Festival Guide 2025
The year is 2025 and we are at it again. Our festival weekend is finally here. Our small team has been working hard behind the scenes, programming, scheduling, working with venues and getting every little detail ready for you all. This list is for anyone who might not be familiar with the festival or Limerick City. Limerick is a compact, easily walkable city. All venues are typically within five or ten minutes (or less) walk from one another. So get planning and we’ll see you there.
How to Get to Limerick
Limerick is an easily walkable city, with most venues being less than a five-minute walk from one another. If traveling to Limerick we would recommend that you choose an environmentally conscious mode of travel such as bus or train. Trains and buses arrive into the centre of the city, only a few minutes walk from our venues.
By Bus
Bus Éireann provides frequent services to and from all Ireland's major cities. For further information and to buy your tickets please visit Bus Éireann.
By Train
Limerick is easily accessible via rail links, with frequent services from Dublin, Cork and Galway. For further information and to buy your tickets please visit Irish Rail.
Accessibility
We believe that all of our events should be inclusive to all who want to attend. We would be happy to provide reasonable accommodations to any festival goer, so please reach out to us and we will happily provide assistance.
Many of these venues are in historic buildings and, as such, some may have limited accessibility and require the use of stairs. If you would like any further information on this please reach out to us on our email feilenagreinelk@gmail.com
Safety
If something or someone makes you feel uncomfortable, no matter how minor it seems, speak to any of our team members, they will be wearing high-visibility vests. We will work with you so it doesn't have to ruin your experience.
Inclusivity
Many of the participating venues will have gender-inclusive toilets, keep an eye out for signage. Choose and use the loo that feels right to you.
We ask that everyone respect the privacy of others. Gender discrimination has no place here.
Friday
Amanda Feery - ‘NEST’
Redemptorist Church / 8pm - 9pm
Feat. Amanda and Declan Synnott on pipe organ and electronics, this haunting piece about home and displacement echoes from housing-crisis Éire to Gaza and beyond. Free Palestine Always.
(SOLD OUT) Licehead / pôt-pot / 7of9 / Ar Ais Arís Takeover: Hannah Hession and Doubt
Pharmacia Upstairs / 9:00pm - 2:00am
Licehead - Shapeshifting, misanthropic experimental music with a strong visual element from the inimitable & most indelible Licehead.
pôt-pot - Smoky motorik psych sounds from Cork/Lisbon. Be-sun-spectacled album coming soon.
7of9 - Showstopping industrial-pop with sulphuric gore vocals. Catch Lizzie also with Dose on Saturday night, and Osaro in STARLING Sunday.
Hannah Hession and Doubt - Up... Galway???
Ar Ais Arís Takeover: Rob Rua and DJ Egg
Pharmacia Downstairs / 11:00pm - 2:00am
Rob Rua and DJ Egg - Galway-based club night takes over Limerick club for one illustrious night.
Saturday
Martian Subculture / Goldbug / Seamas Hyland / Womb
Mother Mac’s / 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Martian Subculture - Psychedelic lo-fi tunes and vintage synths from local vibe connoisseurs.
Goldbug - Sweeping strings, splashes of brass, dusty mellotrons, and hazy vocals of the bug variety.
Seamas Hyland - Waterford button-accordion maestro brings delightful traditional set-dancing tunes and intriguing original compositions.
Womb - Ethereal, wistful, emotive guitar-pop all the way from New Zealand. We are so grateful.
Aisling O'Riordan / Fleeting Devotion
Treaty City Brewery / 3:30pm - 8:30pm
Aisling O'Riordan - Aisling O'Riordan settles us into a sun-drenched Saturday with feel good pop tunes and general bangers. She invites you to have a laugh and have a dance with many 'omg I forgot I love this song' moments, guaranteed.
Fleeting Devotion - Kate Brady dishes out euphoric sounds to make old Nicholas St move. Remember to hydrate.
Michael Speers / Seth Frightening
Starling / 4:00pm and 7:00pm
Michael Speers (4:00pm) - Expect an innovative site-specific performance featuring sonic sculptures, percussion, electronics and feedback.
Seth Frightening (7:00pm) - New Zealand cult figure Seth Frightening brings his gothic folk songs to STARLING.
Emily Panter / Jean Pack and The Slay Babies / Secret Act
Catherine Street Party / 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Emily Panter - Highly anticipated debut show for Limerick legend Emily Panter and her band of legends. Dreamy, dark, distorted and decaying sounds. Let them wash over you. Remember They Love You.
Jean Pack and The Slay Babies - Pop n’ Roll has never shimmered so hard. Jean Pack and The Slay Babies perform a tragicomedy that is, in some capacity, glamorous.
Secret Act!! - You'll not want to miss this mystery act (especially if you like your guitar riffs loud and fast). Who could it be?
Jack Ward / VATICANJAIL / Fun Protestants
Wickham Way / 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Jack Ward - Dance-pop aplomb, a sparkling manifestation of queer melody and euphoric charm from the local, now Manchester-based superstar.
VATICANJAIL - The Chilean-born, Dublin-based artist invites her audience to enter a world of sonic magical realism with melodic piano/vocals and deep bass rhythms.
Fun Protestants - This Belfast duo's toasters may be firmly in the cupboard, but their techno-punk prod-core tunes are out of this world.
