Dublin, Ireland 13–17 March 2020
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2020 Programme
Festival Village
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Sun
8:00 pm
TALKATIVES: Rhythm and Poetry Slam
Club Nights
Music
Sat
Sun
100 Views of Contemporary Ireland
Visual Art
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
10:00 am
Black Girl Magic
Visual Art
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
In The Footsteps of St. Patrick with Pat Liddy
Walks & Tours
Heritage
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
9:00 am
POSTPONED DATE TBC: Assemble
Visual Art
Fri
11:00 pm
POSTPONED DATE TBC: FESTIVAL AFTER DARK: Jessy Lanza
Club Nights
Music
Fri
Sat
Sun
POSTPONED DATE TBC: Alternating Current (3 days)
Music
Club Nights
Talks
Sat
7:30 pm
POSTPONED DATE TBC: Bronagh Gallagher with Special Guests
Music
Mon
8:00 pm
POSTPONED DATE TBC: The Dublin Story Spring Grand Slam 2020
Talks
Mon
Tue
8:00 pm
POSTPONED TBC: Dublin Gospel Choir plus guests Kitt Philippa & UMAN
Music
Sun
7:30 pm
POSTPONED TBC: Mount Alaska plus guests Slow Moving Clouds
Music
Fri
7:30 pm
POSTPONED SEPT: MO’OV’US ft. God Knows, Denise Chaila, Bantum & many more
Music
Sat
8:00 pm
Annie Mac, Kojaque, Soulé, Denise Chaila & Guests
Music
Sat
7:30 pm
SEODA: The Breath, Brìghde Chaimbeul with Aidan O’Rourke
Music
Traditional
Fri
8:15 pm
SEODA: Gruff Rhys & Richard Egan
Music
Mon
8:00 pm
James Joyce’s Pomes Penyeach with Special Guest Vocalist Lisa Hannigan
Music
Traditional
Sun
8:15 pm
This Is How We Fly with Iarla Ó Lionáird
Music
Traditional
Mon
8:00 pm
Colm Mac Con Iomaire with full band & guests Contempo Quartet
Music
Mon
Zero Zero: Crash Ensemble with Mango X MathMan
Music
Sat
Sun
Mon
12:00 pm
Ballad Tours with Seán Fitzgerald
Music
Traditional
Walks & Tours
Fri
7:30 pm
FINEST MINDS: Marian Richardson in conversation with Deirdre O’Kane
Music
Talks
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
11:00 am
Hidden Gems
Visual Art
Tue
12:00 pm
St. Patrick’s Festival Parade & Grandstands
Family
Sat
1:00 pm
Lavender Walk: Tour of Historic Gay Dublin
Walks & Tours
Sat
11:00 pm
FESTIVAL AFTER DARK: Mother
Music
Club Nights
Fri
1:00 pm
A Treasury of Irish Voices: Dave Fanning interviews broadcaster Brendan Balfe
Talks
Mon
8:00 pm
Irish Hip Hop Against Homelessness
Music
Sat
Roe & Céoil
Music
Sun
Mon
Tue
7:00 pm
Brewers Banquet Guinness Open Gate Brewery
Food
Fri
TREASURES OF IRISH FOOD: Sheanchaí & Superstitions
Food
Activities
Heritage
Traditional
Talks
Sun
TREASURES OF IRISH FOOD: Heritage Afternoon Tea
Food
Heritage
Family
Sat
10:30 am
TREASURES OF IRISH FOOD: Irish Potato Farm to Fork Experience
Food
Activities
Heritage
Family
Walks & Tours
Fri
7:00 pm
TREASURES OF IRISH FOOD: Irish Culinary Treasures Dining Experience in the Overends Kitchen
Food
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
10:30 am
TREASURES OF IRISH FOOD: Natural Treasure Trail
Food
Family
Walks & Tours
Heritage
Sun
10:30 am
TREASURES OF IRISH FOOD: Brown Bread Making Workshop
Food
Activities
Family
Heritage
Sun
11:00 am
Port to City Treasure Hunt
Family
Activities
Walks & Tours
Fri
7:30 pm
ABAIR: Ballymun. Landless & Annemarie Ní Churreáin
ABAIR Series
Heritage
Family
Traditional
Sat
11:00 am
Treasures and Triumphs Storytelling Workshop (7-12yrs)
Family
Sat
10:00 am
Treasures and Triumphs Storytelling Workshop (3-6yrs)
Family
Sun
2:00 pm
ABAIR in Conversation: Daoírí Farrell & Cathal Mc Connell, hosted by Ruth Smith
Talks
Traditional
ABAIR Series
Sat
3:00 pm
In Focus: Jennie Wyse Power
Heritage
Talks
Fri
6:30 pm
ABAIR: Treasures Lost & Stolen with Thomas McCarthy & Liz Weir
Talks
Traditional
ABAIR Series
Sun
InnerEar: An Afternoon Guide To Listening
Food
Talks
Sat
11:00 pm
FESTIVAL AFTER DARK: Daedelus, Brainfeeder
Club Nights
Music
Sat
11:00 pm
FESTIVAL AFTER DARK: Cáit (all night long)
Club Nights
Music
Sat
Sun
Mon
3:00 pm
Ballad Bus Tours with Seán Fitzgerald
Music
Traditional
Walks & Tours
Tue
3:00 pm
Céilí Mór (Festival Village)
