Live Sound, Lighting & Stage Production

This one-year course casts you straight into the world of live events - you’ll be behind the scenes and on the floor at real gigs in real venues, learning how to make a show run from the ground up.

Develop your skills in our award winning facilities including IMRO’s Dublin Venue of the Year 2025, The Button Factory which boasts 3 performance spaces, a 550 capacity Main Room, Curveball, Crowbar and 7 rehearsal rooms in Temple Lane Rehearsals.

Here you’ll help run Tilt, Dublin's premier monthly showcase for growing and discovering emerging bands and artists.

You'll also work on regular shows in Curveball, gaining experience in everything from live sound to lighting, staging, artist liaison and event operations.

Led by working professionals, this course gives you the practical skills, insider knowledge, and the contacts you need to start your career.

  • This is a hands-on, real-world course, and that means you’ll be running actual events, rather than talking about them. From early in the year, students take on key roles at live gigs, learning how to problem-solve under pressure and deliver professional shows from start to finish.

    We’ve been training industry pros for over 30 years . We know that learning on the job is what really sets people up for success. Many of our former students are now working across tours, venues, and festivals, check out past students below for just a few examples.

    During the course you’ll learn

    • Professional Live Production

    • Stage Production

    • Backline Technologies

    • Sound Reinforcement

    • Event Operations

    • Lighting Design

    • Acoustics and Psychoacoustics

    Throughout the course, you’ll also hear directly from guest speakers working across the live music scene, engineers, tour managers, production crew, all sharing insights to help sharpen your skills and shape your future.

  • Total Fee = €6,000

    Payment schedule is as follows:

    €1000 Deposit - Paid prior to the start date.

    €2500 Instalment - November 1st

    €2500 final instalment - February 1st

    Significant discounts are also available on a wide range of equipment for registered STC students (see our partners page).

Award Type

Sound Training College Diploma (this Diploma attests to unrivalled industry experience, specialisation and employability).

Stage Pass (Optional)

START DATE

September 2025

Duration

1 Year (Intensive)

Entry Requirements

This course requires a good level of English. Entry is determined by interview.

Application Procedure

Apply Here

PAST STUDENTS

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PAST STUDENTS 〰️

Antoin Patton

10 tonne productions (LA) Touring Stage Production Management

Rolling Stone, Roger Waters, Guns N Roses, ACDC

Emma Nolan

Freelance Stage Manager, Director, Production for all major festivals including:

Electric Picnic, Longitude, etc..

Matthew Kilmurry

(Kilmurry Design)

Lighting Designer

Hozier, The Coronas, Corporate Events - lights for New Years Eve festival

Brian O’Reilly

Main House Sound Engineer Technician

The Helix

Technical Manager

The Vaults

Site Technician

Google Experience Studio

Gavin Muddiman

Freelance Sound Engineer for

Hozier, Saint Sister, Fangclub, Villagers, The Coronas

Simon Short

Backline technician

Hozier

Canice Mills

In House FOH Sound Engineer

The Olympia

Touring FOH Engineer

Altan, Kerbdog.

Colin Sheehy

Backline Technician / Stage Director

The Charlatans, Sinead O’Connor, BellX1, The Button Factory

Ronan Murphy

Tour & Event Director, Backline Technician

The Stunning, The Waterboys, The Walls, Jack L

Conor Dillon

Monitor Engineer and Production Director

Franz Ferdinand, Ronan Keating, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Sparks

Adrian Garry

Tour Director and Freelance Sound Engineer

Celtic Woman, Delorentos, The Academic, Wyvern Lingo, The Olympia , The Academy, Murt Whelan Sound

Liam Mullen

Monitor Engineer

The Coronas, BEllX1, Vicar St

AND MANY MORE