There will be no Car Boot Sale on 18 Oct AND on 25 Oct due to football games in Tallaght Stadium, but all will be back to normal on 01 November.

The Irish-Language Literature Festival (IMRAM) continues with three events this weekend:

+ Irish Writers’ Centre: Ceardlann Náisiúnta do Ghearrscéalaithe Gaeilge: Clóiar-Chonnacht (all day)
+ Royal Society of Antiquaries, 63 Merrion Square: Book launch of Alan Titley’s An Bhean Feasa (18:30)
+ McGrattan, 76 Fitzwilliam Lane: Oíche Ómóis do Sheán Mac Mathúna (20:30)

All events are free and more details are on the website below.

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 Irish Sangha Trust is inviting to a Weekend Meditation Retreat with Sister Brahmavara on Sat and Sun from 09:30-17:30.

Donations are appreciated, but there are no fees.

(I know that this is really too short notice and also the Irish Sangha Trust meditation events are usually booked out well in advance. SO the reason for listing it here is really to flag to you that they do these type of events and if you are interested, contact them to find out directly and somewhat earlier the next time.)

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.

The Lingo Festival is a Spoken Word Festival taking place this weekend. The majority of the events are not free, but there are a few free ones sprinkled in. Check the full programme out here www.lingofestival.com/pdf/LINGOfestival_FullProg.pdf

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).

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.

Dublin Zoo is taking the “Month of the Elephant” celebrations outside the zoo and will be on Barnardos Square for a Family Fun Day and an Elephant Trail throughout the City on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.

The Elephant Trail is a free treasure hunt style event and you will learn lots of interesting elephant facts along the way. The Elephant Trail will end at Barnardo’s Square where a family fun Elephant Extravaganza will take place featuring keeper talks from the Dublin Zoo elephant team, face painting, elephant arts and crafts and more. Every person who hands their completed trail in at Barnardo’s Square will receive a “Child goes Free to Dublin Zoo” pass.

The Irish, Spanish and Latin American Literary Festival (ISLA) will run from 17-19 October.

On Saturday the following events will take place:

+ 11:00-12:15: Tell me a story – Discussion about story telling, literature and poetry
+ 12:30-13:45: Ambiguous Words – Discussion about Language
+ 15:15-16:30: Following the Footsteps of Octavio Paz – Experts on Octavio Paz will talk about him
+ 16:45-17:45: Poetry Reading with Marta Dacosta, Harkaitz Cano, Waldo Rojas, Mary O’Malley, Anamaría Crowe Serrano, Antonio Rivero Taravillo
+ 18:00-19:25: Vida y obra de Octavio Paz (1914-1998) – Film Screening
+ 19:35-20:25: Buscando a Gabo about Gabriel García Márquez – Film Screening

Admission is free.

Visit the Viking Age Ireland exhibition to discover how the Vikings lived and then drop-in to the Learning Resource Room to make a mini-Viking House to take home.

The first 25 families will receive a complimentary 54 Page book “Viking Age Dublin Walking Tour and Actviity Book, developed by the Languages, Myths & Funds project. Admission is free;-)

No booking required. Located in the Learning Resource Room on thr first floor.

“Open House Dublin 2014” will take place this weekend! It is a really great festival that gives us an opportunity to visit buildings that are normally not accessible and to learn a bit more about the architecture of these buildings.

In previous years I visited Liberty Hall and Busaras, two of the buildings in Dublin that are considered by many to be “ugly”. But when you hear what the architects had intended and why the buildings now looks totally different than originally anticipated (particularly Liberty Hall), you will see these buildings in a new light and you might even appreciate them.

Over 100 buildings will open their doors on Saturday and/or Sunday and you should plan ahead where you want to go.

