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Call in to studio 468 in St Andrew’s Community Centre to find out more about Aaron Sunderland Carey and his collaboration with Rialto Youth Project. Aaron has been awarded Common Ground’s Collective Futures residency from January – July 2025 in collaboration with Rialto Youth Project. This collaborative arts process & project, An Uile Dhuine will […]

Join us for a brilliant evening of great music in a relaxed atmosphere! Wonderful original songs from across the genres Saturday June 21st, 7pm to 10pm Free Entry at door or Free tickets can be gotten at Eventbrite

Come along and listen to a wonderful afternoon session of Traditional music and song hosted by Mairéad O’ Donnell on fiddle and vocals, multi-instrumentalist Tara Finn on uilleann pipes, concertina and flute and Paddy Buckenham on guitar. Together this trio have a vibrant sound and repertoire which is a delight for the ears. Sunday, June […]

You are cordially invited to the launch of the Rialto Community Arts Festival Thursday May 8th in The Circular Bar, Rialto, 8pm – 9pm as part of the “Culture Date with Dublin 8” programme. It will be headed by two talented locals, Chris Connolly (personal trainer/influencer) and songwriter Luke Clerkin will perform from his stunning […]

Come and join us on April 28th, at 8pm in the Circular Pub, as we hold a fundraising table quiz. All Proceeds go towards ensuring that we’re able to pay artists and performers during the festival, and to ensure that we can put on the best shows possible. Tickets are available at https://bit.ly/rcafquiz2025 or you […]

Check out the first ever Rialto Community Arts Festival This week, Dublin 8 welcomes a new community-driven arts festival. It aims to shine a light on the area’s wealth of talent, which includes poets, musicians, artists and community film-makers. Centre, the F2 Centre and some local businesses.   There will be poetry event (Viva Palestine), film […]

During the Regeneration at Fatima Mansions the social housing was first to be built. The balcony of Gemma McKenna’s new apartment presented the perfect opportunity for photo panoramas of the ongoing build to be recorded from. Today Gemma has lived and worked in this community for 38 years and this exhibition includes sometimes hard, sometimes fantastic memories […]

A film made by Fatima’s Women’s Education Group. Based on the stories and history of Fatima Mansions from 1949 to the mid 1990’s The group engaged in process call Dig Where You Stand, which was a framework designed and used by the Labour History Museum to gather the stories of women employed in the labour […]

A lively performance of classic hits and local ballads by Joe Kavanagh and his array of stringed instruments in Dolphin House Community Centre on June 20th at 1pm