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Step Into Christmas

Back for 2026, bigger and better, your Christmas starts here!

Get ready to Step Into Christmas once again for the most magical, feel-good show of the year! After a sensational run, we’re back – bigger, brighter, and more festive than ever before. This spectacular Christmas concert is the ultimate way to kickstart your festive celebrations, guaranteed to fill your heart with holiday cheer and have you singing along from start to finish.

Packed with all your favourite Christmas classics, the show brings the spirit of the season to life with dazzling performances, stunning festive visuals, and a sensational live band. From heart warming ballads to upbeat festive anthems, it’s the perfect playlist for your Christmas celebrations.

Whether you’re starting a new festive tradition or keeping the magic alive, Step Into Christmas is the ultimate feel-good Christmas spectacular.

Special Effects : Please note that Strobe lighting may be used during this performance. If you have a history of seizures or are concerned about the potential effects of flashing lights, please contact the Box Office before booking to get further clarity on 061 331 549 / support@uch.ie

Disclaimer :University Concert Hall is a fully seated venue. However, please be advised that some performers may encourage audience participation, such as standing, dancing, or clapping. While this can enhance the live experience, it may impact sightlines for other patrons. Audience participation is at the discretion of the performers and is beyond the control of UCH.

Taylor Swift Eras Tribute

TAYLORMANIA is an award-winning extravaganza, celebrating the music and magic of one of the most influential contemporary recording artists of our time, Taylor Swift. 

Led by Katy Ellis, a lifelong Swiftie whose passion shines through every moment of the show, and backed by an incredible live band and dancers, this spectacular production delivers the most authentic recreation of a Taylor Swift concert you will ever see.

Now featuring music from The Life of a Showgirl, the show introduces stunning new costumes and electrifying performances of fan favourites The Fate of Ophelia and Opalite, adding a bold new era to an already breath taking live set.

Each era is brought to life with meticulously recreated replica costumes, capturing the look, feel, and excitement of Taylor’s iconic tours and immersing audiences fully in the concert experience.

Having taken Swiftie fans across the world by storm, TAYLORMANIA celebrates not only the chart-topping hits but also beloved deep cuts, alongside hits including Shake It Off, Blank Space, Love Story, You Belong with Me, Look What You Made Me Do, I Knew You Were Trouble, and many more.

A dazzling celebration of music, performance, and fandom, created by fans for fans, this is a show not to be missed.

TAYLORMANIA is coming to a theatre near you.

Suitable for All Ages and U16's must be accompanied by an Adult.

The Drifters

The Drifters are back on tour performing all their classic hits, including ‘Saturday Night at the Movies', ‘You’re More Than A Number,’ ‘Come on Over to My Place’, ‘Under the Boardwalk’, ‘Kissin’ In The Back Row’ and many more!

The legendary group have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, performed for the President of the United States and listed among the Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine.

Under the guidance of Tina Treadwell (daughter of the group’s original founders, George & Faye Treadwell) The Drifters have enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in recent years with multiple successful UK and Irish tours including headline shows in major arenas and, most notably, the world famous Royal Albert Hall in London for the first ever time in the group’s glittering career. “I am thrilled with the success of our recent UK tours and we invite you all to join us in continuing to celebrate this incredible and everlasting story of The Drifters.” Said Tina, speaking about the tour.

Concessions available via phone or in-person at the Box Office.

My Leonard Cohen

For the very first time on the UCH Limerick stage Stewart D’Arrietta and his band will bring his rousing celebration of the late legendary Cohen’s best loved Music, Poetry and Stories to life right before your very eyes.

World class musicians offer gutsy and imaginative arrangements of the great singer-songwriter’s most powerful works , driven by D’Arrietta’s raw vocals. This is Cohen’s music as you’ve never heard it before.

The Classic Tower of Song, sensual I’m Your Man, and anthemic Hallelujah, are just a few of the Cohen Favourites given the D’Arrietta treatment. New Songs for 2025/26 include the heartrending Inmy Secret Life ,Kaleidoscopic Closing Time and menacing The Future.

D’Arrietta has enjoyed a long career as a performer ,composer and music director , performing in venues across the globe from New York to Tokyo. D’Arrietta on piano is joined by a Live band of celebrated International musicians.

He is the full package both as musician and entertainer –Daily Telegraph

Surpasses Mere Imitation – Adelaide Advertiser

Not to be Missed – Daily Business Post.

Concessions available via phone or in-person at the box office

Peter Andre in The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Starring Peter Andre, The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is a spectacular high-pitched celebration of timeless music from one of the biggest selling groups of all time. This nostalgic musical journey pays tribute to the life and career of those four boys from Jersey, who started singing under a streetlamp but soon went on to become one of the most recognised groups in history.

From the streets of New Jersey to the dizzying heights of the West End and Broadway, this incredible music has delighted audiences for over five decades, The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons features all your favourite songs including Sherry, My Eyes Adored You, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You and many more.

Featuring a supporting cast of incredible performers from smash-hit award winning West End musicals, The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will leave you on a ‘high’ and guarantee you’ll be saying ‘Oh, What A Night!

150 MILLION RECORDS SOLD
20 TOP TEN HITS
8 NUMBER ONES
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

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Onoir Brotherhood Tour 2026

Donegal-based vocal group Onóir are a modern Irish folk quartet, who sing harmony-focused songs and musical arrangements. The band has over 175,000 followers across all social platforms and has been continuously on tour with their sell-out theatre show since March of2023 with over 35,000 people having experienced the show. Onóir continue to sell out venues in record time as their impassioned audiences are taken on a musical odyssey.

