In 2003 the first HWCHs took place in The Project Arts Centre where the tagline was one venue / two days / three stages / one vision ....
Here's the list of bands who played the 2003 festival. [I've spent a few mins trawling the net looking for the line-up but I came up with nothing. I've gone old school to an old Hot Press and I'm going to type out the list! ... thankfully I have the Brad Pitt Light Orchestra's debut for company!]
Turn
The Things
Hi Rise
Halite
Listo
Berkeley
Decal
Stars of the City
Woodstar
King Sativa
Alphastates
Bjorn Braille (La Rocca)
The Voyeurs
8 Ball
The Subtonics
The Walls
Fairuza
Life After Modelling
Cabrini Green
Toco
NPB
Think
The Chapters
The 66 Electric
Nina Hynes
Q (Colm Quearney)
Bronco Billy
Sack
The Lost Clocks
Pinion
Harold Holt
Empire
Republic of Loose
Dirt Blue Gene
Arveene
Bellcrash
There was also a free cd with an edition of Hot Press which fetured tracks by many of the bands above as well as from The Frames and Mundy who must have been special guests at the festival.
In 2004 the second HWCH's took place in Temple Bar with The Meeting House Square being one of the main stages. Again info as to the line-up is non existent on the web. CLuas.com has a few reviews on their site here, here and here!
Some of the reviewed artists in the links include;
Sean Needham,
Jenny Lindfors,
Declan O'Rourke,
Ann Scott,
Nina Hynes,
Republic of Loose,
Jeff Martin,
66E,
Bell X1,
Neosupervital
From Wiki page: "HWCH took place for a third year in 2005. Tickets cost €25. Host venues included the Olympia Theatre, Eamon Dorans, Pravda, The Temple Bar Music Centre amongst other venues."
For 2005's festival again there's little info about line-ups! Thankfully I found http://www.irishbandphotos.com/gallery.php?artID=0&eID=4 where I can say with confidence bands such as Turn / The Things / The Rags / The Maladies / Stars of the City / Neosupervital / Mundy / Jape / Fred / Fair Verona / Dry County / David Hopkins / Delorentos / Bailer & more played.
Moving onto 2006 and here we now have a full line-up: 202’s / 79Cortinaz / A Lazarus Soul / The Aftermath / Alphamono / The Ambience Affair / Angel Pier / Armoured Bear / Mark Austin / Autamata / Bats / The Beat Poets / Bravado / The Brothers Movement / The Cades / Carly Sings / Nick Carswell & The Elective Orchestra / Caruso / Chequerboard / Cian / Class Of 1984 / Ollie Cole / Crayonsmith / Cutaways / The Dagger Lees / Deaf Animal Orchestra / Distractors / Dolbro Dan / Dublin Duck Dispensary / Exit: Pursued By A Bear / Fiach / Fighting With Wire / Valerie Francis / Fred / Gorbachov / Grand Pocket Orchestra / Groom / Halves / Headgear / Heartbreak Cartel / The Holy Roman Army / Hooray for Humans / The Hot Sprockets / Hybrasil / Kill Krinkle Club / The Kinetiks / The Last Tycoons / Le Galaxie / Lines Drawing Circles / Little Xs For Eyes / Mackerel The Cat / Tom McShane / Fiona Melady / The Minutes / Walter Mitty & The Realists / More Tiny Giants / My Brother Woody / Nakatomi Plaza / New Amusement / Noise Control / Not Men But Giants / One Day International / The Followers of Otis / Panama Kings / The Parks / Pilotlight / Pocket Promise / The Rags / The Revellions / Robotnik / John Shelly and the Creatures / Sickboy / Sideproject / So Cow / Sounds of System Breakdown / Sparks Fly / The Spook of The Thirteenth Lock / Super Extra Bonus Party / Supermodel Twins / Sweet Jane / Tidal District / Tiger Empire / David Turpin / The Vinny Club / Vodkopter / You're Only Massive
In 2007 HWCHs invaded the Pod Complex and featured Scandinavian bands.
Here's the line-up: ALeko, Alphastates, Angel Pier, Autumn Owls, Betamax Format, Butterfly Explosion, Cathy Davey, Channel One, Chicks, Chrome Horse, Colenso Parade, Cry Yuma, DALI, DArk Room Notes, Declan De Barram Dirty Epics, Disfunktional, Distractors, Dry County (now known as Alias Empire), Elspeth, Eric Eckhart, Evil Harrisons, Fiften Minutes, Fight Like Apes, Floyd Soul and the Wolf, Gavin Glass, Gacin Ryan, Grand Pocket Orchestra, Halves, HAm Sandwich, Hassle Merchants, Herm, Ilya K, Jaded Sun, Jenny Linfors, Jodavino, Kill City Defectors, Le Bien, Leanbh, Loko Parentis, Los Langeros, Michael Knight, Mick Duffy, Migalinx, Miriam Ingram, Miss Paula Flynn, Morac, My Brother Woody, Neosupervital, New Amusement, Noise Control, Not Men But Giants, Offshore, OMB and the Furious Three, One Day International, Panda Kopanda, Paranoid Visions, Push Boarders, Queen Kong, Ray Heffernan, RHOB, Seeping into Cinemas, Stoat, Straglers, Sub Rosa, SEBP, Ten Past Seven, The Block tokens, The Blonde MAjority, The Chakras, The Chapters, The Elliots, The Flaws, The Ghost Wood Project, The Kybosh, The Laundry Shop, The Minutes, The Negative Way, The Radio, The Sensors, The Terribles, The Keds, Tidal Distract, Twin Kranes, Valerie Francis, Walter Mity and the Realists, We Should be Dead, White Noise, You're Only Massive.
In 2008 there was a Scottish invasion but the line-up was very similar to the 2007 list above. The 2009 line-up can be found here: http://2uibestow.blogspot.com/2009/08/hard-working-class-heroes-2009.html
The 2010 schedule was put online today: http://www.hwch.net/2010_schedule.html
Here's my initial plan for who to check out!
Thursday 7th Oct
8.15 Herm in The Mercantile
9.00 Goatboy in The Mercantile
9.30 Hal in The Grand Social
10.00 Percolator in Twisted Pepper
10.30 Enemies & Jogging in Grand Social
11.00 Halves & Heathers in Workmans Club
Darling, You'll Meet Your Maker by halves
Friday 8th October
7.30 Conor Mason in the Twisted Pepper
8.15 Our Little Secrets in The Mercantile
8.45 Funeral Suits in Button Factory
9.30 Planet Parade in Workmans CLub
10.10 Friend? in Grand Social
then catch the end of The Lost Brothers in Twisted Pepper
The Lost Brothers: Angry At The Sun by CultureNI
Saturday 9th October
There's a major clash at 9.30 where Norabelle, Jennifer Evens and Funzo clash.
10.10 The Gorgeous Colours at The Grand Social
10.55 Junah at Sweeneys
The Creatures Down Below by The Gorgeous Colours
