Ireland Music Week have announced the live artist showcase schedule for 6th & 7th October this year for the live part of the festival.
50 Irish artists and 3 international Keychange acts will showcase across 3 Dublin venues – The Grand Social (Loft and Ballroom), Lost Lane and the Workman’s Club (Main, Cellar and Vintage Room) – with Lost Lane being the festival hub and location for the daytime conference.
Here’s the schedule and there’s a Spotify playlist below.
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Ireland Music Week is put on to showcase export-ready Irish bands and musicians, while connecting them with Irish and international industry through talks, panels, speed sessions and workshops.
Nearly 70 international bookers, labels, publishers, managers, agents, and many more professionals have confirmed to attend this annual showcase and conference, and you can see the list here.
“Culture Ireland is delighted to welcome a record number of international delegates to Ireland Music Week in person this year. This annual influx of labels, agents, festival and showcase bookers, amongst other music industry representatives will make an essential contribution to the growth of global audiences for Irish music, as well as increased opportunities for Irish artists”.
Sharon Barry, Director of Culture Ireland
“It’s really exciting that we show the world just how great our music audience is in Ireland by turning up and coming out to support these future stars as they showcase their amazing talent to the world at Ireland Music Week. Let’s show them how great Irish acts can be in front of a home crowd.“
Angela Dorgan, Director of Ireland Music Week.
Ireland Music Week continues its partnership with Keychange this year. As always, the festival strives to achieve at least a 50% representation of women and underrepresented gender minorities in its line-up.
Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite.
Tickets
Full Festival Ticket
Showcase & Conference Ticket – €80
Showcase Only Tickets
Full Showcase Ticket (all venues) – €40
Nightly Showcase Ticket (all venues) – €20
Nightly Showcase Tickets By Venue
The Workman’s Club (3 stages) – €12
The Grand Social (2 stages) – €10
Lost Lane – €8
Conference Only Tickets
Full Conference Ticket – €40
Daily Conference Ticket – €20
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
