The Irish Association of Youth Orchestras is delighted to return to the National Concert Hall Dublin for their annual Festival of Youth Orchestras! The Festival of Youth Orchestras is the annual celebration of Irish youth orchestras and their talented members with a diverse variety of music played by young people for young people. The 2025 Festival of Youth Orchestras will see 470 young players from across Ireland take to the stage of the National Concert Hall for two concerts to perform classical works and modern arrangements. The programme features iconic works such as Tchaikovsky’s Th

This is th 9th edition of the SCENE + HEARD programme and we are STARGAZING! ​Inside, You’ll find Music, Myths, Witches, Sieges, and Dead Monks. You’ll find Theology, Philosophy, Ancient Gods, Aerobics and Acrobatics. You’ll find love, loss, longing, Cronie Boys, Common Girls, Feral Women, and Quiet Men. You’ll find Gleeks, Freaks, Catfishers and Starchasers, Synesthesia, SIMS, Showponies and Sheep! At SCENE + HEARD We believe that Art is supposed to reach its audience. We believe that it is the prerogative of the work to sometimes not work. We also believe the audience should

In The Pit Festival returns for 2025 and is heading back to the Grand Social on the 15th of February 2025. In The Pit Festival is a small independent Irish metal/rock festival aiming to provide a platform for Irish rock and metal bands showcase their talent to a wider audience. After a successful debut of In The Pit Festival in February 2024, we are looking forward to next year's event with 7 of some of Ireland's finest hailing from ROI and N.Ireland respectively. Line-Up includes: Strangers with Guns, Grey Stag, Cursed Sun, Sinocence, Uragh, Shadows Calling & XIII Doors.