Corner Boy, Buffalo Sunn, LEL Brothas, Youth Mass, The Quakers and Silent Noise Parade have all been announced as headliners for the youbloom 2015 music festival. The free music festival will take place in Dublin’s Dame Lane district from 12 to 14 June. Youbloom gives over sixty unsigned bands the opportunity to play five stages in The Mercantile, Sweeney’s Bar and on outdoor busking stage.

The Globe Bar on South Great George’s Street has been added as an extra venue for the Youbloom music and conference festival this weekend. See the schedule below.

There is also a conference on 13 June at The Central Hotel. Designed to educate musicians and music marketeers, the conference includes a keynote address from Glastonbury booker Martin Elbourne. Martin has worked with genre forming bands like New Order and The Smiths. He has founded The Great Escape Festival in Brighton and has decades of experience under his belt. There are also speed sessions and masterclasses on a range of core subjects including marketing, publishing and entertainment law. Prices for the full day conference is €20. All the gigs are free.

Youbloom 2015 stage times

Friday, 12 June

The Globe
7 – 8pm: Aaron Anthony

Mercantile
7.30 – 8pm: Houdini
8.30 – 9pm: Not Monsters
9.30 – 10.30pm: Reverend JM’s Panic Worship

Mercantile Gallery Stage
8 – 8.30pm: Amano
9 – 9.30pm: St. Simeon and the Stylites

Sweeney’s Basement
8 – 8.30pm: The Dijon Babes
8.45 – 9.15pm: Almost Ghosts
9.30 – 10pm: Riot Tapes
10.15 – 10.45pm: Cramptown Spaces
11 – 11.30pm: Able Archer
11.45 – 12.15am: Silent Noise Parade
12.30 – 1.30am: Imploded View
1.30 – 2.30am: Mutant Vinyl

Sweeney’s Upstairs
9.50 – 10.30pm: Ahren-B
10.40 – 11.20pm: Andru Ayoub
11.30 – 12.10am: Mega Ran
12.20 – 1.20am: Funzo with Guests — Siyo,
Rapthor, LCG & Leanne Cooney
1.30 – 2.30am: LEL Brothas

Saturday, 13 June

The Globe
6.45 – 7.45pm: Rachael McCormack

Mercantile
7 – 7.30pm: The Dyatonics
8 – 8.30pm: WOB!
9 – 10pm: Youth Mass

Mercantile Gallery Stage
7.30 – 8pm: Aine Cahill
8.30 – 9pm: Miriam Donohue

Sweeney’s Basement
8 – 8.30pm: Elevation Falls
8.45 – 9.15pm: Bagels
9.30 – 10pm: Motorcycle Display Team
10.15 – 10.45pm: The Other Breed
11 – 11.30pm: Fangclub
11.45 – 12.15am: This Other Kingdom
12.30 – 1.30am: Kerouac
1.30 – 2.30am: The Witch Trials

Sweeney’s Upstairs
8 – 8.45pm: Darren Lynch
9 – 9.45pm: Sean’s Walk
10 – 10.45pm: The Quakers
11 – 12am: Castle Creek
12.15 – 1.15am: Buffalo Sunn
1.30 – 2.30am: The Ronan Gallagher Band

Sunday, 14 June

Sweeney’s Upstairs
8 – 8.30pm: David Keenan
8.40 – 9.10pm: November Pearls
9.20 – 9.50pm: Jamie Duff
10.05 – 10.35pm: Christian Collins
10.50 – 11.30pm: Emma O’Reilly
11.45 – 12.30am: Corner Boy

Sweeney’s Downstairs
8.15 – 8.45pm: The Sacreblues Band
9 – 9.30pm: Paradox
9.45 – 10.15pm: Hurdles
10.30 – 11pm: Beware of you
11.15 – 12am: Green Monkey

Sweeney’s Ground Floor
7 – 9pm: Jazzmen
9.15pm – 12am: Amica Dub City (DJ)

By Ciara Sheahan