Ireland is the focus country in Groningen from January 13th to 15th at Eurosonic in the Netherlands, with F3miii, THEATRE and Esmeralda Road among the new names, bringing the Irish total to 21.
Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) has announced 18 more Irish acts for Eurosonic 2027, which runs from Wednesday January 13th to Friday January 15th in Groningen, the Netherlands. They join Aaron Rowe, Bleech 9:3 and mischa and the bear, who were confirmed in the first wave of announcements, bringing the total to 21 Irish acts.
As previously reported, Ireland is the focus country at the 2027 edition, with ESNS working in close cooperation with First Music Contact and RTÉ 2FM as media partner on a programme that celebrates Irish music success and the country’s investment in its artists.
By our count, nine of the 21 acts played Ireland Music Week last week, a link First Music Contact CEO Angela Dorgan highlighted as a domestic-to-international showcase pipeline that has been nurtured for many years.
“We are delighted to see the wide variety of genres and exceptional Irish talent reflected in the line-up at Eurosonic 2027. it is also exciting for us that ESNS selected so many artists from our showcase festival Ireland Music Week. this domestic to international showcase pipeline has been nurtured for many years.”
– Angela Dorgan, Ceo, First Music Contact
Irish acts confirmed for Eurosonic 2027
- Aaron Rowe
- BABYRAT
- Black Nylon
- Bleech 9:3
- Bradley Marshall
- BROOKI
- Dave Lofts
- Esmeralda Road
- F3miii
- GAG REFLEX
- Hotgirl
- McGrath
- mischa and the bear
- MOIO
- pôt-pot
- Sei Green
- Sell Everything
- Shamrock Showband
- THEATRE
- The Wran
- Therapy Horse
RTÉ 2FM stage on Eurosonic Wednesday
For the first day of the festival, ESNS and RTÉ present a showcase of the best emerging acts from the Irish scene at the Grand Theatre on Wednesday evening. RTÉ 2FM broadcasters Dan Hegarty and Beta Da Silva, known from The Alternative and the 2FM New Music Show, host the night with Aaron Rowe, F3miii, mischa and the bear and THEATRE on stage. The other Irish acts will play venues across the city throughout the festival.
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RTÉ 2FM’s director of music Adam Fogarty said:
“2FM has a long-standing commitment to discovering, supporting and platforming Irish acts, both at home and internationally ESNS provides an exceptional opportunity to take that commitment into Europe, connecting Irish artists with new audiences and the wider music industry. We’re hugely excited to be part of Ireland’s showcase at ESNS and to give these artists a platform on one of Europe’s most important stages for emerging music.”
ESNS head of bookings Robert Meijerink said Irish music is “coming home again” at Eurosonic.
“Irish music is coming home again at Eurosonic in Groningen. For a long time Ireland has been one of the strongest and most exciting music scenes of Europe. But now, more than ever before, Irish music blooms. We’re very excited and honoured to host the present and future of Irish music during the focus on Ireland at ESNS.”
Tickets for Eurosonic and Noorderslag are on sale now, along with Delegate Passes for the conference and the delegates-only programme at the Oosterpoort on Wednesday. Full ticket info and the complete lineup are at esns.nl.
I recently wrote an article about the Irish artist boon worldwide for Eurosonic’s Radar Magazine.
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
