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Children and Young People
14.8.23 – Tutti Music Ireland Summer Orchestral Course, St. Louis SPS, Dublin 6.
14.8.23 – Tutti Music Ireland Summer Orchestral Course, St. Louis SPS, Dublin 6.

Choral
15.8.23 – Chamber Choir Ireland @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
18.8.23 – Singing on the Wild Side, The Song House, Co Donegal

Classical
14.8.23 – Carducci Quartet @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St John’s Priory, Kilkenny
14.8.23 – Barry Douglas @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
15.8.23 – Carducci Quartet @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St John’s Priory, Kilkenny
15.8.23 – RTÉ Concert Orchestra: Sweeney, National Concert Hall
15.8.23 – Lixsania Fernández @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St John’s Priory, Kilkenny
16.8.23 – Carducci Quartet @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St John’s Priory, Kilkenny
16.8.23 – Sweeney: RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Iarla Ó Lionáird & Ciarán Hinds @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
17.8.23 – Jinsun Min, Andrew Sheeran, Giammaria Tesei, Sokol Koka, Adam Collins, St Ann’s Church
17.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Brahms in Ireland, Chamber Music on Valentia
17.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Fidelio Trio Pop Archive, Chamber Music on Valentia
18.8.23 – Lunchtime Organ Recital - Aleksandr Nisse, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
18.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Schubert, Stravinsky and Stories, Chamber Music on Valentia
18.8.23 – Irish Chamber Orchestra with Thomas Zehetmair @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
19.8.23 – Malcolm Proud & Darren Cornish-Moore @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
19.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Family Concert at the Lighthouse, Chamber Music on Valentia
19.8.23 – Judit Mate, St Brigid’s Cathedral
19.8.23 – Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
19.8.23 – Lady Dufferin Opening Concert @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
19.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Bach to Folk, Chamber Music on Valentia
19.8.23 – Esker Festival Orchestra’s Anniversary Concert in Galway, Galway Cathedral
19.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Late Night Solos, Chamber Music on Valentia
20.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Lunchtime with Debussy, Takemitsu & Roussel, Chamber Music on Valentia
20.8.23 – Penderecki Sextet & Schubert Trout Quintet @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
20.8.23 – Chamber Music on Valentia: Iarla Ó Lionáird and Cormac McCarthy on Valentia, Chamber Music on Valentia
20.8.23 – Esker Festival Orchestra’s Anniversary Concert in Dublin, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

Contemporary
16.8.23 – Crash Ensemble with Diamanda La Berge Dramm & Sam Amidon @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
18.8.23 – Crash Ensemble with Andrew Hamilton (3.30pm) @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, The Deanery Garden, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
18.8.23 – Crash Ensemble with Andrew Hamilton (6.30pm) @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, The Deanery Garden, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny

Dance
16.8.23 – Aoife Ní Bhriain & Colin Dunne: Open Rehearsals @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Barnstorm Studio at The Home Rule Club
17.8.23 – Aoife Ní Bhriain & Colin Dunne: Open Rehearsals @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Barnstorm Studio at The Home Rule Club

Folk and Traditional
14.8.23 – Heritage Week 2023: Workshops in the use of an audio reel-to-reel machine, Irish Traditional Music Archive / Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann (ITMA)
14.8.23 – Martin Hayes & Kate Ellis @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Watergate Theatre Kilkenny
16.8.23 – Trad@Lunch: Kerrie Herrity and John Dwyer, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
16.8.23 – It’s a Fine Thing to Sing (11.15am) – Heritage Week 2023, Market House Café
16.8.23 – Trad@lunch, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
16.8.23 – It’s a Fine Thing to Sing (2.15pm) – Heritage Week 2023, Market House Café
17.8.23 – Coisir an tSamhraidh 2023, Fota House, Carrigtwohill, Cork
17.8.23 – Sharon Shannon with Alan Connor, Whelan’s Dublin
17.8.23 – Mark Dignam at Whelan’s, Whelan’s
17.8.23 – Notes & Narratives – Rab Cherry: “Donegal’s Musical Dohertys”, Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin
18.8.23 – Brìghde Chaimbeul @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Tudor Kitchen, Rothe House, Kilkenny
18.8.23 – Altan and The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, National Concert Hall
18.8.23 – Sharon Shannon Trio, Whelan’s Dublin
19.8.23 – Martin Hayes & Friends @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny
19.8.23 – The Sharon Shannon Band, Whelan’s Dublin
19.8.23 – Cuckoo’s Nest Live in association with St Anne’s GAA, National Opera House, Wexford
20.8.23 – Heritage Week Concert – Siamsa Tíre & Harp Ireland, Mucross Traditional Farms Killarney
20.8.23 – Harps for Heritage 2023 | The Schoolhouse at Muckross, Muckross Schoolhouse
20.8.23 – Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Dan Trueman @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Set Theatre, Kilkenny

