Join Dribs & Drags this Halloween for an evening of spooky, campy chaos!

With performances from drag artists such as Hunter Gatherer, Isla Dogs, The Morganism, Whore Leaf Clover and MORE, you will be guaranteed a night of absolute queer joy – get ready for us to possess you. Sharpen your pitchforks and book your tickets to be guaranteed a spot at our premiere event at the Irish Cultural Centre!

Dribs & Drags are a drag and cabaret performance collective based in London. Having held monthly cabaret nights at the Alma, and beginning to at Eagle London, Dribs & Drags are very excited to bring the ICC a brand new cabaret! Comprised of 6 members, the collective has it all: singing, Irish dancing, lip sync, audience interaction and narratives with a story! Come to the ICC this Halloween and check out what Dribs & Drags has to offer!

A brief History of Halloween in Ireland:

Halloween in Ireland began as a Pagan celebration known as ‘Samhain’. Traditionally, Samhain was celebrated from the 31st of October to the 1st of November, to mark the changes of the seasons to Winter and the end of the Harvest.

The Pagan belief was that on the 31^st of October, the veil between the real world and the ‘other world’ (i.e the spiritual realm) dissolves. This meant the Aos Sí (spirits), banshees and púkas (ghosts) could wander into our world and cause mischief. This lead to a tradition of humans dressing up like spirits, to trick them into thinking they were also from the other world, making them safe from their mischief and trickery (sounds familiar, don’t you think?).

Spirits of close friends and family members were thought to return home and visit their loved ones on this night. In celebration of this and to welcome home loved ones, communities would leave a fire burning and make a large feast. To appease the spirits and fairies, Celtic people often left out offerings or a seat at the table, and turnips were also carved to ward off evil spirits!

After the mass emigration of over 2 million Irish people due to the Great Famine, with them came their customs and traditions. The celebration of Samhain and the stories surrounding it remained, and is now the holiday we know and love as Halloween!

(Sources: Wilderness Ireland, Dorset College Dublin

So let’s get together this Samhain for some campy, unique, niche & terrifying cabaret! BOO!