Irish bands and artists will be invited to apply for this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes festival when the event is launched in Dublin next Tuesday. The showcase festival, which offers a platform to signed and unsigned bands from north and south of the border, will take place on October 16th-18th in various venues.
Full details of the entry process will be announced at its launch, but organiser Angela Dorgan of the Federation of Music Collectives told The Ticketthat another Invasion – when a high-profile act curates a programme of music from their home country – is on the cards.
The festival will take place in venues around Temple Bar, but Meeting House Square will not be used this year, as bad weather in 2008 forced organisers to move bands to indoor venues at the last minute. The other venues are The Academy 2, The Button Factory, Think Tank, Eamon Dorans, Andrew’s Lane Theatre and Twisted Pepper.
Dorgan said: “I think year on year, we’re always surprised at how fantastic Irish music is. Given the albums that bands have been bringing out this year, I am so excited about this year’s festival.”
The closing date for entries (which can be completed online) is July 30th, and the bands selected to play will be chosen by a panel of Irish and international industry bods.
