Europe's largest BBQ & Craft Beer festival returns August 16-19th 2018. A celebration of the art of cooking with fire & smoke, in the leafy surrounds of Dublin 4's Herbert Park. The Big Grill will allow you to smell, taste, discover and learn about all kinds of BBQ'ing grilling, smoking, meats and delicacies from around the globe, all washed down with a choice craft beer or cider. There will be demos and workshops from well known chefs, a chilli eating challenge, children's play area with entertainment, a grand BBQ cook-off and loads more.

The Para Swimming Allianz European Championships Dublin 2018 are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for paralympic swimmers, the swimming community and the whole country of Ireland. Be there to experience the competition, the excitement and the success. Morning Adult Ticket: €5.00 Morning Child Ticket: €3.00 Morning Family Ticket: €10.00 (2 adults, 2 children) Morning Group: €25.00 (2 adults, 8 children) Evening Adult Ticket: €10.00 Evening Child Ticket: €3.00 Evening Family Ticket: €20.00 (2 adults, 2 children)

Acclaimed as “a joyous spectacle that captures the imagination” (Irish Independent) and “a magical mystery tour through the fantasyland of Oz” (London Evening Standard), WICKED tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students and their extraordinary adventures in Oz, which will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West. Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire that ingeniously re-imagines the stories and characters originally created by L. Frank Baum in ‘The

Decadent Theatre Company and The Olympia Theatre - A Skull in Connemara Written by acclaimed writer and director of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin Mc Donagh and Starring Pat Shortt. Decadent Theatre Company and the Olympia Theatre proudly present a new production of Martin McDonagh's very funny black comedy, A Skull in Connemara. Starring Pat Shortt in the lead role as local gravedigger Mick Dowd, A Skull in Connemara will run at The Olympia Theatre from 14th August for 3 weeks only. This production is directed by Andrew Flynn.

Robert Ffolliott, fiancee of Arte O’Neil, has returned to Ireland after escaping from prison in Australia. Robert, an innocent local gentleman, has been convicted as a Fenian fugitive but it soon becomes clear that he is no such thing. The villain Kinchela, Robert’s fake friend, tries to hunt Robert down and arrest him – his main motive being greed for Robert’s estate & his desire for Arte, Robert’s fiancee. With the help of Conn the Shaughraun Robert escapes various melodramatic cliffhanger situations. Meanwhile, Robert’s sister, Claire, is in love with an English soldier,

Jimmy’s Hall tells the true story of Leitrim farmer Jimmy Gralton, the only Irishman deported from his own country. His crime was to build a dance hall where he encouraged the local community to learn, to argue and to dream, but above all to dance and have fun. As the hall grew in popularity its free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close. A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns from the US. The hall stands abandoned but as Jimmy sees the poverty and growing oppression in the villa