Bealtaine is Ireland’s national festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age. The festival is run by Age & Opportunity, the leading national development organisation working to enable the best possible quality of life for us all as we age. This year Age & Opportunity unveils an all-new festival theme, ‘Lust for Life’, which reflects a familiar experience for many older people. To celebrate the theme Bealtaine Festival has commissioned a new essay, ‘Lust of Life’, by writer, former Labour TD and Bealtaine Festival ambassador, Liz McManus, which explores the n

The Dublin Ska Festival returns to Whelan’s on the first weekend of May for two nights of amazing Ska. Grab your tickets now. SATURDAY 19:30-20:30 THE REBEL SOULS 20:45-22:15 RIFF RAFF 22:30-00:00 GANGSTERS 00:00-CLOSE DJS SUNDAY 19:00-20:00 SKAZZ 20:15-21.00 GO GO MAGOGO 21:15-22.30 THE SKALPS 22:45-00.00 COMPLETE MADNESS DJs: CHEF BEHAN JOE BEHAN (Ska Patrol) PAUL DAVIS RAY GILLIGAN

The Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is an annual event, celebrating contribution of gay people to theatre, past and present. The Festival was founded in 2004 to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, in his native city. With an emphasis on new or recent international and Irish works with a broadly gay theme or relevance, the Festival has grown to become the largest event of its type in the world. The Festival creates new opportunities for visibility and affirmation for existing and emerging gay artists and theatrical works. The Festival’s criteria for inclusion into the prog