Final rehearsal for Classical Greats • Grieg and Schubert

There are less than 15 tix left for the Museum of Curiosities at the Bram Stoker festival - I’ll be playing some sad spooky tunes on guitar. bramstokerfestival.com/en/events/wu...

Now on sale: Sunday Miscellany Celebrates Christmas with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 🎄 @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social Tue 2 Dec, 8pm | NCH Dublin Early booking is advised to avoid disappointment 🎟️ orchestra.rte.ie/events/5054/...

Very exciting 25/26 school year ahead here @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPui...

Announced on-air yesterday📢 Sunday Miscellany celebrates Christmas with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on Dec 2 - in the NCH at 8pm. Tickets go on sale this Friday 26 September at 10am from the NCH Box Office/ nch.ie. Mark your calendars! @rte.ie @rteradio1.bsky.social @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social

⭐ The Art of Swing with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra Callum Au & Claire Martin OBE ⭐ 𝑆'𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑙, 𝐼 𝐺𝑒𝑡 𝐴𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤-𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧'𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 Oct 2, NCH Dublin orchestra.rte.ie/events/4989/...

The @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Doc Fest programme is v strong! Looking forward to this fest kicking off next week. ifi.ie/docfest/ Supported by @rte.ie ✨ RTÉ Supporting the Arts ✨

IFI@Home is now on JustWatch which means you can see what films are on IFI@Home via Letterboxd! Explore the films on IFI@Home and experience the finest cinema from the comfort of your own home! - www.ifihome.ie

Conductor spotlight on Callum Au who joins us for The Art of Swing 💃🎺 Callum Au is a British composer, arranger, orchestrator, and trombonist. He writes music across a wide range of genres, with a particular passion for orchestral and large jazz ensemble music.

Dublin City Council & NEIC Dublin present RTÉ Concert Orchestra at Culture Night with @patrickdexter.bsky.social on cello 📅 Fri 19 Sept 📍 Our Lady of Lourdes, Sean McDermott Street ⏰ Doors 6pm, concert 6.30-7.30pm

Celine Song reinvigorates the rom com with razor-sharp writing and mastery of tone. MATERIALISTS is now previewing at the IFI! Book now 🎟👉 ifi.ie/film/materia...

📢 The Dedication to Phil Lynott is coming to the 3Arena on 4 January The RTÉ CO join the line-up to perform Thin Lizzy classics, joined by guest vocalists including Peter Smith from “Moonlight – The Phil Lynott Enigma.” Tickets on sale Saturday 16 August

Not long to go now until the 2025 Culture Night Dublin programme launch! ✨🎉 Be the first to hear the latest news as it drops – sign up to our newsletter here: eepurl.com/hzmHcf

Performing at this year's Electric Picnic on Sunday 31st 🚨 "May 2017 saw The Cranberries perform at the London Palladium, sadly proving to be the band’s final performance. Since then, their music has continued to be as enduringly popular today as it was during the lifetime of The Cranberries."

We are deeply saddened at the news that our colleague and friend Seán Rocks has died. Our profound sympathies to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗧𝗘́ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 Join us for a special RTÉ CO classical concert featuring Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, the beauty of Strauss's Oboe Concerto and the power of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. 📍 NCH 📅 Aug 8 🎟️ orchestra.rte.ie/.../tchaikov...

Tonight brings the first full moon of summer: the Hay Moon 🌕🌾 Named by Anglo-Saxons for the hay harvest, it’s also called the ‘Buck Moon’, a Native American name marking the time young deer bucks grow new antlers. Celts knew it as the Wyrt or Mead Moon, for herb gathering. Moonrise: 22:15*

One of the world's finest jazz singers, Claire Martin brings her rich vocal sound and deep musicality to timeless classics made famous by the great divas of jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, and Billie Holiday. 📅 Thur 2 Oct 📍 NCH 📷 Kenny McCracken orchestra.rte.ie/events/4989/...

Was recently at a gig at the Crowbar where security shut it down early, turned on all the lights and stopped the music. There sure is a dire need for more 80-150 capacity venues, but I'm really put off by that experience + the cost to hire it means there's a lot of pressure to sell out or lose out.

Get paid to write about film! @filmireland.bsky.social, with support from CNaM, are currently accepting applications for the 2nd Journalism Mentorship Programme, supporting new & under-represented voices in film writing. filmireland.net/2025/05/19/g...

Autofiction is out now on Spotify/ Apple Music/ YouTube/ Bandcamp/ wherever you get your music. 💐 It examines the stories we tell ourselves to try and create meaning. For fans of Joan Baez/ Joni Mitchell/ Phoebe Bridgers/ Laura Marling.

Well this is very special news for somebody who works in RTÉ audio and keeps their horse with Georgia! 🩷🩷🩷

Sean-nós dancer Edwina Guckian joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and celebrated trad musicians for Anam Éireann | The Soul of Ireland this Septmeber 🌾🌻🍂✨ @zoeconway.bsky.social Edwina hails from outside the village of Drumsna in Co. Leitrim.

