Music

The Next Chapter: 20 Years of Dublin Book Festival – BOOKED OUT Louise Kennedy, Jan Carson, Sue Rainsford and Sheila Armstrong in conversation with Róisín Ingle. With music from Laura Elizabeth Hughes
Wednesday 04th November @ 6:30 pm
  • DBF After Dark
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
  • Music
For this year’s special opening night, join us with The Women’s Podcast Book Club, from The Irish Times, to celebrate the extraordinary rise, diversity and influence of Irish women’s writing over the past two decades. From experimental fiction and magical realism to powerful stories of place, identity, history and contemporary Ireland, Irish women writers have transformed […]

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Young Ireland’s Musicians Pippa Molony and Ahmed, With Love in conversation with Dylan Murphy
Wednesday 04th November @ 8:00 pm
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Music
From pen to sound, how do words become music? Join two exciting emerging Irish artists, Pippa Molony and Ahmed, With Love, for a lively conversation about songwriting, creativity and finding your voice in a changing Ireland. They’ll share what happens behind the scenes, from the first line on the page to the finished track, and […]

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Músaem na nGréibhlí / The Museum of Curiosities Le Daithí Ó Muirí agus Fergus Kelly
Friday 06th November @ 7:00 pm
Museum of Curiosities
  • DBF After Dark
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
  • Music
Is áit iontach go deo é Músaem na nGréibhlí i mBaile Átha Cliath. Cathair ghríobháin dhá stór de dheismireáin, nithe scáfara agus scéalta ar leith. Tá a scéal féin ag gach rud; blúiríní béaloideasa, taismí leighis nó iarsmaí de chreidimh nach ann dóibh a thuilleadh. Sa léiriú seo, tá scéalta le Daithí Ó Muirí a […]

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Books Down, Mic Up! DBF After Dark Festival Club Karaoke
Friday 06th November @ 9:30 pm
  • DBF After Dark
  • Main Programme
  • Music
Put down the books and grab the mic! Join writers, readers and festival-goers for a gloriously un-literary night of karaoke, questionable song choices and plenty of laughs. Whether you’re a secret superstar or just here for the chorus, come sing, dance and let loose. No literary credentials required. Just bring your voice — and your […]

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Book Launch: Stay Winter – BOOKED OUT Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Sunday 08th November @ 4:45 pm
  • Launch
  • Main Programme
  • Music
  • Poetry
Join us as acclaimed poet Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe and virtuoso fiddle maestro Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh come together in an intimate performance on the closing evening of the Dublin Book Festival. This event celebrates the publication of Stay Winter (Faber & Faber), Eipe’s much-anticipated second collection, which conjures a compelling wintry realm, capturing the ‘thing of […]

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Off the Scéal Aoi Speisialta / Special Guest Louisa Ní Éideáin
Sunday 08th November @ 5:00 pm
Teeling Distillery
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
  • Music
  • Poetry
  • Spoken Word
Join us for a dynamic evening of performance and cultural expression. Off The Scéal is a Multilingual Open Mic and Seanachaí Night, aiming to bring people across communities together and build empathy through language and Art – be it storytelling, poetry, singing, or comedy.  Trí scéalaíocht, filíocht, ceol agus greann, cruthaíonn Off The Scéal spás […]

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