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Dark World





Core festival October/November with additional events throughout the year




Dublin Castle, additional venues






Soul Noir would like to thank our 2021  funder's Thank you for supporting the Gothic Arts in Ireland.

For full schedule of 2021  events/catalogue go to this link

Soul Noir 2021 was held in Dublin Castle in Bedford Tower, built in 1761, from October 31st - November 1st.

To echo these strange times, our theme for  2021 was  DARK WORLD and was reflective on the pandemic (plague) states of being we find ourselves globally submerged in a symbolic, political and environmental way. DARK WORLD was an introspective oracle on how we live and survive. 

Documentation by photographer Chad Alexander and Soul Noir. Thank you to everyone who came to the festival and to the artists themselves.

Our award winners were:

Audience Favourite - Michelle Harton
Best Emerging Artist - Brianna Hurley
Dark Heart Award - Daire Lynch
Best in Show - Isabella Oberlander


Our 2021 Festival artists were;

Ailbhe McDonagh

Ann Ensor

Breda Lynch

Brianna Hurley

Catherine Gavin

Conor Connolly

Cyril Helnwein

Daire Lynch

Dead Craftsman (please email soulnoirfestival@gmail.com for more info)

Diana Chambers

Fergus Byrne

GalleryX with Curator Giovanni Giusti

Isabella Oberlander

James Leane

Jordan Hutchins (please email soulnoirfestival@gmail.com for more info)

Michelle Harton

Miriam O’Connor

Moreau (please email soulnoirfestival@gmail.com for more info)

Orla Connolly & Jens Weber

Pat Byrne

Sean Fitzgerald

Susan MacWillliam

and The Hardliners (please email soulnoirfestival@gmail.com for more info)