Discover festival dates across Ireland, from music and heritage to seasonal celebrations. Explore our illustrated guides, or use the filters below to find festivals by town, county and date. Each guide links to the announced edition and the organiser’s latest information.
29 July to 1 August 2027
Music, food, art and a weekend outdoors on the grounds of Curraghmore Estate. All Together Now suits a stay that leaves room for smaller performances and the estate setting alongside the main stages.
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A Wicklow weekend of live music, electronic sets, food and woodland spaces. Beyond the Pale takes place at Glendalough Estate, with camping options that make it a different trip from a day at the nearby monastic site.
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3 to 7 June 2027
Show gardens, Irish food and ideas to take home to your own patch of green. Bord Bia Bloom turns part of Dublin’s Phoenix Park into a five-day gardening and food event, with talks, shopping and family activities alongside the gardens.
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2026 finished; next dates awaiting announcement
Theatre, dance and unexpected uses of familiar Cork spaces. Cork Midsummer Festival brings performances into cultural venues, streets and other settings across the city, making the location part of the work.
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26 September to 11 October 2026
A history festival run by Dublin City Council through its libraries, with the Dublin City Council Culture Company. It is free, and it is spread through the city's libraries and a handful of larger rooms rather than held on one site.
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4 to 8 August 2027
A day at the RDS can combine international showjumping, showing classes, shopping and time around the rings. The Dublin Horse Show offers different ways to visit, depending on whether your priority is a particular competition or the wider show.
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27 to 29 August 2027
A weekend built around live music, camping and discoveries between stages. Electric Picnic turns the grounds of Stradbally Hall into a festival town, so the journey and the campsite matter almost as much as the headline acts.
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Next dates awaiting confirmation
An outdoor music weekend on the lawns of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Forbidden Fruit combines a festival setting with a Dublin city base, making the ticket day and the journey home the main decisions to settle first.
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12 to 25 July 2027
Galway becomes a place to move between theatre, visual art, music and street spectacle. The International Arts Festival rewards a stay with room for a booked performance and something unexpected discovered during the day.
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26 July to 1 August 2027
A summer week at Ballybrit, with a different reason to choose each race day. Galway Races combines the racing programme with the social occasion, including fashion events and a family-focused end to the week.
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22 to 26 October 2026
A music festival held across Cork over the October bank holiday weekend. Part of it is ticketed and takes place in the city's concert venues; a large part of it is a free trail through pubs and bars, which is why the venue count runs into the dozens.
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A new date is not yet verified
An outdoor music day on the Royal Hospital Kilmainham lawns. In the Meadows puts a compact festival programme into a Dublin setting, with a line-up-led visit rather than a camping trip.
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Next concert season awaiting announcement
An open-air concert in a garden close to the centre of Dublin. Live at the Iveagh Gardens is a summer series of separate performances, with the atmosphere of a park show and the convenience of a city stay.
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2027 concerts announced
Cork’s summer marquee becomes a different night out with each headline act. This is a series of individually ticketed concerts, so choose a performance first and build your visit around that show.
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2027 venue announced; dates awaiting confirmation
Competitive ploughing sits at the heart of a much wider agricultural day out. The National Ploughing Championships combines the working fields with machinery, exhibitors, food and demonstrations, with a site that can change between editions.
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29 October to 1 November 2026
A Samhain festival held across two towns in County Meath, Trim and Athboy, over the Halloween weekend. The organisers run a shuttle between the two, which is the practical thing to know about it: the programme is not in one place and it is not meant to be.
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No confirmed forthcoming dates
Sea Sessions brings together Bundoran’s surf identity and a music-festival weekend. Its history is tied to the Atlantic coast, with live performances, beach activity and places to stay around the town.
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30 July to 1 August 2027
Waterford’s streets become the stage for Spraoi. Street theatre, music and a parade give the city a festival rhythm, with a programme built around outdoor performance and shared public spaces.
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13 to 17 March 2027
Dublin’s national St. Patrick’s Festival brings several days of celebration around the 17 March parade. Plan for the event you want to experience, from a parade viewing place to a booked performance elsewhere in the city.
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20 to 24 January 2027
Traditional and folk music in Dublin’s churches, halls and pubs. TradFest is a chance to choose an intimate performance, a larger concert or a session, with venues across the city and county shaping the experience.
