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29/05/2026

❗There's just one week left to apply to take part in Making Music in Limerick: The Music Network Teaching Residency - applications close on Friday 5 June at 2pm❗

💫The focus of this project is to bring the joy of playing music and group music-making back into the lives of Limerick residents ages 60+. Life gets busy and things we enjoy can get left behind, so we want to give you the opportunity to pick up an instrument you used to play and start playing again with the help of renowned musicians Derek Hickey (accordion), Tara Breen (fiddle) and Tommy Hayes (Bodhrán).

Check out our short video from our previous residency with glór and Clare Arts Office to see what the project is all about.

🔗Find out more and how to apply at https://loom.ly/AAEd3J0

Presented by Music Network in partnership with Lime Tree Theatre|Belltable and Limerick City & County Council / Limerick Arts Office, supported by The Heritage Council

29/05/2026

❗There’s just one week left to apply to take part in Making Music in Limerick: The Music Network Teaching Residency - applications close on Friday 5 June at 2pm❗

💫The focus of this project is to bring the joy of playing music and group music-making back into the lives of Limerick residents ages 60+. Life gets busy and things we enjoy can get left behind, so we want to give you the opportunity to pick up an instrument you used to play and start playing again with the help of renowned musicians Derek Hickey (accordion), Tara Breen (fiddle) and Tommy Hayes (Bodhrán).

Check out our short video from our previous residency with glór and Clare Arts Office to see what the project is all about.

🔗Find out more and how to apply through the link in our bio.

Presented by Music Network in partnership with | and Limerick City & County Council / , supported by

26/05/2026

🎹This June, we're delighted to present the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet. This hard-swinging yet deeply sensitive ensemble is led by award-winning pianist and composer Shuteen Erdenebaatar, hailed by Jazzwise as “one of the most exciting young talents in jazz”.

🎷Erdenebaatar blends classical precision with jazz to create highly distinctive music full of melodic beauty that speaks directly to the heart.

👇Venues & dates

🎵19 June - 8.00pm
Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick

🎵20 June - 8.00pm
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork

🎵21 June - 8.00pm
Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

🎵24 June - 7.30pm
Music Network at The Sugar Club, Dublin

🎵25 June - 8.00pm
Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre, Bray

🎵26 June - 8.00pm
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Letterkenny

🎵27 June - 1.00pm
The Lark Concert Hall at the IIMS, Balbriggan

🔗Book your tickets through the link: https://loom.ly/kPtIYTQ

24/05/2026

✨This year we're celebrating 40 years of Music Network, and to mark the occassion, we've been catching up with some of the wonderful musicians who have been part of our programmes over the years, to talk about their own musical journeys and why they play.

🎼 We recently caught up with singer-songwriter Patrick Stefan, whose genre-blending folk music beautifully weaves together traditional and contemporary influences.

In 2024, Patrick was appointed Musician-in-Residence at St. John’s Theatre & Arts Centre, Listowel, as part of our first residency specifically designed for a professional musician who is autistic/person with autism. Most recently, he joined us as a tutor on the Wicklow Teaching Residency, supporting Wicklow residents aged 55+ to reconnect with instruments they once played and rediscover the joy of making music.

✨ Playing a musical instrument brings so many benefits, from boosting wellbeing to building confidence and connection. If you’ve been thinking about starting or returning to an instrument, why not take the first step today?

🎵 Music Network’s Instrument Hub is Ireland’s national information resource, helping musicians and organisations at all levels to find out how or where they can hire, borrow, purchase, repair or access funding for instruments.

🔗 Visit Instrument Hub and get playing!
https://www.musicnetwork.ie/instrument-hub

Instrument Hub is funded by Creative Ireland

🎥Video by Dave Knox/No Name Media

24/05/2026

✨This year we’re celebrating 40 years of Music Network, and to mark the occassion, we’ve been catching up with some of the wonderful musicians who have been part of our programmes over the years, to talk about their own musical journeys and why they play.
 
🎼 We recently caught up with singer-songwriter .stefan_, whose genre-blending folk music beautifully weaves together traditional and contemporary influences.
 
In 2024, Patrick was appointed Musician-in-Residence at St. John’s Theatre & Arts Centre, Listowel, as part of our first residency specifically designed for a professional musician who is autistic/person with autism. Most recently, he joined us as a tutor on the Wicklow Teaching Residency, supporting Wicklow residents aged 55+ to reconnect with instruments they once played and rediscover the joy of making music.
 
✨ Playing a musical instrument brings so many benefits, from boosting wellbeing to building confidence and connection. If you’ve been thinking about starting or returning to an instrument, why not take the first step today?
 
🎵 Music Network’s Instrument Hub is Ireland’s national information resource, helping musicians and organisations at all levels to find out how or where they can hire, borrow, purchase, repair or access funding for instruments.
 
🔗 Visit Instrument Hub and get playing through the link in our bio.
 
