Queering the Airwaves 2026: Broadcast Schedule

What does Queer community mean to you?

This year, Queering the Airwaves, a collaborative initiative between Dublin Digital Radio (ddr.) and éist in Cork, invites LGBTQ+ voices, organisers, artists, musicians, activists, storytellers and communities to reflect on the theme of community in all its forms.

As Ireland’s Queer landscapes continue to evolve, what spaces have we inherited, and what new ones are we building? How do Queer communities exist across cities, towns, online networks, dance floors and activist spaces?

Covering topics ranging from historical queer community spaces in Dublin and spoken word theatre performances to tongue in cheek meditations on queer supremacy and Kylie Minogue deep cuts, these programs showcase the diversity and vibrancy of Ireland’s Queer Communities and the people who make them.

SOILSIGH le DJ ANAM

Soilsigh: claonadh inscne nó féiniúlacht inscne a nochtadh do dhaoine eile. This lively electronic mix is titled ‘Soilsigh’. The term is commonly known i nGaeilge as the verb ‘to shine’. But, for the theydies, gaydies, and divas alike; it also implies the phrase ‘to come out’. This is a mix for the Gaeilgeoirí aiteacha (queer Irish speakers), aspiring or otherwise. Let’s boogie to some trad-electronica, gael-jungle and take a beat with a sean nós interlude. Get your hurl out, pop your fáinne óir on, and let your hair down, a diva uasal!

Sound It OUT

Sound It OUT plays the soundtrack of our queer lives and emphasizes the role of music in the LGBTQ+ experience. This year, we reflect on community & music in Filipino queer culture. With voice notes and archive audio from Pinoy media, I try to encapsulate the sound of kabaklaan. The joy. The struggle. And everything in between.

Meem Mustami'een

In Meem Mustami'een, Ash (@ash.andabout) and Ranin (@meen.hadol) listen to and discuss the album Ghanni an el Ta'reef (Singing Sexuality), a rare collection of queer Arabic songs focused on themes of community, belonging, and self-discovery. The album was produced by alQaws (@alqaws_org) for Gender and Sexual Diversity in Palestinian Society, a movement Ranin has been a part of since the project's first release in 2013. Since then, the project has expanded to feature additional queer Palestinian singers, lyricists, and producers over its second and third phase. It was also recently featured in the Palestine Queer Movement Archive Project.

Tracing Our Past: Dublin's Pub Scene Pre-Decriminalisation

Join Emma Hurson and Hana Laine Flamm for a conversation-in-progress about Ireland's queer pubs, clubs, and spaces. Drawing on Flamm's master’s research, they'll compare the scene prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to now, discussing how spaces like these offer sites of connection for Irish queers. In today’s Ireland, do gay venues still hold the same significance? What do we want to preserve and what can we move beyond? How do we find a larger narrative from traces of lives lived in smokey bars and foggy memories?

In the hour-long broadcast, the duo will explore the process of crafting theatre and turning memory into performance. Hurson and Flamm want to return to the conversations they had at the start of their creative partnership, retracing their thoughts and collaging them into other creative approaches.

pop fantasies with game of flats: PRIDE EDITION

éist regular game of flats wants you to make you love pop music as much as she does. her show pop fantasies showcases the best underground pop, from hyperpop, to bedroom pop, to k-pop. pop music exists beyond the top 40 and it's beautiful. In this special pride edition of pop fantasies, the focus is on the best queer pop that's out there today. maybe you'll find a new favourite <3

game of flats is a Cork-born, Glasgow-based DJ. A curator and lover of pop music, her sets focus on female & queer artists, and she's recently launched WATERSHED, a new FLINTA* club night in Glasgow. Expect anything from dreamy pop vibes to fast & hard, and a sense of nostalgia for your pink Nintendo DS lite.

Ballaí Tanaí

Emily and Dane are friends and flatmates who share a thin wall, and Ballaí Tanaí means "thin walls" as Gaeilge. In this one hour special of their show, they will be sharing some tunes from their favourite queer artists, a cúpla focal and letting you listen in through the wall...

electronic history: queer pioneers of colour

a little history lesson into the queer history and beginnings of electronic music in the US and how it came to become the scene we know today.

Shárú Records

An anti-capitalist show focussed on transgression. @sharu_records

Eoin Macc QWER-key (Qweeerkey)

Thirty years of playing on various platforms and pirates, heavily involved in the jungle dnb scene of the late nineties, one part of the strontium dogs, torque, and feral played as part of the fluid crew. Playing on éist for over a year now with the Qwerk key show which is mix of most genres From ambient to old school, current to ancient With a focus on qweer artists and our allies….. Expect much glitch and the odd mix

GreedyFM

GREEDYFM is sonically serving up bangers for bisexual baddies (and everyone else). Songs to eat hot chip, twerk, charge ur phone, be bisexual and shake your ass to as selected by DJ GreedyBitch and qualified bisexual @sianconway. We can have it all and more because we deserve it x

Fishnets

In this episode of Fishnets I'll welcome UWM, a FLINTA electronic music artist and educator who is currently, among other projects, co-facilitating a FLINTA producer workshop. We will talk about her work and all the support and contribution that she is providing to grow FLINTA representation and accessibility in the music industry. We will share our experiences as FLINTA artists in a scene that is still largely male-dominated and try to give some useful tips for music production and live performances. Of course we will also showcase her music!

