Dublin Event Guide 304: Messiah on the Street, Fusion Sunday World Culture Market

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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.

‘Maureen O’Hara, Between Ireland and Hollywood’, a lecture by Prof Ruth Barton (TCD) as part of Trinity Week 2013. www.tcd.ie/trinityweek

Using clips from Maureen O’Hara’s films, this talk will consider how Maureen O’Hara played the feisty Irish colleen not just in The Quiet Man but across a range of Hollywood productions. Admission is free and all are welcome.

A screening of the Film “A Daring Game / Un Gioco Ardito – Twelve Variations on the Theme of Domenico Scarlatti” by Franceso Leprino will take place in the European Union House. The screening will be in Italian with English subtitles and admission is free.

A free Greek and European Folk Dance class open to all. Contact Katerini Papathanasiou on papath.kat@gmail.com

Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3)

A drop in class, with newcomers welcome.

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.

Astronomy Ireland’s weekly free telescope nights are beginning again, and will take place each Friday night at 20:00 if the weather permits. Check the website below for a weather forecast and to find out what you will be able to see at the telescope night. The focus will be on Jupiter and Moon.

“Dublin Tribal Spirit” is a weekly event that gives you the great experience of a drumming circle with african drums and authentic tribal rhythms. Tom and Sinead, who run that event are providing lots of drums for it and teach you the rhythms.

There is no formal admission charge for this event, but donations are expected. The organisers bring their own 20-30 drums to it every week, so they are looking for donations to keep the event going.

A weekend of Traditional Music from the EU featuring traditional musicians from Germany, Hungary, Basque Country & Ireland will take place. The line-up is:

The Harz Mountain Yodelers (Germany),
Bidaia (Basque),
Oltan Szabó & Katalin Juhász, (Hungary)
Perfect Friction (Ireland)

Two performances will take place. The first one on Fri 12 Apr in the Clasac Theatre in Clontarf and the second one in the Unitarian Church at Stephen’s Green on Sunday 13 Apr. Admission is free in Clontraf and in the Unitarian Church donations are appreciated.

The Addison Lodge are inviting local bands, musicians, poets, comedians and performers to share their talents at the new Addison Lodge Open Mic Nights in Glasnevin (opposite the Botanic Gardens). The event will take place every week. Admission is free.

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below: Fri 12 Apr: Badge and Sat 13 Apr: Full Circle.

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 Food Co-op is open every Saturday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc. The Co-op is also open on Thursdays 12:00-20:00.

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

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

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

This event is a seminar that is associated with the launch of the book of the same title.

Speakers are Francis Devine, Karen Hunt, Ann Matthews, Niamh Puirséil, Colin Whiston and Padraig Yeates.

Admission free and you can book via dublinpubliclibraries@dublincity.ie or 01-474 4999

The Family event “Garden Bird Safari” with Glynn Anderson will take place on Saturday. Join author and Botanic Gardens guide Glynn Anderson for a guided bird walk. Come and discover what birds are here, bring binoculars if you have them and see what you can discover. Admission is free but booking is essential. Find a bookings form here www.botanicgardens.ie/news/bookings2013.pdf

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

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket

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

This is a Half-day workshop and demonstration about how to create a vertical pallet garden. Funded by Dublin City Council, this workshop will show how you can take pallets and other waste to create various container gardens.

To take part you need to register your interest and for that you need to give your name, email, phone, and where in Dublin you live (or indicate if you live outside Dublin).

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.

Discover the beautiful restored Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden and learn about growing your own fruit and vegetables, herbs and lots more. Meet OPW professional gardeners Brian and Meeda at the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden. They have lots of advice to plan your perfect garden for the Spring months ahead. Please bring suitable footwear. Admission is free and car parking is available.

The Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden is located next to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, and the Phoenix Café. The OPW professional gardeners are on site on the second Saturday of the month, (February to November).

“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

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.

Eason Story Time is back. As part of Eason’s “Get Into Reading” campaign, a specially selected children’s book will be read at 11:00 each Saturday in every Eason store in the country. On the website below are the dates and book titles from now until mid-June and for the next two months I have them included here:

13 Apr: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
20 Apr: Velveteen Rabbit Original by Margery Williams
27 Apr: World Champion of Staying Awake by Sean Taylor
04 May: Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
11 May: Dinosaurs in the Supermarket by Timothy Knapman & Sarah Warburton

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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 next Walking Tour of Art for Art’s Sake will take place on Saturday. The tours introduce you to galleries, studios, exhibitions and artists in Dublin. They are informal and a freat opportunity to meet other people interested in art and the people who make it happen.

