A weekly car boot sale, one of less than a handful that is still reliably taking place, has up to 200 cars/sellers. The stadium is just a few minutes walk from the Red LUAS line stop and numerous bus stops. For traders the Car Boot Sale opens at 06:30 for buyers from 08:00. If you are interested in selling, check the details and register on their website.

The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre.

Parkrun Ireland is organising free weekly runs in parks. It is a timed run over 5km and participation is completely free, but registration before your first parkrun is required.

The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

Celebrating the work of eight ceramic artists who have worked on the Design & Craft Council of Ireland’s primary schools CRAFTed programme, come with your kids to The Ark to discover how artists come up with their ideas.

Make|Shape leads playfully through techniques, processes and explorations of clay and provides artists, children and teachers with the unique opportunity to share skills and ideas, and collaborate on new projects.

Join The Ark’s investigation of clay, from rolling and shaping, marking and making to glazing and firing. Then roll up your sleeves and get making yourself. A hands-on experience perfectly made for kids.

Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable from Age 4.

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

Sculpture in Context is a brilliant exhibition in the Botanic Gardens from Thurs 04 Sept – Fri 17 Oct and it is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition.

Every year a panel of selectors chooses sculptures from established and from upcoming artists and they will then be expertly placed in the garden setting of the Botanic Gardens and it makes a visit to the Botanic Gardens even more interesting then at other times.

Admission is free and I strongly recommend Sculpture in Context!

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.

At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, and Sundays: 12:00-17:30.

Leaving at Crumlin Cross (corner of Drimnagh Rd and St Mary’s Rd, opposite the Children’s Hospital) this historic walk from Crumlin to Drimnagh will introduce you to the legends, stories and history of this surprisingly ancient area, from prehistoric times, to its medieval heritage and to its development as a vast suburb of Dublin in the 20th century. Tour will take about one and half hours and will finish at Drimnagh Castle.

Admission is free.

Thrift, Vintage, Art, Crafts & Collectibles will be sold at the Martcade’s Thrift Market, every 1st + 3rd weekend of the month.

Up to 10 stalls will sell their wares. Admission is free.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

A day of Halloween Crafts is taking place. Get creative and make a spooky Bat Hat and other Hallowen bits. Draíocht’s artists will help kids with these creepy crafts and teach them a bit about paper crafts, drawing and gluing.

Family Day sessions are free but space is limited to a max of 50 people per workshop. Sessions are suitable for kids aged between five and 10 years old (younger and older siblings are welcome too).

Three workshops take place:
Session One: 12:00-12:50
Session Two: 13:00-13:50
Session Three: 14:00-14:50

Hard Working Class Heroes is a 3-day music festival across Dublin and the last day is on Saturday. 100 Bands play in 7 venues and a day pass for EUR 20 is what you need to get to the gigs.

However, there are some free gigs as well. They are part of the “Hard Working Class Heroes and the City” programme and are short (20min) Pop-up gigs in lots of different locations (shops, restaurants, pubs etc) across the city. The full schedule is here: hwch.net/index.php/and-the-city/ 21 of these mini-gigs will take place on Saturday!

Irish Record Fairs will come with their next CD, DVD and vinyl market to Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

Nutgrove Arts Festival is a yearly celebration of community arts and culture, taking place in the unique setting of Nutgrove Shopping Centre. It willl run from 26 Sept – 05 Oct and the full festival brochure can be downloaded here.

On Saturday, the events are:

+ 12:00-13:00: Rainbow Music for Kids
+ 13:00-14:00: Join Olwyn from Intrepidus stage school for fun, games and creativity
+ 13:00-15:00: Free caricature art from Niall O’Loughlin
+ 14:00-16:00: The Independent Theatre Workshop
+ 16:00-17:00: Olwyn and the Intrepidus Stage School
Balloon Modelling and Face Painting throughout the day.

All events are free.

Last weekend of the Oktoberfest already! Hurry if you haven’t been yet!

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 18 Sept – 05 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues because of the severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event. Pre-booking is possible, but check the cost.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that, but I never had to get a wristband in a pub to ensure that I have something to eat when I am there.

