The Five Lamps Arts Festival 2016: Art, History and Culture Illuminated
In under one week, the Five Lamps Arts Festival will ignite again for its 9th successive year. We can expect that yet again this will be an exuberant celebration of arts and the people who make it possible! Dublin is a city full of artistic potential, overflowing with vats of creative wealth. Such a thing should […]
A Special Thanks to our 2016 Festival Volunteers!
Thanks from the festival to the following people who have made it happen; people from the locality, volunteers, Dublin City Council people, colleagues from Marino College of FE; Gisela Medeiros de Campos, Carol Fortunato, and Cormac O’Connell who have been volunteering with the festival for over a year, Andrew Choi, Alexandra Escobar, Joshua Horsono, Maia Kunkel, […]
Do You Know the Five Lamps? Mural Project
‘Do You Know the Five Lamps?’ mural was a project initiated by Eoghan Cleary and the young people of Swan Youth Services in the North East Inner City. Driven by their interest in cycling and graffiti murals, the group cycled around the city each week looking at different images they could draw upon for inspiration. They also organised […]
Be part of our next Festival
Since 2007 the Five Lamps Arts Festival has worked with the local community and with local, national and international artists to promote arts and music in Dublin north inner city. All this would not have been possible without the help of our wonderful volunteers. The Five Lamps Festival is looking for new talents. We need […]
“Madame de Markievicz on Trial” by Ann Matthews
Come check out “Madame de Markievicz on Trial”, a new play by Ann Matthews, from 21st April to 2nd May. Ann has been involved with the Five Lamps Arts Festival in the past so we are very happy to be supporting her new play!
Lepetitejournal.com previews the 2015 Five Lamps Festival
In its 4 March 2015 edition, online publication dedicated to French expats, lepetitjournal.com previews the 2015 Five Lamps Festival: CULTURE: The House Presents au Five Lamps Arts Festival Dans le cadre du Five Lamps Festival du 4 au 14 mars 2015, The House Presents anime 6 soirées au Annesley House. Qu’est ce que “The House […]
Monto Walk with Terry Fagan
A Walk back in time with Terry Fagan North Inner City Folklore Project. Story’s from around Dublin’s famous Red-Light district known as Monto. Hear the story’s of the famous Madams who ran the brothels, and of the women known as the “Poor Unfortunates” who walked the Streets of Monto and of the man Frank […]
Photos from the Brochure Launch
Music on your way to work!
Chamber music brought to you by the Five Lamps Arts Festival on your way to work.
Pia Dunne and The Eleusians
Pia Dunne released her Debut EP in May 2012 to much acclaim. Since then Pia Dunne and The Eleusians (feat Johnny Taylor piano, Tommy Moore bass and Aidan O’Donavan drums) have played to full houses in venues such as The Workman’s Club and Whelans. Pia was nominated for Best Female Artist, Best Unsigned Artist and […]
Plants and Soil in our City Gardens and Canal Banks
“Plants and Soil in our City Gardens and Canal Banks” is an art project with the Laurence O’Toole Senior Primary Girls and Boys Schools and artist Martina Galvin. It involves a series of workshops in school as well as field trips to The Dunne Street Community Garden and the Royal Canal. Art works created will be exhibited as part of the […]
Five Lamps Photos: An Exhibition of Community Photographs by Cormac O’Connell
This photography exhibition by Cormac O’Connell takes a look at life in the Five Lamps area of Dublin over the course of the last year.
North Strand Kontra Band supported by Locoswing
The North Strand Kontra Band was formed on the North side of Dublin in the Winter of 2005. They are an instrumental band that plays a mix of original and traditional material influenced predominantly by the music of Romania and Bulgaria. The band has played to critical acclaim in many of the leading venues and […]
Niamh Creely: Physical Narrative Workshop
Physical Narrative – how can the body tell a story? This workshop will explore how to refine and define gesture, minimalist narrative – how stories can be told with the barest of ingredients – and comic improvisation. The workshop is by writer and circus performer Niamh Creely of Ether Productions. You don’t need to be […]