This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (10–17 March 2025)

Martin Hayes performs with the National Symphony Orchestra at the NCH on 14, 15 and 18 March.

This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (10–17 March 2025)

A guide to this week’s events and job and funding deadlines, from Monday to Sunday.

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Children and Young People
12.3.25 – Paul Curley presents Grey Matter, The Source Arts Centre Thurles Co.Tipperary
15.3.25 – Sinfonia Smith Square, Family Concert: A London Adventure, Sinfonia Smith Square

Choral
14.3.25 – Walters Community College - Chamber Choir Concert, Whyte Recital Hall, RIAM
14.3.25 – Irish Premiere Arnesen Stabat Mater, Galway Cathedral
15.3.25 – John Rutter Singing Day, Perrins Hall, Royal Grammar School
15.3.25 – Confessions of a Composer with John Rutter, College Hall
15.3.25 – France - Irlande | Cappella Caeciliana and Choeur Sorbonne Université, Église Notre-Dame des Blancs Manteaux, Paris

Classical
11.3.25 – Britten Oboe Quartet, St. Joseph’s Church, Presentation Road
11.3.25 – Yukine Kuroki, Esker Arts Centre
11.3.25 – Music Network presents Yukine Kuroki., Esker Arts Centre
12.3.25 – Music Network presents Yukine Kuroki., Freemasons’ Hall Molesworth Street
12.3.25 – MfG Encore: Britten Oboe Quartet, Campbell’s Tavern, Headford
13.3.25 – Didzis Kalniņš and JiSun Min perform Stravinsky and Mendelssohn, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street Dublin 2
13.3.25 – LCS | 13 March: an evening at 1901 Arts Club, 1901 Arts Club
13.3.25 – Music Network and Newry Chamber Music present Yukine Kuroki, Warrenpoint Town Hall
13.3.25 – UPROAR: Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
13.3.25 – Under (the light of) That Same Moon, The Hardiman Ballroom Galway
13.3.25 – Irish Chamber Orchestra presents: Beethoven 4, Mendelssohn and Áine Mallon (Thomas Zehetmair, conductor / Mick O’Brien, uilleann pipes), The Whyte Recital Hall, RIAM
13.3.25 – Walled City Music Festival, 13–16 March 2025, Great Hall Magee, Derry
13.3.25 – Music Network presents Yukine Kuroki., Warrenpoint Town Hall
13.3.25 – Reflections on Monk and Bach featuring Ron Carter and String Quartet ETHEL, Carnegie Hall, New York
14.3.25 – RWCMD Pianists, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
14.3.25 – Irish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven 4, Christ Church Waterford
14.3.25 – Music Network presents Yukine Kuroki., Waterford Music at The Garden Room, Medieval Museum, Waterford
14.3.25 – Ulster Orchestra: Flame of Genius, The Ulster Hall Belfast
15.3.25 – Under (the light of) That Same Moon, Kylemore Abbey, Galway
15.3.25 – Music Network presents Yukine Kuroki., Derravaragh Music Association at Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
15.3.25 – Irish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven 4, University Concert Hall, Limerick
15.3.25 – Dame Sarah Connolly & Tomáš Hanus with WNO Orchestra, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
16.3.25 – Panorama Series : Claudia Boyle (soprano) / Gyula Nagy (baritone) / Fiachra Garvey (piano), Kevin Barry Recital Room, National Concert Hall
16.3.25 – Dame Sarah Connolly & Tomáš Hanus with WNO Orchestra, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
16.3.25 – Music Network presents Yukine Kuroki, Thomastown Concert Hall
16.3.25 – Organ Recital With Peter Stevens, The Portico of Ards
16.3.25 – Under (the light of) That Same Moon, St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, Dublin
16.3.25 – Coco Tomita + Simon Callaghan, Conway Hall

Comedy
12.3.25 – Gaelgáirí - Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025, dlr LexIcon Studio
14.3.25 – Eric Lalor: LOL‘er By Nature, Whale Theatre Greystones

Contemporary
15.3.25 – Reductio Presents The Dance Mashup Event, The Portico of Ards
15.3.25 – Wasps vs Humans + SLC (shelovescalpol ft. Julie Goo), Levis’ Bar, Ballydehob
17.3.25 – NCH presents Jamie Duffy, National Concert Hall

