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MARCH
27 Feb–7 March: Brilliant Corners: A Festival of Jazz in Belfast
5–8 March: Finding a Voice, Clonmel
5–8 March: Fingal International Festival of Voices
5–8 March: TedFest, Inis Mór, Aran Islands
6 March: RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Vicar Street, Dublin
6–8 March: North Texas Irish Festival, Dallas, Texas
6–8 March: Ennis Bookclub Festival, Ennis
7–17 March: Manchester Irish Festival
11–15 March: Borealis, Bergen, Norway
12–18 March: SXSW, Austin, Texas
12–15 March: Walled City Music Festival
13–17 March: Belfast TradFest presents Belfast St Patrick’s Music Festival
14–17 March: St. Patrick’s Festival, Kilkenny
14–17 March: St. Patrick’s Festival, Dublin
18–22 March: Limerick Early Music Festival
20–23 March: Inishowen Singing Weekend/Inishowen International Folk Song & Ballad Seminar
21 March: Early Music Day
25–28 March: Féile Fearann Rí, Cork City
27–29 March: Sean-nós Cois Life, Dublin
APRIL
3–5 April: Manchester Punk Festival
9–12 April: Baltimore Irish Trad Fest, USA
9–12 April: Fiddle Hell, Online
17–19 April: CROÍLÁR Festival, Athlone
4–6 April: Kildare Jazz Festival, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
8–13 April: Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Galway
9–12 April: Consairtín – National Concertina Convention, Ennis, Co. Clare
11–15 April: Edinburgh International Harp Festival
11–13 April: Tullamore TradFest
11–13 April: Granard Booktown Festival, Co. Longford
11–20 April: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, California
15–18 April: Sonorities, Belfast
15–19 April: New Music Dublin
17–21 April: National Folk Festival, Canberra, Australia
22–26 April: Music Current, Dublin
23–26 April: Cruinniú na bhFlúit
24–26 April: Jazzahead!, Bremen, Germany
24–26 April: Féile na hInse, Buncrana, Inishowen, Co. Donegal
24–27 April: Clifden Trad Fest, Co. Galway
25–27 April: The Sugarloaf Sessions, Bray, Co. Wicklow
30 April–4 May: Cork International Choral Festival
MAY
May: Camlin Keys Piano Festival, Longford
1–31 May: Bealtaine, across Ireland
1–4 May: Shetland Folk Festival
2–5 May: Féile Chois Cuain, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo
1–5 May: City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival
1–5 May: Birr Festival of Music
1–5 May: Féile na Bealtaine, Daingean Uí Chúis, Co. Kerry
2–10 May: Galway Theatre Festival
1–11 May: Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
2–4 May: Girvan Traditional Folk Festival
2–4 May: Bray Jazz Festival
2–4 May: Long Play, Brooklyn, New York
2–5 May: Féile Joe Éinniú, Carna, Co. Galway
2–5 May: Riverfest Limerick
2–5 May: Cup of Tae Festival, Ardara, Co. Donegal
2–4 May: Féile Oriel, Monaghan
2–5 May: Ballydehob Jazz Festival
2–5 May: Kilkenny Roots Festival
2–5 May: Fleadh na gCuach, Kinvara, Co. Galway
4 May: Towers and Tales Children’s Book Festival, Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford
3–4 May: Tectonics, Glasgow
2–4 May: Drogheda Arts Festival
7–11 May: Midleton Arts Festival, Midleton, Co. Cork
8–11 May: Fiddle Fair, Baltimore, Cork
8–18 May: West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival
10 May: Whitchurch Folk Festival, Hampshire, England
10–12 May: Ceol na gCruach, Glenties, Co. Donegal
13–24 May: Dublin Dance Festival
14–17 May: The Great Escape, Brighton, UK
15–17 May: World Fiddle Day, Scartaglin, Co. Kerry
15–18 May: Songlines Encounters Festival, Kings Place, London
16–18 May: Féile Róise Rua, Arranmore
16 May–24 Aug: Glyndebourne Festival
16–25 May: Manchester Jazz Festival
16–25 May: International Literature Festival, Dublin
21–24 May: Brighton Music Conference
21–25 May: Fastnet Film Festival, Schull, Co. Cork
21–25 May: Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering, Derbyshire
21 May–4 June: Bergen International Festival
22–25 May: Chester Folk Festival, Chester
22–25 May: Knockengorroch Festival, Galloway, South West Scotland
22–25 May: Orkney Folk Festival
