Opera in the Open is an initiative of Dublin City Council that presents live performances of operatic work in the open air in Dublin City Centre. The annual opera season is taking place on 7, 14, 21 & 28 August in the Amphitheatre at the Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. Each opera performance is presented in an abridged format, narrated in English, and lasts one hour, fitting perfectly into the lunchtime slot from 1 to 2pm. Attendance is completely free of charge, and all are welcome! The Amphitheatre features a raised stage, seating areas, and grassy verges

The Department of Music at Trinity College Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and the Trinity Long Room Hub are delighted to announce the international conference and collaborative symposium, “The Expansive Canvas: Large-Scale Form in the Music of 19th-Century Women Composers” which will take place in Dublin, Ireland on 26–28 August 2025. The Expansive Canvas is a three-day international conference and celebration of music by women composers in the long nineteenth century. While the symposium will unfold in lecture halls, recital rooms, and digital spaces, we also want to exten

Make your Gallery visits more fun and engaging with curious questions and creative storytelling! In this tour we use easy exercises and improv games that explore how we look at, speak about and interact with art in a variety of ways. Join Marise de Grip from Active Social Connections to learn how to have conversations about art, to think outside the box and appreciate different perspectives. Anyone interested in art, creative thinking or public speaking is welcome to attend. No experience is required. Meet your tour guide in our Millennium Wing Information Desk, near our Millennium Wing

After sold-out performances all around the world, DroneArt Show is lighting up the sky in Dublin! As night falls, hundreds of illuminated drones take off and create stunning shapes in the sky, moving in time with live classical music. Choreographed perfectly to the music, this open-air concert paints the night with light, color, and wonder, a true concert in the sky. Highlights 🌟 A world-renowned drone show featuring hundreds of synchronized drones 🌌 Dazzling aerial choreography transforms the night sky into a canvas of stars, flowers, and more! 🔥 A unique setting that enhanc

Hazel is a young Irish artist based in London - originally from Co. Meath and only 27 she is now making waves in London following her MA in Chelsea College of Arts & NCAD. As well as being selected for the recent ICA young New Contemporaries Hazel is a champion for Irish Art from her piers having recently curated a show of young Irish art in abandoned offices in central London. Her work has also been featured in Good Eye Projects, Saatchi Gallery, London and Irish Art Now, Irish Embassy, London (both 2025) and solo shows at The LAB, Dublin, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan. In short, she is a real

A NEW play about love, memory and the romance of parenting. Synapses is a fast-paced comedy drama where two young parents try to mine the past for the key to their future. Mike and Emily have separated for a year and are constantly rowing about money, access and parenting styles. They can't go on like this. One fateful afternoon, for the sake of their young son, they try to find a better way. It all goes wrong, it all goes right and a little electrical fault spins them (and us) back and forth in time in search of the truth.