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Ticket giveaways:
- Life Festival
- Saturday: Subject at Pogo – Tama Sumo (Berghain / PanoramaBar), Vinyl Love @ The Twisted Pepper (€12/€14, 10:30pm)
Tuesday May 26
- The Bronx @ Academy 2 (€18.50)
[Punk]+ Versive & Stairwells. - Torche @ The Grand Social (€15)
[Hard rock] with support Wizards of Firetop and Dott. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (9pm, €6)
[Acoustic club] Jess and the Bandits, Ger Kelly and David Burke.
- David Kitt @ The Odessa Club (Sold out)
[singer-songwriter] Solo set.
Wednesday May 27
- Note Productions present Sam Lee & Friends @ The Grand Social (€16)
[Folk] English folk singer-songwriter. Support from Brian Mooney. - A Gig For Robyn @ Whelan’s (€16/€20)
[Fundraiser] The Riptide Movement, Paddy Casey, Liam O’Maonlai, Kicking Bird and much more. - Culture Vultures with Donal Dineen, Somerville & Colm O’ Regan @ Odessa Club (€10)
[Salon] Music, chat and comedy hosted by Tony Clayton Lea. - Lingo Festival Fundraiser @ Stag’s Head (€10)
[Poetry/ Music/comedy] Speaking in Tongues By The BrownBread mixtape. - Little May, Loris @ The Academy 2 (€13)
[Rock/pop] Sydney trio. Dust.
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Thursday May 28
- Little Hours @ Whelan’s (Sold out)
[Acoustic/folk] Sony signed Irish band. Tired. - Boiler Room @ Hangar (guestlist lottery)
[Irish debut] Grime special with Glacial Sound, Major Grave, Gemma Dunleavy, Shriekin. - The Real Swan Lake, Participant @ Bello Bar (€6 with free zine)
[Live] Zine launch with Laura Ryder, Maija Sofia. - #GoldenBeck: Tucan, Leo Drezden & Megacone @ The Workmans Club (€5)
[new Irish] Goldenplec and Claire Beck’s monthly music night. - Note Productions present the Duo Series, Concert 5 @ NCH (€15)
[Neo-classical] : OKKYUNG LEE / PAUL G SMYTH - David Kitt @ The Odessa Club (Sold out)
[singer-songwriter] Solo set.
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Friday May 29
Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (€39.50 day / €119 weekend)
Nicolas Jaar, Fatboy Slim, Tei Shi and more. - Life Festival @ Belvedere House (WIN TICKETS)
Eats Everything, The Magician, Ben UFO and more
- Ham Sandwich @ Olympia Theatre (€20)
[Intl. Literature Festival Dublin] Festival club with live performances with emphasis on words and DJ set from Nialler9. - New Wave: Naoise Roo, Houdini, This Other Kingdom @ Bello Bar (€5)
[new Irish] Put together by Pickled Onion Records. - The Malibu Club @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[FF Night] Loft (Soul, Funk, Disco): The Malibu Club / Ballroom (House): Moiketsi Ramaili / Smoking Area (Worldwibes/Dip): William Courtney & Ro Hayes - The Radiomade Forbidden After Party @ District 8 (€10, 10:30pm)
[Live electronic] I Am the Cosmos, Diamond Dagger, Miss Kate and No Requests - Nicolas Jaar DJ set, Kowton @ Button Factory (€10)
[FF Night] With DJ Deece on support. - Pender Street Steppers @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] deep-dance to riviera-disco, jazz-funk to beat-street loonie bin house - Dope S#!T @ Pacino’s (Free before Midnight, €10)
[Club] Rob Le-Nan & Dj Mog-Y, Rob Smyth, Mike Kearney,
- The Building Society: Darius Syrossian @ Hangar (€10)
[FF night] afterparty show. - Retro Electro @ Pacino’s (midnight, €10)
[Dance] Shano, StarvinnMarvin, Brian Kelly and Dave Manning
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Saturday May 30
Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (€49.50 day / €119 weekend)
Jamie xx, Mount Kimbie, Wu Tang, Kelela, Floating Points, Joey Badass and more. - Life Festival @ Belvedere House (WIN TICKETS)
Squarepusher, Pantha Du Prince, Ten Walls, Luke Vibert, Maceo Plex…
- Slane: Foo Fighters, Hozier, The Strypes, Ash, Kaiser Chief @ Slane (€80)
