IMRO’s 20th anniversary showcase tour is upon us. 20 years of the IMRO showcase tour bringing the best upcoming acts to a venue near you.
This year saw a record breaking response with over 600 submissions show how healthy Irish music is right now. The juding has occured, tough decisions been made and the tour now will be the following dates and bands.
There will be eleven tour dates between September 7th and 30th running through Belfast, Derry, Athlone, Cork, Mayo, Kildare, Galway, Limerick and Dublin. Then there will be a best of showcase tour in The Workmans Club on October 22nd. The tour dates are thus….
Wed September 7th Belfast: Limelight & Katy Daly’s
Amidships, Southern, runaway Go, Morning Claws, Seven Summits, Bright Falls & Bomb City 7.
Fri September 9th Dublin: Crawdaddy
East Island City, Rooftop Anthem, The Young Folk & The Fallen Drakes
Sat September 10th Derry: The Cellar Bar, Draperstown
Rams Pocket Radio, Intermission, Mojo GoGo & Our Krypton Son.
Thurs September 15th Westmeath: Athlone IT, Athlone
Nova Static, Henrietta Game, Marc O’Reilly & Bipolar Empire
Friday September 16th Cork: Cyprus Avenue
Zombie Computer, In Valour, The Empire Lights, Fingersmith & Bona Fide Federation
Sat September 17th Mayo: Bar Ritz, Castlebar
Pearse Mc Gloughlin, Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters, Race The Flux, New Sunset Hotel & Brain Washington
Thurs September 22nd Kildare: The Late Lounge
Avalanche Ammo, Super Hanz, The P- Affection & Awake Young Soldiers
Fri September 23rd Dublin: The Grand Social
danielle harrison, The Hot Sprockets, Ghost Estates & I’m Your Vinyl
Sat September 24th Galway: The Roisin Dubh
Daithi O’Dronai, Rainy Boy Sleep, Junior85 & Milan Jay
Thurs September 29th Dublin : Crawdaddy (with Future Bright)
Cars Love Girls, Last Days of 1984, Bear Bones & TBC
Fri September 30th Limerick: Dolans
Dead Red Light. Jefl & Hyde, Moscow Metro, Tenaka & The Hip-Neck Blues Collective.
Sat October 22nd Dublin: The Workman’s Club
Best of IMRO Showcase Tour 2011