Dublin City Soul Festival

Established in 2007 Dublin City Soul Festival Ltd is the organisation responsible for running the annual Soul Festival celebrations in Dublin City. Much more than a genre of music, 'soul' is about a positive feeling and attitude. The Dublin City Soul Festival is a celebration of 'peace, unity & love' that promises to stimulate your senses with it’s wide variety of exciting mostly free events including the world renowned Soul Picnic live from the beautiful surroundings of Merrion Square Park . As a company Dublin City Soul Festival Ltd is a ground breaking collaboration between its Founder & CEO Chris Maher and fellow directors Redmond O’Hanlon and Paul Slattery. Combined their knowledge and determination has taken the Dublin City Soul Festival from concept to reality, picking up a prestigious Irish Times Living Dublin Award for Culture & Tourism in just their first year of business. The Dublin City Soul Festival is a unique, positive, vibrant, feel-great brand that has been making a vital impact on Cultural Tourism to the Island of Ireland since 2007. To date the Dublin City Soul Festival has attracted over 250,000 people to its events, generating more than €8 million for the local economy. The ‘Musical Youth Foundation’ (CHY#18624) – is the charity set-up by Dublin City Soul Festival to provide every child on the island of Ireland with access to a musical education.