
Brigid Mae Power performs with Bill MacKay this week in Limerick, Dublin and Belfast.
This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (18–23 March 2025)
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Blues
20.3.25 – The Devil’s Spine Band, Esker Arts Centre Tullamore
21.3.25 – Gráinne Duffy - One Night Only in Manchester, Retro Bar Manchester
22.3.25 – Don Baker, Wexford Arts Centre
23.3.25 – A Celebration of John Martyn with Ken Haddock, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
23.3.25 – Gráinne Duffy Band - LIVE, The Hare and Hounds - Birmingham
Children and Young People
19.3.25 – When The Moon Spun Round, National Opera House Wexford
20.3.25 – When The Moon Spun Round, National Opera House Wexford
21.3.25 – The Haircut, The Ark, Dublin
22.3.25 – Irish Baroque Orchestra presents Cushion Concert - ‘Virtuoso Violin!’ (6 - 24 months), Kevin Street Library
22.3.25 – Irish Baroque Orchestra presents Cushion Concert - ‘Virtuoso Violin!’ (2 - 5 years), Kevin Street Library
22.3.25 – Puppetry Workshop (ages 7–12), Belltable, Limerick
22.3.25 – Baroque N’Roll: Family Concert (ages 4–8 and carers), Belltable, Limerick
Choral
22.3.25 – Goethe Choir presents The Crucifixion by John Stainer, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street Dublin 2
22.3.25 – A Musical Tribute to Eniola Adekeye, St Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway
22.3.25 – A SEASON TO SING - London launch concert, St Bartholomew the Great
Classical
18.3.25 – Kammer Philharmonie, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
20.3.25 – Catriona McIlhenny-Grimes plays Bach and Beyond, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street Dublin 2
20.3.25 – Chamber Philharmonic / Kammer Philharmonie Europa, The Source Arts Centre Thurles Co.Tipperary
20.3.25 – Third Thursday: Chamber Philharmonic Europe Orchestra, Glór Arts Centre, Ennis , Co. Clare
21.3.25 – Big Bash 2025: Colin Currie & RWCMD Percussion, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
21.3.25 – Maeve Broderick Award for String Players, Whyte Recital Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music
21.3.25 – Sun-Mi Hong Quintet, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
22.3.25 – Ulster Orchestra presenting: Essentially Broadway, The Ulster Hall Belfast
22.3.25 – The Complete Chopin Nocturnes with Fionnuala Moynihan – 1, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
23.3.25 – Steinway International Piano Series: Mishka Rushdie Momen, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
23.3.25 – Éire Guitar Duo in Concert, Unit 44 (Kirkos)
23.3.25 – Cork2020sHaydnSymphoniesSeries 5/iii, Curtis Auditorium MTU Cork School of Music
23.3.25 – Anna Cashell violin & Aisling Ennis harp, The Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle
23.3.25 – Lark Piano Trio, Conway Hall
23.3.25 – Wexford Festival Singers - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rowe Street Church, Wexford
Contemporary
19.3.25 – New Music for Harpsichord, Irish World Academy, Theatre 2
20.3.25 – Sinfonia Smith Square, ConcertLab: 360°, Sinfonia Smith Square
22.3.25 – Sound, Spaces, Stories, Belltable, Limerick
23.3.25 – Concert & Panel: Still, She Rises!, Belltable, Limerick
Country
20.3.25 – The Legends of American Country Show, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
Dance
18.3.25 – Begin Anywhere, Civic Theatre Tallaght
19.3.25 – Night Dances, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
Early Music
18.3.25 – Faith and Fantasy, Saint Mary’s Cathedral Limerick
20.3.25 – Lunchtime Concert, Irish World Academy of Music & Dance, Limerick
21.3.25 – Festival Opening Concert: Consolation and Confidence, Saint Mary’s Cathedral Limerick
22.3.25 – Music in the Milk Market, Milk Market Limerick
22.3.25 – Slovo: The Tale of Igor, Belltable, Limerick
Film
18.3.25 – LEMF Festival Launch: Contested (Hi)Stories in Media and Creative Art, Dance Limerick
18.3.25 – Eraserhead, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
18.3.25 – Blue Velvet, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
19.3.25 – Lost Highway, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
19.3.25 – Ingmar Bergman at the IFI: Autumn Sonata, Irish Film Institute
19.3.25 – Wild at Heart, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
20.3.25 – Before Midnight, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
20.3.25 – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, Conamara
20.3.25 – Tenderness of the Wolves, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
21.3.25 – The Sound of Music, Wexford Arts Centre
Folk and Traditional
18.3.25 – Martin Hayes with the NSO, National Concert Hall
19.3.25 – Clé Club with Maitiú Ó Casaide and Leonora Lyne, Cois Life Bar at Liberty Hall
20.3.25 – Manchester Folk Festival 2025, Band on the Wall
20.3.25 – English Folk Expo 2025, Band on the Wall
20.3.25 – Pop Up Gaeltacht, The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre
20.3.25 – Rakesh Chaurasia & Shahbaz Hussain, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
20.3.25 – Dave Flynn - Celtic Guitar Journey, Little Theatre Picton
