Sunday Events

Native Indian Tipi in BEP (Fri-Sun), Campfire on Saturday Night at 8.30pm, Sausage Sizzle & Whack-A-Mole on Sunday

The Culture Walk is a self guided showcase of the work of local artists, writers and performers. The work is on our website and each piece is pinned to a spot on our website map. To see the work you need to be at the pin location – so you will explore the area as you discover the work of the  artists. 

The Children’s Art Walk is a self guided showcase of the art, writing and performances of local children. The work on our website and each piece is pinned to a spot on the website map. To see the work you need to be at the pin location – so you will explore the area as you discover the work of our artists. 

Not so much an event – as a guide to all the events. The full list of events on the website map, allowing you to find what’s on near you, right now, in an hour or later in the day / weekend. Events can be filtered by category. 

This collaborative project between the National Museum and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, explores the craft and cultural history of cast weights made by the Akan peoples of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire for measuring gold dust.
Second-year students of Jewellery & Objects at NCAD made facsimile copies of selected weights from the Museum’s Ethnographic collection to develop their understanding of the lost-wax modelling techniques that were used by the Akan peoples.
Inspired by the Akan’s use of local proverbs in their figurative weights, the students selected proverbs from their own cultural context to inform their designs, which they cast in Sterling Silver. ​
The facsimile copies created by the students now form part of the Museum’s ‘handling collection’.

Discover an exciting new space – the Dead Zoo Lab – this summer at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7.
The Dead Zoo Lab at Collins Barracks offers members of the public an opportunity to explore, engage with and enjoy some of the most popular specimens from the natural history collection, as well as some specimens that haven’t been on display for many years, while the Natural History Museum on Merrion Street is closed for much needed conservation and refurbishment works.

At any one time approximately 1,300 objects will be on public display spanning entomology, geology, mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, and a wide variety of marine life.
The National Museum of Ireland has the world’s largest collection of Blaschka glass models of marine life. These beautiful, delicate glass models were created in the 19th century by world renowned glass artisan father and son team Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka using intricate techniques.

A selection of these treasures, some of which have not been on display for generations, are also on display now at the Dead Zoo Lab at Collins Barracks.

Live Music and Spoken Word

Draw on our walls , make your mark on Bismarck

Local residents are asked to print off the 1926 census for their house and put in their windows. People walking around the area can find out who lived in these houses.

Top quality burgers

Visit the local award-winning ‘Ashford Garden’… of special interest to fruit, vegetable and berry growers.

Off the beaten track at Lilliput Stores. Offering a special menu for the weekend of the festival, come get Patatas Bravas, Choripán and our famous House Spritz – for both sit in and take away. Take a minute away from the crowds of Manor St and grab a bite to eat up on Arbour Hill.

Trad music stage outside Hynes’ bar!

Get your Woof on at the 10th anniversary of Woofstock taking place on the Main Stage!

Registration at 10:45 at Stoneybatter Stone, Junction of Manor Street/Prussia Street.

Dog Parade at 11:30 from Stoneybatter Stone to the Main Stage.

Woofstock commences at 11:45 on the Main Stage.

Sign up below! 

Local Sichuan restaurant Hakkahan hosting a pop-up food stall in front of the premise. We will offer freshly prepared Chinese street food, including authentic Sichuan dishes, bringing a unique and high-quality culinary experience to the local community.

Food culture show

An annual tradition, laying the table on the street for the dinner! Now a beloved annual tradition, the Long Table is a highlight of the Stoneybatter Festival- Sunday lunch served on a beautifully laid table right in the heart of Manor Street. This is a set-menu event that begins promptly at 12pm, once the street is closed to traffic.

The menu is crafted around the best meal of the week, a Sunday roast, celebrating the height of summer and the best of Irish producers. Join us for seasonal flavours, shared plates, and a taste of community under the solstice sun.

Beat Box in the Batter is a unique collaboration between Smithfield Boxing Club and a collective of local artist, including musicians, singers and dancers, bringing together the energy of boxing and the creativity of the arts in one dynamic community showcase. The event will alternate between live artistic performances and demonstrations of boxing skill, discipline and movement, highlighting the powerful connection between sport and self-expression. All participating boxers are members of the club’s youth cohort, with several young athletes also stepping forward as performers, celebrating the talent, confidence and creativity thriving within our community.

