Dublin Zoo is celebrating Halloween weekend with a spooktacular schedule of family fun activities, including themed magic shows, creepy crafts and ghoulish games, a special Spooky Trail, and much more! There will be a special offer for little ones in fancy dress, with free entry to Dublin Zoo for each child dressed in costume per full-paying adult
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There’s no better time of year for lovers of all things spooky, kooky, creepy and chilling as Halloween is approaching fast! The nights get darker, the winds of change begin to blow, bewitching scents of pumpkin spice, zesty orange and spicy cinnamon fill the air, and the forecast is strong for hocus pocus
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I’ve just been thinking how in the last decade or so we’ve seen the proliferation of a new Halloween culture that has almost become an event in its own right, sometimes starting in September! Perhaps it’s another American import – like the Big Mac! – who knows?
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Back in 1995 Dan O’Donohue created and scripted Dublin’s first GhostBus Tour for Dublin Bus. This is a double decker bus containing a specifically designed mobile ghost theatre on the upper deck, with a museum of all things macabre on the lower deck
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Whether you are a seasoned horror aficionado or a curious soul seeking thrilling new encounters, this list promises to deliver a selection of best movies to stream this Halloween season. So, gather your courage, dim the lights, and submerge yourself in our collection of nightmares.
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Heather Gray has been running art camps and classes in Rathmines for the last six years. Her amazing Halloween Comic Book Art Camp is a chance to discover the magic of comic books, creative drawing, and storytelling.
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David Bowie tribute band Heroes from Mars return to the Dublin hotspot to pay tribute to The Thin White Duke, and his 80’s classic, Labyrinth. Heroes From Mars are a Dublin based 5-piece band who have performed all the Bowie classics to sold out audiences and, after a two year pandemic enforced break, the band are pumped and raring to get onstage
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The Goethe-Institut Irland has launched an immersive (and free!) art exhibition called DÉAD, which invites visitors on an eyeopening journey into a vibrant world of darkness.
Running from September 22nd until October 27th, DÉAD (the Irish word for ‘set of teeth’) is inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s classic horror film, Nosferatu.
They whispered that her sister was a changeling but Orla knew that was a lie. She was in fact human, all too human as it transpired. But in this small town superstition still ran deep. Narrow minds. People clung to […]
Read more →Eoin Meegan Halloween is going to look very different this year in the teeth of a pandemic and with all the usual activities either cancelled or put online. So maybe it’s a good time to take a look at the […]
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