A very small selection of the high-profile buildings I would recommend:

+ Criminal Courts of Justice (Sat)
+ Central Bank of Ireland (Sat)
+ Iveagh House (Dept. of Foreign Affairs) (Sat)
+ Liberty Hall (Sat+Sun)
+ Commissioners of Irish Lights (Sun)
+ Convention Centre Dublin (Sun)

Admission is free, but some buildings needed pre-booking and tickets were allcoated by lottery, but MANY buildings can be visited on a first come first served basis. Be prepared to queue!

Check the website below to plan your visits!

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.

Singer & Songwriter Mary Black wrote her autobiography “Down The Crooked Road” that tells the story from Mary’s earliest days, born into a musical family, learning to sing in her childhood, and making her first appearances in the pubs of Dublin.

She will in Dubray Books for a Book Signing. 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.

The In Focus Tour “Art of Edo Japan” with Diana Delia will take place in the Chester Beatty Library and admission is free. Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. Limited to the first 15 people.

“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

An Intercultural Tour in Irish with Community Ambassador Jack FitzGerald will take place and admission is free.

“Bubble Trouble” by Tom Percival might be the book that will be read, but the website was not working properly at the time of writing this and it wasn’t clear if that is a book from an event a few weeks ago or if it is the actual book that will be read.

This or another book for children 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.

A Tango Event with Tango classes takes place on Saturday from 14:00-18:00 and admission is free!

A Paper Bag Village Workshop is taking place and is an open House Workshop for children of all ages. Create your own Paper Bag Village. Admission is free but booking is suggested via 01-2225550 as places are limited.

A protest by the the Kurdish Irish Society and Kurdish Solidarity Ireland against the attacks on the local population in Kurdistan and Kobane by ISIS takes place at the GPO. It is to raise awareness in Ireland about the situation there.

South Dublin Libraries and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura are inviting to an event with crime novel author Alessandro Perissinotto. He will be in conversation with author Catherine Dunne. This event is oart of the Red Line Book Festival (www.redlinebookfestival.com/sat-18-oct)

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 4627477.

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.

The Pleasing features present MYTH / Segrasso / Donal Quinn / The Witch Trials. Admission is free.

The Kilmainham Arts Festival, now in its fifth year, hosts three free events this weekend: An evening of short films, a poetry event and a one-man theatre cabaret show by Christof van der Berg. The events take place on Sat 18 + Sun 19 Oct and no booking is required. Details of all Festival events are available on www.kilmainhamartsclub.wordpress.com

At the Short Film Event in the Hilton Hotel, a selection of short films from this year’s Fingal Film Festival will be screened. Special guest is Brendan McCarthy (screen writer, producer and Film Adviser to Arts Council of Ireland) and he will show his award winning short film “Pitch N Putt with Beckett and Joyce”.

Admission is free.

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 Super Happy Fun Times Gig Night is back and will take place on the 1st floor. Admission is free.

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.

Early House are playing a gig in Whelan’s with covers from James Brown, Amy Winehouse, Doobie Brothers, Etta James, Sly & the Family Stone, Aretha Franklin & more. 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.

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 Lingo Festival is a Spoken Word Festival taking place this weekend. The majority of the events are not free, but there are a few free ones sprinkled in. Check the full programme out here www.lingofestival.com/pdf/LINGOfestival_FullProg.pdf

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.

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 Brocante Market will take place on Sunday. It is a collection of antiques, furniture, vintage jewellery, collectables and curiosities from the past and present, second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for your house and garden. If you are an interior designer or just have and eye for style and are looking for a special piece or maybe a bargain then this is the market for you. The market is held every 3rd Sunday of the month. Admission is free.

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.

Dublin Zoo is taking the “Month of the Elephant” celebrations outside the zoo and will be on Barnardos Square for a Family Fun Day and an Elephant Trail throughout the City on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.

The Elephant Trail is a free treasure hunt style event and you will learn lots of interesting elephant facts along the way. The Elephant Trail will end at Barnardo’s Square where a family fun Elephant Extravaganza will take place featuring keeper talks from the Dublin Zoo elephant team, face painting, elephant arts and crafts and more. Every person who hands their completed trail in at Barnardo’s Square will receive a “Child goes Free to Dublin Zoo” pass.

