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HWCH ’14 special guests announced

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The special guests (or honourary “Heroes”) of Hard Working Class Heroes 2014 have been announced.

Set to join an already extremely impressive line-up of new and emerging Irish musical talent, the MayKay-fronted Fight Like Apes (pictured), Meath indie rock five-piece Ham Sandwich and fast-rising Derry singer-songwriter SOAK will perform throughout Dublin from Thursday, October 2 to Saturday, October 4.

The organisers of the annual festival of hotly-tipped homegrown music have also announced details of HWCH and the City – a music trail of free, all ages gigs in some of Dublin’s best and most unique shops, restaurants and coffee shops. Go here to see full details with venues and times (tickets are free).

Tickets for Hard Working Class Heroes ’14 are priced at €45 (and fees) for a weekend ticket or €20 (and fees) for a day ticket. Go here to buy.

Check out the full line-up for the festival below.

A Lazarus Soul / Acrobat / Affleck / Arborist / Atriums / Benihana / Benny smiles / Brian Casey / Buffalo Sunn / Buffalo Woman / Carriages / Carried By Waves / Cfit / Ciaran Lavery / Cloud Castle Lake / Clu / Codai / Color // Sound / Columbia Mills / Conor Walsh / Contour / Deaf Joe / Dear Desert / Death In The Sickroom / Dogs / Dott / DVO Marvell / Eamon bode / Elaine Mai / Elastic Sleep / Elephant / Eoin Dolan / Fallen Rule / Fight Like Apes / Floor Staff / Florence Olivier / Frankenstein Bolts / Galants / Ghost Estates / God Knows + mynameisjOhn / Grim / Hags / Ham Sandwich / Hare Squead / Hauer / Hawk / His New Atlas / Hugh Hick / I have a tribe / I’m Your Vinyl / Imploded View / Jet Setter / Kobina / Kormac / little xs for eyes / Liza Flume / Low Sea / Maija Sofia / Maud in Cahoots / Me & My Dog / Me Auld Flower / Meltybrains? / Mere Moths / MKAI / moossmann  / Myles Manley / Neon Atlas / Old Hannah / Otherkin / Paddy Hanna / Participant / Planet Parade / Princess (pictured) / Red Queen Contest / Replete / Satori Je / Silences / Sisters / Skelocrats / Sleep Mc Evox / SOAK / Somerville / Spies / Subplots / Tell No Foxx / The Academic / The Bedroom / The Black Sea Fleet / The Boxing Plot / The Clameens / The Debutantes / The Hard Ground / The Late David Turpin / The Loafing Heroes / The Magpies / The Pale / The Run Ons / The Shaker Hymn / The Statics / The Vincent(s) / Tino Ras / Val Normal / Vann Music / Voids / Walpurgis Family / Wild Promises / Yes Cadets.

Photo by Loreana Rushe

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