Kirkos

Our 𝓜𝓪𝔂 𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓪𝓻 is here! 🪲 Please note, additional listings may be added as our schedule remains flexible. For the latest updates and detailed information about each event, visit our website. @mnw_design @school_of_wild_listening @meithealmondays @frustrated_____writers @receptiondublin @paul.zip @magicturd @joannamattrey @simonwhetham @internettt_caos

🎫: /events/kirkos/ian-nyquist-nomads-jonathan-deasy/ Our next performance, with the venerable @ian_nyquist and the mighty @_narvvhals_ takes place in a little over a week in the rarefied environs of @kirkos_ensemble . The show will be also be live-streamed for accessibility/geography purposes, so if we don’t see you there, we hope you might see us.

THE RE:VERB 2026 PROGRAMME (5-6 JUNE) IS NOW LIVE! re:verb is a new platform showcasing poetry and verbal art that predominantly strays from the mainstream, and aims to expand the potential of live literature. Read the Festival announcement, and visit the Festival webpage where you can book tickets to individual events or a festival pass, through the links in the bio. Participating poets & artists: @drnollid Kit Fryatt @maimaiomai @jjhlinklater @eireannmor Alice Lyons @maijasofia__ @mmedb.h @badaud_e @suz.walsh With thanks to @kirkos_ensemble & @cailleachbooks .

Bounce! Still life. Tickets are free and the link is in the bio. Materials provided but if you’d like to bring some please feel free! :) Still life drawing is a great way to quiet the mind and a great exercise in maintaining focus and that’s essentially what the aim of this event is! An afternoon to decompress, have fun and make something or many somethings. Hope to see you there! 💜

Reception is proud to present the Irish debut of UK composer and artist Simon Whetham alongside Galilea Roto (MX/IRE)! (supported by Interface Inagh) 7.30pm - 09/05/2026 - tickets via RA or link in bio. Since 2005 Simon Whetham has developed a practice of working with sonic activity as a material for creation. He often uses environmental sound, employing a variety of methods and techniques in order to obtain often unnoticed and obscured sonic phenomena. He explores ways of creating physical traces of sound, and of channelling and transforming energy, most recently salvaging and repurposing obsolete consumer technology. Collaborations with sound artists/musicians include long term projects with Tarab (Eamon Sprod) and Gregory Büttner, and past collaborators include Scanner, Derek Piotr, Iris Garrelfs, John Grzinich, Ryu Hankil, Xenia Pestova, Alan Courtis, Kate Carr, Rhodri Davies, Christine Schörkhuber and Slavek Kwi. Galilea Roto is an audiovisual artist from Nuevo León, Mexico, whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses drawing, tattoo, poetry, video, and experimental music. Her work navigates the intersection of the personal and the collective, engaging with themes such as language, migration, “home,” pain, and sound as a vessel of memory. Through a combination of lived experience and research, she creates a dialogue between individual and communal narratives. Each piece fosters reflection, attentive listening, and emotional resonance while challenging the conventions of traditional media.

New York artist Katy Pinke playing at Kirkos on April 28th. With puppetry and little costume change in the middle she brought to life the world of her music. Special thanks to Cormac Ó Driscoll for opening on the night! Here are some impressions from the concert captured by @melissariegerphotography

The Shortwave Orchestra performing at Kirkos on April 17th. A creation of Mike Harding aka venozkts (Tapeworm) featuring an ensemble of Irish musicians Anthony Kelly, David Stalling, Bryan O’Connell, Si Schroeder. Kevin Brew, Aileen Wallace & Dennis McNulty. Photos by @melissariegerphotography

STINGS FOREVER is a monthly concert series showcasing adventurous string playing alongside other artists and disciplines with the aim of fostering momentum, enthusiasm, and deep listening within the creative community of Dublin. These are some impressions from the April concert captured by @melissariegerphotography The three performances of the evening were: Set 1: Thomas Kerr Trio featuring Sofie Féria, cello, Sam Amstrong, sampler, and Thomas Kerr on guitar. Set 2: Larissa O’Grady presenting a performance & lecture that explores microtonality from a violinists perspective. Set 3: NYC Native Steven Long, pianist/composer/improvisor & educator, presenting a new work written for an improv ensemble of Viktória Šinkorová, Olesya Bursuk, Thomas Kerr, Graham Heaney, Sofia Féria, Lisa Dowdall, and Joanna Mattrey.