Woman in STEMs Khia Asylum Hour

Lock in for an hour at Woman in STEMs Khia Asylum. Featuring pop edits and runway classics galore to throw your respective bussys and pussys down to. Committed to helping you hit your EDM targets by EOD, Woman in STEM is what happens when you cross Linkedin Homepage with your NSFW brain rot pop playlist.

Club Kylie

Club Kylie is a pride weekend pre show featuring some of my favourite Kylie Minogue club tracks. Minogue has always credited the queer community as her greatest supporters with her music being a mainstay in queer music spaces since the 80s. Get ready for pride weekend and dance with me to Club Kylie!

darkmavis

Returning to DDR for the first time in a while is Dublin based DJ 'darkmavis'. Playing out some summery progressive, trancey and other sounds and digs in anticipation for the pride weekend while also spotlighting some new and old releases from queer artists.

Affirmations For A Queer Supremacy

You are beautiful, because You are You. And You are Queer. And that makes you better. 'Affirmations For A Queer Supremacy' is a guided meditation through the annals (with 2 n's) of queer joy, presented by known homo, A Dog Named Cú. Listen to this tape twice a day until feelings of contentment are replaced by feelings of righteous superiority. Because let's face it: you're not just valid, you're better than everyone else. And that's what being queer is all about.

A Dog Named Cú is a DJ and sound designer. He cut his teeth in the electronic underground of Chengdu, where he made a splash with his high energy genre-fluid selections. Since returning to Ireland his practice has expanded to include production, composition, and sound design. You may see him out and about on the dancefloors of Dublin. Say hi if you do, he's very good with strangers!

Conversion Practice: Justin’s Story

Conversion practices remain legal in Ireland, the UK and much of Europe. In my recently released radio documentary, I interviewed activist Justin Hardie, who details the conversion practices he underwent for six years in the UK two decades previous, and why it is still happening today. He discusses his upbringing within the church, how he was welcomed into the LGBTQ+ Community, his activism journey and much more. What better time to share these stories and fight for change, than during Pride?

Brokecraic Mountain: Flinterior Motives

Well well well… these cheeky monkeys are back where it all began! A contracted obligation to queer the airwaves. 🔊🔊🔊Brokecraic Mountain and its far left Aunties are back to freak the frequencies with a special non-ethical adaptation of a popular YouTube endeavour. BROKECRAIC MOUNTAIN: FLINTERIOR MOTIVES. 🏳️‍🌈 We’re here to answer your advice as usual, but this time we’re going to guess your age, location, sexuality and gender from the question. Fill in the form in our bio if ya want to be analysed 👀 Whatever this is all just words!! 🍆🤠

Bounce Utopia

Can a dance floor be a utopia? Broadcast from Philly, Bounce Utopia is a love letter to the venues, dancers and expert DJs who hold it down in the local black & Afro-queer club scene. These spaces are a place for resistance, sensuality, free expression and joy that feels almost utopian. Expect some Bounce, ghetto tech, Baltimore & Philly club, ballroom + more. A high energy club mix to shake ass and break a sweat to.

Queer Spaces

Eva Kelly (@eva_kelly01) will be speaking about creating queer art in Dublin in the current political climate. She will discuss a poetry and music gig she co-organised last year with Eri Farrell called ‘Sapphic Fragments,’ the importance of giving queer people a platform and giving back to the community through art. Eva will speak about her experiences as a queer poet in the Dublin open mic scene and how this led her to the project she is currently working on called ‘Shaking Hands.’ This a spoken word and dance multi-disciplinary theatre performance which explores finding love in queer spaces, through friendships/romantic relationships after experiencing trauma. They are starting rehearsals this summer, and Eva will discuss their plans first to debut the show in Dublin, and then to tour to Sligo, Carlow and Wexford. This will highlight the importance of bringing queer theatre to rural areas in Ireland. Eva will read out a poem from the project called ‘Queer Spaces’ to close out the show.

Silent Animals

multi-genre DJ obsessed about field recordings and dancefloors of all kind, resident for Milk and éist

munch(os) radio: a light tasting crispy snack!

Born and raised from Puerto Rico and living so far away from Caribbean culture, it's been a little hard to feel myself sometimes. While thankful about some friends I've made along the way, the comfort of going to your favorite Caribbean shop or talking to someone who gets the culture is still in the back of your mind sometimes. It's sometimes even harder when you're queer and Caribbean, your circle gets smaller in a way, mainly to keep your space safe. Music is a way to feel all these messy feelings & dance them away. I figured that sharing my fave Caribbean songs from Caribbean queer artists would help with people that struggle with balancing identities whenever they walk into a room. These artists are like a home away from home for me and I hope y'all like it! Puerto Rico y el Caribe Libre <3

Meitheal

@uwm______ mixes tracks, works in progress, field recordings and clips from Meitheal, a monthly skill share for FLINTA electronic music producers. @meithealmondays provides an open and inclusive space for sharing skills, experiences and workflows in a relaxed atmosphere @kirkos_ensemble Dublin, with sessions ranging from Ableton production, Logic mixing, modular synthesis, reggaeton loops and live jam sessions. This Queering the Airwaves show gives an insight into our groups' solo creative outputs, and showcases what to expect next for any FLINTA producers that would like to join our summer sessions.

"This year, Queering the Airwaves, in collaboration with éist, focuses on the theme of community. Bringing together a wide range of voices, stories, and perspectives, this edition reflects the diversity and vibrancy of Ireland’s queer community. It highlights our current communities, the places and spaces they inhabit and the people that form them, the history from which they came from, and the possibilities of how these communities will evolve into the future." -Jonathan Burke, Queering the Airwaves Programmer