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Choral
26.4.23 – National Competition for Schools - Section 1 Primary School Choirs @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
26.4.23 – Opening Gala Concert – Irish Youth Choir and Cork Children’s Choir @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
26.4.23 – Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Various venues, Cork
27.4.23 – National Competition for Schools - Section 2 Post-Primary Equal Voices & Section 3 Post-Primary Mixed Voices @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
27.4.23 – Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
27.4.23 – The Gesualdo Six - The Wishing Tree @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cathedral of St Mary & St Anne, Cork
28.4.23 – Singing on the Wild Side, The Song House, Co Donegal
28.4.23 – Chamber Choir Ireland - Poets, Passion and Peace @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
28.4.23 – Jaakko Mäntyjärvi & Chamber Choir cc Freia (Finland) - Light of the North @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
29.4.23 – Navan Choral and Instrumental Festival, Various venues in Navan
29.4.23 – National Competitions: Upper & Lower Voices, Chamber Choirs & Ensembles, Ibec Workplace Choir of the Year @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
29.4.23 – Guys and Dolls - Fringe Concert @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music
29.4.23 – Fleischmann International Gala Concert (Session I) @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
29.4.23 – Fleischmann International Gala Concert (Session I and II) @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
30.4.23 – National Competitions: Ireland’s Choir of the Year & Mixed Voices @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
30.4.23 – National Competitions: Church Music @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
30.4.23 – Light, Jazz & Popular Music Competition @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall
30.4.23 – Closing Gala Concert @ Cork International Choral Festival 2023, Cork City Hall

Classical
24.4.23 – International Concert Series: Paul Lewis, Piano, National Concert Hall
26.4.23 – Ailish Tynan, Robin Tritschler and Iain Burnside, Royal Irish Academy of Music
26.4.23 – Feis Ceoil Gala Concert 2023, Main Stage National Concert Hall
27.4.23 – Birr Festival of Music 2023, Birr, Co. Offaly
27.4.23 – MfG presents Cédric Pescia, Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway
28.4.23 – Memories In Music @ Birr Festival of Music 2023, Birr Community Nursing Unit
28.4.23 – Opening Night Gala @ Birr Festival of Music 2023, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Offaly
29.4.23 – A Lunchtime of Song @ Birr Festival of Music 2023, The Chestnut Garden, Birr
29.4.23 – An Evening of Song with Regina, The Civic, Tallaght
29.4.23 – An Enchanted Evening @ Birr Festival of Music 2023, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Offaly
30.4.23 – Earthrise World Premiere, St Iberius Church, Wexford
30.4.23 – The Trench Award @ Birr Festival of Music 2023, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Offaly

Contemporary
25.4.23 – The School of Wild Listening: Listening Group with Óscar Mascareñas, Unit 44 (Kirkos)
26.4.23 – Colin Stetson, Empire Music Hall, Belfast
27.4.23 – Perlee: In the Round, Solstice Arts Centre
28.4.23 – UCD Composition Ensemble (with special guest Beth McNinch), Kevin Barry Recital Room National Concert Hall
28.4.23 – Eduardo Martín & Ahmed Dickinson (Cuba), The An Tobar and Mull Theatre
29.4.23 – Petcu O’Leary Duo, The Dock Carrick-on-Shannon

Folk and Traditional
24.4.23 – The Máirtín O’Connor Band (with Cathal Hayden and Séamie O’Dowd), Glór, Ennis
25.4.23 – Lankum, Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany
27.4.23 – Dani Larkin - Walking With Natives Tour, The Duncairn Centre for Culture and Arts
27.4.23 – Irish Rambling House – Presented by Radio Kerry, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
27.4.23 – Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & The Curly Organ, An Taibhdhearc, Galway
27.4.23 – Karan Casey in concert, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
27.4.23 – TarantaCeltica World Premiere Irish Tour, Raheen House Hotel, Clonmel
28.4.23 – Kilkenny Roots Festival, Kilkenny City
28.4.23 – Karan Casey with Niamh Dunne & Seán Óg Graham, Solstice Arts Centre
28.4.23 – ​Live Music Now present RÉALTA, Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre
28.4.23 – Féasta Ceoil An Spidéil ‘23: Sharon Shannon, Jim Murray & Jack Maher, Stiúideo Cuan, An Spidéal
28.4.23 – Dani Larkin - Walking With Natives, An Croí – Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin
28.4.23 – TarantaCeltica World Premiere Irish Tour, Upstairs at The White Horse
29.4.23 – James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra, Set Theatre Kilkenny
29.4.23 – Eve Goodman, St Michael & All Angels Church, Steventon
29.4.23 – TarantaCeltica World Premiere Irish Tour, Festival Hall Ballydehob
29.4.23 – Karan Casey, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
29.4.23 – A Call to You presented by Catherine Young Dance Company, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
29.4.23 – Féasta Ceoil An Spidéil ‘23: Sharon Shannon, Jim Murray & Jack Maher, Stiúideo Cuan, An Spidéal
29.4.23 – Dani Larkin - Walking With Natives Tour, Oriel Center, Dundalk Gaol, Dundalk
29.4.23 – Eleanor McEvoy, Wexford Arts Centre
30.4.23 – Workshop: Sean-nós singing workshop - amhráin Oiriall, Bluebell Lane Glamping
30.4.23 – Sing for your Supper, Mullaghbane, Bluebell Lane Glamping
30.4.23 – Lankum, Le Botanique, Bruxelles, Belgium
30.4.23 – Dani Larkin - Walking With Natives, The Cobblestone Pub, Dublin
30.4.23 – Karan Casey in concert, Galway Town Hall Theatre

