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Choral
16.10.23 – Cantóirí Open Rehearsal, Wesley House, Leeson Park, Dublin 6, D06 N5P0
18.10.23–22.10.23 – City of Derry International Choir Festival – 10th Anniversary, Derry
18.10.23 – The Verdi Requiem @ City of Derry International Choir Festival, The Millennium Forum
19.10.23 – Derry Girls Big Sing @ City of Derry International Choir Festival, Guildhall Square
20.10.23 – The Sixteen @ City of Derry International Choir Festival, The Guildhall
21.10.23 – International Competition @ City of Derry International Choir Festival, The Guildhall
22.10.23 – Closing Gala @ City of Derry International Choir Festival, The Millennium Forum

Classical
18.10.23 – Isabelle O’Connell, piano, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
18.10.23 – Marmen Quartet in Castlebar, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
19.10.23 – Marmen Quartet in Cork, Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music
19.10.23 – Ellen Jansson & Miriam Kaczor, Large Room, City Hall, Waterford
19.10.23 – Sonoro Quartet, Large Room, City Hall, Waterford
20.10.23 – Marmen Quartet in Kilkenny, The Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle
20.10.23 – Irish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3, University Concert Hall Limerick
20.10.23 – Irish Chamber Orchestra and Spanish Pianist Javier Perianes, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
20.10.23 – Frank McNamara: Chopin by Candlelight, All Saints Mullingar
21.10.23 – Marmen Quartet in Castlepollard, Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard, Westmeath
21.10.23 – Miriam Kaczor (flute) & Sergio Bucheli (lute), Farmleigh House & Estate
21.10.23 – Irish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
21.10.23 – Frank McNamara: Chopin by Candlelight, St Johns Church of Ireland Kilkenny
22.10.23 – Isabelle O’Connell, piano, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
22.10.23 – Yue Tang and Fergal Caulfield - cello and piano, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street
22.10.23 – Marmen Quartet in Dublin, Kevin Barry Recital Room, National Concert Hall
22.10.23 – Anton Jablokov with Stefano Moccetti & Special Guest Vladimir Jablokov, glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis
22.10.23 – NCH Chamber Music Series: Marmen Quartet, Kevin Barry Recital Room National Concert Hall
22.10.23 – Cork2020sHaydnSymphoniesSeries 3/iv, Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Cork

Contemporary
16.10.23 – School of Wild Listening: Listening Group with Karen Power, Unit 44
16.10.23 – Dustin O’Halloran at Liberty Hall Theatre, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
20.10.23 – The Waters Of Silence, Sirius Arts Centre Cobh Co. Cork
22.10.23 – SJ McArdle & Trevor Hutchinson in concert., The Cherrytree

Country
19.10.23 – Michael English, glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis

Early Music
22.10.23 – Spirit of Gambo, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry

Film
18.10.23 – Film Club - EO, The Source Arts Centre Thurles Co.Tipperary

Folk and Traditional
17.10.23 – Irish World Academy - Lunchtime Performance Series – Traditional Music and Song from West Limerick, Irish World Academy, Theatre 2
17.10.23 – Harpers in the Honan - Laoise Kelly & Alannah Thornburgh (UCC TradSoc & Harp Ireland), Honan Chapel, UCC, Cork
17.10.23 – The Bob Dylan Roadshow, The Civic, Tallaght
18.10.23 – An Evening with Miscellany Of Folk, Katty Barry’s Bar
19.10.23 – The Grace Smith Trio, Live to your Living Room (Online)
19.10.23 – Notes & Narratives – Rónán Galvin: ‘The Tom Munnelly Collection: His First Year 1971–1972’, Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin
19.10.23 – Niall McCabe, Bangor Castle Walled Garden
20.10.23 – Oíche Gliogar - Trá Pháidín, The Brigideens, Colm Seoighe & na hEasógaí, Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, Conamara
20.10.23 – Further Down The Line, Seamie O’Dowd - Album Launch, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
20.10.23 – Seamie O’Dowd: Further Down the Line, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
20.10.23 – Lá na Cruite 2023 | Harp Day Celebration: Double Bill: Michael Rooney and June McCormack & Dordán, glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis
21.10.23 – Lá Na Cruite | Harp Day 2023, Nationwide and International
21.10.23 – TradTalk 2023, Stiúideo Cuan, An Spidéal, Galway
21.10.23 – Niall McCabe, The King’s Head, Galway
21.10.23 – Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble, Royal Theatre Castlebar
21.10.23 – Anton Jablokov with Stefano Moccetti and Special Guest Vladimir Jablokov, Triskel Arts Centre
21.10.23 – Brigid O’Neill Trio., The Cherrytree
22.10.23 – Shaskeen in Concert, St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre, Listowel
22.10.23 – Niall McCabe Live @ Whelan’s, Dublin, Whelan’s Dublin
22.10.23 – Aonghus McAnally: Celebrating Christie Hennessy, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire

Jazz and Improvised
18.10.23 – Emilie Conway’s: Une Soirée Folle- The Roaring 2020’s (presented by Irish Women in Jazz), Arthurs Blues n’ Jazz Club
19.10.23 – Michelle Daly at Arthur’s, Arthurs Blues n’ Jazz Club
21.10.23 – Conor Guilfoyle Octet - The Music of Gerry Mulligan, Whale Theatre Greystones
22.10.23 – Emily Jane (presented by Irish Women in Jazz), The Workmans Club

Musical Theatre
17.10.23 – Humans: A Robot Musical! (Primary Schools Performance), Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
20.10.23 – Oliver Cromwell is Really Sorry by Xnthony, Axis, Ballymun

Opera
19.10.23 – La Voix Humaine: A Salon Series Event, The MAC, Belfast
21.10.23 – Hansel & Gretel, National Concert Hall

Rock and Pop
16.10.23 – Arctic Monkeys, The SSE Arena, Belfast
17.10.23 – Arctic Monkeys, 3Arena, Dublin
18.10.23 – Red Hurley and Friends 2023, The Civic Tallaght
19.10.23 – Arctic Monkeys, 3Arena, Dublin
19.10.23 – PIAF to POP – Christine Bovill, The Everyman, Cork
19.10.23 – Red Hurley and Friends, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
19.10.23 – Josh Ritter ‘Hello Starling’ 20th Anniversary Tour, Leisureland Galway
20.10.23 – Picture This, SSE Arena, Belfast
20.10.23 – The 4 of Us, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
20.10.23 – Hothouse Flowers, Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre
21.10.23 – Brian Brody & The Ghost Ensemble, Wexford Arts Centre
21.10.23 – An Evening with Kristin Hersh, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
21.10.23 – Route 66 Big Band Live in Concert, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
22.10.23 – Thunderclap Murphy, The Wild Duck, Dublin 2
22.10.23 – Mick Flannery, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo

Open Mic
19.10.23 – Cosmic Jam Open Mic, Accidental Theatre, Belfast

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England, Scotland and Wales

19.10.23 – English Folk Expo 2023, Manchester’s Northern Quarter
19.10.23 – The London Lasses - 25th Anniversary Concert at Liverpool Irish Festival, Liverpool Irish Centre
20.10.23 – The London Lasses - 25th Anniversary Concert, Bradford Playhouse

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Upcoming Festivals 

12 Oct–5 Nov: Belfast International Arts Festival 
13–22 Oct: Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Galway
13–22 Oct: Bloomsbury Festival, London
13–28 Oct: Oxford Lieder: Oxford International Song Festival, Oxford
18–22 Oct: City of Derry International Choir Festival 
18–22 Oct: Amsterdam Dance Event, Amsterdam
19–22 Oct: English Folk Expo, Manchester’s Northern Quarter
20–21 Oct: Big Bang Festival, Lisbon
20–22 Oct: London Guitar Festival
20 Oct–5 Nov: Wexford Spiegeltent Festival
21 Oct: Lá na Cruite / Harp Day 
22 Oct: Italian Fusion Festival, Dublin 
24–29 Oct: Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford
24 Oct–5 Nov: Wexford Festival Opera

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines  

18 October
Jack Harte Bursary 2024
Irish Writers Centre

18 October
Lacuna Bursary 2024: Writer-in-Residence at Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Irish Writers Centre

19 October
Delegate Programme – Register Now
English Folk Expo

19 October
New Dance Company – Call for Proposals
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

20 October
Production Arts Pathway Assistant / (Stage Management)
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

20 October
Arts Development Officer – Visual Arts
Arts Council of Northern Ireland

20 October
Verification & Records Officer
Arts Council of Northern Ireland

20 October
Development Officer
Irish Baroque Orchestra

22 October
Survey: Better pay and conditions for artists and creative producers
Réalta Centre for Arts + Health

22 October
Marketing Assistant
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

22 October
Tutti 1st Violin
The Ulster Orchestra

23 October
Head of Fundraising
NMC Recordings

For all jobs and opportunities see here.