Jazz and Improvised
16.8.23 – Irish Women in Jazz LIVE presents: Jennifer McMahon, Arthurs Blues n’ Jazz Club
17.8.23 – Ichiko Aoba with Crash Ensemble @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Set Theatre, Kilkenny
19.8.23 – Jazz @The Glebe Paul McIntyre Quartet, The Glebe House and Gallery

Open Mic
16.8.23 – Sea Legs Open Mic Collective, Spirit Store, Dundalk

Rock and Pop
14.8.23 – Josienne Clarke @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, KIlkenny
14.8.23 – Dave Holland @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, KIlkenny
15.8.23 – Encounters @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Various venues in Kilkenny
15.8.23 – Katie Kim & Elaine Howley @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Set Theatre, Kilkenny
15.8.23 – Dave Holland @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, KIlkenny
17.8.23 – Josh O’Keefe, Spirit Store, Dundalk
18.8.23 – The John McCormack Songbook, John Field Room, National Concert Hall
18.8.23 – Another Love Story 2023, Killyon Manor, Co. Meath
18.8.23 – Future West, Spirit Store, Dundalk
19.8.23 – Stiff Little Fingers with special guests Peter Hook & The Light, Glen Matlock, The Starjets and DJ Terri Hooley, Custom House Square, Belfast
19.8.23 – Glory Days - A Bruce Springsteen Tribute, The Civic, Tallaght
19.8.23 – MICAH, Whelans
19.8.23 – Percy Though, Spirit Store, Dundalk
19.8.23 – Broken Chanter @ Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023, Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, KIlkenny
19.8.23 – The Lost Messiahs, Aunty Nora’s Portlaoise

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England, Scotland and Wales

16.8.23 – Prom 42: Elgar, Chopin and Strauss, Royal Albert Hall
16.8.23 – Trentham Live 2023, Trentham Estate, Staffordshire
18.8.23 – Prom 44: Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Royal Albert Hall
19.8.23 – Prom 46: Manchester Collective: Neon, Royal Albert Hall
19.8.23 – Dizzee Rascal, Dreamland Margate
20.8.23 – Prom 47: Les Siècles plays Ligeti and Mozart, Royal Albert Hall

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Upcoming Festivals 

4–27 Aug: Edinburgh International Festival
4–28 Aug: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
9–30 Aug: Open House Festival, Bangor
10–20 Aug: Kilkenny Arts Festival
17–20 Aug: Chamber Music on Valentia, Co. Kerry
17–20 August: Camp Bestival Shropshire, Shropshire, UK
17–20 Aug: Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons
18–20 Aug: FolkEast Festival, Glemham Hall, Suffolk
18–20 Aug: Another Love Story, Killyon Manor, Meath
19–26 Aug: Clandeboye Festival, Bangor, Co. Down
23–27 Aug: Masters of Tradition, Bantry, Co. Cork 

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines 

15 August
Musician/Teacher (Brass)
Sistema Scotland / Big Noise Raploch

15 August
National Lottery Major Individuals Awards
Arts Council of Northern Ireland

15 August
Fully Funded PhD in Music - Jazz and Experimental Improvisation
University College Dublin (UCD)

16 August
Service Designer
Help Musicians UK

16 August
Service Designer
Help Musicians UK

16 August
Concerts and Prizes Administrator (job share)
Royal Academy of Music

16 August
Youth Participation and Engagement Coordinator
Helium Arts

18 August
External Relations Administrator
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

18 August
Composer Development Scheme
The Night With…

21 August
Get Your Folk On! Summer School
English Folk Dance and Song Society

21 August
Head of Music
Barbican Centre, London

21 August
Senior Programme Manager
Royal Irish Academy

21 August
Programme Manager – Humanities
Royal Irish Academy

21 August
Artists’ International Development Fund
Arts Council of Northern Ireland

21 August
Hunt Museum Facilities and Admin Coordinator
The Hunt Museum

21 August
Research Associate in the Department of Music
King’s College London

For all jobs and opportunities see here.