EVENT: THE SE\u00c1N CORCORAN SERIES<\/p>\n
Drogheda becomes a hub of music, song, dance, literature, art and heritage as the Se\u00e1n Corcoran Series returns for its fourth edition from 4th\u20136th September. The three-day programme brings artists and audiences together across churches, galleries, pubs, streets and public spaces. Highlights include LAOCH, celebrating the heroes of Irish music while marking the 50th anniversary of F\u00e9ile na B\u00f3inne, the landmark Drogheda folk festival first held in 1976. alongside a street-wide programme featuring dance, heritage and community events. There are also Louth debuts, visual art, sean-n\u00f3s and Arabic song, workshops and family activities aplenty – find out more here.<\/a><\/p>\n \n EVENT: DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL<\/p>\n Dublin Fringe returns from 5th\u201320th September, transforming the capital into a stage for contemporary theatre, dance, live art, music, immersive work and late-night culture a go-go. This year\u2019s festival invites audiences to “make the city yours”: highlights include the new Project Fringe: After Dark collaboration with Project Arts Centre, presenting a series of DJ nights, post-show parties and late-night gatherings; wlsewhere you’ll find new shows from the likes of Chaos Factory, Theatre Lovett, and Performance Corporation, the return of much-loved wrestling and music extravaganza Battle Of The Quays, while comic David O’Doherty makes his Abbey Theatre debut and in Arborlogues: A Botanical Recital Performed for One Tree, you are the performer, and a single tree is your audience. Our advice? Dive in…<\/a><\/p>\n \n BOOK: THE NEWER WORLD<\/p>\n Expanding the world he explored in Days Without End and A Thousand Moons. Sebastian Barry returns with a sweeping historical novel set in the aftermath of the American Civil War. At its centre is Tennyson Bouguereau, a freedman, devoted brother, aspiring singer and conflicted soldier whose journey takes him from Tennessee towards an uncertain new life. When violence forces him from the only home he has known, Tennyson travels through a rapidly changing America, eventually finding himself in Victorian England. Barry explores freedom, belonging, survival and the weight of history in a lyrical tale from a writer at the height of his considerable powers (Out now, Faber)<\/p>\n EVENT: BIG TYPE FESTIVAL<\/p>\n The National Print Museum marks its 30th anniversary with a three-day celebration of print, typography, design and creativity. Running from 4\u20136 September, the festival brings artists, designers, writers and printmakers together for talks, workshops, demonstrations, music and family-friendly events. Among the highlights are sessions with Maser, Anthony Burrill and Annie Atkins, and conversations with Booker Prize shortlistee Djamel White and Laureate na n\u00f3g Chris Haughton, alongside an evening Print Party and a free Community Day – find out more here.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/001580ab-614.jpg\"\/)
\nSebastian Barry returns with an eagerly anticipated new book<\/p>\n