I get my yearly fix of Bavarian food at the Oktoberfest. The Schweinshaxn (pigs trotter) is a must for me, but just once a year. ;-)

This is the last weekend for the Strange Weather exhibition!!! Don’t miss it!

The Science Gallery Summer Exhibition “Strange Weather: Forecasts from te Future” has opened on 18 July and will run until 05 October.

The exhibition explores how we understand, adapt to and control the changing weather and shows also a lot educational and even quirky bits around weather: A Raindrop hovering in mid-air, a Tornado Diverter, a Cloud Collector, Weather Models, a machine making house shaped clouds and an archive of old events from around the world that were (or are) impacted by weather and of new events emerging because of weather.

There are 26 exhibits and – like all Science Gallery exhibitions -, it is a really interesting exhibition. Well worth a visit with the whole family.

You can even be a TV weather man/woman in a professional studio set-up! An interesting experience!
Here is me giving it a go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQjHHfRdco …I know, I better not give up the day job. ;-)

The Science Gallery is open Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and on Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00. Admission is free.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

Cathy Kelly will sign her new novel “It Started With Paris” in Dubray Books.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run every Saturday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”

Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

“Bubble Trouble” by Tom Percival will be read in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below).

Admission is free.

The Public Lecture “The Art of Islamic Illumination” with Dr Elaine Wright (Curator of the Islamic Collections, Chester Beatty Library) will take place. Admission is free and no booking required.

Grupo Raíces (Grupa Fréamhacha) is inviting to a film screening about Colombia, multinational interests and corporate mercenaries. Admission is free.

“Impunity is a documentary examining Colombia’s paramilitary demobilization process and its impact on hundreds of thousands of victims of violence. In 2005, the Colombian Congress passed law 975, the Justice and Peace law, which created terms for the demobilization of the country’s paramilitaries, and the construction of a reconciliation process. The process has been criticized by human rights organizations inside and outside of Colombia, who contend that the terms of the law are too favorable to perpetrators, offer too little to victims, and have allowed paramilitary structures to continue intact. This film examines the law, six years after its implementation, and its impacts on Colombian civil society.”

The Sugarclub and the New Zealand Ireland Association present the Rugby gamel The Springbok Vs The All Blacks live from Johannesburg. Doors open at 15:00 and Kickoff is at 16;00.

During the Sculpture in Context exhibition, a rare opportunity will be availble every Saturday: At 15:00 every week, you can join the artists for a guided tour to gain an insight into this exciting contemporary art exhibition.

Admission is free.

The first “Dun Laoghaire Music Weekend” will take place from Fri 03 – Sun 05 Oct. 30 bands will perform in 13 venues and only two of the 13 will charge an admission fee.

The venues are Buck Henry’s, Dunphy’s, Farrell’s, Gilbert & Wright, Gourmet Food Parlour, McKenna’s, McLoughlin’s, Real Gourmet Burger, Royal Marine Hotel, Sunshine Cafe, T O’Loughlin’s and the two non-free venues The Purty Kitchen and Whiskey Fair.

The list of bands and the times for all performances are listed in the downloadable event brochure here.

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics.

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event event in the basement Wine Cave of KC Peaches wholefood restaurant/café. Food will be served until 22:00 and wine, minerals & music will be available until later. Admission is free and a donation into a hat at the end of the evening is appreciated.

The Devils Jukebox is live music from 20:00-23:00 and DJs with Alternative, Punk, Rock, Metal & Garage after that. Every Saturday! Admission is free.

The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.

Retro Revival is featuring The #1s, Me&MyDog, GMG, Northern Drones at their gig night.

Admission is free.

ThE RuMBooGieS play brilliant Blues, a combination of Chicago Blues, mixed with West Coast influences and some Dublin Bay flavour added. If you like Blues, this is a band you HAVE to hear!

Admission is free.

The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

Every Sunday, the Merrion Square Open Air Art Gallery takes place. Up to 200 artists exhibit their paintings on the railings on three sides (West, North and East) of Merrion Square and you can just enjoy the exhibition or even buy.

