Solar Bears Concert History

Hailing from Dublin and Wicklow, Solar Bears formed in early 2009. The band consists of John Kowalski and Rian Trench who met at sound engineering college. Sharing a love of world cinema, their music combines a number of different influences ranging from electronica to film composers like Ennio Morricone and George Delerue. Their sound is a mix of programming, acoustic instruments, synths and vintage tape machines. The freeform approach of their writing and recording lends itself to varying tones and colours.

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Solar Bears Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 09, 2016
Solar Bears / VERY SPECIAL GUESTS Whelans Dublin Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Sep 10, 2015 –
Sep 13, 2015
Bestival 2015
Tame Impala / Skrillex / Charli xcx / Mark Ronson / Lily Allen / Jungle / Duran Duran / Missy Elliott / The Chemical Brothers / Stormzy / Skepta / Jamie xx / Little Dragon / Duke Dumont / Flying Lotus / Mura Masa / Flight Facilities / FKA twigs / Future Islands / Four Tet / Action Bronson / Gorgon City / Lianne La Havas / Underworld / HONNE / Wiley / SG Lewis / The Jacksons / Gabrielle Aplin / Jurassic 5 / Ella Eyre / seafret / Palace / Snap! / Róisín Murphy / Disciples / Madlib / Pond / Young Fathers / Soft Play (fka Slaves) / Shy FX / Kero Kero Bonito / Level 42 / Todd Terje / Låpsley / Dean Blunt / Ram Jam / High Contrast / Neneh Cherry / Lion Babe / Sleaford Mods / Cymande / Shura / Heatwave / Kidnap / Philip George / Joy Orbison / Kae Tempest / Andreya Triana / Tale of Us / Redlight / Girlpool / salute / Daniel Avery / Joe Hertz / Jungle Brothers / Fat White Family / Rat Boy / SOAK / Fickle Friends / Benga / Rae Morris / Hannah Wants / Walking on Cars / Alex Adair / 99 souls / London Elektricity / Guy Gerber / Dodgy / Fred V & Grafix / Low Steppa / Drenge / Etherwood / Bearcubs / Shadow Child / Ephemerals / LA Priest / thomston / Dub Pistols / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Kitty, Daisy & Lewis / LANTA / Kurupt FM / Toddla T / The Skints / Luke Vibert / TCTS / Erol Alkan / Honeyblood / Novelists / Wookie / Seth Troxler / Boxed In / Kiko Bun / My Nu Leng / All We Are / Eagulls / DC Breaks / Boy Better Know / Kiwi / To Kill A King / Clarence Clarity / Karma Kid / The Slow Show / DJ Yoda / Jonas Rathsman / George the Poet / Moxie / Flava D / Melé / Ejeca / Nick Warren / L.A. Salami / Tom Trago / LoneLady / Chris Coco / Will Varley / Mike Skinner / Real Lies / Horse Meat Disco / Dense & Pika / The Bohicas / David Rodigan / Jaguar Skills / Ekkah / Kate Simko / Zinc / Andrew Weatherall / Reprazent / Dynamite MC / Dave Seaman / The Crazy World of Arthur Brown / MistaJam / Paranoid London / Jackmaster / Heidi / Annie Mac / Tom Demac / Alice Jemima / Skinny Girl Diet / Ghost Culture / Indoor Pets / Greg Wilson / Solar Bears / B.Traits / 2 Bad Mice / Late Nite Tuff Guy / Formation / Gecko / 47soul / Fono / Ben UFO / Phil Mison / The Cuban Brothers / The Mispers / Eaves / Plastic Mermaids / Murkage / Coco and the Butterfields / Oneman / Monki / Wild Smiles / Benji B / Port Isla / Norman Jay MBE / Shelter Point / Barely Legal / Grant Lazlo / Andy Votel / Kassassin Street / Throwing Shade / Still Life / Shanty / Xylaroo / Rocketnumbernine / Lucky Elephant / Olaf Stuut / Apiento / Sherwood & Pinch / Steve Cobby / Tom Misch (DJ Set) / Rob da Bank / Slimzee / JAGARA / Ben Gomori / Pete Gooding / Logan Sama / Flight Brigade / Lloyd Yates / Goldray / Tythe / Laucan / Mark Archer / Rudimental (DJ Set) / Josey Rebelle / Idiot Savant / Mojo Filter / Champs (UK) / Solko / Flying White Dots / The Fontanas / Graceland / Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux / Luv Jam / Laura Moody / Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra / Klose One / Winterfalle / Madlib Dj Set / Esther Joy Lane / Hudson Mohawke Dj Set / Gallows Ghost / Tom Hyatt / Mr Wilson’s Secondliners / Life Imitates Art / Cedric Maison / Polar Maps / Ba•Dow / Phil South / YRSLF / The Shellac Collective / Balearic Gabba Soundsystem / Work It DJs / Venum Soundsystem / misty miller / Bipolar Sunshine Show all bands
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Robin Hill Country Park Arreton, UK
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Oct 04, 2013
Solar Bears Whelans Dublin Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Jun 04, 2013
Best in Class / Solar Bears The Nest London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 26, 2013
Solar Bears The Button Factory Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Apr 18, 2013
Solar Bears Atlanta Room, Smith's Olde Bar Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Sep 01, 2012
Solar Bears

