Current festivals: Defunct festivals: Indoor theatres: Outdoor venues: Smaller venues: Publications: Radio programming: Television programming: This is a summary of the year 2006 in the Irish music industry.
Release date unknown Release date unknown The 11th Heineken Green Energy Festival at Dublin Castle was headlined by Snow Patrol who played on April 29.
The 2006 event also saw Ian Brown and Republic of Loose on April 30 whilst Kaiser Chiefs and Graham Coxon finished off the festival on May 1.
[30] With many other acts playing around the city during the weekend as part of the "gig trail/fringe" (i.e. the other music venues around the city), Dublin once again became an international music centre for the duration of the festival.
Below are the winners:[35] The Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year 2005 was awarded at Vicar Street to Julie Feeney for her album 13 Songs on February 28, 2006.