Sculpture in Context is a brilliant exhibition in the Botanic Gardens from Thurs 04 Sept – Fri 17 Oct and it is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition.

Every year a panel of selectors chooses sculptures from established and from upcoming artists and they will then be expertly placed in the garden setting of the Botanic Gardens and it makes a visit to the Botanic Gardens even more interesting then at other times.

Admission is free and I strongly recommend Sculpture in Context!

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

This is not a free event, but you could watch it (and ideally then give a donation nevertheless), which would make it free.

The Superhero Fun Run is just 1 mile (ONE!) long, but the emphasis is not on the running. It is a bit of fun because everybody is encouraged to dress up like your predred super hero. Supermen, Batmen, Wondermen, Spidermen, Incredible Hulks and all female forms of these and any other superheroes of all ages will be there.

The event is to raise money for Our Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin and cost for taking part are EUR 15 for an adult and EUR 25 for two adults with unlimited children.

Find out more on the website below. The event takes place on the Polo Grounds in Phoenix Park.

A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.

Thrift, Vintage, Art, Crafts & Collectibles will be sold at the Martcade’s Thrift Market, every 1st + 3rd weekend of the month.

Up to 10 stalls will sell their wares. Admission is free.

The well known Palestrina Choir sing every Sunday at the mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. They sing complete masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak, Palestrina, de Victoria, usually accompanied by Prof. Gerard Gillen on the organ, who often also plays a solo piece.

The next Pure Vintage Fair will take place this week and it is what it says on the tin. A market/flea market for vintage items, which will take place on the first Sunday of every month. There will be vintage clothes, furniture, collectibles, jewellery and many more vintage items.

Sounds interesting and with 30 stalls, it is well worth a visit. There will also be food, hot drinks and a DJ. Admission is free.

The Terenure Village Market will take place again on Sunday. There will be live music, over 20 food and craft stands and kids entertainments. The market takes place every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month.

Admission is free.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Sundays: 12:00-17:30. Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30.

“Made by Hand” or “Hecho a manos” is a new Sunday weekly market in Viva, Portobello with most things made by hand and some vintage clothing and curiosities too. Admission is free.

An indoor market in Coolock with over 40 traders with a wide range of goods and a café on site as well.

Last weekend of the Oktoberfest already! Hurry if you haven’t been yet!

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 18 Sept – 05 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues because of the severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event. Pre-booking is possible, but check the cost.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that, but I never had to get a wristband in a pub to ensure that I have something to eat when I am there.

I get my yearly fix of Bavarian food at the Oktoberfest. The Schweinshaxn (pigs trotter) is a must for me, but just once a year. ;-)

The very last day of the Strange Weather exhibition and if you haven’t seen it yet, make sure that you go today!!

The Science Gallery Summer Exhibition “Strange Weather: Forecasts from te Future” has opened on 18 July and will run until 05 October.

The exhibition explores how we understand, adapt to and control the changing weather and shows also a lot educational and even quirky bits around weather: A Raindrop hovering in mid-air, a Tornado Diverter, a Cloud Collector, Weather Models, a machine making house shaped clouds and an archive of old events from around the world that were (or are) impacted by weather and of new events emerging because of weather.

There are 26 exhibits and – like all Science Gallery exhibitions -, it is a really interesting exhibition. Well worth a visit with the whole family.

You can even be a TV weather man/woman in a professional studio set-up! An interesting experience!
Here is me giving it a go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQjHHfRdco …I know, I better not give up the day job. ;-)

The Science Gallery is open Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and on Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00. Admission is free.

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June.

The next concert will feature Concorde with their Up Close with Music programme featuring five works by Irish composers. For details, check the website.

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Nutgrove Arts Festival is a yearly celebration of community arts and culture, taking place in the unique setting of Nutgrove Shopping Centre. It willl run from 26 Sept – 05 Oct and the full festival brochure can be downloaded here.

On Sunday, some of the main events are:

+ 14:30-15:30: Artist Talk with Karen Wilson about how to create art,
+ 16:00-16:30: Children of Kate Buckley School of Dance will perform
+ 14:00-16:30: Pottery Workshops
+ 16:45-17:15: Ultrasound painting with Quaintbaby
+ 18:00-18:30: MustangSalle – Big Band Music from the De la Dalle school.
Balloon Modelling and Face Painting throughout the day.