Meeting point this week is the Douglas Hyde Gallery and the tour will visit the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Monster Truck, Tamp and Stitch, Gallery of Photography, Icon Factory and Icon Walk.

Participation is free, but donations are welcome. To book your place contact artforartsake.gallery@gmail.com or go to the website below to register.

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. Dux & Co will offer food and the Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

The International School of Dublin is a co-educational and non-denominational primary school for children between 3 and 12 and they are inviting you and your children to come to an Open Day and to observe and participate in typical activities in the school. The ISD is the only school in Ireland to offer the Primary Years programme of the International Baccalaureate. At 14:00 the Head of School of will give a presentation.

“Marino: An 18th Century Aristocratic Haven” is the title of the next Let’s Walk & Talk event.

Marino, once part of the townland of Donnycarney, was changed forever by its most famous 18th century resident, the Earl of Charlemont who built the famous Casino there. Join Pat Liddy as he reveals the many sides of this great man, his accomplishments and the legacy that is Marino today.

The tour is free and no booking is required.

Last chance to see the Science Gallery exhibition “Oscillator: Everything in Motion” before it closes on 14 Apr.

“Oscillator will explore the vibrant vibratory world of oscillators, oscillations, and feedback. Featuring everything from cyclical chemical reactions to swinging bridges, and out-of-control automated pricing schemes to weather phenomena, Oscillator will draw on a diverse range of fields including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, biology, mechanics, neurology, mathematics, logic and the arts.”

It is a really interesting exhibition with some fascinating exhibits. Check it out before its too late. Admission is free.

A protest march against the property tax will take place on Saturday. It will start at Parnell Square and will go to Dublin Castle.

The reason for the march on that day seems to be because the EU ministers of Finance are meeting in Dublin Castle, but it is not explained what the ministers of finance from other EU countries have to do with the property tax in Ireland.

Emma O’Brien will be at Tower Records for an In-Store events. Admission is free.

“Introducing Tino Sehgal” is a talk at the IMMA off-site location next to the National Concert Hall. Emma Mahony (researcher, independent curator and Lecturer at NCAD) introduces the work of Tino Sehgal and discusses concepts of the post-medium condition, delegated performance, authored participation, and other terms used to describe Sehgal’s constructed situations.

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

Every year on 13 April Händel’s Messiah is performed in Fishamble Street and – luckily for all working people – this year this event falls on a weekend again. Our Lady’s Choral Society is the performing choir and Ross Scanlon is the soloist. however, there is some crowd interaction as well ;-) and it is good fun.

The reason for that perdomance on that date is because it was performed for the first time near that location in 1742. The performance in our time is out on the street and it is not the full “Messiah” but only the well known bits, but if you have no other plans, you should definitely make it over to that little street near Christ Church.

Astronomy Ireland are continuing their weekly Sun Shows at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Swords. Each Saturday, the staff of the Astronomy Ireland Shop will be showing you amazing views of our nearest star. Using special filters and some of the largest telescopes in Ireland you will get to see sunspots bigger than Earth and huge solar flare bursting from our nearest star. If it’s cloudy, there will be a telescope demonstration and you will find out how you can safely observe the Sun and undertake some daytime astronomy using your own telescope.

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings on three days every week in April.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
06+13+20 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-double-bill/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
01+10+15+24+29 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-programme-1/
03+08+17+22 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-programme-2/

NO STRINGS Theatre Company returns to the Five Lamps Festival with the well known story of The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson. This story will be brought to life with colourful puppets and music that will entertain young and old alike.

Admission is free.

NO STRINGS Theatre Company returns to the Five Lamps Festival with the well known story of The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson. This story will be brought to life with colourful puppets and music that will entertain young and old alike.

Admission is free.

As part of the third birthday celebrations for Wordlegs, the Wordlegs team have organised a free literary event with a twist. They will host an afternoon of Speed Connecting for people to meet and hopefully make connections.

