MusicTown is a shapeshifting programme of live events created to reflect this ever-changing world of live music in Dublin City. Within this programme, there is music as experimental theatre, a reflection of one of history’s great singers/composers by a group of young musicians, an all-ages DIY afternoon show, a 62-year-old songwriter performing his solo work live for the first time, a sensational young performer from Fermanagh summoning the ancient and the modern, and much, much more. Staged throughout the nooks and crannies of the National Concert Hall, this year’s MusicTown will featu

Kneecap is a global phenomenon. Bursting out from a squat in Belfast, Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, and DJ Próvaí are spearheading a moment in Irish culture, music, language, and cinema that has brought them to sensational levels. All it took was a generational talent to tear through conventions, expectations, and records. Their fiercely intelligent breakthrough concept album, ‘Fine Art’ (2024), was produced by Toddla T, and set across a raucous night out, traversing a fantasy pub called The Rutz, with adventures spilling out on to the streets of Belfast and London, featuring guest appearan

Willa White has exploded in popularity over the past 18 months, quickly marking himself out as one of the biggest names in the Irish comedy circuit. Having sold over 8,000 tickets to date, in the past year Willa sold out both the 3Olympia Theatre and the Gaiety Theatre, and is now coming home to his native Ballymun for two nights at Axis! As well as comedy, Willa has taken to acting, performing in the multi-award-winning production The Examination with Irish theatre company Brokentalkers, and just completed a three-night run in The Ambassador Theatre (a venue at which Willa became the first