20.3.25 – Notes & Narratives – Aidan Connolly, Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin
21.3.25 – Sanju - New Album from Flook, Flatfish Records
21.3.25 – The Singing Harps, The John Field Room National Concert Hall Dublin
21.3.25 – The Rosie Hood Band + Bristol Folk Singers, Live to your Living Room (Online)
21.3.25 – Seisiún Palaistíneach, Spirit Store, Dundalk
21.3.25 – Dave Flynn - Celtic Guitar Journey, The Boathouse
21.3.25 – DUG, Abhainn Studio
22.3.25 – Dave Flynn - Celtic Guitar Journey, The Mayfair Theatre
22.3.25 – David Munnelly Mick Conneely & Caitriona Ní Cheannabháin, The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre
22.3.25 – Perry Hall Folk Music Night, featuring Doug Wilcox, Perry Hall United Methodist Church
23.3.25 – Dave Flynn - Celtic Guitar Journey, Great Hall, Christchurch Arts Centre
23.3.25 – Carlos Núñez Band: Celtic Stories of the Cantigas, St John’s Cathedral Limerick
Jazz and Improvised
18.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, Record Room, Limerick
19.3.25 – The Patrice Brun Trio, DCU Lunchtime Concerts Series
19.3.25 – The Devil’s Spine Band, Civic Theatre Tallaght
19.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, Campbell’s Tavern, Headford
20.3.25 – Naomi Berrill Trio, Harty Room University Square / Queens University Belfast
20.3.25 – The Devil’s Spine Band, Esker Arts Centre
20.3.25 – Radiohead, A Jazz Symphony, Main Hall National Concert Hall
21.3.25 – Berklee at DCU: ‘The Music of Stevie Wonder’ Masterclass + Berklee Meets DCU Faculty Performance, DCU, St Pat’s Campus
21.3.25 – Polar Bolero and Rua Rí, The Duncairn, Belfast
21.3.25 – Kings Of Swing Tour 2025, Whale Theatre Greystones
21.3.25 – Dirty Jazz Club, Westport Jazz Club at the Clew Bay Hotel
22.3.25 – Art Blakey Sextet Tribute Band - Live at Arthurs, Arthurs Blues n’ Jazz Club
22.3.25 – Kings Of Swing Tour 2025, Whale Theatre Greystones
22.3.25 – Lizzie Thomas at Jazz at Johnstown, Johnstown Castle Wexford
Opera
20.3.25 – Carmen (Paris Opera), Whale Theatre Greystones
23.3.25 – Irish National Opera presents: The Flying Dutchman, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
Rock and Pop
21.3.25 – Tuung, Whelan’s, Dublin
21.3.25 – Blanchardstown Resonance III, Draíocht, Blanchardstown
21.3.25 – Brigid Mae Power & Bill MacKay, Dolan’s, Limerick
21.3.25 – Anna B Savage, Róisín Dubh, Galway
22.3.25 – Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dolan’s, Limerick
22.3.25 – Boston Manor, Róisín Dubh, Galway
22.3.25 – Shobsy, Whelan’s, Dublin
22.3.25 – Brigid Mae Power & Bill MacKay, Bello Bar, Dublin
22.3.25 – Just the Five of Us: Niamh Kavanagh, Paul Wilkins, Kathy Nugent, Simon Morgan and Kerry Golding, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
23.3.25 – Brigid Mae Power & Bill MacKay, The Black Box, Belfast
23.3.25 – The Vaselines, Róisín Dubh, Galway
Visual arts
18.3.25 – Art History Reframed - The Baroque in Italy: Sacred & Profane, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Workshop
22.3.25 – Drogheda Songwriting Festival Workshop Series | Keith Burke, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
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21 March: Early Music Day
21–23 March: Limerick Early Music Festival
27–30 March: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee
21–24 March: Inishowen International Folk Song & Ballad Seminar
See a full list of upcoming festivals here.
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Upcoming Job and Funding Deadlines
19 March
Innovate for Ireland Programme
Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland
19 March
Book-gifting Assistant
Children’s Books Ireland
19 March
Maker/Creator in Residence: South Dublin Libraries 2025/26
South Dublin County Council
19 March
Delegates’ Call: Culture Ireland at Classical:NEXT
Culture Ireland
19 March
Marketing & Digital Communications Officer
Dublin Fringe Festival
19 March
Irish Youth Baroque Orchestra Woodwind Programme 2025
Online
20 March
Stage Manager
Lyric Theatre, Belfast
20 March
Marketing and Publicity Assistant, Academic & Professional
Bloomsbury Publishing, London
20 March
Music Instrument Fund of Ireland 2025 – Call for Applications
Music Instrument Fund of Ireland
20 March
Opera Projects and Production Award
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
21 March
Open Call for Choreographers and Composers: Moving in Collaboration International Intensive 2025
Luail – Ireland’s National Dance Company
21 March
PhD Scholarship
Dublin City University
21 March
Light Moves Festival 2025 - Film Open Call
Dance Limerick
22 March
Exhibition Open Call 2025 & 2026
Art Link
23 March
Head of Publicity, Penguin Random House Children’s
Penguin Random House, London
24 March
Scott Trust Bursary
The Guardian Foundation
24 March
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland
Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland
24 March
West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival Composition 2025 – solo soprano saxophone (May Premiere)
West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival
24 March
Abbey Theatre Board Vacancies
Abbey Theatre
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Published on 18 March 2025