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Make your own merch! In the spirit of sustainability bring your own t-shirt to print on or support the festival and buy a tote to print the fab RCAF logo on. Drop-in workshop facilitated by Visual Artist Susan Leen. (Ages 10+)

The Blocks Part Three is the final animated short film in the series made by Maureen, June, Janet, Margaret and Rose, the Step by Step Family Support group with facilitator Joanie Whyte and artists Gary Gowran and Sadhbh Lawlor. In coming to the end of the project, the group are eager to use this moment […]

WiggleRoom by @legroom.collective invites participants to explore how theatre can build connection. This workshop focuses on creating interactive and immersive moments, asking how we include audiences, what might alienate them, and what creates barriers to engagement. Participants will devise short scenes responding to identity, working as young people aged 18–30. They will explore how performance […]

THE DE VALERA WEARS PRADA presented by @noheadtheatre 1916. Éamon De Valera has just escaped prison in drag. American born, but the new ‘it girl’ on the Irish scene. This is the rags to riches tale of Ireland’s first Taoiseach and President, straight from the horse’s mouth. Find out what really happened between Dev and Micheal […]

A special recital by TU Dublin Conservatoire students. Pianist, Rosa Downey from Rialto and Cellist, Jeannine Guerrero perform a mixed programme of classical works by Bach, Haydn, Schubert, Elgar and more. Sunday, June 22nd St. Andrew’s Community Centre 5:30pm – 7:30pm Free Entry

The final day of the festival kicks off with a morning of Jazz in The Bird Flanagan Café. A mix of Ragtime, Americana and Gypsy Jazz with a talented quartet. Sunday, June 22nd 11:30am – 2pm

Long considered sacred to Ancient Ireland, the Summer Solstice (Midsummer) is celebrated by many different cultures. Join Tina McVeigh and Mairead O’Donnell as they lead a Solstice Ritual in St. Andrew’s garden. A Sound Bath follows the ritual, though places for that are limited and found on eventbrite.

Rialto has long been a melting pot of different cultures. Come and celebrate what makes Rialto so special with ‘One City Many Voices’. F2 Centre June 21st, 2pm – 4pm

Join Michelle Reed for a Storytelling Workshop in Studio 1 from 10:30am to 1:15pm as she instructs people on the best ways to structure storytelling. Saturday, June 21st. F2 Centre, Studio 1 10:30am – 1:15pm

Good time eclectic music, pop, jazz, trad and folk with special guests The Resistance Choir. Friday, June 20th The Other Hand Bar, The Circular Pub 9pm