| Location(s) | Dublin, Ireland |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Date(s) | September 12-14 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Website | www.hwch.net |
Hard Working Class Heroes (sometimes shortened to HWCH) is an Irish music festival for emerging bands. It has taken place in Dublin on an annual basis in and around September of each year since 2003. Organised by First Music Contact and Wrong Tape Speed , The Irish Times has referred to it as "an essential must-see/do on Ireland’s music calendar".[1]
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HWCH took place for the first time in 2003.
HWCH took place for a second year in 2004. 600 bands auditioned from which 100 acts were chosen to perform. The Event took place over 3 days in 6 venues around Dublin which were The Olympia Theatre, Pravda, The Hub, Spirit, Temple Bar Music Centre and Eamonn Doran's.
The acts for Friday 26th were: Delorentos, Stars of the City, Mainline, Idlewild, Jenny Lindfors, Bill Coleman, Niall James Holohan, John Leo Carter Scott Maher, Duke Special, Soft Cuddly Toys, V formation, Stellar band, Giveamanakick, Defect, Celest, Mighty Stef, Sick Boy, Polar, Porn Trauma, Fair Verona, Cartoon, 66e, Stanley Super 800, Dead Boys and Girls, Matt Lunson and the Last Hurrah!, The Rags, The Radio, Fred, Sack, Rulers of the Planet, Vamos, Kilo Echo, Communal, Lotus Lullaby, Junior 85, Blood Red Mountain Band and Red Kid
The acts for Saturday 27th were: David Hopkins, Joe Chester, The Walls, Mundy, House of Mexico, Gary Dunne, Justin Corr, Duped, Sinead Hand, Owen Brady, Ruby Taillights, Ruebens, Bailer, Sanzkrit, Panda Kopanda, Eskimo Convention, The Bleedin Bleedins, Betamax Format, Dark Room Notes, Me in the Park, Scuzzi Port Sound System, Hy Brasil, The Rotators, The Chapters, Pony Club, Annie Tierney, Dry County, Exit: pursued by a bear, Valerie Francis, Jape, Neosupervital, Messiah J & the Expert, ITO, Ri Ra, Sundogs, Boss Volenti, Zealots, Stagger Lee and The Flaws
The acts for Sunday 28th were: Aaron James, Chris Morrin and the Mucky Kids, Barry O'Brien, Jamie Lawson, Ann Scott, Mick Duffy, Tadhg Cooke, The Shakes, Molasha Remma, Jaga, Fun Bobby, The Maladies, Subzero, Renko, Fast Emperors, New Vegas, Gavin Glass, Leya, Sylvia Saint, The Shades Andalusia, The Urges, Guggenheim Grotto, Amazing Pilots, Chuzzle, Mono Band, Jack and the', Those Pesky Kids, Gatsby, Envelope Screaming Skies, Ginseng, Red Sirus, 8 ball and The Things.
HWCH took place for a third year in 2005. Tickets cost €25. Host venues included the [[Olympia Theatre, Dublin|Olympia Theatre]gulf indian school heroes, Pravda, The Temple Bar Music Centre amongst other venues. [1]
HWCH took place for a fourth year in 2006, and featured Irish acts such as 79Cortinaz, Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions, Super Jimenez and Novastone, as well as the Canadian acts Mark Bragg, Jill Barber, and Inflight Safety.
