The hard work behind the promotion of emerging talent

Hard Working Class Heroes has become the nation’s major showcase for emerging bands. Cork-born organiser Angela Dorgan tells Eoghan O’Sullivan who to watch out for

HARD Working Class Heroes, a festival promoting the best of new Irish music, returns to Dublin next weekend with its 14th installment.

Having started out with 40 bands across two nights at Project Arts Centre in 2003, it now boasts over 100 bands, a convention (talks, speed sessions, workshops), and a free all-ages music trail across the three days.