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Upcoming Events
Blues
18.6.26 – Don Baker: My Story, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Children and Young People
16.6.26 – Summer School for Young Pianists, TU Dublin Conservatoire East Quad, Grangegorman
20.6.26 – Concert for Babies, Courthouse Arts Center Wicklow
Choral
18.6.26 – “Echoes of Home, Across the Sea” Irish Chinese Chamber Choir Concert, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street Dublin 2
21.6.26 – Goethe Choir presents Greenwich Parley – An Elegy for Two Queens, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street Dublin 2
Classical
16.6.26 – Bloomsday Lunchtime Recital: Rónán Murray @ Pipeworks Festival 2026, Church of the Immaculate Conception Merchants Quay
16.6.26 – Summer Music in City Churches, London 16 – 26 June, St Giles’ Cripplegate London
16.6.26 – Hibernian Orchestra Summer Gala Concert, The National Concert Hall
16.6.26 – David Bremner with Christopher Fox @ Pipeworks Festival 2026, Church of the Immaculate Conception Merchants Quay
18.6.26 – Young Organists’ Platform @ Pipeworks Festival 2026, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Adam & Eve’s, Merchants Quay
18.6.26 – Irish Chamber Orchestra: French Reverie with Henning Kraggerud, RIAM, Dublin
18.6.26 – David Adams | Schola Hyberniae (Giovanna Feeley) @ Pipeworks Festival 2026, Church of the Immaculate Conception Merchants Quay
19.6.26 – Pipeworks Festival 2026 – Peter Barley, Sandford Parish Church
19.6.26 – Irish Chamber Orchestra: French Reverie with Henning Kraggerud, UCH, Limerick
19.6.26 – Nicolas Namoradze performs Rachmaninov, National Concert Hall
19.6.26 – A Midsummer’s Night Concert in Kinsale, St Catherine’s Cultural Centre, Kinsale Co. Cork
20.6.26 – Limerick Summer Proms – The Beach Boys with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, University Concert Hall, Limerick
20.6.26 – Ulster Orchestra: On Your Doorstep, Seamus Heaney Homeplace
21.6.26 – Limerick Summer Proms – Summer Proms with the Military Pipes and Bands of the Defence Forces, University Concert Hall, Limerick
21.6.26 – Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts – Sarah Kim, St Michael’s Church Dun Laoghaire
21.6.26 – Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet presented by Music Network, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
21.6.26 – Recital by Sarah Kim @ Pipeworks Festival 2026, St Michaels Church Dun Laoghaire
Irish Chamber Orchestra is in concert this week at RIAM, Dublin (18th), and UCH, Limerick (19th), with director and violinist Henning Kraggerud. www.irishchamberorchestra.com.
Contemporary
19.6.26 – Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble presents ‘Hellawell at Harty’, Harty Room, Queen’s University Belfast
19.6.26 – Coming Together: Furrer & Rzewski @ Louth Contemporary Music Society 20th Anniversary Festival, St Nicholas Church of Ireland, Dundalk
20.6.26 – Everyman Up Front, Everyman Theatre Cork
20.6.26 – Frey’s String Trio @ Louth Contemporary Music Society 20th Anniversary Festival, Oriel Center, Dundalk Gaol, Dundalk
20.6.26 – Beat Furrer’s Prophecies @ Louth Contemporary Music Society 20th Anniversary Festival, Chapel, St Vincent’s Secondary School, Dundalk
20.6.26 – Harry Partch’s US Highball @ Louth Contemporary Music Society 20th Anniversary Festival, Spirit Store, Dundalk
20.6.26 – Dances For The City (In Time Of Angst) – John O’Brien @ Cork Midsummer Festival 2026, Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music
20.6.26 – Davóne Tines: Recital No. 1: Mass @ Louth Contemporary Music Society 20th Anniversary Festival, St Nicholas Church of Ireland, Dundalk
21.6.26 – Fingerprints (2pm): Ioana Petcu-Colan, Steve Meyfroidt, Lina Andonovska, Alex Petcu, Ross Lyness & Davide Marinelli @ Cork Midsummer Festival 2026, Triskel Arts Centre
21.6.26 – Fingerprints (7pm): Ioana Petcu-Colan, Steve Meyfroidt, Lina Andonovska, Alex Petcu, Ross Lyness & Davide Marinelli @ Cork Midsummer Festival 2026, Triskel Arts Centre
Fingerprints, an improvised performance featuring Ioana Petcu-Colan, Steve Meyfroidt, Lina Andonovska, Alex Petcu, Ross Lyness and Davide Marinelli, takes place at Cork Midsummer Festival on 21 June. www.corkmidsummer.com.
Country
18.6.26 – Derek Ryan – The Songwriter Show, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
23.6.26 – Summer Country With the Stars, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
Dance
18.6.26 – Teaċ Daṁsa: 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig @ Cork Midsummer Festival 2026, Cork Opera House
19.6.26 – Vibes Disco, Wexford Arts Centre
19.6.26 – Teaċ Daṁsa: 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig @ Cork Midsummer Festival 2026, Cork Opera House
20.6.26 – Teaċ Daṁsa: 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig @ Cork Midsummer Festival 2026, Cork Opera House
Teaċ Daṁsa presents its new show, 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig, choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan and based on the debut Bothy Band album, this weekend at Cork Midsummer Festival. www.corkmidsummer.com.
