Ireland Music Week takes place from October 1st to 3rd in Dublin.
The 50 emerging acts have been chosen to play the showcases on on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd at venues The Grand Social, The Workman’s Club and The Button Factory.
The conference takes place across three days that week at Lost Lane, which is also the festival hub.
Day shows will be extended to two days on the showcase schedule on Thursday and Friday.
After the success last year of the inaugural day shows, they will be extended to two days this year, on the afternoon of Thursday and Friday (more details in the coming weeks).
The festival made the annual call for applications in February and almost 700 acts applied via First Music Contact’s artist and industry platform Breaking Tunes. The acts were then chosen independently by an external panel of national and international industry who assess the applications and put forward their top artists.
Ireland Music Week places a strong focus on export-ready artists with an increased success rate year on year. Bookers, labels, publishers, managers, agents, and many more international professionals have confirmed to attend, which can be an essential step in any Irish artists’ development. Many of the IMW acts each year go on to showcase at international festivals such as ESNS, The Great Escape, Primavera Pro, SXSW and more. The festival will, once again, achieve a gender-balanced lineup.
- All Things Eve
- Altara
- April
- Babyrat
- Barnburner
- Blánid
- Bonniesongs
- Boyfrens
- Cabl
- Circa
- David San Clair
- Delivery Service
- Digdeep
- Dream Boy
- Echo Northstar
- Emma Noodles
- Florence Road
- Fosfín
- Glasseyed
- God Knows
- Goldbug
- Jesse June
- Julia Louise Knifefist
- June Carousel
- Kayleigh Noble
- Kevin Fowley
- Kiing Sequence
- Koko
- Lee Brady
- Little Known
- Lord Ormond
- Lowkick
- Madra Salach
- Makeshift Art Bar
- Martello
- Martina And The Moons
- Pôt-Pot
- Sarah Brooki
- Seán Joyce
- Stella And The Dreaming
- Tanaka Vii
- Telekura
- Thanks Mom
- The Fynches
- The Village Vandals
- The Wu
- Theatre
- Vaticanjail
- Vi0Let
- Zoé Basha
“It’s exciting to hear the artists that have been selected, and we can honestly say that the Irish music scene is in fantastic health in terms of the artists this country produces. We look forward to supporting them to build new audiences and opportunities at home and internationally over the coming months and beyond.”
– Ireland Music Week Team
Tickets from Eventbrite.
Some of the artist highlights from last year’s lineup include Cliffords, Niamh Bury, Shark School, I Dreamed I Dream, BOLD LOVE, Ahmed, With Love, Holly Munro, Bucket, Cable Boy, Dose, Seánie Bermingham, Kean Kavanagh, Annie-Dog and many more.
Artists who’ve played in previous years include CMAT, Fontaines D.C., KhakiKid, Hozier, Just Mustard, NewDad, Gurriers, Sprints, Curtisy, Gilla Band, Soulé, Villagers, Caleb Kunle Pillow Queens, Thumper, Junior Brother, Morgana, Chalk and lots more.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
Looking forward to echo northstar and delivery service!! Plus all the other great new acts