We are Music Generation 2024 is a year dedicated to celebrating the transformative impact of performance music education on the lives of children and young people.

Throughout 2024, children and young people from communities across Ireland will play, perform and participate in a series of musical events and experiences.

Discover a variety of locally-led initiatives taking place nationwide, including youth-led festivals, folk orchestras, songwriting retreats and lots more! 

Find the full list of events here. 

Here are just a few of the many We are Music Generation events coming up in April and May 2024: 

• Féile Mhaigh Eo – A Youth Music Festival with Music Generation Mayo. Workshops and events take place throughout April and May finishing with The Big Day on the Mall in Castlebar on 25th May. Click here for full programme of events. 

• Music Generation Tipperary are set to bring a creative twist to the ‘clash of the ash’ that you’ve never seen before. Young musicians in Tipperary schools came together to form a ‘hurley orchestra’ crafting the hurley stick into musical instrument. Launch of ‘Sounds of Semple’ takes place on the 2nd May. Find out more here.

• Come along to ‘Jam @ The Square’ with Music Generation Sligo. Youth bands and ensembles will rock the Gig Rig at the Queen Maeve Festival on May Bank Holiday weekend. Find out more here. 

• Original and new music is at the heart of Music Generation Laois. Join us for ‘Music at the Malthouse’ with special guests including John Spillane and Ernestine Healy (to name just a few). See full line up and details here.  

There’s lots more ‘We are Music Generation’ events taking place throughout 2024. Find out more here.  

‘We are Music Generation’ events are co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds, the Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealaíon and the Department of Education. 

#RTESupportingTheArts #WeAreMusicGeneration 

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