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Drogheda Motor Show 2026 Start Date Saturday 13 June 2026 End Date Dominic Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth VISIT WEBSITE The Drogheda Motor Show is BACK for 2026 🚗 This year they’re moving to a brand new location - by the Old Abbey 📍 Saturday 13th June ⏰ 10am – 4pm 🎉 FREE family day out Over 100 vehicles, entertainment, arts & crafts, face painting and more! Visit Website for more details. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

Boyne Midsummer Festival Start Date Friday 26 June 2026 End Date Sunday 28 June 2026 Various Locations in Drogheda, Co. Louth hello@lovedrogheda.ie VISIT WEBSITE The Boyne Midsummer Festival returns with a new day-to-night format for 2026. Enjoy live music, performances, family-fun, and more across 2 weekends from 19th to 20th & 26th to 28th June. More details on Facebook @BoyneMidsummerFestival Drogheda and tickets at droichead.com Brought to you by Scotch Hall, Droichead Arts Centre, The Coffee Box, Love Drogheda BID and Louth County Council. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

Boyne Midsummer Festival | Echoes of the Abbey Start Date Friday 19 June 2026 End Date Abbey Lane, Drogheda, Co. Louth +353 41 983 3946 VISIT WEBSITE Boyne MidSummer Festival presents The Coffee Box, in association with Droichead Arts Centre - Echoes of the Abbey. The Boyne Midsummer Festival is making a highly anticipated return to the streets and venues of Drogheda this June, bringing a curated live music and family fun lineup and a day-to-night format spanning across two weekends. The first festival weekend kicks off at 9:00 PM with an atmospheric evening performance at Abbey Lane This outdoor concert brings together some of Drogheda's finest musicians, under the mural of Boann! With support from Graft @bruhub, who will supply some tasty food on the night, it's the perfect evening's entertainment. 🎟️Tickets are €15 and includes a complimentary refreshment. (beer/wine/mineral) ✨Featuring: Seán McCluskey Sean is a singer-songwriter from Drogheda, Co. Louth. His exceptional band includes Ógy Collins on keys, Tadhg Leahy on guitar, Gene Carolan on bass/vocals, and Ants Kierans on drums. Seáns music relies heavily on improvisation, atmospheric soundscapes and songs exploring themes of mortality, love and council estate surrealism. Sean released his music video 'Olive' last year with Brian Connolly of Bang Bang Visual. He also recently featured on the Støl Sessions video series. Ortiga - Sarah O Brien, Inis Hartigan, and Derek Murphy. Hailing from Drogheda, Sarah has been dipping in and out of performing original material and covers in various pubs in Drogheda and Dublin. When the opportunity came to sing and harmonise on some original songs with another singer-songwriter and her old friend, Inis, their musical relationship grew. Mixing folk, blues, and a cappella harmonies with themes of love, loss, nature, and travel. Well-known Drogheda musician, Derek Murphy, will accompany Sarah and Inis. Daithi McGahon Coffee box owner and long-time musician, Daithi has fronted some of the town's great bands, from Cachimbo to the Blinders, Iron Sky, and The Highlife. He will be open the evening with some sure-fire toe tappers and sing-along classics. The Boyne Midsummer Festival 2026 is made possible through a collaborative partnership between Droichead Arts Centre, Sound Town, the Drogheda Night-Time Economy (NTE) Advisor, Scotch Hall, The Coffee Box, Bare Food Cafe, Louth County Council, and Love Drogheda BID. This event will go ahead rain or shine, so please do consider the weather and cool Irish evenings when dressing for the event. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

Boyne Midsummer Festival Start Date Friday 19 June 2026 End Date Saturday 20 June 2026 Various Locations in Drogheda, Co. Louth hello@lovedrogheda.ie VISIT WEBSITE The Boyne Midsummer Festival returns with a new day-to-night format for 2026. Enjoy live music, performances, family-fun, and more across 2 weekends from 19th to 20th & 26th to 28th June. More details on Facebook @BoyneMidsummerFestival Drogheda and tickets at droichead.com Brought to you by Scotch Hall, Droichead Arts Centre, The Coffee Box, Love Drogheda BID and Louth County Council. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

Rithim na Bóinne Start Date Saturday 4 July 2026 End Date Sarsfields, McHugh’s & Earth Nightclub, Drogheda, Co. Louth rithimnaboinne@gmail.com VISIT WEBSITE Rithim na Bóinne is a new multi-venue music festival taking place across Drogheda on July 4th, bringing together live music, DJs and local venues for a full day and night of entertainment in the heart of the town. Taking place across Sarsfields, McHugh’s and Earth Nightclub, the festival will feature a diverse lineup of artists spanning trad, folk, indie and electronic music, with performances running throughout the day and into the early hours. The festival aims to celebrate local music, support local venues and help build a vibrant annual event for Drogheda’s summer calendar. With one ticket giving access to all venues, Rithim na Bóinne promises a lively atmosphere, great music and a unique way to experience the town. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

