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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260602
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Declan Kennedy!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Tuesday night from 8pm for live music with Declan Kennedy! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-declan-kennedy/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Rock & Indie,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20260727T113305Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T113305Z
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Keith Grogan!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-keith-grogan/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Music,Pop,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20260727T113410Z
CREATED:20260602T083312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T113410Z
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Jimmy Coup & Brian Grace!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Thursday night from 8pm for live music with Jimmy Coup & Brian Grace! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-jimmy-coup-brian-grace/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Metal,Music,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20260727T113214Z
CREATED:20260602T082842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T113214Z
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Colm Lynch!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Friday night from 9pm for live music with Colm Lynch! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-colm-lynch/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Celtic,Music,Pop,Rock & Indie,Trad & Folk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20260727T113342Z
CREATED:20260602T084510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T113342Z
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SUMMARY:Live Music at M.J. Wright - Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the best of Dublin’s live music to your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre! \n\n\n\n\nWEEKLY LIVE MUSIC \nYou can find the best of Dublin’s live music daily at M.J. Wright – your new local in the beating heart of Dublin City Centre. \nJoin us every Monday night from 8pm for live music with Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan! \nFree entry!
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/live-music-at-m-j-wright-donal-kirk-anto-drennan/
LOCATION:M.J. Wright\, 17 South Great George's Street\, Dublin 2\, Leinster\, D02 HD76\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Funk,Music,R&B,Rock & Indie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261202
DTSTAMP:20260625T084434Z
CREATED:20260625T084434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T084434Z
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SUMMARY:Common Ground @ EPIC
DESCRIPTION:Common Ground: Ireland and the EU is a new multimedia exhibition exploring how Ireland’s membership of the European Union has shaped the country socially\, culturally and economically over the past few decades. The exhibition also looks at the impact Ireland has had across Europe\, telling stories of migration\, opportunity\, equality\, education and cultural exchange through immersive displays and personal stories. \n  \n\n\nIreland joined the European Economic Community (EEC) – as the EU was then known – on January 1\, 1973\, after a referendum endorsed by 83% of voters. It was then among the poorest and most underdeveloped countries in western Europe\, with a population just over half of its current size. \nIreland’s accession proved to be the most consequential economic milestone in the half century since Irish independence\, but it also set in motion far-reaching social and cultural change. EU legislation has driven improvements in workers’ rights\, for example\, and set binding targets for climate action. Irish people have studied and built new lives across Europe\, while many Europeans have since made their homes here in Ireland. \nAs Ireland assumes the EU presidency in 2026\, this new multimedia exhibition explores how a small island nation has extended its influence across Europe\, and how Europe\, in turn\, has profoundly shaped modern Ireland. \nFeatured Stories:\nEqual Pay \nStudying Abroad \nAn Ghaeilge \nEntry to this exhibition is included in general admission tickets.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/common-ground-epic/
LOCATION:EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum\, 1 Custom House Quay Dublin\, Dublin
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Culture,Exhibition,History
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTSTAMP:20260720T082018Z
CREATED:20260715T114050Z
