The Regatta will see boats from all over these island take part in four days of competitive racing afloat and great craic ashore. It’s 20 years since the first Dún Laoghaire Regatta, and the team are working hard already to bring you excellent sailing on a variety of courses, whether one-design or handicap, dinghy or keelboat. Our waterfront clubs will provide a social scene not to be missed, and we are planning some innovation mixed with the traditional features both ashore and afloat The last VDLR edition in 2023 comprised over 300 sailing races across 30 classes and 2,500 competito

Parks, Biodiversity and Landscape Services are celebrating 50 years of the Rose Garden with the return of the Rose Festival to St. Anne’s Park from 10.00am – 6.00pm on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July 2025. This free festival will have activities for the whole family, including stalls with plants and flowers for sale and arts & crafts for kids. For all the staff who participated in Irish lessons, BAC Le Gaeilge will be there so you can speak a cúpla focal. There will be musical acts including Fused, Back Stage Bandits and the Dublin Ukelele Collective who will play over the weekend.

The award-winning and hugely popular #BrayAirDisplay will make a welcome return for the summer of 2025. And it will be back bigger and better than ever with an incredible lineup The free, family event is one of the most popular air shows in Europe and Ireland’s biggest air festival, attracting thousands to the Co. Wicklow seaside town to marvel at amazing aerobatics. The Bray Air Display is the biggest public free event in Ireland drawing crowds of 140,000+.  It also has the largest movement of the public on the Dart network outside of commuting.