Emporium: Where Art Meets a City Street
On Saturday, 19 April 2025, Emporium: Explore Where Art Meets a City Street transformed Parnell Street East, Dublin into a vibrant outdoor gallery and multicultural walking tour. Curated by Laragh Pittman, this unique event brought together members of the Art Nomads collective alongside invited artists including Roxana Manouchehri, Hina Khan, Leia Mocan, Amna Walayat, Ala […]
The Five Lamps Arts Festival Flash Fiction Competition
This competition is part of The Five Lamps Arts Festival 2025 This spring, the Five Lamps Arts Festival is inviting writers based in Ireland to submit their flash fiction stories of up to 500 words. Poet and fiction-writer Mary O’Donnell and poet Sara Ribeiro will be the judges of the competition. The overall winner will be awarded a €250 cash prize and their story will […]
Paddy – The Life & Times of Paddy Armstrong
This event is part of The Five Lamps Arts Festival 2025 Fifty years after his wrongful conviction, at the age of 74, Paddy is facing into his twilight years and wrestling with a thousand turbulent memories. In Paddy, he relives the journey that forever altered his destiny. A one-man show starring Don Wycherley as Paddy, the play […]
Bullied is returning for a limited two-week run
Following the sold-out success of BULLIED at the Sean O’Casey Theatre, and following the many requests to bring it back, the Dublin Touring Theatre in association with Five Lamps Arts Festival are delighted to announce another run of the play between the 11th and the 22nd of November at the same venue at the same time 11.00 am each morning. The play, which has been supported […]
Winners of the Social Enterprise Award
We are thrilled to be one of the Winners of the Social Enterprise Award by Inner City Enterprise and Dublin City Council.
Farewell to Michael Darragh Macauley
A few weeks ago, we bid farewell to Michael Darragh Macauley. After six years, he finished his role as Sports & Wellbeing Coordinator with the North East Inner City Initiative (NEIC) Here at The Five Lamps Arts Festival, we are incredibly grateful for all the support he has given us over the years. Michael’s dedication […]
We are shortlisted!
Kmend Arts Partnership category of the Business to Arts Awards 2024
COMUNIDADE Sports and Intercultural Activities Programme
We’re thrilled to announce the official launch of the COMUNIDADE Sports and Intercultural Programme, a dynamic partnership between the Five Lamps Arts Festival and the NEIC. The programme was launched as part of Dublin City Council Social Inclusion Week 2023 by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithí de Róiste. The Brazilian Ambassador in Ireland, Marcel Biato, was also present […]
BULLIED, play by Michael J. Harnett at Sean O’Casey Theatre this autumn
“BULLIED”, a play by Michael J. Harnett starring IFTA nominated actor Vinnie McCabe and Shauna Brennan is back this autumn in the Sean O’Casey Theatre. This incisive drama is about a sixteen-year-old who spends the mid-term break with Grandad, during which he discovers that the teenager is being bullied. After much coaxing, the girl reaches […]
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Help support The Five Lamps Arts Festival , we have set up a GoFundME campaign for the festival and we need your help to reach our target! Those familiar with the Five Lamps Arts Festival will know that we are a community based arts project striving to connect Dublin’s Inner City with the arts, in an affordable and […]
We Act Stories: Roisin Lonergan
Our very own Roisin Lonergan was featured on We Act Stories as the founder of The Five Lamps Arts Festival and this is her story.
The Noble Call back in the Irish Film Institute
The Noble Call, starring IFTA-nominated Vinnie McCabe and Noni Stapleton and written by Michael J. Harnett, is back for a showing at the Irish Film Institute
“BULLIED”, a play by Michael J. Harnett
“BULLIED”, a play by Michael J. Harnett starring IFTA-nominated actor of THE NOBLE CALL Vinnie McCabe and Áine Collier.