Open Ear announces second round of acts for Skerkin electronic festival
The avant-electronic and experimental music festival Open Ear takes place this year on June 3rd to 5th on Sherkin Island in West Cork.
The festival is a small affair celebrating outliers and music on the fringes and it’s added to its first lineup announcement last month with more acts today.
Part two, as they bill it include sets from Mel Keane aka Frog Of Earth, Kerry post-rock band Ten Past Seven, electro producer and DJ Ngoni Egan, Dj sets by Subtle Audio’s Code and Sim Simma cohort & Chicago re-plant Queen Beatz.
Here’s the list:
- Code
- Frog of Earth
- Julia-Louise Knifefist
- Katie O’Neill
- Ngoni Egan
- Plus One
- Queen Beatz
- Rory Sweeney & Emby
- Sectionfive
- Ten Past Seven
Tickets are €195 for the weekend from Eventbrite.
Open Ear has also announce some glamping options. See here.
See openear.ie
Hey, before you go...
Nialler9 has been covering new music, new artists and gigs for the last 19 years. If you like the article you just read, and want us to publish more just like it, please consider supporting us on Patreon.
What you get as thanks in return...
- A weekly Spotify playlist only for patrons.
- Access to our private Nialler9 Discord community.
- Ad-free and bonus podcast episodes.
- Guestlist & discounts to Nialler9 & Lumo Club events.
- Themed playlists only for subscribers.
Your support enables us to continue to publish articles like this one, make podcasts and provide recommendations and news to our readers, and be a key part of the music community in Ireland and abroad.
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.