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Hard Working Class Heroes is somewhere to be

Looking for the new Hozier? HWCH is the place to be

The line-up for this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes, Ireland’s biggest festival for new music, has been announced with over 100 acts taking part over the weekend of October 6 to 8 in venues all over Dublin.

Headlines • 17 Aug 16

Call goes out for applications for HWCH 2015

Hard Working Class Heroes, Ireland's annual showcase festival and conference for new music and technology, takes place from October 1 to 3 in Dublin, and the call has gone out for musicians, bands and singer-songwriters to take part.

Entertainment • 16 Jun 15

Watch our coverage of this year's Hard Working Class Heroes

Watch! RTÉ TEN's HWCH webcast

RTÉ TEN webcast live from the Hard Working Class Heroes festival earlier in October and we're giving you a chance to catch our coverage again with live performances and interviews with Ham Sandwich, Sleep Thieves, and many, many more.

Entertainment • 31 Oct 14

Watch RTÉ TEN's Hard Working Class Heroes 2014 webcasts below

Watch! Exclusive HWCH's TEN webcasts

Hard Working Class Heroes is taking place in Dublin this weekend and TEN was there - watch our interviews and exclusive performances below.

Entertainment • 04 Oct 14

HWCH runs in Dublin from tonight, October 2 to Saturday October 4

HWCH streaming live on RTÉ TEN now!

Hard Working Class Heroes, Ireland's annual event for new music, kicked off in Dublin today. You can watch interviews and exclusive performances here on RTÉ Ten from 7pm tonight, and at the same time on Friday and Saturday.

Entertainment • 03 Oct 14

HWCH takes place in venues all over Dublin this Thursday to Friday

HWCH - Check out the full unexpurgated factoids!

Hard Working Ireland's annual showcase for new music, gets underway this Thursday in Dublin and we've got the full factoids of what makes the whole thing tick. It's all here - from the beards to the animal names. Have a look.

Entertainment • 01 Oct 14

FLA, HamsandwicH and Soak named HWCH Heroes

Fight Like Apes, HamsandwicH and Soak have been chosen as this year's Heroes at Dublin's upcoming Hard Working Class Heroes music weekender.

Entertainment • 19 Sep 14

Watch! Moscow Metro live at HMV in Dublin

Limerick band Moscow Metro played an in-store gig on the Breakng Tunes Stage in HMV on Dublin's Grafton Street earlier this afternoon as part of First Music Contact's new bands summer programme. Watch the whole show here on RTÉ Ten.

Entertainment • 27 Jun 14

Hard Working Class Heroes back in Dublin

Hard Working Class Heroes, Ireland's annual showcase festival and conference for new music and digital, begins in Dublin today, October 3, and runs until Saturday October 5.

Entertainment • 03 Oct 13

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