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Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) No. 608

 

Dear Dublin Event Guide Follower!!

When I had intended to retire the Dublin Event Guide and therefore stopped asking for donation, I also downgraded the e-mail distribution plan/contract and am therefore currently limited to sending 4 e-mails per month. For that reason you didn’t get a Dublin Event Guide e-mail last week, but the event list was posted on Facebook. I might upgrade that plan again at some stage and you can help getting the funds for it for NO cost to you as outlined here:
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For all new subscribers, this is the simplified (new) Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). It is a long list with event headlines and then links so that you can check out the details yourself. I hope it works for you.

All events are sorted by start time, but watch out for the few events that have a “++” in front of them, the are particularly recommended. ;-) ALL events in this list are free, but some require booking!

This weekend is all about creativity for children and young people with the Cruinniú na nÓg Festival. There are more than 700 free events all over Ireland and LOTS of free events in all parts of Dublin. Too many to list! But there are links to all event lists below.

On Sunday is also Bloomsday, which is the celebration of an invented day from James Joyce’s book Ulysses. It seems that people are either total Bloomsday fans or they are totally uninterested in that day, there are not many half-fans. And it also seems that all Bloomsday fans are “well heeled” (means: wealthy), because it is quite hard to find free Bloomsday events. One important free venue for all things James Joyce is the James Joyce Tower & Museum in Sandycove. It is open 365 days a year and is always free. On Sunday they will already open at 08:00!

 

Saturday Events (15 June)

The BloomsDay Festival is a Day of Creativity for Children and Young People and it comes with LOTS of events all over Ireland, including Dublin. The links are below.

++ Cruinniú na nÓg Festival – Day of free creativity for children and young people cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/
Dublin City Events —- Dublin South Events —- Dublin Fingal Events —- Dun Laoghaire Events
+ Ultimate Predators: Lions Versus Tigers – Family Drop-in Activity 11:00-13:00 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events?id=4059
+ Pond Dipping for kids 11:00 National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/events/353239855331264/
+ Sound Out at Cruinniú na nÓg 11:00-19:00 Rua Red, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.facebook.com/events/418196702096417/ (Booking Required)
+ Superdad Family Fun Day 12:00-17:00 South Roof Car Park, The Square, Tallaght www.facebook.com/events/395839614354099/
+ Cruinniú na nÓg – Family Print Festival 12:00-16:00 National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/events/610409252759376/
+ NCAD Graduate Exhibition 12:00-17:00 NCAD, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.ncad.ie/study-at-ncad/visit-ncad-open-days/
+ Family Art Day: Create and Celebrate (Ages 5-10) 12:00-15:00 Draiocht, Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin 15 www.draiocht.ie/events/category/family
+ Stillorgan Shopping Centre Summer Festival 12:00-17:00 Stillorgan, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/events/680049365779680/ 

 

 

Saturday + Sunday Markets

+ Temple Bar Food Market: Sat 10:00-16:30 on Meeting House Square  www.facebook.com/TempleBarFoodMarket/
+ Honest2Goodness Market: Sat 09:00-15:00 in Dublin Ind. Estate, Glasnevin www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/
+ Bushy Park Market: Sat 10:00-16:00 in Bushy Park, Terenure www.facebook.com/bushyparkmarket/
+ Red Stables Market: Sat 10:00-16:00 at the Red Stables in St. Anne’s Park, Raheney www.facebook.com/RedStablesMarket/
+ The Super Natural Food Market: Sat 09:00-15:00 at St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket
+ Marley Park Market: Sat 10:00-16:00 / Sun 11:00-16:00 Grange Road, Rathfarnham www.dlrcoco.ie/en/parks-outdoors/markets/marlay-park-market
+ Dun Laoghaire People’s Park Market: Sun 11:00-16:00 People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire www.dlrcoco.ie/en/parks-outdoors/markets/peoples-park-market

On Sunday Bloomsday takes place, but more importantly, there is a Games Day for kids on Meeting House Square. And if you like modern Gospel Music (I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir!), then you should come to Gardiner Street Church THIS Sunday, because after today, the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir will be on Summer Break until 08 September!

++ Bloomsday at the James Joyce Tower & Museum in Sandycove 08:00-18:00 www.joycetower.ie/events/bloomsday/
+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Family day 10:00-12:00 + 13:00-14:30 Dublin City Farm and Ecology Centre, All Saints Road, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/events/2222743024708212 (Booking required)
+ Make a Nature Crown – Family Nature Event 10:00-11:00 Waterside Park in South County Dublin (NO idea where that park is!!) www.owls.ie/events/jclylh0v11/Make-a-Nature-Crown (Booking required)
++ Games Day (for kids) – 11:00-15:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 ark.ie/events/view/game-day
+ Dublin Fairs Flea Market, 11:00-17:00 Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium, Ringsend, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/events/418713312052186/
+ Morning Dalkey Tern Watch 11:00-13:00 Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/events/2681891398505606/
+ National Gallery Highlights Tour 11:30+13:30 National Gallery, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Drop-in family workshop 11:30-13:30 National Gallery, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/drop-family-workshop-0
+ NCAD Graduate Exhibition 12:00-17:00 NCAD, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.ncad.ie/study-at-ncad/visit-ncad-open-days/
+ Sundays@Noon: Soprano+Guitar 12:00-13:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/past-sunday-concerts/2565-sundaysnoondeirdre-moynihan-soprano-alec-oleary-guitar
+ Rockpooling – Family Nature Event 12:30 Sandycove Beach www.owls.ie/events/j8u0j0yb11/Rockpooling- (Booking required)
+ National Gallery Family-friendly Tour 12:30-13:15 NGI, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Like A Version Jazz Trio 14:00-17:00 Cafe en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/885611841770650/
+ Sunday Sketching: Boudin’s Beaches 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/childrens-workshops/forthcoming/2482-sunday-sketching-boudins-beaches
+ Sunday Sessions with Noel O’Farrell 19:00-21:00 Irish Whiskey Museum, 119 Grafton Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/386398065420444/
+ Gardiner Street Gospel Choir – “Gig at God’s Gaff” Mass, 19:30-20:30 St. Francis Xacier Church, Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/245693549463810/
+ Jawbone Acoustic Blues and Folk 20:30 Arthur’s Blues & Jazz Club, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/569782463449716/
+ Comedy Crunch 21:00-23:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/2330256070565841

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