New Music Dublin

New Music Dublin returns from 15–19 April 2026, presenting a wide-ranging programme of Irish and International contemporary music performances at the National Concert Hall, Project Arts Centre and Windmill QTR.

As Ireland’s leading contemporary music festival, every spring since 2013 New Music Dublin has played a key role in growing the global profile of Irish new music. The 2026 edition celebrates this with a particular international focus alongside an established commitment to Irish composers, ensembles and performers. Across five days of events, artists from Canada, Germany, Belgium, UK, USA and Japan perform both international new music and also music from across the island of Ireland.

Festival Director John Harris comments:
“New Music Dublin has always presented the best of Irish new music to an international audience - and the best of international work to an Irish audience. This year’s programme in particular celebrates this by bringing together outstanding artists from Ireland, Europe and North America, all working across a wide range of approaches from orchestral works to exploratory experimental performances. What has always connected everyone in the festival is a shared curiosity about sound, about listening, and about how and why music is being made now.”