Dublin Learning City Festival 2026

We’re excited to announce that the Dublin Learning City Festival will return from Wednesday, 22nd to Saturday 25th of  April 2026!

The theme for 2026 is To Belong, and we’re passionate about creating opportunities for residents to meet new people, explore fresh ideas, and discover new ways to learn across Dublin.

We’d love for organisations in Dublin to get involved by hosting FREE events or activities as part of the festival.

If you’re interested in taking part, please drop us an email at [email protected]

Stay tuned—details about event submissions will be shared soon!

Let’s work together to make this festival inspiring and unforgettable.

About the Festival

Dublin is a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities since 2019, this is a collaboration among Dublin City Council and other educational and community stakeholders.

Annually we celebrate Learning with a three days Festival promoting learning for all. Events are FREE to attend and they will include a wide range of in person and online events.

Register Your Event Here

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Festival Brand 2026

Festival Testimonials

“I love Dublin Learning City Festival as it gives people access to learning for free. It removes a lot of barriers. I love sharing my knowledge with others and I’m delighted to have been given the opportunity to do so. I’ll definitely do it again.”

“We loved being involved! Thanks so much and congratulations on a great festival.”

“The approach to teaching/lecturing style made learning interesting, & his definitions of key word terminology, especially from a dyslexic point of view made a complex subject easy to understand as well as engaging & fun.I learned so much from the talk and it was so informative and thought-provoking that I didn’t want it to end. Would love to attend more talks like this or a series of them.”

“I learned more about the global aspect of Age Friendly Universities. I learned the importance of resistance Training along with aerobic training.”

“They were very interesting talks, they appealed to my love of the architectural history of the city.”

Previous Festivals