On Tuesday 14th of March, IMRO hosted the highly anticipated Live Music Venue of the Year Awards, at the Sugar Club, Dublin.
The short list of nominees were selected by over 19,000 IMRO members with a public vote then awarding the National Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 accolade to Allingham Arms Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Eleanor McEvoy, IMRO Chairperson said of the awards, “Enormous praise is due to each of our award winners tonight. These venues have been recognised for their excellence and for their contribution to live music across Ireland after a very difficult few years. Huge congratulations to you all.”
Other winners in the regional categories include:
Dublin – The Workman’s Club
Rest of Leinster – The Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Connacht –Monroe’s, Galway
Munster – Dolan’s, Limerick
Ulster – McCafferty’s, Donegal
Also presented with awards on the night for IMRO Music Festival of the Year and IMRO Small Music Festival 2023, were Electric Picnic and Wexford Spiegeltent Festival respectively.
The crew of Wexford Spiegeltent Festival also picked up the award for IMRO Tech Crew of the Year.
The IMRO Outstanding Contribution to Live Music accolade was awarded this year to Dermot Lambert, Musician, Broadcaster and Founder/CEO of Garageland.
Performances on the night came from Negro Impacto, Bricknasty, Skinner and DJ Mona Lxsa.
Hot Press Editor Niall Stokes also gave special commendations, presenting awards to Mike the Pies, The Sound House and the Hot Press Live Music Venue of the Year for 2023 to the 3Olympia.
Safe Gigs Ireland were also in attendance on the night, Safe Gigs Ireland is an initiative to make gigs and nightlife safer, for everyone. Their aim is to eliminate discrimination and sexual violence in nightlife by creating a zero-tolerance environment for all forms of violence and unacceptable behaviour.
Safe Gigs Ireland ask that all venues, event and festival organisers, promoters, crew, artists, staff, security and attendees who sign up to Safe Gigs share the same goal. If you sign up to Safe Gigs you agree to…
- promote Safe Gigs for everyone.
- tackle sexual violence and discrimination in your environment through zero tolerance.
- support those around you to ensure everyone has a good night out, free from harm.
The response will be different depending on your position in the industry and your environment. To find out what your response should be check out the Safe Gigs Charter. To sign-up or get involved, you can email safegigs@nullsexualviolence.ie
IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 Winners
IMRO National Live Venue of the Year 2023 – Allingham Arms Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal
IMRO Dublin Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – The Workman’s Club
IMRO Rest of Leinster Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – The Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth
IMRO Connacht Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – Monroe’s, Galway
IMRO Munster Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 –Dolan’s, Limerick
IMRO Ulster Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – McCafferty’s, Donegal
IMRO Music Festival of the Year 2023 – Electric Picnic
IMRO Small Music Festival of the Year 2023 – Wexford Spiegeltent Festival
IMRO Tech Crew of the Year Award 2023 – Wexford Spiegeltent Festival
IMRO Outstanding Contribution to Live Music – Dermot Lambert, Musician, Broadcaster and Founder/CEO of Garageland
Hot Press Live Venue of the Year for 2023 – 3Olympia
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