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Now on sale: 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝟴𝟬 The RTÉ Concert Orchestra are joined by Harvest - a tribute to Neil Young and the Hearts of Gold choir to perform Neil Young favourites. Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Harvest Moon, Unknown Legend & more! Thur 16 Oct | NCH, Dublin orchestra.rte.ie/events/4975/...

This Friday, we're in Carlow, celebrating 60 years of Carlow Choral Society! Programme: Mozart -Veni Scante Spiritus Mozart- Ave Verum Mozart -Mass in C Minor www.eventbrite.ca/e/mozart-mas...

€15 tickets still available! It Had to Be You, classic love songs with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra - this Thursday in the NCH. orchestra.rte.ie/events/4762/...

June's BIGGER PICTURE is BIG NIGHT! Chosen by food writer and blogger Sian Conway, in association with Film In Dublin, this memorable celebration of Italian food was the directorial debut of everyone’s favourite Italian chef writer & actor Stanley Tucci 📆 WED 18TH ⏰ 18.30 🎟️ ifi.ie/film/the-big...

Delighted my latest single Tombstones has been featured on BBC Introducing, Raidió Rí-Rá and Good Music Radio, as well as a few playlists on Spotify! Honestly quite cool considering it was recorded in my 1-bedorom flat and mixed by my boyfriend in his mum's house open.spotify.com/playlist/7vo...

A fantastic first outing for The Hamilton Scores Live on Saturday night with RTÉ lyric fm's George Hamilton joining the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, soprano Celine Byrne and conductor David Young in a packed National Concert Hall.

Thank You from ILFD! 🙏📚 As the curtain falls on this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable: the brilliant writers, passionate readers, curious minds, and dedicated teams behind the scenes. #ILFD25

My EP Autofiction comes out on June 27! 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 Ambivalence • Tombstones • Integrated • Super Blue Moon • The Worst Person in the World (Autofiction) 🎧 Mixed by Paul Mangan 📷 Photos by Fionn Bowes-Fitzpatrick 💿 Album artwork by Dara Young

Gatekeepers and girlbosses rejoice! Yesterday's Mystery Matinee screening was GASLIGHT (1944) 🏮 Keep an eye peeled for next months Mystery Matinee going on sale later this week 👀 See previous screenings here ➡️ ifi.ie/mystery-mati...

Now on sale! Julie Andrews: A 90th Birthday Celebration with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra The RTÉ CO celebrate Julie Andrews' long and varied career with music from The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady and more. 📅 Sat 29 Nov, 7pm 📍 The Helix orchestra.rte.ie/events/4952/...

if anybody needs me i'll be combusting with the effort of trying to sell 100 concerts for work, 1 concert for "pleasure", submitting my citizenship application, releasing 2 singles in 2 weeks and opening a museum !

Canadian author Michael Crummey has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Dublin Literary Award for his book 'The Adversary'.

Congrats to Michael Crummey - looking forward to reading this one.

Now on sale: Summer Lunchtime with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and MARI SAMUELSEN 🎻 Performing Max Richter, Recomposed - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Arvo Pärt, Fratres Tue 29 July, 1.05pm NCH, Dublin Tickets €25 orchestra.rte.ie/events/4933/...

RTÉ Live at Bord Bia Bloom 2025: Live shows, live music and chat, live RTÉ Weather, and much more 💐🌹🌻 about.rte.ie/2025/05/16/r...

My new track Ambivalence is out today ✨ It's the beginning of my new phase of releasing, and will form track 1 of my upcoming second EP! open.spotify.com/track/6kTNYJ...

Really looking forward to this one - some of the best and most loved classical pieces from film soundtracks 💛

🕯️ The Cabinet Opens… After months behind closed doors, Monsieur Pompier's Museum of Curiosities is ready to reveal its secrets. 📅 Opens May 28 📍 35 Lower Pembroke St Lower 🎟️ Tickets: museumofcuriosities.ie/tickets Come along and unlock the unusual… if you dare.

Now on sale🌷🌿 RTÉ Concert Orchestra Summer Lunchtime: Baroque with Laoise O'Brien 📅 Tues 19 Aug 📍 National Concert Hall 🎟️ Tickets €15 orchestra.rte.ie/events/4934/...

Some images from a fantastic Mozart concert last week with Julian Bliss and Swann Van Rechem at the NCH! Photography by Conor O'Mearain

RTÉ Arena’s Seán Rocks presenting our Star Wars concert!

🌿 Feel your connection with nature expand as Aoife Nessa Frances performs Protector at ILFD: a dreamy, mystical journey of transformation and stillness, born on Ireland’s west coast. 🌊 📆 Sunday 18 May, 19:30

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It Had to Be You 💕🎼 The RTÉ Concert Orchestra joined by vocalists Graham Bickley and Louise Dearman. You are at the centre of this romantic programme, with All the Things You Are, The Very Thought of You & Just The Way You Look Tonight. Thurs 12 June | NCH orchestra.rte.ie/events/4762/...

Shon will discuss love, masculinity, gender norms, and power dynamics, all through her experience as a trans woman. A candid conversation that challenges our perceptions of who gets to love and be lo