Other Voices has announced the first 5 acts for Dingle this year from November 28th – 30th.
Olivia Dean, Amble, Dry Cleaning, Florence Road and Dove Ellis are set to play St. James’ Church in the west Kerry town, as part of the festival / TV show’s 24th year.
Dean is a British pop artist who sold out two Fairview Park shows, Amble are one of the new generation of pop-centred Irish folk artists blowing up and have three 3Arena shows this December sold out, Dry Cleaning are the spoken word English rock band witha Cate Le Bon-produced third album Secret Love aout in January, Florence Road are a rising Wicklow all-female indie-pop band and Dove Ellis’ is a west of Ireland songwriter with one song to his name, who is supporting rising American rock band Geese this Autumn.
Performances will be captured as part of the 24th series of Other Voices, which will be broadcast on television in early 2026. Across the weekend, all these intimate sets from The Church of St James’ will be streamed live to the world via Other Voices YouTube for a limited time, with a small number of golden tickets up for grabs through competitions to be announced soon.
Full details on all Other Voices strands, including its conversation series, Ireland’s Edge 2025, will be released in the coming weeks.
Expect Dingle’s streets, venues, and hidden corners to burst into life with hundreds of performances, celebrating Ireland’s musical heartbeat in all its wild diversity.
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.