Country
13.3.25 – The Devil’s Spine Band, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
16.3.25 – Patrick Feeney, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Dance
11.3.25 – Begin Anywhere, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
12.3.25 – Night Dances, Glór Arts Centre, Ennis , Co. Clare
14.3.25 – Change by Croí GlanDance Cork Firkin Crane
14.3.25
 – Night Dances, Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
16.3.25 – MANIAC 25, 3 Arena, Dublin

Early Music
18.3.25 – Faith and Fantasy, Saint Mary’s Cathedral Limerick

Film
10.3.25 – Housewife Of The Year, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
10.3.25 – The Brutalist, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
11.3.25 – Housewife Of The Year, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
11.3.25 – The Brutalist, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
12.3.25 – Housewife Of The Year, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
12.3.25 – The Brutalist, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
13.3.25 – Before Sunset, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
13.3.25 – Ingmar Bergman at the IFI: Cries and Whispers, Irish Film Institute
13.3.25 – Queer, Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, Conamara
15.3.25 – Ingmar Bergman at the IFI: Scenes from a Marriage, Irish Film Institute
16.3.25 – The Straight Story, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
16.3.25 – Ingmar Bergman at the IFI: Face to Face, Irish Film Institute
16.3.25 – The Elephant Man, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork

Folk and Traditional
11.3.25 – Iarla Ó lionáird & Tim Edey, Whelan’s Dublin
12.3.25 – Iarla Ó lionáird & Tim Edey, Spirit Store Dundalk
13.3.25 – Darren Kiely, 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
13.3.25 – Iarla Ó lionáird & Tim Edey, Social Gaoth Dobhair Donegal
14.3.25 – Belfast Schools’  Traditional Music Performance, Belfast TradFest
14.3.25 – Céilí Concert - Blackwater Céilí Band + Cathleen Garland with sets called by Rónan Eastwood, Belfast TradFest
14.3.25 – Martin Hayes with the NSO, National Concert Hall 
14.3.25 – Dave Flynn & New Zealand String Quartet - Irish Airs and Graces, Whisky & Wood
14.3.25 – Celtic Psalms | Ursula Burns, Belfast TradFest
14.3.25 – Eddi Reader, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
14.3.25 – Iarla Ó lionáird & Tim Edey, The White Horse, Ballincollig
14.3.25 – ITSC March Singing Session - special guest Rita Gallagher, The North Pole Bar, Drumfries
15.3.25 – Céilí Dancing workshop with Ronán Eastwood, Belfast TradFest
15.3.25 – Second Saturday Soundscapes: We 2 Flutes!, Therese McInerney & Sean Lyons, and Sarah Bell, Clodagh McAllister & Ian McDonald, Glór
15.3.25 – Iarla Ó lionáird & Tim Edey, 10 Bridge Street, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
15.3.25 – Martin Hayes with the NSO, National Concert Hall
15.3.25 – Afro Celt Sound System, Belfast TradFest
16.3.25 – Céilí Dancing workshop with Ronán Eastwood, Belfast TradFest
16.3.25 – Workshop – An introduction to traditional music for classical musicians with composer & cellist Neil Martin, Belfast TradFest
16.3.25 – Workshop - An introduction to Sean Nós / Old Style Step Dancing with Mary McGuiggan, Belfast TradFest
16.3.25 – Iarla Ó lionáird & Tim Edey, DeBarra’s Folk Club, Clonakilty
16.3.25 – Kilfenora Céilí Band : Sparks Will Fly, Main Stage, National Concert Hall, Dublin
16.3.25 – Máirtín O’Connor & Zoë Conway with Music Generation Cavan/Monaghan Cross-Border Folk Orchestra - Conducted by Michael Rooney, Belfast TradFest
17.3.25 – Guitar Accompaniment Workshop with John Doyle, The MAC, Belfast
17.3.25 – Fiddle Workshop with John McCusker, Belfast TradFest
17.3.25 – St. Patrick’s Day Céilí with Ronán Eastwood & The Glengormley Céilí Band., The MAC, Belfast
17.3.25 – Acoustic Stage - Compere Jack Warnock presents a varied programme of music & dance, St Anne’s Square, Belfast
17.3.25 – Festival Village at Cathedral Quarter, Belfast TradFest
17.3.25 – Cara Dillon ‘Coming Home’, The Ulster Hall Belfast
17.3.25 – McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle | RÓIS, Belfast TradFest
17.3.25 – Boff Whalley – But (Book Launch), Live to your Living Room (Online)