taken from http://www.rte.ie/ten/2006/0822/hardworkingclassheroes.html
8 Ball (Dublin) 79 Cortinaz (Carlow) A Band Called Wanda (Galway) Alecko (Dublin) A Lazarus Soul (Dublin) Alias Glee (Dublin) allstarcharge (Dublin) Angel Pier (Gorey) Annette Buckley (Cork) Ashley Sheehan & The Mute (Waterford) Berkeley (Donegal) Betamax Format (Dublin) Bill Coleman (Dublin) Boss Volenti (Dublin) Butterfly Explosion (Dublin) Channel One (Dublin) Cormac O'Caoimh (Cork) Cowboy X (Dublin) Dae Kim (Waterford) DCPakt (Dublin) Dave Couse & The Impossibles (Dublin) Declan De Barra (Dublin) Delorentos (Dublin) Envelope (Dublin) Edgar Heaton (Dublin) Future Kings of Spain (Dublin) Eric Eckhart (Dublin) Ginosko (Dublin) giveamanakick (Limerick) Glenwash (Galway) Gordon is a Mime (Dublin) Ham Sandwich (Kells) Hope is Noise (Cork) Iain Archer (Belfast) Jenny Lindfors (Dublin) Joe Chester (Dublin) Kill City Defectors (Kildare) [lost] (Dublin) Les Bien (Dublin) Lotus Lullaby (Cork) Matt McGinn (Belfast) Me in the Park (Dublin) Michael Knight (Dublin) Mighty Stef (Dublin) Moth Complex (Dublin) My Corduroy (Tipperary) My Invention (Kilkenny) Niall Laylor (Dublin) Myp et Jeep (Kilkenny) Nigel Place (Dublin) Noise Control (Dublin) Novastone (Dublin) Orphan Code (Dublin) Pat Barrett (Dublin) Patrick Freyne and his Bad Intentions (Dublin) Pilotlight (Dublin) Pier Nineteen (Galway) Pinky (Dublin) Pugwash (Dublin) Queen Kong (Cork) Saso (Dublin) Robotnik (Dublin) Redkid (Dublin) Scott Maher (Dublin) Sickboy (Dublin) Star Belgrade (Sligo) Star Turtle (Dublin) Story of Hair (Dublin) Superjimemez (Dublin) Tadhg Cooke (Dublin) The Balducci Lift (Dublin) The Beat Poets (Warrenpoint) The Bleedin Bleedins (Kildare) The Chapters (Dublin) The Heathens (Dublin) The Immediate (Dublin) The Last Post (Dublin) The Marshals (Dublin) The Racket (Dublin) The Red Rose Café (Donegal) The Radio (Dublin) The Ruby Tailights (Dublin) The Shakes (Belfast) The Star Department (Dublin) The Things (Dublin) The Urges (Dublin) The Tides (Dublin) Twinkranes (Dublin) Una Healey (Dublin) Valerie Francis (Dublin)
A free 18 track CD was given to ticketholders. tracklisting is as follows,
HWCH took place for a fifth year in 2007. It occurred for the first time in the Pod Complex from September 28-30. [2] It featured some emerging talents from Scandinavia as well as emerging Irish acts such as Ham Sandwich, The Flaws, Fight Like Apes, halves, Dark Room Notes, Super Extra Bonus Party, The Chakras and The Kybosh.
Band Line up included, ALeko, Alphastates, Angel Pier, Autumn Owls, Betamax Format, Butterfly Explosion, Cathy Davey, Channel One, Chicks, Chrome Horse, Colenso Parade, Cry Yuma, DALI, DArk Room Notes, Declan De Barram Dirty Epics, Disfunktional, Distractors, Dry County (now known as Alias Empire), Elspeth, Eric Eckhart, Evil Harrisons, Fiften Minutes, Fight Like Apes, Flyd Soul and the Wolf, Gavin Glass, Gacin Ryan, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Halves, HAm Sandwich, Hassle Merchants, Herm, Ilya K, Jaded Sun, Jenny Linfors, Jodavino, Kill City Defectors, Le Bien, Leanbh, Loko Parentis, Los Langeros, Michael Knight, Mick Duffy, Migalinx, Miriam Ingram, Miss Paula Flynn, Morac, My Brother Woody, Neosupervital, New Amusement, Noise Control, Not Men But Giants, Offshore, OMB and the Furious Three, One Day International, Panda Kopanda, Paranoid Visions, Push Boarders, Queen Kong, Ray Heffernan, RHOB, Seeping into Cinemas, Stoat, Straglers, Sub Rosa, SEBP, Ten Past Seven, The Block tokens, The Blonde MAjority, The Chakras, The Chapters, The Elliots, The Flaws, The Ghost Wood Project, The Kybosh, The Laundry Shop, The Minutes, The Negative Way, The Radio, The Sensors, The Terribles, The Keds, Tidal Distract, Twin Kranes, Valerie Francis, Walter Mity and the Realists, We Should be Dead, White Noise, You're Only Massive.
The 'Superheroes' of the weekend were The Concretes, Jape, and The Jimmy Cake.
The Scandinavian guests included, Kid Hereafter, Cats on Fire, El Ray, Loveninjas, MArybell Katastrophy, Murder, New Violators, Oh No Ono, The Elephants, The Floor is Made of Lava, The LK, The Radio Arts, Thomas Denver Johnson, Tupelo Honeys, Soad Fountain Rag.