23–25 May: Féile Binn Éadair, Howth, Co. Dublin
24 May: Robert Tressell Festival, Dublin
24 May–2 June: Fleadh Nua, Ennis. Co. Clare
25 May: Nasc Folk & Traditional Music Festival, Marlay Park, Dublin
26 May–1 June: Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Lismore, Co. Waterford
29 May–2 June: Bord Bia Bloom
29 May–2 June: Mountshannon Arts Festival
29 May–1 June: K-FEST, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
30 May–2 June: Doonbeg International Jazz Festival, Co. Clare
30 May–2 June: SCS Killaloe Music Festival, Co. Clare
31 May–2 June: Galway Early Music Festival
JUNE
22 May–2 June: Fleadh Nua, Ennis. Co. Clare
27 May–2 June: Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Lismore, Co. Waterford
29 May–1 June: K-FEST, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
29 May–2 June: Mountshannon Arts Festival
30–31 May: Forbidden Fruit, Dublin
31 May–2 June: SCS Killaloe Music Festival, Co. Clare
31 May–2 June: Galway Early Music Festival
31 May–1 June: Roots Picnic, Philadelphia
1 June: Macroom Music Fest, Co. Cork
4–7 June: Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Co. Mayo
4–8 June: Carlow Arts Festival
4–8 June: Dublin International Chamber Music Festival
5–8 June: Minnesota Irish Music Weekend
4–7 June: Ruaille Buaille Lucan Children’s Music Festival
4–8 June: Galway Folk Festival
5–30 June: Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast
6 June: Desmond Fennell Summer Seminar
6–8 June: Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas
6–8 June: Limerick Sings
6–8 June: Skerries Trad Music Weekend
7–14 June: Hertfordshire Festival of Music
11–16 June: Bloomsday Festival, Dublin
12–22 June: Leipzig Bachfest, Germany
12–15 June: Waterford International Organ Festival
12–15 June: Lismore Immrama Festival of Travel Writing, Lismore, Co. Waterford
12–15 June: Dalkey Book Festival
12–21 June: Northern Aldborough Festival
13–14 June: Louth Contemporary Music Society Festival
13–15 June: Féile na Gealaí, Ráth Chairn
13–15 June: Beyond the Pale
13–22 June: Cork Midsummer Festival
14–16 June: Doolin Folk Festival, Clare
15–22 June: Spannungen Festival, Germany
18–22 June: Pipeworks International Organ and Choral Festival, Dublin
20–22 June: Cornelius Lyons Inaugural Summer School, Teach Siamsa, Finuge, Co. Kerry
20–21 June: Tunefest Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
19–22 June: Isle of Wight Festival
20–29 June: La Prima Estate Festival, Lido di Camaiore, Italy
21–29 June: Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika Kauffmann Hall, Schwarzenberg, Austria
23 June–4 July June: Blas – International Summer School of Irish Traditonal Music and Dance, Limerick
23–27 June: New Opera Days Ostrava (NODO), Czech Republic
25–29 June: Glastonbury Festival
26–29 June: Hinterland, Kells, Co. Meath
26 June–5 July: Festival International de Jazz, Montreal
27–29 June: Blues from the Top, Winter Park, Colorado
27–29 June: Festival of Voice, NCH
27–29 June: Night and Day, Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
27 June–6 July: West Cork Chamber Music Festival
28 June: Mother Pride Block Party, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
29 June–4 July: An Chúirt Chruitireachta – International Festival for Irish Harp, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
5–6 July: Longitude, Dublin
30 June–4 July: The Stinging Fly Summer School, The Irish Writers Centre
JULY
1–27 July: Lucca Summer Festival, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
4–6 July: Stendhal Festival, Limavady
4–6 July: The High Road Sessions, Inishbofin, Co. Galway
4–6 July: Edenderry Music Festival, Edenderry GAA Grounds, Co. Offaly
4–12 July: Cheltenham Music Festival
4–13 July: Clonmel Junction Arts Festival
5 July: The Yoga Picnic, Lilliput House, Banks of Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath
5–12 July: Cairde Sligo Arts Festival
5–13 July: Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
7–16 July: Irish Composition Summer School, TU Dublin
