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Music Network 2024 Autumn Touring Season
Find us at a venue near you
As we savour the long days of summer, there’s lots to look forward to this Autumn and the whole new season of musical possibilities it brings with it.
So far this year we’ve worked with 24 partners and venues to present 45 live music performances in 22 towns and cities through our National Touring Programme. We’ve commissioned 6 new works by Irish composers, 3 of which will receive their world premiere this Autumn, and created our first ever residency for a professional musician who is autistic/a person with autism in partnership with St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre in Listowel.
We’re planning to continue the year as strongly as we started, with an incredible lineup of musicians for you to enjoy this season. So whether you are drawn to the lilting melodies of traditional and folk music, the sublime sounds of transcendent jazz or the timeless appeal of classical music, I hope you’ll find a concert you love at a venue near you.
We would like to express our gratitude to our principal funder The Arts Council, to our Friends and supporters, our network of partners and everyone who has attended or participated in a Music Network concert or programme this year. Your support helps us continue to bring affordable, exceptional quality live music to audiences, enables our musicians to develop sustainable and fulfilling careers, and provides opportunities for performance and participation in communities across the country.
I hope you enjoy delving into this fresh new season of music, and to see you at a Music Network event very soon.
Sharon Rollston, Music Network CEO
On tour 24 September – 6 October
Dublin, Galway, Roscommon, Clare, Wicklow, Kerry, Cork & London
Tickets from €12 - 26 (booking fees may apply)
Music Network brings together three extraordinary artists for an unforgettable evening of folk and traditional music.
This newly curated lineup features Transatlantic Sessions regular, multi-instrumentalist Mike McGoldrick, acclaimed fiddle and viola player and former member of groundbreaking bands Coolfin and Planxty Nollaig Casey, and one of Ireland’s fast-rising folk stars, guitarist and singer Niall McCabe.
The tour will feature the world premieres of two new Music Network commissions - don’t miss what promises to be an exciting evening of music filled with masterful performances, captivating stories and song.
Dates / Venues
24 September, 8pm Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
25 September, 7.30pm Music Network at The Sugar Club, Dublin
27 September, 4pm
Clifden Arts Festival at the Town Hall, Clifden
28 September, 8pm
Roscommon County Council Arts Office at King House, Boyle
29 September, 7.30pm glór, Ennis
2 October, 8pm Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely
3 October, 8pm Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
4 October, 7.30pm Irish Music and Dance at World Heart Beat Academy, London
5 October, 8pm
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
6 October, 8pm Éigse na Brideoige at St. Michael’s Church, Waterville
Special 4 MazurMarilyn
On tour 22 - 26 October
Dublin, Donegal & Cork
Tickets from €12 - 35
(booking fees may apply)
Music Network presents master percussionist and musical visionary
Marilyn Mazur with her Marilyn Mazur Special 4.
Marilyn Mazur
percussion & drums
Jakob Buchanan flugelhorn
Makiko Hirabayashi
piano
Klavs Hovman
double bass
With Mazur performing on a mesmerising array of gongs, bells and all things percussion, the lineup is completed by the exceptionally talented Jakob Buchanan on flugelhorn, pianist Makiko Hirabayashi and Klavs Hovman on double bass.
The celebrated percussionist, composer, bandleader and world music pioneer has shared the stage with some of the most important figures in the history of jazz including Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Jan Garbarek.
Come and experience this sensational quartet live on their first visit to Ireland.
Our Cork concert is a co-presentation between Music Network and Triskel Arts Centre.
Dates / Venues
22 October, 8pm Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire 23 October, 7.30pm Music Network at The Sugar Club, Dublin 24 October, 8pm Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny 26 October, 2.30pm Triskel Arts Centre in association with Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Cork
&Francisco Fullana
piano violin
Alba Ventura
On tour 23 November – 1 December Galway, Dublin, Waterford, Newry, Donegal, Westmeath & Wicklow
Tickets from €5 - 28 (booking fees may apply)
Music Network presents international classical music stars violinist Francisco Fullana and pianist Alba Ventura performing together in Ireland for the first time.
Dates / Venues
23 November, 8pm
Clifden Arts Society at the Station House Theatre, Clifden
26 November, 7.30pm Music Network at 1WML (Windmill Quater), Dublin
27 November, 7.30pm Waterford Music at Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
Experience a captivating programme that includes timeless works by Bach and Mozart, alongside a vibrant collection of Spanish and Catalan music. Enjoy dazzling virtuoso pieces by the celebrated violinist-composer Pablo de Sarasate and immerse yourself in the evocative Sonata Española by Joaquín Turina.
The duo will also perform the world premiere of a new Music Network commission by Irish composer Gráinne Mulvey.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear these exceptional musicians in what promises to be a truly special performance this November.
28 November, 7:30pm Newry Chamber Music at Warrenpoint Town Hall, Newry
29 November, 8pm Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny
30 November, 7pm Derravaragh Music Association at Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard
1 December, 8pm
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
DUBLIN Deals
See more for less with our earlybird booking.
Book any Music Network city centre concert before 31 July and save 20%. Earlybird tickets are available to book online now.
Our Dublin Deals are valid for the following concerts:
Nollaig Casey, Niall McCabe & Mike McGoldrick
Wednesday 25 September, 7.30pm
Presented by Music Network at The Sugar Club, Lesson Street, Dublin 2.
Marilyn Mazur Special 4
Wednesday 23 October, 7.30pm
Presented by Music Network at The Sugar Club, Lesson Street, Dublin 2.
Francisco Fullana & Alba Ventura
Tuesday 26 November, 7.30pm
Presented by Music Network at 1WML, Windmill Lane, Dublin 2.
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