(SOLD OUT) Louise Gaffney / Joshua Burnside / Dose / Lila Tirando a Violeta / Baliboc
Pharmacia Downstairs / 8:00pm - 2:00am
Louise Gaffney - Dizzying soft vocals, delicate piano and warm analog sounds hailing from the wilds of West of Ireland.
Joshua Burnside - Songs like warm glowing golden orbs. A long-overdue Limerick gig for this singular songsmith and his three-piece band.
Dose - Dose are a Dublin-based four-piece whose immersive sound blends dream pop, post-punk, shoegaze, grunge, and synth-pop.
Lila Tirando a Violeta - From Uruguay and based in Waterford, Lila's music is a versatile and phantasmagorical blend of avant-garde, hard drum, and Latin-infused electronic sounds, and has been released on N.A.A.F.I and Hyperdub.
Baliboc - Discover joints you never knew you had with Baliboc's Irresistible polyrhythms, dancing their way into raucous experimental territory.
Godwin
Crew Brewing Co. / 9:00pm - 12:00am
Godwin - Put your dancing shoes on your feet and make your legs carry you to crew to see Godwin knock your socks off with the power of love and friendship (and a set full of Rap, afro, Dance and drum and bass).
Sunday
Autism Controller / Osaro
STARLING / 1:00pm and 4:00pm
Autism Controller (1:00pm) - Being Autism Controller is like being a waitress: you can learn to carry three plates at once, you can be good at talking to the customers, you can stay on top of your tables — but can you do it all at once?
Osaro (4:00pm) - An audiovisual artist exploring visceral, sensual, and poetic performance with guttural voice and infusions of West-African mythos. For ages 18+ only
Cathal MacGabhann (DJ Set) / Drua
Treaty City Brewery / 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Cathal MacGabhann (DJ Set) - Groovy and rocking all vinyl DJ set from the Altered Hours/Tan Jackets frontman.
Drua - Progressive house, techno, and trance numbers for an unhinged Sunday afternoon.
David Murphy & Ether Ensemble / Harry Gorski-Brown
Ormston House / 2:00pm - 4:00pm
David Murphy & Ether Ensemble - David and his ensemble soothe the Sunday heads with gorgeous pedal-steel-guitar renditions of Irish airs.
Harry Gorski-Brown - Harry is a Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist who explores traiditional Gàidhlig songs with sizeable pipe drones and electronics, among other things. Powerful.
Throwing Shapes / The Blue Bluets / Negro Impacto / Human Lanterns
Record Room @ The Commercial / 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Throwing Shapes - Recipe for dreamy textured magic: 1 x wire strung harp, some drums, synths, electronics, and 3 x master musicians.
The Blue Bluets - Blues on the colour Blue. Blue, Blue, Blue. You'll just have to find out about this theatrical performance won't you.
Negro Impacto - Dundalk icons Chi-chi and Laurence deal in soulful songs, painfully tasteful beats, and all-round good vibes.
Human Lanterns - Members of Hands Up Who Wants to Die?, The Jimmy Cake, Crowhammer and more, bring the melodic warbled noisy goodness in this new supergroup.
(SOLD OUT) Maria Somerville / Skinner / Zkellies / Little O
Pharmacia / 9:00pm - 2:00am
Maria Somerville - Shimmering shoegaze/dream-pop reflecting rich psychic Connemara landscapes.
Skinner - Electric no-wave dance-punk from Dublin — get ready to mooove.
Zkellies - Cracked techno from Andy Connolly (fka Naive Ted), Dan Walsh (Fixity) & Killian Barton (Bill Karnation) played live by hand and foot.
Little O - Globe-trotting and bangin beats via Dublin to see us out for Féile na Gréine 2025 :')
Food
It is going to be a busy weekend so make sure you take time to eat some of the delicious food that Limerick has to offer
Rift - Lunch
A fantastic cafe in the heart of the city, and a sponsor of this festival. Great food, great coffee, what else could you ask for?
Green Acres - Lunch
Grab a toastie in the middle of the bustling Milk Market, you can thank me later!
Klaud9 - Coffee
A cosy cafe on Thomas Street. Great coffee, great vibes
Wickham Way Market - Lunch
Great spot with lots of stalls with tacos, curries and veggie-friendly options
Chicken Hut - Fried Chicken
A Limerick staple, it would be criminal to omit Chicken Hut from this list. Don’t forget to try their gravy
Madam Mok - Chinese
Best 3 in 1 in town
Taikichi - Japanese
Great sushi, great ramen, great spot
Quick Pick (now called 24/7 Shop)
Limerick’s only 24-hour deli. Try the hash brown roll
Other things to do
Steamboat Records
A record store on Limerick's waterfront, a great spot to browse records and relax
Lucky Lane
A funky vintage store with clothes, books, comics and a surprising amount of occult matierals
Curiosity Shop
You'll leave with more questions than answers
Three Bridges Walk
A popular scenic walk along the River Shannon
People’s Park
Great spot to chill
Milk Market
Long-standing market with food, vintage shops and general oddities
Film Photography
Taking snaps during the weekend with that old Practika of yours? With the code FEILE15 you can get a 15% discount when you develop your film at PrintPoint