Instrument Hub is funded by


🎥Video by Dave Knox/No Name Media

🔊Calling all County Limerick residents aged 60+!🔊🎼Did you play an instrument in the past, but then life got in the way? ...
21/05/2026

🔊Calling all County Limerick residents aged 60+!🔊

🎼Did you play an instrument in the past, but then life got in the way? Now’s your chance to get playing again!✨

🎵Reignite your love of music with our new project Making Music in Limerick: The Music Network Teaching Residency and learn from renowned musicians Derek Hickey (accordion), Tara Breen (fiddle) and Tommy Hayes (bodhrán).🎻

This project is all about reconnecting with your instrument and sharing the joy of group music-making!

🎶Free tuition on accordion, fiddle, or bodhrán from June to September 2026.
🎻Instruments will be provided if needed
📖You don't need to be able to read music to take part.
📆Deadline to apply: Friday 5 June at 2pm
📍Location: Lime Tree Theatre, Mary Immaculate College, Courtbrack Avenue, Limerick, V94 4D85
🔗Find out more and how to apply at https://loom.ly/AAEd3J0
📞Or call Claire Austen on 083 095 5956 for more info.

Presented by Music Network in partnership with Lime Tree Theatre | Belltable and Limerick City & County Council / Limerick Arts Office, supported by The Heritage Council.

✨We are delighted to have been awarded €10,000 from the Bank of Ireland Community Fund. ✨Delivered in partnership with C...
19/05/2026

✨We are delighted to have been awarded €10,000 from the Bank of Ireland Community Fund. ✨

Delivered in partnership with Community Foundation Ireland, the Bank of Ireland Community Fund supports charities, community groups, and social enterprises that build capacity and foster inclusion.

🎼 This funding will support this year’s Musician-in-Residence programme, specifically for a professional musician who is autistic/a person with autism. Delivered in partnership with Roscommon County Council and King House in Boyle, the residency will provide the musician with time and space to develop their practice, engage with the wider community, working alongside an experienced facilitator to deliver a programme of inclusive music activities, and showcase their work live in concert at the end of the residency.

📢 Applications for the residency will open later this year - stay tuned for more details or sign up for notifications at 🔗https://loom.ly/Xk15h14

This programme is presented by Music Network in partnership with Roscommon County Council and King House Boyle, supported by the Bank of Ireland Community Fund and Tomar Trust.

🎹 Described by Jazzwise as 'Supernaturally talented'. This June, we're delighted to welcome Shuteen Erdenebaatar and the...
18/05/2026

🎹 Described by Jazzwise as 'Supernaturally talented'. This June, we're delighted to welcome Shuteen Erdenebaatar and the members of her fantastic band, Simon Comté, Nils Kugelmann and Amir Bresler on their national tour of Ireland.

💫 Erdenebaatar blends classical precision with jazz to create highly distinctive music full of melodic beauty that speaks directly to the heart. With her incredible artistry and vision, this pianist of the moment is rapidly emerging as one of the leading lights of the international jazz scene - a performer whose star continues to rise.

📆 19-27 June
📍 Limerick, Cork, Kerry, Dublin, Wicklow and Donegal
🔗 Book now at https://loom.ly/kPtIYTQ

See them at: Lime Tree Theatre, Triskel Arts Centre, Siamsa Tíre, The Sugar Club, Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre, Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, The Lark Concert Hall at the IIMS

06/05/2026

A promenade opera at twilight.

Before the first song, the garden remembered everything....

In this fresh reimagining of the Orpheus myth, music, ecology, and ancient storytelling entwine in the living landscape of Ireland’s National Botanic Gardens. Audiences follow Glasnevin’s garden-path of love and loss, curiosity and consequence, guided by musicians, children’s choirs and some unexpected creatures.

From sunlit lawns to shadowed bowers, leafy backdrops to underworld crossings, and fleeting images cast across the garden, they encounter a world where fungi speak, decay becomes renewal, and the myth grows anew.

With humour, tenderness, and wonder, Orpheus in the Garden invites us to ask what lies beneath … and how love, like compost, can nourish more than we know.

📆27 & 28 May at 8.30pm
📍National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
🎟️Tickets are on sale now at https://loom.ly/HZyi7oM

Presented in partnership with the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Dublin City Council / Dublin City Arts Office , OPW - Office of Public Works, Mother of Divine Grace School (Finglas) and Virgin Mary Boys School (Ballymun), with support from The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, the The Heritage Council , Movement for Good Benefact Group, The Ireland Funds, Grant Thornton Ireland and PTSB.

🎥by Film by Ian Dodds
🎵Dee Isaacs

04/05/2026

🪗 Just a few days until our May Tour with Máirtín O'Connor Trio and special guest Kathleen MacInnes kicks off.

This exciting new collaboration will be travelling across the country and delving into the Irish and Scottish musical traditions.

📆7 - 16 May
📍Galway, Cork, Kerry, Dublin, Wexford, Waterford and Wicklow
🔗Book now at: https://loom.ly/MQhn5vY

See them at: Clifden Arts Society, Briery Gap, Baltimore FiddleFair, Éigse na Brídeoig, The Sugar Club, National Opera House, Garter Lane Arts Centre , Courthouse Arts Centre Tinahely

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