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Xnthony's Big Gay Ball comes to First Fortnight (Pic: Jakub Gessler)

The art of mental health - First Fortnight returns for 2024

The First Fortnight Mental Health Art & Culture Festival has announced the programme for their 2024 edition, with over 50 events taking place nationwide from …

First Fortnight • 23 Nov

Artists Helen Delany and Brenda Aherne, AKA Electronic Sheep (Pic: Declan Kelly)

First Fortnight Mental Health Art & Culture Festival

Challenging mental health stigma and creating a space where we can each talk about our mental health challenges has never been more important.

RTE Supporting The Arts • 29 Jan 21

First Fortnight presents My Story My Song on Sunday 17th January

My Story My Song one of the musical highlights of the First Fortnight festival takes place online this Sunday 17th January.

First Fortnight • 15 Jan 21

Artist and Art in Mind founder Glenn Gibson (Pic: © Darach photography)

First Fortnight: Glenn Gibson on keeping Art in Mind

Throughout January, the First Fortnight festival presents than 70 events online, as they mark 10 years of challenging mental health stigma...

First Fortnight • 12 Jan 21

First Fortnight preview - a collective moment through movement

We explore the series of online events focused on dance and wellbeing offered by Dance Ireland in partnership with choreographer Áine Stapleton...

First Fortnight • 11 Jan 21

Geoff Finan (AKA The Poet Geoff) presents Empowering Voices at this year's First Fortnight festival

First Fortnight preview - empowering Traveller voices

Geoff Finan (AKA The Poet Geoff) writes for Culture about a fascinating project that explores issues around identity and mental health in communities of Traveller …

First Fortnight • 08 Jan 21

First Fortnight preview: Ultan O'Brien on his cinematic opera

First Fortnight • 07 Jan 21

Bressie with his acclaimed children's book The Chill Skill

First Fortnight - books to help your mental health

Libraries across the country are joining First Fortnight to shine a spotlight on mental health books during the month of January...

First Fortnight • 07 Jan 21

Singer-songwriter Sinead White (Pic: Laura Sheeran)

First Fortnight preview: Sinead White on Blue Sky thinking

Throughout January, the First Fortnight festival presents than 70 events online, as they mark 10 years of challenging mental health stigma...

First Fortnight • 05 Jan 21

Commencing on January 2nd, more than 70 events will take place throughout the month marking 10 years of challenging mental health stigma

First Fortnight Festival to go online in New Year

First Fortnight Mental Health Art & Culture Festival returns for its tenth year in January 2021 at a time when challenging mental health stigma and …

First Fortnight • 28 Dec 20

10 years of mental health awareness with First Fortnight festival

For its tenth year running, the First Fortnight Mental Health Art and Culture Festival returns in January 2021.

Arts and Culture • 04 Dec 20

Áine Stapleton's new work is a 'creative investigation' of Lucia Joyce (pictured)

First Fortnight preview: Dancer Áine Stapleton on Lucia Joyce

Dancer Áine Stapleton talks about her creative investigation of Lucia Joyce in advance of her work-in-progress showing of Horrible Creature, exploring Lucia's life, at Dublin's …

First Fortnight • 08 Jan 20

First Fortnight preview: Tadhg Hickey on One Eye, Out The Other

First Fortnight preview: The first solo comedy show from Tadhg Hickey introduces you to Feargal; a downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelong dream …

First Fortnight • 19 Dec 19

First Fortnight preview: Stephen Butler on music & mental health

First Fortnight preview: Stephen Butler, of national music promoter Labyrinth, discusses his personal link between music and mental health.

First Fortnight • 19 Dec 19

The art of mental health - First Fortnight returns for 2024

First Fortnight: Electronic Sheep on their mental health tapestry

First Fortnight: Exploring the hopeful poetry of Heaney & Yeats

First Fortnight: Timmy Creed on Spliced and telling his GAA story

First Fortnight: Molly Twomey on the healing power of poetry

First Fortnight: A Celebration of Hope for Nollaig na mBan

First Fortnight festival returns with a message of hope for 2023

First Fortnight: Choreographer John Scott on Cloud Study

First Fortnight: Artist Rory Draper on Breaking The Bubble

First Fortnight: Aoife Martin on books, and minding your head

First Fortnight: Peter Gowen on making plays & finding your voice

First Fortnight Festival announces 2022 programme