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🎭🎉😍 Smashing Times, together with @frontlinedefenders and a range of partners, are delighted to officially launch the full line-up for the 2026 Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival #IAHRFestival

Running from Friday 9 to Sunday 18 October 2026, the festival features exciting and innovative events that promote equality, human rights and diversity throughout Ireland, Northern Ireland and internationally 💥

➡️ Visit our website now for the full festival programme: (LINK IN BIO) smashingtimes.ie/irishartsandhumanrightsfestival2026

🤝 In partnership with: @fightingwordsireland | @trocaireonline | @goalnextgen | @sightsaversie | @humanistireland

#IAHRFestival #IAHRF2026 #Festival #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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🗓️ Save the date – The Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival returns from 9-18 October 2026! Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality, Front Line Defenders, and a range of partners, are delighted to present the eighth annual Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival from 9–18 October 2026.

The festival features exciting and innovative events that promote equality, human rights, and diversity throughout Ireland, Northern Ireland, and internationally. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world, past and present, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today.

🟥 Stay tuned for the full programme and line-up of events! @frontlinedefenders

#IAHRFestival #HumanRights #IrishArts #Ireland #Diversity by @smashingtimes

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For one day only, visit The Queer Portrait Project, a body of work by Dublin-based artist @kizrutherford

Created in response to the erasure of the rights and history of the LGBTQIA+ community in the USA and UK and the seemingly inevitable spread of this rhetoric, this project is a snapshot of the community in Ireland in 2026; an archive of the community for the community

#IAHRFestival by @smashingtimes

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Join us this Sunday for An Cruinniú | The Gathering - Ceol, Amhrán & Filíocht (Music, Song & Poetry), with @casceol and @hilarybowsings

📍Sunday 18 October 2026, 7-9pm, Smashing Times Centre, Tickets €10

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/an-cruinniu-the-gathering/

AAn unforgettable bilingual celebration of music, song, verse, conversation and refreshments, featuring original sounds from acclaimed trio @casceol performing a blend of traditional and original Irish music with international influences. CAS are joined by singer-songwriter @hilarybowsings performing bi-lingual songs and original poetry in Irish, with poetry from @marymoynihanarts’s The Stargazer Whispers.

#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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The Queer Portrait Project with Kiz Rutherford, Artist – Exhibition, Artist Talk and Portraiture Sittings

📍October 18 @ 10am – 6pm, Smashing Times Centre

@kizrutherford presents an exhibition of intimate and affirming portraits of members of Ireland’s LGBTQ+ community, alongside an artist talk and live portraiture sittings. The @thequeerportraitproject is a community-based artistic response to rising anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and targeted violence and celebrates queer identity, diversity, strength and resilience, grounded in the principle that trans and queer rights are human rights.

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here:
https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-queer-portrait-project-with-kiz-rutherford/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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Join us tomorrow for a workshop and performance by multidisciplinary artist @daughterofadrum, aka Aoife Ó Tiompánaigh, presented as part of the inaugural Smashing Times Artist Residency Programme.

The residency provides time, space and support for research, experimentation and development of artistic practice, with the public event forming part of the artist’s creative exploration. Aoife is a multidisciplinary artist working in contemporary dance, choreography, filmmaking, music and education.

📍Sat October 17 @ 2:30 pm, Smashing Times Centre

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info:
https://smashingtimes.ie/event/studio-songs-by-daughter-of-a-drum/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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In conversation talk with renowned human rights defender @marylawlorhrds about the vital role of defending human rights today. Mary formerly served as the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and is a former Director and Chair of Amnesty International Ireland and a founder and former Director of @frontlinedefenders

📍Saturday 17 October 2026, 7-9pm., Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery. Tickets €10.

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here:
https://smashingtimes.ie/event/in-conversation-mary-moynihan-with-mary-lawlor-human-rights-defender/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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Human Rights Open Mic Night – An evening of live poetry and music on themes of human rights, social justice and solidarity by @frontlinedefenders

📍October 16 @ 7pm, @curveball.dublin, Temple Bar

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/human-rights-open-mic-night/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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Walking Through Women’s History 1916–1923 is a guided storytelling walk exploring the lives of four revolutionary Irish women. These are women who lived, worked, and resisted in Rathmines and Ranelagh during Ireland’s struggle for independence from the 1900s on – Constance (Countess) Markievicz, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett.

📍October 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Outside Swan Leisure Centre

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/walking-through-womens-history-1916-1923/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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Smashing Times Arts + Human Rights Film Festival: Screening of Short Films – An evening celebration of independent and emerging short filmmaking, featuring a curated programme of short films. The event offers audiences an opportunity to discover new creative voices, engage in discussion and celebrate film for equality, human rights and diversity.

📍October 15 @ 7pm, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/smashing-times-arts-human-rights-film-festival-2/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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Today at 2pm – 🎥 Darndale Arts and Human Rights Day – Film Screenings and Post-Show Artist Discussions with Filmmakers @kirstyfogartyfilm and @filmconnors

📍October 15 @ 2:00 pm, @cpdarndale Darndale Belcamp Village Centre

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/darndale-arts-and-human-rights-day/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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Smashing Times Arts + Human Rights Film Festival: Screening of Documentaries. Join us for an exciting celebration of independent film, creative voices, and shared conversations. We look forward to discovering and showcasing powerful film and radio work from filmmakers and broadcasters across Ireland and the world.

📍October 15 @ 2pm, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality

🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/smashing-times-arts-human-rights-film-festival/
#IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights by @smashingtimes

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