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Children and Young People
12.8.24 – Tutti Music Ireland Summer Orchestral Course, Dublin 6.
18.8.24 – Little Bo Peep & The Three Little Pigs Presented by Fairytale Stageshow, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Classical
12.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: Galway University Hospital, Galway University Hospital
12.8.24 – Musicians of the Future, St Brigid’s Church of Ireland, Castleknock
13.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: An Spidéal, Halla Scoil Éinne
13.8.24 – The Rising Stars: Dylan and Aidan Keane, St Brigid’s Church of Ireland, Castleknock
13.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: Monroe’s Live, Monroe’s Live
14.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: Mallow, Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Mallow
14.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: Fitzgerald Park, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Cork
14.8.24 – Kildare Choral and Organ Festival 2024, St Brigid’s Cathedral
14.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: The White Horse, Cork, The White Horse
14.8.24 – From Canvas to Keys: Musical Soundscapes, St Brigid’s Church of Ireland, Castleknock
15.8.24 – Jakub Tchorzewski performs Goldberg Variations, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street
15.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: Blackpool, Blackpool Community Centre
15.8.24 – Shamrock Shuffle: Marina Market, Cork, Marina Market
15.8.24 – Sounds of Spain, Church of St. John the Baptist, Valentia Island
15.8.24 – Back to Bach, St Brigid’s Church of Ireland, Castleknock
15.8.24 – Jerry Creedon: Popular Guitar Classics, St. Barrahane’s Church Castletownsend County
Cork
16.8.24 – The John McCormack Songbook, John Field Room @ The National Concert Hall
16.8.24 – Red, White and Blue, St Brigid’s Church of Ireland, Castleknock
17.8.24 – Musicians of the Future, St Brigid’s Church of Ireland, Castleknock
17.8.24 – Clandeboye Festival | 17th-24th August 2024, Clandeboye Estate
17.8.24 – Esker Festival Orchestra: ‘The Planets’ in Galway Cathedral, Galway Cathedral
18.8.24 – Esker Festival Orchestra perform ‘The Planets’, Main Stage National Concert Hall

Contemporary
14.8.24 – ‘Glassworks’ Philip Glass - Crash Ensemble, Kilkenny Arts Festival
16.8.24 – Niall Vallely – 78 Revolutions @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
16.8.24 – Seán Clancy & Andy Ingamells: Nowhere Better Than This Place, Hole In The Wall
18.8.24 – RTÉ Concert Orchestra & Mari Samuelsen @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny

Country
14.8.24 – Daniel O’Donnell in Concert, National Opera House, Wexford

Film
17.8.24 – Paul Verhoeven film season, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork

Folk and Traditional
13.8.24 – Cormac Begley and Obelisk Strings @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
14.8.24 – TarantaCeltica, Sori Arts Centre of Jeonbuk State
15.8.24 – Niall Vallely, Liz Knowles & Niwel Tsumbu @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, Set Theatre, Kilkenny
15.8.24 – Notes & Narratives – Derek Mulcahy: “The musical life of P. J. McNamara and his recordings. (1869-1927)”, Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin
16.8.24 – Lisa O’Neill @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
16.8.24 – TarantaCeltica, Sori Arts Centre of Jeonbuk State
17.8.24 – Making Music In Múscraí Special Concert, An Ionad Culturtha, Ballyvourney
17.8.24 – Martin Hayes & Friends @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
17.8.24 – Christy Moore in Concert, National Opera House Wexford
17.8.24 – Altan in Concert, Lifford Old Courthouse - Donegal
18.8.24 – Harps for Heritage 2024 | Hands on Harps, Muckross Schoolhouse
18.8.24 – Harps for Heritage 2024 | Taking the Tune, Muckross Schoolhouse
18.8.24 – Harps for Heritage 2024 | Taking the Tune, Muckross Schoolhouse
18.8.24 – Harps for Heritage 2024, Muckross Schoolhouse
18.8.24 – Harps for Heritage Concert featuring Tara Viscardi, Robert Harvey, Ceoltóirí na Ríochta, Lauren Ní Néill and Eugene McKenna, Muckross Schoolhouse

Jazz and Improvised
17.8.24 – Ty Cooper Jazz/Blues Live in Dublin With The Jim Doherty Trio, Bello Bar 

Musical Theatre
13.8.24 – Sing Me To The Sea by Anna Newell Theatre Adventures, Enable Ireland - Cork

Opera
15.8.24 – Opera in the Open – Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck), Dublin City Council Civic Office Amphitheatre, Wood Quay, Dublin 8

Rock and Pop
12.8.24 – Niamh Regan @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, Set Theatre, Kilkenny
14.8.24 – This Is The Kit @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
17.8.24 – AC/DC, Croke Park, Dublin
17.8.24 – The Human Touch, Springsteen Tribute Band, The Lighthouse Dún Laoghaire
17.8.24 – Lisa Hannigan & Special Guest Dani Larkin, Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, The Naul, Dublin
19.8.24 – The Waterboys @ Galway Summer Sessions 2024, Galway Airport

Britain
17.8.24 – Songfest 2024, Draycote Hotel
18.8.24 – Songfest 2024, Draycote Hotel 

Listen Back
11.8.24 – South Wind Blows, RTÉ Radio 1
11.8.24 – Vespertine with Ellen Cranitch, RTÉ Lyric FM
11.8.24 – Mystery Train with John Kelly, RTÉ Lyric FM 
10.8.24 – Folk on One, RTÉ Radio 1 
9.8.24 – An Taobh Tuathail, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 
8.8.24 – The Blue of the Night with Bernard Clarke, Lyric FM 
8.8.24 – Fleadh24, TG4
4.8.24 – The Rolling Wave, RTÉ Radio 1 
27.7.24 – Second Captains Saturday – Móglaí Bap, RTÉ Radio 1 
11.7.24 – Melissa Harrison and Laura Cannell, Folk on Foot

Upcoming Festivals 
19 July–14 Sept: BBC Proms
20 July–31 August: Salzburg Festival, Germany
30 July–16 August: Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Massachusetts
2–25 Aug: Edinburgh International Festival
2–26 Aug: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
6–31 Aug: Open House Festival, Bangor
8–18 Aug: Kilkenny Arts Festival
10–24 Aug: TIME:SPANS, DiMenna Center For Classical Music, New York
15–18 Aug: Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co. Laois
17–24 Aug: Clandeboye Festival, Bangor
23–25 Aug: Another Love Story, Killyon Manor, Meath
21–25 Aug: Masters of Tradition, Bantry, Co. Cork 

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines       

15 August
Registry Administrator (Undergraduate Programmes)
Royal College of Music

15 August
Culture Ireland Regular Funding
Culture Ireland

16 August
Organisations Digital Evolution Awards
Arts Council of Northern Ireland

16 August
Festival Advisor and Assessment Services for Leinster and Ulster
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

16 August
Festival Advisor and Assessment Services for Connacht and Munster
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

16 August
Auditions for the Irish Concertina Orchestra 2024–25
Music Generation Clare

16 August
Chair of the Board
Creative Lives

16 August
Creative Lives Chair of the Board of Trustees
Creative Lives

18 August
Marketing Manager
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

19 August
Creative Schools Officer
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

19 August
Client Programme Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
Thrive

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