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Dublin City to come alive in spectacular style for New Year’s Festival Dublin
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THE COUNTDOWN IS ON….ONLY DAYS TO GO….
The countdown is on for New Year’s Festival Dublin - It’s the only place to be! Ring in 2024 with Ireland’s biggest New Year’s celebration and get ready to enjoy 4 days of celebrations across the city with over 40 acts set to perform across 3 iconic venues from 29 December 2023 through to 1 January 2024.
Ring in the New Year at the NYF Festival Quarter at National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks with a host of stellar performances set to take place across 3 stages over 3 days. On 29th December, headliners The Divine Comedy take to the stage with special guests The High Kings, Amble, All Tvvins, Lucy McWilliams, Big Sleep, Aonair and DJs Ed Smith, Sally Cinnamon & Kelly-Anne Byrne. Dec Pierce’s Block Rockin’ Beats headlines 30th December with Chasing Abbey, Ryan Mack, Jen Payne, HamSandwich, R.S.A.G, Sinead White, Chubby Cat and DJs Emma Power, Shelly Gray & Fergal D'Arcy also taking to the stage. The Scratch will ring in the New Year on 31 December with special guests Sharon Shannon, Gemma Dunleavy, Hermitage Green, Ispíní na hÉireann, Lemoncello, Anamoe Drive, Krea and DJs Nialler9, Claire Beck & Blood Donor (DJ set). Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster.ie.
On New Year’s Eve swing by NYF Festival hub on Capel Street, D1 from 6pm, enjoy the on-street vibe while having a bop and bevvy before ambling down to the NYF Festival Quarter in Collins Barracks to ring in the New Year with The Scratch , Sharon Shannon, Gemma Dunleavy and plenty other amazing Irish talent.
A host of free, family friendly events have also been announced. An extra event has just been added on December 30th at Dublin Castle due to phenomenal public demand. Hosted by Emma Power, a host of rising Irish artists including Tolü Makay, Robert Grace, Fia Moon, Rachel Mae Hannon and more will perform for family and friends of all ages from 4pm.This is a free non-ticket event. On New Year’s Day, you can hop between family-friendly concerts in Dublin Castle and Meeting House Square. Join the festivities at the New Year’s Day Concert in Dublin Castle with live performances from Jerry Fish, Dublin Gospel Choir, Code Of Behaviour & The New Brass Kings. Experience some of Ireland’s best traditional and folk musicians in Meeting House Square at the New Year’s Day Concert on 1 January 2024 with performances from Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O'Reilly, Dani Larkin, Niamh Bury and Sola. Both of these events are free, non-ticketed family friendly events.
Book your tickets now as some New Year’s Festival Dublin events in Dublin Castle on New Year’s Eve have already sold out. Lucky ticket holders will see Picture This headline the Countdown Concert and rising Irish artists Moncrieff, Lea Heart and Lucy Gaffney perform the family friendly Midnight Moment Matinee before taking to the stage as guests with Picture This for the evening show.
Visit http: http://www.nyfdublin.com/ and www.visitdublin.com for the full festival programme
New Year’s Festival Dublin - Programme Of Events
On Friday, December 29th - National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks
New Year’s celebrations kick-off at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins’ Barracks with live performances across three stages from headliners The Divine Comedy, with special guests The High Kings and Amble. Other acts just announced across the additional stages include All Tvvins, Lucy McWilliams, Big Sleep, Aonair and DJs Ed Smith, Sally Cinnamon & Kelly-Anne Byrne. Tickets from €39.90 including booking fee are on sale now. Over 18s event.
On Saturday, December 30th - Dublin Castle - FREE, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS
An extra event has just been added on December 30th at Dublin Castle due to phenomenal public demand. Hosted by Emma Power, a host of rising Irish artists including Tolü Makay, Robert Grace, Fia Moon, Rachel Mae Hannon and more will perform for family and friends of all ages from 4pm. This is a free non-ticket event.
On Saturday, December 30th - National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks
Celebrate on December 30th at the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks - with live performances across 3 stages from headliner Dec Pierce’s Block Rockin’ Beats and special guests Chasing Abbey, Ryan Mack, Jen Payne, HamSandwich, R.S.A.G, Sinead White, Chubby Cat and DJs Emma Power, Shelly Gray & Fergal D'Arcy. Tickets from €29.90 including booking fee on sale now. Over 18s event.
