Ireland Music Week: Schedule Announced!

Ireland Music Week have announced their schedule and showcasing artists for 2023. The official Irish music showcase festival and conference takes place in various venues across Dublin from October 3 - 6.

50 Irish artists and three international keychange acts will showcase on October 5 and 6. The showcases will take place across six stages each night at four venues - Crowbar Terrace, The Grand Social, Tengu and The Workman’s Club. Once again, Lost Lane will host the festival hub and the conference during the day.

Showcasing artists include: Filmore!, Will Troy, Cruel Sister, Naked Lungs, Big Sleep, His Father's Voice, Nealo, Brad Heidi, The Love Buzz, Problem Patterns, Maykay, and more.

Ireland Music Week continues its partnership with Keychange this year and will welcome three international innovators and three international artists to attend/perform. This year, these include: KAMARA (Norway), Liza (Canada), and TOLVY (France).

As always, the festival strives to achieve at least a 50% representation of women and underrepresented gender minorities in its line-up.

The Ireland Music Week Conference takes place across three days, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, and Friday 6 October, 2023. Different Conference topics include: Accessibility in Irish Venues and Festivals; Can the music industry be more climate conscious?; Minding Creative Minds: Let’s talk about Addiction; International Touring; AI X Music: A Presentation; and more.

A final list of international delegates will bring this year's visitors to over 90 buyers in Dublin for the annual showcase as 19 delegates have been added to the list. These 19 additions include: Ángel Ortí Bravo (Pro Weekend Fest), Ariel Hyatt (Cyber PR), Adam Read (TikTok), Brittany Spanos (Rolling Stone), Craig Logan (LME Worldwide), Helen Smith (Impala), Jennifer Reeve (Neophonic), Luke Bermingham (AWAL), Matthew Cooper (Candy Artists), Steffanee Wang (NYLON), and more.

Dublin Vinyl will offer a bursary of up to €3,000.00 to one of the 50 showcasing artists, which will be voted for by the delegates attending the festival.

Speaking about Ireland Music Week, Sharon Barry, Director of Culture Ireland, says: “Culture Ireland is delighted to support Ireland Music Week each year through funding provided to First Music Contact. IMW is an invaluable showcasing opportunity for Irish musicians and the 50 selected acts will have the opportunity to perform for key international programmers, agents and bookers. Many of today’s leading Irish acts showcased at IMW and I have no doubt this years artists will follow in their footsteps.”

Ireland Music Week is supported by Culture Ireland and The Arts Council, plus partners Sony Music Ireland, The Record Hub, Warner Music Ireland, TikTok, Dublin Vinyl, RAAP, CD Baby and trigr.

Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite.

Thursday Timetable

Friday Timetable