Freaky Flipbooks Workshop for Kids
Led by the award-winning team from Speak Broccoli, known for their expertise in stop-motion and flipbook animations, this session includes live demonstrations, easy-to-follow drawing guides, and engaging hands-on activities. All materials are provided, and kids will leave with their very own flipbook—a perfect keepsake from a spellbinding day! MORE INFO
An Extraordinary Bram Stoker Discovery (Worldwide Exclusive)
Earlier this year, Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival was approached by Brian Cleary, a lifelong Stoker enthusiast, about a discovery of major literary and historical significance relating to Bram Stoker that he had unearthed. We, along with historians, archivists and Stoker biographers were stunned and thrilled by his once-in-a-lifetime finding. MORE INFO
Donal Fallon's Tour of Mount Jerome Cemetery
If Glasnevin Cemetery tells the story of Irish independence, then Mount Jerome is the cemetery that captures Dublin’s Victorian Age. Join historian, author and host of the podcast Three Castles Burning Donal Fallon on this specially-commissioned walking tour of one of Dublin’s most fascinating square miles: eternal home to one of the finest collections of Victorian memorials, tombs, vaults and crypts in Ireland. MORE INFO
Who Did What Now? Podcast: The Victorians Ruined Everything - a 19th Century Guide to Mysticism and More
Join Katie Charlwood, the host of the history podcast Who Did What Now? on a journey through 19th-century Dublin to explore the mystical and macabre obsessions of the Victorian era. With more than 500,000 followers across social media, Katie is the perfect guide to this fascinating era. Katie will spill the tea on the Victorian fascinations with the occult, seances, and the unexplainably eerie. Dive into the shadowy corners of Victorian Dublin and uncover why seemingly everyone, from nobles to nannies, claimed to have encountered a ghost. MORE INFO
The Women of Bram Stoker's Life: Three Castles Burning Live
Bram Stoker's life and career was shaped by the strong women around him. Charlotte Stoker, his mother, raised him on folklore and stories of her own youth, while Speranza (Lady Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar) was a key influence in expanding on his knowledge of Ireland's folklore and mythology. MORE INFO
Voices of the Dead: Ancient Chant & Ritual Songs
Schola Hyberniae invite you to an evening of ancient chant, reviving haunting melodies that weave tales of life and death, the miraculous and the supernatural, heaven and hell. Drawing from the rich tradition of Gregorian chant and ancient Irish manuscripts, this performance brings our vibrant Irish cultural heritage to vivid life. MORE INFO
Ready for more dark, delicious treats across Dublin this October Bank Holiday weekend?
Tickets for free events requiring tickets will be available from Tuesday 1 October at 10am.
Among free events this year is a fire spectacle in Dublin Castle, an immersive art experience by Maser, a fascinating look at weird and wonderful court cases from Victorian Ireland in the Supreme Court and Dracula’s own DJ spinning decks for kids in the Round Room at the Mansion House… and lots more
