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Open Ear experimental festival returns to Sherkin Island
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Open Ear experimental festival returns to Sherkin Island

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Friday, February 10, 2017

Open Ear is a festival that started last year on Sherkin Island off the coast of West Cork and it returns in June 2nd-4th for a weekend of “experimental, ambient, electronica, neo-classical, hip hop / beats, techno, noise and more.”

With a capacity of 300, this year’s lineup features:

  • Mike Slott
  • The Cyclist
  • Eomac
  • The Smoke Clears
  • Naive Ted
  • Automatic Tasty
  • Ambulance
  • Whirling Hall of Knives
  • Cignol
  • February + Mars
  • Cáit
  • Simon Conway
  • LOLZ
  • PCP
  • Be Honest
    & more

Tickets on the first tier sold out this morning but second are available from €110.

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