The ever-popular Macnas closed the festival with a spectacular parade through Dublin's North East Inner City.
The ever-popular Macnas closed the festival with a spectacular parade through Dublin's North East Inner City.
The ever-popular Macnas closed the festival with a spectacular parade through Dublin's North East Inner City.
The ever-popular Macnas closed the festival with a spectacular parade through Dublin's North East Inner City.
The ever-popular Macnas closed the festival with a spectacular parade through Dublin's North East Inner City.
An evening of Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland: Audiences crossed the threshold into the elegant grandeur of No.1 Merrion Square, once home to revolutionary thinker, salon host and a legendary voice in 19th century Irish literature, Lady Jane “Speranza” Wilde.
Blind Fear: Audio Horror in Total Darkness" An evening of grisly storytelling awaits at Blind Fear, devised and performed by artists with sight loss.
Blind Fear: Audio Horror in Total Darkness: An evening of grisly storytelling awaits at Blind Fear, devised and performed by artists with sight loss.
Donal Fallon's Tour of Mount Jerome: Historian, author and host of the ever-popular Three Castles Burning podcast, Donal Fallon leads 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.
A firm family favourite, Dracula’s Disco features Count Dracula’s resident DJ spinning the decks at this spooky disco for ages 5 +.
A firm family favourite, Dracula’s Disco features Count Dracula’s resident DJ spinning the decks at this spooky disco for ages 5 +.
Following the sold-out successes of Dracula: A Journey into Darkness and Dracula: Lucy’s Passion, audiences were invited to descend deeper into Dracula’s darkness for the final, thrilling instalment in this epic trilogy of staged readings at Dracula: The Hunt
Kwaidan: This unique event, fresh from its world premiere at World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, brought four of Lafcadio Hearn’s beloved ghost stories to life with a specially-commissioned new live score, composed by Matthew Nolan at the National Concert Hall.
Kwaidan: This unique event, fresh from its world premiere at World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, brought four of Lafcadio Hearn’s beloved ghost stories to life with a specially-commissioned new live score, composed by Matthew Nolan at the National Concert Hall.
At Marsh's Library, visitors were brought on a special tour highlighting the supernatural tales associated with the Library Stoker visited when researching Dracula.
The National Library of Ireland brought people on a walking tour of locations associated with Stoker and Victorian superstitions.
The National Library of Ireland brought people on a walking tour of locations associated with Stoker and Victorian superstitions.
Across four different tours, Original Dublin highlighted some of the city's best scary, spooky and supernatural histories.
SCANRA was an immersive night of music, myth and storytelling unearthing the ancient Irish origins of Samhain through the voices and visions of contemporary creators.
Schola Hyberniae’s “Songs of the Spirits: East Meets West.” was inspired by the ancient rituals of Oíche Shamhna and Japan’s Festival of Obon, in performances exploring and celebrating the universal human desire to honour and remember the dead.
Schola Hyberniae’s “Songs of the Spirits: East Meets West.” was inspired by the ancient rituals of Oíche Shamhna and Japan’s Festival of Obon, in performances exploring and celebrating the universal human desire to honour and remember the dead.
Boland's Mills played host to a very special evening of storytelling at Seanchoiche.
Boland's Mills played host to a very special evening of storytelling at Seanchoiche.
The ever popular Stokerland welcomed thousands of people to St. Patrick's Park for a Victorian pop-up fun park, with entertainment for little monsters of all ages.
The ever popular Stokerland welcomed thousands of people to St. Patrick's Park for a Victorian pop-up fun park, with entertainment for little monsters of all ages.
The ever popular Stokerland welcomed thousands of people to St. Patrick's Park for a Victorian pop-up fun park, with entertainment for little monsters of all ages.
The ever popular Stokerland welcomed thousands of people to St. Patrick's Park for a Victorian pop-up fun park, with entertainment for little monsters of all ages.
The ever popular Stokerland welcomed thousands of people to St. Patrick's Park for a Victorian pop-up fun park, with entertainment for little monsters of all ages.
The ever popular Stokerland welcomed thousands of people to St. Patrick's Park for a Victorian pop-up fun park, with entertainment for little monsters of all ages.
Will Seaward’s legendary, high-gothic, critically-acclaimed, utterly fiendish and very, very very silly horror storytelling show rose from the grave in a brand-new, vampire-themed incarnation made especially for this year's festival.
At Wunderkammer, audiences were invited to step inside Dublin’s weirdest new attraction (The Museum of Curiosities) for an evening of unhinged storytelling, surreal performance and unsettling encounters in the dark corners of the Museum of Curiosities.
At Wunderkammer, audiences were invited to step inside Dublin’s weirdest new attraction (The Museum of Curiosities) for an evening of unhinged storytelling, surreal performance and unsettling encounters in the dark corners of the Museum of Curiosities.
At Wunderkammer, audiences were invited to step inside Dublin’s weirdest new attraction (The Museum of Curiosities) for an evening of unhinged storytelling, surreal performance and unsettling encounters in the dark corners of the Museum of Curiosities.