“It’s like speed dating but without the romance and the awkwardness. It’s like speed networking but without the suits, sales pitches and business cards. This is for people who love words, writing them, reading them, speaking them. This is for people who would like to meet people like them. People who go to other literary events in the city; people who have an interest in creative writing; people who adore books or poetry or film or theatre or people who just like chatting to the aforementioned people.”

Admission is free, but booking is required. Check the website below for details.

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.

A weekend of Traditional Music from the EU featuring traditional musicians from Germany, Hungary, Basque Country & Ireland will take place. The line-up is:

The Harz Mountain Yodelers (Germany),
Bidaia (Basque),
Oltan Szabó & Katalin Juhász, (Hungary)
Perfect Friction (Ireland)

Two performances will take place. The first one on Fri 12 Apr in the Clasac Theatre in Clontarf and the second one in the Unitarian Church at Stephen’s Green on Sunday 13 Apr. Admission is free in Clontraf and in the Unitarian Church donations are appreciated.

Common Wolf will perform this Saturday night in The Workmans Club with special guest performances from The Yips and Oak Hollow. Admission is free.

This is a weekly Saturday night jazz 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.

Zimnite is a party in the Woolshed Bar & Grill (next to Cineworld) that celebrates Zimbabwe’s Independence Day. There will be music from Zimbabwe and Ireland: Afrobeat, House, RnB, Dancehall & Zim Music.

Admission is free before 21:30 (EUR 5 after that).

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are listed on the website below: Fri 12 Apr: Badge and Sat 13 Apr: Full Circle.

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 Long Mile Road Market behind Wigoders on Long MIle Road (across the road from Aldi) hosts more than 50 stalls and there is also a Cafe on site.

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket

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.

The Children’s Art Cart Workshops will be held again in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (01-6770095) every Sunday from 24 March to 22 December 2013. Currently the workshop is still free, but there is a possibility that a fee will be introduced at some point. Children must be over 6 years of age and must be supervised by an adult.
You can’t pre-book, so early arrival is required because there are only 20 places per session.

The themes are:
24 March: Medieval Life – Includes a visit to Ashtown Castle
31 March: Make a Wallet ( Bring along empty clean cartons)
07 April: Creepy Crawlies in the Park
14 April: Animal Masks
21 April: What would we do without them
28 April: Make a surprise.

The next Fusion Sundays Market will take place this Sunday in the Dublin Food Co-op. It is a world culture market, an ethnic Bazaar, that focuses on the diverse ethnic culture present in Ireland today. The Market features over 30 International stalls, ethnic food, live music and entertainment for kids. You can buy handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewellery, clothes and food. The market is held every second Sunday of the month. I really like it and have been there a good few times. Try it out! ;-) – 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 Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

The documentary “The phenomenon Bruno Gröning- On the tracks of the miracle healer“, shows the events surrounding Bruno Gröning. In autumn of 1949, close to 30,000 people were drawn to the Traberhof in Rosenheim (Germany) daily. Newspapers, radio and television reported: “It is beyond reason. Bruno Gröning heals the crippled, the blind, the deaf…“
Today the Circle of Friends of Bruno Gröning continue his work and spreading the word about his healings through screenings of the documentary.

The event runs from 11:00-17:30 and it says “including 2 intermissions”. Checking what that means, I found that the documentary is in three parts and is 282 minutes (!!) long. Wow, that’s 4 hours and 40 minutes!

Admission is free and donations are appreciated.

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

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

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

Last chance to see the Science Gallery exhibition “Oscillator: Everything in Motion” before it closes on 14 Apr.

“Oscillator will explore the vibrant vibratory world of oscillators, oscillations, and feedback. Featuring everything from cyclical chemical reactions to swinging bridges, and out-of-control automated pricing schemes to weather phenomena, Oscillator will draw on a diverse range of fields including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, biology, mechanics, neurology, mathematics, logic and the arts.”

It is a really interesting exhibition with some fascinating exhibits. Check it out before its too late. Admission is free.

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. Now in its 36th year, 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 Deirdre Moynihan (soprano) and Alec O’Leary (guitar) playing pieces from Joaquín Rodrigo, F. Couperin, N. Koshkin, Ian Wilson, Federico Garcia Lorca. Admission is free.

As part of the Five Lamps Arts Festival, the Johnny Taylor Jazz Trio will play in the Green Room Bar.

