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 Dublin Book Festival will run from 02-09 November and there were a good few free events, but most of them are booked out now and only a very small number of free events still have tickets available. For most events pre-booking is advised, but despite the free tickets, a booking chrage of EUR 1 per ticket has to be paid. Check the programme here and maybe you are lucky and find a few interesting free events. If you don’t care too much about “free”, you will find a few more events with available tickets.

On Saturday 04 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Your Guide to Healthy Eating – Discussion (15:30-16:30)
+ Book Launch “Rehabilitating the Serpent” by Jack Harte (17:00-18:00)
+ Book Launch: The Unforeseen by Dorothy Macardle (18:30)
+ New Island Books 25 Years Celebration (19:30-20:30)

On Sunday 05 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Arja Kajermo, Bernie McGill, Ciaran McMenamin, Billy O’Callaghan in conversation with Carlo Gébler (13:30-14:30)
+ Saving Ireland’s Nature and Natural Habitats (14:30-15:30)
+ Book Launch: This Tumult by Caroline Preston (16:30)
+ Eileen Battersby – In conversation with Declan Meade (16:45-17:45)

On Wednesday 08 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Ireland’s Notable Women – Clodagh Finn, Valerie Pakenham and Nell Regan in conversation with Martina Devlin (20:00)
+ Children’s Voices: Are We Listening? – Orla Kenny and Victoria Ryle in conversation with Martin Drury (10:30-16:00)

On Thursday 09 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Book Launch: The Irish Sketches of Florence Vere O’Brien edited by David Rowe (18:15)
+ Book Launch: Rise Above!: Letters from Tyrone Guthrie edited by Christopher Fitz-Simon (19:15)

You could also download the full brochure here.

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.

A whole range of Parkruns take place every week (and if you know some more, please tell me):
+ Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
+ Cabinteely Park, Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
+ Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin
+ Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Co. Dublin
+ St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
+ Father Collins Park, Donaghmeade/Clongriffin, Dublin 13
+ Tymon Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24
+ Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6

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.

“Come Fly a Kite!” is a family event where you can fly kites on the green and compare how high you can fly them. Bring your own kite to fly or try one of the organisers.

Admission is free, but booking is required. Contact Mouse at info@owls.ie to book a place or for more information.

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 County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.

“A national health service? Exploring how museums can improve our wellbeing” is a one-day conference to mark the Museum’s 20 year anniversary at Collins Barracks.

The conference will explore the social impact of museums and the role that they can play in the community, speakers include Laura Bedford, of the National Alliance for Museums, Health & Wellbeing, UK, Professor Desmond O’Neill, Tallaght Hospital and artist Joe Caslin, whose mural, The Volunteers is currently on display in Clarke Square, Collins Barracks.

Admission is free, and booking was required. Because the conference will probably have started when you get this Dublin Event Guide, I suggest that you ring 01-6777444 to ask if you can still join the conference.

The Natural History Museum (a.k.a the Dead Zoo) is 160 years old and invites to an open day.

Drop-in and meet scientists from the Museum and from organisations that add and research the Museum’s collections and contribute to science in Ireland. Discover more about how some specimens came to be given to the Museum and how the collections are used today.

Organisations that will be at the museum on Saturday include the National Biodiversity Data Centre, Geological Survey of Ireland, Birdwatch Ireland, Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Herpetological Society of Ireland and TCD Museum of Zoology,

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition that you should definitely check out at some stage.

To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2017.

Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.

The Drumcondra Village Market is now the “Art, Bites, Crafts Drumcondra Market”. And as you guessed it, it is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. :-) There will also be some food and music.

The market is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30-15:30.

Admission is free.

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.

Nigella Lawson will be in Dubray in Graftom Street to sign her newest book.

Admission is free.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

On the first Saturday every month, the “A Fabulous Market” will take place in the George Bar in South Great George’s Street.

You will find all sorts of art and crafts at this market

Admission is free.

Every Thursday (17:30-19:30), Saturday (12:00-16:00) and Sunday (12:00-16:00) the Dublin Library of Things will be open at the Food Co-op during National Re-Use Month (October) and November.

A Library of Things is a place where people can borrow items needed only on an occasional basis, or that are too bulky or costly to own. By sharing these items it reduces the need for material production and consumption and allows people to free up space in their homes and try new hobbies without the need to buy new supplies.

The Library of Things will work on a membership basis. Anyone can join and then take out items for up to one week. Borrowing items will be free however there will be deposits on items relative to the value of the item. The Library of Things will also act as a drop off and collection point for WeShare members (www.weshare.ie/), an online community where people can list items that have to share, or things that they need.

The items in the Library of Things will all be doanted or loaned and therefore it depends on individuals and businesses what the library will have available. Ideal items are sewing machines, kitchen appliances, DIY tools, halloween costumes, craft materials, games and sports equipment and gardening equipment. If you have any useful items in good working order that you would like to loan or donate to the library of things, or have other suggestions or questions for us, contact them at dublinlibraryofthings@gmail.com. Volunteers are also needed to man the library.

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.

The current exhibition in the Science Gallery is called “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY” and it will run from 12 October until 11 January. The exhibition looks at doomsday and emergency scenarios. How can we prepare for such a worst case situation? It is a very interesting exhibition that I recommend. Some exhibits need you to think/reflect a little, but that is a good thing! :-)

Exhibits are for example
+ 22 Doomsday Clocks that show how close we got to the end of the world in the period from 1945-2017
+ a series of drawings teaching basic skills for challenging situations
+ Pandemic Spreading patterns in a globalised world
+ Microbiome Ark (a small satellite that carries human microbiome on board to kickstart life on earth again after a disaster)
+ a selection of Manuals for Civilisation
The website below lists all exhibits and provides their explanation so that you can either before or after your visit check further details.

