{"id":378814,"date":"2026-04-02T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/378814\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:47:26","slug":"heineken-greenlight-new-live-music-series-launches-with-huge-dublin-may-bank-holiday-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/378814\/","title":{"rendered":"Heineken Greenlight: New live music series launches with huge Dublin May bank holiday lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heineken Greenlight has launched \u2013 bringing 35 acts in 10 venues over Dublin\u2019s venues this May bank holiday weekend. <\/p>\n

Heineken Ireland has launched Heineken Greenlight, a new live music series built around intimate city venue takeovers across bank holiday weekends throughout 2026. <\/p>\n

Mike Skinner, Chemical Brothers\u2019 Tom Rowland, TOMORA, Basement Jaxx, DJ Seinfeld, Sherelle, SAOIRSE, Sprints, Madra Salach, Lil Skag, Vaticanjail and more are lined up for the first weekender.<\/p>\n

The first edition hits Dublin over the May bank holiday, with over 35 acts across 10 venues playing Thursday April 30th to Sunday May 3rd. After Dublin in May, Heineken Greenlight moves to Cork in June with Inhaler headlining, and to a third city in August. All events are ticketed and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Acts lined up for the first weekend include the Irish debut of TOMORA \u2013 the new the new project from Aurora and Chemical Brothers\u2019 Tom Rowlands who will play the Button Factory on May 1st:<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s playing?<\/p>\n

TOMORA<\/p>\n

Chemical Brothers\u2019 Tom Rowlands (DJ set)<\/p>\n

Basement Jaxx (DJ set)<\/p>\n

Mike Skinner (DJ Set)<\/p>\n

DJ Seinfeld<\/p>\n

SAOIRSE<\/p>\n

Sherelle<\/p>\n

Sprints<\/p>\n

Shy One<\/p>\n

Curtisy<\/p>\n

Madra Salach<\/p>\n

Lil Skag<\/p>\n

Sloucho <\/p>\n

Yard<\/p>\n

Horse Meat Disco<\/p>\n

Rory Sweeney <\/p>\n

Sloucho<\/p>\n

Vaticanjail<\/p>\n

Adore<\/p>\n

January Winters<\/p>\n

Really Good Time<\/p>\n

Little O<\/p>\n

DJ Egg<\/p>\n

Surka<\/p>\n

Neil Flynn <\/p>\n

Efa O\u2019Neill<\/p>\n

Collie<\/p>\n

Onecanchan<\/p>\n

Saoirse<\/p>\n

C\u00e1it<\/p>\n

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Officer John<\/p>\n

Caolan Ryan<\/p>\n

Chord Memory<\/p>\n

JWY<\/p>\n

More acts still to be announced. <\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a music fan, this is exactly the kind of experience you want, being that close to the performers, in a room that\u2019s buzzing with excitement. Not to mention it will give bank holidays in Ireland a whole new meaning. It\u2019s going to be electric, and I\u2019m so excited to be on board for the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deb Grant (BBC 6 DJ):<\/p>\n

\"\"GREENLIGHT ambassadors, BBC6 DJ Deb Grant, DJ SAOIRSE and comedian Madison Cawley, launched the new platform at their pop-up venue at no.3 Stephen\u2019s Green.
Picure Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like a packed Irish venue with an engaged crowd. It\u2019s raw, it\u2019s real and the memories stay with you. Heineken\u00ae GREENLIGHT is creating those moments, where the connection between the crowd and the artist is everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

SAOIRSE (DJ)<\/p>\n

The lineup will play across the following venues\u2026 <\/p>\n

What Venues?<\/p>\n

Button Factory<\/p>\n

The Sound House<\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s Bar<\/p>\n

Pygmalion<\/p>\n

Wigwam<\/p>\n

Pawn Shop<\/p>\n

The Workman\u2019s Club<\/p>\n

4 Dame Lane<\/p>\n

O\u2019Regan\u2019s<\/p>\n

Street 66<\/p>\n

The concept is a good one \u2013 take acts that normally play festival main stages and put them in Dublin\u2019s smaller rooms.<\/p>\n

Tickets<\/p>\n

Tickets go on sale Friday April 3rd at 12:30pm at the Heineken Greenlight ticket office at No. 3 Stephen\u2019s Green and online at heinekengreenlight.ie.<\/a> Over 18s only.<\/p>\n

The full programme across the weekend looks like this:<\/p>\n

Thursday April 30th <\/p>\n

The Sound House: Sloucho, Yard, Officer John, Caolan Ryan <\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s Bar: Madra Salach<\/p>\n

Friday May 1st <\/p>\n

The Button Factory: TOMORA, DJ Set from Chemical Brothers Tom Rowlands, January Winters, Efa O\u2019Neill <\/p>\n

The Workman\u2019s Club: Sprints, Really Good Time, Adore<\/p>\n

Saturday May 2nd <\/p>\n

Wigwam: Mike Skinner (DJ Set), DJ Seinfeld, Rory Sweeney (live), Little O, DJ EGG, Surka, Neil Flynn <\/p>\n

Pygmalion: Basement Jaxx (DJ Set), Collie, Onecanchan <\/p>\n

4 Dame Lane: SAOIRSE, C\u00e1it, \u00d3ir<\/p>\n

Sunday May 3rd <\/p>\n

Pawn Shop: Sherelle, Shy One, Chord Memory, JWY <\/p>\n

O\u2019Regan\u2019s: Curtisy, Lil Skag <\/p>\n

Street 66: Horse Meat Disco, VaticanJail<\/p>\n

Enjoy Heineken responsibly. Visit drinkaware.ie.<\/p>\n

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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<\/a>. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,\u00a0 Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,\u00a0 and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events<\/a> in Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heineken Greenlight has launched \u2013 bringing 35 acts in 10 venues over Dublin\u2019s venues this May bank holiday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-378814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}