Virtually everybody in Dublin has heard of the Dublin Marathon in October, but many people never heard of the “Great Ireland Run”, Ireland’s only race that has the Silver label status of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The race will take place in Phoenix Park and goes over 10 km. Approx. 1000 people will take part and very well known athletes will be among them. There are junior and mini races as well for the children.

Like most races, the event is not free, but some still like going to to the free part of it: being a spectator. And they enjoy the atmosphere and to cheer on the runners.

(Parts iof Phoenix Park will be closed, so consider that if you had planned to drive through it.)

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), 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 where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!

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

For the Dublin: One City, One Book events series, the National Print Museum will look at this year’s book “Strumpet City” and its period.

At the turn of the twentieth century and during the time of ‘Strumpet City’, every newspaper, book, poster or notice would have been handset in metal and wooden type and printed using machines like those on display at the National Print Museum. Step back in time and join us for an afternoon devoted to the book. Print your own keepsake, listen to a performed reading, and explore Beggars Bush Barracks, one of the many Dublin landmarks mentioned in Strumpet City and used as a filming location of the RTE 1980’s Strumpet City TV production.

Admission is free.

A Film for Families will be screened in the Chester Beatty Library: “Tales of the night” by French animator Michel Ocelot.

“Set in a little cinema, two children and a projectionist meet every night to act out various tales set in forests and cities of gold, populated with sorcerers, fairies and powerful kings. An instant classic and a visual delight for any child and parent. (84 min.)”

Admission is free.

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

The “Guided Walk: Fascinating Plants” will take place on Sunday. How do plants survive in the desert? Which plants trap their own food? Why do trees have thorns? What’s the fastest growing plant in the world? Come along and find out all the answers and much more. Admission is free.

The next Progressive Film Club Screening will take place on Sunday. Two films about Venezuela will be screened and Admission is free (Donations are welcome). The films are:

14:30: Tocar y Luchar [To Play and to Struggle] (2006)
16:00: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)

“Dabbling Ducks” is an event where you will walk around the pond and learn how to identify the common ducks through games and the use of handouts.

Participation is free, but booking is required: Andrew 087-3299936 or info@owls.ie.
Meet in the main car park of Cabinteely Park.

This is your chance to explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum educators – a fascinating drop in handling session for all ages. No booking required. Drop-in Activity for all ages.

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 next Sunday Sketching for 7+ Year olds has the title “Townscapes and Landscapes”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended.

The Public Lecture “The Female Form, as painted by William Orpen” with Ciaran Woods will take place. This event is free and everyone is welcome, no booking is required, but places are limited.

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. The bands performing are The Hassle Merchants, Enda Reilly, Complete Madness, Crack Spyder’s Bytch, The Lonely Schizophrenic, Rama Block, Still Kickin’, 2 Piece Suite.

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

In the “Live from the Window” event series in Whelan’s the Galway band “Mikey & The Scallywags” will perform. Admission is free.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass invites 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 choirs in Ireland will sing during the mass and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.

Every Sunday a band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes (from 18:00) are additional features. Admission is free.

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.

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 in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with alternating (week by week) live bands Pavement Kings, Donna & The Sazzy Catz, The Mosquitoes and The Pacifics from 21:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free.

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 ProudFoot (14 piece band), FullMoon Boggie Band, PetCrafts, Aiofe Moriarty, Gin Craze, Phazam

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

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

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

The RDS continues its series of Rising Stars Music Recitals in the RDS Concert Hall. The Spring 2013 Series features music from young Irish musicians from RIAM, CIT Cork School of Music and the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. This week Denise Crowley (piano) will perform and details about her programme are on the website below.

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

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings on three days every week in April.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
06+13+20 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-double-bill/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
01+10+15+24+29 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-programme-1/
03+08+17+22 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-programme-2/

Every Monday, starting on 25 February, the SCOOP Foundation will be hosting Jurassic Paradiso, a free Classic Cinema Night for the community. The event, which will be held at the Generator Hostel and will help raise money for The SCOOP Foundation, a locally based charity that helps support children out of poverty in Cambodia and India.

During the event, attendees can watch a classic blockbuster such as Back To The Future, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Terminator 2, etc. The movie of the week will be voted on before hand on the Facebook page and there will also be featured themed nights.