There is also a Situation Room where you can partake in a Catastrophe Citizen Assembly to decide on complex questions that could affect the survival of humanity. The Situation Room assembly will convene every hour. Check with the mediators how you can take part.

All Science Gallery exhibitions are suitable for ALL ages, even younger children will be able to take part/follow. For this exhibition, though, younger kids might need your help to understand some of the context.

I strongly suggest to use the help of the amazing mediators, who can explain everything you see, especially if you don’t want to read all the explanations that are next to every exhibit.

The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and 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.

Every Saturday a free guided tour will take place in the Chester Betty Library. The tour starts at 14:00.

In addition there is another free tour every Wednesday at 13:00 and one on Sundays at 15:00

Every Saturday a kid’s book 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). Suitable for age 0-6 with their parents.

Admission is free.

A free guided tour will take place at the National War Memorial at Islandbridge every Saturday at 14:00 from March until the end of October.

The tour will focus on World War I, in which so many Irishmen died. You will also hear about the main features of the gardens at this tour.

Meeting point is the car park at 14:00 (next to the Trinity College Boat Club). For further information and to check that it is taking place, contact 01-8155914 (Farmleigh House).

“Dublin Histories” with Donal Fallon, John Gibney and Aileen O’Carroll in conversation with Myles Dungan is an event in the Dublin Book Festival programme.

Four history experts, discuss Dublin’s rich historical past. Historian and writer Donal Fallon recently co-wrote “Come Here to Me: Volume 2 – More Unexplored Dublin Histories”. Historian and walking-tour guide John Gibney wrote “Dublin: A New Illustrated History” that describes the social, political, cultural and architectural past through anecdotes about personalities, goings-on, buildings, literature and song over the centuries. Aileen O’Carroll is the manager of the Irish Qualitative Data Archive and recently co-wrote “The Dublin Docker: The Dockers and Stevedores of Dublin Port”, exploring Dublin’s industrial life which was once the heartbeat of the city. They will be joined by Irish broadcaster Myles Dungan, author of “On This Day – The Sequel: The Drivetime Columns”, a collection of brand-new historical tales based on his popular Drivetime slot on RTÉ.

Admission is free, but registration is required via the link below.

Jared & The Mill are a 6-piece band from Arizona and they will play “folksy pop-rock” at this gig.

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.

Black Temple Shrines and Nervvs will play a gig in the Midnight Hour at Whelan’s.

Admission is free before 22:30.

The Harp Bar in the Carnegie Court Hotel will feature the Pat McManus Band on Saturday.

Admission seems to be free.

Gin ‘n’ Juice will play Hip Hop, Funk and Danceat this gig.

Admission is free before 23:00 and EUR 5 afterwards.

In addition to the Saturday Car Boot Sale in Tallaght, Irish Car Boot Sales run a weekly Sunday Car Boot Sales in Ballymun.

Admission for buyers is free.

The Dublin Book Festival will run from 02-09 November and there were a good few free events, but most of them are booked out now and only a very small number of free events still have tickets available. For most events pre-booking is advised, but despite the free tickets, a booking chrage of EUR 1 per ticket has to be paid. Check the programme here and maybe you are lucky and find a few interesting free events. If you don’t care too much about “free”, you will find a few more events with available tickets.

On Saturday 04 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Your Guide to Healthy Eating – Discussion (15:30-16:30)
+ Book Launch “Rehabilitating the Serpent” by Jack Harte (17:00-18:00)
+ Book Launch: The Unforeseen by Dorothy Macardle (18:30)
+ New Island Books 25 Years Celebration (19:30-20:30)

On Sunday 05 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Arja Kajermo, Bernie McGill, Ciaran McMenamin, Billy O’Callaghan in conversation with Carlo Gébler (13:30-14:30)
+ Saving Ireland’s Nature and Natural Habitats (14:30-15:30)
+ Book Launch: This Tumult by Caroline Preston (16:30)
+ Eileen Battersby – In conversation with Declan Meade (16:45-17:45)

On Wednesday 08 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Ireland’s Notable Women – Clodagh Finn, Valerie Pakenham and Nell Regan in conversation with Martina Devlin (20:00)
+ Children’s Voices: Are We Listening? – Orla Kenny and Victoria Ryle in conversation with Martin Drury (10:30-16:00)

On Thursday 09 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Book Launch: The Irish Sketches of Florence Vere O’Brien edited by David Rowe (18:15)
+ Book Launch: Rise Above!: Letters from Tyrone Guthrie edited by Christopher Fitz-Simon (19:15)

You could also download the full brochure here.

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.

A Food & Crafts Market will take place on Sunday in Farmleigh House.

Admission is free.

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 County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.

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.

“Tree Climbing and Games” is the activity organised by Children’s Nature Charity OWLS on Sunday.

“Get up close and personal with the trees in the park. Try out climbing a few if you have a nose for heights or if you prefer to keep your feet on the ground we have lots of other games and activities to get to know more about the trees.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via Turtle at education@owls.ie

The Drumcondra Village Market is now the “Art, Bites, Crafts Drumcondra Market”. And as you guessed it, it is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. :-) There will also be some food and music.

