Music Festivals on the Island of Ireland in 2024
(Originally published in January 2024. Updated in May 2024)
Ireland – we’re known for our ‘ceoil agus craic’ so there’s no surprise that this beautiful little Island of Ireland plays host to some of the best music festivals in the world!
Feast your eyes on this ‘Ultimate Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024‘ and get planning. From old favourites to pastures new, tickle your dancin toes and feed your soul with the energy of live music in whichever form feeds it.
Further Reading:
- The Ultimate Guide to Art and Culture Festivals Ireland 2024
- The Ultimate Guide to Food and Drink Festivals Ireland 2024
The Ultimate Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024
Table of Contents
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – January
- TradFest 2020 | Various Venues | Jan 23 – Jan 28 | tradfest.com
- Imbolc International Music Festival | Derry | Jan 28 – Feb 4 | imbolcfestival
- The Next Big Thing Festival | Dublin | TBC | theworkmansclub
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – February
- BalladFest 5 | National Stadium Dublin | Feb 2 – Feb 3 | peadarbrowns.com
- Midwinter Festival: Seasons | Galway | Feb 3 – Feb 4 | musicforgalway.ie
- Féile na Tána | Cooley, Louth | Feb 3 – Feb 5 | eilenatana.com
- Dublin Bowie Festival | Various Venues | Feb 7 – Feb 11 | dublinbowiefestival.ie
- Concertina Cruinniú | Clare | Feb 9 – Feb 11 | concertinacruinniu.ie
- 27th Festival of Youth Orchestras | Dublin | Feb 10 | iayo.ie
- RIAM PianoFest | Dublin | Feb 11 | riam.ie
- Russell Festival Weekend | Doolin | Feb 22 – Feb 26 | russellfestivalweekend.ie
- Belfast TradFest Winter Wknd | Belfast | Feb 23 – 25 | belfasttraditionalmusic
- Ortús Chamber Music Festival | Cork | Feb 25 – Mar 3 | ortusfestival.ie
- The Gathering Festival | Killarney | Feb 28 – Mar 3 | inec.ie
- Relapse Punk & Arts Festival | Cork | TBC | eventbrite.ie
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – March
- Finding A Voice | Clonmel, Tipperary | Mar 7 – Mar 10 | findingavoice.ie
- Fingal Int. Festival of Voices Launch | Dublin | Mar 7 – 10 | fingalfestivalofvoices
- Irish Rhythm & Soul Weekend | Galway | Mar 8 – 10 | ticketsource.eu
- Feis Ceoil Festival | Dublin | Mar 11 – Mar 22 | feisceoil.ie
- Kilkenny Tradfest | Kilkenny | Mar 15 – Mar 18 | kilkennytradfest.com
- Limerick Early Music Festival | Various | Mar 22 – 23 | limerickearlymusic
- Inishowen Int. Folk Song & Ballad | Donegal | Mar 22 – 25 | inishowensinging.ie
- Ballydehob Traditional Music Festival | Cork | Mar 22 – 24 | ballydehobtradfest
- Tullamore Trad Fest | Offaly | Mar 22 – Mar 24 | tullamoretradfest.com
- Walled City Music Festival | Derry | Mar TBC | walledcitymusic.com
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – April
- Pan Celtic Festival | Carlow | Apr 2 – Apr 6 | panceltic.ie
- Music Current Festival | Dublin | Apr 2 – Apr 6 | musiccurrent.ie
- New Music Dublin | Various Venues | Apr 25 – Apr 28 | newmusicdublin.ie
- Kilfenora Traditional Music Festival | Clare | Apr 26 – 29 | kilfenoraclare.com
- Claremorris Folk Festival | Apr 30 – May 1 | claremorrisfolkfestival
- BD Festival | Wicklow | TBC | facebook.com/bdfestivalsireland