Activities
Family
Music
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Where We Live 2020
Music
Theatre
Visual Art
Sat
6:30 pm
WHERE WE LIVE: Off Plan 2. Federico Juliàn Gonzàlez & Janet Moran | Tara Brandel & Nicholas Nwosu
Theatre
Fri
6:30 pm
WHERE WE LIVE: Off Plan 1. Veronica Dyas & Fionnuala Gygax
Theatre
Fri
11:00 am
WHERE WE LIVE: Landfall
Visual Art
Sun
8:00 pm
WHERE WE LIVE: Landfall Live
Visual Art
Music
Fri
Sat
8:30 pm
WHERE WE LIVE: SHIT by Patricia Cornelius
Theatre
Sun
WHERE WE LIVE: Leaving
Theatre
Visual Art
Sat
How to Attract an Alien to Earth: Visual Art Workshops with artist Jole Bortoli
Family
Sat
8:00 pm
Through the City Singing Trail - REIC (Bilingual Open Mic Night)
Walks & Tours
Traditional
Music
ABAIR Series
Sun
2:00 pm
Pageant on the Plaza: Ballymun
Family
ABAIR Series
Sat
Sun
Mon
2:00 pm
Dublin Famine Walking Tour
Walks & Tours
Heritage
Sat
1:00 pm
Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Spoken Word Poetry Trail
Walks & Tours
Heritage
Sun
12:00 pm
Festival 5K Road Race
Activities
Family
Sun
11:00 am
Sing Out Loud, A Choral Trail in The City
Walks & Tours
Activities
Family
Mon
2:00 pm
ABAIR In Conversation: Dáibhidh Stiúbhaird & Len Graham, hosted by Ruth Smith
Talks
Traditional
Music
ABAIR Series
Sun
9:00 pm
Through Dublin City - Singing Session Trail: The Night Before Larry Got Stretched
Walks & Tours
Traditional
ABAIR Series
Fri
9:00 am
Pathway to United Diaspora
Talks
Tue
6:00 pm
Seen & Heard ft. Brigid Mae Power, Rachael Lavelle, Lōwli & Anna Mullarkey
Music
Mon
9:00 pm
Through the City Singing Trail (Monday)
Walks & Tours
Traditional
Music
ABAIR Series
Fri
Mon
2:00 pm
Treasures of the Military Archive
Talks
Heritage
Sat
2:00 pm
ABAIR: Ballymun. Family Storytelling with Liz Weir
Family
Talks
ABAIR Series
Sat
9:00 pm
FESTIVAL AFTER DARK: Patchouli Brothers
Club Nights
Music
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
11:00 am
Frank Sweeney: All I Believe Happened there was Vision
Visual Art
Fri
Standing, Sitting, Lying Down with Sorca McGrath & Robbie Kitt
Visual Art
Music
Sat
Standing, Sitting, Lying Down: Various Artists (Saturday)
Visual Art
Music
Fri
9:00 pm
Through the City Singing Trail (Friday)
Walks & Tours
Traditional
Music
ABAIR Series
Sat
6:30 pm
ABAIR: Treasured Memories with Nuala Hayes & Doireann Glackin
Talks
Heritage
Music
ABAIR Series
Sat
8:30 pm
ABAIR: Ballymun. Dermot Bolger & Steo Wall
Talks
Music
Traditional
ABAIR Series
Sat
2:00 pm
ABAIR in Conversation: Landless & Rosie Stewart, hosted by Ruth Smith
Talks
ABAIR Series
Sat
2:00 pm
Treasures and Triumphs Illustration Workshop (8-13yrs)
Family
Mon
6:30 pm
ABAIR: Treasured People with Len Graham & Jack Lynch
Music
Talks
Traditional
ABAIR Series
Sun
6:30 pm
ABAIR: Treasured Places with Jack Lynch and Macdara Yeates
Talks
Traditional
Music
ABAIR Series
Sun
1:00 pm
ABAIR: Ballymun. Family Storytelling with Jack Lynch
Family
Heritage
Talks
Music
ABAIR Series
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
12:00 pm
Actual Reality Arcade (Festival Village)
Family
Activities
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
12:00 pm
Festival Village, Merrion Square
Activities
Family
Food
Irish Language
Music
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
12:00 pm
Friends Of Crusoe (Festival Village)
Family
Activities
Mon
12:00 pm
KILA & Cartoon Saloon (Festival Village)
Family
Mon
4:00 pm
KÍLA (Festival Village)
Family
Music
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
12:00 pm
SFI Exploration Dome (Festival Village)
Family
Activities
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
SFI Shows (Festival Village)
Family
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
11:00 am
City at Play Funfair
Family
Activities
Sat
12:00 pm
Treehouse (Festival Village)
Family
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Tumble Circus (Festival Village)
Family
Sat
1:30 pm
UNESCO (Festival Village)
Family
Activities
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