The market is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30-15:30.

Admission is free.

A Bray Beach Flea Market will take place in Bray. There will be food, frink, crafts and vintage.

Admission is free.

Every Sunday (with a few exceptions) an art workshop takes place for children from 6-11 years of age. Admission is free and children must be accompanied by an adult.

05 November: Make a Collage
12 November: Paint a Winter Scene
19 November: Story Telling
26 November: Harry the Hedgehog with Dale Treadwell

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.

The Kilkenny Shop Cafe is inviting to a Jazz Brunch Sunday every Sunday from 11:00-14:00 and from 14:30-16:30 a Bluegrass Band is taking over. Unfortuantely they don’t specify who the bands are.

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 New Market Collective is a warehouse market on the first Sunday of each month. You will find there Clothes, Accessories, Vintage, Home-Decor, Craft. Irish Design, Art, Vinyl Records, Jewellery, Food & Coffee and Live Music. There is also a Craft Corner.

Admission is free. At the same weekend the Pure Vintage Market takes place in the Food Co-op on the other side of Teelings Distillery, so you get two markets in the same place.

The National Gallery is running a series of free themed family drop-in workshops from 11:30-13:30 every Sunday.

Inspired by the collection and the exhibitions in the National Gallery, these workshops are suitable for all ages from approx. 18 months to age 8. You can choose to stay for as long or as short a time as works for you.

Admission is free and no booking required. Numbers are limited to 40 people at any one time but you can drop in and out whenever it suits you and as long as there is still space. Children have to be supervised at all times. The event takes place in the Atrium.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

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.

Every Thursday (17:30-19:30), Saturday (12:00-16:00) and Sunday (12:00-16:00) the Dublin Library of Things will be open at the Food Co-op during National Re-Use Month (October) and November.

A Library of Things is a place where people can borrow items needed only on an occasional basis, or that are too bulky or costly to own. By sharing these items it reduces the need for material production and consumption and allows people to free up space in their homes and try new hobbies without the need to buy new supplies.

The Library of Things will work on a membership basis. Anyone can join and then take out items for up to one week. Borrowing items will be free however there will be deposits on items relative to the value of the item. The Library of Things will also act as a drop off and collection point for WeShare members (www.weshare.ie/), an online community where people can list items that have to share, or things that they need.

The items in the Library of Things will all be doanted or loaned and therefore it depends on individuals and businesses what the library will have available. Ideal items are sewing machines, kitchen appliances, DIY tools, halloween costumes, craft materials, games and sports equipment and gardening equipment. If you have any useful items in good working order that you would like to loan or donate to the library of things, or have other suggestions or questions for us, contact them at dublinlibraryofthings@gmail.com. Volunteers are also needed to man the library.

Every Sunday, the National Botanic Gardens invite to two guided walks. The first one is at 12:00 and the second one at 14:30.

Admission is free.

The current exhibition in the Science Gallery is called “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY” and it will run from 12 October until 11 January. The exhibition looks at doomsday and emergency scenarios. How can we prepare for such a worst case situation? It is a very interesting exhibition that I recommend. Some exhibits need you to think/reflect a little, but that is a good thing! :-)

Exhibits are for example
+ 22 Doomsday Clocks that show how close we got to the end of the world in the period from 1945-2017
+ a series of drawings teaching basic skills for challenging situations
+ Pandemic Spreading patterns in a globalised world
+ Microbiome Ark (a small satellite that carries human microbiome on board to kickstart life on earth again after a disaster)
+ a selection of Manuals for Civilisation
The website below lists all exhibits and provides their explanation so that you can either before or after your visit check further details.

There is also a Situation Room where you can partake in a Catastrophe Citizen Assembly to decide on complex questions that could affect the survival of humanity. The Situation Room assembly will convene every hour. Check with the mediators how you can take part.

All Science Gallery exhibitions are suitable for ALL ages, even younger children will be able to take part/follow. For this exhibition, though, younger kids might need your help to understand some of the context.

I strongly suggest to use the help of the amazing mediators, who can explain everything you see, especially if you don’t want to read all the explanations that are next to every exhibit.

The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

Admission is free.

The Magazine Fort in Phoenix Park is unusually neglected and at the same time unusually rich in history. Many have seen it as a barred off concrete fortress in a corner of Phoenix Park and even more don’t even know or have forgotten that it exists. The old Phoenix House, the home of the British Viceroy, was on the site where the fort was built from the early 17th century and then in 1734 the Fort was built and extended in 1801.

In 1916 the Fort was raided by the rebels who expected to find a lot of explosives there, but found the Fort nearly empty. In 1939 the IRA raided the Fort and stole more than a million rounds of ammunition, but most of it was recovered over the following weeks.

Since 1988, the Irish Army doesn’t use the Fort anymore and gave it back to the Office of Public Works (OPW), but not much good has happened to the Fort in the last 28 years (!!) and there were numerous speculations about the reasons for that.

Finally since last year, guided tours are provided with four tours on Friday and Sunday over the Summer and a reduced schedule in the winter. From 01 October until March 2018, the only tour is on Sundays from 12:00 and 20 places are available on that tour.

Tickets are available at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on a first come, first served basis and can not be pre-booked. A shuttle bus will bring the ticket holders to the Fort.

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 Chamber Choir Ireland and they will celebrate the contribution to music of the great American writer Gertrude Stein and the far-reaching influence of the music of Erik Satie.

