The Five Lamps Arts Festival, located in the heart of the community in Dublin’s North East Inner City, was founded in 2007 by Roisin Lonergan, a former teacher from Marino College. Since its first edition, the Festival has grown to become a center for the creation and presentation of locally relevant, artistically ambitious works and is a highly regarded and much-loved part of the community. We believe that everyone should be able to experience and participate in arts and creativity.

An annual festival of new music for curious minds! 25+ live performances in the National Concert Hall and across Dublin 15th-19th April 2026. New Music Dublin is Ireland’s foremost contemporary music festival, taking place in Spring each year within the National Concert Hall and other venues throughout Dublin. It is a true partnership project, as whilst the festival is programmed and managed by New Music Dublin CLG, it only exists through very significant support from partner organisations including the Arts Council, the National Concert Hall, RTÉ, Culture Ireland, the Contemporary Music

One of Britain’s best loved comedians, Peter Kay, is finally returning to stand-up comedy after twelve years. He'll perform live at the 3Arena, Dublin on April 16th/17th & 18th. “It’s good to get back to what I love doing best, stand-up comedy and if there’s ever a time people need a laugh it’s now” Peter’s 2010 tour still officially ranks with the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour of all time. Playing to over 1.2 million people.