Limerick Jazz Festival

The inaugural Limerick Jazz Festival took place on the weekend of September 28 - 30th 2012, and featured exclusive performances by the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group from the USA and the Lianne Carroll Trio from the UK. Irish performers included the Black Magic Big Band and Crisis Point.
Limerick has the most active jazz scene in Ireland outside Dublin. Limerick Jazz Society has been bringing outstanding jazz performances to the city since the 1980s while the Limerick Jazz Workshop has been providing jazz education since 2007.
The festival is annually staged by Limerick Jazz Society and is supported by the Arts Council and Shannon Development.