Festival of sacred music to showcase diverse choirs

THE much-anticipated 2025 annual Limerick Choral Festival of Sacred Music featuring renowned baroque singers and various choirs will take place later this month in Limerick city.

Esteemed adjudicators for the weekend event will be Blánaid Murphy and Dr Gareth Cox.
The highlight of this year’s festival is the opening concert on Friday, February 28, at 7.30pm in St Joseph’s Church, O'Connell Avenue.

The acclaimed Galway Baroque Singers, under the direction of Peter Mannion, will join forces with the Limerick Chamber Choir, led by Máire Keary Scanlon, for an unforgettable evening of choral excellence.

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Doors open at 7pm with free admission and a retiring collection at the end of the performance.
Among the Limerick choirs taking part will be the Limerick Educate Together NS Choir, Cór Scoil Gaelscoil an Ráithín, John F. Kennedy Memorial School Choir and Milford National School Choir.

Augmented by choirs from Clare, Galway, Westmeath, Waterford, Offaly, Dublin, Cork, and Tipperary, a total contingent of over 30 choirs will make up this year’s event - performing a variety of choral pieces ranging from church/sacred music, gospel to early music and various contemporary compositions of all types.

Dr Michael O’Brien, President of Limerick Choral Festival Society has expressed his deep appreciation to all those who have actively supported this year’s event. All competitions and associated events over the festival weekend are open to the public, with the wonderful singing commencing at 11am on Saturday, February 28 at Mt St Alphonsus Church.

For more information see Limerick Choral Festival on Facebook.