Ireland Music Week

{{short description|Irish emerging bands music festival}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox music festival |

| music_festival_name = Ireland Music Week

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| location = Dublin, Ireland

| years_active= 2003–2018 (as HWCH)
2019–present (as Ireland Music Week)

| dates = 1 – 5 October

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| website = [http://www.irelandmusicweek.com irelandmusicweek.com]

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Ireland Music Week, previously known as Hard Working Class Heroes (or HWCH), is an Irish music festival for emerging bands. It has taken place in Dublin on an annual basis in and around September of each year since 2003. The Irish Times has referred to the event as "an essential must-see/do on Ireland's music calendar".{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1009/1224256236368.html|title=Hardy line-up for HWCH festival|date=2009-10-09|access-date=2009-10-14|newspaper=The Irish Times|quote=The festival is now established as an essential must-see/do on Ireland’s music calendar, but you’d think that through the years the level of quality acts would be dwindling. Not so, says organiser Angela Dorgan.}}

Organised by First Music Contact and Wrong Tape Speed, Hard Working Class Heroes has taken place since 2003. On 25 April 2019, it was announced that Hard Working Class Heroes would re-brand as Ireland Music Week.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenplec.com/hard-working-class-heroes-is-dead-long-live-ireland-music-week/|title=Hard Working Class Heroes is dead long live Ireland Music Week {{!}} News|date=2019-04-25|website=GoldenPlec|language=en|access-date=2019-04-25}}