Oktoberfest is coming to Dublin Docklands!

It's the event everyone aspires to get to, and now it's coming to Dublin! Get set to experience the authentic Oktoberfest festival this month as the first Paulaner Oktoberfest comes to the Dublin Docklands, running from 9th - 19th October.

The traditional German market will feature over thirty German speciality food producers and German traders, visitors will be introduced to the very best of Bavarian food and specialities from sausages, meat, pastries, Käsespätzle (cheese noodles) to mountain cheese and ginger bread hearts.

You will also have the opportunity to experience Paulaner, a truly authentic Bavarian style wheat beer and one of only six beers permitted to exhibit at Munich's legendary Oktoberfest.

Learn to sing a yodel or dance a polka, as traditional Bavarian musicians, Die Alpen-show, will also play throughout the ten-day event.

General admission to the Paulaner Oktoberfest is free and corporate tickets are available from €52 per person. For further information, please log onto

www.oktoberfest-dublin.ie.

Corporate tickets include a full traditional buffet supper, complimentary Paulaner and entertainment by Bavarian host Sepp and Bavarian Brass and Dance band, Die Alpen show, tickets are available to purchase on

www.tickets.ie

Schedule of Events:
Monday to Friday:
Daytime 11:30a.m. - 6:00p.m.Browse the many authentic Bavarian food stalls and enjoy a free lunchtime concert of Bavarian Brass & Dance Music with Die Alpen-Show.

Evening 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.Enjoy traditional Oktoberfest activities, food and beverages including German Bretzels, Pastries, Black Forest sausages, Sauerkraut, Nockerln, Crepes, Love Apples and Ginger Bread Hearts. Meet our Oktoberfest German waitresses dressed in the traditional 'Dirndl'.

Saturday & Sunday:
Daytime 11:30a.m. - 7:00p.m.Browse the many authentic Bavarian food stalls and enjoy a free lunchtime concert of Bavarian Brass & Dance Music with Die Alpen-Show. Family Entertainment activities with our host Sepp, include face painting & creating balloon animals.

Evening 7:00pm - 12 Midnight (Sat) 8:00p.m. (Sun) Enjoy traditional Oktoberfest activities including; entertainment from the Bavarian Brass & Dance band Die Alpen-Show. Sample the many authentic German foods ranging from; German Bretzels, Pastries, Black Forest sausages, Sauerkraut, Nockerln, Crepes, Love Apples and Ginger Bread Hearts. And meet our Oktoberfest German waitresses dressed in the traditional 'Dirndl'.

Opening Times:

Monday to Friday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday to Friday: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. (Upstairs Area)

Saturday: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Sunday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Corporate Event Times: 7 p.m. to 12 p.m. (Marquee Area)

Spencer Tunick in Ireland

Around 2,700 people in Dublin shed their clothes in the early hours of this morning in the name of art! They all get naked to have their photograph taken by American photographer Spencer Tunick.

He is recognized worldwide for his elaborately posed still and video images of multiple nude figures in public settings. His temporary site-specific installations have taken place around the globe in cities including Montreal, Melbourne, Lyon, London, Newcastle-Gateshead, Santiago, New York, Mexico City and Barcelona to name a few. Tunick gathers volunteers to participate in the making of his work which, in the past, have totaled anywhere from 100 - 18,000 participants. The photograph from his Greenpeace project on Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland was named Time Magazine's Picture of the Year 2007.

18,000 people in Mexico city

While most of the city was asleep the participants gathered at 3am at South Wall in Dublin Docklands. The shoot was then done on the Pigeon House Road at the Docklands. People of different age, shape and size showed up to be part of this art work. It felt just a little bit awkward at the beginning but when you have 2,700 naked people the ones that are dressed look different. Despite the cold morning weather all people patiently waited naked for over an hour when Spencer was preparing the set. It then began to rain, but that did not deter about 500 from wading out ankle deep into water for second shoot. It all lasted from 3am until 7am. That’s unusual way to spend your Friday night/Saturday morning!

Another group of over 1,000 brave Irish people had posed on early Tuesday morning in the historic surroundings of Blarney Castle.

Gulliver comes to Dublin Docklands

The chosen book for this year's Dublin: "One City, One Book" is Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, and the Docklands is the place to see Gulliver himself in form of a giant sand sculpture.

To celebrate Gulliver's visit to Dublin, sculptors Duthain Dealbh began carving in sand outside the chq building in the IFSC on April 2nd. Two weeks later and a 4-metre, giant Gulliver is resting under the arch on George's Dock.

Almost 20 events and exhibitions will be held throughout the capital in April for both adults and children. City Hall will play host to Gulliver's Dublin - Eamon Morrissey's acclaimed one man show which will run for four nights (15th - 18th April).

Other events taking place throughout April include adult's and children's film screenings at the Irish Film Institute; children's interactive theatrical workshops in Dublin City Libraries; academic talks on Swift and Dublin; and specially curated exhibitions in City Hall, the National Library of Ireland and Pearse Street Library and Archive.

For more information about these events, please visit www.dublinonecityonebook.ie