Queer Arts Collective Arts, Film, Events, Club Nights & DJ’s

All you need to know about Our Queer Arts, Film, Events, Club Nights & DJ’s plus more….

Eddie McGuinness Queen of Matchmaking at The Outing Festival to Queer Arts Collective come together to show the diversity of events in LGBTQ+ communities plus lots of fun, friendship and maybe Love. ‘ I’m only just recovering from the last one! LGBT+ weekend like no other..said Panti Bliss ‘Queen of Ireland’.’

The George (Dublin) at The Outing Festival

“DJ Ruth found her passion for DJing in a little local pub in her home town of Lucan, nearly 20 years ago. Not long after she found her true home, musically and socially, on the gay scene. She quickly became a well known and very well-liked part of the scene she loved. Over the years she has held long residencies in Dragon, Pro-homo, Spice, Dragged Up & Glitz to name but a few and now every Friday night in The George Bar Dublin.

She has also guested on many other nights around Dublin including Club Tease, Profile & Kiss.

She also proudly played at Milk, Irelands first gay music festival, to a roaring success. Dj Ruth has now played at over 5 years at The Outing Festival

For many years she has played the Dublin Pride official parties, this year playing on the main stage to over 15,000 people. (Having 10,000 plus people do the YMCA was a particular highlight!)

Traveling around Ireland is not unusual to Ruth, where she has played regular gigs in Limerick, Cork, and Galway.

Happy to play camp pop to kicking house. Ruth knows how to bring the party!”

Traffic Light Ball

Be Individual! Be Unique! Be Wild! You know you want to come and play at the campest and biggest Traffic Light Love Ball this side of the Shannon! Club Tease is pulling out all the stops to make this the biggest and best Love party ever over 2 nights. Come Play!

“Time Lapse Film Festival”

New to The Outing Festival ,

Valentines Weekend Feb 2023 is our ‘Time Lapse Film Festival’

A showing of short films, creating awareness for minorities & people without a voice. Films will be shown daily on the Ballyhannon Stage – Main Room.

If you would like to have your short film featured, please drop us a email [email protected]

Yoga with Sporting Pride Ireland

Would you like to take part in another new addition to the Festival? YOGA with Julie Hyde Yoga will hold classes over the weekend at The Outing Festival, Valentines weekend 10th – 12th Feb 2023. Supported by Sporting Pride Ireland.

Julie is a strong believer that we should never stop learning about ourselves and the world around us and Yoga is the perfect practice to deepen self study. Although Yoga is often challenging, it is in overcoming obstacles that true change happens and knowledge is acquired, both on and off the mat.

‘The Queer Word’

Would you like to take part in another new addition to the Festival? ‘The Queer Word’ – Spoken Word & Poetry’ will take place on Sat 11th at The Outing Festival, Valentines weekend 10th – 12th Feb 2023.

‘Queer Crafts Market’

We have a host of super amazing Crafters and Business from around Ireland lined up for you at our ‘The Queer Market – Crafts Fair’ at The Outing Festival,

‘The Géilí’

Get those dancing shoes ready!

Returning The Outing Festival on Valentines Weekend 10th-12th Feb 2023

is #TheGéilí Join our in house céilí band and learn a dance or too. Great craic to watch, but better craic to join in!

‘Drag in your Eyes’

Find your inner Queen or King

New to The Outing Festival on Valentines Weekend 10th-12th Feb 2023

is ‘Drag in your Eyes’ with your host Carrie Deway. Release your inner drag and take to the stage!

Enjoy Afternoon Tea at The Inn at Dromoland

Traditional Afternoon Tea in a warm and friendly location

Served between the hours of 1 and 4pm daily, our afternoon tea offers a selection of freshly prepared finger sandwiches, scones and cakes. Pre-booking is required a minimum of 24 hours in advance, please contact us main reception. This is run by the hotel (extra charge)

Download a copy of our sample menus here.

Queer Film Festival at The Outing Festival

The Outing Festival New Queer film festival is a specialized film festival that has an LGBTQ+ focus in our selection of films.

We are giving new space for awareness-raising around LGBT rights as well as for community building among queer communities. The list of LGBT+ Movies showing at our festival will be TBC. Soon.

“Sunday Service by Street 66 Bar Dublin”

For your Sins, over the weekend you must attend Sunday Service presented Street 66 Dublin.

Friendly old school service with a smile, great choice of love, live music and vinyl’s records.

“BlindDate”

IT’S BACK!!! Everyone’s favourite #BlindDate is back again

Valentines Weekend

Friday & Saturday

Are you looking for Love? Will you get up on stage and chance finding ‘the one’?

Virgin Pool Party

Get your budgie smugglers & bikini’s out!!

Returning to The Outing Festival, Valentines Weekend

is our Virgin Pool Party

Relax with our afternoon of fun in our Swimming Pool! We have the Inflatables! Join your hostess, Regina George on the decks. Grab your mocktails and chill. This is a Virgin party…no Alcohol permitted in pool area

Tantric Sex Workshop

New year, new you? Forget detoxes and diets tries out our new tantric sex workshop by Ger.

The experience of orgasm separate from ejaculation can be attained through practice of Tantra Tai Chi which we teach at our workshop in our Sun Room, private room area.

This workshop is open to all from singles to couples.

“Drag In Your Eyes” in Our Matchmaking Bar

Who fancies getting up & strutting your stuff Carrie Déway & Regina George will host #DragInYourEyes at #TheOutingFestival

“Speed Dating” in Our Matchmaking Bar

What would be your first #SpeedDating question be?? …Tell me 1 lie and 2 truths about yourself ….. answers below!

NLI Living with Pride – National Library of Ireland

Living with Pride: photographs by Christopher Robson. Documenting LGBTI+ life and activism in Ireland during the 1990s and 2000s.

NLI Living with Pride at The Outing Festival

Gay and civil rights activist Christopher Robson, 1941-2013, photographed decades of Irish LGBT+ life. In 2015, his partner Bill Foley donated over 2,000 of Christopher’s photographs taken between 1992-2007 to our National Library collections, ensuring LGBT+ representation in Ireland’s story. In 2021, Living with Pride, a photographic exhibition in the National Photographic Archive, Dublin, celebrated Christopher’s life and work. And this NLI #LivingWithPride community microsite celebrates both events, as today’s activists reflect on what Christopher’s photographs mean to them.

The Outing Festival ‘Tag & Shag’ Masquerade Ball

Let your imagination roam. Be Individual! Be Unique! Be Wild! You know you want to come and play at the campest and biggest Love Ball this side of the Shannon! Club Tease is pulling out all the stops to make this the biggest and best Love party ever over 2 nights. Start the year off in style at what promises to be the wildest nights this year! Taking place all over the Hotel.

Featuring the battle of the DJs live on the decks in the main room to bar, with the best of chart dance/house/techno. On stage, a host of performers. Making a guest appearance on the night will be Irelands hottest male and female dance show. Entertainment for one and all!

With love boys and girls dishing out candy, popcorn, and lollipops, this is going to be a fun-filled night not to be forgotten.

The Club TEASE (Ireland’s longest-running & award-winning LGBTQ+ Club night) Love Party takes place each night Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights in each of the areas of the festival site.