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PJ Kirby: 'Honestly I've never felt liberation like it.'

Géilí! PJ Kirby celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a queer céilí

Ahead of his MC duties at the the Géilí at Mother's Cultúr Club as part of this year's St. Patrick's Festival, Corkonian podcaster and creative …

st patricks day • 14 Mar

Performers Millie Dempsey and Sophie Hogan at the St. Patrick's Festival launch

St. Patrick's Festival offers global celebration of Irish arts

The National St Patrick's Festival has announced their line-up of events for this Paddy's Day weekend in Dublin.

st patricks day • 23 Feb

St. Patrick's Festival 2021 - watch SPF TV

With more than 100 events to enjoy at this year's St. Patrick's Festival, from performance, literature and art to virtual tours, sustainability and politics, there's …

st patricks festival • 18 Mar 21

St. Patrick's Festival announce spectacular online event

Dúisigh Éire! Awaken Ireland! is the theme of this year's virtual St. Patrick's Festival, offering a clarion call to Irish people worldwide to throw off …

st patricks day • 22 Feb 21

Watch: Colm Mac Con Iomaire live - in his living room

When his St. Patrick's Festival concert got cancelled - along with the rest of the event - thanks to the Covid-19 virus, fiddle player extraordinaire …

Music • 15 Mar 20

Bring the noise - Dublin Gospel Choir celebrate St.Patrick's Day

Orla Gargan, Musical Director of Dublin Gospel Choir writes for Culture ahead of the choir's forthcoming appearances at the St. Patrick's Festival, on March 16th …

Music • 12 Mar 20

Sound Man: Brendan Balfe's Treasury Of Irish Voices

Radio legend and Irish Broadcasting Hall Of Fame member Brendan Balfe writes for Culture about A Treasury of Irish Voices, a very special live event …

St. Patrick's Day Festival • 09 Mar 20

Mango X MathMan, AKA Karl Mangan [Mango] and Adam Fogarty [MathMan]

Zero Zero - When Crash Ensemble met Mango X Mathman

Crash Ensemble's CEO Neva Elliott McGinley tells Culture about the new music group's upcoming performance (and perhaps an unlikely partnership) with Dublin grime artists Mango …

Music • 03 Mar 20

Burn, baby burn: Dylan Coburn Gray on the end of the world

Writer Dylan Coburn Gray talks how utopia is currently not cool, about hope, despair, good storytelling and climate breakdown in Malaprop Theatre's new show Hothouse, …

Theatre • 27 Feb 20

S**T show: Therese Rafter stars in Patricia Cornelius' play (Pic: Niall Sweeney)

S**t happens - THISISPOPBABY on their provocative new show

Jenny Jennings is co-director of THISISPOPBABY and in her new show for the Where We Live festival she deftly applies the Dublin vernacular to Australian …

Theatre • 05 Mar 20

Mrs Macushla - playwright TKB (AKA Thommas Kane Byrne) Pic: Ali Waters

Who is the incredible Mrs Macushla? TKB on his new play

For his forthcoming show at the Where We Live festival, theatre-maker TKB (Thommas Kane Byrne) invites you to come play bingo, delight in the music …

Theatre • 06 Mar 20

Photographer Therese Rafter is one of this year's Where We Live participants

Where We Live: the incendiary cultural bash returns

THISISPOPBABY have announced the second edition of their Where We Live event, which lands at Dublin's Project Arts Centre from 11-21 March, as part of …

Theatre • 22 Jan 20

Watch the new video from The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock

Dublin experimental folk-rock outfit The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock return with the video for A Storm Driven Wave, from their new album Lockout.

Culture • 13 Mar 18

Cashing in - Peter Daly on his new play

The inimitable THISISPOPBABY theatre company have launched their Where We Live event as part of the St Patrick's Festival, and as part of the programme …

Theatre • 12 Mar 18

St. Patrick's Festival Preview: Kormac's Big Band gets bigger

When I think of someone composing for a chamber orchestra, I imagine that person wearing a polo neck, with a sprawling, beautifully crafted manuscript in …

Music • 12 Mar 18

Competition: Four Horsemen live at St. Patrick's Day Festival

We've got tickets to give away to a very special live event at this year's St. Patrick's Day Festival.

St. Patrick's Day Festival • 09 Mar 18

The St. Patrick's Festival brings it all back home

The days of St. Patrick's Day being synonymous with a soggy parade featuring half-frozen marching bands shipped in from the States, randomers dressed in pointed …

St. Patrick's Day Festival • 05 Mar 18

THISISPOPBABY bring Where We Live to St. Patrick's Day 2018

Cutting-edge company THISISPOPBABY have announced Where We Live, a two-week programme of theatre productions, work-in progress showings, music events, live art and a major exhibition, …

Theatre • 01 Dec 17

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