• First Thirty Acts Announced For Knockanstockan 2018

    The first 30 acts set to play this year’s Knockanstockan have been announced. Set to return to Blessington Lakes in Co. Wicklow across July 28-29, the following acts – including many TTA favourites including Slouch, Farah Elle (pictured), Yankari, The Bonk, Super Silly and Paddy Hanna – make up the first line-up reveal: Bantum, Humans of the Sesh, ROE, JyellowL, Navá, Sim Simma Sound System, Bicurious, Akora, Chancer, The Olllam, Moon Looks On, Spudgun, Munky, Farah Elle, Deborah, Yankari, The Scratch, The Bonk, Vernon Jane, Slouch, The Hot Sprockets, Grand, Simon Bird, Ailie Blunnie, Super Silly, Wood Burning Savages, Paddy Hanna, Elaine Mai, Cúla Búla and Kojaque. Tickets for Saturday…

  • Fleet Foxes, Underworld, Chaka Khan and More For All Together Now Festival

    A brand new August Bank Holiday taking place at Curraghmore Estate in County Waterford, the first acts for the inaugural All Together Now have been announced. With many more yet to be revealed, Fleet Foxes, Underworld, Róisín Murphy, Chaka Khan, First Aid Kit, Mura Masa, Nils Frahm, Mogwai, Jimmy Cliff, The New Power Generation, Groove Armada (DJ Set), Kelela, The Black Madonna, Booka Shade, Hot Chip Megamix, Maribou State, Ghostpoet, Talos, Saul Williams, Jape, This Is The Kit, Horse Meat Disco, Saint Sister, Shanti Celeste, Grandbrothers, Books Brass, whenyoung, Fish Go Deep, Biig Piff, David Keenan and Nialler9 make up the first names.…

  • First Acts Announced for Longitude 2018

    Set to return to Marlay Park across July 13-15, the first acts to play this year’s Longitude Festival have been announced. With J. Cole, Travis Scott and Solange (pictured) set to headline Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively, the following acts will also perform: Migos, Post Malone, Diplo, Tyler, The Creator, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Sampha, Khalid, Cardi B, Giggs, J Hus, Joey Bada$$, The Internet, Lil Pump, blackbear, 6LACK, Ibeyi Jacob Banks, Kali Uchis, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Princess Nokia, Mabel, Big Shaq, Belly, Naaz and Bas. With more acts still to be announced, tickets (which range from €69.50…

  • The Breeders, Orbital, Ash and More Added to BBC’s Biggest Weekend in Belfast

    The final acts to play at BBC’s Biggest Weekend in Belfast across May 25-26 has been announced, and it’s pretty special. Joining the likes of Beck, Courtney Barnett and Manic Street Preachers are The Breeders, First Aid Kit, Goldie, Orbital, Little Dragon, Franz Ferdinand, Young Fathers and Ash. We’re going out on a limb here: this is probably the strongest line-up for a festival in Northern Irish music history. Don’t pass up the chance to get tickets when they go on sale this Monday at 10am.

  • Fever Ray Announced as First Act for Body&Soul 2018

    The Knife’s Karin Drejier AKA Fever Ray has been announced as the first act set to play this year’s Body&Soul Festival. As well as performing at the annual Co. Westmeath festival – which returns to Ballinlough Castle across the Summer Solstice Weekend of June 22-24 – Dreijer will also curate the Body&Soul main stage on Friday night. Acts set to perform will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets for Body&Soul 2018 are now on sale here, ranging from €169-€195.

  • It Takes A Village makes Second Lineup Announcement

    Unique in its setting of the Trabolgan Holiday Village in Cork to offset the unpredicatable Spring weather, It Takes a Village festival runs from April 13-15, and has announced its latest set of bill updates. The Good Room-curated festival offers an ATP-esque alternative in the form of 150 self-catering houses and apartments, as well as 35 fully-serviced campervan sites, not to mention the host of nostalgia-invoking activities Trabolgan has to offer. Today’s line up update includes The Gloaming frontman Martin Hayes, alongside one of Ireland’s most respected traditional guitarists Steve Cooney. One of the Irish voices of his generation, Blindboy Boatclub brings his podcast live on Sunday. Landless…

  • Line-Up Announced For Output Showcase

    Returning to Belfast on February 8, the Output music conference and showcase will host a day of seminars, panels and keynote speeches at Belfast’s MAC featuring some of the national music industry’s most highly-noted speakers and practitioners. In the evening, several of the city’s venues will host another series of free showcases featuring a selection of Irish bands and solo artists, curated by the likes of The Thin Air, PRS For Music, Help Musicians NI, The Live Room, Nialler9 and more. We’ll be teaming up with Rally for a show at Babel, located at the Rooftop of Bullitt. Performing will be New…

  • Applications Open for Stendhal Festival 2018

    Hands down one of our favourite Irish summer festivals, Stendhal have made their annual call for applications for acts, artists and traders. Set to return to Ballymully Cottage Farm in Limavady across August 10-11, you can apply for this year’s outing by going here and filling an online form. Festival director Ross Parkhill said, “The Submission process always throws up some amazing finds, Ryan McMullan who has sold out the Mandela Hall and the Limelight in the past 12 months first came to our attention via our submissions, likewise with acts such as SOAK and several other notable names from the…

  • Quarter Block Party Reveal Full Line-Up

    The full line-up has been announced for Quarter Black Party 2018. Set to take over various venues in North and South Main Street in Cork across Friday 2 to Sunday February 4,  the folow artists will perform: O Emperor, Percolator, Pillow Queens, The Sunshine Factory, Tandem Felix (pictured above), Yenkee, Lowlek, Hawkbastard, Rory Francis O’Brien, Cal Folger Day, Davy Kehoe, Robbie Kitt, Andy Wilson & The Toys, Bad Bones, Fuzzy Hell, Pale Rivers, Damsel, Elaine Malone, HEX, Postcard Versions, God Alone and PowPig. Elsewhere, there’ll be DJs in the form of Ben Bix, Dim The Lights, and Stevie G, as well as Vinyl…

  • Justice, Bonobo, Vince Staples and More For Forbidden Fruit

    With the likes of The War on Drugs, Grizzly Bear and Thundercat already announced, Forbidden Fruit has revealed eight new acts set to play its 2018 outing. With more still to be announced, Justice (above), Bonobo, Vince Staples, Glass Animals, Bicep (Live), Denis Sulta, Hunee and Ross from Friends have all been added. Forbidden Fruit 2018 takes place at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham in Dublin 8 across the June Bank Holiday (June 2-4). Ranging from €64.50 to €162.50, tickets are on sale now.