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2024 Music for Mental Health brings a stellar line-up to Dolan’s

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The 2024 Music for Mental Health gig will take place in Dolan’s Warehouse on Thursday, October 10 – with special guests Emma Langford, Denise Chaila and many more.

Music for Mental Health will return to Limerick for the 2024 edition, bringing a stellar line-up to Dolan’s Warehouse to raise funds for three local charities

This year, Music for Mental Health will raise funds for Limerick Suicide Watch, the Children’s Grief Centre, as well as Limerick Haven Hub.

The annual fundraising and mental health awareness gig will take place in Dolans Warehouse on Thursday, October 10 – with special guests Denise Chaila, Emma Langford, Pat Shortt and many more.

This year, Music for Mental Health will raise funds for Limerick Suicide Watch, the Children’s Grief Centre, as well as Limerick Haven Hub. A special live video recording will be taking place on the night, with Emma Langford leading a group of artists who will perform a new version of The Cranberries classic, Animal Instinct.

The track and video will then be released early 2025 to support Haven Hub, a charity which offers peer support and suicide prevention to the community.


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Organised by Humanli and supported by Limerick City and County Council, the event aims to raise mental health awareness while giving a platform to local artists.

Founder of Humanli and organiser of the event, Karl Daly explained the event was originally created to support young artists and promote positive mental health.

Karl said, “We created the event back in 2018 to support young artists, promote positive mental health and create awareness. Limerick has huge musical talent and we encourage support for the event from the public and the business community.”

This will be the sixth edition of Music for Mental Health and through its previous five editions, Humanli has raised close to €100,000 for Limerick charities.

Looking back at the first event, Mr Daly noted, “Our first gig had Noel Hogan on stage and in a bizarre twist that weekend Dolores passed away in London, so we have been keeping the event going ever since. It was initially planned as a one-off.”

Mr Daly highlighted the recording being made on the night, saying the Limerick public are welcome to join the event.

He said, “The show is being recorded in full on the night, so we are welcoming the Limerick public to join us. This will be a special and unique experience for everyone that comes along.”

Raging Sons, Keith Walsh, Joyce Zacks & Band and Stray Saints will also perform at the Dolan’s event, which will start at 8pm and tickets are limited and priced at €15.

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