Dublin Fringe Festival – a curated, multidisciplinary arts festival and a year-round artist support organisation will take place from Saturday 7th to Sunday 22nd of September! The festival will host over 75 events while giving 520 performances in 29 venues, boasting 53 world premieres, 9 Irish premieres and 7 Dublin premieres. Over 500 artists are set to take over the city!
The festival, now in its 30th year, creates a framework for artistic risk, offering opportunities for artists to challenge and invigorate their practice, and extend the possibilities of what art can be. They seek out and present contemporary, playful and provocative new work made by Irish and international artists of vision in an annual celebration all over the city.
From form-busting theatre productions, electric dance performance, immersive installations to epic party nights out, every event is curated to ignite your mind and leave an indelible mark on your soul!
What’s On
The line up which will feature Iarla Ó Lionáird, Oscar-winning composer, Stephen Warbeck, and Róisín El Cherif.
Iarla Ó Lionáird, Mel Mercier, MÓNCKK, Dickie Beau and Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta will join forces for a musical and artistic reflection on the natural world in a time of climate crisis in Earth Sonnet; Theatre Lovett’s timeless non-verbal musical tragi-comedy.
Academy award winning composer Stephen Warbeck is billed to bring new music to the 30th Dublin Fringe Festival in a ground-breaking new family show, The Maestro and the Mosquita by writer and director Carmel Winters.
Also presented by Dublin Fringe Festival will be Galway-Palestinian artist Róisín El Cherif.
Irish composer BK Pepper will present his new work in collaboration with Italian AI visual artist Katsukokoiso in their show Pagan.
David Francis Moore, Festival Director at Dublin Fringe, says of this year’s programme: “For the past 30 years Dublin Fringe Festival has been driven by a love for the new, the now, the weird and the wonderful. This year, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary edition of the festival, we offer a vivid snapshot of our times and showcase an eclectic lineup of shows from some of today’s most exciting national and international artists.
“These performances resonate with the present moment, breaking boundaries, sparking conversations, and creating a space for communal catharsis” Moore says.
Concluding the director adds: “The festival promises audiences unique experiences that are both thought-provoking and entertaining. We invite audiences to immerse themselves in nights brimming with laughter, unexpected twists, and perhaps even a tear or two.”
Tickets
The Dublin Fringe Festival 2024 will run city-wide from September 7 – 22. The full programme is on sale now here or you can call the box office on 1800 374 643.
