Gigs & Festivals

Castlepalooza announce first acts: Girl Band, Wild Beasts, Waze & Odyssey, David Kitt, Lumo & more

Castlepalooza have announced the first bands and comedy acts for this year’s festival in Charleville Castle,…

Forbidden Fruit add Moderat, Maceo Plex, Motor City Drum Ensemble, NAO, KiNK & Mall Grab

A bunch of tiers of Forbidden Fruit tickets went on sale yesterday and some sold…

Open Ear experimental festival returns to Sherkin Island

Open Ear is a festival that started last year on Sherkin Island off the coast…

Aphex Twin is the latest act announced for Forbidden Fruit

After last week’s reveal of Orbital as Saturday headliners, today it’s been announced that Aphex…

Nialler9 & PRS For Music present Output showcase: Le Boom, Jealous Of The Birds, New Portals, Beauty Sleep

Nialler9 & PRS for Music are team up to cohost four of Ireland’s brightest new…

Life Festival just added 15 acts including Rudimental, Patrick Topping, The Magician, Veronica Vasicka, Goldie…

Further to the recent drip-feeding of act announcement that has been coming from Life Festival…

Music Cork conference & showcase weekend announced for May

Music Cork is a new conference and showcase event taking place in Cork city from…

Output Belfast announce keynote speaker Bob Lefsetz, PJ Harvey producer Rob Ellis & London’s Night Czar

Output Belfast -the one-day music conference has announced much of its live band lineup and…

The female-fronted F. Festival is coming back to Dublin in March

In 2016 F. Festival debuted as Ireland’s first multi-faceted female fronted festival. Today it announced…

A new festival for Dublin: Spectrum brings jazz, electronic and more together

Spectrum is a new festival by Improvised Music Company, in association with Note Productions and…

Orbital are playing Forbidden Fruit this year

Forbidden Fruit have announced that the reunited Orbital are playing the festival this year on…

A 23-year-old Irish woman is putting on a two day festival of Irish music in London

Mary Grammer is a 23 year old Kilkenny woman working and living in London who…

Iceland Airwaves announce first acts including Ásgeir, Kelly Lee Owens, Arab Strap…

Iceland Airwaves announced their first names for the festival in Reykjavik from November 1st to…

Life Festival 2017; the 8 acts announced so far

Life Festival is returning to Belvedere House from May 26th to May 28th and the…

House Of Pain & Mike Skinner for Bare In The Woods festival in Portarlington

Mike Skinner & House Of Pain are among the first two names announced for the…

Ava Festival announces 2017 lineup

Ava Festival and Conference announced its lineup for the Belfast-based electronic festival on June 2nd…

Sónar announce 40 new acts: Anderson .Paak, Soulwax, Lunice, DJ Shadow, Arca & more

Electronic festival Sónar have announced 40 new names for the Barcelona festival taking place in…

Win tickets to Cork’s Quarter Block Party festival

The third annual Quarter Block Party Festival in Cork City is only just over a…

Other Voices announces TV schedule and air dates

After December’s Dingle festival and Austin Texas visit in October, Other Voices’ new series on…

Glastonbury is NOT changing its name to The Variety Bazaar…

Reports based on on-air remark by Michael Eavis suggested that Glastonbury was to change its…