Open Ear festival is a small festival of returns to Sherkin Island, Cork, Ireland for its 3rd edition this June Bank Holiday Weekend (May 31st – June 3rd), bringing with it its most diverse and expansive musical experience to date.
Open Ear’s music runs the gamut from avant-garde to techno to experimental to ambient to housre and beyond.
This year’s lineup looks like this:
Lineup
Thursday Night Opening Concert (separate ticketed event)
Roger Doyle / Áine O’Dwyer / Dreamcycles
Weekend Performances
The Cyclist / Whirling Hall of Knives / Autumns / Lakker / Eamonn Doyle / Lerosa / Davy Kehoe / LAIR / Somadrone / Wino Wagon / Mikron / ¡No! / Robert Curgenven / From The Bogs of Aughiska / Barry Major Problems / Don Rosco & Stacks / Minos / Byron / Danny Deepo / Breen / Vicky Langan / Rainfear / Shane O’Meara / Eoin / Endrift / Crevice / Section 5 / Now You’re Swingin’ / Little Movies / Flowers At Night / Soft Stone / Barry Lynn / Gavin Prior / Tuuun / Tonnta / Who’s The Technician …plus more TBA
Weekend Passes are €165 and available now from Eventgen while Thursday’s gig goes on sale February 6th.
Read my piece with the organisers from last year.
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.
