Forbidden Fruit 2025 - Tickets, stage times, transport and all you need to know
Forbidden Fruit returns to the heart of Dublin city this June Bank Holiday weekend as Ireland's summer festival season officially gets underway.
Now in its 13th edition, Forbidden Fruit will take place this Saturday and Sunday set against the backdrop of Dublin's Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
This year's festival will see see Jamie xx play Forbidden Fruit for the third time - after being part of the first festival in 2011, and also playing the Dublin 8 venue in 2015. His set will be his only Irish headline show of the year.
Born Slippy icons Underworld will make a long-awaited return to the capital at this year's festival, while Peggy Gou, another Forbidden Fruit veteran, will be on the main stage for the first time this year. Caribou, Mall Grab, Glass Beams, FCUKERS, BUNT, nimino, and Effy round out the main names announced this afternoon.
We have all the info you need ahead of the first festival of the summer, including what time each act are expected on stage, and how you can get your hands on last minute tickets.
There are still a handful of weekend tickets available to this year's festival, although fans will have to act quick as these are expected to sell out ahead of the weekend.
Two-Day Weekend tickets for Forbidden Fruit 2025 are priced at €184.50 each and are available to buy via Ticketmaster.
There are also a small number of day tickets available. Day Tickets are priced at €107.05 each, and fans hoping to visit the festival on Saturday can grab their ticket here, while those looking to head to Day 2 on Sunday can purchase a ticket here.
The public are being urged not to travel to the festival grounds unless they have a valid ticket and ID. Ticketholders are also being urged to add their ticket to their phone's wallet and keep it handy.
9.30pm - 10.45pm: Jamie XX
7.45pm - 9pm: Caribou
6.15pm - 7.15pm: Glass Beams
4.55pm - 5.55pm: Bricknasty
3.30pm - 4.30pm: Trinity Orchestra
9.15pm - 10.35pm: Mall Grab
7.30pm - 9pm: Effy
6.15pm - 7.30pm: Sam Austin
5.15pm - 6pm: Clara La San
3.45pm - 4.45pm: Sarah Crean
9.15pm - 10.35pm: Dart
7.45pm - 9.15pm: Kilimanjaro
6.45pm - 7.45pm: SPRAY (pres) SPRITZZ (live)
5.15pm - 6.45pm: LB AKA LABAT
3.30pm - 5.15pm: Puzzy Wrangle
2pm - 3.30pm: Menace
8.15pm - 9.30pm: The Girls Room
7pm - 8.15pm: Slippery Slopes
5.45pm - 6.45pm: Vatican Jail
4.15pm - 5pm: Ahmed, With Love
3.10pm - 3.40pm: Fynch
2.30pm - 3pm: Avenue 68
9pm - 10pm: DJ Wax
7.45pm - 8.45pm: Fortune Igiebor
6.15pm - 7.30pm: MOIO
5.15pm - 6pm: Celaviedmai
4.25pm - 5.10pm: Bold Love
3.30pm - 4.15pm: Essiray
2.30pm - 3.15pm: Sweetlemondae
9.30pm - 10.45pm: Underworld
7.45pm - 9pm: Peggy Gou
6.30pm - 7.30pm: FCUKERS
4.55pm - 5.55pm: Khakikid
3.30pm - 4.30pm: Zaska
9.15pm - 10.35pm: Jazzy
7.45pm - 9pm: Bunt
6.15pm - 7.30pm: Nimino
5pm - 6.15pm: Sahana
3.45pm - 4.45pm: Kayleigh Noble
9.15pm - 10.35pm: X CLUB
7.40pm - 9.10pm: Juicy Romance
6.15pm - 7.40pm: Yaeji (DJ)
4.45pm - 6.15pm: In Parellel
3.20pm - 4.45pm: Jake Fitz
2pm - 3.20pm: Acushla
8.15pm - 9.30pm: DIEBYVEG
7pm - 8.15pm: Jimbo Jones
5.45pm - 6.45pm: Spooklet
4.15pm - 5pm: Cable Boy
3.10pm - 3.40pm: BBFT
2.30pm - 3pm: Smithereens
9pm - 10pm: Dave Treacy
8pm - 8.45pm: Pastiche
7pm - 7.45pm: Shiv
5.30pm - 6.30pm: Cliffords
4.30pm - 5.15pm: F3MIII
3.30pm - 4.15pm: Negro Impacto
2.30pm - 3.15pm: Annie Dog
Festival gates will open at 2pm on Saturday and Sunday and last entry to the festival is at 9pm on both days. The last act is scheduled to finish at 10.45pm each night.
