Borderline Festival returns for a fourth year from Thursday February 18th to Saturday February 20th, 2027, adding The New Theatre in Temple Bar as a third venue and fourth stage alongside The Workman’s Club and Project Arts Centre. It has announced a first wave of acts, with more to come, and says over 50 acts will play across the three days.
Notable names on this list include the Subpop-signed Vancouver art-punk four-piece PISS, UK alt-rock band Hotwax, Irish chamber pop songwriter Lucy Rice aka Last Apollo, the Australian rowdy explicit club rap of Big Wett, Rua Rí who is behind one of my favourite Irish albums of the year, Manchester electronic duo Silverwingkiller and Birmingham rapper Tony Bontana.
The first wave of acts is:
- August
- Bathing Suits
- Big Wett
- Cowboy Hunters
- Existing Conditions
- Exit Stencil
- Gans
- Grote Geelstaart
- Half Star
- Hotwax
- Jo From School
- Last Apollo
- Lemonsuckr
- LTTL MORT
- Marta
- Maquina.
- Meltt
- Mouth Ulcers
- Oscar Lindsey
- Picture Parlour
- PISS
- Proderics
- Rua Rí
- Silverwingkiller
- Spanish Horses
- The Healing Power of Horses
- Tommy Barlow
- Tony Bontana
- Truthpaste
- Vicky Sometani
- Victor Jones
- Vlure
- Wyatt
- Zoe’s Brothers
Thursday February 18th is a free-entry night focused on Irish acts. One-day tickets for Friday February 19th and Saturday February 20th are €21 plus booking fees, and a two-day ticket is €34.65 plus booking fees. Tickets go on sale on Thursday November 12th at 10am via borderlinefestival.com.
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A ticket gives access to all rooms at The Workman’s Club, Project Arts Centre and The New Theatre, based on capacity, with a one-in-one-out system once a room is full.
“When we started Borderline Festival four years ago, we did it with the aim of platforming emerging Irish and international artists in local venues, to receptive audiences. That hasn’t changed one bit. We’re now four years in, and the line up has gone from 16 acts to over 50.” – Festival founder, Simon Merriman
Borderline Festival 2027 is presented by Singular Artists in association with Dublin City Council.
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.