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SUMMARY:Late Evening Discovery Tours at the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Explore the exhibitions of glittering gold and silver artefacts\, and the archaeological mysteries of Ireland’s national archaeological collection.Tours will discuss the stories of discovery of some of Ireland’s most famous objects\, such as the Coggalbeg Lunula\, Broighter Hoard and the ‘Tara’ Brooch and some of the less well-known gems\, such as the mysterious Corleck Head. \nTours are at 17:00 and 18:30 and 45 minutes duration. No booking is required and are on a free and first come\, first served basis. Meet in the Reception\, on the ground floor. Wheelchair accessible. Children must be fully supervised by a parent or adult who is in loco parentis. \nIf you prefer to explore by yourself\, this an opportunity to discover the exhibitions at a more relaxed quieter time and enjoy what the museum has to offer.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/late-evening-discovery-tours-at-the-museum/
LOCATION:National Museum of Ireland- Archaeology
CATEGORIES:Art,Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DTSTAMP:20260720T081805Z
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SUMMARY:Live Aid Exhibition | Dublin by Dusk
DESCRIPTION:In this exhibition\, more than seventy photographs and images have been carefully curated from the Band Aid Trust Archive\, generously donated to the National Library of Ireland (NLI) in 2017.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy a visit to the Live Aid Exhibition at the NPA\, open from 5:00pm to 8:30pm (last admission at 8:15pm). Located in Temple Bar\, the exhibition will feature iconic 80s music from the Live Aid concerts in Wembley and Philadelphia\, creating a truly immersive listening experience.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/dublin-by-dusk-live-aid-exhibition/
LOCATION:National Library of Ireland\, 7-8\, 7-8 Kildare St\, Dublin 2\,
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Exhibition,Experience,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DTSTAMP:20260720T093858Z
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SUMMARY:After Hours at the National Print Museum | Dublin By Dusk
DESCRIPTION:Learn how the printing press changed the world on an evening visit to the National Print Museum. \n  \nThe National Print Museum will open late on the last Thursday of every month from June to October. Explore the Museum after hours and discover Ireland’s printing heritage in a unique evening setting. \nMuseum admission is free and no booking is required. \nSupported by the Department of Culture\, Communications and Sport through the After Hours at the Museum Scheme.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/after-hours-at-the-national-print-museum-dublin-by-dusk/
LOCATION:National Print Museum\, Haddington Rd\, Dublin 4\, Leinster\, D04 E0C9\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270326
DTSTAMP:20260720T081529Z
CREATED:20260715T112533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T081529Z
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SUMMARY:Visit the Reading Room | Dublin By Dusk
DESCRIPTION:Explore one of Ireland’s great literary spaces\, usually reserved for researchers with an NLI Reader’s Ticket. \nVisit 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. \nThe Reading Room will remain open until 8:30pm on the last Thursday of each month. \nThe award winning exhibition Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats will remain open until 8.30pm on every Thursday of Dublin By Dusk. \nAs part of the programme the Live Aid Exhibition in the National Photographic Archive will also stay open late. See more details here.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/visit-the-reading-dublin-by-dusk/
LOCATION:National Library of Ireland\, 7-8\, 7-8 Kildare St\, Dublin 2\,
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History,Literature
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTSTAMP:20260715T113402Z
CREATED:20260715T113402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T113402Z
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SUMMARY:EPIC Late Museum Opening | Dublin By Dusk
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis new city-wide initiative that see many cultural attractions around Dublin City Centre stay open late on the last Thursday of each month. \nAs the sun begins to set over the River Liffey and the Docklands takes on its golden evening glow\, discover the stories of the Irish diaspora in one of Dublin’s most atmospheric cultural spaces\, the EPIC Museum. \nWhether you’re meeting friends after work\, planning a date night\, or simply looking for something different to do on a bright summer evening\, EPIC will be open until 9pm (last entry at 7:45pm) on last Thursday of every month\, between now and November. Better still\, tickets are just €10 for all visitors. \nLocated in Dublin’s historic Docklands\, EPIC is within walking distance of the Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship\, Custom House\, River Liffey waterfront and Samuel Beckett Bridge.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/epic-late-museum-opening-dublin-by-dusk/
