Live podcasts, fleadhs and many more great events happening this weekend

Cork Podcast Festival

Until 27 August, Multiple locations around Cork city

Wrapping up a week-long celebration of the best and most captivating podcasts in Ireland with some sensational events, Cork Podcast Festival brings together a diverse lineup of thought-provoking shows, engaging discussions, comedy gold and intimate live recordings. Highlights include The Blindboy Podcast and The Catch Up with Louise McSharry on Saturday, and Off The Ball on Sunday.

Smithfield Fleadh

26&27 August, Smithfield Square, Dublin

Smithfield Fleadh is a two day outdoor family event celebrating Irish traditional music, with a programme showcasing the diversity and intergenerational of the musical genre, its legacy and emerging artists, through singing, dancing, discussions and workshops. This year’s performers include Pólca 4, Harp Ireland, Na Píobairí Uilleann, and a chance to join in to learn a few steps at a Sean-Nós dancing workshop.

Ukulele Hooley

26&27 August, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

Europe’s longest running ukulele festival returns to Dun Laoghaire for their twelfth year of celebrations. Taking place across three main locations — Eblana Avenue Festival HQ;
the Lighthouse Bar; and the dlr LexIcon — for concerts, workshops, and open mics. Open to everyone, of any level, highlights include jam sessions, a Bus Busk, and one hell of an afterparty.

Riverdance

All weekend, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

Twenty-five years on from the first time Riverdance the Show premiered at The Point Theatre, composer Bill Whelan has rerecorded his mesmerising soundtrack while producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan have completely reimagined the ground-breaking show with innovative and spectacular lighting, projection and stage designs with new costume designs by Joan Bergin, to create Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show.

Blach-a-thon

26&27 August, Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin

Blanchardstown Centre is inviting customers to a family fun weekend in aid of local charity Home-Start, a respite creche that has been supporting local families in the area for over 30 years. This event will be a heartwarming celebration of the local community and the wonderful work of the staff, volunteers, parents and children at Home-Start respite creche.

Bridesmaids: The Comedy Parody

27 August, Town Hall Theatre, Galway

Becky is the overly loyal Maid-of-Honour whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Sarah on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Things go awry as competition between Becky and Sarah’s new bestie Tiffany threatens to upend the wedding planning that has been in the making since primary school. Prepare yourselves for dance-offs, sing-offs and eventually shout-offs at the hen do of the year… held in a caravan.

Tola Vintage Kilo Sale

27 August, Tola Vintage, Dublin

Looking for your weekend shopping fix, without the climate guilt? Tola Vintage are hosting a kilo sale and there will quite literally be tonnes of gorgeous vintage garments for you to pick up for as little as €4. Entry is just €1, and the way it works is that your purchases will be weighed, with every kilo costing just €30. What can you get for a kilo? It could be as many as six shirts; a dress, three shirts and a jacket; jeans and two jumpers; the list goes on.

It Took a Century: Women Artists and the RHA

27 August, National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin

It took a century to elect the first woman artist, to elect the first woman President, and to achieve equitable representation in the membership. This National Gallery of Ireland/Royal Hibernian Academy collaboration showcases women’s membership of the RHA from the election in 1923 of the first woman member, Sarah Purser, to the first woman President, Abigail O’Brien, in 2018. As part of the RHA bicentenary celebrations, the exhibition combines an historic survey of the past 100 years together with a presentation of work by current woman members of the Academy.

Featured image via @nationalgalleryofireland on Instagram