Dublin Fringe Festival

Dublin Fringe Festival 📌 6 - 21 Sept 2025 | Ireland’s largest annual multidisciplinary arts festival & year-round artist support organisation. Be here.
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https://linkin.bio/dublinfringefestival Dublin Fringe Festival is a curated, multi-disciplinary festival and year-round organisation focusing on new and innovative approaches to the arts. It supports the development and presentation of new work by Irish and International artists of vision, nurturing artistic ambition and excellence across a range of art forms. An active curator, the Festival provi

des an environment in which participating artists challenge, subvert and invigorate their disciplines and practice. Dublin Fringe Festival provides context for new work and demands audience engagement and dialogue. The scale and environment of the festival broadens arts participation, playing a vital role in the fabric of Dublin and Irish cultural life. For 16 days the festival transforms Dublin into an exposé of great creative talent from around the globe. It is a platform for the best new, emerging Irish arts companies and a showcase for the best contemporary theatre and dance shows touring internationally. For artists, the Fringe facilitates an opportunity to innovate, to cross disciplines and boundaries and to find new ways and places to create work. Dublin Fringe Festival, unlike many Fringes internationally, is a wholly curated festival seeking innovative and daring work that impacts, moves and invigorates its audience. Dublin Fringe Festival is core funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dublin City Council and Fáilte Ireland. Registered charity number: 20037772

THE SUN IS OUT AND WE ARE BUZZING - so come join us for Elevenses tomorrow! ⁠⁠An open, informal artist-first space hoste...
28/05/2026

THE SUN IS OUT AND WE ARE BUZZING - so come join us for Elevenses tomorrow! ⁠
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An open, informal artist-first space hosted by Dublin Fringe’s Programming Team. Drop in for coffee, conversation and a chance to connect with other artists and the Fringe team in a relaxed setting.⁠
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No booking needed, just buzz in at 11AM tomorrow to Fringe HQ on Sycamore Street.⁠
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Coffee kindly provided by ⁠
Accessibility note: Fringe HQ is accessed by stairs on

26/05/2026

🌟 VOLUNTEER AT DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2026 🌟

Want to get closer to Dublin’s arts scene this September?
Come volunteer with Dublin Fringe Festival and get stuck into 16 days of bold shows, have the craic with brilliant people and bring big festival energy to Dublin City.

Find your people.
Make brave art happen.
Bring the city to life.

You’ll meet artists, audiences and arts workers, gain hands-on festival experience, build your CV and get the chance to see selected shows for free.
No experience needed, just enthusiasm, reliability and a willingness to get involved.

Applications are open now via the link in bio.

DEADLINE: Friday 14 August, 11:59pm

We’ll also be hosting an online info session on Monday 10 August, where you can find out more about what volunteering involves and ask any questions.

20/05/2026

Recap time 🎬✨

A huge thank you to our partners for hosting an amazing Artist Open Day at Guinness Open Gate Brewery. A day packed with conversation, connection, and creative momentum — exactly what artist support should feel like.

Big love to our brilliant facilitators Matt Smyth and Jennie Moran (), and to for closing things out with a gorgeous work-in-progress performance.

Keep an eye on our socials and fringefest.com for upcoming artist support events.

✨MAY SPOTLIGHT✨We know the incredible work happening across the city doesn't just happen during festival season. Here’s ...
06/05/2026

✨MAY SPOTLIGHT✨
We know the incredible work happening across the city doesn't just happen during festival season. Here’s all the new work you don’t want to miss in May.

Want to be in the June Spotlight? If you have a show or event coming up, email [email protected] with your details to be featured.

The Q***r Cabaret Presents: An Evening with Avoca Reaction
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📆 24th May

ZIRKUS
🖌️.kollektiv
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📆 16th May

DEATH BISCUITS: Dance For Your Life
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📆 13-16 May

Lucky Dip Improv Jam
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📆 13th May

An Evening With Great Irish Writers
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📆 9th May

IVY
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📆 8th May

How May I Help You?
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📆 4-9 May

Friend-iversary
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📆 11-16 May

Pagoday (May 12, Liffey Trust Studios)
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📆 12th May

Salon Rógaire X ILFD
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📍Byzantium Tent at Merrion Square Park
📆 20th May

🎉Help make Dublin a home for artists this September🎉 ⁠⁠Join the Dublin Fringe Festival Digs List for 2026 and open your ...
16/04/2026

🎉Help make Dublin a home for artists this September🎉 ⁠
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Join the Dublin Fringe Festival Digs List for 2026 and open your door to a Fringe artist this September!⁠
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As accommodation costs in Dublin continue to rise, it has become increasingly difficult for our travelling artists to find an affordable place to stay in our fair city.⁠
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That's where you come in!⁠
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The Digs Lists is a helpful support we provide to our artists and friends of the festival each year to help them find a cheap room in Dublin. ⁠
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If you have a spare room to rent out this September, this a great way for you to support the arts and make a bit of cash! 💸⁠
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By joining the Digs List, your details will be shared only with programmed artists and trusted friends/supporters of Dublin Fringe Festival who are looking for accommodation during the festival period.⁠
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❗️To sign up, simply fill out a short form via the link in our bio and for more information, check out our website.