The Irish, Spanish and Latin American Literary Festival (ISLA) will run from 17-19 October.

On Sunday the following events will take place:

+ 11:00-12:30: Facing Literatures. Fiction and Non Fiction – Discussion about the link between Literature and Fiction.
+ 12:45-14:15: Access to Culture – Discussion about too much culture and the need for recommendations and guidance.

Admission is free.

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

Around 15 stalls will sell their wares. Admission is free.

“Open House Dublin 2014” will take place this weekend! It is a really great festival that gives us an opportunity to visit buildings that are normally not accessible and to learn a bit more about the architecture of these buildings.

In previous years I visited Liberty Hall and Busaras, two of the buildings in Dublin that are considered by many to be “ugly”. But when you hear what the architects had intended and why the buildings now looks totally different than originally anticipated (particularly Liberty Hall), you will see these buildings in a new light and you might even appreciate them.

Over 100 buildings will open their doors on Saturday and/or Sunday and you should plan ahead where you want to go.

A very small selection of the high-profile buildings I would recommend:

+ Criminal Courts of Justice (Sat)
+ Central Bank of Ireland (Sat)
+ Iveagh House (Dept. of Foreign Affairs) (Sat)
+ Liberty Hall (Sat+Sun)
+ Commissioners of Irish Lights (Sun)
+ Convention Centre Dublin (Sun)

Admission is free, but some buildings needed pre-booking and tickets were allcoated by lottery, but MANY buildings can be visited on a first come first served basis. Be prepared to queue!

Check the website below to plan your visits!

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 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 Educate Together School in Glasnevin runs an Autumn Market this Sunday and they are looking for support. There will be arts & crafts stalls, food, toys, raffle, Bric&Brac and more. Kids are invited to come in their Halloween outfit and visit the Haunted House.

Admission to the market is NOT free, but the charge is just EUR 1 per person or EUR 2 for a whole family.

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.

On Sunday it is Dress Up Day in the Botanic Gardens when everyone is invited to come in their Halloween disguises and have fun. View the pumpkin display and exhibition, help spin a giant spider’s web through the oak trees, and discover all about Magical plants when you visit the witches in their new house.

The Prize Giving for the Decorated Pumpkin competition will be at 15:00 in the Teak House. And there will also be a wide variety of maths demonstrations, puzzles, mazes, maths magic tricks, and much more.

The final event of Maths Week will also take place on Sunday in the Botanic Gardens: “Celebration of Mind” commemorates Martin Gardner (1914-2010), the American writer, puzzler, and maths populariser, who would have been 100 on 21 October.

Admission is free.

“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.

The closing event of this year’s Maths Week will take place in the National Botanic Gardens and is in parallel with the Halloween festivities there.

The Gathering for Gardner Celebration of Mind is an international movement to promote recreational maths. Martin Gardner was the worlds foremost populariser of maths and would have been 100 years old on the 21st October 2014.

Admission is free and the event is suitable for all ages.

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

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 the Francesco Turrisi Trio.

Francesco Turrisi has been defined a “musical alchemist” by the press because of his wide range of musical influences and experiences. With the “Taquín Experiments” he creates an original musical language, drawing influences from baroque music, the traditional repertoires from the Mediterranean and contemporary jazz.

At this Drop-In Drawing Session with Artist Roxana Manouchehri, you will be guided in drawing and informal sketching based on a number of exercises in the CBL drawing pack, including line drawing, light and shadow, portraiture and perspective.

These are drop in sessions and do not require booking. Limited to 15, first-come, first-served. Suitable for ages 13+, free. Materials are provided but feel free to bring your own sketchbook. (Pencils only)

“Join MC ‘Wasps vs Humans’ for an open mic with a difference. Audience members drop themes in a hat. They’re drawn out at random. Poets seize the moment and recite a piece on the suggested theme.”

Admission is free.