Make your own bird-feeders from recycled material. Suitable for children aged 5 – 11. Children must be accompanied by an adult and be prepared for sticky fingers. Materials will be supplied.

Admission is free.

A tour of the gallery, especially tailored for families and younger people, will take place.

Admission is free.

On Sunday a “Flint and Steel Fires” workshop for kids aged 7+ will be run by OWLS, the Cbildren’s Nature Charity.

Learn how to safely start a fire without using a match or lighter! Bring out your inner survival side!

There is a tiny fee of EUR 1, but that is so low tht I will still mention the event here.

Booking is required via Turtle at education@owls.ie

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This is a Film screening of “The Forgotten Space” (2013, 112 min) followed by a discussion led by Alice Butler, writer and co-curator of aemi.

“Sea trade is sometimes regarded as a relic of an older and obsolete economy. However, this film suggests that the ocean has long been ignored as a space of capitalism and a reflection of ourselves.”

Admission is 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!

Every Sunday a free tour takes place in the Hugh Lane Gallery.

Admission is free and booking is not required, but places are limited, so early arrival is recommended.

Michelle Drury is running a free Yoga event in Sandymount. There will be Yoga, Fun Activities, Arts& Crafts and Mindfulness Acvtivities. The event is suitable for 4-10 year olds.

Admission is free, but places are limited and booking is required via 083-4110011.

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

Sunday Sketching for the whole family takes place every Sunday in the Hugh Lane Gallery and admission is free.

Families are invited to explore and respond together the gallery’s collection and temporary exhibitions through discussion and drawing. Bring your own sketchbook along or use the drawing materials provided. There will be a different topic every week and all topics until 28 Jan are listed on the website below.

Admission is free and no booking required, although numbers may be limited. Suited for ages 6+.

This is a Panel Discussion entitled “Saving Ireland’s Nature and Natural Habitats” with Zoë Devlin, Pádraic Fogarty and Richard Nairn in conversation with Ella Mc Sweeney.

It is a discussion about sustainable environmental development with experts:
Ecologist Pádraic Fogarty (editor of the magazine Irish Wildlife and author of Whittled Away: Ireland’s Vanishing Nature)
Zoë Devlin (author of Blooming Marvellous: A Wildflower Hunter’s Year)
Environmental consultant Richard Nairn (former director of BirdWatch Ireland and author of “Dublin Bay – Nature and History”)
Ella McSweeney (Irish food and farming journalist with a particular interest in zoology)

Admission is free, but booking is required via the link below. The event takes place in conjunction with the Dublin Book Festival.

Every Sunday a free guided tour will take place in the Chester Betty Library. The tour starts at 15:00.

In addition there is another free tour every Wednesday at 13:00 and one on Saturdays at 14:00

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.

The Sunday Melt Sessions in the Mezz is a whole afternoon of bands, acoustic acts, spoken word, DJs and more. The line up is available via the FB Event Page below.

Admission is free.

The talk “West of Ireland Painting and the Ordnance Survey” with Patrick J. Duffy (Professor Emeritus, NUI Maynooth) will discuss painting in the west of Ireland and the history of the Ordnance Survey.

Admission is free.

Travel around European traditional dancing culture without a ticket at the weekly Bal Folk Dance Sessions.

And if you don’t know how to dance, don’t worry! Workshops are provided and admission is free, donations are welcome.

The event takes place every Sunday in the Cobblestone Pub.

First-time author Caroline Preston will be speaking about her experiences around the publication of her debut novel, ‘This Tumult’.

Admission is free, but registration is required.

Blues Got Soul, a four-piece blues band from Dublin is performing the music of the founding fathers of blues and blues masters in the International Bar every Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

The High Leeson is a Bluegrass band that plays every Sunday in the Leeson Longe.

Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

Every Sunday evening from 18:00-20:00, the Wiley Fox is hosting a trad session, where some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians will play for you.

Admission is free.

The Dixeland Jazzmen play a weekly gig in Sin E. Admission is free.

The Firehouse Film Contest is a monthly competition and film screening for new short films (3-5 minutes) which are not older than one month. Screenings take place on the first Sunday of the month.

Admission is free.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Arthur’s Pub, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free.

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The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.

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 or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.

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! ;-)

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.

Bunoscionn have their own unique take on Irish traditional, folk and modern music and will play this for you.

Admission is free.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 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).

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe with live music (Rockabilly) and DJs. Admission is free.

This is a traditional singing session for singers and listeners. On Sunday Special Guest is Branwen Kavanagh, a singer, songwriter, musician and artist from Co. Clare and one half of the group “Twin Headed Wolf”.

Admission is free.

The Ritz Brothers will bring their Pop-Up JukeBox show to The Harbour Bar in Bray.

Admission is free.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events 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.

“What the Declaration Declared: The American Revolution and Freedom” is the first of three talks in the “Concepts of American Freedom” Talk series.

Admission is free. Booking via 01-4973539 is recommended.

The lecture “From ‘Far East’ to ‘East Asia’ in Global English Academic and Societal Discourse” with Dr Kenn Nakata Steffensen (Irish Research Council Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at the School of Philosophy, University College Dublin) will take place. Find more details via the website below.

Admission is free.

For the “Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival 2017” eight European countries are presenting a selection of short films from their home countries at the Irish Film Institute. The audience will be asked to vote for their favourite film after the screening.

