Live Music in Listowel
Live music at St. John's Theatre places artists and listeners close together in Listowel's most distinctive performance setting. Across the programme, audiences can encounter traditional music, chamber concerts, song, contemporary work and musicians whose practice moves between forms. The scale of our venue keeps attention on the sound, the performers and the character of each evening.
Songbird: The Songs of Eva Cassidy
Niamh Strong and her band bring Eva Cassidy's beloved songs to Listowel in a soulful evening of jazz, blues and memory.
National String Quartet Foundation: Kantos Quartet
Kantos Quartet pair Beethoven with Caroline Shaw, Swan Hennessy and Janáček in their vivid debut chamber programme.
Karen Underwood: The Songs of Nina Simone
Karen Underwood tells Nina Simone's remarkable story through narration and song, with a live band and timeless classics. Part of the Story Telling Festival.
La Famille LeBlanc
An acclaimed Acadian family band bring Celtic and francophone folk, brilliant playing and high-energy step dancing.
Maccana: The Unseen Growth of Winter
Composer Maccana presents 70 minutes of original piano music shaped by drama, documentary and the stillness of winter.
WhistleBlast’s Musical Voyages Visual Magic
A family-friendly multimedia concert of orchestral favourites, visuals and video, followed by a short Q&A with the musicians.
Pirosmani Quartet
Mairéad Hickey leads musicians from Brazil, Ukraine and the USA in chamber music by Schumann, Jane O'Leary and Schubert.
Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly
Kíla founder Rónán Ó Snodaigh joins Myles O'Reilly for an intimate, hypnotic gathering of rhythm, language and sound.
The Howard / Hughes Project
Lisa Kay Howard-Hughes and Wally Hughes lead a five-piece American bluegrass band through high-octane picking and harmony.
Dominic Kirwan in Concert
Dominic Kirwan brings country hits, Irish ballads, favourite songs and gospel-inflected vocals to an intimate Listowel show.
Gatehouse: Irish Trad
Gatehouse weave haunting melodies and rousing instrumentals with fiddle, flute, concertina, guitar and voice.
ITMA Drawing from the Well Tour 2026
Leading traditional artists explore the solo voice through music from the ITMA and RTÉ archives, with a live panel discussion.