“The Vegetal, the Cursive and the Geometric: Three Aspects of Islamic Art” with Nateghe Moane is an English language tour focusing exclusively on the Islamic collection. Admission is free, but the tour is limited to the first 15 participants.

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!

A Fun Family Maths activity, a Maths Trail, will take place in Corkagh park. Admission is free and booking is not required.

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

The talk “Talk on the Landscape of the Phoenix Park” by Dr. John McCullen will take place on Sunday. Admission is free.

At this Open House element for Families with children 7-12, you will learn about design for living with artist and architect Bláithín Quinn. It is an interactive workshop exploring the Pebbledash House installation on display in Clarke Square at the museum. You will creatre a conceptual living room for the future.

Beyond Pebbledash is a collaborative project between the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin City Council and Redrawing Dublin. Booking essential via 01 6777444, admission is free and materials are provided.

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

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.

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.

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The Kilmainham Arts Festival, now in its fifth year, hosts three free events this weekend: An evening of short films, a poetry event and a one-man theatre cabaret show by Christof van der Berg. The events take place on Sat 18 + Sun 19 Oct and no booking is required. Details of all Festival events are available on www.kilmainhamartsclub.wordpress.com

At the Poetry Event in the Patriot’s Inn a poetry performance by new poet Dimitra Xidous will entertian you. She will perform poems from her debut collection “Keeping Bees”.There will be musical entertainment and a complimentary glass of wine.

Admission is free.

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

I am not sure what happened to Saucy Sundays. Maybe it is just a Facebook problem or maybe there is more behind it: At the moment the Facebook Page for Saucy Sundays is not available anymore. However the Grand Social website still shows the event, so let’s assume that it will go ahead:

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).

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 Kilmainham Arts Festival, now in its fifth year, hosts three free events this weekend: An evening of short films, a poetry event and a one-man theatre cabaret show by Christof van der Berg. The events take place on Sat 18 + Sun 19 Oct and no booking is required. Details of all Festival events are available on www.kilmainhamartsclub.wordpress.com

“Portraits of Bohemia” is a one-man show for which the lounge of the Patriots Inn will be transformed into a theatre. This unique cabaret theatre show by South African pianist and original songwriter Christof van der Berg is currently touring Ireland. Admission is free, but a donation of EUR 6 is suggested.

Admission is free.

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 Jak Jones, Kerencia, SheSpeaks, No More Rain, White Male Actors, Anti-One.

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 Dublin Blues Cartel will be in Whelan’s again and will perform mostly a version of New Orleans R’n’B with a classic rock twist, sandwiched with swing, Rock’n’Roll, Soul, Funk, Blues and rap of all eras. 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.

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.

Thesis in 3 is a competition for research students from all over Ireland who have just 3 slides and 3 minutes to explain their entire thesis.

The competition is designed to showcase the world-class research happening in Ireland in bite-sized chunks. Come along and hear about the leading research going on in Ireland today.

Admission is free, but tickets are required and you can book them via the Eventbrite website at www.eventbrite.ie/e/thesis-in-3-national-final-tickets-13348627103?ref=devg

“Messages from the stars: on translating Galileo’s Italian” is a lecture by Mark Davie (University of Exeter) during the 14th Italian Language week (XIV Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo).

“In 1610 Galileo published an account of his astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope, in a short book entitled Sidereus nuncius (‘message from the stars’). Written in Latin, the international language of scholarship, the book was an immediate best-seller and established Galileo’s reputation in the forefront of European thinkers.Mark Davie’s presentation will examine Galileo’s reasons for abandoning Latin in favour of the vernacular, the qualities he aimed to cultivate in his Italian writing and the challenges his prose presents to a translator into modern English.”

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.

“How To Cook Up A Star” by Dr. Paul Dawson (School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS)

Imitating a cookery programme, Dr Paul Dawson explains how the universe goes about cooking up the stars. From ingredients to finished item, the talk will give an insight into the process and will also throw some light on the methods used by researchers to figure out what we know so far about star formation.