Electric Picnic

Stradbally Hall Stradbally, Leinster, Ireland
Aug 31, 2012 –
Sep 02, 2012
Electric Picnic 2012
The Cure / Elbow / Azealia Banks / Orbital / The Horrors / Glen Hansard / Ed Sheeran / The Killers / The xx / Alabama Shakes / Grizzly Bear / Hot Chip / The Roots / Grimes / Crystal Castles / BASSNECTAR / The Vaccines / Metronomy / Bat For Lashes / Patti Smith / Roots Manuva / The Jezabels / Bell X1 / The 2 Bears / Cold Specks / Baxter Dury / Jonathan Wilson / Aidan & the Italian Weather Ladies / Fatoumata Diawara / Christy Moore / Lanterns on the Lake / Willis Earl Beal / Cranes / Solar Bears / Staff Benda Bilili / Kieran Hebden / Little Roy / Optimo / Body and Soul / Rocketnumbernine / RAMS' pocket radio / The Kanyu Tree / little xs for eyes / Land Lovers / Lorcan Mak / John Walsh / Milagers / Squarepusher / No Spill Blood / Dexys / Bombay Bicycle Club / Explosions in the Sky / Dublin Gospel Choir / Wild Beasts / Richard Hawley / Tindersticks / Of Monsters and Men / Sigur Rós Show all bands
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Stradbally Hall Stradbally, Leinster, Ireland
Aug 11, 2012
Solar Bears

