Dublin’s St Patrick’s Festival 2022 is back with a bang! Events will take place across the capital, and online, from March 16th to 20th 2022 to celebrate. With family fun and community spirit at the heart of every St Patrick’s Festival, this year you can enjoy a city fun fair and a festival quarter from March 16th to 20th, along with the main parade on Thursday March 17th.
Read on to discover some of the amazing family friendly events taking place over this 5 day celebration of Irish arts, culture and heritage.
St Patrick’s Festival 2022
Festival Quarter
Dates: March 17th to 20th, 12pm to 6pm daily
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
New for St Patrick’s Festival 2022 is Festival Quarter. Enjoy four free days, of family friendly events from theatre to live shows and giant games to a Céilí Mór.
Hosted in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks from March 17th to 2oth, Festival Quarter will be open from 12pm to 6pm daily. You are invited to come along with friends and family and immerse yourself in the many activities taking place. You can also enjoy connecting and relaxing in the Irish Food & Craft Village, where you can feast on diverse Irish cooking from some of Ireland’s best food trucks while you listen to sweet sounds from the Festival Quarter Bandstand.
Céilí Mór
Date: March 17th at 3.30pm
Location: Mainstage @ Festival Quarter, Collins Barracks
Céilí Mór is back! This free outdoor, bilingual, participative event celebrates traditional Irish dance, language and music.
If your dance steps are a little rusty, don’t worry, former Riverdancer and champion Irish step-dancer Dearbhla Lennon and her talented friends will be on hand to give basic instructions on some of the most well -known (and simple!) céilí dances.
Music will be provided by the legendary Shandrum Céilí Band and fun and laughter is guaranteed for all the family. Put the call out to friends and relatives and get down to the main stage in the festival quarter on Thursday 17th March at 3.30pm for some Shoe the Donkey or Walls of Limerick!
Mark The Science Guy
Dates: March 18th, 19th and 20th
Location: Spiegeltent Mór @ Festival Quarter, Collins Barracks
Expect whizzes, pops, booms and plenty of laughter when Mark the Science Guy hosts a fun-filled, energetic display of his favourite science experiments for the whole family to enjoy!
Guido Fanzini’s Thunderous Entertainment Haberdashery
Dates: March 19th at 1pm & 3pm and March 20th at 1pm
Location: Spiegeltent Mór @ Festival Quarter
Fanzini Productions presents Guido Fanzini and his Thunderous Entertainment Haberdashery, a 40 minute comedy circus show of pure fun, death defying stunts and general comic carry on!
Suitable for all ages, this is a free show but is seated and seats are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Little Gem Puppet Show
Date: March 19th at 12.30pm and 1.30pm
Location: Story Yurt @ Festival Quarter
Head to the Story Yurt for an interactive, bilingual family puppet show all about, an Bradán Feasa, the Salmon of Knowledge. Is it possible that there could be another one? Join Mamó to find out! This is a free event with entry on a first come, first served basis.
Actual Reality Arcade
Dates: March 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th from 12pm daily
Location: SPF Óg @ Festival Quarter, Collins Barracks
Challenge friends and family to a play off in the Actual Reality Arcade. It features 10 giant classic retro games including, an IRL Donkey Kong style challenge and a huge scale Whack a Mole, featuring a brave volunteer! Fun and laughs are guaranteed for both participants and the audience!
City Fun Fair
Dates: March 17th to 20th from 11am daily (12pm on Sunday 20th)
Location: Custom House Quay, Dublin City Centre
The city funfair is back for 2022. Watch the city light up and enjoy everything from waltzers to bumper cars and fast moving rides to ones that lift you high above the Liffey!
The St Patrick’s Day Parade
Date: March 17th from 12pm
Location: The Parade begins on Parnell Square and ends at St Stephen’s Green
After a two year absence, the St Patrick’s Day Parade is back for 2022. Winding through the streets of Dublin, hundreds of participants will entertain the crowds with music, art, theatre, dance and much more.
The theme of St Patrick’s Festival 2022 is Connections/Naisc and this will be reflected by the spectacular line up. So pick your spot along the route and be prepared to be entertained.
You can also get a bird’s eye view of all the action by booking a Grandstand ticket. And don’t worry if you can’t make it in person, this years St Patrick’s Day Parade will be broadcast live by RTÉ.
SPFTV 2022
Dates: March 16th to 20th
Location: Tune in online
Don’t miss out on any of the action from the St Patrick’s Festival 2022, as you can tune into SPF TV, which offers on-demand, free and globally accessible programmes and live streamed events daily.
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