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Choral
23.8.23 – Charles Wood Festival of Music and Summer School, Armagh First Presbyterian Church
24.8.23 – The Birds and the Bees Quartet | Chamber Choir Ireland, Calary Church, Kilmacanoge

Classical
21.8.23 – Family Concert @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
21.8.23 – Music by Saint Saens, Brahms & Wolf @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
22.8.23 – Schubert String Quintet @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
22.8.23 – RTÉ Concert Orchestra Summer Lunchtime Concert, National Concert Hall
22.8.23 – Young Musicians Showcase Gala @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
23.8.23 – Oboe and Piano Masterworks @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
23.8.23 – Ekaterina Melnikova and Nikita Kochergin (organ and cello), St Brigid’s Cathedral
23.8.23 – Music by Schubert, Mozart & Beethoven @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
24.8.23 – Eimear McGeown (Irish flute) @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
24.8.23 – Barry Douglas Piano Recital @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
25.8.23 – Music & Poetry @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
25.8.23 – Someone To Watch Over Me – The Life And Music Of George Gershwin, National Concert Hall
25.8.23 – Organ Recital – Matthew Owens, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
25.8.23 – Camerata Ireland & Patrick Rafter @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
26.8.23 – Camerata Ireland & Barry Douglas @ Clandeboye Festival 2023, The Banqueting Hall, Clandeboye Estate
26.8.23 – Laura Snowden (classical, folk and contemporary guitar), Farmleigh House & Estate
27.8.23 – Valentine Laporte and Danusia Oslizlok, St Ann’s Church

Contemporary
23.8.23 – Cello & Electronic Circuits, Maureen’s, Shandon, Cork
26.8.23 – The Vale of Clara Soundwalk: Unveiling the Soundscape, Vale of Clara Nature Reserve Co Wicklow

Electronic
25.8.23 – Macedo / Synnott / Maguire, Unit 44 (Kirkos, Dublin
27.8.23 – Macedo / Synnott / Maguire, Plugd Records, Cork

Folk and Traditional
23.8.23 – Trad@Lunch: Daithi Gormley and Elaine Reilly, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
23.8.23 – Trad@lunch, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
23.8.23 – Martin Hayes, Conal O’Kane, Brian Donnellan, Sam Amidon and Kate Ellis @ Masters of Tradition 2023, The Maritime Hotel, Bantry
23.8.23 – Masters of Tradition 2023, Bantry, Co. Cork
24.8.23 – With Ukraine in Heart – A Ukrainian Independence Day Celebration, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
24.8.23 – Scoth, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien, Sam Amidon, Kate Ellis and Crash Ensemble @ Masters of Tradition 2023, The Maritime Hotel, Bantry
24.8.23 – TarantaCeltica Calabria Tour, Festival d’Autunno
25.8.23 – Ceolchoirm Rúnda (Secret Concert) @ Masters of Tradition 2023, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
25.8.23 – Christy Mc Namara, Mick O’Brien, Ciara Ní Bhriain, Begley Clan, Steve Cooney @ Masters of Tradition 2023, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
25.8.23 – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh / Dónal O’Connor / Gerry O Beirne, Irish Institute of Music & Song, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
25.8.23 – Inni–K, The Cobblestone Pub, Dublin
25.8.23 – Níos Déanaí: Laura Snowden, Steve Cooney, Luka Bloom @ Masters of Tradition 2023, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
26.8.23 – Ceolchoirm Rúnda (Secret Concert) @ Masters of Tradition 2023, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
26.8.23 – Plight of the Bumble Bee, Bee wise Apiary
26.8.23 – Steve Cooney, Luka Bloom, David Munnelly, and Mick Conneely @ Masters of Tradition 2023, Bantry House, Cork
26.8.23 – Níos Déanaí: Christine Tobin, David Power, Cora Venus Lunny, Phil Robson and Steve Hamilton @ Masters of Tradition 2023, Bantry House, Cork
27.8.23 – Perry Hall Folk Music Night, featuring Matt Roach, Perry Hall United Methodist Church
27.8.23 – Ceolchoirm Rúnda (Secret Concert) @ Masters of Tradition 2023, Whiddy Island
27.8.23 – Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Paul Finn (button accordion), Samantha Harvey (piano/dance), Irish Institute of Music & Song, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
27.8.23 – Martin Hayes and Steve Cooney @ Masters of Tradition 2023, Bantry House

