Ireland in the Eurosonic Festival

Each year Ireland selects a number of bands and musicians to participate in the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Netherlands. In recent years, RTÉ 2fm, have sponsored two bands per festival.

Ireland's entries

Year	Date	Artists Sponsored by 2fm	Other Artists	Source
2012 (Spotlight Country)	January 11–14		Bitches with Wolves, Cashier no9, Fionn Regan, We Cut Corners, Emmet Tinley, Foy Vance, Funeral Suits, God Is an Astronaut, Hello Moon, James Vincent McMorrow, Jape, LaFaro, Lisa Hannigan, Mojo Fury, Rams' Pocket Radio, Squarehead, The Cast of Cheers, The Minutes, Thread Pulls, Toby Karr, Wallis Bird
2011
2010	January 14–15	And So I Watch You From Afar	Delorentos, Imelda May, Villagers
2009	January 15—17	The Coronas, Fight Like Apes	Declan de Barra, Wallis Bird, General Fiasco	[1] [2] [3]
2008	January 11—12	Cathy Davey, Republic of Loose	Halves, Si Schroeder	[4]
2007	January—January	Julie Feeney, Humanzi	Duke Special, The Answer	[5]
2006	January 12—13	The Chalets, The Radio	—	[6] [7]
2005	January 13	Hal, Iain Archer	—	[8]
2004			—
2003		Bell X1, The Frames	—	[9] [10]
2002		David Kitt	—	[11] [12]

Undated: Other entries have included JJ72 and Bass Odyssey.

External links

• Eurosonic page on 2fm
• Jim Carroll reports on Eurosonic 08 bands selection
• Jim Carroll on Eurosonic 07
• Humanzi at Eurosonic 07
• Irish Eurosonic acts 2006-2008