County Offaly features a range of recurring annual festivals celebrating arts, heritage, agriculture, music, and family activities. Exact dates for 2026 should be confirmed closer to the time through official organisers, but the following major established events are expected to occur:
- Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival: A week-long community arts and heritage celebration in Birr, with visual arts, theatre, music, street performances, workshops, exhibitions, parades, and vintage-themed events, typically in early August.
- Tullamore Show & FBD National Livestock Show: Ireland’s premier one-day agricultural show, featuring livestock competitions, equine events, trade stands, home industries, inventions, and family entertainment, held on the second Sunday in August.
- Hullabaloo! Offaly’s Children’s Arts Festival: A multi-venue festival for children with workshops, performances, storytelling, theatre, crafts, and circus activities, occurring during the Halloween mid-term break in late October/early November across towns like Birr, Tullamore, Edenderry, and Clara.
- Culture Night Offaly: A nationwide event with free evening arts, entertainment, and cultural activities in venues across Offaly towns and villages, usually on a Friday in September.
- OFFline Film Festival: An independent film festival in Birr focused on short films, screenings, workshops, and a filmmaking challenge, typically in autumn.
- Scripts Ireland’s Playwriting Festival: A playwriting event in Birr featuring new works, readings, and performances, often in summer.
- Riverfest: A music festival on the banks of the River Shannon in Shannonbridge, with live acts and family-friendly vibes, generally in summer.
- Other recurring events may include local music gatherings like Edenderry Music Festival, storytelling festivals in the Slieve Blooms, and heritage celebrations.
Festivals
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Offaly:
Introduction – 1837 – Adventure – Anthem – Archaeology – Attractions – Awards – Birdwatching – Castles – Churches – Contact list – Cycling – Dining – Equestrian – Festivals – Fishing – Folklore – Golf – Graveyards – Happening – Haunted – Highest – Hiking – History – Holy Wells –Hotels – Hotels8 – Instagrammable – Itineraries – Largest town – Luxury – MICE – Movies – Musicians – Name – Novelists – Off the beaten track – Poets – Pubs – Quotes – Random Facts – Restaurant Awards – Saints – Spas – Sports – Sunsets – Sustainable – Things to do – Towns – Video – Villages – Walking – Wanderlist – Weddings – Wild swimming – Writers
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