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New Music Dublin

New Music Dublin is Ireland’s foremost contemporary music festival, taking place in Spring each year within the National Concert Hall and other venues throughout Dublin

New Music Dublin 2025 takes place from Wednesday 2nd to Sunday 6th April at the National Concert Hall and various venues in Dublin City. 

Festival Director John Harris says

With explorations of Javanese Gamelan alongside Uilleann Pipes, new music for the cosmos at Dunsink Observatory, sonic sculptures, free improvisation in complete darkness in a disused fridge, and compositions shaped by environmental recordings - and far far more besides - the music at this festival cheerfully resists any attempt at easy categorisation. It is, as always, a testament to the glorious unexpectedness and creativity of new music-making on this island and beyond.

25 events from Wednesday to Sunday - every single one its own, splendid, unique thing. Come and join us! 

Browse the events below or visit the New Music Dublin website for more details

All Events in New Music Dublin 2025

NMD25: NOCTURNE

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: NOCTURNE

Wednesday 2 Apr 2025 7:00PM

NMD25: Berginald presents Bombast!

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Berginald presents Bombast!

Thursday 3 Apr 2025 1:30PM

NMD25: BlackGate

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: BlackGate

Thursday 3 Apr 2025 6:00PM

NMD25: Blood of a Poet

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Blood of a Poet

Thursday 3 Apr 2025 7:30PM

NMD25: BAN BAM New Works Premiere

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: BAN BAM New Works Premiere

Thursday 3 Apr 2025 9:30PM

NMD25: Córas Trio

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Córas Trio

Thursday 3 Apr 2025 11:00PM

NMD25: Power Play

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Power Play

Friday 4 Apr 2025 1:00PM

NMD25: You Heard it First

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: You Heard it First

Friday 4 Apr 2025 2:30PM

NMD25: Dublin Fixations

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Dublin Fixations

Friday 4 Apr 2025 4:30PM

NMD25: NSO - Arvo Pärt, John Buckley, Unsuk Chin

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: NSO - Arvo Pärt, John Buckley, Unsuk Chin

Friday 4 Apr 2025 7:30PM

NMD25: All Earth Once Drowned

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: All Earth Once Drowned

Friday 4 Apr 2025 9:30PM

NMD25: In The Dark

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: In The Dark

Friday 4 Apr 2025 11:00PM

NMD25: Uilleann Pipes, Cello and Gamelan

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Uilleann Pipes, Cello and Gamelan

Saturday 5 Apr 2025 10:30AM

NMD25: The Totally Made Up Orchestra

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: The Totally Made Up Orchestra

Saturday 5 Apr 2025 1:00PM

NMD25: Agency

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Agency

Saturday 5 Apr 2025 2:00PM

NMD25: Refracting Light

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Refracting Light

Saturday 5 Apr 2025 4:30PM

NMD25: The Blue Shroud

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: The Blue Shroud

Saturday 5 Apr 2025 9:00PM

NMD25: Legato

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Legato

Sunday 6 Apr 2025 11:00AM

NMD25: a world in itself

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: a world in itself

Sunday 6 Apr 2025 2:00PM

NMD25: Evlana Ensemble: 'A Memory'

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Evlana Ensemble: 'A Memory'

Sunday 6 Apr 2025 5:30PM

NMD25: Blue Haze of Deep Time (LIVE)

Contemporary Classical

NMD25: Blue Haze of Deep Time (LIVE)

Sunday 6 Apr 2025 9:15PM