The weekend of events at the end of September will see a mixture of workshops, discussions and panels which are growing in importance year on year for artists across all levels to meet with people one-to-one who can make a difference. Journalist Jim Carroll will, once again, host the discussions.
The festival will be announcing the selected acts and venue line-up in a couple of weeks. Newly confirmed for the conference are as follows:
Martin Hewett, On The Beach / Ryan Leas, Stereogum / Claire Southwick, Primitive Management, MMF UK / Erika Elliott, City Parks, SummerStage / Andrea Madden, Made In Chelsea, Monkey Kingdom / Geoff Travis, Rough Trade / Will Vincent, Prescription PR / Dominic Bastyra, Wake The Town, Theodore / Mikey B. Rishwain, M for Montreal / Ruth Barlow, Beggars Group /Philip Taggart, BBC, Vevo + more TBA.
They will join Adam Ryan, The Great Escape / Casper Mills, SXSW / Evelyn Sieber, Reeperbahn / Lisa Hresko, A2IM / Marc Ventosa, Last Tour / Oskar Strasjn, Eurosonic / Sarah Besnard, ATC / Jason Edwards, CODA / Laura Parker, Freelance / Darryn King, Freelance and John Seabrook, The Newyorker.
This will be Ireland’s largest gathering of bookers, labels, managers, music supervisors, radio folk and journalists from around the world and here at home. HWCH annually brings Ireland to the world and the world to Ireland over one weekend.
On Thursday 28tSeptember, the opening night, a targeted networking social event will take place in the Chocolate Factory where all the international delegates will have the chance to meet with their Irish counterparts and artists attending the HWCH conference. (The conference is free to all musicians with a Breaking Tunes profile). The live showcases will take place across Friday 29th and Saturday 30th September.
The HWCH conference is presented with support from Culture Ireland. Tickets (incl charges) via Eventbrite are priced as follows: conference & weekend live €55.00 / Weekend live €35.00 / Conference €25.00. Nightly live €25.00 / Single venue €12.00 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/hard-working-class-heroes-festival-2017-tickets-35351423058