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15 to 31 October 2026
An opera festival held in Wexford each October, built around full productions of works that are rarely staged rather than around the standard repertoire. It runs from the National Opera House on High Street.
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A Christmas festival through Waterford city centre, put on by Waterford City and County Council. It is spread through the squares and streets rather than held on one site, and it mixes free things with ticketed ones.
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24 September to 11 October 2026
Dublin City, various locations, Dublin, County Dublin
Dublin Theatre Festival brings new Irish work and international productions to stages around the city.
26 September to 11 October 2026
7 venues in Dublin, County Dublin
Just over a fortnight of talks, panels and seminars run by Dublin City Council across its libraries and a few larger rooms.
27 September to 22 December 2026
VISUAL Carlow, Carlow, County Carlow
VISUAL’s autumn cinema programme mixes family animation, documentaries and films for adult audiences.
1 to 11 October 2026
Various Locations, Co Kildare, Newbridge, County Kildare
Kildare’s readers festival offers author conversations and creative sessions for adults, teenagers and children.
2 October to 8 November 2026
Co. Meath, near Robinstown, County Meath
Spirits of Meath gathers Halloween outings across the wider Boyne Valley into a seasonal programme.
2 to 10 October 2026
The Bloody Stream, Howth, County Dublin
Howth’s Bloody Stream hosts an Oktoberfest celebration in its covered, heated beer garden.
8 to 11 October 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Triskel's Cork Folk Festival programme combines lunchtime recitals with evening concerts across four October days.
8 to 11 October 2026
Kilfinane, Kilfinnane, County Limerick
Traditional music and dance celebrate the Joyce brothers’ musical legacy in Kilfinane.
9 to 18 October 2026
Galway City, Galway, County Galway
Baboró’s Samhain strand offers children different ways to explore storytelling, art and Halloween traditions.
9 to 18 October 2026
Meath, near Robinstown, County Meath
Restaurants, cafés and other food businesses across Meath and Louth highlight local ingredients during Boyne Valley Dining Week.
9 to 18 October 2026
Sandycove, Dublin, Dalkey, County Dublin
Artists and human-rights defenders share work through theatre, visual art, film and public discussion.
9 to 11 October 2026
Dublin Mountains, Dundrum, County Dublin
Music in the Mountains connects eight venues around the Dublin Mountains for a weekend of live performance.
9 to 11 October 2026
Waterford, Waterford, County Waterford
Young people curate a Waterford festival of writing, reading and creative participation.
10 to 18 October 2026
Various Locations, Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin
Explore Dublin through a festival of architecture, building visits and related events.
11 to 30 October 2026
The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, County Dublin
The Soul of Samhain brings food, folklore, workshops and film to the arts centre in Naul.
11 October 2026
Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Athlone, County Westmeath
Irish yarn and textile makers gather at the Radisson Blu in Athlone for a day of browsing, learning and making.
12 to 18 October 2026
South Dublin, Tallaght, County Dublin
South Dublin’s libraries and arts venues host a week of author conversations, poetry, workshops and performance.
15 to 31 October 2026
National Opera House, Wexford, County Wexford
Seventeen days of opera in Wexford, with three full productions on the main stage: Mascagni's Iris, Rossini's L'equivoco stravagante and Prokofiev's The Gambler.
15 to 18 October 2026
LexIcon Library and Cultural Centre, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
Murder One brings readers and writers together around crime fiction and the craft of suspense.
15 October to 1 November 2026
Kerry County, Tralee, County Kerry
Kerry marks Samhain with street performances, music, storytelling and community celebrations across the county.
15 to 18 October 2026
Cavan Town, Cavan, County Cavan
Cavan celebrates traditional music through concerts, sessions, set dancing and the Ed Reavy fiddle competitions.
15 to 18 October 2026
Foxford, Foxford, County Mayo
Four days of traditional music, song and dance bring sessions and performances to Foxford.
15 to 18 October 2026
Killarney, Killarney, County Kerry
Killarney hosts four days of film and conversation at Kerry International Film Festival.
16 to 18 October 2026
Ballyliffin, Ballyliffin, County Donegal
Ballyliffin hosts a compact independent film festival on Donegal’s Inishowen Peninsula.
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