More than just returning, Féile Na Gréine is set to roar back into Limerick next month with a line-up and programme that further cements its place as one of Ireland’s most vital DIY institutions.
Running from August 15th-17th, the 2025 edition will once again transform the city into a three-day trail of underground sounds, communal energy and fiercely independent spirit. From art spaces and craft breweries to churches and alleyways, the festival’s city-spanning approach remains as refreshingly unorthodox, and beautifully rooted, as ever.
This year’s line-up underscores the festival’s boundary-pushing ethos: from the Connemara-inspired shoegaze of Maria Somerville and the storytelling folk of Joshua Burnside, to the dreamy textures of New Zealand trio Womb and the live techno of Zkellies, the new collaborative project by Andy Connolly (FKA Naive Ted), Dan Walsh and Bill Karnation.
Féile has never just been about gigs. It’s about worlds colliding in meaningful, often unexpected ways. Opening this year’s festival is a performance of NEST by acclaimed composer Amanda Feery at the Redemptorist Church. A meditation on home, language, and belonging, the piece responds to Éamon de Valera’s 1943 speech On Language and the Irish Nation, offering a powerful cultural provocation to launch the weekend.
Elsewhere, there’s Licehead, Negro Impacto, pôt-pot, 7of9, and STARLING returns with a bold new programme featuring Michael Speers, Seth Frightening, Autism Controller and Osaro, artists who operate across the borders of music, performance art, experimental theatre and beyond. Ormston House, a long-standing Féile site, will also host electroacoustic composer Harry Gorski-Brown, as well as David Murphy & the Ether Ensemble.
With over 30 events across 9 venues, this year’s edition is another love letter to what Féile do best than most: curating electrifying, genre-agnostic experiences that champion Irish underground music while building grassroots connection and cultural solidarity. It’s a festival run by musicians, designers, photographers and creative heads who continue to turn vision into action, and Limerick into one of the most exciting DIY cities in Europe.
Check out the full line-up below and updates here – and plan your pilgrimage.
Photo by Izabela Szczutkowska
