MUSIC EVENTS (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL)
Song Contests
Glinsk Song Contest
Contact: Martin Ward, Ph: 353 1 094 9655257
Email: glinsk@eircom.net Glinsk, via Castlerea, Co. Galway
Date: Annual (July)
Sponsored By IMROClonmel National Song Contest
Contact: Mike Walsh, Ph: 353 052 66320,
Email: info@clonmelnationalsongcontest.com
Web: www.clonmelnationalsongcontest.com
Date: November
Sponsored By IMROEurovision Song Contest
Contact: RTE
http://www.rte.ie/tv/eurovisionAn Tostal Song Contest
Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim
Contact: Web: http://www.antostalfestival.ie/song-contest.htm
Date: May
Sponsored By IMROTipperary Peace Song Contest
Contact: http://www.tipperarypeace.ie/
Date: February
Sponsored By IMROUnisong
Contact: http://www.unisong.com/
Closing Date: MarchInternational Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Contact: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/
CMT/NSAI Song Contest
Contact: http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/The UK Songwriting Contest
Contact: http://songwritingcontest.co.uk/Song of The Year
Contact: http://www.songoftheyear.com/about.htmThe John Lennon Songwriting Contest
Contact: http://www.jlsc.com/
Showcases
IMRO Showcase Tour
Contact: Keith Johnson, IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Ph: 353 1 6614844
Email: keith.johnson@imro.ie
Date: Annual (Closing date for submissions mid January)
Sponsored By RTE 2FM and Irish Star NewspaperSouth By Southwest
Austin Texas
Contact: www.sxsw.com
Date: MarchPopkomm
Berlin
Contact: www.popkomm.com
Date: September/OctoberCMJ
New York
Contact: www.cmj.com
Date: NovemberIn the City
Manchester UK
Contact: www.inthecity.co.ukMidem
Cannes, France
Contact: www.midem.com
Date: JanuaryMusexpo
Bel Age Hotel, West Hollywood, CA, USA
Contact: www.musexpo.net
Date: April
Festivals
Hard Working Class Heroes Festival
Contact: Angela Dorgan, Space 28, North Lotts, Dublin 1, Ph: 353 1 8782244
Email: info@hwch.net Web: www.hwch.net
Date: September/October
Sponsored By IMROSligo New Music Festival
Contact: Aoife Flynn, Model Arts and Niland Gallery, The Mall, Sligo. Ph: 353 071 9141405
Date: March
Sponsored By IMROSligo Live
Contact: Shane Mitchell,
Email: shane@dervish.ie, Web: www.sligolive.ie
Date: June
Sponsored By IMRODeaf - Dublin Electronic Arts Festival
Contact: Karen Walshe, 26 Nth Great Georges Street, Dublin 1.
Email: karen@deafireland.com
Date: September
Sponsored By IMROTe Music Show
RDS Main Hall
Contact: www.musicireland.ie
RTE Living Music Festival
National Concert Hall, National Gallery of Ireland, Vicar Street
Sponsored By IMROEnnis Trad Festival
Co. Clare
Contact: http://www.ennistradfestival.com/
Date: November
Sponsored By IMROJohnny Keenan Banjo Festival
Clonturk, Longford, Ireland
Contact: http://www.johnnykeenan.com/
Date: September
Sponsored By IMRO
Competitions
National Student Music Awards
Contact: Dave Reid, NSMA, Suite 49,184 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6.
Sponsored By IMROChoice Music Prize
Project information
David Reid/Jim Carrol, info@choicemusicprize.com, Web: www.choicemusicprize.com
Date: February
Sponsored By IMROArklow Music Festival
Contact: 29 Main Street Arklow
Date: March
Sponsored By IMROFeis Ceoil
Contact: Carmel Byrne, Ph: 353 1 6767365
Email: info@feisceoil.ie
Date: March
Sponsored By IMROInternational Songwriting Competition
211 Seventh Avenue North, Suite LL-20
Nashville, TN 37219, Phone: 615.251.4441, Fax: 615.251.4442
http://www.songwritingcompetition.comMusic 21 Composers Competition (formally Mostly Modern)
IMRO Young Irish Composers Competition
Contact: http://www.mostlymodern.ie/competitions/youngcompdetails.htm
Date: April
Sponsored By IMRO
Educational
Irish Composition Summer School
Contact: Dr. Helen Haughey, Joint Administrator, Irish Composition Summer School
email helenhaughey@eircom.net
Sponsored By IMROSongschool
Contact: http://www.songschool.ie/
Sponsored By IMROSligo International Jazz Summer School and Festival
Date: August
Web: www.sligojazzproject.com
Sponsored By IMRO
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