Free popcorn will be available and low priced food and drinks can be provided by the Generator Hostel. After the movie there will be a brief movie discussion if you are interested and 2 hours of tunes focused around the movie, it’s genre, and the decade it was made.

The SCOOP (Supporting Children Out Of Poverty) Foundation is an innovative and dedicated charity and endeavors to raise funds through their own unique events and ideas to build schools and opportunities for children caught in the poverty trap in Cambodia and India.

Unit 1 is inviting to a live performance by Mineki Murata (Japan) in The Drawing Project. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Sounds good at first, but unfortunately the organisers don’t give any details about the performance (What is the performance? Is it dance? Is it painting? Is it music? Is it a play?) and they also don’t tell us where the Drawing Project is. I bet the building on Crofton Road has a house number and it would be super to mention that so that people don’t have to search up and down Crofton Road.

I have some hope though that the Facebook Page will be updated before Monday so that you can find out more about the performance and the location.

An Irish Traditional Music event with readings from the “Dublin: One City, One Book” book “Strumpet City” by James Plunkett will take place. Admission is free and booking is not necessary.

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

Every Monday, a mix of musicians from bands like The Seven Deadly Skins / Animal Cracker / Upbeat Generation / Crete Boom & more come together to play a free night of Rock & Reggae.

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 1913 Tapestry: the story in art” is a video followed with short talks by artists with Robert Ballagh and Cathy Henderson. The event is part of the Dublin: One City, One Book series of events. Admission free. Booking not necessary

“La Choral Harmonie”, a chorus from Marseilles, France perform gospel and sacred songs in English and French. They will perform at two concerts in Dublin and the concerts are free, but with a suggested donation of EUR 5 with all proceeds going to Ruhama, an organisation supporting women affected by pro stitu tion and s ex trafficking. The first concert will be in St. Ann’s Church at 13:10 and the second will be in Raheny at 20:00.

stann.dublin.anglican.org/concerts/index.php

Urban Knights is a series of monthly talks that celebrates urban crusaders, innovators and those who are actively changing how we behave, think and engage with the city. The event allows you to meet like-minded people who are interested in creating urban change and on Tues, 5 Urban Knights will present their ideas.

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

Irish children’s book publisher Little Island will be in the Gutter Bookshop for the launch of two new titles: ‘The Wormwood Gate’ by Katherine Farmar and ‘Improper Order’ by Deirdre Sullivan.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Do you want to improve your public speaking and leadership skills in a fun and supportive environment? Then this event could be perfect for you: The IE Temple Bar Toastmasters club meet every second Tuesday in the Temple Bar Hotel. And guests are invited to come for free for their first two club visit and you even get tea/coffee and biscuits.

Guests can take part in the Table Topics session where impromptu speaking skills are practised and you can sit back in the second half of the meeting and enjoy the speeches and evaluations. If you discover that the club is your cup of tea then you can join for a recession-busting subscription fee. When you go there, tell them that you found out about it in the Dublin Event Guide!

City Intersections – Session #10 will look at “Dublin Port and Docklands”.

“Everything Dublin has tried to become, all its successes, all its terrible failures, are embodied in the docklands to the east of the city. Bounded by Sheriff Street and Ringsend village, containing the IFSC and the Grand Canal Dock, it’s not so much a place of diversity as it is a collection of contrasts. Dublin City Council have launched a new plan for the area, open to public comment only until May 10th, and this session of City Intersections will work to get people talking about this odd place at the edge of the city, central and apart at the same time.”

Speakers will be Eamonn O’Reilly (CEO Dublin Port) and Seaon O’Laoire (MOLA Architects)

Admission is free.

“From Mrs Bradshaw to Rashers Tierney: Gender, Poverty and Power in Dublin in the Early 20th Century” is a talk with Dr Caitriona Clear (NUI Galway). The event is part of the Dublin: One City, One Book series of events. Admission is free, but booking is essential: libraries@dlrcoco.ie Tel: 01 2147970

Formed in 2012, the band “The Lázakans” from Santiago de Compostela will perform their new music of classic blues, soul music, country sound and classic rock and roll music

An Irish Traditional Music event with readings from the “Dublin: One City, One Book” book “Strumpet City” by James Plunkett will take place. Admission is free and booking is not necessary.

This is an open mic night with Special Guests. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play and if you are a performer you get a free beer. Admission is free.

