Richmond Barracks

Richmond Barracks Summer Fair 2024

Richmond Barracks Summer Fair - Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm

Our Summer Fair is here! Come together to support artists and makers, inspired by the theme of upcycling, recycling, and reusing. Enjoy a day filled with creativity, community and connection.

What awaits you at the Richmond Barracks Summer Fair:

Stalls: Browse our stalls, showcasing a wide range of makers and creators. Pick up delicious treats and celebrate upcycling, recycling and reusing, with sustainable goods and handcrafted items.

Creative workshops: Try out crafting, upcycling, and making. If you like it, come back and do more with our year-round Culture Connects programme.

Tours: Join one of our 3 different free guided walking tours, on themes of biodiversity, history of 1916 or the local garden cemetery, Goldenbridge. Tours are offered for free during the fair, with options across both days.

Food and drink: Savour the flavours of the season from our indoor cafe FoodCloud Kitchen and our selection of food trucks.

Entertainment: Enjoy performances from talented artists and musicians, creating a lively atmosphere throughout both days of the Fair.

Inchicore Library: Inchicore Library will be open each day, and in addition to its usual services, there will be a special selection of summer-related books to borrow.

Free admission: Entry to the Richmond Barracks St. Brigid's Day Fair and all workshops are free. Bring your family, friends, and curiosity for a day of exploration and discovery. Furry friends are welcome too.

Our vendors will be announced soon!

Entertainment

We have some wonderful entertainment in our garden for the weekend, including:

Saturday 25 May

11.00 - 12.00 Dublin 10/20 Men's Shed
12.15 - 12.45 Peru Fusion
1.00 - 1.20 The Zoryanna
2.00 - 2.20 The Zoryanna
3.30 - 4.30 The St James's Brass & Reed Band

Sunday 26 May

11.30 - 12.30 Dublin 10/20 Men's Shed
1.30 - 2.30  Stage School Showstoppers
3.30 - 4.30 The St James's Brass & Reed Band

 

Workshops

All of the workshops at the Fair will be drop-in; no pre-booking is required. Workshops will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Workshops will be announced soon.

Free Guided Walking Tours

We will be running free guided walking tours on both days of the fair.

The tours will be the Richmond Barracks to Kilmainham Gaol walking tour, the Goldenbridge Cemetery tour, and our biodiversity walking tour.

You can find more information on each tour and book your place by clicking the links. However, booking is not necessary; you can just turn up on the day.

Saturday 25 May

11.00 - 12.15  Richmond Barracks to Kilmainham Gaol guided walking tour
1.00 - 2.15 Goldenbridge Cemetery guided tour

Sunday 26 May

11.00 - 12.15  Richmond Barracks to Kilmainham Gaol guided walking tour
12.00 - 1.30 Biodiversity guided walking tour
1.00 - 2.15 Goldenbridge Cemetery guided tour

 

Food and drink vendors

FoodCloud Kitchen

FoodCloud Kitchen, who are in our building every Friday, 10 am to 3 pm, will be serving delicious hot food and drinks with a generous side of social impact. 

All profits generated from FoodCloud Kitchen are reinvested into FoodCloud’s core activities, redistributing surplus food to over 600 community and voluntary organisations across the country. 

Their menu changes regularly and is created using seasonal ingredients sourced from FoodCloud's suppliers.

Follow them on Instagram: @FoodCloudKitchen

Bob's Pizza

Bob's Pizza is a family-run food truck specialising in delicious pizzas made with hand-rolled, artisanal, pre-fermented dough. Watch the chefs hand-stretch each pizza and adorn it with the finest ingredients before perfectly cooking it in the 500-degree oven.

Follow them on Instagram: @bobspizzadublin

You will find Bob's Pizza in the garden.

Happy Out Coffee

Alex & Vic, owners of Happy Out Coffee, operate a mobile barista company, specialising in premium coffee and baked goods. They cater to diverse tastes and dietary needs, offering gluten-free and vegan options, as well as non-coffee drinks. Committed to community support, 5% of profits benefit local LGBTQ+ projects, and a pay-it-forward system allows customers to buy discounted coffee for those in need.

Follow them on Instagram: @happyoutcoffee

You will find them in the garden.

The Crépe Box

The Crépe Box is a mobile French-style créperie offering handmade crépes made with fresh local ingredients where possible. They operate from a custom-built 1940s vintage Airstream called the Silver Bullet!

Follow The Crépe Box on Instagram: @thecrepebox1

You'll find them in the garden.