LOCATION:EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum\, 1 Custom House Quay Dublin\, Dublin
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTSTAMP:20260720T092150Z
CREATED:20260720T092114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T092150Z
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SUMMARY:Late Opening Tours @ Dublinia | Dublin By Dusk
DESCRIPTION: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. \nGet your tickets at the door\, or buy them online for a discount here Dublin By Dusk Tickets \nWhiskey and Living History\nFor those looking for something extra special\, join our exclusive ticketed Whiskey and Living History Night — a memorable evening of medieval discovery featuring an immersive Living History tour\, followed by a guided whiskey tasting in a breathtaking 150-year-old medieval building\, celebrating Ireland’s renowned distilling heritage.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/62209/
LOCATION:Dublinia\, St Michaels Hill Christ Church\, Merchants Quay\, Dublin 8
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Dublin By Dusk,Experience,History,Tours
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025
DTSTAMP:20251217T112513Z
CREATED:20251217T112513Z
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SUMMARY:Oktoberfest 2026 At The Bernard Shaw
DESCRIPTION:Eatyard brings a slice of Bavaria to Drumcondra. Think big steins of beer\, pretzels\, music\, bands\, fun & games\n\n\n\nEatyard brings a slice of Bavarian Cheer to Drumcondra… \nSept 10th – Oct 24th \nIt’s one of our favourite times of the year – Oktoberfest! Just as the summer ends we can start looking forward to that first sound of steins touching & beer spilling\, a time when we can bring a dollop of Bavarian cheer to Drumcondra with a whole month dedicated to all things beer\, cheese\, pretzels and of course\, bratwurst. \nEatyard hosts Dublin’s favourite Oktoberfest event\, running from Sept 10th – Oct 24th at at The Bernard Shaw! And it’s not all about the beer & food\, there will be usual Bodytonic Buzz with a whole host of German games to dig your teeth into including Stein-Holding competitions\, Hasselhoff karaoke\, Lederhösen Limbo\, the spicy currywurst challenge\, live music & much more \nOn tap we will have a range of German Beers & giant steins\, as well as some N/A options\, & Bavarian Winter Warmers for those not too pushed on large glasses of beer! \nAnd then there’s the food! We’ll have Hot Pretzels\, Normal + Vegan Bratwursts\, Currywurst Schnitzel Burgers and our favourite\, Bavarian Cheese & Charcuterie boards \nTICKETS NOW ON SALE \n€15 per person and include 2 x drink tokens (Good for any 0.5L Steins of beer or glass of Mulled Wine) and a German Pretzel on entry. \n⭐ Please note tables & areas are not reservable so if you want to sit together\, make sure to arrive early. It’s a mixture of seating and standing\, first come first served. \n⭐ Seating is beer hall style shared tables. \n⭐ Tickets are non-refundable \n⭐ Please note: this event is over 20+ \n⭐ Looking to book for a corporate group? or an entire session for your group? Private buyouts available – send us an email info@thebernardshaw.com
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/oktoberfest-2026-at-the-bernard-shaw/
LOCATION:Bernard Shaw\, Cross Guns Bridge\, Drumcondra\, Dublin 9\, Dublin\, Leinster\, D09 XW44\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Culture,Parties
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019
DTSTAMP:20260526T081520Z
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SUMMARY:MATILDA THE MUSICAL
DESCRIPTION:Following the sell-out success of its first tour in 2018/2019\, MATILDA THE MUSICAL\, the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company\, inspired by the beloved book by Roald Dahl\, is heading back out on tour across the UK and Ireland from October 2025. \n\n\nSPECIAL EFFECTS: This production may contain Strobe Lighting\, Flashing Lights\, Smoke and Haze. \n  \nAGE GUIDANCE: Age guidance 6+. Under 16’s must be accompanied by a parent/guardian aged 18+. No under 3’s permitted in the auditorium. \n  \n*Performance schedule and times are subject to change and may be affected by illness or events beyond the producers’ or venues’ control. Performers\, dates\, times\, prices\, and fees are subject to change without notice. \n  \nACCESS PERFORMANCES:\nIrish Sign Language Performance: Friday 02 October- 7.30pm\nAudio Described & Touch Tour: Saturday 03 October –  2.30pm\nCaptioned Performance: Saturday 17 October- 2:30pm\nChilled Performance: Sunday 18 October- 2:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn celebration of 15 years on stage since opening at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon\, and following performances in 100 cities across 17 countries worldwide\, MATILDA now returns to Dublin. \nWith book by Dennis Kelly\, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin\, MATILDA is the story of an extraordinary little girl who\, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind\, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinner of over 100 international awards\, including 24 for Best Musical\, the ‘unique and unforgettable’ (Rolling Stone) global phenomenon\, MATILDA has now delighted over 12 million audiences worldwide. \n  \n‘SIMPLY UNMISSABLE. There’s never been a better time to see Matilda’ (Huffington Post)