“La Choral Harmonie”, a chorus from Marseilles, France perform gospel and sacred songs in English and French. They will perform at two concerts in Dublin and the concerts are free, but with a suggested donation of EUR 5 with all proceeds going to Ruhama, an organisation supporting women affected by pro stitu tion and s ex trafficking. The first concert will be in St. Ann’s Church at 13:10 and the second will be in Raheny at 20:00.

stann.dublin.anglican.org/concerts/index.php

The Plateau Sessions, an open mic night that features special guests from all over Ireland, will bring to you this week: Syotos, Petonc, Jesse Heffernan and more. Admission is free.

Open Mic Night with The Last Tycoons in O’Donoghue’s on Suffolk Street every Tues from 20:00. It’s free and anyone can get up, sing a song or do whatever they like.

Longshot Comedy is a New and Alternative Irish Comedy Night that takes place once a month in the basement of Sweeney’s Bar. The line-up for Tuesday is

Bebop + Rocksteady, Robert Coyle, Andrea Farrell, Katherine Foyle, Marcus Keeley, John Sheehan with MC: Sean Semple

Admission is free.

The weekly “Grand Folk Club” will feature Trad, Ballads, Americana, Folk, World Music & More. This Tuesday, the line-up is: Lynched (Urban / Folk / Ballads). Admission is free.

White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 23:30 in The Mezz in Temple Bar.

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 IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings on three days every week in April.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
06+13+20 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-double-bill/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
01+10+15+24+29 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-programme-1/
03+08+17+22 April: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-euro-paens-programme-2/

The Lecture “Plant Conservation and DNA” with Noeleen Smyth will take place on Wednesday.

When dealing with extremely rare or threatened species in the wild, one crucial aspect is conserving both the species itself and its genetic variability. A decrease in genetic variability within a species affects its overall health, has inbreeding issues for the plant and reduces the fitness of the plant in dealing with any environmental change. This talk will focus on the work of Botanic Gardens researchers on the genetic variability of Irish rare and protected species and rare Oceanic Island endemic plant species.

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.

“The moon in the mirror / La luna en el espejo” (1990) by Silvio Caiozzi is the next film in the 3rd Chilean Cinema Season film series “Cinema and Literature”.

The Let’s Walk & Talk tour “Strumpet City & the Lockout around the North Inner City” is taking place. This walking tour around the North Strand area will examine the events leading to the Great Lockout of 1913 and the devastating effect it had on the area. This walk will be led by historian Pat Liddy. Meet at the Five Lamps, North Strand. Admission free. Booking not necessary. www.letswalkandtalk.ie

“Two Faces of a Winding Clock – Moore Street and the Dublin of Strumpet City” is a discussion on Dublin markets with Barry Kennerk. Admission free. Booking not necessary

An Irish Traditional Music event with readings from the “Dublin: One City, One Book” book “Strumpet City” by James Plunkett will take place. Admission is free and booking is not necessary.

The Mindfulness event, ‘Awakening Wonder’ in the Sanctuary at the Capuchin Friary will be an evening of Stillness, Creativity and Spirituality with meditation, mindfulness, music and dance.

Booking is not required, but can be done by calling The Sanctuary on 01-6705419 or via enquiries@sanctuary.ie.

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.

The list of performers is not yet announced on their Facebook Page and I am not sure if it will be put up there, but check it anyway.

Toastmasters help you to improve your public speaking and communication skills in social or work settings and enable you to develop the skills required for impromptu speaking. At Clontarf-Marino Toastmasters, you’ll discover a friendly and supportive atmosphere that will give you all the encouragement you need to become a confident communicator.

They meet every 2nd Wednesday and you are invited to come, listen, have a chat and a coffe without any obligation or cost. For more information contact clonmartm@gmail.com or call 086 3693920.

“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.

Dayo & The Swingfold are performing in Kennedy’s

The next InnJokes Comedy event will take place on Wed, Inn Jokes is a free monthly comedy club hosted by comedian Colm O’Regan and this month the line-up is Ian Coppinger, Fred Cooke and Ruairi Campbell

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 Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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 Dublin Food Co-op is open every Thursday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc.
The Co-op is also opened on Saturdays 09:30 – 16:30. 12:00-20:00.

Robyn Richardson (soprano) and Dearbhla Máire Collins (piano) will perform pieces from Schumann, Mozart, Schubert, Händel and Head.

