Highlights: Forbidden Fruit, Friendly Fires DJ set afterparty, The Men, Tera Melos, Sleep Thieves EP launch, Si Schroeder, Eomac, Forza Italo, Planningtorock.
This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
Ticket giveaways:
- Wednesday May 30th: The Men, Pulled Apart @ Whelan’s
- Friday June 1st: Si Schroeder, Katie Kim, David Kitt DJ @ The Workman’s Club
- How to enter – Email [email protected] along with your full name, your preference of gig and phone number before noon on the day of the gig to enter.
Tuesday May 29h
- Ruby Sessions: Katie Kim, Laura Sheeran, Margie Lewis,Craig Walker @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Music For Moldova @ The Grand Social (€15)
- ConTempo Quartet @ National Concert Hall (€10)
- Spector @ Whelan’s (€12)
Wednesday May 30th
- New Ireland Salon – Dublin Laptop Orchestra @ NCH (6pm, Free)
- Tera Melos, Jogging, Spies @ Button Factory (€8)
- Machinehead @ Olympia Theatre (€27.90)
- The Men, Pulled Apart @ Whelan’s (win tickets above)
- Irish Indie Week @ The Mezz (€TBC)
- Róisín O @ The Grand Social (€10)
- Gymnasium: Toby Kaar , Lemonada DJ sets @ Button Factory (€2)
Thursday May 31st
- Little xs for eyes @ Tower Records (5pm, Free)
- Movie Bites / Rock Cook Book: Le Galaxie host Point Break with Pizza and Cocktails @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Irish Indie Week @ The Mezz (€TBC)
- Irish Indie Week @ Sweeney Mongrel (€TBC)
- Forward/Slash: Eomac @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Sleep Thieves, Kid Karate @ The Workman’s Club
- Junior Spesh 1st Birthday @ Twisted Pepper (€6)
- Beastie Boys: Awesome! I Shot That @ Lighthouse Cinema (€9, 10.50pm)
Friday June 1st
- Funeral Suits @ Tower Records (6pm, Free)
- Tenth Planet: Roof Party 03 Corrugated Tunnel, Slowburn, Defekt and more @ The Sycamore (€5 before 11pm, €8 after)
- Si Schroeder, Katie Kim, David Kitt DJ @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
- Loud Mouth x First Second @ U Bar (Free)
- Irish Indie Week @ The Mezz (€TBC)
- Irish Indie Week @ Sweeney Mongrel (€TBC)
- Forbidden Fruit Opening party: Planningtorock (DJ set), Tieranniesaur, Kool Thing @ Button Factory (€5, 10pm)
- Phantom Live: Little xs for eyes @ The Academy 2 (€5)
- Bronagh Gallagher @ Whelan’s (€10)
- The Altered Hours @ Whlean’s Upstairs (Club entry, 11.30pm)
- Vicious Nights: The Notas, Boy Lights Fire, Skyward Rifles @ The Grand Social (9pm, Free)
Saturday June 2nd
- Forbidden Fruit: Leftfield, Friendly Fires, Factory Floor, Actress, The Field & more @ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (€49.50 per day, 89.50 for two days, €115 for three
- Irish Indie Week @ The Grand Social (€TBC)
- Beastie Boys: Awesome! I Shot That @ Lighthouse Cinema (€9, 10.50pm)
- Forbidden Fruit afterparty: Subject presents Friendly Fires DJ set, Horse Meat Disco (live), Barry Redsettaz, Nialler9, Austin Molloy @ Twisted Pepper (€10 with FF wristband €12 otherwise , 11pm)
- Forbidden Fruit afterparty: The Field, Toby Kaar, Arveene & Misk @ Button Factory (€5 with FF wristband, €10 otherwise, 11pm)
- Nightflight 4th birthday @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
- Mothers Forbidden AfterParty @ Copper Alley (€TBC, 11pm)
Sunday June 3rd
- 12 Sundays : Smooth Collective @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon til late)
- Forbidden Fruit: New Order, The Rapture, Austra, Grimes, Modeselektor, DiV, The Cast Of Cheers & more @ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (€49.50 per day, 89.50 for two days, €115 for three)
- Ben Klock, Mike Black & More @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
- Forza Italo, Alphabet Set Session @ The Odessa (€5, til late)
- Emergence: Felix Martin (Hot Chip), Radioactiveman, Raglans, Automatic Tasty @ The Academy (€12/10, 10pm)
- Fatty Fatty & Radiomade Present: Fish Go Deep & Billy Scurry @ The Sugar Club (€10)
- Forbidden Fruit afterparty: Peaking Lights, Real Estate, Elastic Witch, Weird World ( All DJ sets) @ Twisted Pepper (€10 with FF wristband)
- Forbidden Fruit afterparty: Modeselektor, The Rapture, Austra DJ sets @ Button Factory (€10 with FF wristband, €20 otherwise, 11pm)
- Forbidden Fruit afterparty: Shit Robot, Com Truise DJ sets @ ThePygmalion(Free, 11pm)
- Forbidden Fruit afterparty: The Cast Of Cheers DJ set @ Sin E (Free, 11pm)
- Forbidden Fruit afterparty: Cloud Nothings DJ set @ Sweeney’s (Free, 11pm)
- Big Dish Go: Ivan Smagghe 5 Hour Set @ The Underground, Kennedy’s (€10, 10pm)
Monday June 4th
- Forbidden Fruit: Wilco, James Vincent McMorrow, Chromatics, Beirut, Mazzy Star & more @ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (€49.50 per day, 89.50 for two days, €115 for three)
- Forbidden Fruit wrap party @ Button Factory (Free, 11pm)
- Josh Ritter with Sinéad Gleeson @ Liberty Hall ( €12 / €10 , 3pm)
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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
anyone been to a friendly fires dj set before? any use?
They know their stuff. usually in the disco/techno vein. They did a Suck My Deck mix a few years back – http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=12660
sweet ill check that out
No although they played Cork recently. Looking forward to Forbidden Fruit I have to say! You heading along Niall/Sean?
YES
Any chance you could include this gig on June 1ST??
http://www.facebook.com/events/363980773663980/
Done