The best gigs and clubs in Dublin this week
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Monday May 28th
- Amanda Palmer @ The National Concert Hall (€25+)
American singer-songwriter and member of The Dresden Dolls plays a solo show - Father John Misty @ Vicar Street (€36)
American singer-songwriter Josh Tillman plays three Dublin shows. ‘Mr Tilman’ - Broken Social Scene @ Tivoli (€28)
Canadian indie-rock group play their first Irish date in ten years. ‘Sweetest Kill’ - We Bloom: Insideawave, Clara Marie, Kelso @ The Workman’s Club
A regular showcase of new Irish talent
Tuesday May 29th
- Father John Misty @ Vicar Street (€36)
American singer-songwriter Josh Tillman plays three Dublin shows. ‘Mr Tilman’ - Ezra Furman @ Tivoli (€20)
American solo artist who released his new album Transangelic Exodus earlier this year - Glen Hansard, Cathy Davey, Camille O’Sullivan and more @ Whelan’s (€25)
A celebration for Jenz and Cristel featuring more special guests - Ruby Sessions:ROE | David Keenan | Nobody’s Heroes @ Doyle’s Bar (€7, 9pm)
A regular acoustic night in aid of the Simon Community
Wednesday May 30th
- Father John Misty @ Vicar Street (€36)
American singer-songwriter Josh Tillman plays three Dublin shows. ‘Mr Tilman’ - Wow – Women on Wednesdays: Alison Spittle, Aoife Carton, Dowry @ Whelan’s (€10, €6 for students)
A night celebrating female creativity in aid of Aidlink’s Girls’ Education Programme in Kenya
Thursday May 31st
- Automatic Tasty, Lumigraph @ Tengu (6pm)
Irish electronic DJ and producer launching Kaizen Bar. ‘Man and His Values’ - Hermitage Green @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
Limerick five-piece indie-rock band. ‘Lions Share’. They also play Whelan’s on Friday and Saturday - King Bones @ The Bello Bar (€10+)
Dublin band launching their new My Best Friend EP. ‘Party Animals’ - Sister Nancy, Cian Finn, Sim Simma @ The Sugar Club (€20+)
Jamacian reggae DJ and MC plus special guests. ‘Bam Bam’ - Miles Graham @ The Bowery (€10)
Irish indie soul singer-songwriter. ‘Let It Shine’
Friday June 1st
- Robyn Hitchcock @ The Workman’s Club (€13)
British contemporary singer-songwriter. ‘Autumn Sunglasses’
Saturday June 2nd
- Bulmers Forbidden Fruit Festival @ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (€64.50+, 2pm)
Justice, Glass Animals, Hookworms, Tensnake, Axel Boman, Hookworms, Mango and Mathman, Tanjier, Ae Mak and many more - Mella Dee, Jack Thompson @ Hangar (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit Festival, 11pm)
English house/techno DJ playing with in association with Four Four Magazine as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - Icarus, Idris Elba, Al Gibbs @ Opium (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit Festival, 11pm)
Bristol brothers Tom and Ian Griffiths plus guests as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - Axel Boman & Kornél Kovács @ Tengu (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit Festival, 11pm)
The coming together of two Swedish house music DJs and producers as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - Tensnake & Seany B @ Wigwam (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit Festival, 11pm)
German deep house DJ and producer as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - UFO Club: Call Super @ Wah Wah Club (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit Festival, 11pm)
London electronic DJ and producer as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty. ‘Dekmantel Boiler Room Set’
Sunday June 3rd
- Bulmers Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (€64.50+, 2pm)
Bonobo, Four Tet, Bicep, Floating Points, Ross From Friends, Or:la, DJ Seinfield, DJ Deece, R. Kitt, Mount Alaska - Genius of Time @ Pyg (€6+)
Swedish deep house electronic duo Alexander Berg and Nils Krogh. ‘Same Old Place’ - Metá Metá @ The Sugar Club (€15)
Brazilian jazz-rock three-piece. - Olugbenga, Ajó @ The Bowery (€12.50, 9pm)
Metronomy bassist Olugbenga plays a special DJ set - Boots and Kats @ District 8 (€11+, 11pm)
Dublin disco-funk duo play a headline show - Bonobo & George FitzGerald & Willaris. K @ The Button Factory (Tickets Available at Forbidden Fruit Festival, 11pm)
As part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - Four Tet, Floating Points, Ben UFO @ Wigwam (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit, 11pm)
Three headline DJs go back to back as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - HUNEE, Soichi Terada, Papa Lou @ Tengu (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit, 11pm)
Tripple headliner as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - Long Island Sound @ Wah Wah Club (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit, 11pm)
Dublin electronic duo plus guests as part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty - Saoirse & Cromby & DJ Deece @ The Grand Social (Tickets available at Forbidden Fruit, 11pm)
As part of the Forbidden Fruit afterparty
Monday May 28th
- Bulmers Forbidden Fruit@ Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (€64.50+)
The War On Drugs, Grizzly Bear, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, David Kitt, Nialler9, Singalong Social, Lilla Vargen, Ailbhe Reddy, David Keenan, Fontaines D.C
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