IAYO Festival of Youth Orchestras Participating Orchestras Announced

We are delighted that the 2025 Festival of Youth Orchestras will take place on Saturday, 8 February 2025 in the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

We are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras’ 28th Festival of Youth Orchestras! There will be two performances on the day, one at 1.00pm and the second at 7.30pm.

Tickets are on sale now from the National Concert Hall. 

The 2025 participating orchestras are:

  • Cork ETB Junior Orchestra
  • St Louis Orchestra
  • The County Tipperary Ryan Youth Orchestra
  • Athenry Youth Orchestra and Voices of Athenry Project Choir
  • Limerick School of Music Senior Orchestra
  • Julianstown Youth Orchestra
  • Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra
  • Irish Youth Wind Ensemble

The 2025 programme features iconic works such as Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite and Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King, music from the screen including Mission Impossible and Pirates of the Caribbean, pop and rock anthems including music by the Cranberries and U2, original compositions and world premieres from Irish composers and much more!