(The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) is a network of national institutes of culture and national bodies engaged in cultural and related activities beyond their national borders. The EUNIC Ireland cluster is composed of the Alliance Francaise, the Austrian Embassy, the British Council, Culture Ireland, the Embassy of Greece, the Goethe-Institut, the Instituto Cervantes & AECID, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Embassy of Bulgaria and the Embassy of Romania & the Romanian Cultural Institute.)

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

The discussion “Freedom of Speech: Where Journalism and the Law Collide at the Boundary of 21st Century Debate” will take place in the Synge Lecture Theatre in the Hamilton Building.

“In a world where truth is under siege, freedom of speech has never been more important.
But, as outrage and offense in public debate become a commodity for social media technology giants, the future of professional journalism in educating public opinion while challenging authority and power is increasingly under attack.

For media outlets, defamation cases and crippling costs are on the rise. By contrast, commentary online and in social media from non-experts is flourishing without the corresponding checks and balances.

How do we deal with the 19th century defamation legacy as well as facing the challenges of public debate in the 21st? How do we balance freedom of expression with the need for responsibility and accountability?”

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

This is a weekly gig with authentic old-time fiddle tunes and Appalachian music.

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 Circle Sessions is an “Open Mic” that provides an opportunity for up and coming musicians, spoken word artists, poets and comedians to perform.

Come to this weekly show to perform or to simply watch a great mix of music, poetry, spoken word and comedy.

Admission is free.

Every Monday the Woolshed Bar hosts “The Comedy Shed”, usually with 3 headline acts.

Admission is free.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 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).

Great news the great duo of Donal Kirk and Anto Drennan have found a new home. Originally they played a weekly gig in JJ Smyth’s until it closed and now they will perform in the Leeson Lounge and the same day as before.

They will play music from Lowell George Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Free, Bad Company, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Bobby Bland, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Etta James, Elvis, Ry Cooder, Dobie Gray, Guy Clarke, early ZZ Top, Dave Edmunds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson.

Admission is free.

Every Monday 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).

An Open Trad Music Session is taking place every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

That’s It Recordings is an open mic every Monday at Sin E. Just turn up and play. Sign up before 22:00 to ensure you get a slot. Bring a USB stick along and you will get a recording of your music to take home.

Admission is free.

This is a symposium organized by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin, and the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University, New York) to explore the current political climate.

Find a list of all topics and talks on the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

“Conversations on Art: Dementia-friendly tours” is an interactive tour specially designed for people living with dementia and their loved ones.

Enjoy an afternoon of conversations on art and life in general. After a relaxing tea or coffee in the Silk Road Café you will go on a tour of the library’s collections.

Admission is free, but limited to 10 participants per tour. Booking is required via Heidi Campbell on 01 4070766.

“Songs & Piano Instrumentals”: Guitar & Piano.

Nelson Olivares (pianist) & Shay Cotter, Irish singer songwriter who mixes folk, blues & pop with a unique finger picking guitar style will perform in the Central Library on Tuesday.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8734333

Come to this pop-up talk with Shane Morrissy discussing Caravaggio’s The Taking of Christ in front of the painting in Room 41.

Admission is free.

This lecture is part of a series entitled “Beyond the Book of Kells: The stories of eight other medieval manuscripts from the library of Trinity College Dublin.”

In this second talk of the series, Professor Simon Horobin from the University of Oxford will discuss TCD MS 212. This manuscript contains what is perhaps the great medieval English poem, William Langland’s Piers Plowman, an astonishingly rich and searching exploration of what it takes to live rightly in a society corrupt and corrupting. As befits a work of its quality, the poem survives in over fifty manuscripts; this, one of two in Trinity’s collection, is especially significant for containing early biographical information about the poet himself.

Find more information on the website below.

Admission is free.

“Quantified Brain Health” is the next Meet-up of the Dublin Quantified Self group.

Do you track personal information, hoping to gain insights into yourself or your surrounding world and are you curious about people who do? The Dublin Quantified Self group (#QSelfDublin) is for anyone interested in self-tracking.

Neurofeedback is getting cheaper, more powerful and more accessible and it’s being used to improve brain function by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, like Dave Asprey. Michael from Actualise will talk about his history of using neurofeedback, including: Neurofeedback to improve brain function, Treatment of attention disorders using neurofeedback, the next generation of apps that can detect reduction in brain function way in advance of any diagnosis, top takeaways we can all use now to improve our brain function and health.

Admission is free but registration is required via the link below.

EveryTuesday at 19:00, The Dublin Language Exchange takes place in the Czech Inn. It is the biggest free meeting of people from all around Dublin that are interested in learning languages and communicate with speakers of other languages.

Admission is free and the meetup is completely informal. No booking required.

Camden Comedy is a weekly comedy night on a Tuesday that I only found recently.

Every Tuesday they have a whole range of comedians and admission is free.

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.

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.

“All Aboard! An open mic night on a Pirate Ship.” is the name of the Bowery’s Open Mic Tuesday.

Each week there will be an array of music, comedy, spoken word and all things in between.

Admission is free.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 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 Lounge Quintet plays this gig every Tuesday: Jazz Standards, Latin and Bebop. Often guest musicians and singers join them. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

Every Tuesday, a pub quiz is taking place in the Woolshed.

Admission is free. Max team size is 6 people.

The International Network of Civil Liberties Organisations (INCLO), along with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), invites you to a day-long conference to hear from organisations and activists working on reproductive rights, as well as a keynote address by UN women’s rights expert, Frances Raday.

