June Bank Holiday in Dublin - your guide to events happening across the capital

Bloom Bloom marks its 20th anniversary over five days starting May 28, running from 9am to 6pm at Phoenix Park. The festival features show gardens, food trucks, wine stations, and more than 65 Irish food and drink exhibitors, including a live kitchen from Neven Maguire and appearances by Donal Skehan and Catherine Fulvio. On bank holiday Sunday, a sold-out women’s 10k mini marathon starts on Fitzwilliam Street, passes through Leeson Street and Merrion Road, and finishes at Lower Baggot Street after 12:30pm. Dublin by Dusk begins this Thursday, extending opening hours for museums, galleries, hotels, and pubs, with later hours at major cultural sites and evening experiences. Forbidden Fruit runs May 20 to 31 at IMMA, and Rumbullion at Wigwam runs May 29 to 31 as a rum festival with workshops and masterclasses.

"Bloom Bloom is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year over five days beginning on May 28. The festival will run from 9am to 6pm at Phoenix Park. This year, it will feature show gardens, food trucks and wine stations. It will also host more than 65 Irish food and drink exhibitors including a live kitchen from Neven Maguire, and other celebrity chefs like Donal Skehan, and Catherine Fulvio will also present at the event."

"On bank holiday Sunday, a 10k marathon event will start from Fitzwilliam Street through Leeson Street and Merrion Road and finish at Lower Baggot Street. The now sold-out marathon will see 28,000 women running through the city centre after 12:30pm."

"This Thursday will mark the inaugural week of Dublin by Dusk - a new initiative from Dublin City Council, the Department of Culture, Fáilte Ireland and Dublin Town where museums, galleries, hotels and pubs will stay longer open in the city. This will include later opening hours at the National Gallery, the National Library, the Photographic Archives and the Book of Kells experience. It will also introduce "experiences" like pottery and UV Painting in the dark and evening events in venues like Bewley's and Wren's Urban Nest."

"The Forbidden Fruit music festival will run through May 20 and 31 at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) grounds in Kilmainham. Headliners for this year Canadian DJ Kaytranada, Galway techno artist Kettama, UK jungle producer Nia Archives and English singer-songwriter Joy Crooke. Rumbullion Festival Wigwam will host a rum festival through May 29 to 31 where they will host workshops, games and masterclasses."

Read at Irish Independent