RTÉ are delighted to be supporting the Bram Stoker Festival again this year. The festival inspired by Count Dracula runs from Friday, 28 October to Monday, 31 October.
In 2022, you can expect more deliciously dark treats on the streets and in venues across Dublin celebrating the author's most famous creation - Dracula!!!
Bram Stoker Festival celebrates the legacy of one of Ireland's most beloved and iconic writers. Now entering its tenth year, the festival draws inspiration from Stoker, his life, his work, the Dublin of his time and celebrates the Gothic, the supernatural, the after-dark and the Victorian.
Read on to see some of the highlights below!
Borealis
A mesmerising installation of light and sound, Borealis will bring the experience of an aurora borealis to Dublin Castle's Upper Courtyard every night during Bram Stoker Festival 2022. An artwork by internationally renowned Swiss artist Dan Acher, Borealis has wowed hundreds of thousands of people across the globe.
Its lush visuals and soundscape utterly transforms the sky above your head and time seems to slow down as you gaze at the mesmerising lights in a breath-taking experience of true awe and wonder.
Stokerland
The annual pop-up Victorian fun park, opens its Gothic Gates for families and the eternally young for three days this year. From Saturday 29 to Monday 31 October. Free to enter and filled with deadly adventures for little monsters, you’ll enjoy the macabre talents of world-class street performers alongside Victorian-inspired rides, lawn games, free face-painting and a packed programme of performances.
Living Canvas Goes Gothic
Europe's largest outdoor screen solely dedicated to digital art gets into the spooky spirit with a special Bram Stoker Festival Programme featuring some of the best in award-winning Irish animation, plus Ghosts of Dublin, a new series featuring contemporary actors, writers and activists reading excerpts from Dublin's rich Gothic literary heritage.
Running from 8am to 10pm, between Friday, 28 October to Monday, 31 October, watch from the special Viewing Platform, installed on the banks of the Grand Canal, and sync the sound to your Smartphone for maximum ghoulish thrills.
Spooky Stories at Marsh's
How would you like to sit at a desk the author of Dracula wrote at? Or hear about the discovery of an ancient Egyptian mummy in a Dublin library? You’ll enjoy this and more at Marsh’s Library, where as a teenager, Bram Stoker read and found inspiration for his book Dracula.
You’re invited to step back in time into a world that disappeared long ago, wander through the library’s galleries where books on witchcraft, heresy and astrology are to be found and hear some of the spooky tales from the library's fascinating past.
And cllick here to visit the Bram Stoker Hub on RTÉ Culture!
