It usually doesn't come alive until August. Last year it was www.hwch.net

seems i'm a bit early so. thanks anyway.

HWCH 2005: June 27th Deadline Calling all bands for Hard Working Class Heroes Organisers of the Hard Working Class Heroes event are inviting bands from Ireland and abroad to submit their demos. The Hard Working Class Heroes organisers have confirmed that this year’s rockfest will run from August 26 to 28. With dozens of showcase spots up for grabs, acts should make sure their three-track demos get to HWCH c/o the Federation Of Irish Music Collectives, 28 North Lotts, Dublin 1 no later than Monday June 27. For the first time, the 2005 Hard Working Class Heroes will also feature a selection of the UK’s top emerging artists. “As we got involved in the Music From Ireland brand this year, we thought opening our festivals to artists from other countries was nothing less than other territories do for our bands,” explains the FMC’s Angela Dorgan. “We’re excited to try it out and see how it works.” With Humanzi, Joe Chester, Declan O’Rourke, Iain Archer, Director and Mainline just a few of the acts who showcased last year, HWCH 3 is likely to attract a bumper crop of A&R personages. “We got amazing feedback from bands and punters alike and felt we needed to deliver just as exciting a festival this year with a couple of surprises,” says Brian Carroll of last year’s proceedings. The new www.hwch.net site goes live on May 27.

Mainline didnt play last year, FACT!

Hope this year's crop of hopefuls is better than last years, 99% of whom did nothing for me.

i have to say - there wasn't too many amazing bands at last years one... and the bands that did attract interest are still floating around, unreleased. i dunno. 45,454,587 in 46,432 venues for 40 quid only sounds good if the bands are any cop...

It was €20 wasn't it? I saw enough last year to make it worth my while.

Yeah, I thought that last year was pretty good. Looking forward to this year's one aswell.

Mainline did the launch, FACT!

They Did not play the festival, Fact

Mainline are still a great live act in my opinion. It was a great weekend in dublin for music. Just walking around from bar to bar checking out different bands. Great value for a whole weekend of music

Who was good at last year's then?

hwch is a good event and much needed i say.

HWCH doesn't do any harm at all, it benefits a lotof bands. But, it is way more about meeting industry heads and other bands rather than actually getting fans, I would imagine. I think most people would prefer to spend 20 quid on seeing one band that they know and really like, and know will be really good, rather than spending it on ten bands that they don't know and will probably be distinctly average. But, I guess that's from a joe shmoe point of view.

Here are three reviews from last year's event to give you an overall view of some of the performances: http://www.cluas.com/music/gigs/hwch_2004_day1.htm http://www.cluas.com/music/gigs/hwch_2004_day1b.htm http://www.cluas.com/music/gigs/hwch_2004_day3.htm

Originally posted by Una
HWCH doesn't do any harm at all, it benefits a lotof bands. But, it is way more

Hard Working Class Heroes - 2005 An Irish Festival for Irish Bands Hard Working Class Heroes Festival Launch and National call for bands 26th May 2005 Closing date to submit band demos - 27th June 2005 Hard Working Class Heroes Festival 26th, 27th, 28th August 2005 100 bands, 6 venues, 3 nights www.hwch.net The Hard Working Class Heroes epidemic kicks off on May 26th 2005 with the launch of the festival website and the national call for bands. Up and coming bands from across the country will be asked to submit their demos to be in with the chance to perform at this year's festival. The registration form will be available online at www.hwch.net from Friday 27th May and the closing date for entries will be the 27th June with the final line up being announced in July. In only it's third year, The Hard Working Class Heroes festival has become the Irish independent music industry's most telling barometer. The best way to spot emerging acts certain to make noise in the months to follow and also to see more established artists perform in multiple venues over three nights in Dublin's Temple Bar. HWCH is Ireland's only festival dedicated to Irish bands and host venues this year will include The Olympia Theatre, Eamon Dorans, Pravda, The Temple Bar Music Centre with other venues to be announced. Organised by Wrongtapespeed Collective and FMC, all venues are close by so as to allow a real community and party atmosphere to develop over the course of the festival. The launch, featuring exciting new acts The Rotators and The Amazing Pilots will also be celebrating the fact that since last year's festival, a record number of Irish bands have been signed to recording and publishing deals including many of the emerging acts who appeared at last years festival (see www.hwch.net for details). As part of the festival activities, HWCH hopes to build on this success this year by once again inviting music industry figures from both the UK and the US to attend the festival and are expecting to at least double the number of executives to make the trip this August. The call for bands is expected to top last year's entries, which totalled a staggering 600 bands from which 100 acts were chosen to perform. The festival organisers will, this year, have some added surprises in store, including inviting some of the UK's emerging artists. This initiative has been put in place in order to promote further collaboration with both the UK and other international festivals. 'As we got involved in the MUSIC FROM IRELAND brand this year (see www.musicfromireland.org for details) we thought that opening our festival to artists from other countries was nothing less than other territories do for Irish bands' says Angela Dorgan of fmc. 'We are excited to try it out and see how it works!' Brian Carroll is thrilled that HWCH festival is staying true to its organic ethos. 'We received amazing feedback from bands and fans alike last year and felt that we needed to deliver just as exciting a festival in 2005. We are delighted to still be the only Irish festival for Irish bands on the festival calendar and the success of the showcase dimension borne out by the overwhelming success of artists from last years festival including Humanzie, Joe Chester, Declan O' Rourke, Iain Archer and Mainline to name a few. We feel sure that the artists who are selected for HWCH 05 will enjoy equal success'. In addition to hosting performances of 100 acts, HWCH will repeat its very successful series of Music Industry seminars and mentoring sessions this year. Experts from Ireland and the UK will be joined by their counterparts from the US ensuring that once again, HWCH delivers the international music industry directly to Irish artists. The festival will cost €25 excluding service and handling fees for the entire weekend and access to every venue will be strictly on a first come, first serve basis. Tickets Available from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.

so does anyone know if the bands have to pay for submitting a demo again this year?????