April
- 1st - 15th: One City, One Book ("Gulliver's Travels")
- 13th - 20th: Händel Festival
- from 17th: International Dance Festival Ireland
May
- until 3rd: International Dance Festival Ireland
- 5th - 18th: 5th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Dublin City
- 16th - 18th: Skerries Traditional Music Weekend, Skerries (Co. Dublin)
- 22nd - 25th: Dublin City Soul Festival
- from 29th: Bloom, Phoenix Park (Dublin)
- from 30th: Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival
- 31st: Irish Kennel Club All Breed International Dog Show, National Show Centre (Cloghran, Co. Dublin)
June
- throughout June: Diversions Festival, Temple Bar (Dublin)
- until 2nd: Bloom, Phoenix Park (Dublin)
- until 2nd: Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival, Dublin
- from 1st: Jonathan Barry Exhibition Writers Museum
- 2nd: Flora Women's Mini Marathon
- 12th - 15th: Taste of Dublin, Iveagh Gardens
- 13th - 15th: Street Performance World Championship, Merrion Square
- 16th: Bloomsday, Dublin
- 19th - 22nd: Darklight, Temple Bar
- from 26th: Hugh Lane Centenary Exhibition, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
July
- through July: Diversions Festival, Temple Bar (Dublin)
- through July: Hugh Lane Centenary Exhibition, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
- through July: International Circus Season, Temple Bar
- through July: Jonathan Barry Exhibition Writers Museum
- through July: The Writers Entertain Writers Museum
- 2nd-6th: Waltons Guitar Festival of Ireland
- 18th-19th (tbc): Rose Festival, St. Anne's Park (Dublin)
August
- throughout August: Diversions Festival, Temple Bar (Dublin)
- throughout August: Hugh Lane Centenary Exhibition, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
- throughout August: The Writers Entertain, Dublin Writers Museum
- throughout August every Thursday: Lunchtime Opera Concerts, Civic Offices (Wood Quay)
- 1st - 4th: Tradition DL, Dun Laoghaire (Co. Dublin)
- until 31st: Jonathan Barry Exhibition, Dublin Writers Museum
- 6th -10th: Failte Ireland Horse Show, RDS Dublin
- 16th - 24th: ESB Beo, National Concert Hall (Dublin)
- 22nd - 24th: Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures (Co. Dublin)
September
- until 14th: Hugh Lane Centenary Exhibition, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
- 1st - 21st: Bulmers International Comedy Festival
- until 30th: The Writers Entertain, Dublin Writers Museum
- 6th - 21st: Dublin Fringe Festival
- 7th - 14th: Anna Livia International Opera Festival
- 8th: Liffey Swim
- 19th: Culture Night
- 20th - 27th: Skerries Soundwaves (Co. Dublin)
- from 25th: Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival
October
- until 12th: Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival
- 26th - 27th: Hallowfest, Tallaght (Co. Dublin)
- 27th: Adidas Dublin Marathon
November
- 24th - 25th: Printing House Festival of New Music, Trinity College Dublin
- 29th: Irish Kennel Club All Breed International Dog Show, Cloghran (Co. Dublin)
- 30th: Festival of Light, O'Connell Street (Dublin)
December
- until Christmas: Live Animal Crib, Mansion House (Dublin)
- 11th: Christmas Carols at Malahide Castle (Co. Dublin)
- 26th - 29th: Leopardstown Christmas Racing Festival (Dublin)
- 31st: Christ Church Bells at Midnight
- 31st: RTE Gala New Year's Eve Concert