[It’s Slane] All the rock lads. - SOAK @ Tower Records café (12.30pm)
[Folk] Before We Forgot How To Dream stream. - Down With Jazz @ Meeting House Square (€12/€15 per night, €20 for 2 , 7pm)
[jazz/experimental] Tongue Bundle, Louis Stewart, Isotope, Jiggy, Mixtapes From The Underground. - Silent Interlude @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Ambient/indie] Launch of debut EP. - Amazing Apples @ Whelan’s (€10)
[Folk rock] Lullaby. - Together Disco 2nd Birthday @ Yamamori on the Quays (€10, 11pm)
[Disco] Dicky Trisco, Billy Scurry, Keith Dalton and more. - Abner Browns presents Sinead White @ The Sugar Club (€10)
[Folk/pop] album launch with Stomptown brass. - Subject at Pogo – Tama Sumo (Berghain / PanoramaBar), Vinyl Love @ The Twisted Pepper (€12/€14, 10:30pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] Mode_1, Do Funk with Vinyl Love in the café with Nialler9, Stevie G and more. - Discotekken – Forbidden Fruit Night 2015 w/ Alexander Nut ft Fatima @ The Generator (€10, 11pm)
[FF Night] Plus Colm K, DJ Scope and Louis Scully. - T/A/S/T/E @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[Club]Houe, techno and disco. - Weathertop second birthday @ The Pint (€6-€10, 9pm)
[Party] Detroit Deep Techno Kris Wadsworth - Church Dublin: Confirmation @ The Meeting House (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] Church’s Second Birthday - The Building Society X BW Dublin Party @ Hangar (€, 11pm)
[FF Night] Kaily – Lorcan Mak , Jake Dodd – Eoin Donovan, Vinyl Below - The Pig’s Ear present: Money $ex Records Showcase @ The Sugar Club (€15)
[Dance] with Max Graef & Glenn Astro - Pyg & Powerscourt presents Groove Armada @ The Pygmalion (€15, 9pm)
[FF Night] Support from Bubbles. - FF Night – Damian Lazarus & Floating Points @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[FF Night] Plus Jack Dunne and Dorian James.
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Sunday May 31
Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (€49.50 day / €119 weekend)
Run the Jewels, Richie Hawtin, Tensnake, Hot Since 82… - Life Festival @ Belvedere House (WIN TICKETS)
Nas, Siriusmodeselektor, Ben Klock, Skream, Kolsch…
- Down With Jazz @ Meeting House Square (€12/€15 per night, €20 for 2 , 7pm)
[jazz/experimental] Leo Drezden, Sidiki Dembele Sextet, The CEO Experiment, Dublin Jazz Orchestra. - SODA: Misha Freshin present DJ Jus Me @ The Bernard Shaw (6pm, Free)
[Djs] Cork DJ in effect. Kevin Blake. Spekulativ Fiction. - Not Just Another Banker @ The Workman’s Club (Free, 5pm)
[Live bands] The Fontaine, Tara, The Journals, Drones Of Praise. - Subject – Surgeon @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €14/€16)
[Dance] Niall Cleary, Daire Carolan and Toby Kaar. - The Building Society X Hangar: Adam Beyer, Matador @ Hangar (€10, 11pm)
[FF Night] Aaron Nolan, Eoin Donovan and more - Hot Since 82 @ Button Factory (SOLD OUT, 9pm)
[FF Night] Forbidden Fruit afterparty - Pyg & Powerscourt presents: Booka Shade @ Pygmalion (€15, 9pm)
[FF Night] support from Colin Perkins. - Abstract X Exit Festival: Klangkarussell @ Opium Rooms (€12/€15, 11pm)
[Dance] Se7en, Deece, Abstract DJs
- The RnB Club @ The Grand Social (11pm, €10)
[FF Night] Mc Melodee, Stevie G, Platinum Ray.
- Tensnake @ Soder+Ko (TBC)
[FF Night] Afterparty.
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Monday June 1
- Daylight Disco #2 @ Solas (2pm, €5)
[DJs] All Day Rooftop Party. - Patti Smith, Spiritualized, Ariel Pink, Blooms @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (€49.50)
[Rock] A show centred around Smith’s Horses album. - Roxette @ 3Arena (€44)
[Rock] Yup.
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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.
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