Late Night Concerts 2025

For the first time, there will be three late night performances at this year’s festival! These events will cover a diverse range of genres and performance styles.

Friday 30th of May

10.00PM - 11.00pm: ST. FLANNAN’S CATHEDRAL, Killaloe

LATE NIGHT CONCERT - Tavener’s Towards Silence with four string quartets & Tibetan Bowl

A unique musical experience in which the audience is surrounded by four string quartets, with light effects enhancing the ethereal quality of the music of John Tavener.

Ilona Adams (viola), Jeannette Bogado (violin), Mia Cooper (violin), Diane Daly (violin), Lisa Dowdall (viola), Kate Ellis (cello), Donald Grant (violin), Séamus Hickey (viola), Lucia Murphy (violin), Alina Obreja (cello), Ellen O'Connell (violin), Hannah O'Shea (violin), Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin), Peggy Nolan (cello), Anna Varga (cello), Kseniia Yershova (violin)

Conducted by Maire Keary, with Boris Hunka on Large Tibetan Bowl

11.00PM - liam o’riain’s pub, ballina

LATE NIGHT JAM SESSION

Cross the river for the monthly music session, sustained by local musicians for over twenty years.

Saturday 31st of May

10.00pm - 11.00pm: ST. FLANNAN’S CATHEDRAL, Killaloe

LATE NIGHT CONCERT - Camille O’Sullivan

‘Decades of Divas’ - One of Ireland’s most exciting performers comes to Killaloe for the first time. Camille performs alongside long-term musical partner Feargal Murray and a world-class ensemble of festival artists for a special concert celebrating iconic female singers from the past century.   

Sunday 1st of June

10.00Pm - 11.00pm: ST. FLANNAN’S CATHEDRAL, Killaloe

LATE NIGHT CONCERT - Karan Casey and Festival Friends

One of Ireland’s most celebrated folk artists on the international stage, Karan Casey comes to the Killaloe Music Festival for the first time to perform a range of Irish, folk, classical and jazz traditions.