Jazz and Improvised
27.4.23 – The Schmoozenbergs, Wexford Arts Centre
28.4.23 – H. I. P. - The Art Blakey Charts, The Whale Theatre Greystones
28.4.23 – The Green Room Sessions, with Jazz Artist-in-Residence Laoise Leahy, The Green Room @ Cork Opera House
29.4.23 – ‘What’s New’ - Ian Shaw, Iain Ballamy & Jamie Safir, The Whale Theatre Greystones
30.4.23 – International Jazz Day with Jazzabelles!, The Bohemian Bar
30.4.23 – Fly Magic, The Deer’s Head, Belfast
30.4.23 – Kevin Lawlor Trio, Wexford Arts Centre

Musical Theatre
24.4.23 – Wexford Light Opera Society’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, National Opera House, Wexford

Opera
25.4.23 – Irish National Opera presents: Werther (nationwide tour), Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
27.4.23 – Irish National Opera presents: Werther (nationwide tour), Town Hall Theatre, Galway
29.4.23 – The Met: Live in HD presents Champion, Irish Cinemas Nationwide
29.4.23 – Irish National Opera presents: Werther (nationwide tour), Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick

Rock and Pop
25.4.23 – Whenyoung, The Spirit Store, Dundalk
28.4.23 – An Evening With Ron Sexsmith, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
28.4.23 – Abba Sensations, The Civic, Tallaght
28.4.23 – David Kitt, Dolans, Limerick
29.4.23 – Drogheda Arts Festival 2023, Various venues, Drogheda
29.4.23 – David Keenan | Drogheda Arts Festival 2023, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
29.4.23 – BIMM Dublin: All-Ages Gig, The Workman’s Club Dublin
29.4.23 – David Kitt, The Duncairn, Belfast
29.4.23 – The Illegals With Niamh Kavanagh, The Everyman, Cork
29.4.23 – Arborist, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
29.4.23 – James Vincent McMorrow - Songs From A Future, National Concert Hall
29.4.23 – Albert Niland, The Cherrytree
30.4.23 – Harvey Parker Trust: Love In Mind, Southbank Centre
30.4.23 – James Vincent McMorrow - Songs From A Future, National Concert Hall

Talk
27.4.23 – All the Things Left Unsaid: An Evening with Michael Harding, The Everyman, Cork
27.4.23 – Against All Odds, The Whale Theatre Greystones
29.4.23 – Conversation with Film-maker Bob Quinn @ Féile na Bealtaine 2023, The District Courthouse / An Chúirt Dúiche
29.4.23 – Artist Talk & Exhibition Opening: Na Cailleacha with reference to Paula Rego, The Dock Carrick-on-Shannon

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England and Scotland
27.4.23 – Philippa Davies (flute) and Jan Willem Nelleke (piano) perform Bach, Reade, Piazzolla and more, St James’s Piccadilly
27.4.23 – The John Martyn Project, Hallé at St Michael’s
27.4.23 – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
29.4.23 – Bradford Festival Choral Society and the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, St George’s Hall, Bradford
29.4.23 – Tectonics Glasgow 2023, City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
30.4.23 – Medea Quartet, Conway Hall
30.4.23 – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (2.30pm), Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

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Upcoming Festivals 

20–28 April: Limerick Opera Festival
24–29 April: RIAM ChamberFest
26–30 April: Cork International Choral Festival
27–30 April: Jazzahead!, Bremen, Germany
27–30 April: Shetland Folk Festival
27 April–1 May: City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival
27 April–1 May: Birr Festival of Music 
27 April– 1 May: Féile na Bealtaine, Daingean Uí Chúis, Co. Kerry
27 April–7 May: Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
28–30 April: Girvan Traditional Folk Festival
28–30 April: Bray Jazz Festival
28–30 April: Féile Oriel, Monaghan
28 April–1 May: Ballydehob Jazz Festival
28 April–1 May: Kilkenny Roots Festival
28 April–1 May: Féile Chois Cuain, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo
28 April–6 May: Galway Theatre Festival
29–30 April: Drogheda Arts Festival
29–30 April: Tectonics Glasgow
30 April–1 May: Claremorris Folk Festival, Co. Mayo

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines

25 April
Programme Manager, National Youth Folk Ensemble
English Folk Dance and Song Society

26 April
Programme Manager
Julie’s Bicycle

26 April
Seasonal Events Delivery Executives x2
IMMA

26 April
Arts Development Manager
Newry, Mourne & Down District Council

27 April
Board Members
Helium Arts

28 April
Night-Time Economy Advisor
Cork City Council

28 April
Ireland in Germany 2024: Calls for Expressions of Interest
Culture Ireland

28 April
Na Píobairí Uilleann Scholarships
Na Píobairí Uilleann

28 April
Part time operations manager
Classicalkids

28 April
Harpers’ Residency at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland

28 April
Harp Ireland Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy Scholarship 2023
Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland

30 April
Submitting a Play to Fishamble
Fishamble

30 April
Call for Board Members
Graffiti Theatre Company

30 April
Content Assistant
BBC

30 April
Head of Visitor Experience and Audience Services
Dublin City Council Culture Company

1 May
Music Tutors
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

1 May
The Hitmaker Fund
PRS Foundation 

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