What Awaits

Theatre

Stitch

Stitch explores our capacity to be both monster and maker and what happens when the lines between them blur

  • Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
  • Smock Alley Theatre Dublin Municipal Theatre
  • €20
Tickets Available from 12 October
Storytelling Theatre

Petrified Live

Celebrate five series of fright as the hugely-popular podcast presents a brand-new horror story pulled from beyond the grave

  • Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
  • Project Arts Centre
  • €22 Full Price / €20 Concession
Tickets Available from 12 October
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – DIY Bat Wings

Cut, shape and bring old materials to life just in time for Hallowe’en Night

  • Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
  • The Digital Depot
  • €10
Tickets
Stoker In-Depth Tours

The Bram Stoker Walking Tour Of Dublin

Journey back in time to Bram Stoker's Dublin and see where he worked and lived plus the places he knew best.

  • Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
  • Central Plaza
  • €15 + €1 booking fee
Tickets Available from 12 October
Tours

The Dark Side Of Irish Mythology

Explore the more sinister side of Irish storytelling from frightening figures to the macabre underbelly of Victorian Dublin

  • Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
  • St. Patrick's Park
  • €15 + €1 booking fee
Tickets Available from 12 October
Tours

The Haunted Dublin Walking Tour

Uncover some of the city's best-kept secrets and forgotten corners.

  • Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
  • The Old Storehouse
  • €15 + €1 booking fee
Tickets Available from 12 October
Family Friendly Free Participate!

Stokerland

One of Dublin’s most-loved family events returns to St. Patrick’s Park

  • Sat 24–Mon 26 Oct
  • St. Patrick's Park
  • Free Event
Free Event, No Booking Required
Free Participate!

On the Hunt in the National Library

Part quiz/part guided research challenge, navigate the Library to find the answers you need before time runs out

  • Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
  • National Library of Ireland
  • FREE, but ticketed
Tickets Available from 14 October
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – DIY Animal Ears

Turn fabric scraps, offcuts and other reclaimed materials into your own set of wearable animal ears

  • Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
  • The Digital Depot
  • €10
Tickets
Stoker In-Depth Talks

Stoker on Stoker: Unearthing the Secrets of Dracula

Separating fact from fiction, Dacre Stoker will reveal the extraordinary depth of research behind the creation of Dracula

  • Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
  • Trinity College
  • €13 + €1 booking fee
Tickets Selling Fast
Stoker In-Depth Talks

Stoker on the Runway: The Gothic in Contemporary Fashion

Historian and fashion expert Laura Fitzachary reveals the surprising connections between Irish fashion, Bram Stoker and contemporary designers

  • Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
  • Trinity College
  • €13 + €1 booking fee
Tickets Selling Fast
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – DIY Animal Tail

Go classic with a cat, fox or wolf tail or forget the rule book and invent an entirely new creature of your own

  • Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
  • The Digital Depot
  • €10
Tickets
Family Friendly Free Participate!

Making Faces! Family Mask-Making Workshop

Inspired by objects in the Museum, explore colour, texture & techniques while making unique faces in the Creativity Hub

  • Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
  • National Museum of Ireland
  • Free Event. Drop in - no booking required
Free Event, No Booking Required
Literary Talks

Blood, Guts & Black Pudding

Author Kate Ryan chats with chef Andrew Rudd about the dying art of blood in Irish food

  • Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
  • Old Irish Times Building
  • €20 + €1 Booking Fee
Tickets
Family Friendly Free Participate!

