– Púca festival returns with an extended programme and amazing locations
– For the first time Slane Castle will become a hub of mischief and magic this Samhain, the perfect experiential appetiser to an evening of comedy or live music in Trim or Drogheda
– Four festival hubs – Slane Castle, Athboy, Drogheda and Trim – play host to Ireland’s best established and up and coming names in music, comedy, performance and spectacle
– The walls of Trim Castle will come alive after dark and the grounds of Slane Castle will play host to breath-taking installations
– Drogheda will see a star line-up of award-winning musicians, world class comedians and internet sensations take to the stage
– In Athboy local pubs and restaurants come alive during Púca festival
Púca festival is a fun, otherworldly festival celebrating Ireland as the original birthplace of Halloween. In 2021 visitors from home and abroad will be welcomed back for a week of music and mythology, sideshows and standup, cabaret and cocktails, and everything else in between.
Vibrant and contemporary, yet strongly rooted in tradition, Púca festival will take place across County Meath and County Louth, from 23 – 31 October 2021 and for the first time Slane Castle is being added to the location lineup, alongside the existing festival hubs of Athboy, Trim and Drogheda, each steeped in Samhain legend and tradition.
Púca is typically a shape-shifting creature from Celtic folklore, a familiar character in Ireland’s narrative of Halloween, and in 2021 this mercurial spirit will turn the rock n’ roll surrounds of Slane Castle into a playground for the spirits.
As Samhain also marked the end of the harvest season, Púca festival embraces the enormous wealth and quality of the local produce on its doorstep, making food and drink another star in the show. From world class whisky, to award winning seafood, locally raised meat and natural honey, there is something to tickle every taste bud.
Púca festival has been developed by Fáilte Ireland (the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland), in partnership with Meath and Louth County Councils, to claim ownership of this internationally celebrated event and to tell the story of the origins of Samhain, or Halloween as it is now known, in Irish and Celtic traditions, with a view to encouraging more international visitors to visit Ireland during October and November. Púca festival is produced by the award-winning festivals and events company, Curated Place.
Orla Carroll, Director Product Development in Fáilte Ireland said: “We are excited to welcome visitors back to Púca Festival this October to celebrate Ireland as the birthplace of Halloween. Festivals play a key role in delivering brilliant visitor experiences and providing visitors with a unique reason to choose a destination and with a distinctive programme of events from music and spectacle to food, there is something for everyone this year at Púca.”
Dublin City Council’s Family Friendly Halloween Events
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Dublin City Council and Local Communities all over the city have organised a ghoulish programme of family friendly events for all ages to enjoy this Halloween.
Speaking about the Halloween events, Ardmhéara Mícheál MacDonncha said, “Halloween is an exciting time of year and to encourage young people to enjoy it safely, Dublin City Council organises family friendly events all around the capital. I encourage everyone to get involved in one of these organised events and to stay safe this Halloween. Attendance at these events increases year on year, while attendance at illegal bonfires is on a downward trend. Bí cúramach agus bainigí taitneamh as féile na Samhna.”
This new initiative in the Irishtown/Ringsend area connects the historic and cultural significance of ‘Oíche Samhna’ while providing fun, family friendly events for people of all ages to enjoy.
The programme will include a number of workshops on lantern making, stilt walking and juggling, musical gigs in local pubs, links with a ship in Grand Canal Dock and culminates in a very special Dockers and Demons Parade on October 31st which starts at Ringsend Community Centre at and ends on Thorncastle Street for a Halloween street party with music and entertainment, fortune tellers, fire eaters and fire artists, face painters, tricks and treats and much more.
Ballymun Otherworld Festival – October 31st
Get your zombie make up done in Ballymun Regional Youth Resource, Sillogue Road, from 4:00 p.m then come along to the Escape the Zombies Parade which starts at 5:30pm at the Aisling Project, Shangan Road, Ballymun D9.
The main event will take place from 6pm – 8:45pm on Ballymun Plaza and includes a circus gerbola, main stage events and music, trad tent, alternative tent, craft tent, Witches Brew Café, Pride of Place Café, kiddies rides, refreshments and a fireworks display at 8:30 p.m.
Finglas Fright Night Halloween Festival
The Annual Finglas Fright Night Halloween Festival will take place at the Civic Centre, Mellowes Road on Tuesday 31st October from 6pm to 9pm. All are welcome to attend this fun, safe, family event. This year we will have many attractions including the teenage terminator fun fair ride, mini roller coaster, cups, saucer and a carousel, magic show, bouncy castles, stalls and music by local bands and groups. The main attraction on the night will be the fireworks display.
The Cauldron of Smithfield – 31st October
The Cauldron of Smithfield is back! We have a very exciting addition – a new 300ft zipline and a daunting bungee jump for the bravest of participants along with the favourites from last year such as The Haunted House, the circus area, the Main Stage with some incredible performers, The Big Screen, Bouncy Castles, food stalls, face-painting and more. We’ve also got a new Silent-Disco tent and football freestylers coming this year and there will be even more opportunities to win prizes in our FIFA 18′, Just Dance & Singstar competitions on the big screen on Halloween Night!
The Big Scream
This event has been created by, and for the community, and is led by the Community and Youth Projects and Residents.
It brings the communities in Sheriff Street, Ballybough, Summerhill and Sean MacDermott Street areas together to create genuine alternative ways of celebrating Halloween in a safe and fun environment.
Among the many events which take place from October 26th – 31st are; playstation tournaments, a main stage with a mix of local, professional performers, bungee trampolines, world class street performers, best costume competitions and a haunted house.
