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Output Festival: Tim Wheeler keynote & evening showcase times

Output Festival: Tim Wheeler keynote & evening showcase times

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Output Belfast and AVA Festival are joining forces for a one-day conference featuring 80 speakers on Thursday June 1st from 10am-5pm in Belfast at The MAC and The Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter in the morning and afternoon of Thursday June 1st.

Both of the festival’s respective live programmes, happen at venues in the city Thursday (Output) and Friday / Saturday at Titanic Slipways (AVA).

The Output evening showcases and the conference are free to attend, but they’d appreciate registration.

Many of the conference panels and workshops have been previously announced.

Newly announced are:

Tim Wheeler keynote

The conference’s Lyndon Stephen’s Closing Keynote (4-5pm, Downstairs Theatre, The MAC, Thursday June 1st ) will feature Ash frontman, Tim Wheeler in conversation with BBC’s Marie-Louise Muir telling the story of the iconic Ash and U2 concert that took place in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on 21 May 1998 (25 years ago), after the Good Friday Agreement.

Output Belfast Evening Showcase (7.30pm – Late)

Following this, the Output Belfast Evening Showcase (7.30pm – Late, Thursday June 1st) will offer delegates a full evening of live music – for free – featuring 36 music acts (including two special guests) from across the North and South of Ireland performing at Cathedral Quarter venues: Duke of York, Bullitt Courtyard, Tetto Rooftop, Oh Yeah Music Centre, Ulster Sports Club (Upstairs and Downstairs), Dirty Onion, Black Box and The Deer’s Head.

The showcase will also include live performances from the four winners of the recent Output Belfast Emerging Artist Stage competition, for which more than 80 incredible emerging NI artists applied. The winning artists, who will perform live at Dirty Onion from 8.30pm-Late, are: Róise, Brother Vice, Susi Pagel and Con and the Éire Jordans.

Nialler9 and Faction Records are holding a showcase at the Bullitt Hotel this year with Skinner, Still Blue, Emby and Reevah playing.

OUTPUT BELFAST EVENING SHOWCASE LINE-UP, VENUES & STAGE TIMES

HOSTS: NEW CHAMPION MANAGEMENT & DISTRICT MAGAZINE

VENUE: ULSTER SPORTS CLUB UPSTAIRS

TIMES

20:30 – COOKS BUT WE’RE CHEFS

21:30 – DARK TROPICS

22:30 – ALICIA RAYE

23:30 – CHALK

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HOSTS: PRS FOR MUSIC & CRASH MANAGEMENT

VENUE: TETTO ROOFTOP

TIMES

19:30 – HY:LY

20:30 – LARKS

21:30 – BRIÉN

22:30 – TABITHA SMYTH

Line-up continued overleaf.


HOSTS: OH YEAH & YEO MAGAZINE

VENUE: OH YEAH CENTRE

TIMES

20:00 – GEMMA BRADLEY

21:00 – CHARLIE HANLON

22:00 – WINNIE AMA

23:00 – MOONBOOT

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HOSTS: FACTION MUSIC & NIALLER9

VENUE: BULLITT COURTYARD

TIMES

20:00 – EMBY

21:00 – STILL BLUE

22:00 – SKINNER

23:00 – REEVAH

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HOST: BBC ATL INTRODUCING

VENUE: ULSTER SPORTS CLUB DOWNSTAIRS

TIMES

20:00 – LAUREN ANN

21:00 – BECKY MCNEICE

22:00 – SWEETLEMONDAE

23:00 – POST PARTY

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HOSTS: COASTER & CHORDBLOSSOM

VENUE: THE DEER’S HEAD

TIMES

20:00 – JOCK

21:00 – DREW MAKES NOISE

22:00 – TRAMP

23:00 – MOB WIFE

Line-up continued overleaf.

HOSTS: START TOGETHER STUDIO & VETA MUSIC

VENUE: BLACK BOX

TIMES

19:30 – BEAUTY SLEEP

20:30 – STRANGE NEW PLACES

21:30 – HAVVK

22:30 – LIPGLOSS

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HOSTS: THE DEAD RABBIT & LOWDEN GUITARS

VENUE: DUKE OF YORK DOWNSTAIRS

TIMES

19:30 – DANDER

20:30 – THOM SOUTHERN

21:30 – SPECIAL GUEST

22:30 – LUCY GAFFNEY

23:30 – DAVE MCKENDRY

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HOST: OUTPUT BELFAST EMERGING MUSIC STAGE

VENUE: DIRTY ONION

TIMES:

20:30 – RÓISE

21:30 – BROTHER VICE

22:30 – SUSI PAGEL

23:30 – CON AND THE ÉIRE JORDANS

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OUTPUT BELFAST OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY

HOSTS: THE THIN AIR & PROBLEM PATTERNS

VENUE: ULSTER SPORTS CLUB (UPSTAIRS)

TIMES:

00:00 – THE THIN AIR DJS 

01:00 – PROBLEM PATTERNS DJS


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