The 20 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
Tuesday May 30
- Swans @ Button Factory (€25)
Farewell Tour - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
Catherine McGrath // Into The Ark // Rosa Nutty // Conor Mason
Wednesday May 31
- Minus The Bear, Joan Of Arc @ Whelan’s (€20)
Seattle four-piece rock.
Thursday June 1
- Shaw Sessions #2 Magic Pockets @ The Bernard Shaw (FREE)
progressive/synth/drone project by Ruadhan O’Meara - Rosa Nutty @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
EP Launch. Fizzy.
Friday June 2
- Kraftwerk 3-D @ Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (€62.50, Friday & Saturday)
Dance & Electronic music robotic pioneers do their 3-D show. - Wolfgang Flur @ Wah Wah Club (€10, 11pm)
Does the Ex Kraftwerk man deliberately book dates where the band are playing to piss them off?
- Get Down Edits, Ciara Brady @ The Pyg (€10)
Waterford’s finest disco/nu-disco edits.
Saturday June 3
- Kraftwerk 3-D @ Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (€62.50, Friday & Saturday)
Dance & Electronic music robotic pioneers do their 3-D show. - Forbidden Fruit Festival @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Sat-Monday)
Stage times. Orbital, Booka Shade, Nao, Mall Grab, Bonzai…
- FF Night: Booka Shade @ Button Factory (€TBC with FF ticket)
late night hybrid set - FF Night: Mall Grab, 67, Bobby Basil, Bobofunk @ The Grand Social(€TBC with FF ticket)
Welcome host + Tjugo Lax.
- Boys Noize @ District 8 (€15, 10:30pm)
Banging electronic + Cardopusher , Bedlam DJs - FF Night: Hot Chip (DJ Set) @ Wigwam (€TBC with FF ticket)
DJ set from the boys. - FF Night: Orbital (DJ Set) @ Tengu (€TBC with FF ticket)
Great venue to see these legends.
Sunday June 4
- Forbidden Fruit Festival @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Sat-Monday)
Stage times. Aphex Twin, Mura Masa, Nicolas Jaar, Maceo Plex, Fatima Yamaha.. - Altern8, Automatic Tasty Witch Trials @ District 8 (€12)
’90s rave has come back around but these guys never left. - Jeremy Underground, Do Funkk, Long Island Sound @ Index (€10, 11pm)
French producer and house DJ. - FF Night: Peggy Gou & eve @ Tengu (€TBC with FF ticket)
Gou Talk - FF Night: District Magazine Takeover: Brame & Hamo, Jafarismusic, SOULÉ @ The Grand Social (€TBC with FF ticket)
Solid Irish lineup. - FF Night: KiNK, Hybrasil & Hidden Flux. @ Opium Rooms (€TBC with FF ticket)
VG dance lineup.
Monday June 5
- Forbidden Fruit Festival @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Sat-Monday)
Stage times. Bon Iver, Flying Lotus, Danny Brown, The Staves. - FF Night: Orange Tree Edits & Pear DJ’s @ Chelsea Drugstore(€TBC with FF ticket)
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