Bram Stoker Park (Marino Crescent): ‘Bram Stoker Spooktacular’ interactive light and sound show with music and special effects on Monday 30th 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Donaghmede Park (Fireworks display): This will be run in with the Donaghmede Estate Residents Association in Donaghmede Park. Tuesday 31st at 6 p.m.
Kilbarrack (Fireworks display): This will be run in conjunction with the Kilbarrack Coast Community Programme (KCCP) and will take place at Roseglen Football Pitch Tuesday 31st at 7 p.m.
Edenmore Crescent Park: This will be run in conjunction with the Safety Association for Edenmore (SAFE) in Edenmore Park. Tuesday 31st at 8 p.m.
South East Area
Event
Venue
Date
Time
Terenure Halloween Market
Bushy Park
Oct 28th
11 am – 4 p.m
Sandymount Halloween Pumpkin & Scarecrow Festival
Sandymount Green
Oct 27th – 31st
Daily
Souls of Donnybrook
Donnybrook Plaza
Oct 29th & 31st
5 p.m – 8 p.m
Ballyfermot / Cherry Orchard
EVENT
VENUE
DATE
TIME
Puppet Show
Ballyfermot Library
Oct. 31st
11:30AM
Zombie Fun Run
Markievicz Park
Oct. 31st
11:30AM
Halloween Carn evil
Familibase Ballyfermot
Oct. 31st
3.00PM
Haunted House
Equine Centre, Cherry Orchard
Oct. 31st
4.30PM
Firework extravaganza
Cherry Orchard
Oct. 31st
6:15PM
Crumlin/Drimnagh
EVENT
VENUE
DATE
TIME
Fancy Dress Party for residents
in the Older persons complex
Stannaway Court
Oct 31st
2.00p.m
Zombie Fun Run
Brickfield Park
Oct. 31st
2:00PM
Puppet Show
Walkinstown Library
Oct. 31st
2:30PM
Magic show
Our Ladys Hall Mourne Road
Oct. 31st
5:00PM
Scare House
Dyce Club
St. John Bosco Youth Centre
St. John Bosco Youth Centre
Oct. 31st
Oct. 31st
6:00PM
8:00PM
South West Inner City Area
EVENT
VENUE
DATE
TIME
An evening of scary stories and classical music with harpist Sinead King followed by traditional Halloween colcannon and barn brack
St. Andrews Community Centre
South Circular Road, Rialto.
26/10/17
7.30PM-10PM
Halloween activities fancy dress, traditional games, and goody bags
School St FRC
School St. Dublin 8
Oct. 31st
3.30PM – 8PM
Halloween activities fancy dress, traditional games, and goody bags
Liberties After Schools
Oct. 31st
3.30PM – 7PM
Halloween activities fancy dress, traditional games, and goody bags
Oliver Bond Complex,
Bridgefoot St
Oct. 31st
3.30PM – 7PM
Halloween activities fancy dress, traditional games, and goody bags
Back of the Pipes – Flanagan’s Field
Rueben Street, Rialto.
Oct. 31st
3.30PM – 7PM
Halloween activities fancy dress, traditional games, and goody bags
Summer Street – Pimlico
Oct. 31st
3.30PM – 7PM
Halloween bingo for the older residents of Dolphin Park and Dolphin House
Dolphin Park
Oct 25th
2PM-5PM
Mid Term and Halloween activities for the children from the homework club a social event to engage the children to prevent anti social behaviour
Dolphin House
Oct. 31st
4 Days
The Rialto Youth Project will take young people on an offsite trip to view other options for Halloween and reduce anti-social behaviour
Rialto
Oct. 31st
Day long
AMAL Muslim Women’s group will hold a community clean up and celebrations on the Bank holiday Monday.
South Circular Road
Oct. 30th
Day long
Bram Stoker Festival 28th Oct. to 31st Oct. 2017
Dublin City Council & Fáilte Ireland Presents Bram Stoker Festival
This October Bank Holiday weekend Dublin is set to summon the supernatural as Bram Stoker Festival presents four days of Living Stories and four nights of Deadly Adventures in venues across the city from 27th – 30th October.
Sean Baker makes films on iPhones. Good films, really good films.
His first film, Tangerine, was shown at Sundance to huge acclaim, a tale of transgender, prostitution all turned into a very beautiful art form with a camera you can keep in your pocket.
Now he has made a new short film called Snowbird and it has been released on Kenzo.com. Vimeo and YouTube. Kenzo is a fashion label and they commissioned Baker to make the film.
Abbey Lee (she was in Mad Max: Fury Road, remember?) goes around trailer parks distributing cake. The film took less than a week to make and again was made on an iPhone (or a couple of iPhones to be honest)
Here is a flavour of the film but if you want to meet the man behind it then register here for RTÉ MoJoCon which takes place at the Aviva on 29 -30 April 2016.
Noel Curran, Director-General, RTÉ, commented: “Last year, RTÉ was at the very centre of the mojo world; we look forward to developing RTÉ Mojocon into a major fixture of the international conference scene and putting Dublin and Ireland firmly on the tech map. RTÉ has been pioneering the use of mobile phones as content creation tools for over four years now. Hundreds of journalists and staff in RTÉ have undertaken training and many have completed the advanced mobile multi-media master-class. The use of mobiles has been a huge catalyst in improving RTÉ’s range, quality and speed of coverage.”
The event organiser, Glen Mulcahy, Innovation Lead with RTÉ, has pioneered the use of smart-phones for content creation and he has trained over 1500 journalists in Ireland, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. in the techniques that will be explored at the event. The conference website is http://mojocon.rte.ie and tickets are on sale now.
