The Works grassroots arts festival returns to Inchicore this August with a lineup of music, spoken word and dance.
The Works returns to C.I.E. Hall, Inchicore, Dublin on 15th & 16th August 2025.
The two-day festival run by Smithfield Creatives (a platform for artists founded and run by Adam Kelly) returns for his third year, and focuses on independent artists in an indoor setting with live performances, an Irish Dance Céilí and a craft fair.
The Works Festival will feature performances from instrumental funk band Chief Keegan, emerging Irish indie rockers Dominda, pixie-indie singer songwriter RVE, genre-melding Chase Nova Band, and folk artist Kenan Flannery, spoken word from noir writer The Vagabond Queen, writer, performer, and cultural consultant Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, and master wordsmith Jimbo Dillon.
What: The Works Festival 2025
When: 15th & 16th August 2025, 4.30pm – 1am.
Where: C.I.E. Hall, Library Square, Inchicore, Dublin, D08 PA07
Admission: General Admission tickets are available now. Day tickets €20 / Weekend Tickets €30. Concession tickets are available for Artists, Students, and those who are unemployed at Day €15 / Weekend €20
Tickets from Eventbrite.
The Works Festival 2025 is supported by Rascals Brewing Company and D&R Construction.
Full Line Up
Musicians
- Chief Keegan
- Dee Fitz
- Natalie Moran
- RVE (pronounced Rae)
- Dominda
- Taylor D
- Chase Nova Band
- Kenan Flannery
- Geansaí
- Stoat
- Girl|Boy
- Left Iris
- Dead Manifest
- Daddee
- Hot Mess
- Basil Breen
- Wizard Fruit
- Eoin Kenny
- Dopamine
- Erin & Lens
- Lightning Phil & The Sinisters
Poets and Spoken word artists
- The Vagabond Queen
- Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
- Barry Currivan
- Jimbo Dillon
- Eoin Lynam
- Dom Byrne
- Phil Kenny
- Daragh Fleming
- Annie Peter
- Slim & Light Podcast
- Céilí Dancing
- Craft Market
- Crafty by Illina
- Stephen Cheung
- Pillow and Patterns
- Groovy Bloom
- MARMAR things
- Andy Kelly
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