The annual Irish music showcase Ireland Music Week has been announcing the bands playing and the delegates attending the festival from October 1st to 4th.
The annual showcase and conference takes place across six stages in the venues The Button Factory, The Grand Social & The Workmans Club on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th October, with day conference for industry in Lost Lane in the daytime from October 1st October to Friday 5th, with some conference activities taking place in Crowbar Terrace this year..
Bands playing include The Cliffords, Maria Kelly, Cable Boy, Holly Munro, Kean Kavanagh, Tramp, Dove Ellis, Still Blue, I Dreamed I Dream and more.
For the first time, some day shows were announced as part of the schedule for the Thursday with Niamh Bury and Isidore playing Workman’s Cellar and Salamay and The Fae playing in Workman’s Main room.
51 Irish artists and 1 Dutch act (via the Revelland programme) will showcase.
Ireland Music Week, as always, strives to achieve at least a 50% representation of women and underrepresented gender minorities in its line-up.
Check back to Nialler9 later in the month for my recommended acts to see list.
Showcase and conference tickets start at €50 on Eventbrite.
Additional delegates were also announced:
Agnese Cimuška- Rekke Music Latvia
Anne-Sophie Delhommeau- Centre Culturel Irlandais
Ciara Greene – Eventbrite
Hannah Carlen – Secretly Group
Jen Oloo – DISCO
Katrina Balcius – DISCO
Greete Paršin – Music Estonia
Girts Majors – Positivus Music
Nick Robinson – East City Management
Madeline Smith – YouTube
Parris Oh – TikTok
Reece Obasuyi – Eventbrite
Roman Demtšenko – Damn.Loud
Sean Goulding – One Fiinix
Tara Richardson – T-Time Management
Vaidas Stackevičius – Shownet
Vilma Dzienaite – Music Association Lithuania
See the full list of delegates which include industry and bookers from the likes of ESNS, The Great Escape, SWXW, Primavera Pro, ATC, CAA, AWAL, Partisan and many more.
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.