Formed in August of 2020, when four Donegal musicians; Tom McHugh, Declan Gaughan, Deane Connaghan, and Diarmaid McGee, joined forces to create a contemporary version of the famous Irish folk ballad; “The Auld Triangle”, the music video for which went on to be seen by over 3.5 million people worldwide.

Onóir’s new “Brotherhood” Tour takes the latest evolution of their theatre show all across Ireland, The UK, Scotland, Europe, and The USA throughout 2026. This is a show that is not to be missed and a night that you will remember for a long, long time to come.

Rising Stars 2026

University Concert Hall is delighted to continue its Rising Stars Concert series, which was first established in 2016 to bring young, talented classical artists to new audiences. It gives us great pleasure to work with leading institutions to present truly gifted musicians and singers, all of whom will perform programmes of their own choosing.

This year’s concert will feature:

Kseniia Yershova (Violin)

Bloch – Nigun (Improvisation) No. 2 from Baal Shem
Dvořák – 4 Romantic pieces, Op.75: No.1, Allegro Moderato
Zarzycki – Mazurka No.1 in G major, Op. 26

Kseniia is a graduate of the Stolyarsky Special Music School in Odesa, currently studying in the Bachelor of Music programme at MTU Cork School of Music. She received the Jane Carty Memorial Prize at the Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year 2025, and won the Advanced Recital and Concerto Competitions at MTU CSM.

Ciara Smith (Soprano)

Mozart – Padre, Germani, addio! (Idomeneo)
Coates – Bird Songs at Eventide
Fauré – Fleur jetée, Op. 39: No. 2
Mozart – Ach ich fühls (Die Zauberflöte)
Dove – Tiara aria (The Enchanted Pig)

Ciara is currently undertaking a Masters degree in Performance at TU Dublin Conservatoire. She was a soloist in the National Concert Hall’s Another Lunchtime at the Operaseries, and performed in Bizet’s Carmen as part of Dublin City Council’s Opera in the Open.

Sulamita Pyvovar (Piano)

J.S.Bach – English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: 1. Prelude
Liszt – Transcendental Études, S. 139: No. 2, 3

Sulamita is a student of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, following initial studies at the Lviv National Music Academy in Ukraine. She has been awarded the Lucien and Maura Teissier Scholarship, and won the Hibernian Orchestra Concerto Competition, and the Maura Dowdall Award.

Paulo Alonso (Viola)

Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet:
The Street Awakens
Juliet as a Young Girl
Balcony Scene
Death of Juliet

Paulo is currently studying the MA in Classical String Performance at the University of Limerick with Irish Chamber Orchestra. He has performed with the Ulster Orchestra, Irish National Opera, and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and as principal viola in the National Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay.

Laura Aherne (Soprano)

Gounod – Air des bijoux (Ah ! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir) (Faust)
Liszt – Oh quand je dors, S. 282
Quilter – Love's Philosophy, Op. 3, No. 1
Puccini – Signore, ascolta! (Turandot)

Laura is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and an Irish National Opera Studio Artist. Her awards have included the Canto al Serchio Award at the Birr Fes􀀠val of Music, and the Brackaville Bursary for Vocal Students by Irish Heritage UK.

Presenter: Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric fm

Nathan Carter & Band Live

Nathan Carter is a talented singer, songwriter and performer known for his captivating blend of country, folk and pop music.

Born in Liverpool and now residing in Northern Ireland, Nathan effortlessly blends the heart of traditional country with a modern twist, creating a sound that resonates across generations.

With hits like ‘Wagon Wheel’ and ‘Gentle on My Mind’ his smooth captivating voice and charismatic stage presence have won him a loyal fanbase and made him a household name in Ireland and the UK.

Whether performing to packed arenas or intimate audiences , Nathan’s infectious energy and musical talent never fail to leave a lasting impression.

With each new release, he continues to push boundaries and solidify his place as one of the most exciting names in Irish music today.

Over the years, Nathan has become a prominent figure in the Irish country music scene, and his albums continue to garner commercial success.

Mary Black – The Slán Tour

“I’ve been thinking long and hard about retiring and have finally decided that the time has come for me to step away from life on the road… this next Irish tour will be my last: *The Slán Tour*.

It’s been an incredible journey over the past 45+ years , full of highs, some challenges, and many unforgettable moments. While it’s not easy to say goodbye, I know the time is right to close this chapter.

To everyone who has supported and followed me down through the years, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I also owe a huge debt of gratitude to my loyal band: Bill Shanley, Pat Crowley, Richie Buckley, Nick Scott and Liam Bradley, whose amazing talents and friendship enriched my touring life.

With these great musicians by my side again, I intend to make this final tour very special and one to remember!

Hope you’ll join us for this last farewell.

Love,

Mary X”

Mulholland Drive

UCH CINEMA –CULT CLASSICS SEASON

After a brutal car accident, Rita is the sole survivor but suffers amnesia. Wandering into a stranger’s apartment downtown, her story strangely intertwines with Betty, a perky young woman in search of fame. Betty is intrigued by Rita's situation and puts aside her dreams to help Rita investigate this mystery. The two women soon discover that nothing is as it seems in the city of dreams.

David Lynch’s iconic, surreal masterpiece explores themes of identity, dreams, and the dark side of Hollywood.

Directed by David Lynch. Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, and Robert Forster.

2001.Cert:15A

To book wheelchair, companion or accessible seating, please contact our Box Office on 061 331549.

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