What to do in Limerick this week

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Oct 23

  John McCarthy's Circus Bar Exhibition

  Limerick Museum · Old Franciscan Friary

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 31

  Specimens of Change: An Exhibition of Limerick Museum’s Natural History Collections

  Limerick Museum · Old Franciscan Friary

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Nov 8

  Cuimhniodh (remembered), David Lilburn and Jim Savage

  Limerick City Gallery of Art · People's Park

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Oct 31

  Shaping Time 3: An Exhibition by Limerick Ceramic Artists Curated by Maurice Quillinan

  Limerick Museum · Old Franciscan Friary

  • Visual arts

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Brake Loose

  Record Room · Prior's-Land

  • Music

• Comedy

  7:30 PM

  Paddy McDonnell (comedy)

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Comedy

• Comedy

  8 PM

  Jack Dee: Jack's Joke Show

  Lime Tree Theatre · Mary Immaculate College campus

  • Comedy

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  TASTE OF SAMHAIN

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Coulrophobia

  Pharmacia · City centre

  • Music
  • Nights out

  Tickets ↗

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Candlelight: Long Live the Rock Legends

  St Mary's Cathedral · King's Island

  • Music
  • Rock

• Music

  8 PM

  Rónán O'Snodaigh & Myles O'Reilly

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music

• Music

  8 PM

  Sadhbh Keane agus na realta

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music

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• Theatre

  8 PM

  The Cable

  Belltable · City centre

  • Theatre

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  The Johnny Fean Rhythm & Blues Festival

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music
  • Blues

• Comedy

  8 PM

  Under Construction 2026 with Jarlath Regan

  Lime Tree Theatre · Mary Immaculate College campus

  • Comedy

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  9 PM

  Candlelight: Tribute to Leonard Cohen

  St Mary's Cathedral · King's Island

  • Music

• Music

  9 PM

  Driven Snow

  The Commercial · Prior's-Land

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Driven Snow live at the Record Room

  Record Room · Prior's-Land

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Saturday, October 24, 2026

• Other

  until Oct 31

  Shadows of Samhain Halloween

  Hunt Museum · Custom House

• Literature

  7:30 PM

  An Evening with John Creedon in conversation with Miriam O'Callaghan

  University Concert Hall · Castletroy

  • Literature

  20 €–38 € Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  A Puccini Aria Celebration: A Night of Passion, Beauty and History

  Lime Tree Theatre · Mary Immaculate College campus

  • Music
  • Opera

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  BEOGA + special guests Annika Kilkenny, Lucia & Maria

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music

• Music

  8 PM

  Paddy Casey

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music

Sunday, October 25, 2026

• Music

  1 PM

  The Siege MMXXVI

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music

• Comedy

  7:30 PM

  Richard Ayoade: Afterthoughts

  University Concert Hall · Castletroy

  • Comedy

  36.50 €–53 € Tickets ↗

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Literature

  11 PM

  Midnight Opening For The Launch of A Court of Splintered Harmony

  O'Mahony's Booksellers · O'Connell Street

  • Literature

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Comedy

  7:30 PM

  Georgie Carroll (Comedy)

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Comedy

• Music

  8 PM

  Margaret Glaspy

  Dolan's · Dock Road

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Retrograde: STROBE

  Pharmacia · City centre

  • Music
  • Nights out

  Tickets ↗

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