Dublin Comic Jam host Katherine Foyle will be set up in front of Little Deer! Collaborative comic making and improvised sequential storytelling. Drop-in and add your panel to the ongoing story!

First come first serve! €10 per portrait! Philip Barrett is a comic artist, illustrator and designer originally from Co. Donegal.

Balloons & Sweets at the front of our office!

Grano’s Festa della Pasta, is a celebration of fresh handmade pasta. Grano pasta makers will be working outdoors throughout the day, giving visitors a chance to watch traditional Italian pasta being made by hand from start to finish. Then enjoy it at its freshest, cooked and served moments after it’s made.

Italian street food.

Pre-launch of Mexican food stall “Nixta Elemental Kitchen” at Pender’s Market.

Bringing the bold flavours of Mexican street food to Penders Market, our Fast Bites concept combines vibrant snacks, refreshing drinks, and interactive fun. We’ll serve loaded Dorilocos and chilli-packed crisps layered with bold toppings, perfect for quick festival eating. Alongside the food, guests can enjoy colourful “Aguitas Curativas,” inspired by traditional aguas frescas and ideal for summer crowds. Visitors can also join our daily 4pm Mexican “Lotería” game, bringing energy, culture, and community to the stall. To build excitement, our “First 30” giveaway rewards early customers with prizes, while Lotería winners enter for a chance to win 50% off one meal weekly for a year.

The Barbers Bar and The Fun Machine present Live Music for The Stoney batter Festival.

Live music from 2pm Saturday and 12pm Sunday.

Good tunes, good brews, good buddies.

Plus we’ve an excellent sun trap outside.

We’re delighted to welcome Marstra_ink back to Stoneybatter Festival this year for flash tattoos all weekend long. Drop in, choose from a selection of original flash designs, and get tattooed in a relaxed, friendly festival atmosphere.

Hynes’ Bar returns to the Stoney-batter Festival for their annual garden party, featuring a stacked two-day lineup with familiar names including, Fintan lalor Karl Guest, KT & Z, Echo Potential, Oisin Butler and Martina Keegan, alongside many others. Expect upbeat house, deep house and feel-good party vibes in the sun — a must for dance music lovers. Kicking off from 3pm each day until late.

Stoneybatter Music present our Bi-Annual Pop-Up selling Vinyl, Merch and Print’s featuring work from Local Musicians, Artists and Photographers in the Stoneybatter area. All monies go to each artist directly. A great opportunity to support Local Musician’s, Artists and Photographers.

We’re a community of LGBTQ+ musicians, singers, dancers and allies 🏳️‍🌈
Celebrating queer talent in Irish traditional music and dance. We will hold a trad music session open to all on Sunday of the festival.

“Out on the Batter” with DJs Dan Duffy and Maria Lawlor back-to-back, bringing all those festival vibes ON THE ROOF from 1-6pm and then we close the weekend by taking it all inside from 6pm-late!

Zumba is a fun energetic dance cardio fitness class incorporating international rhythms from around the globe suitable for all fitness levels it’s exercise in disguise 💃

Live music , comedy gigs , table quiz and dj. Beer Garden with woodfire pizza and BBQ all weekend

This guided LGBTQIA+ tour views the exhibitions through alternative lenses, bringing some hidden histories and perspectives to the fore. Focusing on objects and individuals from the 17th to the 21st century, the tour reveals a wide variety of identities, genders and sexualities along the way. While the tour is not a complete or comprehensive LGBTQIA+ history of the collection at Collins Barracks, we aim to highlight the rich diversity of lives and experiences on the island of Ireland across time through some of the objects on display. Spanning the establishment of the Barracks itself to Ireland’s passing of the Marriage Equality Referendum in 2015, highlights include the non-conformist chair by world renowned designer and architect Eileen Gray and artefacts belonging to some of the women of Ireland’s revolutionary period.

