Hope Collective and Irish Pop Archive in conjunction with Volume Records and IADT, Dún Laoghaire present Irelands first event Music Book and Fanzine Festival. It is a completely independent / diy festival gathering a collection of authors, publishers, graphic designers, fanzine writers and musicians to Dun Laoghaire over 2 Saturdays in April.
document 8 – we go again
There will be chats about the underground gigs and how people are still creating things along with some music being played. It’s not a re-union but more of a rekindling
document 2 – we go again
Irish pop archive and Hope collective return to Whelans with more oral stories of ireland music culture. This time it’s the turn on Ents Officers who helped build a vibrant music scene in the country
document 1 an evening of interviews
Hope Collective and Irish Pop Archive have a new project underway. Following on from the launch of Punks Listen the fanzine in Little Whelans in November we are looking to document the origins of the punk scene in Dublin in Little Whelans