The Dublin Fringe Festival returns this September for its 30th edition, running from Saturday, September 6, through Sunday, September 21.
Festival director Bee Sparks describes this year’s programme as highlighting “joy, community, brazen truths and blazing dance floors,” with work from artists known for “excellence, experimentation and dedication.”
The 2025 line-up is organized into seven thematic chapters:
- Éire Defining, exploring shifting views of Ireland
- Urgent Pleasure, evoking nightlife and club culture
- Radical Care, reflecting on self, community, and the environment
- This City, with Dublin as inspiration
- Play//Time, showcasing 12 new plays
- Craicing Up, devoted to improv, stand-up, and comedy
- Young Radicals, created with and for young audiences
The festival will stage 85 events and 492 performances in 36 venues, including outdoor and pop-up sites. Most are located in Temple Bar and central Dublin. More than 650 performers are scheduled, with most shows running about an hour.
Dublin Fringe Fest 2025 venues.
Genres represented include cabaret, circus, comedy, dance, theatre, visual art, drag, music, storytelling, and spoken word, among others.
Accessibility remains a focus: most venues are wheelchair-accessible, and some performances include Irish Sign Language interpretation or Relaxed Performances, which adapt lighting, sound, and atmosphere for audiences with sensory or developmental needs.
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Tickets are available online, with a Pay What You Can pilot scheme running on September 17 for selected evening shows. Demand is already strong, and several performances have sold out.
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In addition to the festival itself, the Fringe provides year-round support to artists through initiatives such as Fringe Lab.
The event is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Dublin City Council.
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