Dracula’s Disco

For young zombies, ghosts and all music-loving little monsters - come in costume and do your own Dead Dance

  • Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
  • The Round Room at The Mansion House
  • Free, but ticketed
Tickets Coming Soon
Family Friendly Free Spectacle

Macnas Parade: Fiáin

Macnas returns with its spectacular parade in Dublin’s North East Inner City close to where Bram Stoker once lived

  • Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
  • Free
Free Event, No Booking Required
Free Stoker In-Depth Talks

Bram Stoker’s Influences: Jarlath Killeen in conversation with Jason McElligott

This discussion will reveal the mind and times of the man who left a global mark on the horror genre

  • Fri 23 Oct
  • National Library of Ireland
  • Free, but ticketed
Sold Out
Music Storytelling

The Museum of Curiosities presents: Senses

Dublin's strangest museum is transformed into a bizarre and immersive journey through the five senses

  • Fri 23–Sun 25 Oct
  • Museum of Curiosities
  • €20 + €1 booking fee
Sold Out
Tours

Marsh’s by Candlelight

Hear the strange stories attached to Marsh’s over the centuries including the ghost said to haunt the second gallery

  • Fri 23–Sat 24 Oct
  • Marsh's Library
  • €20 + €1 Booking Fee
Sold Out
Free Stoker In-Depth Tours

In Stoker’s Footsteps: A National Library Walking Tour

See Dublin through a Stoker-shaped lens and discover the people and places that formed the world of the author

  • Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
  • National Library of Ireland
  • Free, but ticketed.
Sold Out
Family Friendly Free

Suitcase Stories – Nosferatu By Freda O’Byrne

Inspired by the 1922 silent horror film by F. W. Murnau, this tiny world adventure brings the classic tale of Nosferatu to life

  • Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
  • Charleville Mall Library
  • FREE, but ticketed
Sold Out
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – Gothic Tales

Using Stoker’s Dracula and the elegance of Victorian design, create your very own Paper Theatre Pop-Up

  • Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
  • 77 Camden Street Lower
  • €20
Sold Out
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – Prints After Dark: A Gothic Lino Printing Workshop

What will you carve after dark? Get inspired by Bram Stoker, Victorian Dublin and the supernatural

  • Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
  • Create & Sip
  • €20
Sold Out
Night Bites Participate!

Night Bites – Make A Créatúr

A playful, beginner-friendly ceramics workshop inspired by Irish folklore and Samhain

  • Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
  • Throwing Shapes
  • €15
Sold Out
Free Talks

From The Sack ‘Em Ups to the Anatomy Act: Body Snatching in Dublin Graveyards

Hear the true stories of body snatching in Dublin and how the law brought an end to this morbid industry

  • Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
  • Green Street Courthouse
  • Free, but ticketed
Sold Out
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – Drink & Draw: Bram Stoker

As night falls create your own Bram Stoker inspired masterpiece in under two hours

  • Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
  • This Must Be The Place
  • €10
Sold Out
Tours

Donal Fallon’s Tour of Mount Jerome Cemetery

Historian and podcaster Donal Fallon leads a walking tour of one of Dublin’s most enduring square miles

  • Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
  • Mount Jerome Cemetery
  • €15 + €1 Booking Fee
Sold Out
Film

Dracula (1958) 4K Restoration

A rare chance to see the newly-restored director’s cut with long-lost footage returned for the first time in decades

  • Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
  • Light House Cinema
  • €13 full price / €10.50 concession
Sold Out
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – The Gothic Muse: A Victorian Life Drawing Experience

Step into a world of Victorian gothic glamour with two different life drawing experiences

  • Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
  • Flux Studios
  • €15 + €1.25 booking fee
Sold Out
Music Night Bites Storytelling

Scanra: The Bonfire

A spellbinding night of music, myth and storytelling unearthing the ancient Irish origins of Samhain

  • Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
  • Bewley's
  • €15 + €1 booking fee
Sold Out
Tours

Dublin’s Victorian Pubs – A Walking Tour with Donal Fallon

A very different way to explore the city that shaped Bram Stoker

  • Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
  • The Palace Bar
  • €20 + €1 Booking Fee
Sold Out
Night Bites Participate! Visual Art

Night Bites – Sip & Sculpt: Hallowe’en Edition

A creative night of pottery, drinks, music, interactive games and prizes at this BYOB art studio

  • Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
  • This Must Be The Place
  • €10 + €1.70 booking fee
Sold Out

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