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.

For “Unravel”, a festival of fun and family events in Cow’s Lane in Temple Bar (25+26 Oct), a large amount of handcrafted knitwear is required. To help creating that knitwear, there will be another workshop in Queen of Tarts on Tuesday 21 October.

If you are interested, you will find all details on www.templebar.ie/calendar/event/knitwork-at-the-queen-of-tarts

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.

To celebrate the launch of GROW, COOK, EAT join host Aoife Carrigy, author Michael Kelly and contributors (Rachel Allen, Ross Lewis, Sharon Hearne Smith) at Hodges Figgis, where a whole range of events take place. You can get your books signed by the author and contributors and hear/watch fascinating talks and demos on growing, cooking your own food.

12:00-13:00 Michael Kelly, Fiann O’Nuallain & Kitty Scully in conversation
Aoife Carrigy hosts a conversation about food growing with GROW COOK EAT author and GIY founder Michael Kelly; Airfield head gardener Kitty Scully; and garden designer and author of The Holistic Gardener Fiann O’Nuallain.

13:00-14:00: Michael Kelly, Ross Lewis & Hugo Arnold in conversation
Aoife Carrigy hosts a conversation about food growing and restaurants with GROW COOK EAT author and GIY founder Michael Kelly; head chef and co-owner of Chapter One, Ross Lewis; and author, food consultant and restauranteur Hugo Arnold

14:00-15:00: Tom and Johann Doorley cookery demonstration.
Tom & Johann Doorley have been married for 30 years and grow their own food at home on the Cork/Waterford border. They wrote ‘Grow & Cook’ in 2007. Tom is a columnist and food writer with the Irish Daily Mail and known for his work on RTE’s The Restaurant.

15:00-16:00: Michael Kelly & Rachel Allen in conversation
Aoife Carrigy hosts a conversation about the joys of growing, cooking and eating your own food with TV chef, author and columnist Rachel Allen; and GROW COOK EAT author and GIY founder Michael Kelly.

16:30-17:30: Sharon Hearne Smith cookery demonstration – No Bake Baking
Sharon Hearne Smith has worked as a food stylist and writer for over 17 years, and recently turned to writing and styling her own book – No Bake Baking, which was photographed by Donal Skehan.

The Dublin City Hall Lunchtime Lectures about the First World War continue with the lecture

“Out of the Dark, 1914-1918 – South Dubliners in the Great War” with Ken Kinsella. Historian and Author.

Admission is free. Seats are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

A luncht time lecture about the development of the “Cultural Quarter” at Parnell Square will take place in the Architectural Archive. Admission is free, but spaces are limited to 50 participants. For bookings contact 01 6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie .

At the Dublin City Volunteer Recruitment Fair on Tuesday, Dublin based non-profit organisations from different sectors of the charity world will be providing information about what they do and the volunteer opportunities they have available. If you care about any of the following causes, come along to explore your options for volunteering and find out how you can get involved: youth, older people, intellectual disabilities, migrant integration, education, crime victims support, health and many more.

Admission is free.

“La stampa italiana e l’Italiano digitale” is a lecture in Italian on the occassion of the Italian Language Week. With Giuliana Fiorentino (Università degli studi del Molise) and with introduction by Paolo Acquaviva (Senior Lecturer and Head of Italian Studies, UCD).

In what way does the Italian press present and discuss the evolution of the so-called “Italian of the new media”? This lecture will consider both the Italian found on the net and the Italian used in text messaging.

Admission is free.

The book launch of “Temple Street Children’s Hospital – An Illustrated History” by Dr Barry Kennerk is taking place on Tuesday. RTÉ’s Joe Duffy will be speaking and other attendees will be Fair City’s Rachel Sarah Murphy, Irish Crime Correspondent Paul Williams, renowned historian Pat Liddy and entrepreneurs Bill Cullen and Jackie Lavin.