All events are free.

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of (hobby) artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle, Science Gallery, …), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches.

There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website below or on their Facebook Page where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!

Afternoon Jazz in Café en Seine. The Stella Bass Jazz Trio play every Sunday from 14:00-16:00 in Café en Seine in Dawson Street. Admission is free. A video is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aKqtOB5S8

During the Sunday Family Sketching class, participants will explore paintings, sculpture and some of the architectural features of Charlemont house through discussion and drawing. admission is free and no booking is required, but places are limited.

Explore the woods and tracks of Carrick Gollaghan. Look for red and grey squirrels, Sika deer, fox and owls. Identify some of the last few remaining heathland wild flowers and snack on blackberries.

If the weather is ok, there is also an opportunity to climb the small South Dublin mountain of Carrick Gollaghan to admire the views as far as the Mourne Mountains to the North, Wicklow Mountains to the South and Snowdonia in Wales to the East.

Suitable clothing for all weathers required, good hiking boots, refreshments. Good level of fitness required.

Admission is free, but booking is required via dublinbranch@iwt.ie Places are limited: Max 25. Families and kids are welcome

Come to the Family Drawing Sundays in the RHA. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Admission is free. For further information, contact Ruth Carroll on 01 6612558 or via ruth@rhagallery.ie

Meet up and jam with an array of talented musicians, songwriters and performers. It is a completely informal session allowing all participants to perform together in a relaxed environment. If participating isn’t for you, then just come along and listen.

All singers, performers, musicians and listeners – including children – are welcome and admission is free.

A chance to explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum Educators – a fascinating drop-in handling session for all ages. Admission is free. No booking required.

Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.

Brian Keary is a classically trained guitar player who also has experience of different styles / genres of music ranging from ragtime and folk to baroque and contemporary. He will perform in Sweeney’s (Ground Floor) on Sunday afternoon.

At the next monthly meeting of the Humanist Association of Ireland, a talk about Mindfulness by Helen Byrne is being presented.

“Mindfulness teaches us to direct our attention to what is happening right here, right now, with an attitude of kindness towards our experience and us. Although we are often unaware of the current of our thinking, it has a profound effect on how we live our lives, as well on our mental and emotional health. Research has shown that the practice of mindfulness has benefits in relation to self-awareness, physical and psychological health among other things.”

Admission is free and booking is not required.

House Dublin is a restaurant and bar in Leeson Street. On Sundays the Camembert Quartet is playing in their Glass House from 17:00-19:00. Admission is free.

The wedding and party band The LJJ Band play every Sunday evening in Café en Seine. Admission is free.

The first “Dun Laoghaire Music Weekend” will take place from Fri 03 – Sun 05 Oct. 30 bands will perform in 13 venues and only two of the 13 will charge an admission fee.

The venues are Buck Henry’s, Dunphy’s, Farrell’s, Gilbert & Wright, Gourmet Food Parlour, McKenna’s, McLoughlin’s, Real Gourmet Burger, Royal Marine Hotel, Sunshine Cafe, T O’Loughlin’s and the two non-free venues The Purty Kitchen and Whiskey Fair.

The list of bands and the times for all performances are listed in the downloadable event brochure here.

The Sweeney’s Dixeland Jazzmen play their weekly gig on the ground floor in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

Don’t worry, this is NOT a 24hr Film Screening! :-) Instead it is the screening of the films that were made at the Dublin Film Makery 24hr Film Challenge this weekend.

The website doesn’t clearly state if admission is free, but I would expect so.

Saucy Sundays is a weekly free live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. The line-up and links to all bands/performers are available via the Saucy Sundays Facebook Page (see link below).

In short the line-up will be: Shay Cotter, Future Phantoms, Madra, Monsoon Season, The Blue Choir, Lisa Mc Laughlin

This weekly Latin Music event will take place every Sunday. You will be able to dance salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia and reggeaton. Live music, food tasting and free admission, what more could you want?

