This Week in Music in Ireland: Concerts, Festivals and Upcoming Deadlines (22–28 June 2026)

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Upcoming Events

Children and Young People
26.6.26 – PlaySpaces Walking Tour with Chris Finnegan, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
28.6.26 – Children’s Concert: The Gregory Walkers with Kate Hearne @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, Marino Church, Bantry
1.7.26 – Inclusive Music Education: Exploring Assistive and Digital Technologies for Primary and Post-Primary Schools, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

Soprano Katharine Dain and pianist Sam Armstrong perform a late-night concert at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival on 27 June. www.westcorkmusic.ie.

Contemporary
25.6.26 – The Quiet Club 20th Anniversary Performance, University College Cork – Boole Library
28.6.26 – Crash Ensemble premieres Everything is Connected, Wexford County Council HQ
29.6.26 – Kontakt: BREATH, Kirkos, 1 Little Green St, Dublin

Crash Ensemble will give the world premiere of Everything is Connected by Ed Bennett in Wexford on 28 June. www.crashensemble.com.

Country
23.6.26 – Summer Country With the Stars, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Dance
29.6.26 – A 300th Anniversary Dance, St Finian’s Lutheran Church in Ireland, Dublin

Electronic
24.6.26 – Metronome: Dublin Modular, The Studio National Concert Hall

Film
22.6.26 – The Misfits, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
22.6.26 – Breathless – Three Films by Jim McBride, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
23.6.26 – The Misfits, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
23.6.26 – The Big Easy – Three Films by Jim McBride – Filmmaker Q&A, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
24.6.26 – The Misfits, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
24.6.26 – Great Balls of Fire – Three Films by Jim McBride – Filmmaker Q&A, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork

Folk and Traditional
23.6.26 – Stories & Songs, The International Bar
24.6.26 – A musical tribute to Jimmy Crowley, Cork City Hall
25.6.26 – Dropkick Murphys, Fairview Park, Dublin
25.6.26 – Tulua with Special Guests Pauline Scanlon & Matt Griffin, The Green Room – Dingl
26.6.26 – Fergal Scahill & Ryan Molloy, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
26.6.26 – Briars, Courthouse Arts Center Wicklow
26.6.26 – Daoirí Farrell & Band, The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul
26.6.26 – Tulua with Special Guests Laura Doherty & Áine Donohoe, Cleere’s Theatre, Kilkenny
26.6.26 – Night Moves | Night Cafes | The Coffee Box | Boyne Midsummer Festival, The Coffee Box
27.6.26 – Notify, Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith
27.6.26 – Tulua with Special Guests ‘The Nomads’, St. Michael’s Theatre, New Ross
28.6.26 – Tulua, Wexford Arts Centre
28.6.26 – Fáilte Isteach: An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Harp Festival 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
28.6.26 – Tulua – Album release concert, Wexford Arts Centre

An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Festival for Irish Harp takes place from Sunday 28 June to Friday 3 July. www.cairdenacruite.com.

Jazz and Improvised
24.6.26 – ‘Listen Back’ to Fixity – Assurance with Dan Walsh, Rory Gallagher Music Library, Cork
24.6.26 – Mike Reed’s Separatist Party / Cian Nugent, Bello Bar, Dublin
24.6.26 – Music Network presents the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, The Sugar Club, Dublin
25.6.26 – Music Network presents the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
26.6.26 – Jazz at Johnstown Three Day Festival, Johnstown Castle Wexford
26.6.26 – Music Network presents the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny
26.6.26 – The Magic of Coltrane, Johnstown Castle Wexford
27.6.26 – Music Network presents the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, The Lark Concert Hall
27.6.26 – David Kitt 25th Anniversary of ‘The Big Romance’, Whale Theatre, Greystones
27.6.26 – Summer of Love Jazz, Johnstown Castle Wexford

Opera
1.7.26 – Morning Melodies, Observatory Bar, Grand Central Hotel

Rock and Pop
24.6.26 – Lewis Capaldi, Marlay Park, Dublin
24.6.26 – The Lumineers, The SSE Arena, Belfast
26.6.26 – The Cure, Marlay Park, Dublin
26.6.26 – The Human Touch Springsteen Tribute Band, The Braid Theatre
26.6.26 – Paul Weller, Live at the Marquee, Cork
26.6.26 – The Classic Beatles – The Revolver & More Tour, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
26.6.26 – Polar Bolero, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
27.6.26 – Superchunk, Button Factory, Dublin
27.6.26 – Calvin Harris, Marlay Park, Dublin
27.6.26 – Michael Bublé, Malahide Castle, Dublin
27.6.26 – The Muddy River Band, The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul
28.6.26 – Michael Bublé, Thomond Park Stadium, Limerick

Festivals
12 June–1 July: Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast
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
24–28 June: Galway Climate Festival
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
25 June
Section Leader 2nd Violin & Sub Principal 2nd Violin No.3
Ulster Orchestra

26 June
Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Inclusive Education
Royal Irish Academy of Music

26 June
Marketing Assistant
London Symphony Orchestra

26 June
Development Assistant
Irish National Opera

29 June
Director of Operations
Edinburgh International Book Festival

Calls for Submission
22 June
Open Call for Composers: Write a New Mini-Opera for Young Voices based on Seamus Heaney’s Fables
Ulster Touring Opera

25 June
Pathways to Production
Irish Theatre Institute

26 June
Pavilion Pulse Award 2026: Open Call
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire

28 June
Future Generation Art Prize 2027
PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv

29 June
Community Routes 2026
Punch Records

29 June
John Broderick Writer’s Residency 2026/2027
Westmeath County Council

Competitions
26 June
PFGi Poetry Award
Poetry Ireland

29 June
Jerome Hynes Young Composers’ Award 2026
National Concert Hall

Courses
22 June
The New Symposium
Bled Contemporary Music Week

22 June
Fact Fiction – Interdisciplinary Research and Development Programme
Bled Contemporary Music Week

Funding
26 June
Pavilion Pulse Award 2026: Open Call
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire

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