Join various Fringe event hosts and participants

Date: Throughout the week leading to 21st September

Time: Day and Night!

Location: Baggotonia and Beyond!

In addition to core Baggotonia Festival events there are quite a number of additional ‘Fringe’ events taking place across the week leading to 21st September. These Fringe events are not specifically Baggotonia themed however they chime broadly with the Baggotonia Festival in terms of time and place. Culture Night Dublin taking place on Friday 20th September and there are a number of events of note right in the heart of Baggotonia. Baggotonia Festival is keen to encourage all such events and if you are hosting an event or you feel we have missed don’t hesitate to contact the Festival using the form below.

A list of Fringe events is provided below, in no particular order and with event links and contacts where they are available.

Firstly-up, a selection of the cornucopia of Culture Night events right in the heart of Baggotonia!

https://culturenight.ie/event/culture-night-at-mercy-international-centre/

https://culturenight.ie/event/book-in-a-bag/

https://culturenight.ie/event/jazz-italiano-classic-songs-reimagined-concert-by-trio-dolce-vita-in-jazz/

https://culturenight.ie/event/a-georgian-salon-evening-at-no-4-merrion-square/

https://culturenight.ie/event/virtual-guided-tour-on-michelangelos-doni-tondo/

https://culturenight.ie/event/guided-tours-of-the-national-gallery/

https://culturenight.ie/event/culture-night-at-moli/

https://culturenight.ie/event/turlough-hill-50th-birthday-bash/

https://culturenight.ie/event/merrion-square-artists-light-up/

Next-up, a variety of additional activities and all things Baggotonia!

Little Museum of Dublin, The Baggotonia Walk of Shame

https://www.baggotonia-festival.com/little-museum

Augmented Reality at Herbert Park with music/art app Yokai: Japanese Ghosts

Yōkai: Japanese Ghosts AR (2024) - Haunted Planet Studios, 12 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, Dublin, Ireland - Authors/Presenters: Svetlana Rudenko, Mads Haahr

Date: Saturday 21st September

Time: 2pm

Location: West Entrance, Herbert Park

Music Art Augmented Reality (AR) game giving insights into cultural diversity and history of Japan. It’s a ghost hunt with a smartphone for music art expression and insight into the culture of Japan. Yokai are supernatural entities and spirits from Japanese folklore. “Japan was a country and culture that existed between realms: the world of the everyday and the world of the supernatural” (The Snow Ghost and Other Tales, 2023). Immerse yourself in the art of Japanese Ukiyo-e masters and original music by Svetlana Rudenko. Follow the radar to find 10 music art encounters and collect them into your casebook to create your memories with a landscape. Staged at Herbert Park, Dublin, Ireland, we placed AR encounters according to the terrain and locative qualities of the landscape, e. g. lake, grass, cherry trees, etc. to fit into the story.

In her compositions on Ukiyo-e art, Svetlana used the pentatonic/heptatonic mode of Japan’s music language in combination with European contemporary harmony. She reflected on the different sides of characters, sometimes juxtaposing fear with humour (as in Skeleton Spectre episode), sometimes sorrowful (“A Woman ghost appeared from a well” by K. Hokusai ), or meditative/heroic (Benkei),  a love story (Tod’s and Slug’s magic), and sometimes in the genre of lament as in the last composition (“Tametomo Rescued by Tengu”).

We will have promotional codes to download the AR app for free for the participants (usually it’s €6.99).

Paul O'Hanrahan Baggot Festival Guided Walks - Literary Walks by actor and writer, Paul O’Hanrahan

Patrick Kavanagh's Colourful Country

Friday evening, Sept 20, 6.30pm.

A literary walk from the Waterloo pub celebrating poet and writer, Patrick Kavanagh by visits to sites in the area connected with his life. Meet at the Waterloo pub, Upper Baggot Street.

Free of charge. Contributions welcome.

www.facebook.com/paul.ohanrahan -  www.facebook.com/p/Baggot-Street-Literary-Walking-Tours

Canal Bank Writers and Artists

Saturday afternoon, Sept 21, 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.

This walk explores places linked with writers and artists along the banks of the canal in the vicinity of Baggot Street. Starts at the Waterloo pub on Upper Baggot Street and finishes at the 51 Bar on Haddington Road.

Free of charge. Contributions welcome.

www.facebook.com/paul.ohanrahan -  www.facebook.com/p/Baggot-Street-Literary-Walking-Tours

There’s more to come on the Baggotonia Festival Fringe and this page will be updated regularly as Fringe events and activities are announced