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass is back after the summer break and invites you to a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.

Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)

The weekly Sunday Roast is a free event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The line-up for the upcoming Sunday Roast is available via the Sunday Roast Facebook Page (see link below).

In short the line-up is: Neil McNamee, Aaron Finn, Beta Motion (Spain), The Blue Choir, The RoJ Light

Every Sunday this singer-songwriter night takes place in the Bleeding Horse in Camden St. from 8.30pm. It is an Open mic night and performers can just turn up and put their name on the list for that night.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Sin É, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free. For the line-up check here www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

Rogério from the Brazilian dance project “Forró de Lampião” in Dublin tells me: Forró de Lampião is Brazilian music that has the same roots as Samba and there is a whole culture that has developed around “forro”. Every Sunday, free dance classes take place in the Grand Social (new loation!) and if you are interested, just turn up one Sunday.

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe. Admission is free.

The Pavement Kings play Rockabilly from 21:00 and
DJs Popocorn Peete and Little Dakota follow from 23:00-01:30 with a white variety of styles (Rockabilly, Calypso, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll, etc).

Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads are playing Ballads, Folk, Trad and Classic Country every Sunday. Featuring Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle and Banjo.

Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

The film The Rising will be discussed in the Central Library. Admission is free and no booking required (first come, first served).

Join producer/director Kevin McCann and historian Meredith Meagher for a discussion on bringing the 1916 Rising to film and the challenges of history on the big screen.

“Living in Denial: Climate change, emotions and everyday life” is a public lecture by Dr Kari Norgaard (Associate Professor Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon) who will be in Trinity College as part of the Andrew W. Mellon funded project, European Observatory of the New Human Condition. This project aims to explore human agency in relation to global climate and environmental change.

Admission seems to be free, but to get confirmation for it, you can contact Professor Poul Holm on holmp@tcd.ie or on 087 618 8039

The Pleasing Features gig night will take place and will feature Pelicans, The Shades, Segrasso, Rafters, Mully Whammut.

Admission is free.

This is an open mic night with Special Guests every Monday. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play. Admission is free.

Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase. The line-up is not always easily findable on the Whelan’s website, but admission is always free.

The Monday Echo is a weekly songwriter and poetry live showcase held on Mondays in the basement of The International Bar. Usually, the show has 3 songwriters and 3 poets who perform for roughly 20 minutes each. Admission is free.
The weekly line-up can be found via the Facebook Page below.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

The Crafty Monday Sessions is an Open Mic night for acoustic singer/songwriters and original bands. Admission is free.

The 4-piece band Loose Trad are performing every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. www.loosetrad.com/ Admission is free.

Patrick Mahony sings songs from Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Matt Monro and many more every Monday in the Cafe en Seine. Admission is free.

The Pyro Blues Executive play in the Leeson Lounge every Monday and admission is free.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

“The Royal Dublin Fusiliers : Who they were and where they came from” is a talk with Tom Burke. Admission is free and booking is not required.

“The Development of Parnell Square, its Houses, Decoration and Fittings” ist the title of a talk by Tony Duggan, City Architect, Cork City Council.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie

The lecture “Innovation in the Digital Future” with Dr Johnny Ryan, Executive Director of the Innovation Academy at UCD will take place and will discuss the trends of change that shape our world, and how Design Thinking can enable us to reduce risk and build for the future.

More detail can be found on the website below. Admission is free, but booking via the website is required.

“Present Immemorial” – Poet Ioan Es Pop and travel writer and cultural animator Peter Hurley read excerpts from their latest books and discuss the inexhaustible, mysterious appeal of Transylvania’s ancient ways in a conversation moderated by Stephen Collins of The Irish Times.

This will be preceded by the screening of Dieter Auner’s documentary “Off the Beaten Track” (2010), a chronicle of life in Romania’s countryside.

Admission is free.

The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Colombia invite to the launch of “Ireland/ Colombia: 20 Poems”, a poetry anthology.