On Sunday, December 31st – Dublin Castle (Matinee and Countdown Concert) - SOLD OUT
Rising Irish artists Moncrieff, Lea Heart and Lucy Gaffney have been announced for the Midnight Moment Matinee on December 31st in Dublin Castle. Share a magical moment on New Year’s Eve together with family and friends at the very special earlier countdown event for all ages. Children will be enchanted as they ring in the new year in the stunning surroundings of Dublin Castle with some of Ireland’s best musicians. Tickets are now sold out.
Irish band Picture This will headline the Countdown Concert at Dublin Castle as part of the New Year’s Festival. The skies above Dublin Castle will light up with an aerial visual pyrotechnics show and singers Moncrieff and Lea Heart will also take to the stage as the opening acts. Tickets are now sold out.
On Sunday, December 31st – National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks
Ring in the New Year at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks with performances across three stages from headliners The Scratch, with special guests Sharon Shannon, Gemma Dunleavy and Hermitage Green and performances from Ispíní na hÉireann, Lemoncello, Anamoe Drive, Krea and DJs Nialler9, Claire Beck & Blood Donor (DJ set). Tickets from €29.90 including booking fee. Over 18s event. Tickets on sale now.
On Monday, January 1st - Dublin Castle and Meeting House Square - FREE, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS
After welcoming in the New Year, make it a full day of celebrations with family and friends and hop between concerts across two venues Dublin Castle and Meeting House Square. Join the festivities at the New Year’s Day Concert in Dublin Castle with live performances from Jerry Fish, Dublin Gospel Choir, Code Of Behaviour & The New Brass Kings. Experience some of Ireland’s best traditional and folk musicians in Meeting House Square at the New Year’s Day Concert on 1 January 2024 with performances from Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O'Reilly, Dani Larkin, Niamh Bury and Sola. Both of these events are free, non-ticketed family friendly events.
New Year’s Festival Dublin is a Fáilte Ireland initiative, produced and promoted by MCD Productions, in association with the Office of Public Works.
NYF Dublin is part of the Winter in Dublin Programme, an initiative of Failte Ireland.
*All events subject to licence.
Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural, and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland. Tourism is of critical importance to the national economy and to regional development and employment. Pre-COVID, the sector generated revenue of €7.5 billion annually and supported 260,000 jobs nationwide while contributing €1.7 billion to the Exchequer.
We work in partnership with Government, State agencies, local authorities, representative groups and industry, to develop tourism across Ireland by creating destination development plans and networks, investing in infrastructure, activities, visitor attractions and festivals.
Fáilte Ireland also provides consumer and buyer insights, mentoring, business supports and training programmes and buyer platforms to help tourism businesses innovate and grow. In addition, Fáilte Ireland supports Business Tourism, managing the bidding for and securing of larger conferences, meetings and events to be hosted in Ireland. We are also responsible for domestic holiday marketing across four regional experience brands: Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland’s Ancient East, Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and Dublin. Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, was established in 2003 to guide and promote tourism as a leading indigenous component of the Irish economy www.failteireland.ie
Part of Fáilte Ireland’s ‘Winter in Dublin’ programme, the New Year’s Festival aims to establish Dublin as a must-visit destination to celebrate New Year’s Eve. This year’s festival is expected to attract almost 50,000 domestic and international visitors to the capital city, driving an estimated €8 million in tourism revenue and additional economic activity.
The Office of Public Works (OPW) manages and maintains the most important of Ireland’s historic buildings and heritage. We take meticulous care of the 780 heritage sites in our charge and, at the 70 sites with visitor services, we work hard to present them to their best potential, making sure that we give visitors from Ireland and abroad the best experience we possibly can. Our sites range from Neolithic passage tombs, medieval churches and castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Palladian mansions, parks and gardens and monumental forts. As custodians of many of Ireland’s most iconic heritage sites, our role is to build a bridge between our past, present and future by connecting more people to the richness, diversity and inspiration that exist in our heritage.
Just a short walk from Trinity College, on the way to Christchurch, Dublin Castle is well situated for visiting on foot. The history of this city-centre site stretches back to the Viking Age and the castle itself was built in the thirteenth century. The building served as a military fortress, a prison, a treasury and courts of law. For 700 years, from 1204 until independence, it was the seat of English (and then British) rule in Ireland.
Rebuilt as the castle we now know between the seventeenth and twentieth century, Dublin Castle is now a government complex and an arena of state ceremony. The state apartments, undercroft, chapel royal, heritage centre and restaurant are open to visitors all year round. Plan your visit on www.heritageireland.ie.