Projects + Latest News
Music Generation Laois and Laois School of Music Annual Open Evening
Laois Music Centre, Church Ave, Portlaoise R32 Y074
Tuesday 27 August, 6-8pm
Free Admission, All Welcome
Youth Music Showcase
Old Fort Quarter Festival
1pm-4pm, Sunday 30 June, 2024, Laois Music Centre
Free Admission
Summer School of Rock and Pop 2024
Our Summer music programme offer young musicians the opportunity to further develop their music skills, be part of a band, perform, and make new friends!
Laois Le Chéile 2024
Part of Cruinniú na nÓg (June 15th), 1-4pm, Laois Music Centre, Church Ave., Portlaoise R32 Y074
MGL Community Choir
An exciting new initiative is starting soon, that will appeal to people of all ages and stages of life, who love to sing.
Music At the Malthouse
Music Generation Laois present, a weekend of concerts in Stradbally’s Malthouse venue.
Ty Music Week 11-15 March 2024 Laois Music Centre
Music Generation Laois’ annual TY Music Week will take place from the 11-15 March in Laois Music Centre.
Tionól Harp + Pipes 2023
Harp and uilleann pipes workshops and concerts with musicians from Music Generation programmes throughout Ireland and special guests.
November 3-5
Music Generation Laois @ Old Fort Quarter Festival
Music Generation Laois returns to the Old Fort Quarter Festival 2023 on Sunday 25 June with bands from Music Generation programmes in Offaly, Roscommon, Limerick, south Dublin, Waterford and Sligo, as well as home-grown Laois bands!
Summer Programmes 2023
Music Generation Laois Summer programmes include a Trad Summer School and a Summer School of Rock and Pop in late June/ July 2023.
These music programmes offer young musicians the opportunity to further develop their music skills, take part in concerts, and make new friends!
Laois Le Chéile – Laois Together, Cruinniú na nÓg 2023 Laois Music Centre, Portlaoise 1pm-4pm, Saturday 10 June 2023
FREE EVENTS for families including music, circus and art and crafts workshops and live performances will take place in Laois Music Centre to mark Cruinniú na nÓg 2023,
Bicycles, Boomerangs and Blue Macaws, The Malthouse, Stradbally, Co. Laois 1pm, Thursday 1 June, 2023
Premiere of 6 new songs composed by Lorna McLaughlin, Sarah Murphy and children from Cloneyhurke, Paddock and Rath National Schools.
Music At the Malthouse
Music Generation Laois present, a weekend of concerts in Stradbally’s Malthouse venue.
Community Concert Friday 31 March
We are delighted to announce details of our community concert in St. Peter and Paul’s Church, Portlaoise on Friday 31 March at 5pm, free admission. This special concert will feature our new Ukrainian Community Choir. This concert will also showcase many of the wonderful groups we work with across the community.
Weeklong TY Music Course
Booking is now open for our inaugural week-long music course for Transition Year Students.
Music Generation Laois, Laois Offaly Education and Training Board Further Education and Training Centre, and Laois Offaly Education and Training Board Creative Youth Partnership presents, a week-long music course for Transition Year Students, from the 27– 31 March 2023 in Laois Music Centre.
Music Generation Laois Launch New Children’s’ Song Project
Over the next 12 months, Music Generation Laois will work with primary school children from Cloneyhurke NS, Rath NS and Paddock NS to compose a series of original songs under an exciting new project supported by Creative Ireland Laois,
Laois School of Music 21st Birthday Celebrations 2022
Youth Music Gathering, Sunday 26 June 2022
Music Generation Laois, in partnership with The Old Fort Quarter Festival, presents a youth gathering for rock and pop bands from Music Generation programmes throughout Ireland as part of The Old Fort Quarter Festival 2022 on the grounds of Laois Music Centre on Sunday 26 June from 1.30pm – 4.30pm.
Laois + Franklin, Tennessee Music Celebration, Town Twinning 2022 18 and 19 June
Laois Le Chéile – Laois Together
‘Laois Le Chéile – Laois Together’ is an inaugural community arts festival on Saturday 11 June 2022 from 1pm-4pm on the grounds of Laois Music Centre, Portlaoise and invites all Laois communities, new and existing to acknowledge our diversity through creativity and culture.
re:CENTRING Laois comes to Fitzmaurice Place, Portlaoise on Sunday 29 May
Celebrating the return of audiences to the arts, Dunamaise Arts Centre is proud to present the finale of re:CENTRING Laois, funded by the Arts Council’s Faoin Spéir/In the Open initiative in collaboration with Music Generation Laois and Laois County Council, on Sunday 29 May from 1pm-5pm.
Trad Summer School 2022
30 June, 1 July, 2 July
Age 8 upwards. Annual Trad Summer School in Flute, Concertina, Harp, Uilleann Pipes, Bodhrán and Harp.
Summer School of Rock and Pop
27 June – 8 July 2022
Age 10-18. Develop confidence and make friends in this unique Summer programme for young rock and pop musicians
Music at the Malt House 2022
Two days of music in the beautifully converted Malt House on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 May
Laois Festival of Flight presents:
‘The Impossible Dream’, Saturday 9 April, 3pm St Peter’s Church of Ireland, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
FREE CONCERT 3pm, Sunday 20 February, Mountmellick Community Arts Centre
re: CENTRING Mountmellick: Martin Tourish, Triona Marshall, MG Laois Trad Orchestra, The Harpettes
Free Live Music
Across Laois
Dec.2021
Cruinniú na nÓg 2021
Music Generation Laois presents a series of body percussion workshops on 10, 11, 12 June for Cruinniú na nÓg 2021
Summer School of Rock and Pop 5-16 July 2021
Music Generation Laois’ annual Summer School of Rock and Pop takes place across 2 weeks in Laois Music Centre
Music-Rich Schools 2021
Our Music-rich Schools project targets DEIS Schools in Laois to ensure every child in these schools has access to performance music education.
Musical Memories 2021
Musical Memories and Ukulele Ceilí are intergenerational music projects in Music Generation Laois and Music Generation Offaly Westmeath.
Impossible Dream
Music Generation Laois have produced a short video to document ‘The Impossible Dream’ project.
