Hard Working Class Heroes – 2015

Ireland's Annual Showcase Festival and Conference for New Music Convention returns, announcing it's line-up for )1-03 October, 2015.

Following the annual call for bands made in June, Hard Working Class Heroes festival and convention, sponsored by HMV Ireland, have announce the line-up for HWCH 2015.

More than 500 bands applied via First Music Contact's self-built platform Breakingtunes.com and 100 bands were chosen independently by the top Irish and international music industry professionals.

Now in its twelfth year it has showcased many of Ireland's best known acts including Delorentos, The Coronas, Fight Like Apes, Villagers, Lisa O'Neill and 2013's breakthrough act Hozier.
Hard Working Class Heroes showcase and convention continues its high level of events and activities with conferences, mentor sessions, band-tips and more for artists. All of this is possible due to the support from our main festival sponsor HMV Ireland, The Arts Council, added support from Failte Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the NDRC.


2015 LINE-UP:

13 // Acrobat // AikJ // Ailbhe Reddy // Anderson // Arborist // Atlas Moon // Bad Sea // Bagels // Basciville
Benihana // Bitch Falcon // Buffalo Sunn // Buffalo Woman // Callum Orr // Carriages // Cfit // Color//Sound
Comrade Hat // Corner Boy // Darling // Dear Desert // discopunks // DVO Marvell // Elastic Sleep // Electro Sensitive Behaviour
Elephant // Elm // Everything Shook // EXPLODING EYES // Fergal O'Connor // Florence Olivier // Frankenstein Bolts
Half Of Me // Hare Squead // HAWK // Heroes in Hiding // Hot Cops // I Have A Tribe // Inni-K // Jennifer Evans
Johnny Stewart // Joni // Katie Laffan // Kobina // Lie Ins // Lilla Vargen // LORIS // Maija Sofia // Maud in Cahoots
Me Auld Flower // Mere Moths // Miles Graham // MKAI // Mongoose // moossmann // My Tribe Your Tribe
Neon Atlas // New Pope // New Valley Wolves // Nocturnes // Not Monsters // Oh Boland // Old Hannah
PALE RIVERS // Participant // Patrick Freeman // Pine ¶he Pilcrow // Pleasure Beach // PLUTONIC DUST
PolyGlove // PORTS // Pranks // ProFound // Róisín O // Rusangano Family // Ryan O'Shaughnessy
S I S T E R S // Saint Sister // Sample Answer // Samyel // Silences // Slow Skies // SlowPlace LikeHome
Staring At Lakes // STAY GOLD // Strength // Swimmers // Talos // TELL NO FOXX // The Altered Hours
The Fontaines // The Journals // The Man Whom // The Soft Look // Third Smoke // This Other Kingdom
Tiz McNamara // We Raise Bears // We, the Oceanographers



Further announcements about the tech side of the event are expected next week, with the day-to-day venue, band and panel line-ups to follow.

For more go to hwch.net