Hip Hop
26.8.23 – Arcángel, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL

Jazz and Improvised
25.8.23 – Tea-Time Jazz with members of The Rubik’s Ensemble, The Plaza, Saggart Village

Opera
23.8.23 – Summer Recital - A New Journey, First Church Belfast
26.8.23 – Afternoon Recital at The Londonderry Arms, The Londonderry Arms Carnlough
27.8.23 – The 13th Glenarm Festival of Voice Competition FInale, Church of the Immaculate Conception Glenarm

Rock and Pop
24.8.23 – Future Islands (+ Just Mustard & Sprints), National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks
25.8.23 – The Vamps, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin
25.8.23 – Vibes – Disco night with DJ Ronan Buggy, Wexford Arts Centre
26.8.23 – Mick Flannery (with Valerie June & Susan O’Neill), National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks
26.8.23 – The 4 of US, Wexford Arts Centre
27.8.23 – The Dixie Micks, Rathfarnham Castle Grounds
27.8.23 – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Royal Hospital Kilmainham
27.8.23 – Franz Ferdinand (+ Pillow Queens), National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks
27.8.23 – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds with special guests Primal Scream and Happy Mondays, Royal Hospital Kilmainham

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England, Scotland and Wales

22.8.23 – Prom 49: Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, Royal Albert Hall
23.8.23 – Prom 50: Handel’s Samson, Royal Albert Hall
23.8.23 – Rodney Lister, Church of St. Vedast alias Foster 
25.8.23 – Prom 52: The Boston Symphony Orchestra play Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, Royal Albert Hall
26.8.23 – Exonian Choir, Exeter College, Oxford, St Brigid’s Cathedral

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Upcoming Festivals 

4–27 Aug: Edinburgh International Festival
4–28 Aug: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
9–30 Aug: Open House Festival, Bangor
19–26 Aug: Clandeboye Festival, Bangor, Co. Down
23–27 Aug: Masters of Tradition, Bantry, Co. Cork 
24–27 Aug: Tønder Festival, Denmark
24–27 Aug: Shambala, Northamptonshire
24–28 Aug: Cornwall Folk Festival
25–27 August: Victorious Festival, Southsea, UK
25–28 Aug: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
26–27 Aug: Smithfield Fleadh, Dublin
26–27 Aug: Emerge Music Festival, Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast
27 Aug–4 Sept: Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
30 Aug–1 Sept: Pop-Kultur, Berlin
30 Aug–1 Sept: Glenarm Festival of Voice, Co. Antrim 
31 Aug–24 Sept: Beethovenfest Bonn, Germany
1–3 Sept: Electric Picnic 

See a full list of upcoming festivals here.

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Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines 

22 August
School Administrator (School of Vocal Studies and Opera)
Royal Northern College of Music

22 August
Literature, Film and Architecture Assistant
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

22 August
ICT Helpdesk Supervisor
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

22 August
Council and Finance Officer
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

23 August
Assistant Artist Manager
IMG Artists, London

24 August
The 13th Glenarm Festival of Voice
Glenarm

24 August
Adopt a Music Creator
PRS Foundation

24 August
Late-Night Events (Pilot Programme)
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

24 August
Technical Manager
The Complex

25 August
Admissions Officer
Royal College of Music

25 August
Part-time Support Worker
Sistema Scotland / Big Noise Torry

25 August
Senior Musician/Teacher for Upper Strings
Sistema Scotland / Big Noise Torry

25 August
Hallé Connect Administrator
The Hallé

25 August
Research Development Manager
Verbal Arts Centre, Derry-Londonderry

25 August
Music Teaching positions for Piano, Guitar and Drums
Croagh School of Music

25 August
Creative Places Coordinator
Wexford Arts Centre

25 August
Orchestra & Chorus Manager
Dublin

25 August
CCI Studio
Chamber Choir Ireland

25 August
Artistic Administrator
Dublin

25 August
Community and Education Coordinator
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

28 August
Development Events and Relationship Manager
Glyndebourne

28 August
Music Information Coordinator
The Contemporary Music Centre

28 August
Administrative Assistant - Education Programmes
Na Píobairí Uilleann

28 August
Development Officer
Glyndebourne

28 August
Professional Placements Assistant
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

For all jobs and opportunities see here.