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/matilda-the-musical/
LOCATION:Bord Gáis Theatre\, Grand Canal Square\,Docklands\,Co Dublin\, Dublin\, Leinster\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Family,Film & Theatre,Musical,Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTSTAMP:20260629T102321Z
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SUMMARY:ANIMALS
DESCRIPTION:“The law\, Noel. Without it\, all of us are animals in the jungle. Killing and eating and riding whatever we think we can get away with.” \n\n\nPrepare to suspend your disbelief. Then let it dissolve completely. \nUnstable realities resemble our wildest imagination in this absurdist spectacle – writ large and set loose on the national stage. \nANIMALS is a riotous and kaleidoscopic world premiere commissioned by the Abbey Theatre and based on the critically acclaimed short fiction of award-winning contemporary Irish writer Blindboyboatclub (The Gospel According to Blindboy\, Boulevard Wren\, Topographia Hibernica)\, adapted by Dan Colley (Lost Lear\, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings). \nHidden mythologies emerge as we follow Erskine Fogarty and his fridge-freezer on the long road to Limerick\, the vengeful Pamela Furlong become a dogman\, a poitín maker haunted by a cormorant\, and a dangerous liaison between two titans of Irish history. \nThe bizarreness of life is unmasked in this roaring and roaming new work that wonders aloud if the rowdy kids down the back of class might have been onto something all along. \n  \n\nCredits:\n\nFrom the short stories of: Blindboyboatclub\nAdapted and Directed by: Dan Colley\nSet Design: Owen Boss\nCostume Design: Saileóg O’Halloran\nLighting Design: Suzie Cummins\nComposition and Sound Design: Alma Kelliher\nVideo Design: José Miguel Jimenez\nSpecial Effects Design: Richard Babington\nMovement Director: Jessie Thompson\nAccess Design: Dee Roycroft\nDramaturg: Ruth McGowan\nVoice Director: Andrea Ainsworth\nAssistant Director: Ursula McGinn\nAssistant Costume Design: LaurA Fajardo Castro\nCasting: Barry Coyle and Dawn Mac Allister\nPublicity Artwork: Sarah Moloney
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/animals/
LOCATION:Abbey Theatre\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Drama,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260520T095218Z
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SUMMARY:MEREDITH by Erica Murray
DESCRIPTION:Set against the backdrop of a single Sunday afternoon in County Meath\, Meredith is a darkly comedic drama that peels back the layers of a family held together by secrets\, shared history\, and a stubborn refusal to age gracefully. Meredith is written by Erica Murray and directed by Annabelle Comyn as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.   \nMeredith’s daughter\, Noelle\, attempts to manage her mother’s recovery with rigid rules and downstairs beds\, Meredith is busy exploring the world of online dating\, lending money to mysterious men and striking up a flirtatious “friendship” with her eccentric new neighbour\, Terry.  \nThe arrival of Meredith’s grandson Lorcan\, who is under a self-imposed “house arrest” after his own run-in with trouble sets off chain reaction of revelations. As the sun sets\, the family must confront a series of crises\, from cyber-scams and drug debts to long-buried grievances about a mother who once walked away. \n“Why must the words vulnerable and old always go together?” \nOpening on 30 September\, with previews from 25 September. It runs till 1 November.  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE WRITER:\nERICA MURRAY \nErica is from County Limerick\, Ireland. She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MFA in Playwriting from The Lir Academy. While in college\, she wrote her first play called Bunk which won the Irish Student Drama Award for Best New Writing. She is a previous member of the Soho Theatre Young Writers Group\, Lyric New Playwright’s Programme and the Six in the Attic programme at Irish Theatre Institute. \nIn 2018\, her play; The Cat’s Mother\, toured to London\, Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe where it won the Fishamble Award for Best New Writing and was subsequently nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust Award. \nIn 2019\, she was the Channel 4 Writer-in-Residence at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast where her second play All Mod Cons premiered. The new play she wrote while on this residency won the Sonia Friedman Award. \nHer play The Loved Ones premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 in a co-production between Rough Magic and The Gate Theatre to critical acclaim. It was remounted in 2025 and went on an Irish national tour. \nIn 2024\, she wrote a play for young audiences for The Abbey Theatre called In Real Life which has been performed across many primary and secondary schools around Ireland. It is currently touring again this May.