From Friday 31 October to Monday 3 November, Dublin hosts the Bram Stoker Festival, a four-day celebration of gothic arts and culture inspired by the legacy of the city’s most famous author. The festival transforms the city into a theatrical landscape filled with parades, performances, screenings, music, storytelling and family-friendly activities. Events take place in public spaces and venues across Dublin. Programme Highlights: The Macnas Parade, titled An Treun: The Summoning of the Lost, takes place on Sunday 2 November. This new spectacle weaves through the North East Inner City,

The Dublin Book Festival is one of Ireland’s most successful and dynamic book festivals, running since June 2006 in the heart of Ireland’s capital with its rich literary history. ​This annual public festival is a celebration of Ireland’s writers and publishers, which showcases, supports and develops Irish books by programming and publicising their authors, editors and contributors – all in an entertaining, festive, friendly and accessible environment. Both established and emerging writers from a variety of genres come together to explore their books, share their insights, engage in s

From November 6 -9, the Contemporary Art Gallery Association (CAGA) will bring together Ireland’s most exciting artists, galleries, cultural institutions and creative spaces in a citywide takeover for the third Dublin Gallery Weekend. A showcase of Ireland’s bold, experimental and unapologetic contemporary art energy, Dublin Gallery Weekend will light up Dublin, morning to late night, with new exhibitions, behind the scenes studio tours, meet the artists, industry talks and hands-on workshops. Explore a weekend packed with neighborhood art trails and gallery pop-ups, daytime openings, n