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Monday May 27th
- Dulciana Choir: Heavenly Sounds | Earthly Love @ Sandford Parish Church, Milltown, Dublin 6 (€10)
Directed by Judith Lyons with Special Guest Dowry – Éna Brennan
Tuesday May 28th
- HEALTH @ The Grand Social (€18+)
American industrial electronic rock noise-makers. - An evening with Alan McGee @ The Sugar Club (€20)
Q&A with Creation Records boss. - Listen at Lilliput @ Lilliput Stores (€)
A night of music and spoken word with ZASKA, Leila Jane, Soda Blonde & Eileen Casey. - Rico Nasty, Flohio @ The Academy Green Room (€20)
Hard-hitting female US/UK rap double header. - The Milk Carton Kids, Rosie Carney @ Olympia Theatre (€28+)
a harmonizing, minimalist duo playing back-porch Americana - Ruby Sessions : Sam Wickens, Rebekah Fitch & more @ Doyle’s (9pm, €7+)
Weekly acoustic club with special guests in aid of Simon Community.
Wednesday May 29th
- Skylarks @ Lost Lane (€16.50)
featuring Amy Dillon, Sive, Shane Hennessy and Niamh Farrell from Ham Sandwich. - Mild Orange @ The Workman’s Club (€17)
NZ indie. ‘Some Feeling’ - Lyra @ The Grand Social (€15)
Cork heartbreak pop. ‘Never Let Go’ - Meshell Ndegeocello @ NCH (€27)
Perspectives: American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist.
Thursday May 30th
- NNIC, Elkin, Mark Richard @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Sold out)
Debut headline show for neo-soul pop artist. - Shrug Life, Larry, Buí @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Dublin, Dundalk and Belfast indie/rock. - SOAK @ Button Factory (€20+)
Derry’s finest celebrates release of recent album. Podcast interview. - Papaya Live #3: New Members X Traema @ The Bernard Shaw (free)
Expect off-kilter, driving, dubbed out groovy house, techno and break-beat inspired music. - Shakalak, Myles Manley @ Arthur’s Blues & Jazz Club (€10, 9pm)
Poet John Cummins and musician Fin Divill making spoken word beat jazz hip-hop. - Dublin Digital Radio @ Lucky’s (Free)
DDR DJs on the vinyl decks. - The Unthanks @ Pepper Canister Church (€28)
UK folk sisters. - Ssmmütt, Tribal Dance, Simon Bird, Dowry, Traashboo @ Tengu Upstairs Kaizen (€10)
Good Name & Bad Soup present an eclectic evening. - Teki Latex @ Wigwam (€10+, 11pm)
Thrust Presents a French DJ legend. TTC, Curator for Boiler Room France and more.
Friday May 31st
Festivals
- Vantastival @ Beaulieu House and Gardens, Drogheda (€50+)
The Young Folk, Naoise Roo, Sylkm Sea High & more
- Kodaline & guests @ St. Anne’s Park (€52, 4pm)
1/2 gigs. With James Morrison & more. - Columbia Mills @ The Sound House (€17.50+)
’80s-indebted rock. - Deacon Blue, Basement Jaxx, Stereo MCs @ Dun Laoghaire Harbour (€40)
An opportunity to post one of the best songs ever. - SOMA #030 ft Josh McClorey + Synk @ Whelan’s (11pm, Guestlist avail)
Indie club night with live bands. This one featuring former Strypes guitarist. - Strand Of Oaks @ Whelans (€16.50)
US folk rocker. - Anne-Marie @ 3Arena (Sold out)
Big UK pop artist. - Gypsies on the Autobahn @ Lost Lane (€12)
The Dublin band have a new song Make You Mine out. - Motown 60 @ The Sugar Club (€15+)
Soul Fusion Presents 3 rooms of dancing covering the full range of Motown & soul music. - Spencer Krug @ The Pepper Canister Church (€20)
Solo piano show from Wolf Parade / Sunset Rubdown man. - Spacer Fridays: Royal Yellow DJ set @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
Royal Yellow takes over the disco and electronic reigns. - Discotekken: Kevin Saunderson, TR-One @ Wigwam (11pm, €10+)
Discotekken celebrates 10 Years with “Classic Sounds of the Motor City” DJ Set - OMEN. + Out of Place: Janice & Insolate @ Kaizen Bar (€12, 11pm)
Looks like a techno party. - Chinese Newspaper, Easy Tide @ Whelans (Midnight, Free before 11pm)
Free-in late night Upstairs.