8–13 July: Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales
8–13 July: Galway Film Fleadh
9–20 July: HarpMasters Academy, Mondovì, Cuneo, Italy
10–12 July: NOS Alive, Lisbon Portugal
10–12 July: Music for Youth National Festival, Birmingham
10–13 July: Féile Sean-nós na Gaillimhe
14–18 July: Ceol na Coille School of Irish Traditional Music, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
15–20 July: Halifax Jazz Festival, Canada
10–12 July: Heroines of Sound, Radialsystem, Berlin
10–13 July: Kinsale Arts Weekend, Online
11–18 July: West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Cork
12–26 July: Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
13–19 July: South Sligo Summer School, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo
13–19 July: Catskills Irish Arts Week
14–18 Jul: Summer Sing!, Cork
14–27 July: Galway International Arts Festival
16–19 July: Colours of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
17 July–18 August: Bregenzer Festspiele, Bregenz, Austria
17–19 July: MacGill Summer School, Highlands Hotel, Glenties, Co. Donegal
18–20 July: RAMP Festival, Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
18–21 Jul: New Ross Guitar Festival
18–21 July: Ballybunion Arts Festival
18–27 July: Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
19–21 July: Forest Fest, Emo, Co. Laois
19–21 July: Soma Festival, Castlewellan, Co. Down
19–28 July: Music at Paxton Festival, Paxton House Scottish Borders
18 July–31 August: Salzburg Festival
18 July–13 Sept: BBC Proms
19–21 July: Tomorrowland (Weekend One), Belgium
19–21 July: Dublin HandelFest, Dublin Castle
19–26 July: Joe Mooney Summer School, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
27 July–3 August: Belfast TradFest
23–25 July: The Percy French Festival, Castlecoote House, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
22–27 July: Sligo Jazz Project International Summer School
24–27 July: Boyne Music Festival, Drogheda
24–27 July: Truck Festival, Oxfordshire, England
27 July–2 August: Scoil Acla
Scoil na gCláirseach – Festival of Early Irish Harp, Kilkenny (on hiatus in 2025)
WOMAD, Charlton Park, Wiltshire (on hiatus in 2025)
Cambridge Folk Festival (on hiatus in 2025)
AUGUST
31 July–3 August: Kendal Calling, Lowther Deer Park, The Lake District
31 July–3 Aug: Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival, Co. Donegal
31 July–3 August: Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago
31 July–3 Aug: All Together Now, Curraghmore, Waterford
31 July–3 Aug: Rhythms on the Rio, Del Norte, Colorado
31 July–3 Aug: Camp Bestival, Dorset, UK
1–3 Aug: Spraoi International Street Arts Festival, Waterford
1–4 Aug: Seán McCarthy Memorial Weekend, Finuge, Co. Kerry
1–3 Aug: Dublin Irish Festival, Ohio
1–8 Aug: Sidmouth Folk Festival, Devon, England
1–10 Aug: Festival Interceltique de Lorient, France
1–10 Aug: Jazz em Agosto, Lisbon
1–24 Aug: Edinburgh International Festival
1–25 Aug: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1–31 Aug: Open House Festival, Bangor
2–9 Aug: ConCorda Chamber Music Course for Strings, Newtown School, Waterford
3–10 Aug: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Wexford Town
5 Aug: Fiesta del Sol, Carrickmacross
5–6 Aug: Loosefest, Town Moor, Newcastle, UK
5–22 August: Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Massachusetts
6–11 Aug: Feakle Festival
7–12 Aug: Sziget Festival, Budapest
7–17 Aug: Kilkenny Arts Festival
8–10 Aug: Howth Roots and Blues Festival
8–10 Aug: King John Summer Prom Festival, Trim, Co. Meath
9–11 Aug: Thing Festival, Remlinger Farms, Carnation, Washington
9–11 Aug: Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
9–11 Aug: Flow Festival, Helsinki
10–24 Aug: TIME:SPANS, DiMenna Center For Classical Music, New York
13–16 Aug: Milwaukee Irish Fest, Wisconsin
14–17 Aug: Perseids Festival, Cres, Croatia
14–17 Aug: Chamber Music on Valentia, Co. Kerry
14–17 Aug: Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons
15–17 Aug: FolkEast Festival, Glemham Hall, Suffolk
