Things To Do In Dublin (25-05-15 – 31-05-15)

By No More Workhorse on May 24, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

I guess it’s officially summer? This week is packed with festivals and events. This week there’s the Foo Fighters at Slaine and Forbidden Fruit, along with the Life Festival in Belvedere House. The wonderful Down With Jazz Festival returns to meeting House Square. There’s also Bloom Festival at the Phoenix Park. Another quirky one is the Butoh Festival Dublin from the 26th to the 31st. The Dublin Dance Festival continues until the 30th of May. A little further afield, the Carlow Arts Festival runs from the 29th until the 7th of June.

Theatre

The Abbey – Bastard Amber, Liz Roche Dance Company – 25 May – 27 May

Dublin Dance Festival – La Edad de Oro – 28 May – 30 May

The Gate – The Gigli Concert – May 21st to June 27th

Smock Alley – Eight Women – Wed 27th – Sat 30th May in The Boys’ School

Theatre Upstairs – Peruvian Voodoo – 19 May – 30th May

Viking Theatre – Port Authority – May 13 – 30

New Theatre – 60 Minutes in Dublin Vol. II – May 25th – May 30th

Gaiety Theatre – John B Keane’s The Field – 23 April 2015 – 30 May 2015 (Extended)

Project Arts Centre – Shaping Time – 25 May 2015
Triple Bill (Sweet) (Bitter) and Aurora and Qui – 26 May 2015-27 May 2015

Civic Theatre – Annie Junior – The Musical – Tuesday, 26th – Saturday, 30th May // 7pm

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Being Norwegian – May 5th – 30th, 2015 | 1pm

Bord Gais Energy Centre –Top Hat – 27 May 2015 – 6 Jun 2015

Movies

Lighthouse Cinema – TRAINSPOTTING at 18:30 on Monday 25 May

Sugar Club – Fri May29 – The Last Waltz – Movies At Midnight

New Releases this Week

Danny Collins
Man Up
Results
San Andreas
Search Party
The Connection
The Dead Lands
Timbuktu

Gigs

Our Top Tip this week is the The Bronx in the Academy 2. I’ve seen them before and was blown away by them! Otherwise, there’s almost too much to mention, with Forbidden Fruit, The Swans, David Kitt, The Salmon Leap Festival, the Life Festival etc…

Mon 25 May
Swans – The Button Factory
J.P. Harris & The Tough Choices – Whelan’s

Tue 26 May
The Bronx – The Academy 2
Dublin International Piano Competition Grand Final – NCH
David Kitt – Odessa
Torche – The Grand Social
Rachael Lavelle – Whelan’s

Wed 27 May
Maria Somerville – Odessa
Little May – The Academy 2
Emin – The Sugar Club
A Gig For Robyn – Whelan’s
Sam Lee – The Grand Social

Thu 28 May
David Kitt – Odessa
Okkyung Lee / Paul G. Smyth Duo – NCH
Túcan & Leo Drezden – The Workman’s Club
Little Hours – Whelan’s
Toy Soldier – The Grand Social
5 Seconds Of Summer – The O2
Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss – The Academy (Green Room)
Featuring X – Whelan’s

Fri 29 May
Forbidden Fruit Festival 2015 – IMMA
Life Festival 2015 – Belvedere House
Ash – Tower Records
Tom Baxter – The Sugar Club
Giants of Ragtime & Stride Piano – NCH
RTE NSO Mussorgsky, Zhubanov & Hamidi, Stravinsky – NCH
HamsandwicH – The Olympia Theatre
Wilko Johnson – The Academy
5 Seconds Of Summer – The O2
Geddes – Whelan’s
¡NO! – Arthur’s Pub
Steven Sharpe and The Broke Straight Boys – The Workman’s Club
Carol Keogh & the City Fathers – The Harbour Bar

Sat 30 May
Forbidden Fruit Festival 2015 – RHK
Life Festival 2015 – Belvedere House
CAOS Ensemble Performance – NCH
Dazzling Dances with the WhistleBlast Quartet – NCH
Salmon Leap Festival 2015 – Leixlip
Foo Fighters – Slane Castle
Amazing Apples – Whelan’s
Suzi Quatro – Vicar Street
Tama Sumo – The Twisted Pepper
Soak – Tower Records
Hudson Taylor – The Olympia Theatre
The Moves (Album Launch) – The Workman’s Club
Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Sinéad White – The Sugar Club
Silent Interlude (EP Launch) – Whelan’s
Glenn Astro – The Sugar Club

Sun 31 May
Forbidden Fruit Festival 2015 – RHK
Salmon Leap Festival 2015 – Leixlip
Life Festival 2015 – Belvedere House
Placido Domingo – 3Arena
Don McLean – Vicar Street
Declan Sinnott – Whelan’s
Surgeon – The Twisted Pepper