Irish Music Month's Search For A New Local Hero Begins - Deadline For Entries Approaches!

Closing date for entries is Friday, August 23rd, at 5pm.

Celebrating & supporting the amazing bands singers & music makers of all shapes & sizes that make Ireland a hot-bed of incredibly diverse music, Irish Music Month – in association with our friends in Hot Press and the IBI (Independent Broadcasters of Ireland) – returns on 21 independent radio stations across the length & breadth of the country in September. 

Irish Music Month means:

• More Irish music song plays 
• More Irish music artist mentions
• More Irish music features
• More Irish artist gig pushes
• More Irish artist interviews 

PLUS, we'll be putting over €100,000 into the hands of music makers and their crews across the country too!

It's all part of the search for this year's ‘A New Local Hero’...

So if you (or someone you know) make great original music that more people need to know about, then we want to hear from you and give you and your crew a huge boost. 

Each of the 21 participating independent radio stations will select four acts, each of the four finalists receiving a once off payment of €875 (€650 for band / €225 for crew) from the project. The four acts will then battle it out to be selected as the East Coast FM representative in a national competition that will ultimately see 6 acts perform live at Dublin's Academy on Tuesday 15th of October – at the end of which one act will emerge as A New Local Hero for Ireland to celebrate – and listen to! 

If that act is you:

• You'll play live on air on East Coast FM
• You'll get expert advice from Industry mentors
• You'll win 5K in cash, 5K in recording time in the world class Camden Recording Studios AND national airplay, expert mentoring, and industry support! 
• PLUS - You'll have your song released by the Rubyworks Record Label and see that song enjoy airplay across all participating 21 radio stations.

Don’t miss your chance, enter now! Send us a short bio on yourself or your band, along with a short music demo (MP3/WAV or a link to your music). Email your entry to music@eastcoast.fm

Be quick! Closing date for entries is Friday, August 23rd, at 5pm.