Pillow Queens & Friends - 18th March

Dates
  • Sat 18 Mar
  • Times
    6:30 pm
    Ages
    Over 18s
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    Pillow Queens & Friends - 18th March

    In a unique collaboration, St. Patrick’s Festival have invited Pillow Queens to curate an evening that celebrates the best of new Irish music across four stages on the Festival Quarter site, before they take to the main stage and bring it home with a set that is sure to thrill audiences in a true celebration of Irish culture.  

    The evening will see the iconic site transformed into a unique urban Festival from 6.30pm with 12 live music acts including Katie Kim, Melts, Sprints and Gurriers across 4 stages, live DJs, the best in Irish food and drinks, art installations, pop-up performances and much more. 

    Irish international sensations, Pillow Queens, will be taking over Festival Quarter at the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History at Collins Barracks on Saturday 18th March 2023. In a unique collaboration, St. Patrick’s Festival have invited Pillow Queens to curate an evening that celebrates the best of new Irish music across four stages on the Festival Quarter site, before they take to the main stage and bring it home with a set that is sure to thrill audiences in a true celebration of Irish culture.

    Marking the return of the hugely popular Festival Quarter in the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History at Collins Barracks, the evening will see the iconic site transformed into a unique urban Festival from 6.30pm with 12 live music acts across 4 stages, live DJs, the best in Irish food and drinks, art installations, pop-up performances and much more.

    Headliners and curators-in-chief on the night of Saturday 18th March are Dublin based 4-piece indie rock band Pillow Queens, comprising Pamela Connolly, Sarah Corcoran, Cathy McGuinness, and Rachel Lyons. Their first album, 2020’s ‘In Waiting’ was a phenomenal success, earning the band global praise and culminating in a US national television appearance on the Late Late Show with James Corden. In 2022, the band released their sophomore record ‘Leave The Light On’, played two sold out Vicar Street shows and performed to crowds of thousands across North America and Europe. With a wealth of knowledge of the music scene both in Ireland and abroad and as highly regarded tastemakers in the industry, Pillow Queens will lend their talents and expertise to curating the musical offerings at Festival Quarter on the night of Saturday 18th March 2023. 

    Gurriers

    Tent Mór @ Festival Quarter

    7:30pm  

    Megan O'Neill

    Clarke Square Bandstand @ Festival Quarter

    8:10pm  

    Katie Kim

    Mainstage @ Festival Quarter

    8:15pm  

    Melts

    Tent Mór @ Festival Quarter

    8:30pm  

    Basht.

    Tent Beag @ Festival Quarter

    8:30pm  

    Pillow Queens

    Mainstage @ Festival Quarter

    9:30pm  

    Sprints

    Tent Mór @ Festival Quarter

    9:30pm  

    Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra

    Tent Beag @ Festival Quarter

    9:30pm  

    Really Good Time

    Clarke Square Bandstand @ Festival Quarter

    7:15pm  

    Cat Dowling

    Mainstage @ Festival Quarter

    7:20pm  

    girlfriend.

    Tent Beag @ Festival Quarter

    7:30pm  

    Homebeat DJs

    Clarke Square Bandstand @ Festival Quarter

    9pm  

    KhakiKid - RTÉ 2FM Rising Act

    Mainstage @ Festival Quarter

    6:30pm  

    Winnie Ama - RTÉ 2FM Rising Act

    Tent Mór @ Festival Quarter

    6:30pm  

    Aonair - RTÉ 2FM Rising Act

    Tent Beag @ Festival Quarter

    6:30pm  

    Sweetlemondae - RTÉ 2FM Rising Act

    Clarke Square Bandstand @ Festival Quarter

    6:30pm