12-piece choir The Harmony Knights and 2012 Irish Youth Music Awards winner Niamh Crowther will entertain.

Admission is free, but booking is required by sending an e-mail to hannah.shorten@newisland.ie

The Book Launch for of “You’re Grand: The Irish Woman’s Secret Guide to Life” by Tara Flynn is a free event in the Gutter Bookshop and everyone is welcome.

“War, Enslavement and Chivalry in Irish and European History” with Prof John Gillingham is the James Lydon lecture in Medieval History & Culture at TCD. Admission is free. You can book your place via the Eventbrite site here lydonlectures.eventbrite.co.uk/

A meeting/discussion by the Peace & Neutrality Alliance about “The Irish Neutrality League and the Imperialist War 1914-18” will take place with the following speakers: Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein), Mary Carolan (Sheehy Skeffingto School of Human Rights & Social Justice), Jack O’Connor (SIPTU), Michael O’Reilly (Dublin Council of Trade Unions), Dr. Margaret Ward (Historian), Freda Hughes (Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign).

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 Plateau Sessions will feature Propeller Palms, Meridian Sway & more at this Open Mic night with special guests. 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.

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.

Diwali is the Hindu Festival of Light and the Chester Beatty Library us celebrating Diwali with a Music Performance.

“Dara O’ Brien and Debajyoti Sanyal play the ancient and sophisticated classical music of North India with two of its iconic instruments: sitar and tabla. This improvised music is based on the complex systems of raga (melody) and tala (rhythm). Join us for an emotive journey through the sounds of India. Vocalist Sudipto Das will join them at the end for an unusual blend of voice and sitar.”

Admission is free, no booking required.

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:

Angélique Day: ‘Glimpses of Ireland’s past: drawings in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs’

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To mark the National Day of the Czech Republic,the Czech Embassy will be running an information stand in the Central Library and they will answer all your questions regarding travel, business and study opportunities in the Czech Republic.

“The apocalypse of Rex Ingram: how a young Irishman came to make one of the greatest World War I films of silent era Hollywood” with Dr Ruth Barton (Department of Film Studies, TCD) is the next talk in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2014-15

Admission is free.

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 march from Ringsend to the Dail will take place to protest against the construction of a waste incinerator in Ringsend. Meet at Ringsend Church at 17:00 or come to the Dail at 18:00.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will record a series of special book review programmes hosted by broadcaster and writer Cathal Póirtéir. Joining Cathal will be leading writers and critics, reviewing the very latest fiction and poetry titles. On 22 Oct, two programmes will be recorded. Find more information on the website below.

Admission is free.

As part of the Beyond Pebbledash exhibition and engagement programme, the Museum will host the “Urban Party” where 20 socially diverse voices are invited to voice their opinion on the topic “House and Home, Living in Dublin City”.

The format is simple and engaging. Each speaker is requested to speak for just 3 minutes. Thus over one hour and in rapid succession each of the 20 invited speakers articulate their vision on opportunities and challenges of living in Dublin City. No booking required, admission free. For more information contact beyondpebbledash@museum.ie.

Brian Hollinshead will talk about “OpenStreetMap: Community and Historical Mapping for All” at this RDS Library Lecture.

Brian Hollinshead is an active orienteer both as a competitor and map-maker, he is also involved with the Open Street Map (OSM) project. Two major driving forces behind the establishment and growth of OSM have been restrictions on use or availability of map information across much of the world and the advent of inexpensive portable satellite navigation devices.

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

Prof Anthony Caleshu (Professor of Poetry in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Plymouth University) is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub and he will talk about “Poetry and Friendship: Creative Practice and Critical Reading”.

It is not clear at what time the event takes place, but maybe you can ring the TCD to find out: 01-8961000

The screening of the Spanish Film “The Doy Mis Ojos” (2003) will take place. Admission is free and the screening will be in Spanish with English subtitles.

