Explore one of Ireland’s great literary spaces, usually reserved for researchers with an NLI Reader’s Ticket. Visit the Reading Room at the National Library of Ireland on Kildare Street, open from 5:00pm to 8:30pm (last admission at 8:15pm), and experience the historic building after hours. The Reading Room will remain...
Experience one of the best evening attractions in Dublin’s Docklands. During Dublin By Dusk, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum offers visitors the chance to explore Irish history after hours, making it an ideal option for date nights, after-work activities, cultural evenings and summer experiences in Dublin city centre. This new city-wide initiative that...
We will be open from 5pm to 9pm, inviting visitors to step back in time and experience life in Viking and Medieval Dublin. Explore the museum after hours with engaging guided tours and Living Historians who bring the city’s fascinating past vividly to life. Get your tickets at the door,...
Join The National Gallery for a specially curated evening in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain in Ireland. Enjoy an evening of activities at the Gallery, including live music, tours, wine-tasting, a film screening, a drop-in workshop and a Meet the Makers event . Presented in collaboration with the Embassy...
Enjoy a relaxing evening every Thursday in July & August with late opening hours from 6.30pm - 7.30pm.
If you are a lover of lettering or want to learn a new skill, we would love you to join us in learning the basic techniques of modern calligraphy. You’ll start by learning how to use your pen holder and nib and what materials work best. Then we will get...
For the next Dublin by Dusk event IMMA presents Making Irelands an artists film screening and in-conversation with Marianne Keating and Yvonne McGuinness on Thursday 30 July 2026. IMMA is excited to bring together these two artists who work with moving image for a one-off in conversation and screening event. Living Canvas at...
15% DUBLIN BY DUSK DISCOUNT DBYD15 . Join Flavour Trails for 3 hours of mythology, fairies, and the stories of Dublin’s fair city in the places they should be heard, the pub!
Join us for an engaging artist talk with Irish painter John O’Flynn, held in conjunction with his solo exhibition, Painting Air. During the evening, O’Flynn will discuss the ideas, inspirations and creative process behind his work, offering insight into a practice that blends reality, memory and imagination. The semi-abstract paintings in Painting Air are...
The James Joyce Centre and The Write Stuff are delighted to continue our collaboration with Dublin by Dusk. In partnership with the Department of Culture Communications, and Sport, Fáilte Ireland, Dublin City Council, and Dublin Town. The Write Stuff are gatherings in collaborative storytelling, poetry & music. Curated & hosted...
On Thursday, 30 July, experience Dublin after hours at Gerard Byrne Gallery, where a special evening with Dublin's own Gerard Byrne — widely regarded as Ireland's foremost Modern Impressionist — offers a rare opportunity to encounter the artist behind the work. Set within the gallery's atmospheric, New York loft-inspired space on...
In an age of infinite scrolling and endless image production, what happens when we stop consuming images and begin entering into conversation with them? Responding to Afterimage: Photography in the Digital Age, this workshop explores analogue collage as a practice of slow looking, personal reflection and creative inquiry. Working with...