For one night, reality is optional. On October 31st, The Ritual leaves the city and takes over Burtown House, Co. Kildare — an old country estate given over to music, Feasting, performance, fire and the surreal until late. Inspired by the great masquerades, surrealist gatherings and extravagant private parties of another era, The Ritual is built around the idea of stepping through the gates and leaving the ordinary behind. This is no ordinary Halloween party. More a midnight gathering at a country estate where things have become slightly unhinged. A place where the beautiful and the strange sit comfortably beside one another. Where dinner becomes theatre. Where performers and guests become difficult to distinguish. Where you might find yourself having your future read in one room, watching fire illuminate the gardens in another, before disappearing into a packed dancefloor somewhere beyond the trees. Guests can attend a three course banquet meal or just attend the main event. All banquet meal tickets include entry to the event.