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The feedback from our expert panel of music industry professionals highlighted that our 2025 longlist was one of the strongest...

David C Clements has established himself as one of Northern Ireland's most distinctive voices and we are incredibly excited to...

We had a fantastic reaction to the return of our Kickstart competition. Once again the quantity and quality of submissions...

The good weather is putting us in the mood for spending time in the sun listening to great music. As...

Organised by local noise rockers Kolobok, Skronk Fest is billed as a “…celebration of the alternative, experimental, discordant and sublime”...

Fast becoming a fixture in the local music calendar, Buskfest returns to Banbridge for the latest iteration of the competition....

After a year off, we are pleased to announce the return of our talent development competition Kickstart for 2025 We...

REWS return to Belfast for their first show in nearly 2 years with a headline performance at the Belfast Empire...

New collective Girls With Guts aim to celebrate and showcase female and non-binary talent from the rock, punk and metal...

The fifteenth instalment of the award winning Stendhal Festival takes place this summer and the organisers are looking for artists...

The shortlists for the 2024 RTÉ Choice Prize awards have now been released and the nominations are shaping up to...

Late last year TRAMP recorded a live session in the Belfast Empire for BBC 6 Music. On Thursday 20th March 2025, the genre-queer, therapy-rock band...

The first GIFTED of 2025 is a very special one as we welcome renowned Singer-Songwriter Gareth Dunlop to the Belfast Empire on Thursday 6th...

Only one week following their monstrous display of local talent at BBC 6’s New Music Fix Live, Ulster Sports Club...

Belfast-based DIY feminist queerpunk quartet, Problem Patterns, took the big award at another exciting NI Music Prize. The Ulster Hall...