First Fortnight Festival

First Fortnight runs across the first two weeks of January in Dublin and partner counties nationwide, staging theatre, poetry, music and exhibitions specifically to challenge mental health stigma, with many events offered free or pay-what-you-can during a financially and emotionally difficult time of year. Theatre, music, poetry and film screenings across Dublin and partner counties challenge mental health stigma during the first two weeks of January, with many events offered free or pay-what-you-can.

First Fortnight runs across the first two weeks of January, using theatre, music, poetry, exhibitions and film screenings specifically to challenge stigma around mental ill health, with programming staged in Dublin and, in recent editions, partner events in counties including Donegal, Down, Kildare, Wexford, Cork, Kerry and Limerick.