Bord Bia Bloom takes place over five days on the June Bank Holiday weekend (May 29th – June 2nd), running from 9am to 6pm daily. Bloom, which celebrates its 19th birthday in 2025, has been deemed one of the nations’ favourite summer events and takes place across 70 acres in the Phoenix Park. This spectacular gardening event is a great coming together for garden designers, flower growers, landscapers, plantaholics, garden-furniture makers, food fanatics and anyone who loves to garden. Bord Bia Bloom is a world-class, uplifting and innovative horticulture, food, and drink experience with

Balbriggan Summerfest is back again this year from May 30th and over the June Bank Holiday Weekend. All your usual favourites and some new events are planned for this year including a Vintage Fair, Balbriggan’s Got Talent, The Great Balbriggan Bake Off, Summerfest 5k Road Race, Pet Show, Sandcastle Competition, Blessing of the Boats, Senior Citizen’s Tea Party and Bingo, Live music, Fireworks and Carnival. While we have a lot of activities planned we want to make sure we are catering for everyone as much as possible and are looking for some new ideas to bring you a bigger and better

There will be oodles of outdoor fun at the South Strand Festival Village. With a festival funfair & live music, there's something for all the family! Featuring Children's Rides, Bouncy Castles & Inflatable Slides, Mobile Vendors with an Emphasis on Street Food, Sandcastle Competition. Live Music: Festival Stage, Bands, Outdoor Movies. Saturday night is Mama Mia Night with Live ABBA Tribute.

Dalkey is gearing up for another choice festival, ahead of Bank Holiday Monday, Monday June 2nd as many of Ireland’s best classic cars are expected to motor into this historic, south Dublin, heritage town for the Dalkey Vintage Festival, 2025. From 11.30am to 6pm, the main street in Dalkey will close to welcome the “who’s who” of classic cars, including Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, Triumph and Lancia and there will be music and children’s entertainment throughout the day. Ireland’s premier Formula 1 simulator will be in situ and there will be live music in many of the b

To kick off the summer season at Flynn Park for 2025, they're throwing the biggest and most adventurous launch party ever – and you won't want to miss it! Join them for an action-packed day as the FM104 Roadhog hits the scene, blasting tunes, hosting exciting games, and giving away awesome prizes. They're slashing the price of the all-access tickets to just €35 per person or €100 per family *! Get your Access All Areas pass and experience the thrilling activities in one epic day of fun, including: Dublin’s only Aqualough Aerial Trekking Zipline Laser Tag Kling Kong

This unique annual summer event, held in intimate non-traditional concert venues, has welcomed such luminaries as Vladimir Ashlenazy, Ute Lemper, Mischa Maisky and Pinchas Zukerman. Others who graced the salons of some of Ireland’s historic houses over the years include the Labèque Sisters, Frederica Von Stade, Janet Baker, Angela Hewitt, Krystian Zimerman, Richard Goode, Stephen Isserlis, Michael Collins and Guy Johnston. More recent visitors to this ever-developing summer attraction have been Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Sean Shibe and the Belcea, Casals, Doric, Heath, Pavel Haas and Éb�

Skerries Traditional Music Weekend commenced in 2001 and developed over the years into an action-packed weekend with Concerts, Recitals, Workshops, Sessions and Street Music. Come one, come all and be part of Skerries Traditional Music Weekend. Take a walk about the town and you'll be sure to hear many a great session! Some of Ireland's' top exponents of traditional music will showcase their talents in a more informal and natural setting. All musicians, singers, dancers and listeners welcome - players are welcome to join in the sessions over the weekend!

Ireland is the first, and only, country in the world to have a national day of free creativity for children and young people under 18. Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people. The inaugural Cruinniú na nÓg took place on 23rd June 2018 and for the past number of years young people and families have come together to enjoy, a wide range of creative activities including workshops and tutorials to recitals and readings in every city, town and village across the country. Deliv

The UCD Festival is an inspirational and fun-filled showcase of the education, innovation, creativity and research that takes place within UCD through performances, engaging talks, hands-on science, interactive exhibits and play. The UCD Festival is a day when we open our doors to friends like you providing an opportunity to see behind the scenes and discover something new while meeting our students and world-class academics. UCD is constantly evolving with the changing world and festival goers will get to see first-hand some of our breakthrough discoveries and how UCD is addressing soci