On Saturday I took part in the Waterford Walls Tour of the Street Art installed during the Festival last week. Some of the pieces below are from previous Festivals, Waterford Walls is now in its fourth year. This was the second time that I visited this Festival and once again I was blown away by …
East Point Summer Festival
The East Point Business Park Summer Festival was held on the 4th of July this year, it was a very laid back, successful event with buskers, FM104, and The Irish Food Village providing the entertainment and lunch requirements to the workers in the park with Naked Juices to give out samples of their product. Belvedere …
Waterford Walls Project
Waterford Walls was a Street Art festival that has been held in Waterford for the last two years. The Festival was started in 2015, when 25 derelict buildings in Waterford were transformed with beautiful and provocative murals by renowned local and international artists. As soon as I found out about this Festival from the renowned Street …
IFI – Lovers & the Despot Q&A
The Final documentary on the last day of the Documentary Festival in the IFI was a screening of The Lovers and the Despot. I loved this film, it was my favourite of the three that I saw over the weekend. This is a new release in the cinemas and next year, it will be on …
IFI -Land of the Enlightened
Another film that featured at the IFI Documentary Festival was the 'Land of the enlightened'. This Q&A involved the Translator for the film as well as the film maker. It was great to hear a man from Afghanistan views on the film and the attitude of Irish people to Afghanistan.
IFI -Rocky Road to Dublin Q&A
The IFI held a sold out screening of 'Rocky Road to Dublin', as part of the Documentary Festival in September. The Q&A involved Blindboy from the Rubberbandits and Paul Duane to discuss this film. The conversation that followed was lively and thought provoking, as to how far Irish Society has come in 50 years. Blindboy was …
IFI – Mattress Men Q&A
Between the 22nd and 25th of September 2016, the IFI held their annual Documentary Festival. The opening night started with the Documentary "Mattress Men", which is centred around Mattress Mick, the Dublin mattress Shop. The IFI held a reception after the film showing and the following Q&A. If you get a chance to go to …
The Festival of Curiosity
The Festival of Curiosity is one of my favourite Festivals and ran from the 21st to the 24th of July. On the 23rd, I headed in to town to see what was happening with the Festival. Near Fishamble Street and Christchurch Cathedral I found the Curiosity Garden and Grandpals Picnic Area. There was a huge …
Dublin Maker
Dublin Maker was held in Merrion Square last Saturday. I always enjoy Maker Faire as I love to see creativity and science combine. Maker Festival's always manage to make Science fun, which is how it should be. As I wandered around the Park, I saw a diverse range of activities from paper craft, explanations of …
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