By Kind permission of the Commissioners of the Office of Public Works Aiken Promotions are excited to hold 2 festivals in the beautiful surroundings of the Iveagh Gardens this July.

Aiken Promotions have been delighted to hold the Iveagh Gardens Music Festival and Comedy Festival in the grounds of the Iveagh Gardens for over a decade, following the footsteps of those who hosted events in the gardens as early as the 1860s.

Whilst Aiken Promotions are hosting 2 separate festivals there will be some overlap of timings.

For ease of understanding we have combined the dates and timings for the festivals to outline the public access to spaces below:

Festival Dates: 

Public Access Areas Between July 2nd – July 15^th

The below map displays the areas within the Iveagh Gardens that will be available to the general public between Saturday 29^th June – Wednesday 31^st July.

Aiken Promotions has been given access to the Iveagh Gardens to commence work on to commence work on Saturday 29^th June with drop-off of equipment on the evening of Friday 28^th June.

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Gates Opening Timings:

Clonmel St Gate:

From the Saturday the 29^th June to Wednesday the July 31^st the Clonmel Street will operate as follows:

Open:

• Monday 8^th July until Wednesday 10^th July
• Friday 12^th July
• Monday 15^th July until Tuesday 16^th July

Closed:

• Saturday 29^th June until Sunday 7^th July
• Thursday 11^th July
• Saturday 13^th July until Sunday 14^th July
• Thursday 18^th July until Wednesday 31^st July

National Concert Hall Gate:

This gate will only close on show dates of the music festival as listed below:

Hatch Street Gates:

These gates will operate as normal.

Sound Checks

Audible sound checks will only be performed during the Live @ The Iveagh Garden Music Festival. These are essential to ensure that the equipment is working at its most optimum level and to allow artists and sound engineers have an opportunity to “get a feel” for the spaces acoustics.

Aiken Promotions have contracted a reputable sound engineer who will monitor the sound levels during each concert to ensure the sound will never exceed or reach dangerous levels. This is done for the safety of ticketholders and residents.

The sound check dates and timings are as follows:

Build Dates

Aiken Promotions will commence works on the Saturday June 29^th however deliveries of equipment will be made on the evening of Friday June 28^th.

From Sunday the 29^th of June Aiken Promotions will start to build all the elements required to stage the Live @ The Iveagh Gardens Music Festival which will commence on the 4^th of July.

When the Paddy Power comedy festival has finished on Sunday the 28^th of July Aiken Promotions will start to take down all of the equipment and remove it from site. This will be finished by the end of day on the 31^st of July. On the morning of the 1^st of August some equipment will be picked up however normal access to the gardens will have resumed.

Other Information:

• A security presence will remain on-site throughout the build and dismantle
• Entry to all events is by ticket only. All patrons will enter the venue via the Clonmel Street gate.
• Cleaning contractors will provide an extensive clean-up of the event area and of the immediate vicinity outside the park during and after the event has

If you wish to get in touch regarding the information here, please reach out on email to:

residents@aikenpromotions.com.

Consultation has taken place with the Office of Public Works in planning for this event. Thank you for your co-operation.

Aiken Promotions Ltd.