Harvest Fair 2024

Richmond Barracks Summer Fair - Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm

Enjoy a day filled with creativity, community and connection at our Harvest Fair.

Come together to support artists, producers and makers as we celebrate the season, inspired by the themes of eating, growing and making.

Our fairs are family friendly, with entertainment and creative activities for all ages. There will be stalls, workshops, walking tours, entertainment, food and drink and more to enjoy.

With free admission, you can bring your family, friends, and curiosity for a day of exploration and discovery. Dogs are welcome, too.

Our building is accessible, with safe parking for bikes and for buggies. We open at 11 am each day. Find directions here.

This page will be updated frequently with workshop and tour times and details as we get closer to the Fair.

What you'll enjoy at the Harvest Fair:

STALLS
Browse over 30 stalls showcasing a wide range of producers, makers and creators. Pick up delicious treats, sustainable goods and one-of-a-kind handcrafted gifts, supporting small businesses, artists and enterprises.

Vendors include:

• Bare: Skin Wellness - Irish hand-crafted skin wellness products made from natural ingredients
• Beyond The Ferns - all natural cold-process soaps 
• Bread Man Walking - sourdough, brioche and pastries baked in Dublin 8 
• Chartistic - personalised works of art in wood
• Clondalkin Animal Aid
• Corleggy Cheeses
• Dolce Amaro - Italian desserts
• Driftwood Art - items made from driftwood collected on Irish beaches
• The Flower Gardener
• 14 Henrietta Street
• Hue Complete Me - colourful Irish stationery, candles and gifts
• Liza's Clay - handmade polymer clay jewellery
• Kari Stores, Inchicore
• Makeeco - handcrafted eco-friendly premium pet products
• Noors Cute Creations - amigurumi maker
• Seams Obsessed - upcycled and second hand fabrics
• Shannon Bergin - illustrator of colourful things
• Sinead O'Moore Ceramics - handmade fine porcelain and tactile stoneware
• Sun Design Glass - stained glass artworks
• Teegan's Treats
• Vintage Glow - handmade bespoke lights and lamps 
• Wildwood Balsamics
• Wild Sióg
• The Woofing Oven - gourmet dog treats and cakes
• World Design - ethically sourced handmade jewelry and accessories

CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
Try something new like crafting or upcycling in our family-friendly Harvest workshops. If you enjoy them, come and take part in our year-round Culture Connects programme. 

To take part in our workshops you must book a place on the day. You can do this at the reception desk 30 minutes before the workshop takes place. Places may be limited. Please note that children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian throughout workshops.

Workshops include:

• Saturday 21 September - 12.00 - Making Harvest Knots 
  
  Join Dublin’s Historian-in-Residence for Children Dervilia Roche for a free, interactive workshop for children aged 9 - 12. Explore the history and folklore of harvest traditions, and make your own traditional harvest knot.
  
  
• Saturday 21 September - 14.00 - Make an autumnal collage with upcycled fabric
  
  Get creative with upcycled fabric. Join Oileán from Change Clothes to create your own autumn themed decorative textile collage. This workshop is family friendly and suitable for age 5 and up.
  
  
• Saturday 21 September - 15.30 - FoodCloud Cookie Challenge
  
  Join Chef Janice from FoodCloud Kitchen for the Cookie Challenge. Can you customise your own delicious cookie without using chocolate chips? Starting with basic cookie dough you must choose what to add to your cookie to make it extra special. The choice is yours! Everyone taking part will go home with their own cookie, unless you can't resist eating it straight away!
  
  
• Sunday 22 September - 11.15 - Mad Dog: stories, songs and movement
  
  Join MAD DOG for this interactive family friendly musical storytelling session. MAD DOG will perform from his collection of original songs 'Furs and Feathers', a selection of songs about where food and friendship collide. These are story songs based on local urban myths and lore and lots of animal characters. Expect songs, stories, movement and lots of fun!
  
  
• Sunday 22 September - 12.30 - Ukulele try out sessions
  
  Come and strum! Originating in Hawaii in the late 1800s the ukulele is a great starter instrument for anyone who wants to try their hand at something new. Join musician and music teacher Shane McGrath for this fun, family friendly workshop open to everyone. You don't need any musical experience, just come and join in. Ukuleles will be provided.
  
  
• Sunday 22 September - 14.30 - Create Harvest masks
  
  Join artist Shannon Jade Wilson to create animal themed harvest masks from natural materials. This workshop is suitable for adults and children aged 6 plus.

 GUIDED TOURS
Join one of three guided walking tours. Choose from exploring local biodiversity, the area’s historical connections to 1916, or Goldenbridge, Ireland’s first garden cemetery. Tours are offered for free during the Fair with options across both days.

 Saturday 21 September - 11.00 - Richmond Barracks to Kilmainham walking tour

Book online here

 Saturday 21 September - 11.30 - Biodiversity walking tour

Book online here 

 Saturday 21 September - 13.00 - Goldenbridge Cemetery walking tour

Book online here 

Sunday 

INCHICORE LIBRARY
The Library will be open each day. Along with their usual services, they will have special events for young people, including their popular Teddy Bears' Picnic.

FOOD AND DRINK
FoodCloud Kitchen will be serving a daily menu created using seasonal ingredients sourced from Irish suppliers. You can also enjoy delicious food and hot drink options from our food trucks and vendors in the garden.

ENTERTAINMENT IN OUR GARDEN
Our beautiful garden is in its Autumn colours. Enjoy music, song and dance performances. Explore the garden with our Biodiversity Worksheet for kids. See what’s growing in our community garden plots and find out how to get involved.

Entertainment includes:

• Saturday at 11.15 - The Teddy Bear Picnic with Inchicore Library -  Bring your teddy bear to join a picnic. There will be stories and songs and lots of fun. 
• Saturday at 12.30 - Loboko Na Mbonda - Congo dancing
• Saturday at 13.30 - Uileann piping with Martin Nolan
• Saturday at 14.15 - Dublin 10/20 Music Shed
  
  
• Sunday at 12.00 - Dublin 10/20 Music Shed
• Sunday at 13.00 - Uileann piping with Martin Nolan
• Sunday at 14.00 - Loboko Na Mbonda - Congo dancing
• Sunday at 15.30 - St. James's Brass and Reed Band 

Here are some photos of our 2023 Harvest Fair. Photos by Senija Topcic @tsenija.

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