Output is a Belfast conference and gig showcase taking place in Belfast on Thursday February 18th.
The conference part, which is free to attend with registration, will take place at The Mac during the day and will feature a keynote address from Steve Albini, Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on music composition and placement, singer-songwriter Bry, a co-writing panel with a direct-to-fan Q&A with artist Nadine Shah and I’ll be participating in a talk too.
At night, the focus shifts to nine live music showcases curated by different organisations including IMRO, Chord Blossom, Electric Mainline and a copresent between Nialler9 and The Thin Air that looks like this:
.Nialler9 & The Thin Air @ The Duke of York – Paddy Hanna, Katie Laffan, Exmagician and A Bad Cavalier;
Here’s what the other showcases look like (curators information forthcoming)
- 39 Gordon Street – Arborist, Ciaran Lavery, The Clameens and Jealous of the Birds;
- Aether & Echo – CM88, Wake America, REWS and The Wood Burning Savages;
- McHughs – Susie Blue, Albuquerque, Robocobra Quartet and Blue Whale;
- The Black Box (Green Room) – Ryan McMullan, Rachel Boyd, Travis is a Tourist and Tuskany;
- The Dirty Onion – Eve Belle, Lilla Vargan, Jess Edlin and Bitch Falcon;
- The John Hewitt – Callum Stewart, Rosie Carney, Jessica Doherty and Son of The Hound;
- The Oh Yeah Centre – Abandcalledboy, Hot Cops, R51 and Silences;
- White’s Tavern – Alphabetika, The Late Twos, Ryan Veil and PORTS.
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.
