Limerick City - Just RockingThe Gig Venues that Rock the City!

Limerick City proudly stands beside any city in Ireland when it comes to live music and the venues to cater for it. At any time, you can find the smallest local act to the biggest international one, stepping on to a Limerick stage.
Currently operating as the biggest venue in the city, the University Concert Hall (UCH), Castletroy, Limerick, is a superb venue, fully seated and catering for over a thousand people. With top quality sound, lighting and staging, it’s the perfect venue for an early evening concert. Concerts here range from performances by the internationally acclaimed Irish Chamber Orchestra, resident in UCH, to various opera and theatre, and performances from first class Irish and international bands, solo artists and comedians, catering for all generations.
More details on the venue, upcoming shows and ticket booking are available on their website, www.uch.ie.

The Millennium Theatre at the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is a magnificant 350-seat theatre. It is Limerick’s newest, intimate and magnificent venue. It hosts concerts, drama and musical events. University Concert Hall manage the 350 seat Millennium Theatre on behalf of LIT. www.litmt.ie

Another prominent venue in the city is Dolan’s Warehouse, Dock Road, Limerick. Established for over ten years, it has become Limerick’s answer to Whelan’s in Dublin and is synonymous with quality music. Dolan’s, as a complete venue, combines a traditional Irish pub with live music every night, a restaurant, and a very cosy outdoor smoking section. The Warehouse itself is a 400-capacity, custom-built venue catering for live music of all grades, along with comedy and club nights. The Warehouse is the place that you can catch the acts that will be playing the University Concert Hall in years to come. Take the opportunity to see them in this excellent, more intimate venue during your visit to the city.
Also newly added to the Dolan’s complex is a smaller venue, simply called Upstairs @ Dolan’s, where you can catch the acts before they even graduate to The Warehouse! Again, for current listings or more details, log onto their website at www.dolanspub.com.

Trinity Rooms, The Granary, Michael Street, Limerick, is a multi purpose venue in the city, which also features regular live music with high profile Irish and international acts. Primarily a city nightclub, it was developed to include an excellent, 600-capacity live music facility, and has welcomed acts the calibre of The Wailers, Moloko, Ash and Zero 7 since it’s launch. Covering mainly rock, reggae and jazz acts, younger audience, and also features the Greenroom in it’s complex, which caters for up and coming acts, both local and national. Log onto www.trinityrooms.ie for up to date listings and contact & booking information.

The Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O'Connell Street, Limerick, is another venue worth a visit. While mainly catering, as its name would suggest, for the citys arts community (shows are also well worth checking!), the venue regularly features live music of all grades. A 250-capacity seated theatre, their website is the place to go for current listings. While youre in the city, you could also pay a visit to the Belltables excellent movie series, which runs for 13-week periods twice a year and features some of the best international cinema being released today or yesterday! Again, tune into to their website for up-to-date details. Their website is www.belltable.ie

There are many small venues around the city which feature both local and national acts on the smaller end of the live music scale. Examples of these would be
Mojo, 15 Patrick Street,
Riddlers Pub, 9 Sarsfield Street
The Precinct, Bakers Place, Tait Square
The Globe, 43 - 45 Cecil Street
The Bank, 63 O Connell Street
Clohessys Bar, Howleys Quay
Smyths, Cornmarket Square, High Street

If you time your visit right, you will arrive in the city during one of the many festivals that run in the region, particularly over the summer. At these times, you can find live music at Limerick Racecourse, Patrickswell, Co Limerick, or at King Johns Castle, King's Island, Limerick, in the City’s mediaeval precinct. Limerick Racecourse programmes a summer racing season featuring top quality racing moving into top quality live entertainment in the evening. Details on these events can be found at www.limerick-racecourse.com

King Johns Castle is one of Limerick’s primary tourist attractions, given its 800-year history, painstaking re-construction and excellent tours once inside. During the summer however, it opens its doors as a stunning 2,000 capacity venue, welcoming major acts for outdoor concerts with a gorgeous backdrop. These concerts have proved to be the highlight of the summer for many within the city, combining the outdoor festival feels with a more intimate event than normally possible at such concerts, given the venue capacity and its aesthetics. All local press and websites will carry full information closer to these events. www.ShannonHeritage.com.

If its DJs you're looking forTrinity Rooms and Dolans Warehouse are again worth checking out (details above), as both feature guests at various times over the year. Again, visiting their websites will fill you in on the full details. You’ll also find records playing in smaller venues around the city like Mickey Martins, Augustinian Lane, Thomas Street; Daffys, Upr Catherine Street, and Mojo, 15 Patrick Street.
One of the city’s best kept secrets is the Wicked Chicken, Dominic Street, Tate Square, a tiny little place featuring some of the countrys best DJs playing house, soul, funk, hip-hop and anything that makes it a party.

So, in short, Limerick is alive if you're looking for live music and entertainment.