The book will be launched by the Ambassador of Colombia Nestor Osorio; Hispanic literature expert and the anthologist of this publication Oscar Torres, and Irish translators Anamaría Crowe Serrano and Elizabeth McSkeane.

There will be a talk about communal grounds of Colombian and Irish poetry and readings in both languages and this will be followed by a wine reception.

Admission is free but registration is required via events@colombianembassy.co.uk

Fr Brendan McManus will talk about his book “Redemption Road: Grieving on the Camino” at 19:15 in Gardiner Street Church. The book tells the story of his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella and his journey of healing after his brothers’ suicide.

Admission is free. Donations for Console and for Gardiner Street Church are welcome.

Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below. The get-together meets in the “snug” in Stag’s Head.

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.

The Folk Club in Whelan’s will bring you the best in Trad, Ballads, Americana & World Music every Tuesday. The line-up this week is on the Facebook Page below. Admission is free.

Every Tuesday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.

Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).

The Phoenix Big Band is a 16 piece band playing songs of the 1930s, 1940s and other big band arrangements and they are playing every Tuesday in the Tara Tower Hotel (since 2012!) for adult dancing. If you like to waltz, cha cha or foxtrot, come and enjoy their performance.

Admission is free.

The band plays in the main function room which is occasionally booked, so to confirm that they are playing, please ring the hotel on the day: Phone 01-2694666

A totally unplugged Singer/Songwriter night (no PA, no microphones) with original music is taking place upstairs in Anseo every Tuesday from 21:30.

Please check on the Facebook Page below if the event is going ahead as it seems to get cancelled every now and then and if you want to play a 15-30 min set or just want to play one song make yourself heard via the same Facebook Page.

Admission is free.

Wednesday Walks will take place in and around Phoenix Park from every Wednesday from June to December. Weather permitting, walkers will meet at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (VC) or Farmleigh House (F) at 11:00. Each walk takes about 90 minutes.

Please check the website below for updates or ring the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (01 677 0095) or Farmleigh House (01 815 5914) for further information. Admission is free,

The upcoming walks are:
08 Oct: Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery (A)

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

The RIA Library’s exhibition (2 July – 30 Jan) is “Mapping city, town and country since 1824: the Ordnance Survey in Ireland”. In connection with this exhibition, there will be series of lunchtime lectures covering all aspects of the OS project. Admission is free and booking is not required.

The next lecture is:

“Translations?: The Ordnance Survey and Irish place-names” with Prof. Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA, NUI Galway

This panel will focus on the role and opportunities for playwrights in Ireland today, with contributions from playwrights, dramaturgs and Irish theatre companies who develop and present new writing for the stage.

Admission is free and to book a place call the Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office on 01 6778899

The Centre for Contemporary Irish History promotes research in recent Irish history. This Seminar Series is intended to act as a forum where those engaged in research in Contemporary Irish History can discuss their work with likeminded peopl.

The next lecture is “‘The boys’: youth, maturity, generations and the Irish republican tradition” with Dr Niall Whelehan, Marie Cure Fellow, University of Edinburgh.

The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 16:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. There are many Spanish speakers and English-speakers are explicitly invited, but everyone else is certainly very welcome too, to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.

A harrowing tale of human trafficking, a young woman from rural Peru is lured to Spain with the promise of work.

Suitable for Age 16+. Admission is free. In Spanish with English subtitles.

The RDS Library is hosting a talk by Matt Dempsey, entitled “Sunset or Sunrise: Irish Agriculture”.

The President of the RDS, Matthew Dempsey, will talk about Irish Agriculture. He is the former Editor of the Irish Farmers Journal, the Chairman of The Agricultural Trust, publishers of the Irish Farmers Journal and The Irish Field, and a graduate in Agricultural Science from UCD, he also runs an intensive tillage and beef farm in Co Kildare.

Admission is free, but booking via the website is required.

The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. Each week 6-7 bands/solo artists play three songs each. At the end of all the performances a clap-off with the King Kong Club Clap-o-Meter takes place and the winner goes through to a semi-final and it all culminates after six months of competition with The Grand Final, held in front of a panel of celebrity judges.

Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.

“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.

“The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week.

