Festivals Around Ireland

National Heritage Week has grown into a highly successful programme of events taking place during August – Find a event in the Events Calendar

Sprog Children’s Festival continues to be the best fun in Waterford for children and their families in the week before the Spraoi Street Festival.

Spraoi International Street Arts Festival is staged in Waterford, on August Bank Holiday Weekend, enjoy an weekend of street arts and stunning street spectacle.

Dublin Theatre Festival and The Ark join forces once again to present a season of acclaimed Irish and international productions for families and schools

There is a feast of colour planned for the skies over Waterford when the Irish National Hot Air Ballooning Championships return to the city.

East Cork Early Music Festival brings internationally renowned performers to venues in Cork City and County

Aisling Children’s Art Festival, which takes place every year in October, packed with a variety of workshops, exhibitions in venues all over county Longford

The Galway Bake Fest in association with Goodness Cakes and ACT for Meningitis will be a two-day national extravaganza and must for all baking (and cake-eating!) enthusiasts

Baboró, Ireland’s premier international arts festival for children and families featuring Theatre, Dance, Literature, Music, Puppetry, Workshops, Visual Art and Opera for all ages.

A fantastic new WhistleBlast Family Festival of music arriving in Belmullet during Halloween week full of events for both adults and children!

Dublin Book Festival is once again hoisting the flag for children’s books in November, alongside an array of programmed events, Dublin Book Festival will host a Free Children’s Zone