Hard Working Class Heroes 2018

by First Music Contact

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Date and Time

Thu, 27 Sep 2018, 10:00 –

Sat, 29 Sep 2018, 23:30 IST

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Location

Various Venues

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Dublin

Ireland

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Refunds up to 7 days before event

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Hard Working Class Heroes is Ireland's annual music showcase and conference and the festival for discovering your new favourite artists. 50 of Ireland's most exciting emerging artists will showcase their music over 2 nights (Sept 28/29) in 5 of Dublin's best known live music venues - The Workman's Club, The Grand Social, Yamamori Tengu, Tramline, and Doyle's. We'll also be hosting the HWCH Music Conference (Sept 27/28/29) in The Chocolate Factory, which will feature over 20 networking sessions, panels, & workshops where we will discuss, debate, and delve deep into the topics that matter most to musicians. Go to hwch.net to see the day X day schedules.

2018 LINE UP

1000 BEASTS / A. SMYTH / Æ MAK / ALAN FINAN / AWKWARD Z. / BAD BONES / BEAUTY SLEEP / BICURIOUS / BRENNA CARROLL / CELAVIEDMAI / CHANELE McGUINNESS / CROOK / DAMOLA / DARCE / EVANS JUNIOR / FEATHER BEDS / FLYNN / HAND MODELS / HUNKPAPA / I HAVE A TRIBE / JACK O'ROURKE / JOSH GRAY / JOSHUA BURNSIDE / JUST MUSTARD / KITT PHILIPPA / LAOISE / LEILA JANE / MALOJIAN / MARIA KELLY / MOLLY STERLING / NEW PAGANS / ÓDÚ / OWEN DENVIR / P E A R L Y / PILLOW QUEENS / ROE / ROSA NUTTY / SAM WICKENS / SEAN OB / SILVERBACKS / SONJA SLEATOR / TADGH / THE WOOD BURNING SAVAGES / THUMPER / TIM CHADWICK / TIZ McNAMARA / TRUE TIDES / WASTEFELLOW / WILD YOUTH / XO MO

The HWCH Music Conference is Ireland's largest gathering of bookers, labels, agents, managers, music supervisors, journalists, and radio folk from around the world and here at home. The development and progression of the HWCH Music Conference over the last few years has earned the festival the local and international reputation for being a must-attend event for anyone working in music in Europe.

This year, we're delighted to have the following music industry experts join us in Dublin: Paul Jones (Rough Trade Records), Nick Robinson (Kobalt), Molly O'Brien (Beggars Music), Adam Read (Deezer), Sarah Casey (United Talent Agency), Alyssa Castiglia (Island Records), Daniel Horitz (Lex Records), Lynden Campbell (Domino Publishing), Sarah Joy (ATC Live), Jim Beckmann (KEXP), Adam Ryan (The Great Escape), Almudena Heredero (Primavera Sound/Primavera Pro), Stephen O'Reilly (i.e:music), Ruth Simmons (soundlounge), Ryan Leas (Stereogum), Anna Wester (PIAS), Joel Borquaye (Kobalt / AWAL), Casper Mills (SXSW), Oskar Strajn (ESNS), Andrea Madden (Monkey Kingdom/Made in Chelsea), Adam Lewis (Planetary Group), Rupert Hollier (Redfive Creative), Alisa Preisler (Ground Control Touring), Julie McLarnon (Analogue Catelogue Studio), François Missonnier (Europavox), Steve Farris (13 Artists Publishing), Nathan Stein (Arts & Crafts), Corinne Sadki (Le Bureau Export), Jake Sheppard (Triple Management), Ciara Elwis (Air-Edel), Anton Teichmann (Manions & Millions), Tom Dunne (13 Artists), Rhys Bradley (Martian PR), Emmett Power (Locomotion Music), Jeff Courtney (Mute Records), Ciara George-Lynch (Reeperbahn), Javier Lopez (Midem), Will Larnach-Jones (Iceland Airwaves), Lisa Hresko (A2IM), Mikey B Rishwain (M for Montréal) + more TBA in the coming weeks.

Some of last year’s big successes to progress from the festival to the international stage include Soulé, Roe, Bitch Falcon, David Keenan, Fontaines DC, Æ Mak, Jafaris, Lilla Vargen, Jealous of the Birds, Le Boom and Paddy Hanna.

“With bands securing agents, managers and label deals as well as a huge jump in national and international profile, a slot at HWCH is something of a bucket list achievement for a lot of developing Irish acts", says HWCH festival director, Angela Dorgan. “The payoff is also on view in the record amount of Irish acts on the bill at all our domestic festivals. It has never been more important to showcase Irish talent”.