Festivalgoers are being told not to bring large bags with them and to keep them A4 or smaller. People without bags will be fast-tracked into the arena.
Ticketholders are being warned that there's no re-admission. Once you're in for the day, you're in!
Day tickets are valid to be scanned once upon arrival for the allocated day you purchased and Weekend tickets are valid to be scanned once upon arrival, each day you attend the festival.
Ticketholders are also being advised to take note that the festival is a cashless event, so make sure bring your credit / debit cards and that your phone has plenty of battery.
Forbidden Fruit Festival is an over 18s event. Driving licence, passport or garda card are all acceptable forms of identification.
Anyone who appears under 18 years old may be asked for ID to enter the festival.
The festival operates the Challenge 25 policy at all bars on site. This means that anyone who looks 25 years or under can expect to be asked for ID.
The Royal Hospital Kilmainham is situated between Heuston Railway Station, the iconic Kilmainham Gaol and the world famous Guinness Brewery. It is twelve minutes from the M50 motorway and easy to get to from the airport.
By Bus: To Heuston Station (five minutes walk via Military Road): 26 from Wellington Quay; 51, 79 from Aston Quay; 90 Dart Feeder Bus from Connolly and Tara Street stations. To James Street (5 minutes walk via steps to Bow Lane onto Irwin Street and Military Road): 123 from O'Connell Street/Dame Street; 51B, 78A from Aston Quay.
By Car: 10 minute drive from city centre. There is no parking at the venue. Traffic Restrictions will be in place on Military Road and Kilmainham Lane.
The nearest public car park is Park Rite Parking Lot at 7 Queen Street, Dublin 7.
By Foot: Approximately 30 minutes from the city centre. Pedestrian access is via East Gate, Military Road, Dublin 8
By Train: Five minute walk from Heuston Station; from Connolly and Tara Street Stations by 90 bus to Heuston Station.
By Luas: Red line to Heuston Station, five minute walk to Museum entrance on Military Road.
The following are a list of items not permitted to be brought into the festival grounds:
Fireworks, Chinese Lanterns, flares, and high-power torches are not allowed.
No bags over a4 size
Liquids
Alcohol
Illicit drugs, legal highs or nitrous oxide are not allowed.
Glass (except for small make-up items and perfume/aftershave)
Animals (except guide dogs) are not allowed.
Anything which could be considered an offensive weapon is not allowed.
Gas Cylinders are not permitted.
Petrol Generators or Liquefied Petroleum Gas is not allowed.
BBQs are not allowed.
Laser Pens are not allowed.
Professional photographic equipment is not allowed. (this applies to cameras that have detachable lenses)
Selfie Sticks are not allowed.
Drones are not allowed.
Umbrellas are not allowed.
Spray canisters / Smoke Bombs / Gas canisters are not allowed.
Megaphones are not allowed.
High Vis Clothing is not allowed.
No folding chairs/ Garden Furniture
Once the lights go out on the grounds of Kilmainham, there is a tempting selection of Forbidden Fruit After-Parties taking place in a variety of official locations around the city.
FF Night shows are ticket-only events, exclusively for those attending the festival by the day. You must have a valid festival ticket in addition to a ticket for the FF night. Ticket checks will be in operation. Line-ups are subject to change, venue entry policies apply. Tickets for FF Night are available here.
Weather forecast
According to Met Eireann's latest forecast, Saturday will start off mainly dry, but rain will spread eastwards across the country through the morning and early afternoon.
The rain will clear during the afternoon with sunshine and showers following for the rest of the day, with highest temperatures of 15C to 19C with moderate to fresh southwest winds, but becoming very windy later near Atlantic coasts, with strong to gale force and gusty southwest winds developing in the evening and continuing for a time on Saturday night along with further showers or longer spells of rain.
Sunday is expected to be breezy with a mix of sunshine and showers. It will be cooler with highest temperatures of 13C to 17C and moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds.
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