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – May
- Cork International Choral Festival | Cork | May 1 – May 5 | corkchoral.ie
- City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival | May 2 – 6 | cityofderryjazzfestival.com
- Birr Festival of Music | Offaly | May 2 – May 6 | birrfestivalofmusic.com
- Rebel Fest | Donegal | May 3 – May 5 | rebelfest.ie
- The Greenfields Festival | Athy, Kildare | May 3 – 5 | thegreenfieldsfestival.ie
- Kilkenny Roots Festival | Kilkenny | May 3 – May 6 | kilkennyroots.com
- The Cup of Tae Festival | Donegal | May 3 – May 6 | cupoftaefestival.com
- Baltimore Fiddle Fair | Cork | May 9 – May 12 | fiddlefair.com
- Fleadh Cheoil Chorcaí | Cork | May 10 – May 12 | corkfleadh.ie
- West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival | May 15 – 19 | westwicklowfestival.com
- Féile Nasc Folk and Traditional Music Festival | Dublin | May 20 – 21 | nasc.ie
- Galway Early Music Festival | Galway | May 24 – 25 | galwayearlymusic.com
- Féile Binn Éadair | Howth | May 24 – 26 | feilebinneadair
- Live at the Marquee | Cork | May 24 – Jun 29 | aikenpromotions.com
- Live at The Botanic Gardens | Belfast | May 24 – Jun 2 | aikenpromotions.com
- Rockathon | Meath | May 25 | rockathon.ie
- Fleadh Nua | Ennis, Clare | May 25 – Jun 3 | fleadhnua.com
- Life Festival | Mullingar, Westmeath | May 26 – May 28 | life-festival.com
- Blackwater Valley Opera Festival | Waterford | May 27 – Jun 3 | blackwatervalley
- Clancy Brothers Festival | Tipperary | May 29 – Jun 2 | clancybrothersfestival
- Rory Gallagher Festival | Donegal | May 30 – Jun 2 | rorygallagherfestival.com
- AVA Festival | Belfast City | May 31 – Jun 1 | avafestival.com
- Wildroots Festival | Sligo | May 31 – Jun 3 | wildroots.ie
- HeadFest | Monaghan | May 31 – Jun 2 | eventbrite.ie
- Éalú Le Grá | Galway | May 31 – Jun 3 | ealulegra.ie
- Afro-Irish Festival | Dublin | TBC | irishinstituteofmusic.com
- Mayo Manchester Tradfest | Mayo | TBC | mayomanchester
- Other Voices | TBC | othervoices.ie
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – June
- Forbidden Fruit Festival | Dublin | Jun 1 & Jun 2 | forbiddenfruit.ie
- Buncrana Music Festival | Donegal | Jun 1 & Jun 2 | buncranamusicfestival.com
- Belsonic | Belfast City | Jun 7 – Jun 29 | belsonic.com
- Westport Folk & Bluegrass Fest | Mayo | June 7 – Jun 9 | westportfolkbluegrass
- Michael Dwyer Festival | Allihies, Cork | Jun 7 – Jun 9 | facebook.com
- Skerries Traditional Music Weekend | Dublin | Jun 7 – 9 | skerriestraditionalmusic
- Dublin International Chamber Music Festival | Jun 7 – Jun 12 | dicmf.com
- Doolin Folk Festival | Doolin, Clare | Jun 14 – Jun 16 | doolinfestivals.ie
- Fastnet Maritime & Folk Festival | Cork | Jun 14 – Jun 16 | fastnetmaritime.com
- Jim Dowling Uilleann Pipe & Trad Fest | Cork | Jun 20 – 23 | jimdowlingfestival
- Pipeworks Festival | Dublin | Jun 20 – Jun 25 | pipeworks.ie
- Beyond the Pale | Wicklow | Jun 21 – Jun 23 | itsbeyondthepale.ie
- Sea Sessions | Bundoran, Donegal | Jun 21 – Jun 23 | seasessions.com
- West Cork Chamber Music Festival | Cork | Jun 28 – Jul 7 | westcorkmusic.ie
- Donegal Town Summer Festival | Donegal | Jun 28 – 30 | eventbrite.ie
