After Forbidden Fruit finishes on Sunday night around 11pm, the party continues in town for festival-ticket holders in Temple Bar with Meeting House Square, Button Factory and the IFI hosting one big afterparty. Free buses will bring people back into town where the following awaits including two non-festival bookings Star Slinger and Kaytranada:
Meeting House Square
1.30am – 2.30am – Austra
12.15 am- 1.00am – Mykki Blanco
11.15pm – 12.00 – Trust
The Button Factory
12.30am – 2.30am – Four Tet & Caribou (Back To Back Dj Set)
11.00pm – 12.30am – Toro Y Moi (Dj Set)
IFI | Foyer
1.00am – 2.30am – Star Slinger
11.00pm – 1.00am – Kaytranada
IFI | Screen 1
12.30am – 2.00am – Stop Making Sense
11.30pm – 12.30am – Q&A with Special Guest
Entry cut off time is 12.30am with Sunday or Weekend tickets only. Rumours abound that the special guest is Nile Rodgers of Chic.
Before that though, email [email protected] if you want free tickets for the Nialler9 presents Forbidden Fruit Opening Party with Ships, Gramme (DJs) and TR One in Button Factory on Friday night. Stay tuned tomorrow for another Nialler9 Forbidden Fruit announcement.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
That’s a nice lineup. Fingers crossed Saturday’s afterparty will be on a similarly grand scale. (Saturday-only ticket holder)