Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta and ConTempo Quartet will give the world premiere of a new work by Bill Whelan at Galway International Arts Festival this week. (Photo: Galway Music Residency).

Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (17–23 July 2023)

This week's concerts, festivals and job and funding deadlines from Monday to Sunday.

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Blues
20.7.23 – The Back Room Dispatch, The Cobblestone Pub, Dublin

Children and Young People
18.7.23 – Get the Beat, The Linenhall Arts Centre
22.7.23 – From Musicals to Movies and Everything in Between, St Brigids Church of Ireland, Castleknock

Choral
18.7.23 – Irish Youth Choir Summer Concerts: Cloudburst, St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick
20.7.23 – Irish Youth Choir Summer Concerts: Cloudburst, TUD Concert Hall, TU Dublin Conservatoire

Classical
18.7.23 – The Passionate Piano: Music by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Schumann, St Brigids Church of Ireland, Castleknock
19.7.23 – Music for Wexford Lunchtime concert series, St Iberius Church, Wexford
20.7.23 – Strings Attached with ConTempo Quartet and Finghin Collins @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, Emily Anderson Concert Hall, University of Galway
22.7.23 – Brilliant Baroque Concerti (Irish Youth Baroque Orchestra Summer Concert), St Ann’s Church Dawson Street
22.7.23 – CelloVision Project - ‘From Romania to Ireland and Back: a European Musical Odyssey in Sixty Minutes’ featuring Adrian Mantu (cello), Andreea Banciu (viola) and Marco Ramelli (guitar), Farmleigh House & Estate

Country
18.7.23 – A Summer Night with the Country Stars, glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis

Dance
17.7.23–22.7.23 – How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, Black Box Theatre

Early Music
17.7.23 – Andrew Maginley - Solo Lute Recital, Wesley House, Leeson Park, Dublin

Electronic
22.7.23 – Elaine Mai @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, Róisín Dubh, Galway
23.7.23 – KETTAMA @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, Heineken Big Top, Galway

Folk and Traditional
19.7.23 – Trad@Lunch: Sinead Johnston, Ryan Sheridan and Conor McDonagh, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
19.7.23 – Strings Attached with ConTempo Quartet: Bill Whelan World Premiere @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, Saint Nicholas’ Collegiate Church
19.7.23 – David Munnelly & Mick Conneely with Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin, An Taibhdhearc, Galway
20.7.23 – European Shakuhachi Society Summer School, Irish Institute of Music & Song, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
20.7.23 – Traditional Music Showcases: Dermot Byrne & Nia Byrne @ Galway International Arts Festival, Monroe’s, Galway
20.7.23 – Notes & Narratives – Seán Doherty: “Patterns in 1001 Gems: Melodic Structures in Irish Traditional Music”, Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin
21.7.23 – Traditional Music Showcases: Laoise Kelly and Caoilte Ó Cuanaigh @ Galway International Arts Festival, Monroe’s, Galway
21.7.23 – The High Seas le Dermot Mulholland, An Taibhdhearc, Galway
21.7.23 – Meitheal, glór, Friar’s Walk, Ennis
21.7.23 – Trá Pháidín & Róis @ ClubHeadBangBang, The Greyhound Bar, Tralee
21.7.23 – Mick Hanly, The Cherrytree
22.7.23 – Scoil Acla Summer School 2023, Achill Island, Mayo
23.7.23 – Music in the Glen | Róis, The John Hewitt, Belfast
23.7.23 – Belfast TradFest 2023, Belfast City
23.7.23 – Four Men & A Dog | Ciara McCrickard Trio, Mandela Hall, Belfast
23.7.23 – Máirtín O’Connor Band | Maeve O’Donnell, Catríona Ní Ghribín & Ciara Maguire, Belfast Empire Music Hall
23.7.23 – McGoldrick, Smyth, Murray, Kelly and Higgins @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, Monroe’s, Galway
23.7.23 – Laura Kerr, Darragh Murphy & Donogh Hennessy, The John Hewitt, Belfast

Hip Hop
22.7.23 – Mise Freshin’ – Songs From An Open Road @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, An Taibhdhearc, Galway

