A series of new additions to Temple Bar have been announced as part of the upcoming Summer Festival.
The city centre will the introduction of Dublin City’s only outdoor night market, a vintage pop-up cinema and a special open-air gallery over June, July and August, with a series of free events for families.
The introduction of a night market for three evenings last year was a great success and it has been decided to extend the run over 13 weeks this summer. The market will run each Thursday from 5 June to 28 August from 6pm to 10pm and visitors can browse the stalls to find an array of hand crafted jewellery, pottery, prints, wood crafts and artisan food. The Complex will also programme free live street entertainment each Thursday evening, including musicians, story tellers, magicians, comedians and circus acts.
Situated at the west end of Temple Bar, Copper Alley Laneway will be converted to a vintage outdoor cinema each Thursday night in June and July with two screenings of classic films with Irish connections. The vintage outdoor cinema will be hosted in a gazebo and each screening will feature a live performance. Entry fee is €5 and includes the film screening, homemade lemonades, popcorn and toffee apples. Films to be be shown including Vampyr (12 June), Nosferatu (19th June), Gulliver’s Travels (3 July) and Wilde Night (10 July).
OUTVASION is an open-air art gallery featuring some of Ireland’s best street and stencil art talent and curated by KEMP, the idea is to give the public much greater access to the work of the street artists and the processes and techniques involved. The artists will paint live on the streets of Temple Bar and the public will be able to witness how the work comes together and will have the opportunity to engage with the artists on a one- to-one level.
