Thurs 23rd August 2012 to Sunday 26th August 2012
The Tall Ships Races 2012 – Dublin will include some 55 Music Acts including the Undertones, Ryan Sheridan, Gerry Fish, Ash and Scullion at The Bulmers Live Music Dock at George’s Dock, over 100 performance acts from trapeze artists to wake boarding to food demonstrations from some of Ireland’s leading chefs at The Theatre of Food in Linear Park on the North Side of the Quays.
Grand Canal Dock promises to be an epic adventure for all the family with the Out of The Blue Family Zone while Hanover Quay will come alive with skateboarding, parkour, beatboxing and music with the spectacular Kings of Concrete. Visitors can also try their hand at cable kayaking, pedalo boats, wakeboarding and crazy golf on a pontoon at Grand Canal Dock with Waterways Ireland and Surf Dock.
The Festival Hub at CHQ will welcome guests who are seeking a more chilled out adventure with a beautiful black and white photography exhibition from the Dublin Docklands Preservation Society, a range of workshops including a yoga workshop, up-cycling workshops, a mini comic workshop and a striking viking exhibition in the vaults at CHQ and much more.
The quays both North and South will overflow with street performances, food and craft markets, walking literary tours and a funfair. As the sun sets on Dublin City the festival will continue with the Glow evening programme which will include a floating cinema on a barge with showings of Jaws, The Life Aquatic and Planet Ocean along with music, street performances and dusk walking tours.
Download a map and schedule from here: https://www.dublintallships.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DTS_PublicMap_Schedule.pdf
