• Lingo Festival 2015

    October 15, 2015 - By 

    Ireland’s first and only spoken world festival, Lingo returns to Dublin from Friday, October 16 to Sunday, October 18 to for another week of exceptional performances from fresh voices and spoken word masters from Ireland and much further afield. Organised by some of the Dublin’s most attuned independent promoters, arts curators and spoken word artists, this year’s outing boasts everyone from headliner extraordinaire Saul Williams and experimental poet and playwright Dylan Coburn Gray to UK poet and spoken word artist Hollie McNish and Derry-based performance poet Abby Oliveira. Go here to read our new interview with Saul Williams and here to check…

  • Battle For The Burning Lake Kite & Music Festival

    September 22, 2015 - By 

    Despite kicking off at the very beginning of Autumn, Achill Island’s Battle for the Burning Lake festival is set to make the most of a forecast Indian summer over the weekend of September 25-27. With the likes of The Eskies and Daithí set to perform at the annual Co. Mayo celebration, the festival also has watersports – namely kitesurfing at the legendary Keel Lake – at the heart of its programme. Also boasting a funfair and the food village, entry for Friday and Saturday is free during the day for spectators. Check out the full artist line-up below and go here to buy tickets (also…

  • Another Love Story

    July 30, 2015 - By 

    There’s supremely intimate, wonderfully cloistered, comprehensively unmissable small festivals, then there’s Another Love Story. Taking place at Killyon Manor, Co. Westmeath across August 21-23,  the “weekend celebration of music, discussion, film, food and friends” boasts a line-up including New Jackson, Loah, Leo Drezden, Come On Live Long, I Have a Tribe, Margie Lewis, Valerie Francis, Ben Bix & Father, Carriages, Tandem Felix and many more. Of course, being much more than a standard music festival, the real lure and magic here is in the one-off happenings and fleeting moment of wonder, full details of which will be announced very soon. In the…

  • Spirit of Folk Festival

    July 30, 2015 - By 

    Returning to Co. Meath’s Dunderry Park from September 18-20, Spirit of Folk Festival with a line-up boasting the likes of Mick Flannery (pictured), Inni-K, Carriages and more. As well as music the festival will also include storytelling from national treasures such as Batt Burns, Jack Lynch, Eddie Lenihan, and Aideen Mc Bride, as well as talks and workshops on Ancient Druidism and Shamanism, African song and Dance workshops, Viking Battle Re-enactments, Bicycle Jousting, Yoga, Astronomy and Bushcraft. Festival Director, Natasha Duffy, says of this year’s SOF, “Each year we try and promote as many interesting and unique activities as possible. This year…

  • Metropolis Festival

    July 24, 2015 - By 

    Taking place over the 7 & 8 November at Dublin’s RDS, the Metropolis Festival boasts an incredible lineup spread across 6 rooms, taking in live music, performance, discussions & talks from selected creatives, and installations geared towards transforming the RDS into an audio-visual playground. Chic, featuring Nile Rodgers – about whom nothing further needs to be said – headline the Metropolis stage, so expect one of the richest and tightest sets in the world. Performing during the weekend are hit machine Mark Ronson, Jamie XX – fresh off the back of his excellent new In Colour LP –  The Roots, Giorgio Moroder, Finnish maestro Todd Terje, Kaytranada, Matthew Herbert, Dorian Concept, Kerri…

  • Wacken Open Air 2015

    June 17, 2015 - By 

    The world’s self-proclaimed largest heavy metal festival, Wacken Open Air returns to Wacken, Germany from July 29 to August 1 with yet another exceptionally strong, monstrously heavy bill. With the likes of Judas Priest, Biohazard, In Flames, Opeth, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Rob Zombie, Within Temptation and Savatage amongst the acts set to play, the festival will attract 75,000 visitors over its four days. Buy tickets for the festival here and check out the full line-up here.

  • Live at The Marquee 2015

    June 16, 2015 - By 

    The likes of Beck, Van Morrison, Chic and Damien Rice will grace the Docklands at Cork’s Live at the Marquee this June and July for yet another string of unmissable, high-profile shows courtesy of Aiken. Check out the full line-up below and go here to buy tickets. Tuesday, June 16: Beck, O Emperor Wednesday, June 17: Billy Idol Thursday, June 18: The Vamps, Hometown Friday, June 19: The Coronas Saturday, June 20: The Coronas, Hudson Taylor, Little Hours Sunday, June 21: Nathan Carter Monday, June 22: ZZ Top Tuesday, June 23: John Legend Wednesday, June 24: Ellie Goulding Thursday, June…

  • With Full Force Festival 2015

    June 9, 2015 - By 

    It’s only a few weeks left until With Full Force festival will celebrate its 22nd year at Flugplatz Roitzschjora Germany. After a massive twentieth birthday bash in 2013 and yet another stellar line-up last year, one of the loudest and hardest music festivals in Germany brings the very best of metal, punk and hardcore to your ears once more from July 3 to July 5. With the likes of Agnostic Front, Kreator, In Flames, Sick of it All, Carcass, Fear Factory, In Flames and Heaven Shall Burn set to perform at the festival, you can check out the full line-up below. Go here…

  • An Áit Eile: That’s How It Starts

    June 8, 2015 - By 

    Saturday, June 13 hosts a showcase for Galway’s local arts, crafts and music at the Nuns Island Theatre, organised by the grassroots not-for-profit organisation, An Áit Eile, who wish to foster the creative community of the west of Ireland. Teaming up with see many of Galway’s local organisations like Access Music Project, Citóg Records, Jamaica Joe’s, there will also be a series of acoustic artists performing at the show,  including My Fellow Sponges, Rivers and Crows, Steven Sharpe, Dylan Murphy, Majestic Bears and Tracy Bruen, as well as an indoor marketplace from 1pm-6pm, featuring locally-produced arts, crafts and food. Performances will be accompanied by DJs Ray Wingnut, Stroller and Fuz.…

  • Sounds From A Safe Harbour

    May 25, 2015 - By 

    Another brand-new festival has been added to Cork’s ever-expanding portfolio of annual events with the announcement of Sounds from a Safe Harbour, ‘a festival of music, art and conversation’ running September 17th until the 20th around the city. Curated by The National guitarist Bryce Dessner, it’s sure to be another strong Cork move, following the good buzz and recent pick-up in events and crowds that’s happened this year. The blurb: Sounds from a Safe Harbour is a brand new festival of music, art and conversation, curated by Bryce Dessner of The National. Two years since its inception by Bryce and Cork Opera…