Speakers will include Louise Melling of the American Civil Liberties Union, Les Allamby of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, as well as panellists from Argentina, Kenya, India, South Africa, Colombia and Hungary.

Admission is free, but booking is required via rsvp@iccl.ie Lunch will be provided. Find more details on the website below.

The Dublin Book Festival will run from 02-09 November and there were a good few free events, but most of them are booked out now and only a very small number of free events still have tickets available. For most events pre-booking is advised, but despite the free tickets, a booking chrage of EUR 1 per ticket has to be paid. Check the programme here and maybe you are lucky and find a few interesting free events. If you don’t care too much about “free”, you will find a few more events with available tickets.

On Wednesday 08 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Ireland’s Notable Women – Clodagh Finn, Valerie Pakenham and Nell Regan in conversation with Martina Devlin (20:00)
+ Children’s Voices: Are We Listening? – Orla Kenny and Victoria Ryle in conversation with Martin Drury (10:30-16:00)

On Thursday 09 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Book Launch: The Irish Sketches of Florence Vere O’Brien edited by David Rowe (18:15)
+ Book Launch: Rise Above!: Letters from Tyrone Guthrie edited by Christopher Fitz-Simon (19:15)

You could also download the full brochure here.

Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events 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 lecture “George IV, Thomas Moore and the Egans of Dawson Street, Dublin” will be given to celebrate National Harp Day.

Mary Louise & Teresa O’Donnell will present a talk on the harp maker John Egan of Dawson Street, inventor of the Portable Irish Harp and on his son, Charles, composer, teacher and performer. The Academy’s distinctive Egan harp, formerly owned by Thomas Moore of the eponymous Melodies will be on display. The lecture will be interspersed with performances of compositions for harp and voice by Charles Egan and by Moore.

Admission is free.

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“Defending Trinity College: New Zealanders in the 1916 Rising” with Dr Rory Sweetman (Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History) is a talk on Wednesday in the Long Room Hub.

Admission is free. More details on the website below.

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.

Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow have travelled, worked and lived between France and Canada for years.

Together they wrote the international bestseller 60 Million “Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong” and now they’re back with “The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed”, a new exploration of the French language and culture. It’s an engaging and funny exploration of the French codes of communicating, often very puzzling to foreigners.

Come and discover the secrets of the French conversation in the presence of the author Jean-Benoît Nadeau, interviewed (in English) by Jean-Philippe Imbert.

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

“An Irish Diplomat’s view of the Middle East” is the next RDS Library Speaker Series event. Dr Niall Holohan who retired recently after forty years of service in the Dept of Foreign Affairs will discuss the unstable situation in the region where several ongoing conflicts present a serious threat to international peace and security. His particular focus will be on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and how European countries can respond positively to the new social-political environment created by the Arab Spring and terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda.

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

Update: This event is fully booked but there is a waiting list. Details on the same website below.

“This seminar will focus on how consumers’ attitudes have shifted in the past year and on how they feel about BREXIT affecting the wider economic landscape and their own future spending priorities. It will also take into account the changes BREXIT is having on cross border shopping and holiday trends.”

The speaker Brian O’Connor is Mintel Ireland’s Senior Consumer Analyst and Research Production Manager.

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

Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin on 30 November 1667 and is the author of Gulliver’s Travels, the most popular Irish book ever written. To celebrate Swift’s life and legacy, Dublin City Public Libraries will run a programme of talks, exhibition and events as part of a citywide programme for Swift 350 Festival.

In a series of illustrated talks Brendan Twomey will describe and celebrate the complexity of Swift’s life, his personality and works unfolding the story of a clergyman, philanthropist, and writer. In addition Enda Leaney, Senior Librarian will give a brief overview of the Dublin City Library & Archives’ extensive Swift Collections, including first editions of Swift’s works, illustrated children’s editions, and rare items relating to the life and work of Jonathan Swift, including Wood’s Halfpenny.

The first time this talk will be given is on Wednesday.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-4973539

National mental health organisation Aware hosts a lecture series in Dublin covering a variety of different topics including depression, bipolar disorder, stress and related mood disorders.

The next lecture will be “Bipolar Disorder: Treatment and relapse intervention” with Dr Pat McKeon.

The lectures take place in the Lecture Theatre, Swift Centre, St. Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin 8.

Admission is free.

The Dublin Jam Session is an open Jam with full back line. It is open to all levels of musicians and singers and all genres of music and the only rule is that you must jam with others (not all your own band).

It takes place every Wednesday and admission is free.

The Dwarf Jar House Trio (Daniel Rorke (sax), Cormac O’Brien (bass) and Matthew Jacobson(drums)) will play a weekly Jazz gig every Wednesday in Dwarf Jar Cafe and they usually have one or more guest musicians or singers supporting them.

Admission is free.

Jesters is a weekly open mic comedy event where a lot of comedians do 5 minutes of material.

Admission is free. If you would like to perform then send a message to the Jesters Facebook Page via the link below.

The Roots Band “Brand New Switcharoo” will perform in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

The Anseo Comedy Club takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

“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.

Ben Prevo will play original and covers ranging from country and psychedelia to blues, funk and jazzy flavours.

Admission is free.

