In the lead up to this year's Castle Palooza festival in Co. Offaly, Hot Press invited up and coming acts from all over Ireland to enter our competition to and play at alongside some of Ireland's biggest acts, such as Mercury Rev, Norman Jay, Wave Machines and Fionn Regan.

We have been inundated with entries, and after much deliberation, we've finally managed to whittle down the entries to twenty lucky finalists.
The two highest scoring acts will be appearing on stage at Castle Palooza, which takes place in Charleville Castle, Co. Offaly.

Competition is tight, so good luck to all the acts.

To listen to our 20 finalists' tracks, and cast your vote, click here