The Irish Times

All of Ireland’s best open-air gigs and festivals this summer

Events include Forbidden Fruit, Harry Styles, Electric Picnic and of course Garth Brooks

Sat May 21 2022 - 05:00

In the Echo review: An album that burrows deep beneath the skin

Eight pairs of musicians come together in Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace

Fri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00

27 Irish gigs and festivals to book from now until June 2022

Musicians to return to the stage for the first time in 18 months as Ireland’s venues reopen

Thu Sept 02 2021 - 06:00

Big Red Machine: How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last review – lingering goodness

Fri Aug 27 2021 - 00:00

Slow food in Carlow to Armagh’s apples: it’s a tasty time to travel in Ireland

Dine while watching a pop-up gig in Cork or enjoy escapist bliss in Co Fermanagh

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00

‘Sad music makes me happy for some strange reason’

The film-maker, musician and producer Myles O’Reilly shares his Spotify playlist

Thu Jul 29 2021 - 10:00

Fáilte Ireland revives ‘Keep Discovering’ ads for €4m campaign

Irish consumers still in ‘wait and see’ mode as sector suffers lack of overseas custom

Fri May 21 2021 - 15:32

Emer Feely’s death leaves ‘legacy and a void’, Tony Holohan tells funeral

Chief medical officer says his wife was ‘loving, caring, warm, witty and sunny person’

Mon Feb 22 2021 - 18:23

‘It’s great to end the year on the right note’: Online festivals replace live gigs this Christmas

Other Voices, Together in Electric Streams, Hibernacle and more aim to end the year on a high

Wed Dec 02 2020 - 05:00

A live performance beats livestreaming every time

The continual threat of lockdown makes planning very difficult for the arts

Sat Nov 28 2020 - 05:00

Public warned against illegal sale of puppies by breeders

Dogs Trust launches Christmas campaign highlighting new legislation

Wed Nov 11 2020 - 16:30

The best 50 Irish music acts right now – in order

It’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finest

Sat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00

‘Other Voices’ team hosting virtual German-Irish concert

Friday’s event will see renewed collaboration between Lisa Hannigan and European instrumental collective stargaze

Fri Aug 07 2020 - 13:27

The concerts and events still taking place across Ireland this summer

Government restrictions have limited capacity but some festivals are still on

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 05:00

Normal People: Who are the Irish musicians on the soundtrack?

The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel is a shop window for the best of Irish music

Mon May 04 2020 - 12:59

After Covid-19: What kind of life will be waiting on the other side?

People share their experience of the pandemic and their hopes for life afterwards

Sat Apr 18 2020 - 06:00

The choice is yours: This week’s best rock and pop gigs

The 1975, The Script, Lewis Capaldi, Jape, John Hopkins, Lyra and Choice Music Prize

Sat Feb 29 2020 - 05:00

Fáilte Ireland launches €6m campaign to boost holidays at home

Discovering ‘hidden gems’ at heart of push to increase staycation business by €100m

Fri Feb 21 2020 - 05:39

Mango x MathMan: 'Prosperity is for those who are given it'

The Dublin duo's debut is filled with sounds of the capital, overlaid with sincere and bittersweet observations of everything that's good and bad about the place they call home

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00

Dorothy Cross teams up with Lisa Hannigan for new Heartship art project

Live installation will be presented at the Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival in Cork

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00

How much I have missed this place, this island, my homeland

My list of all the things I love about being back in Ireland has resonated around the world

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 10:54

Bringing kids to festivals is the worst kind of performance parenting

Jennifer O'Connell: If you thought I was fun before I had kids, the toddler-toting festival-goers brag, see me now!

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 06:03

Patti Smith brings them All Together Now: This week’s best rock and pop gigs

Indiependence, Lethal Dialect, Richard Thompson and a celebration of Elliott Smith

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00

Harmonious Irish-German links underscored by music

Michael D Higgins and Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend Other Voices concert in Berlin

Thu Jul 04 2019 - 21:02

Lisa Hannigan and Stargaze: Live in Dublin – a musical match made in the heavens

The singer’s delicate songs are enhanced by sumptuous orchestral arrangements

Fri May 31 2019 - 05:00

The National: I Am Easy to Find review – A bold ambitious collision of the past, present

Band’s eighth studio record interrogates and takes apart what brought them together

Fri May 17 2019 - 15:09

Kíla ‘Cúl an Tí’ recordings aim to inspire interest in Irish songs

Experimental music launch features animation by Cartoon Saloon and music by Imelda May, Mundy and Mary Coughlan

Fri Nov 16 2018 - 13:22

No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this

From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

Thu Oct 25 2018 - 14:20

Kylie and the Bunnymen: This week’s must-see rock and pop gigs

Plus: Lisa Hannigan, They Might Be Giants, Saint Sister, Emmy the Great and . . . Coolio!

Sat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00

New artist of the week: Just Mustard

Plus: songs you have to hear from Anna Mullarkey and Rosie Carney

Sat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00

Big Red Machine review: Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and the National's Aaron Dessner hit sweet spot

Fri Aug 31 2018 - 05:00

‘Music is made in communities’: Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s new vision

The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 07:00

Ed Sheeran wows intimate crowd at London Irish Centre

Fans pay up to £3,500 to attend fundraiser alongside the great and good of city’s Irish

Wed Jun 20 2018 - 10:17

Ed Sheeran: ‘My Irish heritage is something I’ve always been proud of’

London’s Irish community get ready for a blast of Ed Sheeran

Tue Jun 19 2018 - 11:55