OFFline Film Festival 2021

An annual autumn favourite, the OFFline film festival takes place in Birr and online between 3 and 11 October. And while this year's festival programme has been somewhat curtailed due to government restrictions, no pandemic will stifle the creativity of the organisers. They have put together a delightful line up...

Stoneybatter Festival 2020

From Friday 19th June to Sunday 21st June the Stoneybatter Festival is going virtual — off street to online — with a light but lively programme of community and virtual activities! The Virtual Stoneybatter Festival From the heart of Dublin 7 to a laptop near you, the organisers of the...

MusicTown

A highlight of Dublin's events calendar each April is MusicTown. Overseen by Aiken Promotion and Dublin City Council, it is a celebration of the diversity of music styles and genres that cohabit and crossbreed in the city. Sadly, the 2020 edition has been rescheduled to September. But while we wait...

West Waterford Festival of Food

The West Waterford Festival of Food is synonymous with fabulous food and fantastic family events. Held in Dungarvan each April since 2008 this festival draws crowds to the South East to savour the best of Irish produce and cuisine. As this year’s festival has unfortunately been cancelled due to the...

Immrama Festival of Travel Writing

The Immrama Festival of Travel Writing has been held in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland, in June each year since 2003. It is a glorious celebration of travel writing, good music and quality entertainment. Previous guests of the festival have included Robert Fisk, Jung Chang (author of Wild Swans), Brian Keenan...

Festivals in a time of social distancing…

All our lives have been turned upside down since the start of the year.  When we first heard reports of a virus causing illness on the other side of the world, we never knew that this was the beginning of a ‘before and after’.Before the Covid-19 outbreak, we were redesigning...