A community driven arts festival in the heart of Dublin 8. Welcome to the Rialto Community Arts Festival! We’re not like other arts festivals. There’s no ‘big names’ involved with this, just grassroot groups and people, all based in or around Dublin 8. Dublin 8 is home to an amazing range of talented people, from photographers and weavers, to poets, authors and film-makers. The Rialto Community Arts Festival is here to shine a light on these amazing people, while inviting our neighbours to see just what Rialto has to offer. What began as a conversation between a couple of people

It’s time to go beyond the headlines to tell one of the most important Irish music stories of the last 50 years. “Moonlight” is an expansive rock / theatre production that explores the early life of Philip Lynott who rose from the streets of Dublin to influence and inspire a generation of musicians around the world. Philip Lynott would have been 75 years old on August 20th, 2024 had he won his battle with fame and fortune. He was a true innovator as a songwriter and showman who paved the way for a whole generation of musicians and bands around the world. He was complex, driven to over

Static is a world premiere production written by Jimmy McAleavey and directed by John King, a former Abbey Theatre Resident Director. A veteran US astronaut is about to land back on Earth after completing his very last space flight. A lonely ham radio operator in Donegal is surfing frequencies in want of some company. This unlikely pair of conversationalists collide with life altering consequences. Static is a lyrical, searching play about isolation and the painful contradictions that surface when people try to connect.