Eurosonic 2021 will be fully digital

No big surprise here but the conference and showcase festival ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) that takes…

Here are the venue & promoter recipients of the €5 million Live Performance Support Scheme

TD Catherine Martin, the minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has announced…

Here are the list of small arts festivals awarded funds from the Festival Investment Scheme

Successful applicants include Open Ear, K-Fest, First Cut Youth Film Project, First Fortnight, Drogheda Arts Festival.

Tonight! Lumo Club’s Halloween Party live on Twitch

👻👻👻👻 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 Lumo Club is back to soundtrack your Halloween home…

Watch the trailer for the Shane McGowan documentary film Crock Of Gold

Crock Of Gold — A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan is a new documentary focusing…

Ruth Medjber announces popup book shop & live stream event with Paul Noonan, Sinead White and Stephen James Smith

Music photographer Ruth Medjber spent the first lockdown taking photos of people through their windows…

New albums released today: Gorillaz, Adrianne Lenker, Clipping, Actress, Sam Amidon & more

The best new releases out this week.

Listen to Run the Jewels break down ‘JU$T’ on Song Exploder

After last weekend’s Adult Swim live show where they played RTJ4 in full, Killer Mike…

The NI Music Prize is to broadcast online this November

The NI Music Prize has announced that it will be broadcasting its ceremony and live…

The Mary Wallopers announce Halloween night live stream gig

The Mary Wallopers have announced a live streamed gig on Saturday October 31st on Halloween…

Output Belfast announces 50 Conversations About Music for 2021, a networking and mentoring programme

Output Belfast as expected, won’t go ahead as it did in February 2020 with live…

Junior Brother, CMAT and Ian Lynch (Lankum) are performing from the National Concert Hall this Tuesday evening

The Kerry singer-songwriter Junior Brother is next up on National Concert Hall’s Imagine Ireland live…

Andy Shauf for Dublin 2021 show

Andy Shauf’s album The Neon Skyline was one of the early highlights of albums from…

Check out this photo series about the Wicklow & Dublin DIY music scene from 2005 to 2010

Photographer Alex Sinclair has been sharing some photo projects on his website of late and…

EPIC react to yesterday’s Budget 2021 measures for the live music industry

Yesterday’s Budget 2021 measures for the live music and arts industries were covered here yesterday…

Budget 2021: An overview of live music, arts and entertainment funding announced

It’s been an unforeseen 12 months since we last discussed the Budget in regards to…

Budget 2021 to significantly increase live music supports for the music industry

Reports emerged over the weekend that the upcoming Budget 2021 due tomorrow Tuesday October 22nd,…