Early Music
19.6.26 – Schola Hyberniae present ‘Illuminating Sounds’ at Navan Midsummer Festival, St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Navan
22.6.26 – An Evening of John Dowland Songs & Ayres, The Harty Room
Electronic
24.6.26 – Metronome: Dublin Modular, The Studio National Concert Hall
Film
15.6.26 – Erupcja, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
15.6.26 – Boogie Nights, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
16.6.26 – Erupcja, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
16.6.26 – Boogie Nights, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
17.6.26 – Erupcja, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
17.6.26 – Boogie Nights, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Folk and Traditional
17.6.26 – Making Music in Limerick: The Music Network Teaching Residency, Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
17.6.26 – Cathy McEvoy – live at The Cat & Cage Folk Club, The Cat & Cage, Drumcondra
19.6.26 – Rattling Ark launch ‘Top Of A Mountain’, Bello Bar
19.6.26 – MUGS Ukulele Band, The Cat & Cage, Drumcondra
19.6.26 – David Keenan @ Féasta Ceoil An Spidéil 2026, Stiúideo Cuan, An Spidéal
20.6.26 – Colm Mac Con Iomaire @ Féasta Ceoil An Spidéil 2026, Stiúideo Cuan, An Spidéal
21.6.26 – John Donovan (1914-1949) Project/CD launch, Malin Head Community Centre
21.6.26 – Artscope presents Coast2Coasts at Rathfarnham Castle Summer Concert Series 2026, Rathfarnham Castle
David Keenan performs at Stiúideo Cuan on 19 June.
Jazz and Improvised
19.6.26 – Music Network presents the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
20.6.26 – The Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet @ Cork Midsummer Festival 2026, Triskel Arts Centre
21.6.26 – Trim Mid-Summer Jazz Weekend: ZASKA, Swift Cultural Centre
21.6.26 – Music Network presents the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
21.6.26 – Doris Day: A Date with the Girl Next Door, Whale Theatre, Greystones
Music Network presents the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet in Limerick, Cork and Tralee this week. www.musicnetwork.ie
Literary and Musical Event
16.6.26 – Re-Joyce! Bloomsday at St Mary’s Cathedral, St Mary’s Cathedral, Dublin
Rock and Pop
17.6.26 – Cash Returns – Man in Black Tour, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
18.6.26 – Lisa Hannigan @ Féasta Ceoil An Spidéil 2026, Stiúideo Cuan, An Spidéal
19.6.26 – Bell X1 at Live at The Marquee, Cork, Live at the Marquee Cork
19.6.26 – Leslie & Flo: Natural Women, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
20.6.26 – The music of The Beach Boys with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, University Concert Hall Limerick
21.6.26 – The music of The Beach Boys with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Main Hall National Concert Hall
Theatre
21.6.26 – Table Read: The Doctor by Robert Icke, Vernon Studio Space RIAM 35-38 Westland Row Dublin
Visual
20.6.26 – The Future is Open, Solstice Arts Centre
Festivals
11–16 June: Bloomsday Festival, Dublin
12–21 June: Cork Midsummer Festival
12 June–1 July: Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast
16–21 June: Docs Ireland – A Festival of International Documentary Film, Belfast
17–21 June: Tunefest Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
19–20 June: Louth Contemporary Music Society Festival
19–21 June: Cornelius Lyons Inaugural Summer School, Teach Siamsa, Finuge, Co. Kerry
19–24 June: Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika Kauffmann Hall, Schwarzenberg, Austria
22 June–3 July: Blas – International Summer School of Irish Traditonal Music and Dance, Limerick
23–27 June: New Opera Days Ostrava (NODO), Czech Republic
24–28 June: North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, Aberdeen, Scotland
25–28 June: Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts, Kells, Co. Meath
26 June–5 July: West Cork Chamber Music Festival
26–27 June: Mother Pride Block Party, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
28 June–3 July: An Chúirt Chruitireachta – International Festival for Irish Harp, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
See a full list of upcoming festivals here.
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Upcoming Job and Opportunity Deadlines
Jobs
15 June
Administrative Assistant
BelfastTrad
16 June
Lecturer in Music
The Open University, Milton Keynes
17 June
Music Generation Resource Worker (Galway City, Part-time) x 2
Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board
19 June
Chief Executive Officer / Director
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
19 June
Performing Arts Graduate – Artist in Residence
The King’s Hospital School, Dublin
21 June
Call for Instrumentalists: Defence Forces School of Music
Defence Forces School of Music
Calls for Submissions
19 June
4th Estate 4thWrite Prize 2026
4th Estate and the Guardian
22 June
Open Call for Composers: Write a New Mini-Opera for Young Voices based on Seamus Heaney’s Fables
Ulster Touring Opera
Funding
18 June
Literature Bursary Award: Irish Language – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Visual Arts Bursary Award 2026 – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Music Bursary Award – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Opera Bursary Award
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Traditional Arts Bursary Award – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Literature Bursary Award: English Language – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Multidisciplinary Arts Bursary Award
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Theatre Bursary Award – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Dance Bursary Award – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Children and Young People’s Arts Bursary Award – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
18 June
Comedy Bursary Award – Round 2
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
20 June
Scéim Forbartha na nEalaíon
Ealaín na Gaeltachta
Tenders
19 June
Creative Associate Services for Schools in Alternative Settings The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
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