\nThe Loved Ones has been recently produced in Buffalo at the Irish Classical Theatre Company and is currently about to be produced at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York. \nErica currently has a residency at the National Theatre Studio in London.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/meredith-by-erica-murray/
LOCATION:Gate Theatre
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Drama,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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SUMMARY:James Joyce Centre Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:Guides from the James Joyce Centre take you through Dublin\, exploring the history of the city and the various locations described by Ireland’s greatest writer\, James Joyce.\n\nThough Joyce lived most of his life outside of Ireland\, Dublin would provide the backdrop for virtually all of his work. On a stroll around the inner city\, our guide will explain the real-life inspiration behind some of Joyce’s most celebrated writing\, demonstrating just how central the streetscape of the ‘Hibernian metropolis’ was to the author’s life and art. The tour visits such stops as Belvedere College\, the Gresham Hotel\, the James Joyce Statue\, Davy Byrnes\, and the National Library.\n\nThis is an excellent and fun introduction to Joyce in a bustling part of the city.\n\nThe James Joyce Centre offers two tours: Introducing Joyce’s Dublin and Footsteps of Leopold Bloom.\n\nEvery Thursday\, Friday & Saturday at 11 am. Duration 2 hours.\n\nAdmission to the James Joyce Centre is included. \nThe James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture\, Communications and Sport.
URL:https://dublintown.wpenginepowered.com/event/james-joyce-centre-walking-tours/2026-10-02/
LOCATION:The James Joyce Centre
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Tours
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DTSTAMP:20260629T103241Z
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SUMMARY:Visions
DESCRIPTION:“You are neither your former nor your future self\, she thinks\, you’re that little sliver of overlap.” \n\n\nA historic ballroom in the city centre. A sparkling relic of the past threatens the launch of a modern start-up. Relationships fray\, values are tested\, and secrets spill out. \nWith the world outside inching closer to the edge\, five people must imagine what comes next. \nCan you see it too? \nLyrical\, bold and timely\, visions is a sweeping world premiere play written by Eoghan Quinn (colic\, The Jesus Trilogy\, Bears in Space) and directed by Claire O’Reilly (Hothouse\, Emma\, BÁN). \n\n\nCredits:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCast includes: Derbhle Crotty\n\n\nWritten by: Eoghan Quinn\nDirected by: Claire O’Reilly\nSet and Costume Design: Katie Davenport\nLighting Design: John Gunning\nComposition and Sound Design: Anna Clock\nMovement Director: Simone O’Toole\nDramaturg: Ruth McGowan\nHair and Make Up: Tee Elliott\nCasting: Barry Coyle and Dawn Mac Allister\nVoice Director: Andrea Ainsworth\nAssistant Director: Julia Sirna-Frest\nPublicity Image: Patricio Cassinoni
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/visions/
LOCATION:Abbey Theatre\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Drama,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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SUMMARY:James Joyce Centre Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:Guides from the James Joyce Centre take you through Dublin\, exploring the history of the city and the various locations described by Ireland’s greatest writer\, James Joyce.\n\nThough Joyce lived most of his life outside of Ireland\, Dublin would provide the backdrop for virtually all of his work. On a stroll around the inner city\, our guide will explain the real-life inspiration behind some of Joyce’s most celebrated writing\, demonstrating just how central the streetscape of the ‘Hibernian metropolis’ was to the author’s life and art. The tour visits such stops as Belvedere College\, the Gresham Hotel\, the James Joyce Statue\, Davy Byrnes\, and the National Library.\n\nThis is an excellent and fun introduction to Joyce in a bustling part of the city.\n\nThe James Joyce Centre offers two tours: Introducing Joyce’s Dublin and Footsteps of Leopold Bloom.\n\nEvery Thursday\, Friday & Saturday at 11 am. Duration 2 hours.\n\nAdmission to the James Joyce Centre is included. \nThe James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture\, Communications and Sport.
