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
1.7.26 – Inclusive Music Education: Exploring Assistive and Digital Technologies for Primary and Post-Primary Schools, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
4.7.26 – A Magical Family Afternoon, Castleknock Community Centre
6.7.26 – Fairytale Kingdom – Theatre Summer Camp, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Choral
6.7.26 – Science-Informed Voice Training with Lynn Helding, Irish Institute of Music and Song

Classical
26.6.26–5.7.26  –  West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026,  Bantry, Co. Cork
29.6.26 – Main Evening Concert: Diana Tishchenko, Amadeus Wiesensee and Damask Vocal Quartet @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
30.6.26 – Feis Ceoil Gala Concert 2026, John Field Room National Concert Hall Dublin
30.6.26 – Main Evening Concert – Homage to Sofia Gubaidulina @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
1.7.26 – Main Evening Concert – Vasks, Penderecki and Schubert @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
2.7.26 – Rebecca Thornes and Aodhamair Reilly – Voice and piano, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street Dublin 2
2.7.26 – Main Evening Concert – Attacca Quartet and Delta Piano Trio @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
3.7.26 – Mozart 270, Castleknock Community College
3.7.26 – Main Evening Concert – Larcher, Fauré, Glass and Dennehy @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
4.7.26 – Main Evening Concert – Muhly, van der Aa and Handel @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
4.7.26 – The Soul of the Guitar, St Brigids Church of Ireland, Castleknock
5.7.26 – Finale: Dennehy, Bartók, Auerbach and Mendelssohn @ West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2026, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
5.7.26 – Dún Laoghaire Organ Concerts – Desmond Hunter, St Michael’s Church Dun Laoghaire

The Feis Ceoil Gala Concert takes place at the NCH on 30 June. www.nch.ie

Contemporary
29.6.26 – Kontakt: BREATH, Kirkos, 1 Little Green St, Dublin

Kontact at Kirkos on 29 June features Anna Murray, Sebastian Adams, Aonghus McEvoy, Olesya Zdorovetska and David Lacey. https://kontaktmusic.com.

Country
4.7.26 – Ronstadt – Ireland’s Premier Linda Ronstadt Tribute, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow

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

Film
3.7.26 – Film Screening: Christy, Seamus Heaney Homeplace

Folk and Traditional
29.6.26 – Workshop with Deirdre Granville: An Chúirt Chruitireachta 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
29.6.26 – Workshop with Sylvia Crawford: An Chúirt Chruitireachta 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
29.6.26 – Connecting Cultures: An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Harp Festival 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
30.6.26 – Workshop with Kathleen Loughnane, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
30.6.26 – Talk with Rachel Duffy: An Chúirt Chruitireachta 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
30.6.26 – Workshop with Gráinne Hambly, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
1.7.26 – Workshop with Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
1.7.26 – Workshop with Oisín Morrison, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
1.7.26 – Lunchtime Concert with Jennifer Leahy, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
1.7.26 – Ceol na Céadaoine, Slow Roast, Baile Locha Riach, Co. na Gaillimhe
1.7.26 – Through Irish Eyes, Everyman Theatre Cork
1.7.26 – Ceol na gCruitirí: An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Harp Festival 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
1.7.26 – Mechanical Wonders – live at The Cat & Cage Folk Club, The Cat & Cage, Drumcondra
2.7.26 – Workshop with Síle Denvir, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
2.7.26 – 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion: An Chúirt Chruitireachta 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
2.7.26 – Tulua with Special Guests Affraic Brophy & Deirbhle Sheppard, The Cobblestone Pub, Dublin
2.7.26 – Finale: An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Harp Festival 2026, An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
3.7.26 – Tulua (Album Launch Tour 2026), Madden’s Bar, Belfast
4.7.26 – Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2026, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
4.7.26 – Tulua with Special Guests ‘Óige na hInse’, The Plaza, Buncrana
4.7.26 – Breandán Breathnach Memorial Lecture: 2RN to Radio Éireann – Irish Radio and Traditional Music 1926–1951 / Presented by Harry Bradshaw, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
5.7.26 – Tulua with Special Guests Alice Gallangh & Anne-Marie Bell, Róisín Dubh, Galway
5.7.26 – Céiliúradh Ceoil @ Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2026, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
5.7.26 – Irish Wings Festival, Old School Yard – Logos – Paxos – Greece

Tulua are in Dublin, Belfast, Buncrana and Galway this week. https://tuluamusic.com.

