Limerick artists come together for epic festival of music, conversation and art

MUSIC, conversations and free events have all been announced for a stellar line-up for the All we Have are Days festival over the February bank holiday weekend. 

The festival sees more than 50 events across churches, museums, cultural spaces, sessions and secret gigs.

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All we Have are Days is being run in partnership with Guinness, Limerick City and County Council Mayoral Fund, Bus Éireann, Absolute Hotel and Film in Limerick. 

Mayor of Limerick, John Moran said: “The mayoral fund was set up to champion ideas with the potential to shape Limerick's future, so it's fitting that it supported All we Have are Days from the start and continues to do so in its second year.

“What this festival achieves in bringing artists, audiences and returning creatives together across Limerick, shows how strong the impact can be when good ideas are given room to grow.”

Denise Chaila will open the festival on Friday, January 30 with her first headline gig in more than four years at No 2 Pery Square.

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody will perform  and be in conversation with UL's Dr Jennifer McMahon  in the historic setting of 200-year-old John's Church on Saturday, January 31. 

On Saturday afternoon, Days x London Irish Centre converge on the People's Museum for conversations about culture and connection with Avreene, multi-award winning BBC podcast commissioner Dylan Haskins, and Irish-born barber Leah Hayden Cassidy, the founder of East London salon Croí. 

The olllam have also just been announced for a slot and they play a 6pm show at Limerick’s Theatre Royal on Bank Holiday Monday, February 2.

The event will be hosted by Sinéad Gleeson and will cover conversations about how challenging it is to make art and the central role of festivals like this in bringing the work of artists to new and wider audiences. 

Limerick playwright and performer Joanne Ryan will also feature.

Limerick sign writer Tom Collins and Fergal Lawler will come together on Bank Holiday Monday for a conversation on life, work, friendship and music. 

There will be events on in pubs and venues across the city from the Friday until the Monday of the February Bank Holiday weekend with some secret sessions. 

The festival programme and tickets are available at allwehavearedays.com with more announcements to follow. Individual show tickets are priced from €12.50 to €38.50, while many events across the weekend are free.