CANALAPHONIC announce that Radio NOVA will act as media partner for this year’s festival which takes place throughout Rathmines, Portobello, National Concert Hall Quarter and Camden Quarter on Friday and Saturday 23rd and 24th September, with the main outdoor stage located at Leinster Cricket Grounds, Rathmines.

For the whole month of September, Radio NOVA will highlight acts playing at this year’s festival in addition to a NOVA Takeover of the main indoor stage at Whelan’s, live outdoor broadcasts and NOVA DJs performing MC duties throughout the festival proper.

Additional acts confirmed to perform include – Sample Answer, Mick Pyro, Maud in Cahoots, Gavin Glass, Nick Kelly, The Sour Seeds, Flecks , CC Brez , Aine Cahill, New Valley Wolves, Fox Jaw and Youth Mass join many many more to play the biggest free showcase of independent Irish music this year ….

A community based festival using a mix of bars, coffee shops and local businesses to showcase independent music and arts, the festival is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Dublin City Council’s South East Area Office and Abner Browns Barbershop, supported by Fáilte Ireland, Clancourt Group, Waterways Ireland, Dublin City Council Arts Office, IMRO, Heineken, McGarrell Reilly Group and Rohan Holdings.

With 29 venues participating including a 5000 capacity Making Waves main stage in the middle of Rathmines, this will be unmissable!