HWCH took place for a sixth year in 2008. It took place on the streets of Temple Bar (following its one one-year tenure at the Pod Complex) from September 12-14. With close to 100 acts, the event saw gigs in Andrew's Lane Theatre, The Button Factory, Meeting House Square, Eamonn Doran's and The Hub. Following the success of the previous year's "Scandinavian Invasion", Sons and Daughters curated the 2008 "Scottish Invasion", bringing with them fifteen[2] of the best emerging bands from Ireland's Celtic neighbours.[3][4]
The line-up of showcasing acts for 2008's Hard Working Class Heroes festival was:[5][6] 202's / 79Cortinaz / A Lazarus Soul / The Aftermath / Alphamono / The Ambience Affair / Angel Pier / Armoured Bear / Mark Austin / Autamata / Bats / The Beat Poets / Bravado / The Brothers Movement / The Cades / Carly Sings / Nick Carswell & The Elective Orchestra / Caruso / Chequerboard / Cian / Class Of 1984 / Ollie Cole / Crayonsmith / Cutaways / The Dagger Lees / Deaf Animal Orchestra / Distractors / Dolbro Dan / Dublin Duck Dispensary / Exit: Pursued By A Bear / Fiach / Fighting With Wire / Valerie Francis / Fred / Gorbachov / Grand Pocket Orchestra / Groom / Halves / Headgear / Heartbreak Cartel / The Holy Roman Army / Hooray for Humans / The Hot Sprockets / Hybrasil / Kill Krinkle Club / The Kinetiks / The Last Tycoons / Le Galaxie / Lines Drawing Circles / Little Xs For Eyes / Mackerel The Cat / Tom McShane / Fiona Melady / The Minutes / Walter Mitty & The Realists / More Tiny Giants / My Brother Woody / Nakatomi Plaza / New Amusement / Noise Control / Not Men But Giants / One Day International / The Followers of Otis / Panama Kings / The Parks / Pilotlight / Pocket Promise / The Rags / The Revellions / Robotnik / John Shelly and the Creatures / Sickboy / Sideproject / So Cow / Sounds of System Breakdown / Sparks Fly / The Spook of The Thirteenth Lock / Super Extra Bonus Party / Supermodel Twins / Sweet Jane / Tidal District / Tiger Empire / David Turpin / The Vinny Club / Vodkopter /and You’re Only Massive
The "Scottish invasion" bands were:[7]
Desalvo / Fangs / Foxface / Frightened Rabbit / Half Cousin / Larmousse /
We Are The Physics / We Were Promised Jetpacks / The Whisky Works
The 2009 event was launched by Alison Curtis and Angela Dorgan on 30 June.[8][9] A line-up of 99 acts was announced on 27 August.[10] The event was held at Temple Bar in Dublin from 16 until 18 October and included Sounds of System Breakdown, Dark Room Notes, Ham Sandwich, The Kinetiks, Neosupervital, R.S.A.G. and Super Extra Bonus Party.[10] A series of "Taking It To the People" performances took place in across the weekend in Dublin in venues such as bookstores and record stores.[11] Twelve hours of music was broadcast on RTÉ 2XM.[12] HWCH BANDS AND COUNTIES 2009 202s (Limerick)
A Plastic Rose (Antrim) Adebisi Shank (Wexford) Airstrip One (Dublin) Albert Penguin (Dublin) Ali & the DTs (Dublin) Alright Chief (Dublin) Armoured Bear (Cork) Autumn Owls (Dublin) Biggles Flys Again (Meath) Black Robots (Waterford) BLOOD BOTTLER (Dublin) Briana Corrigan (Dublin) C!ties (Clare) Carpool Conversation (Cork) CHEAP FREAKS (Dublin) City of Angels (Dublin) Collie (Dublin) Cutaways (Antrim) Dark Room Notes (Dublin) Deaf Animal Orchestra (Waterford) Deaf Joe (Waterford) Disconnect 4 (Galway) DISTRACTORS (Dublin) Doug Sheridan (Dublin) Escape Act (Antrim) Exit the Street (Cork) Fingersmith (Cork) Fiona Melady (Dublin) Funeral Suits (Dublin) giraffes (Dublin) Go Panda Go (Galway) Goatboy (Dublin) Gran Casino (Dublin) Ham Sandwich (Meath) Hassle Merchants (Dublin) Heathers (Dublin) Here Comes The Landed Gentry (Derry) Heritage Centre (Dublin) Hired Hands (Dublin) Hunter-Gatherer (Dublin) I ? The Monster Hero (Dublin) Ian Whitty And The Exchange (Cork) Identity Parade (Dublin) Jogging Dublin Kill Krinkle Club (Dublin) Killer Chloe (Dublin) Kowalski (Down) Kyon (Clare) Ladydoll (Cork) Land Lovers (Dublin) Liz Is Evil (Dublin) Mail Order Messiahs (Dublin) Midatlantic (Kildare) Miracle Bell (Kildare) more tiny giants (Wicklow) Neosupervital (Laois) NoLady (Donegal) Not Squares (Antrim) O Emperor (Cork) Oliver Cole (Meath) Only Fumes & Corpses (Galway) P-Dog (Dublin) Pearse McGloughlin (Sligo) PLANET PARADE (Kildare) pocket promise (Tyrone) PRIMO (Cork) Remma (Cork) ROBOTNIK (Dublin) Rory Grubb (Clare) RSAG (Kilkenny) Sergeant Megaphone (Dublin) Sounds of System Breakdown (Dublin) Subplots (Dublin) Super Extra Bonus Party (Kildare) Sweet Jane (Dublin) Talulah Does The Hula (Dublin) The Ambience Affair (Meath) The Angel Pier (Dublin) The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra (Limerick) THE BROTHERS MOVEMENT (Dublin) The Dead Flags (Sligo) The Dying Seconds (Dublin) The Holy Roman Army (Carlow) The Kinetiks (Dublin) The Poormouth (Dublin) The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock (Dublin) The Star Department (Dublin) The Vals (Antrim) Theme Tune Boy (Limerick) Tidal District (Dublin) Tiny Magnetic Pets (Dublin) Ultan Conlon (Galway) Valerie Francis (Dublin) Verona Riots (Dublin) Vox Populi (Limerick) We Cut Corners (Dublin) Yes Cadets (Antrim) Zealots (Dublin)
HWCH BANDS AND COUNTIES 2010 At Last An Atlas (Dublin) Autumn Owls (Dublin) Awake Young Soldiers (Kildare) Axis Of (Derry) Bantum (Cork) Biggles Flys Again (Dublin) Bitches With Wolves (Dublin) Blasterbra (Galway) bouts (Dublin) Cfit (Dublin) Cloud Castle Lake (Dublin) Colenso Parade (Tyrone) Conor Mason (Derry) Conor walsh (Mayo) Creatures (Kildare) Dark Room Notes (Galway) datadrip (Dublin) Deaf Joe (Waterford) Electric Penguins (Dublin) EleventyFour (Dublin) Enemies (Wicklow) Escape Act (Belfast) Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters (Limerick) Friend? (Dublin) Funeral Suits (Dublin) FUNZO (Dublin) FUTURES APART (Wexford) GMC (Cork) Goatboy (Dublin) Grand Pocket Orchestra (Dublin) HAL (Dublin) Halves (Dublin) Heathers (Dublin) Hellfire Cub (Dublin) HERM (Dublin) Hired Hands (Dublin) Holy Innocents (Belfast) HOUSE OF DOLLS (Dublin) Ivan St John (Dublin) Jefl & Hyde (Tipperary) Jennifer Evans & The Ripe Intent (Dublin) Jogging Dublin John Shelly and the Creatures (Belfast) Junah (Dublin) junior85 (Galway) Keith Mullins & Band (Galway) Kid Karate (Dublin) Kill Krinkle Club (Dublin) LaFaro (Belfast) Le Galaxie (Dublin) leaflog (Kerry) Liz Is Evil (Dublin) Lost Chord (Galway) Miracle Bell (Kildare) MO-T (Dublin) Mrs Healy's First Class Choir (Galway) New Amusement (Dublin) norabelle (Dublin) nouveaunoise (Dublin) our little secrets (Dublin) Pearse McGloughlin (Sligo) Percolator (Waterford) PLANET PARADE (Kildare) RSAG (Kilkenny) Sacred Animals (Dublin/Wexford) Shooting Ducks (Limerick) Sleep Thieves (Dublin) Slumberjet (Dublin) Sounds of System Breakdown (Dublin) Squarehead (Dublin) STRAIT LACES (Belfast) Sweet Jane (Dublin) Talulah Does The Hula (Dublin) The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra (Limerick) The Capitals (Dublin) The Cast of Cheers (Dublin) The Crayon Set (Dublin) The Dead Flags (Dublin) The Depravations (Galway) The Dirty 9s (Dublin) The Eulogys (Cork) The Evening Watch (Dublin) the gorgeous colours (Dublin/Dundalk/Sligo) The Holy Roman Army (Carlow) THE LOAFING HEROES (Dublin) The Lost Brothers (Meath / Omagh) The obcd (Dublin) The Q (Derry) Tiny Magnetic Pets (Dublin) Toy Soldier (Cork) Trophy Boyfriend (Dublin) Valerie Francis (Dublin) Verona Riots (Dublin) Vickers Vimy (Kilkenny) We Are Losers (Kildare) We Should Be Dead (Limerick) windings (Limerick) Yeh Deadlies (Dublin) Yes Cadets (Belfast) Zealots (Dublin)
HWCH 2011 is taking place in Dublin City centre between the 6th and 8th October 2011.
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