All Together Now, Vicar Street, Dolan’s, Beyond The Pale win at the IMRO Awards last night

Qbanaa live at the IMRO Awards // by Glen Bollard.

The IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards took place in Dublin at The Sugar Club last night, and Dublin venues, festivals and crew were recognised for their work this past year.

The short list of nominees were selected by over 20,000 IMRO members with a public vote while performances came from Qbanaa, EFÉ, Big Sleep and DJ Maria Lawlor.

IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 Winners

The award for National Live Music Venue of the Year 2024 went to The Imperial Bar, Co. Cavan under a public vote.

Regional

IMRO National Live Venue of the Year 2024 – The Imperial Bar, Co. Cavan

IMRO Dublin Live Music Venue of the Year 2024 – Vicar Street, Dublin

IMRO Rest of Leinster Live Music Venue of the Year 2024 – Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow

IMRO Connacht Live Music Venue of the Year 2024 – Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo

IMRO Munster Live Music Venue of the Year 2024 – Dolan’s, Limerick City, Co. Limerick

IMRO Ulster Live Music Venue of the Year 2024 – McCafferty’s Bar, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 5-Dolans_Venue-of-the-year-Munster-1536x1024-1-jpg.webp — IMRO Venue Awards – 5th March 2024 – ©Glen Bollard

IMRO Venue Awards – 5th March 2024 – ©Glen Bollard

Festival Awards

IMRO Music Festival of the Year 2024 – All Together Now

IMRO Small Music Festival of the Year 2024 – Beyond the Pale

IMRO Tech Crew of the Year Award 2024 – Electric Picnic

Hot Press’ Stuart Clark also gave special commendations, presenting awards to Dolan’s, Mike the Pies, and the Hot Press Live Music Venue of the Year for 2024 to 3Olympia Theatre

Hot Press Live Venue of the Year for 2024 – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin.

All photos from Glen Bollard.

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