Bram Stoker Festival
- presented by the Dublin City Council
- Four Days & Nights of Deadly Adventures
- Friday 23 October – Monday 26 October 2026
Note – Road closures and parking restrictions on 26 Oct. see below.
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Macnas Parade: Fiáin
Mon 26 Oct
Macnas returns with its spectacular parade in Dublin’s North East Inner City close to where Bram Stoker once lived. Macnas Parade will involve road closures and parking suspensions in Dublin’s north inner city.
Dublin’s north inner city road closures as follows:
- North Great George’s Street: 17:00 on Sunday, 25 October until 22:00 on Monday, 26 October.
- Gardiner Place, Mountjoy Square North, Gardiner Street and Sean MacDermott Street: 18:30–20:30 on Monday, 26 October.
Surrounding streets will also be affected by traffic diversions.
Parking restrictions
Parking suspensions will be in place on the following streets from 06:00 – 22:00 on Monday, 26 October.
- North Great George’s Street
- Gardiner Place
- Mountjoy Square North & Mountjoy Square West
- Gardiner Street
- Sean MacDermott Street
Bram Stoker Festival Events include:
Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival : What’s On
- Stitch
- Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
- Stitch explores our capacity to be both monster and maker and what happens when the lines between them blur
- Smock Alley Theatre Dublin Municipal Theatre
- Storytelling Theatre
- Petrified Live
- Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
- Celebrate five series of fright as the hugely-popular podcast presents a brand-new horror story pulled from beyond the grave
- Project Arts Centre
- The Bram Stoker Walking Tour Of Dublin
- Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
- Journey back in time to Bram Stoker’s Dublin and see where he worked and lived plus the places he knew best.
- Central Plaza
- The Dark Side Of Irish Mythology
- Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
- Explore the more sinister side of Irish storytelling from frightening figures to the macabre underbelly of Victorian Dublin
- St. Patrick’s Park
- The Haunted Dublin Walking Tour
- Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
- Uncover some of the city’s best-kept secrets and forgotten corners.
- The Old Storehouse
- Stokerland
- Sat 24–Mon 26 Oct
- One of Dublin’s most-loved family events returns to St. Patrick’s Park
- St. Patrick’s Park
- On the Hunt in the National Library
- Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
- Part quiz/part guided research challenge, navigate the Library to find the answers you need before time runs out
- National Library of Ireland FREE, but ticketed
- Night Bites – DIY Animal Ears (Film)
- Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
- Turn fabric scraps, offcuts and other reclaimed materials into your own set of wearable animal ears
- The Digital Depot
- Dracula (1958) 4K Restoration
- Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
- A rare chance to see the newly-restored director’s cut with long-lost footage returned for the first time in decades
- Light House Cinema
- Stoker on Stoker: Unearthing the Secrets of Dracula
- Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
- Separating fact from fiction, Dacre Stoker will reveal the extraordinary depth of research behind the creation of Dracula
- Trinity College
- Stoker on the Runway: The Gothic in Contemporary Fashion
- Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
- Historian and fashion expert Laura Fitzachary reveals the surprising connections between Irish fashion, Bram Stoker and contemporary designers
- Trinity College
- Night Bites – DIY Animal Tail
- Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
- Go classic with a cat, fox or wolf tail or forget the rule book and invent an entirely new creature of your own
- The Digital Depot
- Making Faces! Family Mask-Making Workshop
- Sun 25–Sun 25 Oct
- Inspired by objects in the Museum, explore colour, texture & techniques while making unique faces in the Creativity Hub
- National Museum of Ireland
- Blood, Guts & Black Pudding
- Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
- Author Kate Ryan chats with chef Andrew Rudd about the dying art of blood in Irish food
- Old Irish Times Building
- Dracula’s Disco
- Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
- For young zombies, ghosts and all music-loving little monsters – come in costume and do your own Dead Dance
- The Round Room at The Mansion House
- Macnas Parade: Fiáin
- Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
- Macnas returns with its spectacular parade in Dublin’s North East Inner City close to where Bram Stoker once
- Bram Stoker’s Influences: Jarlath Killeen in conversation with Jason McElligott
- Fri 23 Oct
- This discussion will reveal the mind and times of the man who left a global mark on the horror genre
- National Library of Ireland
- The Museum of Curiosities presents: Senses
- Fri 23–Sun 25 Oct
- Dublin’s strangest museum is transformed into a bizarre and immersive journey through the five senses
- Museum of Curiosities
- Marsh’s by Candlelight
- Fri 23–Sat 24 Oct
- Hear the strange stories attached to Marsh’s over the centuries including the ghost said to haunt the second gallery
- Marsh’s Library
- In Stoker’s Footsteps: A National Library Walking Tour
- Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
- See Dublin through a Stoker-shaped lens and discover the people and places that formed the world of the author
- National Library of Ireland
- Suitcase Stories – Nosferatu By Freda O’Byrne
- Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
- Inspired by the 1922 silent horror film by F. W. Murnau, this tiny world adventure brings the classic tale of Nosferatu to life
- Charleville Mall Library
- Night Bites – Gothic Tales
- Fri 23–Mon 26 Oct
- Using Stoker’s Dracula and the elegance of Victorian design, create your very own Paper Theatre Pop-Up
- 77 Camden Street Lower
- Night Bites – DIY Bat Wings
- Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
- Cut, shape and bring old materials to life just in time for Hallowe’en Night
- The Digital Depot
- Night Bites – Prints After Dark: A Gothic Lino Printing Workshop
- Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
- What will you carve after dark? Get inspired by Bram Stoker, Victorian Dublin and the supernatural
- Create & Sip
- Night Bites – Make A Créatúr
- Fri 23–Fri 23 Oct
- A playful, beginner-friendly ceramics workshop inspired by Irish folklore and Samhain
- Throwing Shapes
- From The Sack ‘Em Ups to the Anatomy Act: Body Snatching in Dublin Graveyards
- Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
- Hear the true stories of body snatching in Dublin and how the law brought an end to this morbid industry
- Green Street Courthouse
- Night Bites – Drink & Draw: Bram Stoker
- Sat 24–Sat 24 Oct
- As night falls create your own Bram Stoker inspired masterpiece in under two hours
- This Must Be The Place
- 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
- 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
- Scanra: The Bonfire
- Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
- A spellbinding night of music, myth and storytelling unearthing the ancient Irish origins of Samhain
- Bewley’s
- Dublin’s Victorian Pubs – A Walking Tour with Donal Fallon
- Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
- A very different way to explore the city that shaped Bram Stoker
- The Palace Bar
- Night Bites – Sip & Sculpt: Hallowe’en Edition
- Mon 26–Mon 26 Oct
- A creative night of pottery, drinks, music, interactive games and prizes at this BYOB art studio
- Dublin Pottery Making Studio
