A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments.
Forbidden Fruit is the big one this weekend: Aphex Twin, Battles, Caribou, Jamie xx, The Flaming Lips, Wild Beasts and more.
Tuesday 31st May
- Ruby Sessions: Tom Copson, Alice Jago, Sophie Coyle, Lisa Cuthbert @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Rua Unplugged: @ O Byrne’s, Bolton St. x Capel St (9pm, Free)
- Little Green Cars @ Crawdaddy
- Ellie Goulding @ Olympia Theatre (€28)
- Boiler Room uStream Screening @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- The Meat Puppets @ Button Factory (€17.50)
Wednesday 1st June
- The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Button Factory (€16)
- Ellie Goulding @ Olympia Theatre (€28)
- The Tallest Man On Earth @ Vicar Street (€24)
Thursday 2nd June
- Gemma Hayes @ Tower Records instore (5.30pm)
- Screening: Kanye live from Coachella @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Junior Spesh: I am the Cosmos, Eoin & Bentley, Juice, Dan Ryan @ The Bernard Shaw (€8)
- Vyviene Long @ Odessa Club (€10, 8.30pm)
- Phosphorescent @ The Workman’s Club (€18.45)
- Less Than Jake @ Button Factory (€23)
- Favourite Sons @ The Grand Social (€10)
Friday 3rd June
- Alarmist, We Are Losers, Avalanche Ammo @ Whelan’s (€5)
- The Glory Days Tour: Verse Chorus Verse (Tony ASIWYFA), Chris Campbell, Jonny Black @ Stags Head, Dame Court (9pm, €TBC)
- Peter Hook & The Light perform Unknown Pleasures @ The Academy (€14.50)
- Retarded Cop album launch, Groom, Fag Enablerz @ The Workman’s Club (€15 with record, €10 w/o)
- Gateways Festival Launch @ Sweeneys, Shebeen Chic, The Globe, Ri Ra (Free)
- The Scoop Foundation fundraiser: Robotnik, The Candidates, Handsome Paddy & more @ The Grand Social (€5)
- Scribble presents: All City Records: DJ Scope, Fruitman, Riz & more @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Saturday 4th June
- The Ha’penny Flea @ The Grand Social (Noon-5pm, Free)
- Forbidden Fruit @ IMMA, Kilmainham (€90 weekend / €49.50 day ticket)
- Wiggle @ The Mercantile (Free, 11.30pm)
- Erol Alkan Disco 3000 Forbidden Fruit after-party @ Tripod (11pm, €17.50/ €8 with FF ticket stub)
- Daithí @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Show 11:30pm, Free before 10:30pm, club entry price after)
- Banquet : Wild Beasts & Bombay Bicycle Club DJs (Forbidden Fruit After-Party) @ Tripod (11pm, €8)
Sunday 5th June
- Forbidden Fruit @ IMMA, Kilmainham (€90 weekend / €49.50 day ticket)
- Subject Present Octave One, SL2 Old Skool 88-92 set @ Twisted Pepper (€15)
- Norman Jay @ The Village (€12.50)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- Caribou DJ set @ Button Factory (11pm, €8 or €5 with Forbidden Fruit ticket stub)
Monday 6th June
- Ash @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
Panda Capture by Avalanche Ammo
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- Heart in your Heartbreak (side A) by Anorak London
The Phoenix Foundation – Buffalo
Wild Beasts – Bed Of Nails by DominoRecordCo
Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) by BATTLES
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.
