Wexford Festival Opera
Wexford Festival Opera takes place Oct 15 - 31, 2026 (75th anniversary season) in Wexford, Ireland. Typical cost ranges from 10 to 150 EUR per person.
A festival at the National Opera House in Wexford that stages main-stage operas alongside pocket operas, lunchtime recitals, talks and community events. The 75th anniversary season programmes Mascagni's Iris, Rossini's L'equivoco stravagante and Prokofiev's The Gambler, with Joseph Calleja, Ermonela Jaho and Daniela Barcellona among the returning artists. Members go for the repertoire, the small-theatre setting and a town that gives itself over to the festival.
- When
- Oct 15 - 31, 2026 (75th anniversary season)
- Where
- Wexford, Ireland
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 10 to 150 EUR per person.
- Weather
- October in Rosslare averages a daytime high of about 14C and a night low of about 9C, with rain on around 19 days (about 98 mm) and roughly 3 hours of sunshine a day.
- When to book
- Friends of the Festival book first, in late April, and general booking opens in early May, well ahead of the October festival.
- Getting there
- Dublin Airport (DUB). The festival says Wexford is a two-hour drive from the airport; the bus and train station at Redmond Square is about a 10-minute walk from the Opera House.
- Where to stay
- Whites of Wexford, Wexford; The Talbot Hotel, Wexford; Talbot Suites at Stonebridge, Wexford; Newbay House, Wexford; Kelly's Resort Hotel, Rosslare
- Official site
- https://www.wexfordopera.com/
How to attend
Tickets are open to the public: book online through the festival programme at any time, phone the Box Office on +353 53 912 2144 (Monday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 5 pm), email it, or buy in person at the Box Office in the foyer of the National Opera House on High Street. Friends of the Festival get priority booking ahead of general sale.
Insider tip
If you drive, note that town-centre streets are one-way and High Street is narrow, with car access limited to drop-off outside the Opera House. Rowe Street Church car park is about two minutes' walk away, and the Eircode for satnav is Y35 FEP3.
Get inside Wexford Festival Opera
Booking matters here: friends of the Festival book first, in late April, and general booking opens in early May, well ahead of the October festival. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 570 more events across the season.
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