'A Dreamer's Dream' by Niamh Clarke | Artist Residency at The Kiosk Start Date Wednesday 3 June 2026 End Date Saturday 13 June 2026 The Kiosk Space, Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth +353 41 983 3946 VISIT WEBSITE "To read something is to imagine and to imagine is the possibility to make real…this is the power of the human imagination…" - John Connolly ‘‘a dreamers dream’ is a two-week solo drawing residency by Niamh Clarke at The Kiosk Space, where the gallery will function as an active studio. Throughout the residency, Niamh will create time-intensive drawings while working from a drawing station set up in the space. Literature plays a significant role in Niamh’s practice, and a small reading room will be installed in the gallery, featuring a selection of much-loved books, references, and sources of inspiration that have long informed and continue to shape her practice. This residency stems from an ongoing collaboration between Niamh Clarke and John Connolly, inspired by Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The Circular Ruins. Drawing from literature and poetry, the project explores themes of the shadow self, etymology, cosmology, dreaming, and solitude. Both artists have responded to these ideas through a series of small journals, which will be exhibited in the gallery. The drawings developed during the residency act as Niamh’s response to the collaboration and to John’s journal. Visitors are encouraged to drop in, chat with Niamh, browse the reading room, and perhaps exchange book recommendations. The exhibition is open to visitors on Wednesday 3 June, Saturday 6 June, Sunday 7 June, Thursday 11 June, Friday 12 June, and Saturday 13 June, from 12–3pm each day. The residency will conclude with a pop-up installation on the final day, Sunday 14 June from 3pm-5pm. ‘a dreamers dream’ also marks the beginning of an ongoing dialogue between the two artists, with John Connolly undertaking a residency at The Kiosk Space next year in response to the project. Niamh Clarke is a BA (Hons) Fine Art graduate from Ulster University 2019 and is based at QSS studios Belfast. She is a co-founder and member of the collaborative drawing group The Drawing Journal. Recent group exhibitions include: ‘In Living Memory’, Household, Belfast (2025), ‘lucent’ a touring group exhibition, which travelled to Uillin, West Cork (2023), Highlanes, Drogheda (2024) Wexford Arts Centre (2024) and The Levinsky gallery Plymouth (2025), and ‘Ode to Light’ Arcade Gallery Belfast (2023). Solo exhibitions include: , ‘Territories’ Courthouse Gallery Clare (2026), ‘Interiorities’ Custom house Studios, Westport (2025),‘the transient and the perishing’ Platform Gallery, Belfast (2021). Clarke’s drawing practice reflects an interest in memory and temporality. Exploring the relationship between photography and drawing, a focus is placed on the embodied presence of gesture and materialisation through re-description of found and personal photographs. Containing personal narratives and references that draw inspiration from archival materials, the drawings embrace subconsciousness and stream of consciousness, embodied practice and materiality. Images are selected intuitively to create an implied narrative. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

Lú Festival of Light Drogheda Start Date Friday 23 October 2026 End Date Monday 26 October 2026 Various Locations in Drogheda, Co. Louth hello@lovedrogheda.ie VISIT WEBSITE ✨The Lú Festival of Light returns this October with new stories, new legends and brand new animations ✨ The Lú Festival of Light will take place in Drogheda, Co Louth as night falls, and will illuminate some of Drogheda's most iconic heritage buildings with stories of ancient mythical Gods, Goddesses, creatures and legendary mortal heroes. This free family friendly event will also feature a street festival of fire performers, stiltwalkers and characters to capture the imagination alongside a robust schedule of ticketed events. Visit Website for more information on this year's shows. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

Dark Drogheda Walking Tour Start Date Sunday 31 May 2026 End Date Saint Peter's Church (steps), West Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth droghedaages@gmail.com VISIT WEBSITE Join Drogheda Ages History Tours for a walk through some of the more ghastly moments in Drogheda's history - beheadings, torture, and the unexplained! Visit Website for more information and to book tickets. How to find us Next Item Previous Item

Oldbridge Christmas Fair Start Date Saturday 28 November 2026 End Date Sunday 29 November 2026 Oldbridge House, Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre, Drogheda, A92CY68 VISIT WEBSITE The ever popular Oldbridge Christmas Fair is returning for 2026, on Saturday & Sunday 28th - 29th November from 10am - 4pm. Alongside the wonderful artisan food and craft stalls, there is a line up of seasonal music to get you into the Christmas Spirit 🎄🎁❄️ How to find us Next Item Previous Item

County Louth (Baltray) Golf Club County Louth Golf Club (Baltray), Golf Club, Baltray, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland +353 41 9881530 reservations@countylouthgolfclub.com VISIT WEBSITE County Louth Golf Club was founded in 1892 and is situated in the historic Boyne Valley region just north of Drogheda. The championship course features natural unspoilt links with towering sandhills, testing rough and a variety of great holes that demands accurate hitting and strategic thinking. The links is a par 72 measuring 7,031 yards from the back tees and is known for providing one of the purest and fairest tests of links golf in the world. In 2004 and 2009 County Louth Golf Club hosted the European Tour's Irish Open. On the latter occassion, the club famously became the venue where 2019 Open Champion Shane Lowry won the Irish Open as an amateur. Over the years the club restaurant has become highly regarded for its famous local dishes especially the fresh seafood which is sourced locally from the fishing trawlers in nearby Clogherhead. They are also one of the unique golf clubs in Ireland to provide accommodation within the clubhouse. Visit Website for more information. How to find us Previous Item Next Item

The Mariner Pub The Mariner Pub 6 North Quay, Drogheda, Co. Louth +353 41 983 7401 VISIT WEBSITE Next Item Previous Item