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Sabotage No Fit State Photo Mary Wycherley

Sabotage

11 - 27 July 2025

David Mach Burning Down the House

David Mach

Burning Down the House

14 - 27 July 2025

Theatre

Dimanche Mihaela Bodlovic

Dimanche

15 - 19 July 2025

Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth

15 - 19 July 2025

The Genesis Photo Luke Chadwick Jones

The Genesis

22 - 26 July 2025

Music

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Mogwai

Music

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Interplanetary Criminal, Shampain and Tommy Holohan

Talks

Pramila Jayapal Fintan O Toole

Resistance to Trump

Music

<p>Photo Richie Smyth</p>

The Stunning

Music

Mari Samuelsen with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Mari Samuelsen

with the

RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Theatre

Oh Mikel Murfi

Oh …

8 - 26 July 2025

Theatre

Druid Riders to the Sea and macbeth

Riders to the Sea

and

10 - 26 July 2025

Theatre

Beckett

Beckett sa Chreig: Guth na mBan

11 - 19 July 2025

Theatre

Blue Water and Cold and Fresh and Sea Wall

Blue Water and Cold and Fresh

and

12 - 26 July 2025

Interface Inagh This Too Will Pass

Interface

This Too Will Pass

12 - 27 July 2025

Music

Kishi Bashi Rob Williamson

Kishi Bashi

Music

Session Americana w Eleanor Buckland

Session Americana

Theatre

Why The Moon Travels

Why the Moon Travels

14 - 19 July 2025

Story of a Day Sceal Lae Richard Lynch

Story of a Day – Scéal Lae

14 - 20 July 2025

John Conneely and Conor Maloney Funeral for Ashes

Conor Maloney and John Conneely

Funeral for Ashes

14 - 27 July 2025

Darran Mc Glynn State of Play

Darran McGlynn

State of Play

14 - 27 July 2025

Erin Lawlor divining

Erin Lawlor

divining

14 - 27 July 2025

Festival garden

Festival Garden

14 - 27 July 2025

Hazel O Sullivan

Hazel O’Sullivan

Atomic

14 - 27 July 2025

Arts Alive Galway and Jane Cassidy Tactile Tunes

Jane Cassidy and Arts Alive

Tactile Tunes

14 - 27 July 2025

Joe OShaughnessy – The playboy of the Western World Company, 1982

Joe O’Shaughnessy’s Druid

14 - 27 July 2025

Kat Austen

Kat Austen

Not Breaking. This Wave Drowns Hate

14 - 27 July 2025

Laura O Connor and Léann Herlihy

Laura O’Connor and Léann Herlihy

pass the baton

14 - 27 July 2025

The Babys Room

The Baby’s Room

14 - 27 July 2025

Comedy

The Laughter Loft Kevin Mc Gahern

The Laughter Loft

14 - 27 July 2025

Theatre

Vernon God Little

Vernon God Little

14 - 27 July 2025

Talks

A Rebel Heart David Mach by Iain Clark protrait

A Rebel Heart

Music

Gonora Sounds

Gonora Sounds

Music

Skinny Living 2025 Press Shot Preferred

Skinny Living

Talks
Free

Climate Where are we now

Where Are We Now?

Michael D Higgins Student Council ID

President Michael D. Higgins

Through the Lens

15 - 27 July 2025

Music

Josephine Foster

Josephine Foster

Music

The Magic Numbers1

The Magic Numbers

Circus
Free

Six

SIX°

16 - 17 July 2025

Talks
Free

Vinyl hours 3

Vinyl Hours

16 - 26 July 2025

Joan Sugrue Gold Shift

Joan Sugrue

Gold Shift

16 - 27 July 2025

Silent Disco

Silent Disco Walking Tours

16 - 27 July 2025

Music

Bernard Butler

Bernard Butler

Music

BIIRD

BIIRD

Music

Traditional Music Showcases

Traditional Music Showcases

17 - 26 July 2025

Comedy

Al Murray The Pub Landlord

Al Murray

The Pub Landlord

Music

Biig Piig

Biig Piig

Music

Phil Taggarts Evolution of Disco

Phil Taggart’s The Evolution of Disco

Music

The Blades

The Blades

Microcosmos

Microcosmos

les Insectes Fantastiques

18 - 19 July 2025

Talks

Eman Mohammed A Witness with a Choice

A Witness with a Choice

Talks

Autism and Talent

Autism and Talent

Talks

Double edged Sword Photo Stephen Shannin

Double-edged Sword

Visual Arts

Eman Mohammed A Witness with a Choice

Eman Mohammed

What Lies Beneath the Rubble

Talks

Trump 1

Malignant Narcissism in the White House

Talks

Speaking Truth to Power

Speaking Truth to Power

Music

The Frank and Walters

The Frank and Walters

Acoustic Set

Talks

Ukraine Mother and Child

What is Happening in Ukraine

Dating Amber

Dating Amber

19 - 20 July 2025

Music

Villagers

Villagers

Acoustic Set

19 - 20 July 2025

Talks

Toxic Masculinity Photo IIIEVGENLY

Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity

Talks

Roisin Ingle Photo Alan Betson kindness in our health service

Kindness in our Health Service

Music

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Kingfishr

Music

Notify

Notify

Music

Novalima

Novalima

Music

GURRIERS PRESS SHOT 2024 credit Grayce Leonard

Gurriers

Theatre

The cave main image

The Cave

22 - 26 July 2025

Music

Mary Coughlan

Mary Coughlan

40th Anniversary Greatest Hits Show
with very special guests

Music

Soda Blonde

Soda Blonde

Music

Glasshouse High Res

Glasshouse presents The Velvet Underground

Music

Maverick Sabre

Maverick Sabre

Comedy

Aoife Dunne Good Grief

Aoife Dunne

Good Grief

24 - 25 July 2025

Music

<p>A Lazarus Soul</p>

A Lazarus Soul

Music

Houseplants press shot Christian Tierney

HousePlants

Mars

Mars

25 - 27 July 2025

Talks

Conspiracy theories

Conspiracy Theories

Talks

Irish Food its Joys and Malcontents

Irish Food, its Joys and Malcontents

Music

Shark School

Shark School

with girlfriend and guests

Talks

The Man who saved an Irish Rain Forest

The Man who saved an Irish Rain Forest

Talks

Where Did They Draw the Line

Where Did They Draw the Line?

The House Must Win

The House Must Win

26 - 27 July 2025

Talks

COPE at 60

COPE @ 60

Music

Oisin Leech

Oisín Leech

Music

Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson

Talks

Sea Swimming

Sea Swimming

Music

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Amble

Music

Sophie Ellis Baxter Natasha Bedingfield banner 25

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

with very special guest

Natasha Bedingfield

Music

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Block Rockin Beats

Music

The Mary Wallopers

The Mary Wallopers

Music

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Picture This

21 - 22 July 2025