Creative Director Roisin Lonergan introduces this year's edition of the Five Lamps Arts Festival, the popular community-based arts festival in Dublin's disadvantaged, demographically diverse North East Inner City.

St. Patrick's Festival previewed - inside this year's extraganza

CEO of St. Patrick's Festival, Richard Tierney welcomes you to this year's festival extraganza, which takes place throughout the capital from March 15th to 17th.

IFI French Film Festival turns 25 - le cinéma français celebrated

Festival Director & Programme Curator Marie-Pierre Richard introduces this year's installment of the IFI French Film Festival, the Irish Film Institute's annual celebration of le cinéma français, which returns to Dublin this November.

10 must-see events at Dublin Book Festival 2024

The Dublin Book Festival returns from November 6th to 10th with five days of literary and creative events for adults and children to enjoy, at the main Festival Hub in The Printworks, Dublin Castle, and at venues all around the city.

Common Threads - the music & art festival returns to the Burren

Organizer Daithí O Dronaí introduces this year's installment of Common Threads, a 'two-day trail of musical and cultural discovery' in The Burren, Co. Clare.

The magic of Clifden Arts Festival - where art meets the heart

Marble City magic - inside this year's Kilkenny Arts Festival

Fresh from an illuminating chat with RTÉ Radio 1's Brendan O'Connor (listen below), Kilkenny Arts Festival Director Olga Barry introduces this year's bumper festival programme...

6 essential Irish arts festivals this summer

Join us as we count down to an exciting season of cultural happenings across the country...

Donal O'Kelly on Direct Provision and history repeating

Theatre-maker and activist Donal O'Kelly is currently Writer-in-Residence for Maynooth University's Arts and Minds Festival, which runs from May 9th - 11th, 2024.

Ireland's Edge returns to Dingle - with serious trust issues

The annual multidisciplinary discussion and performance series Ireland's Edge has announced its line-up for its flagship event in Dingle, West Kerry, this December.

Cry Wolf: Macnas on their wild new Halloween parade

The mighty Macnas will reclaim the streets of their native Galway and Dublin city this Halloween with their first parade in four years.

Bram Stoker Festival - the festival with fangs returns

Bram Stoker's novel Dracula has captivated readers and film fans for more than a century...