Los Paradiso are playing Rockabilly, Tex Mex, Western Swing, Surf in the Leeson Lounge. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

The Resident Open Mic is a new weekly open mic on Wednesdays with a bit of a difference: Each week a different established artist will go back to their roots by not just playing at the open mic but by hosting it. This gives the artists a chance to try out new songs, play some of their classics and most importantly it gives a chance for new songwriters to play their music in front of some of their favorite 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 Harleys are a popular coverband and they will be in the Mezz every Wednesday at midnight.

Admission is free.

The Dublin Book Festival will run from 02-09 November and there were a good few free events, but most of them are booked out now and only a very small number of free events still have tickets available. For most events pre-booking is advised, but despite the free tickets, a booking chrage of EUR 1 per ticket has to be paid. Check the programme here and maybe you are lucky and find a few interesting free events. If you don’t care too much about “free”, you will find a few more events with available tickets.

On Wednesday 08 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Ireland’s Notable Women – Clodagh Finn, Valerie Pakenham and Nell Regan in conversation with Martina Devlin (20:00)
+ Children’s Voices: Are We Listening? – Orla Kenny and Victoria Ryle in conversation with Martin Drury (10:30-16:00)

On Thursday 09 Nov, these free events take place that still have tickets:
+ Book Launch: The Irish Sketches of Florence Vere O’Brien edited by David Rowe (18:15)
+ Book Launch: Rise Above!: Letters from Tyrone Guthrie edited by Christopher Fitz-Simon (19:15)

You could also download the full brochure here.

Every Thursday a free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the cemetery gates.

Admission is free and everybody is welcome. Ring 01-6770095 for more information.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

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.

“Tremulous Hands: Tracing Diseases and Disorders in Medieval Handwriting” with Dr Deborah Thorpe (Visiting Marie Sklodowska-­Curie Fellow, Trinity Long Room Hub) with discussant Prof Brendan Kelly (Dept of Psychiatry, TCD) will take place.

Admission is free. More details on website below.

The talk “Goya and the Spanish Art Tradition” with Dr Marta Bustillo (independent art historian) will examine the influence of Spanish Golden Age artists such as El Greco & Velazquez on Goya’s work.

Admission is free.

Spend an afternoon the German way, with “Kaffee und Kuchen”(coffee & cake) and conversation in German at the cafeteria of the Goethe-Institut. Kaffeklatsch will take place every second Thursday of each month.

Admission is free and you are welcome even if your German is a bit rusty. The theme this month is “Sind sie aberglaeubisch?”

This is a tour of the exhibition “World War Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience”. Find out about the Irish experience ‘over there’ and on the home front during WWI through collections of letters, diaries, recruiting posters, newspaper reports, cartoons and leaflets.

WWIreland is at 2/3 Kildare Street

Admission is free.

“Lyric (and Letters) as Comedy” with Prof Calista McRae’s (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science’s Visiting Professor) explores what comic theories can fit a lyric frame.

Admission is free. Find more details on website below.

Every Thursday (17:30-19:30), Saturday (12:00-16:00) and Sunday (12:00-16:00) the Dublin Library of Things will be open at the Food Co-op during National Re-Use Month (October) and November.

A Library of Things is a place where people can borrow items needed only on an occasional basis, or that are too bulky or costly to own. By sharing these items it reduces the need for material production and consumption and allows people to free up space in their homes and try new hobbies without the need to buy new supplies.

The Library of Things will work on a membership basis. Anyone can join and then take out items for up to one week. Borrowing items will be free however there will be deposits on items relative to the value of the item. The Library of Things will also act as a drop off and collection point for WeShare members (www.weshare.ie/), an online community where people can list items that have to share, or things that they need.

The items in the Library of Things will all be doanted or loaned and therefore it depends on individuals and businesses what the library will have available. Ideal items are sewing machines, kitchen appliances, DIY tools, halloween costumes, craft materials, games and sports equipment and gardening equipment. If you have any useful items in good working order that you would like to loan or donate to the library of things, or have other suggestions or questions for us, contact them at dublinlibraryofthings@gmail.com. Volunteers are also needed to man the library.

The Spanish Film “La Puerta Abierta” will be screened in Spanish with English subtitles. Find outmore about this film on the website below.

Light refreshments will be served from 17:00. Admission is free. Suitable for adults only.

“Concussion in sport – what is the current state of play?” is a talk about the risk and facts about sports-related concussion.
Barely a week passes without some concerning incident regarding this injury and it is very difficult for athletes and parents of athletes to decide if it still safe to take part in some sports.

In this lecture, Steve Broglio and Mike McCrea will talk about the current research into concussions and its effects. Both are international experts in sports concussion and were part of the expert panel that formed the 2016 Berlin Consensus Statement that informs all clinicians how to manage concussion. They are also leading a study with colleagues examining 40,000 athlete participants, the biggest concussion study worldwide and are visiting Dublin as expert advisors to the Trinity College Dublin Concussion Research Group, including the Leinster Rugby programme.

Find more information and register via the link below.

Admission is free.

Every Thursday the Little Museum of Dublin waives their admission charges for two guided tours thanks to sponsorship from Guinness. The first tour is at 18:00 and the second tour is at 19:00. Make sure that you are there at least 10 minutes before the start of the tour to get one of the limited places.

The Little Museum of Dublin has a fascinating collection of artefacts from the last 100 years Dublin’s history.

On other days and other times, admission is EUR 7 for adults and admission is by guided tour only.

As part of the Remembrance Weekend commemorations, the National Gallery will screen the film “Testament of Youth”.

