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Children and Young People
3.7.23 – Sing Me to the Sea, Enable Ireland Bray

Classical
3.7.23 – IAYO’s Orchestral Conducting Workshops | Observer Places Available, MTU Cork School of Music
3.7.23 – The Irish Association of Youth Orchestras’ Orchestral Conducting Workshops 2023, MTU Cork School of Music
4.7.23 – National Symphony Orchestra Summer Lunchtime Concert, National Concert Hall
5.7.23 – Music for Wexford Lunchtime series, St Iberius Church, Wexford
6.7.23 – Face The Music, RTÉ One
7.7.23 – National Symphony Orchestra: Opera Gala With Celine Byrne, National Concert Hall

Contemporary
5.7.23 – Trick Mist, Natalia Beylis, Ssmmutt, National Concert Hall
8.7.23 – RAMP, Rathmullan (various venues)
9.7.23 – Sundays at Noon : Larissa O’Grady, violin and Máire Carroll, piano, Dublin City Gallery
The Hugh Lane
10.7.23 – 40th Irish Composition Summer School, Irish Institute of Music and Song, Balbriggan

Early Music
7.7.23 – Scoil na gCláirseach–Festival of Early Irish Harp, Coláiste Pobail Osraí Secondary School, Kilkenny
8.7.23 – Gala Concert: Masters of Irish Music, The Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle

Electronic
6.7.23 – Plus One, ALYXIS, Coolgirl, National Concert Hall

Folk and Traditional
3.7.23 – Lecture: Irish Traditional Musicians in Chicago 1920-2020 – Richie Piggott @ Willie Clancy Summer School, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
3.7.23 – Harp Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
3.7.23 – Fiddle Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
4.7.23 – Tribute to Mary Bergin @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
4.7.23 – Ceolchoirm Idirnáisiúnta/International Concert featuring traditional music, song and dance from Scotland, Wales and Brittany @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
4.7.23 – Whistle and Flute Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
4.7.23 – Session with the Pipers - Na Píobairí Uilleann, The Cobblestone Pub, Dublin
5.7.23 – Trad@Lunch: Claudia Schwab and Rodney Lancashire, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
5.7.23 – Lecture: Garech Browne, Willie Clancy and Claddagh Records. Presented by James Morrissey, Chairman, Claddagh Records @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
5.7.23 – Banjo Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
5.7.23 – Singing Circle with Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaíoch, The Bohemian Bar
5.7.23 – Uilleann Piping Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
6.7.23 – Lecture: Restitution: the revival of Scotland’s bellows blown pipes and its wider cultural significance. Presented by Hamish Moore, piper, pipes maker and researcher @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
6.7.23 – Button Accordion Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
7.7.23 – An afternoon of Traditional Singing in Irish and English @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
7.7.23 – Harmonica Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Mill Marquee, GAA Grounds, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
7.7.23 – Concertina Recital @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
8.7.23 – National Dance Championships 2023, glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis
8.7.23 – Remembering Willie Clancy: Reflections on his life and legacy @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
8.7.23 – Muiris Ó Rócháin Memorial Concert @ Willie Clancy Summer School 2023, Community Centre, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
8.7.23 – Ceiliúradh Ceoil, TU Dublin Conservatoire East Quad, Grangegorman

Jazz and Improvised
3.7.23 – Summer Jazz Big Band Course at Newpark Academy of Music, Newpark Music Centre, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
9.7.23 – Newpark Academy of Music Big Band - Live at IMMA/KILMAINHAM, IMMA, Dublin

Rock and Pop
7.7.23 – Otherside Festival 2023, Rock Farm, Slane, Co. Meath
7.7.23 – Lana Del Rey, 3Arena, Dublin
7.7.23 – Heineken Live Music Festival, Clonmel Rugby Football Club
7.7.23 – Siúcra, Róisín Dubh, Galway
8.7.23 – Unison Festival, Bremore Castle, Balbriggan
8.7.23 – Loah @ Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, Juniper Barn
8.7.23 – Rodney Owl, Emma Lohan, Jack Vanderklauss, Róisín Dubh
9.7.23 – Unison Festival, Millennium Park, Blanchardstown
9.7.23 – Boppin at the Drive in: The Fab 50spresented by The Everyman Sunday Songbook, The Everyman, Cork

Summer school
3.7.23–7.7.23 – Kodály Ireland International Summer School, DCU St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra

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England, Scotland and Wales

4.7.23 – One Act Operas, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
7.7.23 – Ischico Velzel in Recital, Summer Music at Sandford Parish Church
7.7.23 – BBC Philharmonic - Premiere - Ní Ríain - Sonic Geography, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
8.7.23 – Brooklyn Rider: The World in America, Wigmore Hall, London
8.7.23 – Brooklyn Rider: Temples of Resonancce – A Philip Glass Soirée, Wigmore Hall, London
8.7.23 – Brooklyn Rider: The String Quartet in New York City, Wigmore Hall, London
9.7.23 – Pulp, Scarborough Open Air Theatre

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Upcoming Festivals 

29 June–16 July: Manchester International Festival
29 June–28 July: Lucca Summer Festival, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
29 June–8 July: Festival International de Jazz, Montreal
1–9 July: Cairde Sligo Arts Festival
1–9 July: Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
1–9 July: Clonmel Junction Arts Festival
4–9 July: Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales
6–8 July: Stendhal Festival, Limavady
6–8 July: NOS Alive, Lisbon Portugal
6–9 July: Kinsale Arts Weekend, Online
7–9 July: Otherside Festival, Rock Farm, Slane, Co. Meath
7–13 July: Scoil na gCláirseach – Festival of Early Irish Harp, Kilkenny
7–14 July: West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Cork
8–9 July: RAMP new music weekend, Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
8–15 July: Cheltenham Music Festival
8–23 July: Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
9–15 July: South Sligo Summer School, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo
9–16 June: Hertfordshire Festival of Music
11–16 July: Galway Film Fleadh
15–22 July: Joe Mooney Summer School, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
23–30 July: Belfast TradFest & Summer School

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines

4 July
Composition professor (Electronic Music)
Royal College of Music

4 July
Cover Musicians
Sistema Scotland

4 July
Stage Manager (LSO St Luke’s Operations)
London Symphony Orchestra

5 July
Stage Manager
The Royal Shakespeare Company

5 July
Chief Executive Officer
Sistema Scotland

5 July
Communications Director
New Music USA

6 July
Section Leader Clarinet
The Ulster Orchestra

6 July
Marketing Fund & Regional Festival Promotion…
Galway City Council

7 July
Creative Careers Centre Administrator
Royal College of Music

7 July
Emerging Traditional Artist Bursary 2023
glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis

7 July
Traditional Artist Bursary 2023
glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis

7 July
Education Outreach Manager
Children’s Books Ireland

7 July
Call Out for Culture Night 2023
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

7 July
XaRt 2023 Call for Works
Munster Technological University

9 July
Assistant Stage and Technical Manager
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

10 July
Website and Insights Manager
Independent Society of Musicians

10 July
Public Policy and Spatial Planning Manager
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

10 July
The Open Fund For Organisations
PRS Foundation

For all jobs and opportunities see here.