“La donna nella poesia” with Mario Mattia Giorgetti and Lorenzo Marangon is a poetic journey from the times of Ovid that will bring to life the voices of Dante, Ariosto, Leopardi, Montale, Quasimodo, Pasolini, Sanguineti, Raboni, Caproni, Sbarbaro, Luzi and many others.The event takes place during the Italian Language Week.

Admission is free.

“Autumn Landscapes” is the title of a concert by the Estonian Chamber Choir of the University of Tartu with conductor Triin Koch. Admission is free.

An album launch of “The Unusual History of Ether” takes place. Admission is free.

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.

Dr Leona McArdle will talk about Bray scientist RM Barrington’s work that led to the lighthouse keepers of Ireland collecting bird specimens from around the Irish coast. This special talk will explore and look at some of the rare and not normally displayed samples from this unique collection and discuss how they informed scientists about the migratory patterns of birds to Ireland.

In association with the Natura natura exhibition in The Lab and Dublin City Council Art Office.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite Page www.eventbrite.ie/e/natura-natura-tickets-12688941967?ref=devg

Film screening of the film “Tutti giù” by Swiss Director Niccolò Castelli as part of the Italian Language Week.

You are invited to a recpetion by the Embassy of Switzerland after the film.

Admission is free. In the Agricultural Science Building (FSG01) on the UCD Campus.

Remember people in Ireland affected by WW1 with Gary Kilgallen, Paula Meehan, Tom Burke of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association, The Ukuhooligans Ukulele Band, Dominic Nolan, trumpeter and students of Mount Carmel Secondary School in Kings Inn Street.

Gary Kilgallen, former chair of the Irish Anti-apartheid Movement, will be the compere for the evening. Poet, Paula Meehan will read a selection of poems reflecting the theme of the evening. Tom Burke of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association will talk about a particular soldier, Private Christopher Roger from Bishop’s Street, the affect of the war on him and his family. Dominic Nolan (trumpeter) will play The Last Post and Reveille. The Ukuhooligans Ukulele Band and the Ringsend Singers will provide music and song from the period. Four students from Mount Carmel Secondary School will talk or give a reading that reflects their perceptions of war.

Admission is free, booking is advised on 01-6744888

Historian and TV personality Adrian Cioroianu, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, examines the last 100 remarkable years of Romania’s past in a roller-coaster journey that starts in the trenches of the World War I and ends in the corridors of Brussels. Chaired by Dr Graeme Murdock, Director of The Centre for European Studies.

The talk will be preceded by a documentary screening of ‘A Century for Romania’ by Adrian Cioroianu (TVR, 2013) at 17:00.

Admission is free.

At this evening of readings, you bring the refreshments and the organisers bring the stories.

Readers include Daniel Seery, Rob Doyle, Deirdre Sullivan, Jason Johnson, Sam Coll, Tara West, Bryan J Showers, Anna Laerke Byrne, spoken word poet John Cummins & more! With Lilliput Press Tramp Press Swan River Press, Little Island, New Island Books, the Salvage Press.

Speaker Dr. Emmet O’ Connor will talk about te Irish Union leader Larkin: “An international Perspective : How international was Larkinism? How British was Larkin?” The event is organised by the SIPTU Dublin District Council in conjunction with The Irish Labour History Society.

Admission seems to be free, but booking is required via Joan McClean on 01 858 8230

After an introduction by Concetto La Malfa (Editor of Italia Stampa magazine), Joan Caprani Broe will talk about her book “The Man from Vercana” on the historical figure of her ancestor Giuseppe Caprani, printer and inventor who left an indelible mark on the history of Ireland.

The presentation will be followed by the screening of Cliff Caprani’s documentary of the same title.

Admission is free

“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

Candyman will perform in Tower Records and admission is free.

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.

The Improrphans are this week in MVP to present their Imrpov Comedy. Admission is free and donations are 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.

Otis are performing in Whelan’s and admission is free.

The Moonlight Cinema Club is a showcase night for Irish Filmmakers & Animators and the next event takes place on Thursday. Admission is free and everyone is 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.

