Dublin festival Down with Jazz returns at the end of the month centred on Meeting House Square held over a bank holiday weekend in Temple Bar on 31 May and 1 June. The Tommy Halferty Trio, above, open the festival. DFF, Alarmist, Booka Brass Band, Chris Guilfoyle's six-piece Umbra, Lauren Kinsella's Blue Eyed Hawk, OKO, Toot Sweet, Ensemble Ériu, and Manden Express also appear this year.