The stage is set for a very special celebration of Irish LGBTQ+ club and dancefloor culture with live music, queer performance and art exhibitions.

Presented by Mother, Cultúr Club will return to St. Patrick’s Festival as part of Festival Quarter in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks on Saturday 16th March 2024. Covering several venues, Cultúr Club highlights include a cabaret circus tent, a macroscale dance tent, performances across three stages and an outdoor arena. Performances encompass an array of live DJ sets, and drag talent from across the LGBTQ+ community, traversing a vast landscape of genres from electronic and disco to trad, techno and more.

Headlining the mainstage is established DJ and Irish techno powerhouse SAOIRSE. After a meteoric rise in the Irish techno scene, RTÉ Choice Music Prize-nominated artist Elaine Mai returns to Cultúr Club joined by MayKay and guests for a must-see performance.

SAOIRSE

Mother DJs Ruth Kavanagh, Ghostboy and Rocky T. Delgado will be joined across the festival grounds by DJs Kelly-Anne Byrne, Puzzy Wrangler, and many more with dancers, drag artists and fabulous deviants.

Cultúr Club promoter Mother is set to reprise ‘Géilí Mór’, Ireland’s largest Queer céilí returns with PJ Kirby (co-host of the smash hit podcast, I’m Grand Mam), with performances by RiverDrag and a live queer céilí band.

Cultúr Club lineup

It is an important celebration of queer culture, in all its beauty and magnitude. Speaking about the event, Mother co-founder Cormac Cashman said: “We’re very happy to have Cultúr Club, in all its queer glory.

As the opening party of our national festival, Cultúr Club is our annual love letter to the Irish dancefloor and our first big festival outing of the year. We’re proud to programme some of Ireland’s finest DJs, drag queens, and performers to help us celebrate St. Patrick’s Eve and kick start the weekend's festivities.”

A love letter to Irish dance culture and the queer community, Cultúr Club will oversee a packed programme of live music, family entertainment, art exhibitions, conversation, workshops, spectacle and street performance, along with the best of Irish food and crafts at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks. Open to all ages throughout the day, before transforming into flashy urban fairgrounds after dark, St. Patrick’s Festival Quarter’s Cultúr Club is an open invitation to all visitors with something for everyone to celebrate.

Tickets start from €20 plus booking fee and are on sale now here.