The Bram Stoker Festival took the legacy of Dublin horror novelist Bram Stoker and his gothic novel ‘Dracula’ as inspiration for a whole range of events from large-scale spectacles including a gothic ball, to small performances in unusual spaces, along with a whole range of film and literary events. A good few events were free, but it seems ALL the free events for Friday 24th are sold out now and only tickets for non-free events remain. See the ticket situation here: www.entertainment.ie/tickets/bramstokerfestival/5045.htm

The festival club on Friday is in Alfie Byrne’s in the Conrad Hotel and tickets are not required for this free event, so you can still go to it and enjoy the spooky atmosphere.

The full schedule of events is here: www.bramstokerfestival.com/events/ and you will see that there are more events taking place next weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I will include these events in the next Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), but you might want to check already what is happening, just in case more free events need booking and will sell out.

One event I would have entered (but I will be away next weekend) is the VampWire, a zip wire experience on Wolf Tone Square. Tickets are allocated on a lottery basis and you can enter via the link in the very bottom row of the events at www.bramstokerfestival.com/events/ (Lottery entries are only possible until the evening of 19 Oct)

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.

BLOOD is the title of the new Science Gallery exhibition that will open on Friday and will run until January.

The Science Gallery describes:
“From stories of vampires, kinship and religious beliefs to cutting edge research in immunology and genetics, and bio-art works that use the medium of blood, BLOOD explores the mythical, cultural and medical aspects of this unique connective tissue.”

I will know more about the exhibition next week and will give you further details.If you are a Science Gallery member, you will have received your invitation to the launch party, if you are not a member yet, you can buy your membership on their website.

Admission to the exhibition is free, but this exhibition is for everyone over 15 years of age only.

World Dance Music arranged for two guitars will be performed by musicians Luke Tobin and Gerard Boyle. Admission is free. Booking via 01-6744888

A series of short talks from the artists behind the latest Science Gallery exhibition, BLOOD will take place. From vampires to T-cells, genetics to horror films, BLOOD SAMPLES will explore the art, science, and inspiration behind the show.

Admission is free.

“Altrove” is Roberto Bertoni’s new collection of short stories and a reading will take place as part of the Italian Language Week.

As part of an interntaional series of lectures the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends will be informing about a special path to health and happiness at numerous events in Ireland as well. Bruno Groening was a German “Miracle healer” who was active in the 1940s and 1950s.

He believed that health was the natural state of all living things and told his followers that one can maintain health and heal from illness by absorption of a Divine life force that he called “Heilstrom” (“Healing Stream”).

Two doctors will talk at the events in Ireland about the healings based on the Groening teachings. Groening himself died in 1959 only 52 years young from stomach cancer.

If you are interested in these events, it might be advisable to spend some time on www.bruno-groening.org/english/default.htm so that you can find out if it is really for you. Admission to the talks is free, donations are appreciated.

Friday 24 Oct, 19:00 Carnegie Court Hotel, North St, Swords
Saturday 25 Oct, 11:00 Jurys Inn Hotel, Coustom House Quay, Dublin 1
Saturday 25 Oct, 15:00 Carlton Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin 11
Saturday 25 Oct 19:00 Metro Hotel Dublin Airport, Sentry Cross, Ballymun Road, Dublin 9
Sunday 02 Nov 11:00 Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co. Dublin
Sunday 02 Nov 17:00 Beacon Hotel,Sandyford, Dublin 11

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.

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

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

Planet Parade are performing in Whelan’s and admission is free.

“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.

We Went Down And Knoxville Morning are performing on Friday and this is also the Fancy Dress Halloween Party Night at Mother Reilly’s, so make sure you dress up.

Left, Right & Centre will perform their Blues & Soul in Arthur’s Pub and admission is free.

The Guilty Party are back in Whelan’s with a free gig on Friday.

Go Swim and Galans will both be playing in the Night Howl slot in Whelan’s. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 OR if you sing-up for the guest list via the site below.