- River Fest Music Festival | Offaly | Jun 28 – 30 | riverfest.lukersbar
- Night and Day Festival | Roscommon | Jun 28 – Jun 30 | nightandday.ie
- Belfast City Blues Festival | Belfast City | Jun 28 – Jun 30 | facebook.com
- Kaleidoscope Festival | Wicklow | Jun 28 – Jun 30 | kaleidoscopefestival.ie
- Trinity Summer Series | Trinity College Dublin | Jun 28 – Jul 4 | ticketmaster
- Night & Day | Castlerea, Roscommon | Jun 28 – Jun 30 | nightandday.ie
- Longitude | Marlay Park | Jun 29 – Jun 30 | longitude.ie
- Skerries Ukulele Festival | Dublin | May 31 – Jun 2 | skerriesukulelefestival.com
- Body & Soul | Westmeath | Jun 2025 TBC | bodyandsoul.ie
- Higher Vision Festival | Navan Racecourse | TBC
- Moynalty Country Music Festival | Meath | TBC
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – July
- Livestock Music Festival | Galway | Jul 5 & Jul 6 | livestockfestivalgalway.com
- Live at The Iveagh Gardens | Dublin | Jul 5 – Jul 21 | aikenpromotions.com
- Willie Clancy Summer School | Clare | Jul 6 – Jul 14 | scoilsamhraidhwillieclancy
- Kilkenny Country Music Festival | Jul 7 | kilkennycountrymusicfestival.ie
- Otherside Festival | Slane, Meath | Jul 7 – Jul 9 | othersidefestival.ie
- SULT Music Festival | Donegal | Jul 13 & Jul 14 | sultfeile.ie
- Forever Young Festival | Kildare | Jul 15 – Jul 17 | foreveryoungfestival.ie
- Fleadh Cheoil na Mumhan | Kerry | Jul 15 – Jul 21 | munsterfleadh.ie
- Forest Fest Music Weekend | Emo, Laois | Jul 19 – Jul 21 | forestfest.ie
- Ardara Bluegrass Festival | Donegal | Jul 19 – Jul 21 | facebook.com
- Belfast TradFest Summer Festival | Belfast | Jul 21 – 28 | belfasttraditionalmusic
- Fiddlers Green Festival | Rostrevor, Down | Jul 24 – 28 | fiddlersgreenfestival
- Live on the Harbour | Dublin | Jul 27 – Jul 29 | liveontheharbour.com
- It Takes a Village | Cork | TBC | ittakesavillage.fm
- K-Pop World Festival | Dublin | TBC | facebook.com/korembassy
- Camp Dalfest | Glenarm, Antrim | TBC | campdalfest.com
- The Ulster Fleadh | Dromore, Tyrone | TBC | ulsterfleadh.ie
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – August
- Ballyshannon Folk & Trad Music Festival | Aug 1 – 4 | ballyshannonfolkfestival
- All Together Now Festival | Waterford | Aug 1 – Aug 4 | AllTogetherNow.ie
- Ruta-Fest Music Festival | Mayo | Aug 2 – Aug 5 | universe.com
- Fleadh Cheoil | Wexford | Aug 4 – Aug 11 | fleadhcheoil.ie
- Howth Roots & Blues Festival | Howth | Aug 9 – Aug 11 | howthrootsandblues
- New Ross Guitar Festival | Wexford | Aug 11 – 14 | newrossguitarfestival.ie
- Chamber Music on Valentia | Kerry | Aug 15 – 18 | chambermusiconvalentia
- Electric Picnic | Stradbally Laois | Aug 16 – Aug 18 | electricpicnic
- Clandeboye Festival | Bangor, Down | Aug 17 – Aug 24 | camerata-ireland
- Masters of Tradition | West Cork Music | Aug 21 – Aug 25 | westcorkmusic.ie
- The Playing Fields | Clane, Kildare | Aug 23 & Aug 24 | theplayingfields.ie
- Revival Festival | Listowel | Aug 23 & 24 | revivalfestival.ie
- Desmond O’Halloran Music Weekend | Inishbofin | Aug 23 – 25 | facebook.com
- Audio Garden Festival | Athy, Kildare | Aug 23 – Aug 25 | eventbrite.ie
- Another Love Story | Killyon Manor, Meath | Aug 23 – 25 | anotherlovestory.ie
