THURSDAY 8
Unguarded Belltable A touching, often comedic, new drama developed by Louth theatre practitioner Anthony Kinahan.
Shane Daniel Byrne Dolans
The Bug Club Dolans Seoda Shows presentation with support from Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra
Niamh Regan Dolans
What Next Dance Festival Dance Limerick Book at www.dancelimerick.ie. Some of the highlights of this year’s programme include three mixed bill nights including performances by Aerowaves Twenty23 artists Structure-couple and Jean-Baptiste Baele and Irish dance artists like Siobhán NÍ Dhuinnín and Jessie Keenan a.o. We will also have the chance to see the first public performance by the newly-formed Limerick-based Parsley Collective.
FRIDAY 9
Bruised Orange: John Prine Tribute Band Lime Tree Theatre,
John Prine Tribute Band featuring Michael ‘Mike Mack’ McGarry on rhythm guitar & vocals, Anthony Toby Cregan on lead guitar and vocals, Derek Matthews on bass & vocals, Steve Milne on keyboards and Shay Carry on percussion.
The ICO: The Stones Of Life. University Concert Hall,
An emotional roller-coaster featuring two all-time great symphonies, Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major Classical, Op. 25 & Mozart Symphony No.41, K.551, C major Jupiter.
Freddie White Dolans His ‘Live on Tour’ album is still among the greatest Irish albums of all time
Blaze Bayley – Dolans Fronted Iron Maiden between the years 1994 and 1999, touring worldwide and releasing two studio albums
Pip Blom – Dolans Dutch indie quartet
What Next Dance Festival Dance Limerick Book at www.dancelimerick.ie
SATURDAY 10
Nicola Tallant: Cocaine Cowboys – Lime Tree Theatre, The story of Ireland’s own narcos and how they hit the big time on the international stage. Follow the deals, the successes and the catastrophic mishaps tracing the trail of white lines from the jungle labs of South America to Ireland’s Wild West drug frontier.
Pat Shortt & Faye Shortt – ‘Knuckle Down’. University Concert Hall, The new show features “Michael” (Pat Shortt) the hapless builder (Followed weekly on Tik Tok, X, Insta and Facebook by hundreds of thousands)and the “mother of the child” (Faye Shortt) at the school railings waiting to pick up her child PJ, it’s not like her at all to talk bad about anyone but she just can’t help herself among many other hilarious characterisations of everyday Irish people.
What Next Dance Festival Dance Limerick Book at www.dancelimerick.ie
Glory Days, A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen Dolans
Darragh O’Dea & Dave Clancy Dolans Dave is currently working on his second record for release this Summer
Granagh Players present The Hucklebuck Granagh Community Centre
Mic Drop Comedy Club The Record Room
The Vault w/ Andrew O’Donoghue (We Turn Tables, Melody) The Record Room Vinyl only night with Andrew O’Donoghue is a longtime local DJ legend, this mark his return to The Record Room alongside Vault Residents Niall Colgan and Phil Wade.
After Show Party Dolans Upper Deck DJs playing indie, disco and lost classics.
SUNDAY 11
The Best of Hans Zimmer & Film Favourites Illuminated University Concert Hall, a live chamber orchestra illuminated by light
Ki Kolech Arev – Il Dolce Suono: Redemptorist Church, SCR Italian polyphonic music
The Counterfeits The Commercial Bar Brewing the finest blues and rock covers
MONDAY 12
IFI: Priscilla Belltable Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage.
TUESDAY 13
Music On Tap The Record Room A showcase of diverse new work by UL’s MMPT students (Music, Media and Performance Technology).
WEDNESDAY 14
Music Network Belltable Niamh Dunne (Beoga), Bróna McVittie, Cormac Breatnach & Seán Óg Graham (Beoga) blending traditional and contemporary music, taking both new and familiar melodies on unexpected journeys and presenting old songs in new ways.
Mockie Ah’s Valentines Party Pharmacia Drag, burlesque, live music and DJs. Hosted by Candy Warhol
