Whelan’s annual Ones To Watch festival takes place from Thursday to Sunday this week featuring a huge list of promising upcoming Irish bands. State.ie will be presenting their Faces of 2016 bands as part of the lineup (as denoted by an [s] below).
Tickets for it are €5 per day or €10 for all 4 days with a free drink included. More bands are to be announced but here’s the lineup thus far.
– THUR 14th
Naoise Roo
Travis Oaks [S] Third Smoke [S] Ports [S] M(H)Aol [S] Tuath [S] The Shaker Hymn
Bishop
Polyglove
– FRI 15th
Elm
Monster Monster
Bitch Falcon
Le Boom [S] Contour [S] Joni [S] Young Phantom [S] Aik.J [S] The Wood Burning Savages
– SAT 16th
Loop Culture
Shrug Life
Rosa Nutty
Ivy Nation
The Witch Trials
Thumper
– SUN 17th
Canci
In The Willows
Aine Cahill
Orchid Collective
Tashka
Maria Kelly
Fox Owl Crow
Carron
Wake America
Junior Brother
David Keenan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m-6W4Xmh-U