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Mark O'Brien

Dublin concerts May 2022: The best gigs in the capital this month

After two long and hard years, live music venues are finally back up and running and there's a cracking array of shows coming to Dublin this month.

Perennial Irish favourite David Gray will play three nights at the 3Arena while legendary punk poet John Cooper Clarke will grace the Olympia stage.

As always, there's an eclectic line-up in Whelan's, including guitar legends Kerbdog and the likes of Maverick Sabre and The Blizzards will play The Academy.

We've put together a list of all of the concerts coming up at the major Dublin venues. If you have a gig that you think we've missed, please email news@dublinlive.ie and we'll add it to the listings.

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3Arena

3Arena, Dublin (@3ArenaDublin Twitter)

May 6 - Tool

May 7 - Trevor Noah

May 10 - Whitesnake & Foreigner

May 12, 14 & 15 - Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra

May 19, 20, 21 - David Gray

May 26 - RuPaul's Drag Race

May 28 - Bingo Loco XXL

May 30 - Bryan Adams

The 3Olympia

May 7 - Spiritualized

May 9 - John Cooper Clarke

May 10 - Moving Hearts

May 12 - Declan McKenna

May 13 - Charli XCX

May 15 - Boy At War

May 16 - Public Service Broadcasting

May 17 - Daniel Sloss

May 18 - The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

May 19 & 20 - The Divine Comedy

May 21 - Bear's Den

May 22 & 23 - alt-J

May 24 - Gary Numan

May 25 - Marina

May 26 - Katherine Ryan

May 28 & 29 - Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever

May 28 - Keith Barry

May 30 & 31 - Conan Gray

Whelan's

Whelan's (Google Maps)

May 6 - Rowan (Upstairs), Lilla Vargen (Main Room), Ratios (Upstairs)

May 7 - Maria Kelly (Main Room), The First Dip of the Summer (Upstairs)

May 8 - Jordan Run (Upstairs), Teddy Thompson (Main Room), The Dublin Blues Cartel (Front Bar)

May 9 - The Road to the Great Escape (Upstairs), Cherry Comedy (Upstairs)

May 10 - The Road to the Great Escape (Main Room)

May 11 - Darwin Deez (Main Room), Dave Sullivan (Upstairs), Cherry Comedy (The Parlour)

May 12 - Rachel (Upstairs), Mattiel (Main Room), Floor Show (Upstairs)

May 13 - Cormac Looby (Upstairs)

May 14 - Jane Weaver (Main Room), Vendetta Love (Upstairs)

May 15 - Hak Baker (Main Room), John Hegarty (Upstairs), The Dublin Blues Cartel (Front Bar)

May 16 - Cherry Comedy (Upstairs)

May 18 - Dragonfly (Main Room), Cherry Comedy (The Parlour)

May 19 - Just Wondering (Main Room), Tom Happens (Upstairs)

May 20 - Silverbacks (Main Room), No Audio Dialogue & Pigeon Millers (Upstairs)

May 21 - Julien Baker (Main Room), Don't Tell Mum (Upstairs), Jerry Joseph (Bourke's)

May 22 - Julien Baker (Main Room), Adam Rowe (Upstairs), Dublin Blues Cartel (Upstairs)

May 23 - Adam- Rowe (Main Room), Cherry Comedy (Upstairs)

May 24 - Rosa Nutty (Upstairs)

May 25 - Cherry Comedy (The Parlour), Ann Scott (Upstairs)

May 26 - Empire Circus (Upstairs), Soak (Main Room)

May 27 - Kerbdog (Main Room), Jacob and the Ordeals (Upstairs)

May 28 - Kerbdog (Main Room), Brand New Friend (Upstairs)

May 29 - Wynona Bleach & Floor Show (Upstairs), I Heart Jeff Buckley (Main Room), Dublin Blues Cartel (Front Bar)

May 30 - The 502's (Main Room), Cherry Comedy (Upstairs)

Opium

May 6 - Resenha dos Amigos

May 7 - Redlight with Dave Treacy & James Herkes

May 13 - Gang Gospel

May 14 - MGLA

May 21 - Redlight Saturdays

May 21 - Dine with Davina

May 22 - Donny Benet

May 24 - Lil Darkie

May 28 - Redlight Saturdays

May 28 - The Year Grunge Broke

May 29 - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

May 31 - The 502's

Pepper Cannister Church

May 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 - Fionn Regan

May 12 - Jonathan Bree

May 21 - Noga Erez

May 23 - Daniel Rossen

May 27 - Suuns

May 28 - Lyra Pramuk

The Academy

May 6 - The Reytons, Neon Neon

May 7 - Fletcher, Gracie Abrams, Circus

May 8 - Josef

May 9, 10 - The Road to the Great Escape

May 11 - Kamal, Mimi Webb

May 12 - Claud

May 13 - Viagra Boys

May 14 - The Blizzards

May 15 - Laundry Day, Bad Boy Chiller Crew

May 18 - Maverick Sabre

May 19 - Mayhem

May 20 - Tim Chadwick

May 24 - Ugly Kid Joe

May 25 - Jockstrap

May 26 - Yonaka

May 27 - The Love Buzz

May 28 - Overkill

May 29, 30 - Teddy Swims

Workmans Club

May 6 - Wild Rivers, House & Techno Ketchup Party

May 7 - Junk Drawer

May 9, 10 - The Road to the Great Escape

May 11 - Etta Marcus

May 12 - Bilk, Crack Cloud

May 13 - Troyokay, Siomha

May 14 - Ekkstacy, Good 4 U, Sundown

May 15 - Mark Caplice

May 18 - Sam Wickens & Reevah

May 19 - Sive

May 20 - Post Party

May 21 - The K's

May 22 - Katie Phelan, Machine Girl

May 25 - Odd Morris & The Goa Express

May 27 - Eiko Ishibashi, Adrian Crowley

May 28 - Craig Cooney, Fuze/Innuendo/The Lexies

Vicar Street

Vicar Street (Wikimedia Commons)


May 6 - Elderbrook
May 8 - Joanne McNally

May 9 - Peach Pit

May 10 - The Midnight

May 11 - NADDPOD

May 12 - Nish Kumar

May 13, 14, 15 - Imelda May

May 16 - Joanne McNally

May 20 - Dara O'Briain

May 22 - The High Kings

May 23 - Joanne McNally

May 24 - Bianca Del Rio

May 25 - The Unthanks

May 27, 28 - Foil Arms & Hog

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