Bad Boy Jake are every Wednesday in the Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar playing their rock, blues and American.

Every Wednesday a Singer Songwriter Night will take place in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines. This is YOUR chance to show everyone what you can do, alternatively you can just listen to the talented Singer/Songwriters. Admission is free.

Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).

The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

A free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

The Gateway Mental Health Project, an organisation in Rathmines that supports positive mental health & inclusion in the area is celebrating their 10th birthday and also World Mental Health Week. They will have live music, food, talks, members art and more.

Admission to the event is free and donations are appreciated. Find updates on the website below.

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As a tribute to the Italian actor and director Nino Manfredi, his films will be shown at 13:15 and 18:30 on Thursdays between 02 Oct and 04 Dec. The next screening is on Thursday: “Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti” by Nanny Loi (1959). (In Italian with English subtitles.)

Admission is free,

Sacred Architecture in Germany and Ireland is the topic of a conference from 09-11 October 2014.

The opening lecture is held by Amandus Sattler who designed the groundbreaking Church of the Sacred Heart in Munich Neuhausen. Additional speakers from Germany are art historian Christian Welzbacher (Euro-Islam Architecture – The New Mosques in the West) and architectural historian Kai Krauskopf.

The conference looks at the influence of German architecture of the 50s on Irish church architecture, specifically on the building of catholic churches in Africa by Irish architects. It also examines contemporary mosques and synagogues. A further topic is the adaptation of sacred building for secular use.

The full programme is here. The seminar runs from 14:00-18:30 on Thurday and from 09:30-18:00 on Friday. On Saturday a bus tour (09:30-15:00) brings you to buildings of modern sacred architecture in Dublin.

Admission to the seminar is free, a small charge of EUR 6 has to be paid for participants at the bus tour and includes a packed lunch. Registration is required here.

You might remember that Arthur’s Day is gone (Good decision!) and it has been replaced with “Guinness Amplify”, a programme of 800 gigs around Ireland. Dublin is the last region and Amplify arrives with us from 09-12 October. The full list of gigs can be found on www.guinnessamplify.com/schedule/dates and there are too many to list them all here.

The site is a little more complicated than it should be and somebody should be told that gigs times in the same venue of 21:30, 21:30, 8.00 and 8.00 for four bands does confuse bit time! Decide for ONE way to write the times and then stick with it!

The gigs for Thursday are here, for Friday here, for Saturday here and for Sunday here

Admission to all gigs is free.

Dublin City Libraries and the Local Enterprise Office – Dublin City invite to a series of six business lectures designed to empower potential entrepreneurs. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-873 3996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie

The 6 lectures are:

11 Sept: An Introduction to Self Employment
18 Sept: Ideas Generation & Market Research
25 Sept: Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship
02 Oct: Digital Marketing Strategy 5 big players (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype, YouTube)
09 Oct: Financing your Business
16 Oct: Writing the WINNING Business Plan

More information about the lectures and about the speakers can be found on the website below.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run next Thursday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”

Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

Darach Ó Scolaí is a novelist, dramatist and publisher. His novel “An Cléireach” won the Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin Book of the Year award in 2008. On Thursday he will deliver this year’s Ó Cadhain Lecture, examining themes of memory and loss in modern literature.

Following the lecture, Mo Ghnósa Leas an Dáin (edited by Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail & Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith), an anthology of essays on poet Máirtín Ó Direáin, will be launched.

Admission is free.

This is the first event of the 10-day long Irish Literature Festival “IMRAM”. The full programme brochure can be downloaded here.

An Taisce is inviting to their next film night. The chilling nuclear waste documentary “Into Eternity” will be screened.

“Into Eternity” follows the construction of Onkalo (Finnish for “hiding place”), a cavernous world of tunnels and corridors, that are intended to last for 100,000 years (that’s 20 times as long as the pyramids have lasted so far) – as a permanent storage facility for nuclear waste.

Admission is free, but booking via Eventbrite here is required.

The weekly European Folk Dance Workshop/Session takes place in the Tap Bar every Thursday.

