Dublin Airport is set to host its biggest and busiest festive entertainment programme this Christmas.
More than 1,600 performers from 50 schools, choirs and musical groups will entertain passengers from today Monday, December 9 with two performances in each terminal daily, right up to Christmas Eve.
“Dublin Airport is a very special place for the thousands of passengers travelling home for Christmas from all over the world and also for those visiting Ireland for the holidays,” said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison.
“We have been arranging our Christmas entertainment calendar since September and we are delighted to present our biggest musical schedule ever. Our teams in the terminals love to see the surprise and delight on the faces of passengers as they are greeted by festive music and song when they walk into the arrivals hall,” he added.
RTÉ Radio One’s Ryan Tubridy will broadcast his show live from Terminal 2 Arrivals on Monday, December 23 from 09.00 – 10.00.
Dublin Airport’s entertainment programme will end on Christmas Eve with the Dublin Gospel Choir performing live in Terminal 2.
“Many of our performers are from schools in our local communities including Kilcoskan National School in the Ward, Mary Queen of Ireland National School in Toberburr and Thornleigh Educate Together, Swords," according to Mr Harrison. "We also have adult choirs such as Prosper Fingal, the Airport Fire Service Band and Voices of Hope - Move 4 Parkinsons. We would like to thank all our performers for helping to make Christmas homing comings extra special at Dublin Airport.”
Dublin Airport has welcomed almost 28.4 million passengers in the first 10 months of the year, a 5% increase over the same period in 2018. Almost 1.4 million extra passengers have travelled through the airport between January and October.
| Date | Time | Terminal | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
09/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | St. Brigid's Boys National School Kylemore College Fingal Gospel Choir Skerries Ukele Group |
10/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 | Mary Queen of Ireland Rolestown National School Voices of Hope - Move 4 Parkinsons |
11/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 | St. Mary's National School, Garristown Gaelscoil Cholmcille Brother Kevin Singer |
12/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | Forget-Me-Nots St. Margaret's National School Tolka Dots Dublin Airport Fire Service Band |
13/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | Cannistown National School Portmarnock Community School Clane Musical and Drama Society Dublin All-Stars |
14/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 | T1 T2 | Kylemore Music Group Young European Strings |
15/12/2019 | 19.00 | T2 | St. Mary's College Singers |
16/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | Holywell Educate Together National School Kilcoskan National School Songs in the key of D Portmarnock Singers |
17/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | Prosper Fingal Scoil an Duinnínigh North Dublin Community Gospel Choir Cór Duibhlinne |
18/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | Scoil Bhríde St. Louis Infant School Lambay Singers CCÉ Port Mearnóg |
19/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | Virgin Mary Girls National School St. Joseph's Rush Heritage Singers, Balrothery Precision Pianos |
20/12/2019 | 10.00 10.00 19.00 19.00 | T1 T2 T1 T2 | Thornleigh Educate Together St. Cronan's Junior National School Rush Musical Society K&S Accordian Orchestra |
21/12/2019 | 11.00 11.00 | T1 T2 | Dublin Airport Singers Gluais |
22/12/2019 | 11.00 19.00 | T2 T1 | Royal Meath Accordion Orchestra St. Paul's Choir Ayrfield |
| 23/12/2019 | 09.00 19.00 | T2 T2 | Ryan Tubridy Show - RTÉ Radio One Dublin Airport Fire Service Band |
| 24/12/2019 | 11.00 | T2 | Dublin Gospel Choir |
