The Listening Project

31/05/2026

FREE GIG
next Saturday 6th June The Listening Project along with Born to Perform youth foróige music group present a free concert in the town hall. With 7 piece band Mango Moon

30/05/2026

Next Saturday 6th June we are proud to host a cruinniu na nóg special with west cork youth music group born to perform. Alongside Mango Moon. Tickets are free from www.thelisteningproject.ie
This event is supported by Cork County Council and The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and CreativeIrl

15/05/2026

Nice little article in the star about Laurie Shaw. Date is TOMORROW SATURDAY THE 16TH though and not the 19th 🙃

10/05/2026

The Thin Air Podcast · Episode

05/05/2026

The Listening Project #7: Laurie Shaw & The Whopper Swans + Phil Langero

For the seventh edition of the Town Hall sessions, we welcome the human jukebox and DIY visionary Laurie Shaw. Known for his relentless output and sharp, observational songwriting, Laurie brings a set that feels like a curated tour through the weird and wonderful corners of the Irish psyche.

Former Boy Wonder, current Man Wonder, Laurie Shaw was born on The Wirral Peninsula but is now based in County Kerry. He has recorded over 120 albums of bedroom pop. His songs tell stories about rural abandon in small towns (often based around his adopted home of Kenmare, Co. Kerry). When he’s not making records, Shaw is drawing comics, making short films about weird goings on and dabbling in amateur ghost hunting. His notable albums include Magnetosphere, Power Cut, Graduation Night and the nature-based Into The Microcosm. His latest album, Felted Fruit (vi) is his sixth exploration of his own alternative 1960s world, this time focused on the introduction of psychedelics to post-war English suburbia.

Phil Langero is a Cork-based multi-instrumentalist and experimental artist specializing in "dark-path" acid folk. A member of Moundabout and veteran of the Irish punk and improv scenes, his solo performances combine banjo, electronics, and dirge-like vocals to create a sound that is both primitive and futuristic. Phil Langero has always embraced a very fruitful Irish scene, his own history is intertwined with urban hillbilly goat punk’s ‘Los Langeros’, shrouded in the dank mouldy walls of its own dungeon - improv band ‘Damp Howl’ & the heavily plumed paens to puce of ‘Hawk Bastard’, the latter formed after an encounter at ‘Hunters Moon Festival’ in Leitrim with “spectral beauties GNOD” (as Phil described). It was here he was drawn into a weirder musical orbit, manifesting in his collaboration with GNOD’s Paddy Shine on the Spectral Acid Folk of ‘Moundabout’.

05/05/2026

Next up 16th May Laurie Shaw & Phil Langero tickets from www.thelisteningproject.ie

25/04/2026

~Tonight !!! Doors at 7.30pm
tickets from www.thelisteningproject.ie

20/04/2026

The Listening Project is back in 2026 for Listening Project #6: A Night of Strings and Stories with a really special line up from Macdara Ó Faoláin Luthier &

25th April @ Skibbereen Town Hall

Get your tickets --> https://ie.powertik.com/events/macdara-o-faolain-bridget-and-kitty

03/02/2026

Share Your Voice: The Listening Project 2025
Thank you for connecting with The Listening Project Skibbereen in 2025. We would be grateful if you could complete this short survey. It will help us understand what kind of events you enjoyed, what you want to see in the future and how we can best support the incredible arts scene here in West Cork. Your responses are anonymous and will directly shape our 2025/2026 season.

Thank you for helping us keep the music playing in the heart of Skibbereen.
Brian & Robin

In 2025 Skibbereen Town Hall hosted The Listening Project. A cultural initiative created by local residents Robin Foley and Brian Granaghan. Its mission is to revitalize the town's evening culture through live music sessions—often held in the Town Hall—featuring a blend of traditional, experimen...

18/12/2025

All set for tomorrow night. Grab your tickets. This is going to be a great night of music 🎶 🎵

🙌 www.thelisteningproject.ie/events

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