Effigy An exhibition at Kirkos (@kirkos_ensemble ) An effigy is an idol to a person, spirit, or power, in a material form. It is an image made to embody, invoke, preserve, or destroy. Here, there are four With works by Angel Ruane Moore (@angelruane ), Cían Ó Donnchadha (@broighterhoard0 , Lauren Haughey (@velvetm0ld_ ), and Nina Fitzgerald Graham (@ninafitzgeraldgraham ) Opening on 8.5, from 18:00. Screening of ‘Shivaratri’ by Angel Ruane Moore (@angelruane ), from 19:00 to 20:00 * * Reserve a ticket on Eventbrite to attend the screening On 9.5, open from noon to 17:00; and on 10.5, open from noon to 17:00

Sunrise Session at the Magazine Fort, Phoenix Park, Dublin Sunday 3rd May 2026 at 5:00AM To celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day 2026, we’re having an impromptu outdoor listening/jam session at the Phoenix Park. This is a completely unguided open experience: meet at the small carpark by the Magazine Fort (location link in bio) at 5:00am and after that, how you connect is up to you. Some ideas: - Find your own place, sit and listen to the unfolding morning - Go for a walk - Bring an instrument, and respond to the sounds and others around you - Bring some field recording equipment and record - Bring a journal or sketchpad, or any other means of expression you want to use We’ll gather again back at the carpark around 7:00am. Bring a flask of tea and some breakfast if you like and make sure to wrap up well. Please note that side entrances to the park may be closed so the main entrances at Parkgate Street and Castleknock Gate should be used to enter Phoenix Park in the early morning. @robertjwcoleman @kirkos_ensemble

CEO Experiment LIVE at Kirkos 1 Little Green Street, Dublin 7 May 03, doors 7:30pm/music 8:00pm Tickets: bit.ly/4mEpVfs (link in bio too!) “...three of the most outstanding exponents of their respective instruments in a city whose burgeoning jazz/improvised music scene punches well above its weight.” – All About Jazz CEO Experiment is the highly acclaimed Dublin-based trio featuring Leopoldo Osio (piano), Peter Erdei (electric bass), and Cote Calmet (drums), known for defining the cutting edge of fusion jazz and modern improvisation. Praised by All About Jazz as ‘outstanding exponents’ of the genre, the band is globally recognized for their intense technical mastery and historic 2017 collaboration with guitar legend Kurt Rosenwinkel. Following their anticipated return, CEO Experiment stops for a concert in the Cooler at Kirkos series as part of their special 2026 10th Anniversary Tour, where they will be joined by the tremendous Andalusian saxophonist Carlos Ligero. We're very grateful to our friends at Kirkos for hosting this event.

New York artist Katy Pinke’s stripped-down 2024 debut album (produced by Phil Weinrobe – Big Thief, Hand Habits), was described by Pop Matters as “dreamlike but rooted in authentic, basic principles of songwriting and performance.” Strange Behavior, her follow-up record (2025) has drawn comparisons to Aldous Harding, Julia Holter, and Suzanne Vega. Pinke often incorporates art and puppetry into her performances, building immersive worlds around her music. She will be joined by local artist Cormac O’Driscoll who will play an opening set. DATE: 28.04.26 TIME: 7.30pm (Doors) - 8pm (Start) VENUE: 1 Little Green Street (Kirkos) TICKETS: €10