15–17 Aug: Féile na Gréine, Limerick
16–23 Aug: Clandeboye Festival, Bangor
16–24 Aug: Bandon Walled Town Festival
16–24 Aug: Belfast Mela
20–24 Aug: Masters of Tradition, Bantry, Co. Cork
27–30 Aug: Tønder Festival, Denmark
21–30 August: New Music Days Ostrava, Czech Republic
21–24 Aug: Shambala, Northamptonshire
21–25 Aug: Cornwall Folk Festival
22–24 Aug: Reading Leeds
22–24 Aug: The Beatles Weekend, Dublin
22–24 Aug: Victorious Festival, Southsea, UK
22–24 Aug: Glenarm Festival of Voice, Co. Antrim
22–25 Aug: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
23–24 Aug: Dublin City Fleadh, Dublin
23–24 Aug: Another Love Story, Killyon Manor, Meath
23–24 Aug: Emerge Music Festival, Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast
23–31 Aug: Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika Kauffmann Hall, Schwarzenberg, Austria
24 Aug–1 Sept: Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
25–30 Aug: Pop-Kultur, Berlin
28–30 Aug: Kennedy Summer School, New Ross, Co. Wexford
29–31 Aug: Electric Picnic, Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois
29–31 Aug: Mosely Folk and Arts Festival, Mosely Park, Birmingham
29 Aug–12 Sept: Kildare Choral and Organ Festival
SEPTEMBER
18 July–13 Sept: BBC Proms
28 Aug–27 Sept: Beethovenfest Bonn, Germany
29 Aug–12 Sept: Kildare Choral and Organ Festival
4–8 Sept: Harvest Time Rhythm & Blues Festival, Monaghan Town
4–14 Sept: London Podcast Festival
5–7 Sept: Féile John Ford, An Spidéal, Co. Galway
5–7 Sept: Lovely Laois Festival
5–7 Sept: Seán Corcoran Series, Drogheda, Co. Louth
6–21 Sept: Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin
10–12 Sept: Royal Musical Association Conference, Southampton
10–14 Sept: Gaudeamus Festival, Utrecht
10–14 Sept: Féile Pobal Inspioráide Aeráid na Gallimhe – Galway Climate Inspirations Festival, Galway City
11–14 Sept: Sounds from a Safe Harbour
11–14 Sept: Westport Festival of Chamber Music, Westport, Co. Mayo
11–14 Sept: Cashel Arts Festival
11–20 Sept: North Wales International Music Festival, St Asaph
12–13 Sept: Kilkee Brontë Festival, Co. Clare
12–14 Sept: Dooagh Folk Festival, Achill Island, Co. Mayo
12–14 Sept: Earth Rising, IMMA
13–14 Sept: Fuinneamh, Bellurgan Park, Co. Louth
12–21 Sept: North Wales International Music Festival, St Asaph
17–21 Sept: Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, Cork
17–21 Sept: Whiddon Autumn Festival, Devon
17–28 Sept: Clifden Arts Festival
18–21 Sept: Drimoleague Singing Festival, West Cork
19 Sept: Culture Night, Nationwide
19–20 Sept: Southdowns Music Festival, Bognor Regis
19–21 Sept: Beonix Electronic Music Festival, Limassol, Cyprus
20–21 Sept: Hidden Notes, Stroud, Gloucestershire
24–28 Sept: Irish Festival of Oulu, Finland
24–28 Sept: New Ross Piano Festival
26–28 Sept: Dorn san Aer, Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Donegal
24–28 Sept: Limerick Jazz Festival
25 Sept–12 Oct: Dublin Theatre Festival
26–28 Sept: Write by the Sea, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
26–28 Sept: Sligo Baroque Music Festival
26 Sept–12 Oct: Dublin Festival of History
OCTOBER 2026
25 Sept–5 Oct: Féile Chois Fharraige, Conamara, Co. na Gaillimhe
1–3 Oct: Ireland Music Week, Dublin
1–10 Oct: Tipperary Dance International Festival
1–12 Oct: Bualadh Bos Children’s Festival, Limerick
2–5 Oct: Cork Folk Festival
2–5 Oct: Éigse Michael Hartnett, Limerick
2–5 Oct: Féile Liam O’Flynn, Naas and Kill Village, Co. Kildare
3–12 Oct: Ballina Fringe Festival, Co. Mayo
8–11 Oct: Joyce Brothers Music Festival, Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
9–12 Oct: London Piano Festival
9 Oct–10 Nov: Irish Film Festival Australia
10–12 Oct: Common Threads, Burren, North Clare
10–12 Oct: Marsden Jazz Festival, Yorkshire
10–12 Oct: Derby Folk Festival
10–19 Oct: Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Galway
10–25 Oct: Oxford International Song Festival, Oxford
13–19 Oct: Red Line Book Festival, Tallaght, Dublin
14 Oct–9 Nov: Belfast International Arts Festival