Carnation’s new show Music Hall combines high farce, popular traditional and not so traditional live music, as well as exploring the time and attitudes to childbirth in the early part of the last century. carnationtheatre@gmail.com The event is part of the Five Lamps Arts Festival. Admission is free.

NearFM in Coolock, together with their sister radio Station West Dublin Access Radio (WDAR) in Ballyfermot are running a radio programme workshop with a particular focus on women.

The course will run for 4 weeks, be free and will be open to anyone, no specific knowledge is required. It is particularly suited for women between 16 and 30 who wish to build their confidence through communicating, and those wishing to gain a basic understanding of how media production works.

The organisers are hoping for participants to stay involved and to actively make radio programmes with either nearFM or WDAR.

Exhibition Curators Tobias Rehberger (artist), Nikolaus Hirsch (Director of the Städelschule, Frankfurt) and Rachael Thomas (Head of Exhibitions, IMMA), will discuss the curatorial and conceptual framework which informs the exhibition I knOw yoU. Chair: Sarah Glennie (Director, IMMA).

Admission is freem but booking is required.

The next talk in the RDS Economic Recovery Series is entitled “Saints and Servers – Change, Choice, Challenges on the Road to Ireland’s Digital Future” with Gerard O’Neill. It will take place in the Merrion Room of the RDS and admission is free. More details can be found on the website below and you will have to book there as well.

“Dramatic readings from Strumpet City” is an event in the serise of events for Dublin: Once City, One Book.

Be entertained as actor Fergus Cronin & historian Paul Rouse evoke the atmosphere of the time and provide historical context through reading, recorded music and imagery.

Admission free. Booking not necessary

Seven Towers invite you to a showcase reading at the Irish Writers’ Centre, featuring the Mount Temple School Writes of Passage workshop for young writers who have just released their anthology “The Clock Tower Ghost and Other Writings.”

Admission is free and no booking required. More information can be found on the website below.

The Start Your Own Business Programme 2013, in association with Dublin City Enterprise Board, is a biannual (Spring & Autumn) series of 12 free lectures for you if you are contemplating self employment or have started recently and are in need of advice and expertise in all aspects of starting and/or developing a business in Ireland. This year the theme is Innovation for Business.

The lectures are:
18 April: An Introduction to Self Employment
25 April: Ideas Generation & Market Research
02 May: Financing your Business
09 May: Digital Marketing and Social Media
16 May: Ethnic Entrepreneurship
23 May: Business Planning Structure

More details are here www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Events/Pages/syob_2013.aspx The training programme is free, but booking is required via 01-8733996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie

In 1564 Queen Elizabeth I expressed a desire to speak the Irish language. An Anglo-Irish scholar was commissioned to develop a teaching aid and so he set about the task of creating a small ‘primer’ to teach the Queen to ‘speake Iryshe’ like a native. The little 16th century book was hand-written using pen/ ink and bound as a one off manuscript for the Queen’s private use. 447 years later the book went into print for the first time.

This lecture by Anne Brady is the story of why this book went into print and how short run digital print has revolutionised the publishing industry. This limited edition book would not have been possible to produce to this incredibly high standard of finish if it were not for the technological advances and current innovations in the print, ink and paper industries.

Admission is free.

The Dublin Writers’ Forum welcomes writers of all genres, of all ages and all levels of experience. DWF is an open group of writers who share a common passion for all things literary. It is a safe ‘working space’ where on a weekly basis writers can bring their work to be critiqued by other writers.

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

Bad Boy Jake are every Thursday until the end of February in the newly re-opened Rathmines Inn, playing their rock, blues and Americana.

Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys are playing a weekly gig in the Mercantile Hotel on Thursdays. Their music is swing, blues, bebop and doo wop. Admission is free.

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.

“Thirsty Thursday” Open Mic Night from 21:00 in the Bridge Inn in Chapelizod Village.

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

The Midnight Hour in Whelan’s presents three bands on Thursday:

Don Vito (Germany, Daikiri (France), Turning down seks (seks is normally written with an “x”, but spam filters don’t like that!)

Admission is free if you arrinve before 22:30 and you should check the website, it seems you also have to enter your name on the guest list.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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.

“Big Jim & Jimmy’s Novel: The story behind Strumpet City” with James Curry is an event in the event series Dublin: One City, One Book.