Jazz and Improvised
2.7.26 – Tengu Jazz: Michael Buckley presents the music of John Coltrane ‘Giant Steps’ – First Show, Yamamori Tengu
2.7.26 – When Django Met Sinatra, Castleknock Community Centre
2.7.26 – Tengu Jazz: Michael Buckley presents the music of John Coltrane ‘Giant Steps’ – Second Show, Yamamori Tengu
3.7.26 – Lunfardia & Guests, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
5.7.26 – The Newpark Academy Big Band – Live in Dun Laoghaire, peoples park dun laoghaire
5.7.26 – Moonlight in Havana, Castleknock Community Centre

Michael Buckley presents the music of John Coltrane at Yamamori Tengu on 2 July. www.yamamori.ie/night-life.

Literary and Musical Event
3.7.26 – Aurfest, Bellurgan park Dundalk
3.7.26 – Parkinson’s Wexford Charity Concert, National Opera House, Wexford

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

Rock and Pop
30.6.26 – Empire of The Sun, Fairview Park, Dublin
30.6.26 – Lily Allen Performs West End Girl, Dublin, 3Arena, Dublin
1.7.26 – Wet Leg, Trinity College Dublin
2.7.26 – Colm Lindsay, Wexford Arts Centre
2.7.26 – Glen Hansard – Trinity Summer Series, Trinity College Dublin
3.7.26 – Cian Ducrot, Trinity College Dublin
3.7.26 – JMA, Wexford Arts Centre
3.7.26 – Shimmer Boy, Coughlan’s, Cork
3.7.26 – Night Moves Summer Series | Phoeno, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
4.7.26 – Shimmer Boy, Music Zone, Togher
4.7.26 – The 4 of Us, Wexford Arts Centre
4.7.26 – Pierce Turner @ The Nock, The Nock
4.7.26 – The Human Touch Springsteen Tribute Band, DLR Mill Theatre Dundrum
4.7.26 – NCH Landmarks: Paddy Casey, Main Stage National Concert Hall
4.7.26 – The Scratch, Iveagh Gardens, Dublin
5.7.26 – The Kooks, Trinity College Dublin
5.7.26 – Mumford & Sons, Marlay Park, Dublin

Glen Hansard performs at the Trinity Summer Series on 2 July.

Visual
3.7.26 – 0800 CUPID by Emer Dineen, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
4.7.26 – 0800 CUPID by Emer Dineen, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Festivals
28 June–3 July: An Chúirt Chruitireachta – International Festival for Irish Harp, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
1–8 July: Castleknock Music Festival
2–4 July: Stendhal Festival, Limavady
3–4 July: Edenderry Music Festival, Co. Offaly
3–11 July: Cheltenham Music Festival
3–12 July: Clonmel Junction Arts Festival
4–11 July: Cairde Sligo Arts Festival
4–12 July: Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
6–16 July: Irish Composition Summer School, TU Dublin
7–12 July: Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales
7–12 July: Galway Film Fleadh
13–26 July: Galway International Arts Festival

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Opportunity Deadlines

Jobs
29 June
Director of Operations
Edinburgh International Book Festival

30 June
Job Opportunity: Technical Crew Casual Panel
Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

30 June
Creative Places Coordinator- Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
Ballyhoura Centre

1 July
Head of Operations
National Concert Hall

l3 July
CEO, Irish Baroque Orchestra
Irish Baroque Orchestra

3 July
Piano Teacher
Mid-West Vocal Academy & Music School

Calls for Submission
29 June
Community Routes 2026
Punch Records

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

30 June
Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize 2026
Irish Writers Centre in association with The Stinging Fly

30 June
Internship – Culture Sector
UNESCO

30 June
Internship – All Sectors / Bureaus
UNESCO

3 July
Artist in Residence at Limerick Museum 2026
Limerick City and County Council

3 July
Áras Éanna Residency 2027
Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway

6 July
Irish Writers Centre 35th Anniversary Anthology Competition
Irish Writers Centre, Dublin

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

30 June
Bernadette Greevy Bursary For Singers 2026
National Concert Hall, Dublin

Courses
6 July
Creative Music Making for Primary School Teachers
Room 103, National Concert Hall

6 July
Musical Play: Teacher Training for Early Years Music
Room 103, National Concert Hall

Volunteer
30 June
Join the BelfastTrad Committee – Treasurer, Safeguarding Officer & General Committee Roles
Stranmillis University College, Belfast

1 July
Festivals Connect – Co-Design Focus Group
Íontas Arts Centre, Castleblayney

3 July
Festivals Connect – Co-Design Focus Group
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin

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