From 16th to 24th June, the French Embassy in Ireland, in association with the Alliance française network and Irish cultural partners, is delighted to present a series of free events to mark La Fête de la Musique, in Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Waterford and online.

Join our special programme featuring live music and film screenings!

Admission Free to all events

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Beta Festival, in partnership with Goethe-Institut Ireland, the French Embassy in Ireland, Alliance Française Dublin and German Embassy Dublin, invites applications for The F Word, a new international commissioning programme exploring disinformation, polarisation, resistance, and digital culture.

We're seeking 3 artists (one based in Ireland, one in Germany, and one in France) to develop new works responding to the urgent questions shaping our networked world.

The F Word is supported by the Franco-German Cultural Fund 2026, the French Embassy Ireland, Alliance Française Dublin, German Embassy Dublin and Goethe-Institut Ireland. 

More info - Apply Here
Deadline 8 June 2026
 

We are delighted to announce French artist Alexandre Caretti as the first recipient of this exciting new artistic collaboration between Ireland and France, partnering with Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) and Bétonsalon - centre d'art et de recherche. This new residency exchange is presented in partnership with the Embassy of France in Ireland, Dublin City Council and the Embassy of Ireland France - Ambassade d'Irlande en France.
Alexandre will begin his two-month residency at TBG+S in Dublin this June.

In return, a Dublin-based visual artist will head to Paris for an intensive research period at Bétonsalon from October to November 2026.

Open call is open for a Dublin-based artist to go to Paris  
Deadline: 5 June - Apply here

The French Embassy in Ireland is delighted to support two outstanding events at the Dalkey Book Festival on 20 June, with contemporary French and Francophone voices engaging with some of today’s most pressing societal and political questions.

Saturday 20 June - 10.30am, Town Hall
The festival will host the screening of Resisting for Peace: Can Jews & Arabs Live Together?, a powerful documentary following Israelis and Palestinians working towards dialogue and reconciliation amid the ongoing violence and trauma affecting the region. Directed by Hanna Assouline and Sonia Terrab, members of the French feminist movement Guerrières de la Paix, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, the film offers a deeply human perspective on coexistence, peacebuilding and civic courage.
More information and booking here

Saturday 20 June - 12.45pm, St Patrick’s Church
Jean-Baptiste Andrea, winner of the Prix Goncourt 2023, will discuss his internationally acclaimed novel Watching Over Her. Set against the rise of fascism in 20th-century Italy, the novel explores art, power, memory and moral responsibility in times of political upheaval.
More information and booking here
 

The Embassy of France in Ireland is organizing the next Franco-Irish Forum for Culinary Arts Hospitality and Tourism (FICAHT), which will take place in Dublin on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th June 2026 in Liberties College.

It consists in a 2-day seminar in partnership with City of Dublin ETB and Education and Training Board Ireland (ETBI) on the following topic: A Franco-Irish reflection on skills for tomorrow’s Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism sectors. The aim of this edition is to bring together the various stakeholders and reflect on the needs of the market in Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism. This edition primarily targets professionals in the sector, teachers, and businesses.


Interested in participating?
If you are in this sector and would like to participate or receive more information, please contact academic@ambafrance-ie.org

Members from almost every French Embassy in Europe gathered in Warsaw to exchange ideas about the attractivity of French and discuss ways to strengthen its position within European education systems. Post-Primary Languages Ireland was represented and had the opportunity to present how the Department of Education and the French Embassy jointly develop initiatives supporting the training of teachers of French in Ireland.  
 

Don't miss acclaimed French-born soprano and composer Héloïse Werner— currently Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall—as she teams up with cellist Colin Alexander for an exceptional concert at the Dublin International Chamber Music Festival. The programme features their own compositions performed alongside works by Hildegard of Bingen, Julie Pinel, Henry Purcell, and Oliver Leith.

Saturday, 6 June 6th, 12.00 noon
Royal Irish Academy of Music, Vernon Studio
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In partnership with the French Embassy in Ireland, Terenure Library hosts the French Film Club on the second Wednesday of every month, featuring a screening of a French-language film with English subtitles. This month's film screening will take place on Wednesday 10 June at 5.30pm.
This month's film is Guess Who Is Calling? (Le Répondeur) by Fabienne Godet.

Presented with support from the Institut français.

Terenure Library, Dublin 6
Admission Free – no booking required
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TV5MONDE is making a selection of films from the Cinémathèque Afrique available to the general public free of charge on its streaming platform, TV5MONDEplus.

Restored by the French Institute, these works offer a rare overview of African cinema from 1955 to the present day, showcasing the richness and diversity of the continent’s cinematic heritage.

Watch Now - Free

A wonderful evening celebrating Bloomsday at the IFI featuring two short films followed by a discussion:

An unknown 1932 text by avant-garde artist Lucia Joyce, James Joyce's daughter, plunges us into a phantasmagoric world of surreal creativity. Evanna Lynch leads a delightful and frightening odyssey from Lucia’s own exquisitely crafted lettrines, to a shamanic dance which launches her soul into a magical dimension where she demonstrates exactly how to reach the clouds…
René Clair’s Dadaist masterpiece, which premiered during the intermission of a Paris ballet in 1924, is emblematic of Lucia’s creative world. Her mentor Jean Börlin choreographs and appears alongside Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp and the film’s composer, Eric Satie.

Followed by a Q&A with Deirdre Mulrooney and Darina Gallagher, hosted by Katy Hayes.
 
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FLAM Dublin is organising a family-friendly picnic on 21 June.
The picnic will take place in Phoenix Park, with a meeting point at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre at 2:00 p.m. Families, children and friends are all welcome.
 
FLAM - Français Langue Maternelle – associations support French-speaking children and families living abroad by helping them maintain and develop their French language skills and cultural connections through educational and community activities.

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If you are a European non-profit cultural organisation, and you are developing innovative projects to enhance audience engagement, apply now to the 2026 Art Explora - Académie des beaux-arts European Award! The Award encourages new forms of audience engagement and participation in arts and culture, supporting innovative projects, across all art forms, that can be shared, replicated and scaled across Europe.

Find out more on the Art Explora Award Platform  
 

The FLAM (Français langue maternelle, or French as a mother tongue) association French.Minded is organising their annual fair on Saturday June 27th at the Sandymount Community Centre (Dublin 4), from 2:30pm to 5pm. There will be games and quizzes for children! Don’t miss it!
 
More info about the FLAM associations here and about the French.Minded association here
 

Researchers in Ireland: ready to take your research to France?
The France Excellence Research Residency programme is intended for Irish or foreign researchers, young researchers and PhD students working in an Irish research institution who wish to undertake a research visit of up to a month in France.

• Open to all research disciplines with a focus on STEM fields
• For non-French nationals based in Ireland
• Deadline : 29 June 2026
• Apply here

Galway celebrated Brittany with La Fête de la Bretagne, organized by the Galway-Lorient association, in partnership with the French Embassy in Ireland. Some FLAM associations and students from local schools attended this convivial event. The celebration was a success, bringing together many families around Brittany's culinary specialties, including the much-celebrated « kouigns »!

From the lush green fields of France in the summer of 1914 to the sun dried beaches of Turkey in 1915 this exhibition explores the complexity of Ireland in World War One.

National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History, Dublin
Admission Free
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