The dances are French, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese folk and traditional dances and everybody interested to join in or to learn is welcome. Admission is free, but donations (suggested: EUR 3) are very welcome

Dimestore Recordings run a weekly event in Sweeney Mongrel’s with a variety of bands and performers. It starts at 20:00, follow the link for the line up.

An improv comedy night with the Improrphans takes place. Admission is free, and donations are very welcome.

The Max Zaska group and the Patrick Groenland group will perform on alternating Thursdays from 21:00 in the International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street.

Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.

Every Thursday a free Trad Session takes place in McNeills and often there are high profile Trad musicians performing.

Sacred Architecture in Germany and Ireland is the topic of a conference from 09-11 October 2014.

The opening lecture is held by Amandus Sattler who designed the groundbreaking Church of the Sacred Heart in Munich Neuhausen. Additional speakers from Germany are art historian Christian Welzbacher (Euro-Islam Architecture – The New Mosques in the West) and architectural historian Kai Krauskopf.

The conference looks at the influence of German architecture of the 50s on Irish church architecture, specifically on the building of catholic churches in Africa by Irish architects. It also examines contemporary mosques and synagogues. A further topic is the adaptation of sacred building for secular use.

The full programme is here. The seminar runs from 14:00-18:30 on Thurday and from 09:30-18:00 on Friday. On Saturday a bus tour (09:30-15:00) brings you to buildings of modern sacred architecture in Dublin.

Admission to the seminar is free, a small charge of EUR 6 has to be paid for participants at the bus tour and includes a packed lunch. Registration is required here.

The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

(A)pollonia is a two-day theatrical event combining Polish dramaturgy and Irish theatre makers. It presents new dramatic forms that tackle complex historical and current issues.

Part of the unrivalled Dublin Theatre Festival, catch the performance and its accompanying discussions at the Project Arts Centre and the Workman’s Club, 10th-11th October.

“Poland, with its war trauma, political upheavals, romantic megalomania and brutal neoliberal transformation for centuries used theatre to define its identity, to challenge the heroic foundation myths, to exercise empathy and to ignite revolutions. Now the most powerful Polish dramas reflecting the permanent crisis of modern times are available in an anthology, (A)pollonia – Twenty First Century Polish Drama and Texts for the Stage.”

+ 10 Oct – 16:00 at Project Arts Centre:
Join the editors (Joanna Klass, Krystyna Duniec) and the authors (Pawel Demirski, Dorota Maslowska, Sebastian Majewski) in the discussion about theatre’s political role and obligations. The discussion will be concluded with an abstract from (A)pollonia directed by Ronan Phelan, new Resident Assistant Director at the Abbey Theatre.

+ 11 Oct – 14:30 at Project Arts Centre:
Experience a medley of topics, scenes and questions based on (A)pollonia, directed by Rosemary McKenna.

+ 11 Oct – 21:00 at Workman’s Club:
Ireland Talks Back – The Party, a club night of music, spoken word, live action role-playing games and Irish writers’ responses to Rosemary McKenna’s afternoon medley.

All events are free, but it says that tickets are required: Contact the Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office on 01 677 8439.

You might remember that Arthur’s Day is gone (Good decision!) and it has been replaced with “Guinness Amplify”, a programme of 800 gigs around Ireland. Dublin is the last region and Amplify arrives with us from 09-12 October. The full list of gigs can be found on www.guinnessamplify.com/schedule/dates and there are too many to list them all here.

The site is a little more complicated than it should be and somebody should be told that gigs times in the same venue of 21:30, 21:30, 8.00 and 8.00 for four bands does confuse bit time! Decide for ONE way to write the times and then stick with it!

The gigs for Thursday are here, for Friday here, for Saturday here and for Sunday here

Admission to all gigs is free.

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics.

“Electric Fridays with DUB” is a weekly gig/open mic night in the basement of The International Bar. Admission is free.

Musicians, artists, bands who want to play a 25 min set should contact the organisers via the Facebook page below. A PA and some equipment is available.

The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live and the DJs Tommy Rash and Fukszy are on the decks until late. Admission is free.

The bandits, an acoustic trio that plays a wide variety from Beatles to Lady Gag, will perform in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.