URL:https://dublintown.wpenginepowered.com/event/james-joyce-centre-walking-tours/2026-10-03/
LOCATION:The James Joyce Centre
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T220000
DTSTAMP:20260513T105936Z
CREATED:20260513T105936Z
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SUMMARY:Adam Rowe
DESCRIPTION:Adam Rowe is a British stand-up comedian known for his sharp wit\, storytelling style\, and Liverpudlian charm. He co-hosts the hit podcast Have A Word\, and has also featured on Live At The Apollo and on tour with Theo Von\, Bill Burr\, Dave Chappelle and Shane Gillis.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/adam-rowe/
LOCATION:3Olympia Theatre
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Film & Theatre,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T223000
DTSTAMP:20260625T120121Z
CREATED:20260625T120121Z
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SUMMARY:La konga "Dublin"
DESCRIPTION:La Konga regresa a Dublin por tercera vez este 4 de octubre con su energía y éxitos del cuarteto argentino para una noche inolvidable. \n🔥 ¡LA K’ONGA REGRESA A DUBLÍN POR 3ª VEZ! 🔥 \nDespués de dos noches inolvidables… vuelve la banda que hizo vibrar Irlanda. \nEste domingo 4 de octubre\, el cuarteto cordobés regresa al icónico The Button Factory para otra noche histórica. \nCon todos sus grandes éxitos\, una energía arrolladora y ese ritmo que no deja a nadie quieto\, La K’onga vuelve para hacer lo que mejor sabe: ¡una fiesta total! \n💃🕺 Puro cuarteto argentino en vivo\n🎶 Todos los hits que ya cantaste con ellos\nDirecto desde Argentina a Irlanda \nSi estuviste en las anteriores\, sabes lo que se viene.\nY si no… esta es tu oportunidad. \n🎟 Entradas limitadas — asegura la tuya antes de que se agoten.