- Arranmore Country Music Fest | Donegal | Aug 24 & 25 | facebook.com
- Emerge Music Festival | Belfast | Aug 24 – Aug 25 | emergebelfast.com
- Bree Country Fest | Bree, Enniscorthy | Aug 30 & Aug 31 | facebook.com
- Glenarm Festival of Voice | Ballymena | TBC | niopera.com
- Luke Kelly Festival | Smithfield, Dublin | TBC
- Dylanfest | Moville, Donegal | TBC | dylanfest.com
- Beatyard | Dublin | TBC
- Yurt City Music Festival | Dublin | TBC
- Temptation Festival | Naas, Kildare |TBC
- Indiependence Music Festival | Cork | TBC 2025 | indiependence
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – September
- Westport Festival of Chamber Music | Mayo | Sep 5 – 8 | westportchambermusic
- Clonakilty International Guitar Festival | Cork | Sep 13 – Sep 22 | clonguitarfest
- Fuinneamh Festival | Dundalk | Sep 14 – Sep 15 | fuinneamh.ie
- District X Festival | Palmerstown | Sep 21 | ra.co/events
- New Ross Piano Festival | Wexford | Sep 25 – Sep 29 | newrosspianofestival.com
- Sligo Baroque Music Festival | Various | Sep 27 – 29 | sligobaroquefestival
- Harvest Time Blues Festival | Monaghan | TBC | harvestblues.ie
- Sounds From A Safe Harbour | Cork | TBC | soundsfromasafeharbour
- Treasure Island Korean Music Festival | Dublin | TBC
- Blackstairs Blues Festival | Wexford | TBC | facebook.com
- Music in Monkstown | Dublin | TBC| musicinmonkstown.ie
- Cahir Trad Fest | Tipperary | TBC | facebook.com/CahirComhaltas
- Galactic Grove Gathering | Kildare | TBC
- Limerick Jazz Festival | Limerick | TBC | limerickjazz.com
- Other Voices | TBC | othervoices.ie
- Féile John Dwyer | Waterford | TBC | feilejohndwyer.com
- Vantastival | Drogheda, Louth | TBC | vantastival.com
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – October
- Ireland Music Week | Dublin | Oct 1 – Oct 4 | irelandmusicweek.com
- Cork Folk Festival | Cork City | Oct 3 – Oct 6 | corkfolkfestival.com
- City of Derry International Choir Festival | Oct 23 – 27 | derrychoirfest.com
- Wexford Festival Opera | Wexford | Oct 18 – Nov 2 | wexfordopera.com
- Westival Music & Arts Festival | Westport, Mayo | Oct 23 – 28 | westival.ie
- Cork Jazz Festival | Cork | Oct 24 – Oct 28 | guinnesscorkjazz.com
- Sligo Live | Sligo | Oct 25 – Nov 3 | sligolive.ie
- East Cork Early Music Festival | TBC | eastcorkearlymusic.ie
- BD Festival Day of the Dead | Wicklow | TBC | bd-festival.com
- Meet Me at Sundown | Dublin & Galway | TBC
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – November
- Ennis Trad Fest | Clare | Nov 7 – 11 | ennistradfest.com
- Sound of Belfast | Belfast City | Nov 7 – 17 | soundofbelfast.com
- William Kennedy Piping Festival | Armagh | Nov 14 – 17 | armaghpipers
- West Wicklow Chamber Music Winter Weekend | TBC | westwicklowfestival
- Ardee Baroque Music Festival | Louth | TBC | ardeebaroque.com
- Dún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival | Dublin | TBC | vinylfestival.ie
- Quiet Lights Music Festival | Cork City | TBC | quietlights.net
- Dublin Beatles Festival | Dublin | TBC | facebook.com/DublinBeatles
Guide to Music Festivals in Ireland 2024 – December
- New Year’s Festival | Dublin | TBC | nyfdublin.com
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