16 Oct: Mercury Prize Awards, Utilita Arena, Newcastle
16–19 Oct: East Cork Early Music Festival
16–19 Oct: Ed Reavy Traditional Music Festival, Cavan
16 Oct–2 Nov: Wexford Spiegeltent Festival
17–19 Oct: Bloomsbury Festival, London
17 Oct–1 Nov: Wexford Festival Opera
18 Oct: Lá na Cruite / Harp Day
19 Oct: Black British Book Festival, Barbican, London
21–26 Oct: Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford
21 Oct–2 Nov: London Literature Festival
22–26 Oct: Amsterdam Dance Event, Amsterdam
22–26 Oct: City of Derry International Choir Festival
22–27 Oct: Westival, Westport, Co. Mayo
22 Oct–2 Nov: Sligo Live
22–2 Nov: Sound Festival, Scotland
23–27 Oct: Womex, Tampere, Finland
23–27 Oct: Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
24 Oct: Frank Maher Classical Music Awards, Dublin
26–29 Oct: Creative Connexions Ireland, Sitges, Barcelona
27–28 Oct: Big Bang Festival, Antwerp, Belgium
28–31 Oct: Spleodar Halloween Arts Festival, Tipperary
29 Oct–2 Nov: Oireachtas na Samhna
30 Oct–2 Nov: Púca Halloween Festival
NOVEMBER 2026
5–9 Nov: Dublin Book Festival
6–8 Nov: Light Moves Festival, Limerick
6–8 Nov: Iceland Airwaves
6–10 Nov: Ennis Trad Fest
6–16 Nov: Cork International Film Festival
6–16 Nov: Sound of Belfast
7–8 Nov: Omagh Music Festival
7–9 Nov: Dingle Distillery International Film Festival
8–23 Nov: IMRAM: Féile Litríochta Gaeilge
10 Nov: The Booker Prize
13–16 Nov: Fiddle Hell, Westford, MA
13–16 Nov: Galway TradFest
14–16 Nov: West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival Winter Weekend
14–16 Nov: Louder Than Words, Manchester
14–22 Nov: Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast
14–23 Nov: EFG London Jazz Festival
15 Nov: Live at Leeds
20–23 Nov: Quiet Lights, Cork
20–23 Nov: GAIA Musikfestival, Thun and Berne, Switzerland
22–23 Nov: Dingle Literary Festival, Dingle, Co. Kerry
21–30 Nov: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
21 Nov–23 Dec: Winterval Waterford
28–30 Nov: The Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival, Dublin
28–30 Nov: Other Voices, Dingle
29 Nov: Éigse Dhiarmuid Uí Shúilleabháin, Muscraí, Co. Cork
DECEMBER
6 Dec: MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, Aberdeen Music Hall
27–1 Jan: Scoil Gheimhridh Ghaoth Dobhair, Donegal
JANUARY
6–17 Jan: First Fortnight, Ireland
9–11 Jan: Torann – Galway’s Punk & Metal Weekender
9–13 Jan: APAP, New York
9–31 Jan: Out to Lunch, Belfast
14–17 Jan: Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen
14–18 Jan: Your Roots Are Showing – Ireland’s Folk Conference, Belfast
15 Jan–1 Feb: Celtic Connections, Glasgow
16–18 Jan: Hedge School Doolin
21–25 Jan: TradFest, Dublin
22–25 Jan: Scoil Gheimhridh Joe Steve, Cois Fharraige
23–25 Jan: Music for Galway Midwinter Festival, Galway
23–25 Jan: A Sliver of Light, Doolin
24–26 Jan: Scoil Gheimhridh Merriman, The Old Ground, Ennis, Co. Clare
25 Jan–2 Feb: Féile na Tána, Co. Louth
26 Jan–2 Feb: Ballincollig Winter Music Festival
30 Jan–2 Feb: Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women, Dublin
30 Jan–2 Feb: Tionól Nioclás Tóibín, An Rinn, Co. Waterford
FEBRUARY
1–7 Feb: Imbolc International Music Festival, Derry
6–8 Feb: Newry Piano Festival
6–27 Feb: The John Steinbeck Festival, Limavady
7 Feb: Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Festival
12–28 Feb: Scene + Heard – The Festival of New Work, Smock Alley, Dublin
13–15 Feb: Concertina Cruinniú, Miltown Malbay Co. Clare
18–22 Feb: Scoil Ceoil an Earraigh, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co. Kerry
19–21 Feb: Borderline, Project Arts Centre and Workman’s Club, Dublin
19 Feb–1 March: Dublin International Film Festival
20–21 Feb: Mother Tongues, Dublin
20–23 Feb: Russell Festival, Doolin
21 Feb–1 Mar: Ortús Chamber Music Festival, Cork
24 Feb–1 Mar: Dublin Bowie Festival
27 Feb–1 March: All Shucked Up – Howth Guiness Oyster & Music Festival
27 Feb–7 March: Brilliant Corners: A Festival of Jazz in Belfast
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