Dublin Fringe Festival Welcomes Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Roe & Co Distillery as year-round partners.

20 June 2025
Promotional graphic with a black background and bold pink and white text reading: “Creativity on Tap: Where Bold Ideas Meet Iconic Spaces”. The image includes minimalist neon-style line drawings of a pint glass and a whiskey tumbler. Logos for Dublin Fringe Festival, Roe & Co Irish Whiskey, and Guinness Open Gate Brewery are also featured. A DrinkAware logo is placed at the bottom left.

Dublin Fringe Festival are delighted to announce that we are joining forces with Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Roe & Co Distillery to create something extraordinary for audiences and artists in Dublin; Creativity on Tap: Where Bold Ideas Meet Iconic Spaces. 

This September we’ll be transforming these iconic Dublin venues into stages for fresh voices, unforgettable performances, and moments of real connection with six one-night-only performances.

This is a celebration of culture, community, and the spaces that make it all possible.

Catherine Toolan, Managing Director, Diageo Irish Brand Homes: ‘We are thrilled to support Dublin Fringe Festival this year at two iconic brand homes; Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Roe & Co Distillery. The partnership speaks directly to our commitment towards community and cultural innovation. We look forward to welcoming audiences and artists alike into these spaces as Dublin Fringe Festival celebrates the unique interplay between place, people and performance this September.’

Bee Sparks, Festival Director: ‘I’m delighted to announce a new partnership for 2025. This September, Dublin Fringe Festival are joining forces with Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Roe & Co Distillery to create something extraordinary. Together, we’re transforming two of Dublin’s most iconic venues into stages for fresh voices, unforgettable performances, and moments of connection, as well as working to support artists all year round. This is a celebration of culture, community, and the spaces that make it all possible. Mark your calendars for this September.’

Dublin Fringe Festival, Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Roe & Co Distillery will continue their partnership into 2026, bringing artists and audiences together through Dublin Fringe Festival Artist Support events and fresh creative collaborations long after the festival lights go down. This collaboration is committed to fostering artistic expression and community year-round, partnering to provide opportunities for practise development through networking, scratch nights and gatherings that bring us together.

Creativity is on tap — and everyone’s invited.

We’ll be announcing the full line-up in the coming weeks — stay tuned.