Ireland Music Week announced recently that the festival will take place, once again, in Dublin venues in October. The international-facing showcase and conference, now in its twenty-second year, will take place from October 1st – 4th. The festival is now calling on artists to apply to showcase:
Log onto https://www.irelandmusicweek.com and click on the “Artist” button – applications will be through the artists’ Breaking Tunes profiles.
Closing date for applications is Monday March 25th at 17.00
Up to 50 acts will have the chance to play and take part in this internationally-recognised event showcasing Ireland’s best emerging talent. The showcases will take place on the Thursday and Friday of the festival. Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite here.
Ireland Music Week places a strong focus on export-ready artists with an increased success rate year on year. Bookers, labels, publishers, managers, agents, and many more international professionals have confirmed to attend this annual showcase and conference, which is an essential step in any Irish artists’ development.
Ireland Music Week, as always, strives to achieve at least a 50% representation of women and underrepresented gender minorities in its line-up.
Angela Dorgan, CEO of First Music Contact, comments: “Seeing how brilliantly past IMW showcasing artists have been doing globally over the last few years really shows us how vital a step the showcase can be for an artist’s growth.”
Some of last year’s successes so far from the festival include YARD, Chubby Cat, The Love Buzz, Holly Munro, Rachael Lavelle, Cruel Sister, Search Results, Morgana, Big Sleep, Problem Patterns, Chalk and more.
Since its inception in 2003, the festival has showcased many of Ireland’s best-known acts including Fontaines D.C., David Keenan, Denise Chaila, Kynsy, CMAT, Ellie O’Neill, Sweetlemondae, Last Apollo, Aoife Nessa Frances, Sprints, M(h)aol, Niamh Regan, Pretty Happy, Pillow Queens, THUMPER, Saint Sister, Wyvern Lingo, Just Mustard, Villagers, Hozier, Gilla Band, Jape, The Coronas, Talos, Le Boom, Loah, Soak, Sinead O’ Brien, Æ Mak, Gurriers, Ailbhe Reddy, MELTS, April, Jyellowl, Somebody’s Child, Junior Brother, Caleb Kunle and many more.
First Music Contact, who run Ireland Music Week, work with Irish acts by supporting them through their talent pipeline. This annual showcase is an opportunity to offer Irish acts some vital network and showcasing opportunities provided by the stellar mix of influential Irish and international delegates. FMC also run Music From Ireland, the Irish music export office and the music discovery portal Breakingtunes.com. FMC develops, supports and showcases the soundtrack to Irelands’ future.
|| Ireland Music Week is supported by The Arts Council and Culture Ireland ||
|| Ireland Music Week is delighted to welcome back partners Claddagh Records, Sony, Music Ireland, Warner Music Ireland and RAAP; and welcome on board Enterprise Ireland ||
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