Jazz and Improvised
18.7.23 – Strings Attached with ConTempo Quartet and JazzTempo @ Galway International Arts Festival 2023, An Taibhdhearc, Galway
19.7.23 – Irish Women in Jazz LIVE Podcast presents: BERRI, Arthur’s Blues & Jazz Club
20.7.23 – Guitar Duo - Tom Harte and Barry McCormack, St Ann’s Church
20.7.23 – DJANGO 70: The Legacy Lives On, Farmleigh House
21.7.23 – Mary Coughlan, The Whale Theatre Greystones
22.7.23 – Nils Kavanagh Jazz Trio, The Dock Carrick-on-Shannon
22.7.23 – Mary Coughlan, The Whale Theatre Greystones

Opera
26.7.23 – Summer Recital, First Church Belfast

Meeting
20.7.23 – Music Alliance Ireland – Public Meeting in Galway, O’Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway

Webinar
20.7.23 – Art | Disability | Climate Change Webinar, Online via Zoom

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England, Scotland and Wales

17.7.23 – Prom 5: Bruch’s First Violin Concerto @ BBC Proms 2023, Royal Albert Hall
18.7.23 – Prom 6: Stephen Hough Plays Rachmaninov @ BBC Proms 2023, Royal Albert Hall
19.7.23 – Prom 7: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony @ BBC Proms 2023, Royal Albert Hall
20.7.23 – Prom 8: Impressions of Spain @ BBC Proms 2023, Royal Albert Hall
21.7.23 – Proms at Sage Gateshead: Self Esteem and the Royal Northern Sinfonia @ BBC Proms 2023, Sage Gateshead
21.7.23 – Proms at Sage Gateshead: Yazz Ahmed and Arun Ghosh @ BBC Proms 2023, Sage Gateshead
21.7.23 – Prom 9: Mariza sings Fado @ BBC Proms 2023, Royal Albert Hall
22.7.23 – Dartington Music Summer School & Festival 2023, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon
23.7.23 – Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony @ BBC Proms 2023, Royal Albert Hall

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Upcoming Festivals

8–23 July: Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
10–18 July: 40th Irish Composition Summer School, Irish Institute of Music and Song, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
15–22 July: Joe Mooney Summer School, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
16–22 July: Catskills Irish Arts Week
16–28 July: Castleknock Music Festival
17–21 Jul: Summer Sing!, Cork
17–30 July: Galway International Arts Festival
18–22 July: Mad Week: Music and Dance Week, Bethesda, Maryland
20 July–31 August: Salzburg Festival, Germany
20–29 July: Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
20–23 July: Bluedot, Cheshire, UK
20–23 July: Somerset Folk Harp Festival
20–23 July: Standon Calling, Hertfordshire
21–23 July: Forest Fest, Emo, Co. Laois
21–23 July: Ballybunion Arts Festival
21–23 July: Truck Festival, Oxfordshire, England
21–23 July: Tomorrowland (Weekend 1), Belgium
21–30 July: Music at Paxton Festival, Paxton House Scottish Borders
22–23 July: When Next We Meet, Raheen House, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
22 July–19 August: Dartington Music Summer School and Festival
23–30 July: Belfast TradFest & Summer School

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines

18 July
Co-Principal Cello (Sitting No.2)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

19 July
ENO Engage Programme Coordinator
English National Opera

19 July
Head of Exhibitions, Learning and Programming
National Library of Ireland

19 July
Arts Officer
Sligo County Council

19 July
Creative Ireland Community Engagement Officer
Sligo County Council

19 July
Donor Communications Officer
Royal Academy of Music

20 July
Creative Communities Engagement Officer
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

20 July
Director - Roscommon Arts Centre
Roscommon Arts Centre

20 July
Front of House and Studios Manager
The Complex

20 July
Social Media Manager
Wigmore Hall

21 July
Development Manager
Dublin Theatre Festival

21 July
Peripatetic Tutors
The Ulster Orchestra

21 July
Development Manager (Maternity Cover)
IMMA

21 July
Production Music Awards 2023 call for entries
Here at Outernet

24 July
Programme Manager (Schools)
Wigmore Hall

24 July
International Songwriting Retreat 2023
Irish Institute of Music & Song, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

24 July
Orchestral Co-ordinator
The Ulster Orchestra

24 July
Grants and Awards Assistant
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

24 July
Insight Officer
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

24 July
Education Assistant
National Library of Ireland

24 July
Radio Producer, RTÉ Lyric FM
RTÉ

For all jobs and opportunities see here.

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