Festivals Saturday 9th September 2017 | Sunday 24th September 2017 Dublin Dublin Fringe Festival is home to bold ideas, brave performing arts and adventurous audiences. Kris Nelson : Dublin Fringe Festival
Cork Festivals Literature Paul Howard, Eileen Battersby and Anne Sebba, William Wall, Billy O’Callaghan and Alan McMonagle are the first of the writers to be announced for the 13th outing of the Cork World Book Festival running 18-23 April 2017 at Cork City … Ann Luttrell and Liam Roynane : Cork World Book Fest 2017
Festivals Literature 13th March 2017 Visual, Carlow The Carlow College Literary Awards brings together the entire college community to recognise and celebrate the very best of Carlow College literary talent. The awards gather together the college literary community in a spirit of … Derek Coyle, Thomas McGrath and Nicole Burke : Carlow College Literary Awards & Creative Writing Showcase
Cork Festivals Film The 28th Cork French Film Festival, coming up 5th to 12th March 2017, brings you the latest and best from France, with a strong emphasis on contemporary French cinema. The main programme is at the Gate cinema, packed with new … Nora Callanan : Cork French Film Festival
Festivals Baboró International Arts Festival for Children brings the most diverse selection of the finest in performing arts from Ireland and around the world to its annual festival especially for children in Galway. The exciting festival programme of theatre, dance, puppetry, … Aislinn O’hEocha – Baboró International Arts Festival for Children
Festivals JestFest returns this May Bank Holiday Weekend – Wexford’s Comedy and Street Theatre Festival is back in 2016, bigger and better than ever! This May Bank Holiday weekend the spirit of devilish revelry fills the Viking streets as Irish and … Margaret Stafford : JestFest 2016
Festivals Theatre Waterford An introduction to the this year’s Spraoi in Waterford in July. Spraoi : Waterford July 2016
Cork Festivals Music Sounds from a Safe Harbour is a brand new festival of music, art and conversation, curated by Bryce Dessner of The National. Two years since its inception by Bryce and Cork Opera House CEO, Mary Hickson, Sounds from a Safe … Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival
Festivals Music The Wexford Festival’s success is due in no small part to Wexford itself. This ancient Viking town, nestled in a wonderful setting on the banks of the River Slaney, has a character and charm all its own. Just two hours … David McLoughlin : Wexford Festival Opera, 21 Oct – 1 Nov
Festivals Theatre Wexford Fringe is an annual open-access arts festival which will run in parallel to Wexford Opera Festival from Friday, 16th October to Sunday, 1st November 2015. Now in its 63rd year, Wexford Fringe offers an eclectic mix of over 300 … Madeleine Quirke : Wexford Festival Fringe 2015
Culture Festivals Theatre From its inaugural year in 2012, the Wexford Spiegeltent Festival has grown to be one of the biggest and most successful multi-genre festivals in Ireland. Set in the beautiful surroundings of the Paradiso Spiegeltent, the Festival has a unique and … Barry Ennis: Spiegeltent Festival Wexford
Culture Festivals Visual Arts Waterford Every year Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) joins forces with Garter Lane Arts Centre and the Waterford Library Services to celebrate the benefits of participation in the arts for everybody through the Well festival of arts and wellbeing. The festival … Mary Grehan : Well Festival Waterford
Culture Festivals Waterford We talk to Ollie Breslin, the Creative Director of Imagine Arts Festival in Waterford about the exciting programme of this year’s festival. Imagine Arts Festival is a unique, volunteer – led celebration of the arts in Waterford in late October … Imagine Arts Festival Waterford : 15th-25th October 2015
Festivals Established in 1957, Dublin Theatre Festival is an annual event that brings together artists, theatre-makers and audiences from Ireland and around the world. The festival currently takes place over 18 days from the final Thursday in September to the second … Willie White : Dublin Theatre Festival 2015
Festivals Visual Arts Have you ever wondered how the world looks from the point of view of a hammerhead shark, with its hyper-stereo vision? How about a horse, which has exceptional peripheral vision? Or a chameleon, which can look backwards and forwards at … Denis Connolly : Meta-Perceptual Helmets
Festivals Visual Arts After two sell-out runs, Architects of Air are back for a third year in Kilkenny Castle Park with another luminarium – or giant, light-filled inflatable sculpture – for you to explore. Mirazozo is the sister to Miracoco – the luminarium … Kim Lucas : Mirazozo
Architecture Festivals Nine Lives is an exhibition showcasing the work of a new generation of architects who, together with curator Emmett Scanlon, were selected to represent Ireland at three international architecture festivals in 2015, as part of the New Horizon_architecture from Ireland … Emmett Scanlon and Carrie Lynam : Nine Lives
Festivals Since its foundation in 1974, Kilkenny Arts Festival has gathered many of the world’s finest musicians, performers, writers and artists in Ireland’s medieval city each August. For ten days, the city’s historic churches, castle, courtyards, townhouses and gardens offer a … Eugene Downes : Kilkenny Arts Festival 2015
Archive Festivals Festival Director David Teevan welcomes you to the 15th annual Clonmel Junction Festival running from 3rd-12th July. Over the 10 days there is a tremendous variety of music, theatre, literature, street entertainment and visual arts. Film inserts from Chloe McGuire … David Teevan : Clonmel Junction Arts Festival
Archive Festivals Cork Midsummer Festival is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival that uses the city as its backdrop and inspiration. It provides high-quality arts events, both national and international, for audiences of all ages. Its programme provides opportunities for significant public participation … Cork Midsummer Festival 2015
