A total of 99 Irish band have been announced to play this year’s festival in Temple Bar, Dublin on 16-18 October. The headliners will be revealed very soon along with details of the
Photographic Exhibition and the Seminars and Mentor Sessions.

The groups include:

202s / A Plastic Rose / Adebisi Shank / Airstrip One / Albert Penguin / Ali
& the DTs/ Alright Chief / Armoured Bear / Autumn Owls / Biggles Flys Again
/ Black Robots/ Blood Bottler / Briana Corrigan / Carpool Conversation /
C!ties / Cheap Freaks/ City of Angels / Collie / Cutaways / Dark Room Notes
/ Deaf Animal Orchestra / Deaf Joe/ Disconnect 4/ Distractors / Doug
Sheridan / Escape Act / Exit the Street / Fingersmith/ Fiona Melady /
Funeral Suits / Giraffes / Go Panda Go / Goatboy / Gran Casino / Ham
Sandwich / Hassle Merchants / Heathers / Heritage Centre / Here Comes The
Landed Gentry/ Hired Hands / Hunter-Gatherer / I Love Monster Hero / Ian
Whitty And The Exchange / Identity Parade / Jogging / Killer Chloe / Kill
Krinkle Club / Kowalski / Kyon / Ladydoll / Land Lovers / Liz Is Evil / Mail
Order Messiahs / Midatlantic /Miracle Bell / More Tiny Giants /
Neosupervital / NoLady / Not Squares / O Emperor / Oliver Cole / Only Fumes
& Corpses / P-Dog / Pearse McGloughlin / Planet Parade / Pocket Promise /
Primo / Remma / Robotnik / Rory Grubb / RSAG / Sergeant Megaphone / Sounds
of System Breakdown / Subplots / Super Extra Bonus Party / Sweet Jane /
Talulah Does The Hula / The Ambience Affair / The Angel Pier / The Brad Pitt
Light Orchestra / The Brothers Movement / The Dead Flags / The Dying Seconds
/ The Holy Roman Army / The Kinetiks / The Poormouth / The Spook of the
Thirteenth Lock / The Star Department / The Vals / Theme Tune Boy / Tidal
District / Tiny Magnetic Pets / Ultan Conlon / Valerie Francis / Verona
Riots / Vox Populi / We Cut Corners / Yes Cadets / Zealots

This is the seventh year of the festival. Ticket prices remain the same with 100 of Ireland’s best emerging bands for a mere €40 (for a full weekend pass) while nightly wristbands for
the event are a paltry €18.50.

Tickets are available now from www.tickets.ie

For more information, keep an eye on www.hwch.net