What can you expect?
Two nights of intense sonic experiences taking place on July 3rd and 4th!
On Friday we will be staring directly into the void with a night of Drone, Noise and Industrial.
Saturday will kick off from 3pm with Emmett Allen of From The Depths Metal Podcast spinning tunes, and providing the craic with the From The Depths Lane party, while inside the bar we will have our first Monk Fest Craft Market, with stalls from Moose Electronics, Dabulga Design, Quill Effects, Kieran Grace, and Amanda Gareis.
This will be followed by another night night of crushingly heavy music by eight bands, mostly from the Cursed Monk roster, and of course our annual monster raffle featuring prizes from the underground music, maker, and art scenes.
Why?
To raise money for the brave kids, and heroic staff at Temple St. Children's Hospital, and to honour the memory of my niece Ash who was so well looked after by Temple St. in her final months.
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TICKETS & INFO
Tickets are available via the above QR code or by heading over to Eventbrite.ie
Day and weekend tickets are available and will allow access to the live performances upstairs in the venue beginning at 7pm (doors 6.30pm) on Friday, and 6pm (doors 5.30pm) on Saturday.
The From The Depths Lane Party, and Monk Fest Craft Market will begin at 3pm and will be free to attend.
A Cursed Monk Records stall, and a band merch stall will be upstairs in the venue.
The raffle will take place during the live performances with tickets available at the Cursed Monk Records stall.
Monk Fest is strictly over 18s.
WHERE'S MY MONEY GOING?
All money raised will be donated to the Play Therapy Department. Temple St. Children's Hospital.
So how much of each sale is going there?
Ticket sales: All proceeds after costs.
Monk Fest T-Shirt sales: All proceeds after costs.
Raffle Tickets: All Proceeds.
Cursed Monk Stall: 50% of each sale.
WHERE AM I GOING?
Monk Fest 2026 will take place in Pharmacia Bar, Limerick City on July 3rd and 4th 2026. Pharmacia is located at 9 Sarsfield St, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 E14K
Located a 13 minute walk from Limerick Bus/Train Station. For travel info to the station please check out the following sites:
For Bus - Bus Éireann
For Train - Iarnród Éireann
Alternatively there is CityLink which runs the 712x bus service from Dublin Airport/City. This service picks up/drops off from Arthurs Quay which is a 3 minute walk from the venue.
They also have the 251 service which runs from Galway City, and from Cork Airport/City. This service picks up/drops off at Henry Street which is a 7 minute walk from the venue.
More info can be found here: CityLink.
Accommodation in Limerick can be a bit tricky, and unfortunately quite expensive. Our advise would be to check the price comparison booking sites online and book somewhere soon as soon as possible!
Hopefully we'll see you for Monk Fest 2026 for two nights of Sonic Oblivion!!!