O’Mahony’s Centra is delighted to host our annual Spin The Wheel at the Stoneybatter Festival. Bring the whole family and spin the wheel for your chance to win a prize! We will be outside Centra from 2pm-3pm

Leo Clarke is a visual artist that has community involvement with primary schools and FLUX
studios. On Sunday he will be telling young learners the story of St Brigid’s cloak and then
aiding them in making the biggest cloak to cover all of the land! Come for coffee, dump the little ones on Leo and let them partake in the magic ✦✦

Arash Kazemi plays his unique fusion of classical / flamenco / bossa nova live.

First come first serve! €10 per portrait! Cartoonist Kat Foyle comes to Little Deer to draw your portrait!

Rise & Brine, it’s Crunch Time! Returning to the main Stoneybatter Festival Stage is a seriously big dill!

Stoneybatter Pride of Place presents Picklepalooza, the fourth year of this competitive pickle eating extravaganza. For this contest, you won’t be expected to gorge yourself on mountains of pickles, instead each round increases the intensity of brine and sourness culminating in a timed final round to determine who will be awarded the golden pickle, and declared the Stoneybatter Festival Picklepalooza champion for 2026!

The Dance Group of the Macedonian Cultural Association “Aristotle”, under the aegis of the Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Ireland, is delighted to participate in this community event this summer. Looking forward to present traditional Greek dances from various regions and provinces of Greece, the group will also invite at the end of the presentation anyone who wishes to try Greek dancing, to join them. We thank the Stoneybatter Festival for their kind invitation and hospitality.

4 special shows with top comedians and a one off drag show on the Sunday night. Daytime shows included

Everyone’s favourite excercise – watching people do push ups! Coach Kwafo will put the contestants through their paces and The Fitness Society are sponsoring fantastic prizes.

This guided LGBTQIA+ tour views the exhibitions through alternative lenses, bringing some hidden histories and perspectives to the fore. Focusing on objects and individuals from the 17th to the 21st century, the tour reveals a wide variety of identities, genders and sexualities along the way. While the tour is not a complete or comprehensive LGBTQIA+ history of the collection at Collins Barracks, we aim to highlight the rich diversity of lives and experiences on the island of Ireland across time through some of the objects on display. Spanning the establishment of the Barracks itself to Ireland’s passing of the Marriage Equality Referendum in 2015, highlights include the non-conformist chair by world renowned designer and architect Eileen Gray and artefacts belonging to some of the women of Ireland’s revolutionary period.

First come, first serve! €10 per portrait! Johnny Cigarette is an Irish cartoonist who like the idea of making a living submitting videos to “You’ve been framed!”

Open mic where members of The Writers Block will read some of their material and then invite audience members to read their own work – all welcome! Upstairs in the Glimmer Man

We’re a community of LGBTQ+ musicians, singers, dancers and allies 🏳️‍🌈
Celebrating queer talent in Irish traditional music and dance. We will hold a trad music session open to all on Sunday of the festival.

I Nomadi: Celebrating Italian-Irish Creativity
Films & Live Music – Light House Cinema Smithfield, Sunday June 21st, 6 – 715pm, €10

Including the premiere of The Piano Nomad short documentary (d. Luke McManus) and shorts from Luca Truffarelli, Cara Holmes, Alex Sapienza and more TBC

With special live performance by Antoni O’Breskey, Consuelo Breschi (Varo, Landless) and others TBC

Followed by prosecco afterparty

Italians have made a unique contribution to the cultural life of Dublin, not least in the worlds of film and music. This event celebrates the intersection of music, images and art with a programme of visually stunning short documentaries made with Italian creatives in Ireland, and a special live performance from the Piano Nomad himself, the celebrated Tuscan pianist Antony O’Breskey who celebrates 50 Years In Music this year.

This special event is brought to you as part of Stoneybatter Festival 2026, in collaboration with Istituto Centro Italiano di Dublino and Banco Bakery Stoneybatter

Tongue-in-cheek songs & stories, soulful folk/blues musical originals, vintage melodic vocals and guitar, meaningful lyrics about life and love.

StoneyBanter Comedy Club is transforming into a big ol gay cabaret for one night only! Come enjoy the best of drag queens & kings plus a burlesque chanteuse hosted by the infamous Stoneybatter alumni The Wild Geeze! After party with Paddy Fabulous spinning the finest floor fillers. Not to be missed!