This Week in Music in Ireland: Concerts, Festivals and Upcoming Deadlines (13–19 July 2026)

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Upcoming Events

Children and Young People
13.7.26 – Fairytale Kingdom – Theatre Summer Camp, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Choral
16.7.26 – Dublin International Choral Masterclasses: Conducting and Composition 2026, DCU All Hallows Campus
17.7.26 – Sacred music for a Summer’s Evening, Downside Abbey

Classical
13.7.26 – Balletto di Venezia presents Stars of Tomorrow 2026, Whyte Recital Hall, RIAM
15.7.26 – The Piano Multiplied – Piano Ensembles, Great Hall, Ulster University Magee, Derry
16.7.26 – Keith Goodman – piano, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street Dublin 2
17.7.26 – The Metropolitan Flute Orchestra @ Galway International Arts Festival 2026, St Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway
17.7.26 – The Next Generation – The International Competition Final, Great Hall, Ulster University Magee, Derry
18.7.26 – Saturday Lunchtimes Live in the Park | Arco String Quartet, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
18.7.26 – Saturday Lunchtimes Live in the Park | Arco String Quartet, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
18.7.26 – CelloFest Celebration Concert, The Lark Concert Hall Balbriggan
19.7.26 – Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts – Bálint Karosi, St Michael’s Church Dun Laoghaire

The Walled City Music International Academy final takes place this Friday 17 July at the Great Hall, University of Ulster. https://walledcitymusic.com.

Contemporary
17.7.26 – RAMP Festival 2026, Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
17.7.26 – RAMP Concert 1 – Mira Benjamin // Francesca Fargion @ RAMP Festival 2026, Rathmullan Presbyterian Church
18.7.26 – RAMP Concert 2 – Susan Geaney // Angharad Davies @ RAMP Festival 2026, Rathmullan Presbyterian Church
18.7.26 – RAMP Concert 3 – Phil Minton // Maggie Nicols @ RAMP Festival 2026, Rathmullan Presbyterian Church
18.7.26 – RAMP Concert 4 – Mariam Rezaei @ RAMP Festival 2026, Rathmullan Presbyterian Church
19.7.26 – RAMP Concert 5 – Rie Nakajima // Pierre Berthet @ RAMP Festival 2026, Rathmullan Presbyterian Church
19.7.26 – RAMP Concert 6 – Xenia Pestova Bennett, Yonit Kosovske, Sarah Groser @ RAMP Festival 2026, SVP Centre Rathmullan
19.7.26 – RAMP Concert 7 – Natalia Beylis, Willie Stewart & Eimear Reidy @ RAMP Festival 2026, Rathmullan Presbyterian Church

Mariam Rezaei performs at the RAMP festival of contemporary and experimental music on Saturday 18 July in Rathmullan, Co. Donegal. www.northernlightsproject.org/ramp/ramp-festival-2026.

Film
16.7.26 – YMVC – Youth Music Video Competition, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork

Antoni O’Breskey celebrates 50 years of music-making with the Nomadic Piano Ensemble and special guest Máirtín O’Connor on 15 July at the NCH. www.nch.ie.

Jazz and Improvised
16.7.26 – Pat Metheny – Side-Eye III+, Main Stage National Concert Hall
18.7.26 – Rory McCarthy and Hugh Dillon, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
18.7.26 – Jazz Night – Bucks Youth Jazz Collective, Wexford Arts Centre

Pat Metheny plays the NCH on 16 July. www.nch.ie.

Literary and Musical Event
18.7.26 – Arts day at Larchill Gardens, Larchill Gardens

Musical Theatre
14.7.26–18.7.26 – Saoirse @ Galway International Arts Festival 2026, An Taibhdhearc, Galway

Theatre
18.7.26 – The Cable – Live at Valentia Cable Station, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
19.7.26 – The Cable – Live at Valentia Cable Station, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Festivals
10–17 July: West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Cork
10–24 Jul: Summer Sing!, Cork
10–25 July: Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
12–18 July: South Sligo Summer School, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo
13–17 July: Ceol na Coille School of Irish Traditional Music , Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
13–18 July: Waltons Trad Summer School, Dublin
13–18 July: Catskills Irish Arts Week
13–26 July: Galway International Arts Festival
15–17 July: The Percy French Festival, Castlecoote House, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
16–19 Jul: New Ross Guitar Festival
16–25 July: Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
17–18 July: Love is a Stranger, Ballyvolane House, Co. Cork
17–19 July: RAMP Festival, Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
17–19 July: Soma Festival, Castlewellan, Co. Down
17 July–12 Sept: BBC Proms
18–25 July: Joe Mooney Summer School, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
20–26 July: The Liberties Festival, Dublin
21–26 July: Sligo Jazz Project International Summer School
23–25 July: MacGill Summer School, Highlands Hotel, Glenties, Co. Donegal
23–26 July: Boyne Music Festival, Drogheda
24–26 July: Forest Fest, Emo, Co. Laois
24–26 July: Waterford Chamber Music Festival
26 July–1 August: Scoil Acla
26 July–2 August: Belfast TradFest

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Opportunity Deadlines

Jobs
13 July
General Manager
Axis Ballymun

19 July
Principal Bassoon No.2
The Ulster Orchestra

Calls for Submission
14 July
Journalism Graduate Programme
The Irish Times

17 July
14 Henrietta Street and Culture Connects: open call for submissions for a panel of preferred suppliers of Tour Guide services
14 Henrietta Street and Culture Connects

Courses
15 July
Online Information Session for MA in Creative Music Performance at DCU
Online via Zoom

Volunteer
17 July
Festivals Connect – Co-Design Focus Group
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda

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