Reception, the long running Dublin-based concert series focusing on cutting-edge contemporary music and performance celebrates its 10th anniversary with the 2026 edition of Reception Weekend at Project Arts Center.
This year’s programme includes three of Ireland's most adventurous and forward-thinking record labels: Nyahh, Krim Kram and Fort Evil Fruit, each presenting a specially curated event alongside two concerts programmed by Reception. Reception Weekend 2026 acts as a celebration and survey of boundary-pushing musical activity across the country.
Over the past decade, Reception has sought out innovative music and sound pieces that evade easy categorisation, often blurring the lines between composition and improvisation, performance and installation. It has presented musicians and artists from across a broad spectrum of backgrounds such as club music, jazz, folk, new music, visual art and beyond. Reception Weekend 26 is our most ambitious and wide-ranging programme to date bringing together composers and performers from across the globe.
Over the course of the weekend we present 5 concerts featuring Ultan O’Brien, Roslyn Steer and Anna Clock alongside the Irish debuts of renowned international musicians Rafael Toral, Daniel Löwenbrück, Bitchin Bajas, Beam Splitter, Dinosaurs with Horns, Seymour Glass and Teresa Riemann. Natalia Beylis & Joanna Mattrey perform together as a duo for the first time whilst Scottish synthesist Adam Campbell and Irish guitarist Aonghus McEvoy launch their new album Dazzle Incoherence.