🚨We’re hiring: General Manager🚨⁠⁠Join Dublin Fringe Festival in a senior leadership role at the heart of one of Ireland’...
18/03/2026

🚨We’re hiring: General Manager🚨⁠
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Join Dublin Fringe Festival in a senior leadership role at the heart of one of Ireland’s leading multidisciplinary arts organisations.⁠
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Working closely with the Festival Director, the General Manager will play a key role in shaping the strategic, financial and operational future of Dublin Fringe Festival, supporting an ambitious annual festival, charity and a year-round organisation dedicated to artists and new work.⁠
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This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, strategic and experienced leader with strong financial and operational expertise, a collaborative approach, and a commitment to the arts.⁠
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The offer: ⁠
Full-time, two-year contract⁠
Salary: €47,000–€53,000⁠
Annual leave: 22 days’ pro rata, plus public holidays⁠
Flexibility for some remote working⁠
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📅Applications closing: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 5pm⁠
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🔗https://www.fringefest.com/news/dublin-fringe-festival-is-hiring-general-manager
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19/12/2025

🌱What is BREAK NEW GROUND and should you apply?🌱

Break New Ground is a creation bursary for artists who haven’t led a project at Dublin Fringe Festival before designed to remove barriers and help you take a bold step forward.

What you get:
💸 €4,750 bursary to create the work
🤝 €750 mentorship allocation
🏠 2 weeks in Fringe Lab Studio 1
🖥 1 week in the Fringe Lab Workstation
🎭 Mentorship from the Dublin Fringe team (artistic + practical)
🔧 Access to Fringe Lab equipment
🎟 Presentation of the completed work at Dublin Fringe Festival 2026

This could be for you if you’re:
• Creating your first full-length live performance
• Working across disciplines, or ready to try a new artform
• Experimenting with form, style or performance language
• An Irish artist or based in Ireland
• A practicing artist not in full-time education
You apply for Break New Ground through the Dublin Fringe Festival 2026 application form, just select it in the Additional Supports section and answer a few extra questions.

⏰ Deadline: 22 January 2026, 2pm (GMT)
🔗 Apply via the link in our bio
💬 Questions? Book a 1:1, email the programming team or join our in-person workshop on Thursday 8 January at Fringe HQ
Thinking of applying? Save this for later 💾
Know someone who should see this? Share it their way

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17/12/2025

🚨Applying for Dublin Fringe Festival 2026?🚨
Choosing between putting your work in your own venue or in a Fringe-assigned venue can feel like a big decision, and it really can shape how your show lives, grows and is supported.

In this quick guide, we break down the differences, what each option offers, and how to think about what’s right for your work!

Whether you’re applying for the first time or returning to Dublin Fringe Festival, it’s worth a watch, and a save for later.

🎭 Applications for Dublin Fringe Festival 2026 are now open
⏰ Deadline: 22 January 2026, 2pm (GMT)
🔗 Full details via the link in our bio

Got questions? We’re here, book a 1:1 in January or join our applications workshop.

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📷 Images taken from Dublin Fringe Festival Archive:
Joanne McNally Live - Joanne McNally, 2021. Hive City Legacy Dublin Chapter - Hot Brown Honey, 2022. Songs of Theys, Marian Mary the 6th, 2023. Looking For Paradise - LES 3 POINTS DE SUSPENSION, 2019. HotHouse - Carys D. Coburn with MALAPROP, 2023.

01/12/2025

✨Dublin Fringe Festival 2026 applications are open!✨

This year’s theme, Framework for Joy / Foundation for Resistance, invites artists to explore the space between protest and play.

We’re calling for bold, boundary-pushing new work across theatre, dance, comedy, live art, music, cabaret, drag, installation and interdisciplinary practice.

All experience levels welcome.

For 2026 we’re looking to expand our programme in the following areas: Site-specific • Visual art • Young audiences • Circus & aerial • Live music • Cabaret/drag/club • Interdisciplinary/live art.

If your work is gritty, shimmering, wild, tender or unclassifiable, we want to see it.

🔗 Read the full call out and find out how to apply via link in bio
⏰ Deadline: 22 January, 2pm (GMT)

14/10/2025

💛 We LOVE our neighbours 💛

A huge THANK YOU to the brilliant local businesses who kept our artists, staff & volunteers fuelled, caffeinated, and thriving throughout the festival with their amazing discounts. Your generosity makes a real difference and helps keep the Fringe spirit alive in the heart of Dublin. 🌟

Big love to:
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We couldn’t do it without you 🫶

If you’re a local business and want to get involved in our Neighbourhood Scheme - drop us a line, we’d love to hear from you!

Address

Sycamore Building, Sycamore Street, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar
Dublin
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Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

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