Festival fringe — pub-side during the big ones

Major Irish festivals push hundreds of fringe events into pubs. We map the ones in our spine — when the festival's on and which pubs are running side-events.

v1 coverage at launch

TradFest Dublin — late January. Pub-side trad sets in Temple Bar, Smithfield, Liberties. Visit Dublin TradFest guide →
Galway Arts Festival — mid-July. Pub-side music, comedy, late bars across the city. Major Galway pubs get bookable for festival week.

Phase 1 expansion (after v1 ships)

Cork Jazz Festival — late October
Electric Picnic — early September (pub-side in Stradbally + surrounding villages)
Body & Soul — early June
All Together Now — early August
Indiependence — early August
Forbidden Fruit — early June
Doolin Folk Festival — June
Westport Folk & Bluegrass — June

How we cover a festival

Pre-festival index page per festival — what's where, when, which pubs are involved.
Tonight feed filters surface festival-fringe events alongside regular pub events for the festival week.
Newsletter spotlight in the Thursday edition the week of the festival.

Running an event during a festival? Submit it → and tag it as festival-fringe.