Culture
24 Apr 23

Forbidden Fruit 2023 adds Channel Tres, Annie Mac, Olivia Dean and more

Channel Tres by Grant Spanier.

Day tickets go on sale this Thursday, April 27th at 9am via Ticketmaster.

The 11th edition of Forbidden Fruit is all set to take place on the June Bank Holiday Weekend: Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Back in January, Eric Prydz, Rina Sawayama, slowthai, Honey Dijon, Central Cee, Eliza Rose, Romy, Ben Böhmer, southstar, Sudan Archives, Wesley Joseph, DJ EZ, George FitzGerald (Live), Interplanetary Criminal, Malaki, APRIL, Knucks and more were named on the Forbidden Fruit 2023 lineup.

The two-day festival has announced the day-by-day breakdown this afternoon alongside some sizzling new additions joining the bill.

Adding to the incredible lineup is internationally renowned Irish DJ, author and broadcaster Annie Mac. The veteran artist has grown from her club culture roots into a global force in music broadcasting, event curating and DJing and a prolific tastemaker in contemporary music.

Born and raised in Walthamstow, Olivia Dean is one of the UK’s brightest rising stars. Dean has been praised for her endearing, down-to-earth lyrics and magnetic, feel-good live performances. Since 2019, Olivia has been gathering fans apace, with over 1.68 million monthly Spotify listeners. The talent recently released the soaring new single 'Dive' from her debut album Messy - releasing in June.

With over 75 million streams to date, Rachel Chinouriri is fast making a name for herself as an ambassador of heartfelt indie, soothing her listeners with intimate, emotional storytelling. Praised for her 2022 EP Better Off Without and starting 2023 with a spot on the BBC’s Sound of 2023 shortlist, Chinouriri’s year could not be looking brighter. To top it off she has also been shortlisted for the Ivor Novello Rising Star Award and won support spots with Sam Fender, Celeste, Tems, Kojey Radical, and more under her belt.

Making his Irish festival debut is Compton rapper, singer and producer Channel Tres. Best known for his singles 'Controller' and 'Topdown', the California-raised artist blends genres and musical influences and has collaborated and remixed with artists including Robyn, Tyler, The Creator, Disclosure and more.

Born and raised in Berlin, FJAAK are an electronic music trio breaking through internationally. These childhood friends have been making hardware-based techno together for a few years now, releasing a few EPs before landing on Modeselektor's 50 Weapons label in 2014. They have since attracted worldwide attention with an alternative and boundary-pushing take on classic techno, house and breakbeat.