Jazz and Improvised
13.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
14.3.25 – Ethan Iverson ‘Into the Dark’, The Cooler at The Complex
14.3.25 – Zara McFarlane: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
14.3.25 – Paul Dunlea Quintet, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
14.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, Levis’ Corner House, Ballydehob, Co. Cork
15.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, Róisín Dubh, Galway
15.3.25 – Ethan Iverson, Triskel Arts Centre
16.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, The Whale Theatre Greystones
18.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, Record Room, Limerick 

Literary and Musical Event
14.3.25 – St. Patrick’s Pilgrimage with Kiran Young Wimberly & Jim Deeds, The Big Fish - Belfast
15.3.25 – Outdoor Pipe Band Extravaganza, Cathedral Gardens, Belfast
15.3.25 – Snare Drum & Bagpipe Taster Session, Belfast TradFest
15.3.25 – Belfast TradFest Solo Highland Piping Competition, Belfast TradFest
15.3.25 – So Say So, Wexford Arts Centre
17.3.25 – St. Patrick’s Pilgrimage with Jim Deeds & Cheryl Meban, The Big Fish - Belfast

Literature
12.3.25 – The Forest is the Path: Gary Lightbody in conversation1WML

Musical Theatre
14.3.25 – The Masterclass Series, Wesley House
15.3.25 – Dubliner: The Luke Kelly Story, The Source Arts Centre Thurles Co.Tipperary

Rock and Pop
11.3.25 – Perspectives: Gabriel Kahane & Caroline Shaw: Hexagons, The Studio National Concert Hall
12.3.25 – Kid Cudi – Insano World Tour, 3Arena, Dublin
13.3.25 – It’s a Livin’ Thing: The Music of Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Main Hall National Concert Hall
14.3.25 – Songwriters in the Round – Featuring Megan O’Neill, Gráinne Hunt and Emma Langford, Wexford Arts Centre
14.3.25 – Curfew, Whelan’s, Dublin
15.3.25 – Tindersticks, 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
15.3.25 – Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen Tribute, Whale Theatre Greystones
15.3.25 – The Devil’s Spine Band with Honor Heffernan & Trevor Knight, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
15.3.25 – Post Punk Podge & the Technohippies, Whelan’s, Dublin
16.3.25 – Aslan, 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin

Visual
11.3.25 – Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories The Pietà by Michelangelo, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
16.3.25 – The Ultimate Bubble Show, The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre

Upcoming Festivals 

7–15 March: SXSW, Austin, Texas
8–17 March: Manchester Irish Festival 
12–16 March: Borealis, Bergen, Norway
13–16 March: Walled City Music Festival
14–17 March: St. Patrick’s Festival, Kilkenny
15–17 March: St. Patrick’s Festival, Dublin
21 March: Early Music Day
21–23 March: Limerick Early Music Festival 

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines        

11 March
Digital Journalist – Mayo, Roscommon
Mediahuis Ireland

12 March
Creative Ageing Writing Bursary 2025
Age & Opportunity

12 March
Arts and Health Manager
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

12 March
West Cork Chamber Music Young Composers’ Competition
West Cork Music

13 March
Biennale College Musica | International Call
La Biennale di Venezia

13 March
Joan Denise Moriarty Award
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

13 March
Arts Grant Funding
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

14 March
Duty Manager (part-time)
The Gaiety Theatre

14 March
Project Manager
Crawford Art Gallery

14 March
Associate Producer
Rough Magic

14 March
Irish National Opera Orchestra Open Auditions
Irish National Opera

15 March
Walled City Music Festival Composers Workshop
Foyle Arts Building, Ulster University Magee Campus

16 March
Head of Marketing, One More Chapter
HarperCollins Publishers

17 March
Co-Principal 2nd Violin
The BBC Symphony Orchestra

18 March
Job Vacancy | Head of Finance and Business Development
The Complex, Dublin City

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Published on 10 March 2025

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