| New
Year’s Day |
Jan,
throughout the city |
| National
Book Fair |
Late
Jan, Royal Dublin Society |
Six
Nations Rugby
Tournament |
Feb-Apr,
Lansdowne Road Stadium |
Hennessy
Cognac Gold
Cup Chase |
mid-Feb,
Leopardstown Racecourse |
| St
Patrick’s Day Parade |
parades,
fireworks, carnival, ceilidh dancing,
17 Mar, throughout the city |
Feis
Ceoil classical
music festival |
last
two weeks Mar, 37 Molesworth
Street, Temple Bar |
Colours
Boat Race
rowing race |
first
weekend Apr, River Liffey between Trinity College and University
College Dublin |
Dublin
Film Festival
third week |
Apr,
various venues including the Savoy, the IFC and the Screen |
Heineken
Green
Energy Music Festival |
outdoor
concerts at Dublin Castle and smaller I indoor gigs at what
is rapidly emerging as a landmark event in the city’s
social calendar, May, Dublin Castle and various other venues |
Dublin
Garden
Festival |
late
May/early June, RDS, Ballsbridge |
| Bloomsday
Festival |
a
walk around the city in celebration of the life of James Joyce
as part of the annual Dublin Writers’ Festival,
walk starts at the James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great George’s
Street |
AIB
Music Festival
chamber music festival |
first
two weeks June, Georgian houses
throughout the city |
Dublin
International
Organ and Choral
Festival |
throughout
June, RDS, Ballsbridge |
| Music
in the Park |
June-
Aug lunchtime concerts, various city parks |
Temple
Bar Blues Fleadh
live blues festival |
third
weekend July, various venues in
Temple Bar |
| Dublin
Horse Show |
Aug
second week, Royal Dublin Society |
| The
Liffey Swim |
first
Sat in Sep, River Liffey |
All
Ireland Hurling
Festival |
second
Sun in Sep, Croke Park |
All
Ireland Gaelic
Football Fina |
fourth
Sun in Sep, Croke Park |
| Dublin
Jazz Festival |
mid-Sep,
various venues |
| Dublin
Horse Show |
Aug
second week, Royal Dublin Society |
Irish
Antique
Dealers Fair |
last
week Sep, Royal Dublin Society |
| Dublin
Fringe Festival |
annual
festival celebrating both Irish and world
theatre, as well as dance and comedy, Sep,
various venues |
| Dublin
Theatre Festival |
first
two weeks Oct, various venues |
Samhain
Halloween
Festival |
31
Oct, throughout the city |
| Dublin
City Marathon |
late
Oct, starts Leinster Street South and finishes
at Merrion Street West |
| National
Crafts Fair of Ireland |
mid-Dec,
Royal Dublin Society |
| Leopardstown
Races |
26-29
Dec annual horseracing event, Leopardstown |
