What’s On this Week: Limerick Choral Union, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Record Store Day, D-Mode, The Ultimate Depeche Mode Experience

THURSDAY 10 APRIL

• Smithereens – Dolans
  Jazz, funk, and groove to dance your little arses off to with Noah Snyder, Isaac Wolfe, Sam Healy, Paidi Brennan, and Samvel Hovhannisyan.

• The Highstool Prophets – Dolans

• UL Creative Writing Festival: Marian Keyes & Joseph O’Connor – University Concert Hall

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• Aladdin – Lime Tree Theatre
  Presented by Limerick Educate Together Secondary School.

• SciFest 2025 – TUS, Moylish
  STEM Fair with student innovation and discovery.

• Lunchtime Lecture: Buildings of Georgian Dublin – The Hunt Museum
  With Donough Cahill, Executive Director of the Irish Georgian Society.

• Les Misérables – Broadford Community Hall
  Featuring Broadford Youth Choir. Runs until Saturday.

FRIDAY 11 APRIL

• Irish Chamber Orchestra: The Four Seasons – University Concert Hall
  Travel the seasons through music – spring birds, summer storms, autumn foxes, and winter chills.

• UL Creative Writing Festival – Irish World Academy of Music and Dance

• Fangclub – Dolans
  Their debut self-titled album, which was stated by The Irish Times as “one of the best hard rock albums of the year” was   released in 2017 and charted at #5 in the official Irish album chart.

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• Onoir – Dolans

• Aftershock – The Old Quarter Pub

• An Evening of String Quintet Favourites – Friar’s Gate, Kilmallock
  Vanbrugh & Friends perform works by Boccherini, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Dvorak.

• Mine Road – Record Room

 SATURDAY 12 APRIL

• UL Creative Writing Festival – Irish World Academy of Music and Dance

• Drive – The Old Quarter Pub

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  Turning Pointe: The Wizard of Oz – Lime Tree Theatre
  Presented by The Turning Pointe School of Ballet.

• The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – University Concert Hall

  Limerick Choral Union & Orchestra present an evening of highlights and delights for all with their performance of Karl Jenkin’s “The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace”, charting the menace of war, with moments of reflection of hope and peace including the Call to Prayers, the memorable Agnus Dei and Sanctus and the haunting and captivating Benedictus with the soulful cello part performed by Miriam Roycroft.

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  October Drift – Dolans

• D-Mode: The Ultimate Depeche Mode Experience – Dolans

  Back by popular demand. – This homage to the Basildon boys spans everything from electro-pop classics like New Life right through to Enjoy the Silence and beyond, sound and visually it’s a must for fans of Depeche mode, concentrating on Gahan’S razor Sharp vocals, the genius of Martin Gore’s guitar-perfect melodies and AndyFletcher’s spot on synth.

• Treaty United vs. Sligo Women – Markets Field
  Kick-off 3pm.

• Record Store Day @ Steamboat Music

  • 12pm: Shiv (live set)

  • 1pm: Reading by Mike Finn from Wreckquiem

  • 3pm: The Love Buzz

  • 6pm: PRESSPLAYREPEAT and BARTYBEATS
    Special vinyl releases from Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, U2 & more.

• Mic Drop Comedy – Record Room

• Downbeat Records RSD After Party – Record Room

• HOTBOXX: Techno Cage Rave – Pharmacia

• 16 Tons of Jive – Blue Bar, Punches Cross

• After Show Party – Dolans Upper Deck
  DJ set playing #Alternative #Rock #Disco

 SUNDAY 13 APRIL

• Expressive Arts Theatre – University Concert Hall
  A family-friendly show featuring Disney and Sister Act.

 MONDAY 14 APRIL

• IFI Screening: Mickey 17 – Belltable
  Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi satire following his Oscar-winning Parasite.
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 TUESDAY 15 APRIL

• Screening: Gundermann – Belltable, 2pm
  Followed by a discussion with director Andreas Dresen.
  Free event – booking essential.

• Dave Robb & Band: The Post-Industrial Songs of Gerhard Gundermann – Belltable, 8pm
  Translated and performed by the Scottish bouzouki player now based in Belfast.
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 WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL

• Take It To The Limit: The Eagles Tribute – University Concert Hall
  The acclaimed European touring show returns.

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  Maria Somerville – Dolans
  Dream pop meets folk and post-punk. New album Luster drops April 25 via 4AD.

• 2025 Desmond O’Grady Memorial Reading – The People’s Museum of Limerick
  Featuring judge Anne Fitzgerald and this year’s top poets.