This screening will be preceded by a short talk on German artist Käthe Kollwitz with Anne Hodge, curator of the current exhibition Käthe Kollwitz: Life, Death and War.

About the film: During World War I, Oxford University student Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) postpones her studies to serve as a nurse while her suitor, her brother, and a secret admirer face death in the trenches.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the link on the webiste below.

Join Wikimedia Community Ireland and Science Gallery Dublin to launch the local edition of Wiki Science, the international photography contest. The competition asks participants to take pictures related to science and upload them to Wikimedia Commons under a free license, to generate a more robust collection of open-licenced scientific images. This year will be the first time this contest will be held worldwide.

There are five images categories: People in science / Microscopy images / Non-photographic media / Image sets / General category

Find out more details on the website below.

An expatriate or expat is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship.

And this is a weekly meeting for all Expats in Dublin (new and old!). If you are new to the city, this is an excellent way to meet people.

Admission is free (no booking required!), but you are asked to give the same kind of welcoming to new members as is given to you.

The Thursday Night Board Gaming event is running for more than 10 years already and it is a weekly event for all Board Game enthusiasts. But even if you are a Board Game newbie, you are welcome. Just come along! More information can be found here: www.meetup.com/IrishGamesAssociation/

Admission is free.

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is inviting to a public forum featuring four well-known Irish public figures who will discuss their experiences of four separate fact-finding trips to Israeli-occupied Palestine.

RTE broadcaster Mike Murphy, actor Neilí Conroy and journalist and lecturer Dr. Harry Browne will be in conversation with Betty Purcell, TV producer and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commissioner.

Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

“Like a Paradise to come back to…” is an illustrated talk by Damien Burke, Irish Jesuit Archives, on the Jesuits and Rathfarnham Castle during the First World War.

Admission is free, but booking is required via rathfarnhamcastle@opw.ie or 01 493 9462.

“Rhythm and Brews Craft Beer Club” is a monthly meet-up and beer review in Sin E. The next event is on Thursday and you will be able to try the beer of the month, talk about it with other beer enthusiasts and listen to live music.

For more info contact: gerard AT mentorpitch.com

Admission is free.

A Table Quiz takes place in the Grand Social. On Thursdays teams of 4 people (or at least 2 people) will compete against each other over questions from the areas of General Knowledge, Music, Film, Sports & Entertainment.

Admission is free.

Saint Leonard’s Horses from the UK are playing an Indie Rock/Folk Rock gig in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Every Thursday 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.

The Luna Boys are in the Mercantile for a gig every Thursday night.

Admission is free.

A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.

There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)

Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

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

Admission is free.

A weekly Trad Music Night is taking place in McLoughlin’s in Dun Laoghaire. It is an acoustic night and all musicians are welcome. Admission is free.

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

The Woolshed Karaoke is happening every Thursday from 21:30. Anyone can participate! Admission is free.

Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition about Dublin’s History and you should definitely check it out at some stage.

To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2017.

Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.

The lecture “The Harp that Once: visual and musical representations of the Irish harp in the nineteenth century” will be given by Teresa and Mary Louise O’Donnell.

Admission is free. The talk will be in the Lecture Theatre.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

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.

From historic photographs to delicate papers, the preservation of a personal archive can be challenging. Zoe Reid, senior paper conservator in the National Archives of Ireland, has developed many sensitive conservation treatments to safeguard unique images and records of the past. In this workshop, she introduces you to techniques for preserving paper-based objects, including family papers, photographs and letters.

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

#HackAccessDublin is a hacking event to make Dublin inclusive to people of all abilities by hacking the access obstacles in our way. Engineers, developers, designers, urban innovators, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in innovation are invited to work on this from Friday until Sunday and to find innovative solutions.

Participation is free and prices can be won.

Find out more about the challenges and register via the link below.

A Remembrance Concert will take place in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The Cathedral Choir will perform one of the best loved choral works of all time: Gabriel Fauré’s REQUIEM.

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

A Comedy night called “No Bones about it” is taking place every Friday in the Generator Hostel and admission is free.

Find out more details and line-up on the Facebook page below.

Veronica Heywood will talk about her return to her Hong Kong Childhood. She was born in Melbourne in 1942, at a time when her father, Graham Heywood, Assistant Director of the then Royal Observatory, was imprisoned in Shamshuipo POW Camp. After the war, the family was reunited and returned to Hong Kong in 1946. Her father served as Director from 1946-1956. Veronica lived at Tee Man Toy (the Observatory) from 1946 to 1953, which she describes as “an idyllic childhood”. In 1953, she was sent to school in England, where she graduated from Central Saint Martin’s Art College, London. Since 1968, she has lived in Ireland, where she works as a landscape painter and portraitist and is a guardian of the natural environment. Her paintings have been exhibited in Boston, Atlanta, Athens, Wales, Hampshire, Belfast, Dublin and in Hong Kong.

Admission is free, but booking by text message is required via 087 6816760

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 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 Dead Levees will play “Soul, Blues and Swampy Rock Grooves”.

Admission is free.

THe J-Tees, a high-energy 7-piece band, will play Soul and Motown in Sin E.

Admission is free.

New Rockabilly Swing Band “The Shadow Shakers” will play in the Leeson Lounge on Friday. Swing dancers are more than welcome to fill the dance floor.

Admission is free.

The electronic 4-piece party band RobotRock will perform live what normally only DJs play, e.g. The Prodigy and Daft Punk.

Admission is free.