Saturday June 1
Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin (€49.50+)
Skepta, Jon Hopkins, Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Mall Grab & more. Our FF coverage. - Vantastival @ Beaulieu House and Gardens, Drogheda (€50+)
King Kong Company, Roe, Just Mustard, Pillow Queens & more
- All Day BYOB Schoolyard Party, Nabihah Iqbal & lots more @
Pallas Projects/ The Sugar Club (€5, €22, 2pm – late)
Telephones, District, Papa Lou, Nevan Jio & a FF afterparty. - Gxrlcode 003 – Rooftop Carnival @ Jam Park (€11, 2pm – 11pm)
Gxrlcode’s third event is their first anniversary in Swords. - Kodaline & guests @ St. Anne’s Park (€52, 4pm)
1/2 gigs. With James Morrison & more. - An LCD Soundsystem exhibition @ Open Gate Brewery (€25)
Exhibit of photography and paintings with Q+A. - Stefan Murphy & The Athletes Of Soul @ The Grand Social (€15)
The Mighty Stef man plays a rare solo show. - Madness, Lightning Seeds, Something Happens @ Dun Laoghaire Harbour (€40)
2nd of 3 Harbour concerts focuses on ’80s/early 90s. - This Greedy Pig @ The Big Romance (8pm to close, Free)
Rare cuts, afrobeat, house, disco and lots in between. - Pat Mahoney Dj set @ Street 66 (€)
An afterparty for the LCD exhibition. - Lost & Sound @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
Disco vibes with guest Kelly-Anne Byrne. - TPM, Lil Brendan DJ @ Sin É ( Free before 9pm, €5 after)
Afterparty vibes with the Dundalk crew of chancers. - Forbidden Fruit Night Parties @ various venues (FF wristband required for entry)
Click to see details of Mall Grab, No Merci with Skepta, Chaos in the CBD, DJ Deece & more)
Sunday June 2
Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin (€49.50+)
Mura Masa, Paul Kalkbrenner, Laurent Garnier, Peggy Gou, Maribou State & more . Our FF coverage. - Vantastival @ Beaulieu House and Gardens, Drogheda (€50+)
Wallis Bird, David Keenan, farah Elle, Jinx Lennon & more
- Nile Rodgers & Chic, Kaiser Chiefs @ Saint Anne’s Park (€50)
Another round for Rodgers in Ireland. - Primal Scream – The Charlatans – Fun Lovin’ Criminals @ Dun Laoghaire Harbour (€40)
Vintage UK rock and the FLC. - Shaw Kicks: Shiv & Justyna @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 2pm – close)
A mixture of Groovy Disco, Jacking/Ghetto House through Electro & Oldschool classics. - Melts, Badhands @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
Headed by Dublin five-piece whose remix we featured recently. - Drab Majesty @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
Selective Memory presents Los Angeles gothic electro band. - Juan Atkins @ Index (€15, 11pm)
The Godfather of Techno & second of the Belleville Three in town this week. - Pat Mahoney DJ set @ Street 66 (Free in, 11pm)
LCD soundsystem’s drummer plays funk and disco for the exhibit afterparty. - Forbidden Fruit Night Parties @ various venues (FF wristband required for entry)
Click to see details of Kojaque, Maribou State, Joy O, Midland, Ross From Friends & more)
Monday June 3
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin (€49.50+)
Elbow, Fontaines DC, Spiritualized, Saint Sister, RY X, Pillow Queens & more. Our FF coverage.
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.
