Highlights: Forbidden Fruit, This Is The Kit, Colleen, Strange Passion Live, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Subject 6th’s Birthday, The Notas and the Nialler9 Forbidden Fruit Opening Party.
Ticket freebies this week:
A pair of passes to This Is The Kit (Wednesday), Nialler9 Forbidden Fruit Official Opening Party (Friday). Full details of each show and how to enter below.
- How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body before 5pm the day before the gig to enter.
If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
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Tuesday May 28th
- Amplify: The Business Of Music @ The Grand Social downstairs (6:30pm, Free)
[Talks] Music people tell you what they do with Steve Averill, Nialler9, David Doyle and Aidan Foley. - The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic] Long-running acoustic weekly night with sometimes surprise special guests.
Wednesday May 29th
- Public Service Broadcasting @ Tower Records (Free, 1pm)
[Instore] UK instrumentalists with a habit of sampling war-time speeches. - Iron & Wine @ Olympia Theatre (€27.50)
[Folk] Sam Beam and full band With support John Smith. - The Notas @ The Workman’s Club (€6)
[Indie] Promising young North County Dublin band with suport MeltyBrains? / My Tribe Your Tribe. - Bruce Willis: Ghosts, Breen, Not Your Girlfriend @ Lost Society (€8, 10:30pm)
[Electronic] Waterford’s dubstep singing duo are the highlight here. - This Is The Kit @ Whelan’s (€10, WIN TICKETS)
[Folk] Cute English folk with support Mossy Nolan and Two Headed Wolf.
Thursday May 30th
- Nanu Nanu @ Live at Madison (Free, 7:30pm)
[Electronic] Public launch of Unit One album beside Tower Records. - OMD @Vicar Street (€33.50)
[Synthpop] ’80s band returns. Support Wonder Villains. - Booka Brass Band @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Funk] Six-piece Dublin brass band. - Zebra: Nanu Nanu, We Arrive Alive, More Than Conquerers @ Whelan’s (Free before 10:30pm. €10 after)
[Electronic] launch of Nanu Nanu’s Unit One album plus The Cast Of Cheers DJ set. - Junior Spesh: Two Year special @ Twisted Pepper (€7,10:30pm)
[Eclectic] TBA but expect all the crews in for this one.
Friday May 31st
Festivals
- Nialler9 presents Forbidden Fruit Opening Party @ Button Factory (€8, €6 cheaplist. 11pm)
[Disco/Electronic] Disco-themed night with UK’s Gramme (DJ), Ships (live) and TR One ( Bande Apartment Disco Set)
- Colleen, Seti The First @ Unitarian Church (€12)
[Contemporary] Excellent French cellist with a new album The Weighting Of The Heart. Listen to Snippets. - Strange Passion: SM Corporation, Chant Chant Chant!, Choice @ The Grand Social (€12/€10, 8pm)
[Rock] 30 years since they last played, 3 Irish post-punk bands play once more in support of the Strange Passion compilation of Irish music from the period. - Public Service Broadcasting @ Button Factory (€12)
[Instrumental] UK instrumentalists with a habit of sampling public info films etc. - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Ajo Arquesta @ The Sugar Club ( €22.50)
[Funk/Afrobeat] The infamous Brass band and the former Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble. - Peter Delaney @ Whelan’s (€8)
[Folk] Out On A Limb ukulele-clad singer launches 2nd LP with At Last An Atlas and Rory Francis O’Brien. - Side Step: Olan All City, Lorem Ipsum, Kobina, Morgan Buckley @ The Underground, Kennedys (€8/€5, 11pm)
[Electronbic] Side Story is a series of parties that will take place in Dublin showcasing some of the best left-field ongoing and upcoming live electronica acts and DJs. - Subrewind: VIVEK (DMZ), Emmo, Subrewind DJs @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10:30pm)
[DJ] Drum and bass/ dubstep DJ working in the 140BPM range.
Saturday June 1st
Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (€99.50 for weekend, Day ticket €54.50,2:30pm til late)
[Eclectic] Kasabian, James Blake, Neon Neon, Iamamiwhoami, Ghostpoet, Le Galaxie and more.
- Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Ajo Arquesta @ The Sugar Club ( €22.50)
[Funk/Afrobeat] The infamous Brass band and the former Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble. - Lau @ Whelan’s (€16)
[New Folk] Contemporary Scottish folk. - Steve Earle And The Dukes @ Vicar Street (€44.50)
[Country] The old rocker from Treme has a close connection with Ireland. - Skinny Wolves: Xeno and Oaklander @ The Joinery (€10, BYOB)
[Electronic] Minimal electronica with support from Martial Canterel and Magic Pockets. - Subject 6th Birthday: The Analogue Cops, DJ Kormac A/V set, Nialler9, Brian O’Neill & Lloyd Grogan, Lee Kelly and more @ Twisted Pepper (€15/€12, 10:30pm, €20 for weekend)
[Dance/Electronic] Come down after Forbidden Fruit/ Special weekend ticket deal for both nights too. Analogue Cops. - Forbidden Fruit afterparty @ Button Factory (TBA)
[Dance] TBA - Nightflight 5th Birthday @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] Residents celebrate their birthday.
Bank Holiday Sunday June 2nd
Festivals
- Forbidden Fruit @ Royal Hospital Kilmainham (€99.50 for weekend, Day ticket €54.50, 2:30pm til late)
[Eclectic] Chic, Four Tet, Primal Scream, Daphni, Toro Y Moi, Austra, Solar Bears, Mykki Blanco, New Jackson and more.
- Forza Primo Anniversario @ The Odessa Club (€12, 6pm)
[Italo Disco] David Vunk, Andrea D’Olio, Stefano Crosserini, Ultradyne, Simon Conway, DeFekt. - Bank Holiday Sunday: Alias Empire, The North Sea, Lover, This Other Kingdom and more @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
[Live] Free in party. - Big Fish Go: Rayko, Nightflight, Keep Schtum @ The Sugar Club (€10, 10:30pm)
[Dance/disco] Madrid producer of disco, electrofunk and rock. - Forbidden Fruit afterparty @ Button Factory (TBA)
[Dance] TBA - Subject 6th Birthday: Green Velvet aka Cajmere, Le Chic Disco! and more @ Twisted Pepper (€16/€18, 11pm, €20 for weekend)
[Dance/Electronic] Come down after Forbidden Fruit/ Special weekend ticket deal for both nights too.
Bank Holiday Monday June 3rd
- Subject is 6 – Tama Sumo @ The Dark Horse Inn (7am – 2pm)
[DJs] In case you’re going til the break of dawn.
