• AVA Festival 2017 Line-Up Announced

    January 25, 2017 - By 

    Returning for its third annual outing, grassroots Audio Visual Arts festival and conference AVA will return to Belfast’s iconic T13 for an expanded two-day line-up on June 2-3. Set to feature the UK and Irish debut of Jeff Mills and Guillaume Marmin’s collaboration, Marcel Dettman, Bicep, Ben UFO, Fatima Yamaha, Midland, Rebekah, Job Jobse, Denis Sulta, Or:La, Hammer, Saoirse, The Cyclist, Ryan Vail, Jordan, JMX and much more, tickets for the festival are available to buy here priced £50. The festival says, “Alongside a solid roster of incredible artists playing across the two days, there’s an emerging DJ and Producer…

  • Output Belfast To Return In February

    December 16, 2016 - By 

    The country’s largest music conference, Output Belfast will return to the city for its third year in a row on Thursday, February 16. Organised by Belfast City Council in partnership with Generator NI, the conference – which takes place between the MAC and the Oh Yeah Music Centre – will include panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networking events as well as keynote speeches from award-winning musicians and managers of globally-recognised talent. Later in the evening,  a series of free showcasing events will take place throughout the Cathedral Quarter, featuring bills curated by the likes of Smalltown America, Homebeat,…

  • First Acts Announced for Quarter Block Party 2017

    December 15, 2016 - By 

    Set to make its third annual outing, Quarter Block Party have revealed its first waves of acts set to play various venues in Cork’s North and South Main Street from February 3-5. Presented by Makeshift Ensemble and Southern Hospitality Board, and supported by Cork City Council and The Arts Council, the grassroots, DIY festival will host Naive Ted, Ian Whitty, Sky, Horse and Death, Sissy, Wastefellow, Crevice, Mira Fuchs, part lecture, part choreographic exposition Now Then: A Prologue. This year there will also be a Poetry Machine, a ladder making workshop, a community dinner party, and a nature tour of the…

  • Bon Iver Set To Headline and Curate at Forbidden Fruit 2017

    December 15, 2016 - By 

    Having returned in style back in September with 22, A Million, it’s been announced that Bon Iver will headline and curate the Monday line-up of next year’s Forbidden Fruit festival on June 5. Taking place, as ever, on the grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Justin Vernon’s bill will feature special guests Flying Lotus, Lisa Hannigan, The Staves, Gordi and Paul Thomas Saunders, with more to be announced in the new year. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Monday, December 19 priced €59.50 including booking fee. Limited Early Bird Tickets for Forbidden Fruit…

  • Outburst Queer Arts Festival 2016

    November 8, 2016 - By 

    Northern Ireland’s queer creative initiative and annual celebration of “all that is bold and lovely in the world of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer and friends’ creative goodness” Outburst Arts Festival returns to Belfast for its tenth outing across November 10-19 with a jam-packed programme with queer theatre, music, visual arts, film, spoken word, books, poems, performance, workshops and more. With highlights including This Filthy World with the one and only John Waters, a screening of award-winning documentary Kiki with Twiggy Pucci Garçon and Chi Chi Mizrahi and a global queer trad session at The American Bar, you can check…

  • First Acts Announced for Other Voices 2016

    November 3, 2016 - By 

    Set to return to Dingle from December 2-4, the first wave of acts set to play this year’s Other Voices have been revealed. With more than seventy acts set to perform across the three days and nights, Lisa Hannigan announced that Rejjie Snow, Pixie Geldof, Margaret Glaspy, Girl Band and Kojey Radical will perform exclusive eir Other Voices performance in Berlin. Speaking of the Other Voices announcement, Jon Florsheim, Chief Commercial Officer at eir, said: “There’s a really fantastic line up for the 2016 eir Other Voices Festival – definitely something to suit all musical tastes and with many more musical treats…

  • Metropolis Festival Reveal Running Order

    October 25, 2016 - By 

    Set to return to Dublin’s RDS next week (November 3-5), the running order and times for this year’s Metropolis festival have been unveiled. Featuring the likes of Grace Jones, DJ Shadow, Shura, Moderat, The Sugar Hill Gang, Jesse Lanza, Novelist, Fakear, Mount Kimbie, Girl Band, Floating Points (DJ set) and more, check the details below. Tickets for Metropolis are still available. Day tickets are €79.50, Weekend tickets are €145.00 and DJ Shadow – Opening Party + Weekend (3 Day) tickets are €164.50.

  • Metropolis Reveal New Acts

    September 14, 2016 - By 

    Having already announced the likes of Grace Jones, Moderat, DJ Shadow, Groove Armada, Floating Points (3hr DJ set), BADBADNOTGOOD and Novelist, Metropolis have revealed a new string of acts set to make appearance at its second annual outing at Dublin’s RDS from November 3-5. With still more yet to be announced Jack Garratt, Paul Kalkbrenner, Mount Kimbie, Cyril Hahn and Jessy Lanza (pictured) are amongst the new additions to bill; easily one of the strongest Irish festival bills we’ve seen in quite some time. Set in the industrial array of warehouses and venues with the RDS complex, the indoor event offers a…

  • Lingo Festival 2016

    September 11, 2016 - By 

    Returning following the sold-out success of its second annual outing last year, Lingo – Ireland’s first and only spoken word festival – returns to Dublin from October 21-23. With more acts and full line-up info yet to be announced, the forefather of indie-hop Sage Francis (pictured), Rubberbandits‘ Blindboy Boatclub, Palestinian spoken word artist and human rights activist Rafeef Ziadeh and Galway poet Sarah Clancy will headline this year’s festival. Lingo Programme Manager Erin Fornoff said, “Irish Spoken Word has gone from being a practically unknown and underground movement to being an invigorating part of Ireland’s wider culture, you just have to…

  • Electric Picnic Reveal Salty Dog Stage Line-Up

    August 24, 2016 - By 

    With just over a week to go, Electric Picnic have unveiled the line-up for its shipwreck-like Salty Dog Stage. Set to perform at the stage over the course of September 2-4 are Bronagh Gallagher Band, Le Galaxie Soundsystem (above), David Kitt, Dr Strangely Strange, Kormac, R.S.A.G, The Eskies, Stomptown Brass, Prison Love, Buffalo Sunn, Mongrel State, Old Hannah, The Pete Pamf Sextette, The Trinitones, The Square Pegs, The Cronins, Mick Pyro and the Blues Cartel, Áine Cahill, My Fellow Sponges, Emma Lou & the Agenda, Leila Jane & the Healers, Gavin Glass, Manden Express, Mutefish, Third Smoke, Five By Five, Ross Breen, Sion Hill, Swords and Portside Hootenanny.  At this point we’d normally link…