Jazz jam session every Monday, hosted by Paul Dunlea. This is the original Jazz Improv in the city and features as part of the  Cork jazz festival every Oct. All players welcome.

The Lillies Sessions - In Partnership with The White Hag
Welcome to our daily 4:30 session where you can catch some of Ireland and Europe’s finest jazz musicians in an informal setting.

Tom Ollendorff: guitar
Steve Davis: drums
Conor Murray: bass

5pm – 7pm Hawk’s Well Theatre Lobby

Catch some spontaneous performances featuring the 150 or so summer school participants who flock to Sligo each year for the love of jazz! You’d never know who might show up to join in.

Young Artist in Residence Matthew Halpin — who first attended Sligo Jazz at 15 before becoming Ireland’s only Berklee Presidential Scholar — now returns as a Vienna based saxophone professor and rising European jazz star for a special reunion performance with the 2025 faculty.

Sligo Jazz Project Young Artist in Residence 2025 - MATTHEW HALPIN & SPILT MILK

Experience the best of Sligo Jazz Festival 2025 with a Season Ticket for all 7 pay-in events at Hawk’s Well Theatre!

Get full access to an incredible week of live jazz for just €150 (excluding booking fees).

Use the discount code SJF25 when booking to get your discount!

Hawk's Well Theatre Events:

10pm (After Show) Hawk’s Well Theatre Lobby

Catch some spontaneous performances featuring the 150 or so summer school participants who flock to Sligo each year for the love of jazz! You’d never know who might show up to join in.

1pm-1:50pm Hawk’s Well Theatre Lobby - Admission Free, Prebook at Hawks Well Box Office 071 9161518

Ant Law: guitar

Brigitte Beraha: voice

The Lillies Sessions in partnership with The White Hag

Welcome to our daily 4:30 session where you can catch some of Ireland and Europe’s finest jazz musicians in an informal setting.

Emilia Martensson: voice
Paul Clarvis: drums
Conor Murray: bass
Ant Law: guitar

5pm – 7pm Hawk’s Well Theatre Lobby

Catch some spontaneous performances featuring the 150 or so summer school participants who flock to Sligo each year for the love of jazz! You’d never know who might show up to join in.

Meet Julie Dexter, a world renowned, award winning, British singer, songwriter and producer considered by many to be one of the most influential female vocalists of our generation. Having shared the spotlight with a host of cutting-edge artists, including Mint Condition, Caron Wheeler, Jill Scott, Lalah Hathaway, Omar, Ledisi, Doug Carn, Third World and Maxi Priest to name a few, Julie not only holds up her own with them but has been praised and respected by them too.

Trumpeter & bandleader Freddie Hendrix performs with various members of our stellar 2025 faculty including flautist Gareth Lockrane, drummer Sun Mi Hong and bassist Oli Hayhurst.

Vibraphonist Sasha Berliner, one of the most original rising stars of the international jazz scene, performs with some 2025 faculty members

Grab a pizza and a pint and enjoy some live jazz provided by some of Dublin's finest musicians. Expect tunes by the likes of Herbie Hancock, Weather Report and Sun Ra.

Meet Julie Dexter, a world renowned, award winning, British singer, songwriter and producer considered by many to be one of the most influential female vocalists of our generation. Having shared the spotlight with a host of cutting-edge artists, including Mint Condition, Caron Wheeler, Jill Scott, Lalah Hathaway, Omar, Ledisi, Doug Carn, Third World and Maxi Priest to name a few, Julie not only holds up her own with them but has been praised and respected by them too.

9.30pm Shoot the Crows

Sligo world music outfit NoCrows gets augmented with friends from Sligo Jazz Project’s stellar faculty for a hot and sweaty Shoot the Crows session.

10pm (After Show) Hawk’s Well Theatre Lobby

Catch some spontaneous performances featuring the 150 or so summer school participants who flock to Sligo each year for the love of jazz! You’d never know who might show up to join in.