Admission free. Booking not necessary.

This seminar will explore the role of the art academy and its relationship to knowing from a range of perspectives, including philosophy, psychoanalysis and art theory and practice. This features a keynote presentation by Nikolaus Hirsch. Other speakers are Mick Wilson (Head of Valand Academy, Sweden), Francis Halsall (Lecturer, Co-ordinator, MA -Art in the Contemporary World, NCAD), Sinead Hogan (Lecturer, IADT), Cathy Haynes (Curator and Co-founder, The School of Life, London), Ian Miller (psychologist and psychoanalyst) and others.

It seems admission is free, but booking is required.

A lunchtime reading with poet Gerry Murphy will take place at the Irish Writers’ Centre.

He has published seven collections of poetry, including End of Part One: New and Selected Poems (2006) and My Flirtation with International Socialism (2010). In 2008 his work was adapted for actors and musicians by Crazy Dog Audio Theatre as The People’s Republic of Gerry Murphy.

The 14th Franco-Irish Literary Festival takes place from 19-21 April. The first two days (Fri+Sat) will be in the National Library and on the last day (Sun) there is only one single event, which will take place in the Alliance Francaise. The theme this year is “Love & Hurt”

All events are simultaneously interpreted in English and French. Everyone is welcome and admission is free.

The full festival timetable is here www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com/2013/timetable/ There will be a Welcome/Opening, a panel discussion, two readings and a Cafe Litteraire event on Friday.

The Spring Ideal Home Show is Ireland’s biggest exhibition for home owners. The show features a products and advise for home extensions, interior design, energy saving, furnishing & decor, DIY, gardens etc. There is also an “Ideal Woman” section with fashion, accessories and beauty products.

Admission is free on Friday and Saturday if you register on the website: www.idealhome.ie/free-ticket-registration/ On Sun (or if you don’t register also on Fri+Sat), admission is EUR 14 for adults.

The new Flea Friday, a Flea Market in the Dark Hose Inn on Fridays will start from 19 April. You will find clothes, jewellery, cake, records, art, etc at the market. Admission is free.

The Live Collision Arts Festival will take place in the Project Arts Centre and in a number of other locations. It is a performance art festival from Thurs 18 – Sun 21 April and a whole range of performances takes place.

Many of the events carry an admission charge, but there are a sizeable number of free events as well. The website doesn’t make it too easy to see what is happening, where and for how much, so I am listing the free events below, but recommend that you also have a look at the other events if performance art interests you.

Fri 19 Apr: Screenings (17:30-19:30, NCAD Gallery, Harry Clarke Room. Thomas Street, Dublin 8) www.livecollision.com/portfolio/screenings/

Sat 20 Apr: Discussion without Time Limits (14:00, Cube, Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2) www.livecollision.com/portfolio/discussions-without-time-limits/

Sun 21 Apr: Future Forum (13:00-17:00, Roasted Brown Café, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2) www.livecollision.com/portfolio/future-forum/

The 14th Irish American Film Festival will take place from Fri 19 – Sun 21 April. Featuring shorts and documentaries about Latin America, a focus of this year’s festival will be on Nicaragua.

The schedule for Friday 19 Apr is:

Latin Shorts 1 [[71′] 6.00 pm
Young, Nicaraguan and Organised [11.5′] 8.00 pm
Dreaming Nicaragua [78′] 8.15 pm

All other details can be found on the Facebook Page below.

A free Greek and European Folk Dance class open to all. Contact Katerini Papathanasiou on papath.kat@gmail.com

Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3). This is a srop in class and newcomers are welcome.

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.

Astronomy Ireland’s weekly free telescope nights are beginning again, and will take place each Friday night at 20:00 if the weather permits. Check the website below for a weather forecast and to find out what you will be able to see at the telescope night. The focus will be on Jupiter and Moon.

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers will meet at the Martello tower car park in Sandymount to observe the 9 day old Moon. This event is free and open to everybody. The event is weather dependent, so you should check the website after 18:00 on the day to see if it is going ahead.

The Addison Lodge are inviting local bands, musicians, poets, comedians and performers to share their talents at the new Addison Lodge Open Mic Nights in Glasnevin (opposite the Botanic Gardens). The event takes place every week. Admission is free.

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below.