Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders, and a range of partners, present the sixth annual, international Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival from the 11 to 20 October 2024. The festival features exciting and innovative events that promote equality, human rights and diversity through the arts, taking place in Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Kerry, Cork, Leitrim, Roscommon and Galway. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world, past and present, and the role of t

The Nightmare Realm – Ireland’s only indoor scream park returns to the City Market for the 2024 Halloween season, celebrating 15 years of Fear from Oct 4th to Nov 1st for 22 selected nights. Visitors to our multi award winning event can explore 5 brand new themed mazes along with full access to our fan favourite ‘Halloweentown’, a victorian town stuck in time as well as nightly on-site live Entertainment from The Dark Circus, larger than life photo experiences, scare free zones, new and returning secret rooms, The Museum of Horrors, Festive eats and treats in the food court and, of

The world premiere of ‘Ar Snámh’ follows Jane, a young woman who moved away from Dublin as a child, as she returns to her home county by travelling up the Liffey in a dinghy she bought in Lidl. Along the way, Jane considers the moments that have led her to this journey, from the death of her father when she was a child to the budding relationship she is developing with a local lad, Stephen. Along her journey, Jane speaks into a tape recorder her father left her and tries to fill him in on what he’s missed over all these years, and the struggles she is encountering as a young person i