• It Takes A Village Announces 2019 Return

    October 8, 2018 - By 

    Hands down one of the Irish festivals of the summer, It Takes a Village have announced details of their return in 2019. The East Cork festival will return to Trabolgan in East Cork across Friday to Sunday, May 10-12th 2019. This year’s inaugural outing took place in April, with Young Fathers, Andrew Weatherall and Fujiya and Miyagi topping a bill that also featured some of the country’s best acts including Talos, The Altered Hours, Ryan Vail, Le Boon and Anna Mieke. Early bird tickets for 2019 are on sale now, and prices start at €259.65. We’re expecting great things again…

  • Dublin Feminist Film Festival 2018

    October 3, 2018 - By 

    Celebrating their fifth year, Dublin Feminist Film Festival will return to the city across November 20-22. With its theme of Reframe/Refocus, Generator Hostel and will host the launch of the festival, alongside other events, on Tuesday, November 20. Screenings will then take over Light House Cinema from November 21-22. Organisers said, ‘Rather than foreground particular topics, our programme this year will feature films not only directed by women, but also featuring women cinematographers, producers, DOPs etc. We hope to broaden the notion of what the “by” means in “Films by Women,” while also raising questions about whether and how films…

  • Mac DeMarco, Blood Orange, Roisin Murphy and More for Metropolis Festival

    August 23, 2018 - By 

    Dublin’s annual October Bank Holiday fest Metropolis always deliver with the line-ups, and it seems that this year is going to be no exception. Ahead of many more acts to be announced, Mac DeMarco, Blood Orange, Villagers, Roisin Murphy, The Black Madonna, Young Fathers, Grandbrothers and Gwenno are amongst the first names confirmed to play the RDS across October 27-28. Promising, once more, music, performance, conversation and installation for its fourth edition, tickets go on sale at Friday, August 24 at 9am, ranging from €49.50 to €115.00. Installment plans are available.

  • Another Love Story 2018

    August 22, 2018 - By 

    An intimate festival of approximately two hundred attendees, Another Love Story is based in a family home set in quaint country surrounds of Killyon Manor. A mixture of live music, art installations and talks were enjoyed across various makeshift venues on the lawn as well as inside the house, namely in both cosy front rooms and the spacious ballroom. Now in its fourth year, Another Love Story affirmed its position as Ireland’s finest festival. The interplay between bands from Dublin and Cork, namely, of musicians spotted multiple times performing with different acts over the three days, demonstrated both the connectivity of…

  • Quiet Lights Festival Announced

    July 12, 2018 - By 

    Aiming to shine “a light on the new wave of Irish folk and traditional talent that are quietly forging new paths, recollecting old tales and making new stories” Quiet Lights is a new festival celebrating the new wave of Irish folk and traditional talent. With more to be announced, Katie Kim and Radie Peat, Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Slow Moving Clouds, Landless, Inni-K, Cormac Begley, Saint Caoilian, Dowry, Claudia Schwab and Elaine Malone are the first names announced to be play its inaugural outing in various Cork venues including Coughlan’s Live, Sirius Arts Centre Cobh, The Roundy, St. Peter’s…

  • Groove Festival 2018

    July 11, 2018 - By 

    Including HamsandwicH, Kíla, the Wood Burning Savages and – wait for it – the one, the only, Heather Small of M People, Moira Reilly captures some of the acts at this year’s Groove Festival in Bray, Co. Wicklow.

  • Hard Working Class Heroes Make Annual Call For Applications

    June 7, 2018 - By 

    The application process for this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes has opened. Solo artists and bands interested in playing this year’s showcase, which runs from Thursday September 27-Saturday 29, can do so by logging on to HWCH.net and clicking on “BANDS APPLY HERE”. The application process, which will result in 50 acts being chosen to perform, closed on July 6. Hard Working Class Heroes director Angela Doran said, “With bands securing agents, managers and some label deals as well as a huge jump in national and international profile, a slot at HWCH is something of a bucket list achievement for a…