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/la-konga-dublin/
LOCATION:The Button Factory\, Curved St\, Temple Bar\, Dublin 2
CATEGORIES:Latin,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T223000
DTSTAMP:20260514T083646Z
CREATED:20260514T083646Z
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SUMMARY:Nicotine Dolls
DESCRIPTION:Nicotine Dolls make the kind of music you can’t hide from. The storytelling is front-and-center\, beckoning your attention like a dusty old novel you can’t put down until the last page. The vocals are gritty and honest\, holding nothing back in fits of joy\, regret\, and sadness similar to a phone call from one of your best friends at 3am. The instrumentation is equally punchy and nuanced\, grafting rafter-reaching hooks on top of rich soundscapes. The moment the Nicotine Dolls – led by Sam Cieri [vocals]\, John Merritt [bass]\, and Abel Tabares [drums] – hit that first note\, the air shifts. A wave of collection emotion that doesn’t ask permission just hits you. \nCieri started Nicotine Dolls in New York after a winding path that stretched from leaving high school to make music\, to South Florida bars\, to Vegas gigs\, to eventually landing a Broadway tour. The stage paid the bills\, but songwriting was always the compass. As he wrote and shaped the sound\, the band solidified around a shared vision rooted in honesty\, tension\, longing\, and the courage to say the quiet things out loud. \nSince forming in 2019\, Nicotine Dolls have built a fiercely loyal fanbase through relentless creativity and intimate connection. Their breakout single “What Makes You Sad” has earned nearly 20 million Spotify streams\, and their cover of Tina Turner’s “The Best” is approaching 30 million streams. Collectively\, their catalog has more than 80 million streams and they’ve developed a massive digital community with more than 1.8 million followers on TikTok and over a million on Instagram. \nNicotine Dolls have released a series of self-penned and produced singles and EPs\, along with their 2025 debut LP “an Attempt at Romantic.” The band have been hailed by SPIN for their “vulnerability and determination\,” calling Cieri a “charismatic\, gravelly-throated powerhouse with the rasp of Bruce Springsteen and the emotion of Lewis Capaldi.”
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/nicotine-dolls/
LOCATION:The Workmans Club
CATEGORIES:Alternative,Music,Pop,Rock & Indie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261004T223000
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SUMMARY:JAMES McMURTRY
DESCRIPTION:James McMurtry: The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy \nA Lone Star sheriff hunts quail on horseback and keeps a secret second family. A mechanic lies among the spare parts on the floor of his garage and wonders if he can afford to keep his girlfriend. A troubled man sees hallucinations of a black dog and a wandering boy and hums “Weird Al” songs in his head. These are some of the strange and richly drawn characters who inhabit James McMurtry’s eleventh album\, The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy. A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller\, he teases vivid worlds out of small details\, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of Americana—rolling guitars\, barroom harmonies\, traces of banjo and harmonica—but sound too sly and smart for such a general category. Funny and sad often in the same breath\, the album adds a new chapter to a long career that has enjoyed a resurgence as young songwriters like Sarah Jarosz and Jason Isbell cite him as a formative influence. \nAs varied as they are\, these new story-songs find inspiration in scraps from his family’s past: a stray sketch\, an old poem by a family friend\, the hallucinations experienced by his father\, the writer Larry McMurtry. “It’s something I do all the time\,” he says\, “but usually I draw from my own scraps.” As any good writer will do\, McMurtry collects little ideas and hangs on to them for years\, sometimes even decades. “South Texas Lawman” grew out of a line from a poem by a friend of the McMurtry clan\, T.D. Hobart. Driven by gravelly guitars and a loose rhythm section\, it’s a careful study of a man whose feelings of obsolescence motivate him to take drastic action in the final verse. “Dwight’d stay at our house way back in the ‘70s\, when we lived in Virginia. During one visit he wrote this poem about his father’s attitude toward South Texas. He wrote it down on cardboard\, and I came across it recently. There was a line about hunting quail on horseback\, and that was the seed of the song. I’ve lost the poem since then.” \nThe rumbling title track\, a kind of squirrelly blues\, features two mysterious figures who appear only to those slipping from reality\, yet it’s never grim nor especially despairing. Instead\, McMurtry namechecks a “Weird Al” deep cut and depicts a tortured soul who doesn’t have to work a nine-to-five. He finds a defiant humor in the situation at odds with the gravity of the source material. “The title of the album and that song comes from my stepmother\, Faye. After my dad passed\, she asked me if he ever talked to me about his hallucinations. He’d gone into dementia for a while before he died\, but hadn’t mentioned to me anything about seeing things. She told me his favorite hallucinations were the black dog and the wandering boy. I took them and applied them to a fictional character.” \nSoon McMurtry had enough of these songs for a new record. “It happened like all my records happened. It’d been too long since I’d had a record that the press could write about and get people to come out to my shows. It was time.” What was different this time was the presence of his old friend Don Dixon\, who produced McMurtry’s third album\, Where You’d Hide the Body?