MENTAL HEALTH, ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVAL

First Fortnight

Festival 2026

6th - 17th January 2026

FEATURED EVENTS

Festival Highlights

Join us this January for First Fortnight 2025 with events across art forms including poetry, music, textile art, and theatre. Explore the programme below and find an event for you.

Music, Performance

Cistin With Emma Langford, Luke Clerkin, and Dagogo Hart

St Patrick’s University Hospital, Dublin

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16th January 2025

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Pay What You Can
Music, Performance

The Art of Mental Health

St Patrick's Cathedral

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16th January 2025

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€12.50/€10 currently discounted from €25/20
Film Screening

The No Show

Vue Cinema

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13th January 2025

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Free Admission
Music, Performance

Therapy Sessions Dublin

The Workmans Club

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10th January 2025

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€20/18
Theatre, tour

Declan’s Got Talent, Dublin

Smock Alley Theatre - Main Space

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9th -
11th January 2025

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€20/19
Film Screening

The Days of Trees, Dublin

IFI Dublin

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5th January 2025

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€15
5th - 14th January 2024
6th January 2024
7th - 13th January 2024
11th - 13th January 2024
12th - 13th January 2024

WHO WE ARE

First Fortnight is a charity that challenges mental health prejudice through arts and cultural action.

OUR SERVICES

Centre for Creative Arts Therapies

In addition to the festival, First Fortnight provides the highest standard of free Creative Therapies – including art therapy, music therapy, and drama therapy – to children, adolescents, and adults facing homelessness and members of vulnerable communities at risk.

NEWS & INSIGHTS

The latest from First Fortnight

Social Narratives

Access at First Fortnight 2025

Exploring Creative Arts Therapy

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