Bram Stoker Festival
Bram Stoker Festival celebrates the legacy of one of Ireland’s most beloved and iconic writers. Now entering its tenth year, the festival draws inspiration from Stoker, his life, his work, the Dublin of his time and celebrates the Gothic, the supernatural, the after-dark and the Victorian.
Over the years, we’ve presented major outdoor spectacles and installations; intimate experiences on hallowed grounds; world premieres of new scores for classic films and award winning theatre productions; outdoor circus at night in dark, foreboding forests; comedy in nightclubs; choral ensembles in darkened libraries; food tours where participants dined on custom menus; elaborate banquets in sacred crypts. We’ve taken over cathedrals, parks and squares; entertained thousands of Dubliners and visitors with parades, fire gardens and illuminated, water-based installations; delved into Stoker’s literary impact, dissecting everything from his life and city to his work as a critic and entertained little monsters with kid-friendly discos, workshops, face-painting, performances and more at Stokerland and beyond. In 2022, you can expect more deliciously dark treats on the streets and in venues across Dublin.
Friday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm Living Canvas Goes Gothic
10:00 am – 2:00 pm Nosferatu100 colloquium
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Welcome Back, Warmbloods
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Bram Stoker and the Haunted Library
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Drácula: The 1931 Spanish-language Dracula
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm BOREALIS
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm Dreamgun Film Reads: Dracula
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Darkfield Radio: ETERNAL
Saturday
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Spooky Stories at Marsh’s
10:00 am – 8:00 pm Living Canvas Goes Gothic
11:00 am – 4:30 pm Stokerland
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Bram Stoker’s Dublin: A Walking Tour with Donal Fallon
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Bram Stoker, Home Rule and Irish Unity
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm ‘A world full of miseries, and woes, and troubles’: Life, Disease and Death in Collins Barracks.
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Welcome Back, Warmbloods
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Motherfoclóir Live Podcast | The Irish for Vampire: Translating Dracula into Irish
6:30 pm – 8:10 pm Nosferatu100
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Darkfield Radio: ETERNAL
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm BOREALIS
Sunday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm Living Canvas Goes Gothic
11:00 am – 4:30 pm Stokerland
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Bram Stoker’s Dublin: A Walking Tour with Donal Fallon
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm ‘A world full of miseries, and woes, and troubles’: Life, Disease and Death in Collins Barracks.
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Welcome Back, Warmbloods
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Bram Stoker and the Haunted Library
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Darkfield Radio: ETERNAL
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm BOREALIS
8:00 pm – 9:45 pm Stoker on Stoker: 125 Years of Dracula’s Secrets Unearthed
Monday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm Living Canvas Goes Gothic
11:00 am – 4:30 pm Stokerland
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Welcome Back, Warmbloods
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm BOREALIS