Alliance Française Dublin and Illustrators Ireland have joined forces to present the 11th edition of the Comic Book Festival Dublin, celebrating the vibrant worlds of comics and illustration. This year’s programme features a series of creative events designed to inspire, entertain, and amaze. Building on the success of last year’s festival, this edition expands in scope and introduces some exciting new elements. The opening evening will feature acclaimed French comic creators Fabien Tillon and Gaël Remise, alongside outstanding Irish artists Sarah Bowie and Sheena Dempsey. In ad

The 2026 Bealtaine Festival, Ireland’s national celebration of creativity in older age (run by Age & Opportunity), takes place throughout May with events nationwide. It features a diverse mix of arts, film, performance, and community engagement, promoting the artistic contributions of older people. Proudly funded by the Arts Council and the HSE, with the support of communities nationwide and a vast network of accomplished local and national bodies.

Panels and workshops on trans liberation; revolutionary feminist history; AI and misogyny ; capitalism’s fascist threat; revolutionary art & more. Crafting, poetry, music, photography, bookstalls galore. The Bread and Roses Festival 2026 will see the Irish launch & book signing of Meena Kandasamy's highly anticipated forthcoming novel, Fieldwork As a Sex Object about incels, influencers and the far-right in online spaces. Meena Kandasamy is a feminist and anti-caste activist and a women’s prize shortlisted writer based in Chennai, India. “A one-woman, agitprop literary-politic