Hard Working Class Heroes have announced the 101 bands lined up for the festival later this year from Thursday 3rd – Saturday 5th October in various venues in Dublin. Full artist links for listening from the site. There are 70 bands who’ve never played HWCH before this time around:
Bands:
Affleck / Anderson / Benny Smiles / Biggles Flys Again / Blades Club! / Bouts / Carriages / CARRIED BY WAVES / Cat Dowling / Cave Ghosts / Cfit / CLU / Come On Live Long / Conor Walsh / Cove / croupier / Daithi / Death In The Sickroom / DOGS / Dott / Dylan Tighe / Elaine Mai / Elastic Sleep / Fallen Rule / Fears / Floor Staff / Frankenstein Bolts / Garret Moore / Ghosts / Gorgeous Colours / GRIM / Groom / Halves / Haüer / Hozier / I <3 The Monster Hero / I HAVE A TRIBE / I’m Your Vinyl / Inni-K / Jet Setter / Jethro Pickett / John Cathal O’Brien / Joshua Burnside / Julie Hawk / KaraKara / Kobina / Las KELLIES / Lasertom / Leanne Harte / Let’s Set Sail / Lie Ins / Little Rivers / little xs for eyes / Liza Flume / Maria Somerville / Mark Geary / Maud In Cahoots / Myles Manley / NANU NANU / Niall Colfer / Overhead, The Albatross / PLUTONIC DUST / PRINCESS / Rachel Boyd / REID / REPLETE / RYAN VAIL / September Girls / Ships / Silences / Silverbacks / Skelocrats / SLEEP MCEVOX / Sleep Thieves / So Cow / Spies / Sweet Jane / Swimmers / swords / Tandem Felix / TELL NO FOXX / The Altered Hours / The Boxing Plot / The Clameens / The Crayon Set / The Dying Seconds / the Freakles / The Hard Ground / The Heads Of State / THE LATE DAVID TURPIN / The Manhattan Syndrome / The Notas / The Pale / The Vincent(s) / The Young Folk / Thinkerrs / This Side Up / tieranniesaur / UNKNOWN / Wild Promises / windings
The tech companies chosen to take part this year are:
Groovetools / Soundtravel / Doortonic / Turning Pirate / Seevl / Buzzoo / VisitLit / Maker.ie / Gigstarter / echobase / Hipster / Silver / Algebrain / Conker
Tickets:
Weekend Wristbands €45 plus fees / Nightly Tickets €20 plus fees
Buy your tickets before Friday, 23rd August and you can avail of an Early Bird Weekend ticket for only €35! Grab your tickets online from http://entertainment.ie/tickets/

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Just come across this site regarding new bands. Is it to late to get my band on this gig The band is The Whereabouts .Four 16 year olds from Kingscourt in Cavan .Just released a new CD and video. Write in twentythirtythree on you tube and see them play .They are taking the local scene by storm since winning a talent show in early july .They are down to play Sweeneys Dame St 19 oct 2013 contact [email protected] 087-6399055 They have played Three out door festivals durning the summer Played support to Pat Mc manus Band and their CD is currently been played Stuart Bailie on BBC ulster radio