Hard Working Class Heroes (or HWCH) is a festival held in Dublin each year to expose and promote homegrown talent in the form of Irish bands and musicians. HWCH 2010 takes place from the 7th - 9th of October across Dublin and will see over 100 bands perform in 7 venues including The Button Factory, Pravda, Andrew’s Lane Theatre, Sweeney’s, The Mercantile, The Workman’s Club and the Twisted Pepper itself. Last night we were treated to four of those said bands at the Twisted Pepper on Middle Abbey St for the HWCH 2010 Launch party.
Live music on the night was provided by Enemies, At Last an Atlas, Noveau noise and Squarehead who finely showcased the type of fresh Irish musical talent we should expect across the program of the festival. Bottles of Bulmers Berry and bags of Burdocks chips were in plentiful supply on the night to the assembled gathering of music-lovers and members of the press.
Attendees were encourages to bring along old band t-shirts on the night, which we discovered was for a band t-shirt swap organised by festival partners Re-Dress. With only one rule; leave a shirt, take a shirt, the Re-Dress corner was a hit with people leaving Green Day tees and going home with the Foo’s.
Michelle Doherty from Phantom 105.2 launching HWCH
So now that the festival is launched HWCH has put out the call for bands and photographers alike to get involved. If you/your band feel like you’re good enough to play at the Hard Working Class Heroes festival they want to hear from you. If your rock and roll snaps belong on sheets of newsprint or glossy magazines they want to hear from you too. Check out http://hwch.net to sign up the closing date for entries is July 30th.
Tickets for the festival itself run at €45 for the full three days / €20 per night seperately / €35 for the early bird which is on sale now!
See http://hwch.net for details and tickets.
