Ireland in the Eurosonic Festival

Each year Ireland selects a number of bands and musicians to participate in the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Netherlands. In recent years, RTÉ 2fm, have sponsored two bands per festival.[1]

Ireland's entries

Year Date Artists Sponsored by 2fm Other Artists Source
2012 (Spotlight Country) January 11–14 Bitches with Wolves, Cashier no9, Fionn Regan, We Cut Corners, Emmet Tinley, Foy Vance, Funeral Suits, God Is an Astronaut, Hello Moon, James Vincent McMorrow, Jape, LaFaro, Lisa Hannigan, Mojo Fury, Rams' Pocket Radio, Squarehead, The Cast of Cheers, The Minutes, Thread Pulls, Toby Karr, Wallis Bird [2]
2011
2010 January 14–15 And So I Watch You From Afar Delorentos, Imelda May, Villagers [3][4]
2009 January 15—17 The Coronas, Fight Like Apes Declan de Barra, Wallis Bird, General Fiasco [5]
2008 January 11—12 Cathy Davey, Republic of Loose Halves, Si Schroeder [6]
2007 January—January Julie Feeney, Humanzi Duke Special, The Answer
2006 January 12—13 The Chalets, The Radio —
2005 January 13 Hal, Iain Archer —
2004 —
2003 Bell X1, The Frames —
2002 David Kitt —

Undated: Other entries have included JJ72 and Bass Odyssey.

References

  1. ↑ Jim Carroll in The Ticket
  2. ↑ "RTÉ 2fm gearing up for EuroSonic". RTÉ Ten (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). 5 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "RTÉ 2fm select And So I Watch You From Afar for Eurosonic 2010". Hot Press. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  4. ↑ "More Irish acts added to Eurosonic bill". Hot Press. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  5. ↑ "Dutch courage". The Irish Times. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  6. ↑ "Cathy Davey confirmed for Eurosonic 2008". Hot Press. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2009-11-22.

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