Here are the 10 Irish acts going to new music showcase festival Eurosonic this week

The European music industry will descend on Groningen in the Netherlands this week, as bookers and agents look for European acts for their bills and festivals.

Eurosonic-Noorderslag to give it its full name is a EU-assisted showcase festival which will host 400 international festivals looking for bands this week. 300 artists from across Europe will play and Ireland’s bands are:

Nine of the ten acts will be traveling to the festival with the support of Music from Ireland funded by Culture Ireland while SOULÉ has been selected under the EBU programme and will be supported by RTÉ 2FM.

Music From Ireland have put together a playlist of the 10 acts:

Niall Byrne

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.

Hey, before you go...

Nialler9 has been covering new music, new artists and gigs for the last 19 years. If you like the article you just read, and want us to publish more just like it, please support us on Patreon

What you get as thanks in return...

A weekly Spotify playlist only for patrons.
Access to our private Nialler9 Discord community.
Ad-free and bonus podcast episodes.
Guestlist & discounts to Nialler9 & Lumo Club events.
Themed playlists only for subscribers.

Your support enables us to continue to publish articles like this one, make podcasts and provide recommendations and news to our readers, and be a key part of the music community in Ireland and abroad.