Lethargy Festival

Rote Fabrik Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jun 01, 2012
Mmoths / Solar Bears / The Physics House Band / Neat / Dsg The Green Door Store Brighton, England, United Kingdom
May 31, 2012
Tempa T / Mmoths / Solar Bears The Old Blue Last London, England, United Kingdom
May 10, 2012 –
May 12, 2012
The Great Escape 2012
Bastille / alt-J / Disclosure / The Temper Trap / Alabama Shakes / HAIM / Grimes / AlunaGeorge / Chet Faker / Foxes / Lianne La Havas / Madeon / St. Lucia / Django Django / Perfume Genius / Nils Frahm / Half Moon Run / Mystery Jets / Booka Shade / Emma Louise / Boy / Com Truise / College / Jamie N Commons / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Foy Vance / Peace / The Barr Brothers / Tanlines / Don Broco / Last Dinosaurs / Shabazz Palaces / Six / Reverend and the Makers / Lapalux / Dry the River / Swim Deep / Lower Than Atlantis / Husky / Max Cooper / JD McPherson / Friends / Body Language / Willy Mason / Bass Drum of Death / Mallory Knox / Porcelain Raft / Dillon / EMA / Forest Swords / Spector / Toy / Fossil Collective / We Have Band / We Are the Ocean / A Winged Victory for the Sullen / Princess Chelsea / Gaz Coombes / When Saints Go Machine / DZ Deathrays / Avalanche City / Trust / Koreless / Loney Dear / The Skints / Chew Lips / Dauwd / Eagulls / Yukon Blonde / Theme Park / Natty / Kwes. / White Arrows / Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains / I Am Oak / Admiral Fallow / Howler / Vondelpark / Oliver Tank / Electric Wire Hustle / Jinja Safari / Exitmusic / Doldrums / Clock Opera / Young Magic / Dante / Errors / Zulu Winter / Fear of Men / Rolo Tomassi / Jonquil / Micachu & The Shapes / S.C.U.M / Lulu James / Tiny Ruins / NZCA LINES / New Look / Milagres / Hooded Fang / Mikill Pane / French Films / The Darcys / ME / Jam City / Tall Ships / Juveniles / Maxxi Soundsystem / PAWS / O. Children / Devin / Paul Thomas Saunders / Young Dreams / Rich Aucoin / Hannah Cohen / Treetop Flyers / Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny / Duologue / Soft / W.I.M. / Evergreen Official / Owlle / Cymbals / Solar Bears / Winter / Fiction / Retro Stefson / Mujeres / The Black Belles / 22 / Gold & Youth / Stay+ / Pale Seas / Novika / Sonic Boom / The Computers / Black Moth / Weird Dreams / Big Sleep / Eight and a Half / Mojo Fury / Halls / Odonis Odonis / Novella / Cheveu / Gross Magic / Violet / Bad Pop / Boxes / Revere / Mesparrow / Hey Sholay / Binary / Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers / Visions of Trees / Seasfire / The British Expeditionary Force / Massmatiks / Flip Grater / Wet Nuns / Hawk Eyes / Jethro Fox / The Psychologist / Pikachunes / Bos Angeles / Among Brothers / Inland Sea / Graphics / Zebra and Snake / Step-Panther / Grass House / Hans Chew / Cut Ribbons / Me And The Bees / Shinies / Slow Down, Molasses / Ben Salter / Gabriel and the Hounds / Fanzine / Films Of Colour / Big Wave Riders / Antlered Man / Spoek / Drop Out Venus / I Ching / Furguson / Bueno Bros / Pets With Pets / Martha Paton / Seward / Face + Heel / My Best Friend / Negative Pegasus / Kinnie the Explorer / The Killgirls / The Jaguar Shark / Sing Tank / Redhino / Ben Kweller / Jumping Ships / Violet Bones / †Hymns† / Johnny Foreigner Show all bands
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Great Escape Festival Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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May 06, 2012
Solar Bears Button Factory Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Oct 15, 2011
Drums of Death / Solar Bears / Andy Hung Dj Set / Bitches / The Haxan Cloak / Crushed Beaks / Roseanne Barrr / Covergirl The Macbeth London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 09, 2011
Solar Bears / Koreless Le Batofar Paris, Île-de-France, France
Sep 06, 2011
Solar Bears / Koreless / Rudi Zygadlo Le Batofar Paris, Île-de-France, France
Aug 13, 2011
Washed Out / Solar Bears The Grand Social Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Jun 05, 2011
Solar Bears

Forbidden Fruit

Royal Hospital Kilmainham Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Jun 04, 2011 –
Jun 05, 2011
Forbidden Fruit 2011
The Flaming Lips / Caribou / Jamie xx / Aphex Twin / Wild Beasts / Battles / Aeroplane / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Erol Alkan / Jape / Solar Bears / Ham Sandwich / Colourmusic / Kormac’s Big Band / Spank Rock / Yo La Tengo / Beardyman
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Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
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May 19, 2011
Stag & Dagger Festival 2011
Grimes / Toro Y Moi / Wire / Ghostpoet / New Young Pony Club / Star Slinger / James Yuill / Beat Connection / Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows / Eagulls / Big Deal / No Joy / Dels / Patterns / Creep / Gatekeeper / Mazes / Cloud Boat / Solar Bears / Fiction / Echo Lake / Beaty Heart / The Proper Ornaments / Cocknbullkid / Banjo Or Freakout / Alexander Tucker / Becoming Real / Entrepreneurs / Christian Aids / Mammal Club / Young British Artists / Our Mountain / The Rayographs / Moshi Moshi DJs / Rockfeedback DJs / No Pain in Pop DJs Show all bands
London, England, United Kingdom

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Genres:

Electronic
Experimental
Ambient
Shoegaze
Downtempo
IDM
Chillwave
Atmospheric
Irish Electronic
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Concerts Per Year:

2016 1 concert
2015 1 concert
2013 4 concerts
2012 7 concerts
2011 12 concerts

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