\, back in 1995. “A couple of years ago I quit producing myself. I felt like I was repeating myself methodologically and stylistically. I needed to go back to producer school\, so I brought in CC Adcock for Complicated Game\, and then Ross Hogarth did The Horses & the Hounds. It seemed natural to revisit Mr. Dixon’s homeroom. I wanted to learn some of what he’s learned over the last thirty years.” During sessions at Wire Recording in Austin\, McMurtry observed firsthand Dixon’s grasp of digital recording technology as well as his instinctual approach to tracking. “What Don’s really good at is being able to sense when it’s happening. He can hear when it’s going down. If I’m producing myself and I don’t have him\, I have to do three takes and then go in and listen to them. Listening to those three takes can take about 15 minutes. So Dixon’s ability to know when it’s happening is crucial\, because it can cut 15 minutes out of the day. That can really save a session\, because you only have so many hours in the day and only so much energy. \nWorking with McMurtry’s trusted backing band—Cornbread on bass\, Tim Holt on guitar\, Daren Hess on drums\, BettySoo on backing vocals—they worked to create something that sounds spontaneous\, as though he’s writing the songs as you hear them. They were open to odd experiments\, weird whims\, and happy accidents\, such as the cover of Jon Dee Graham’s “Laredo” that opens the album. It’s an opioid blues: testimony from a part-time junkie losing a weekend to dope. “We were playing a benefit for Jon Dee at the Hole in the Wall there in Austin\, and we thought it’d be good if we played one of his songs. We rehearsed the song in the studio\, and it sounded good. The drums were ready. We’d already got the sounds up. Might as well record it.” \n“Laredo” is one of a pair of covers that bookend The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy\, the other being Kris Kristofferson’s “Broken Freedom Song.” \n“I did that one a few weeks after our initial sessions. It was just me and BettySoo\, then we added drums and bass later on. Kris had just passed not too long before we recorded it. I guess that’s why I was thinking about him.” Like Hobart’s poem\, it’s a bit of inspiration excavated from deep within his own life. “Kris was one of my major influences as a child. He was the first person that I recognized as a songwriter. I hadn’t really thought about where songs came from\, but I started listening to Kristofferson as a songwriter and thinking\, How do you do this? He was actually the second concert I saw. I was nine. He and the band were having such a good time\, and that really solidified for me that this was what I wanted to do with my life.” \nOnce the album was mixed\, mastered\, and sequenced\, McMurtry recalled a rough pencil sketch he had found a few years earlier in his father’s effects. It seemed like it might make a good cover. “I knew it was of me\, but I didn’t realize who drew it. I asked my mom and my stepdad\, and finally I asked my stepmom\, Faye\, who said it looked like Ken Kesey’s work back in the ‘60s. She was married to Ken for forty years.” The Merry Prankster’s—Kesey’s roving band of hippie activists and creators—stopped by often to visit Larry McMurtry and his family. “I don’t remember their first visit\, the one documented in Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I was too young\, but I do remember a couple of Ken’s visits. I guess he drew it on one of those later stops. I remembered it and thought it would be the perfect art\, but I had to go back through the storage locker. It’s a miracle that I found it again.” \nIt’s a fitting image for an album that scavenges personal history for inspiration. Even the songwriter himself doesn’t always know what will happen or where the songs will take him. “You follow the words where they lead. If you can get a character\, maybe you can get a story. If you can set it to a verse-chorus structure\, maybe you can get a song. A song can come from anywhere\, but the main inspiration is fear. Specifically\, fear of irrelevance. If you don’t have songs\, you don’t have a record. If you don’t have a record\, you don’t have a tour. You gotta keep putting out work.”
URL:https://www.dublintown.ie/event/james-mcmurtry/
LOCATION:Whelan’s
CATEGORIES:Country,Music,Rock & Indie
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