Dublin Event Guide 315: Dublin Pride Parade, Big Bang Festival, 10 Days in Dublin, PhotoIreland

Bell X1 are launching their new album and will be in Tower Records for a live performance.

Comanchero has crafted an Americana sound that combines old traditions with new, Country with Rock, Bluegrass with Blues, Honky Tonk with Funk, and Roots with Rockabilly.

Admission is free.

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

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.

I wrote about this event a number of months ago and ONLY heard good things about it. “Songs of the Soul” is a celebration of the music of Sri Chinmoy. Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) was an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, artist, author and poet whose haunting melodies captivated audiences worldwide. Music was more than art, entertainment or even self-expression for him. It was language of the soul, a bridge from earth to heaven and he performed over 800 concerts to communicate his message. all of them free of charge, in the belief that the inner peace and happiness he sought to convey through his music was everyone’s birthright.

The concert in Dublin takes place on Friday and to reserve a ticket, call 085-1450880

“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.

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 Dublin Pride Festival runs from 21-30 June and ends with the main event, the Dublin Pride Parade, next Saturday (29 June). Throughout the week there are a number of events and some are free.

Representative for the events on Friday, I will list just one: The “Dublin Bear Pride” event will take place. Admission is free. www.dublinpride.ie/bear-pride/

For all other events, check the website below.

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

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.

The Clondalkin Festival takes place this weekend, but unfortunately there is no website of Facebook Page that provides any information about the events. Maybe people in Clondalkin know about it and the rest it not meant to know?

The Dundrum Arts and Cultural Festival will take place from Wed 26 – Sun 30 June. All events are listed on www.dundrumfestival.ie/events.htm I would expect that many events are free, but the website doesn’t specify

On Saturday and Sunday a Heritage Walk, Folk Dancing performances, Children Entertainment and Street Performances will take place. On Sunday, the venue is the Main Street in Dundrum and there is a Teddy Bear Picnic as well.

A free Fitness Class will take in the Exchange, However, the event schedule/programme doesn’t say what type of fitness class it will be and if you have to bring something (e.g. a Yoga mat or similar).

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.

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.

“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.

This is a free workshop “Budding Botanists Flower Pressing Workshop”. Kids will get tips from the experts so that they can collect plants. Join the expedition through the gardens identifying and collecting suitable plants for pressing before constructing your own flower press, and starting your very own dried herbarium.
Admission is free, but pre-booking is required via a mad complicated process using a paper form. There is a high risk that the event is booked out now, but just in case I mention it anyway.

Four times this year the “People’s Art 2013″ exhibition will take place. It is an art exhibition on the rails/fence of St. Stephen’s Green. If you want to exhibit at one of the events in the future, check the website for cost and conditions. Visiting the People’s Art Exhibition is free. Specific start and end times are not defined, but exhibition space has to be occupied by 11:00, so 11:00 is the latest start time. The event runs from Friday until Sunday, but Sat+Sun will most likely be the main days. The June exhibition is the second this year and you see a wide range of paintings and other “hangable” art for sale.

People’s Art Dublin is a voluntary, part time, non profit making group, brought together by Dublin City Council to promote the visual arts to the public of Dublin. A huge variety of art/paintings are displayed and if the weather is nice it is a great art-filled stroll around Stephen’s Green. Definitely recommended!

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.

This will be the fourth year for “Yoga in the Park” and I think it is a brilliant initiative for a very worthy cause. From May until September, Fiona from www.twopalmsyoga.com and her team of teachers invite to an hour of Yoga in Phoenix Park every Saturday. No booking is required and you decide how much you give, the class is donation based.

All proceeds go to the Dublin Simon Community, a charity that does invaluable work for the homeless people in Dublin. Just bring a mat or a towel, some water and (hopefully) even some sun protection to the class. Should the weather be bad, the bandstand will be shelter or even training location. The training is suitable for all levels, so even total beginners are very welcome.

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 Atlantic Cup is the EFAF Western European Championships and brings some of the best amateur club teams from all over Europe together to compete over one weekend. Teams include Trinity College Dublin, Belfast Trojans, Amersfoort Untouchables, Brussels Tigers.

This is the 5th year of the Championship and is being hosted by the Irish American Football Association (IAFA) in Tallaght Stadium, Dublin on the 29+30 June

The schedule is below:

Semi-Finals – Saturday 29 June
12:00: Amersfoort Untouchables (NL) v Belfast Trojans (IAFL)
15:30: Trinity College Dublin (IAFL) v Brussels Tigers (Bel)

Finals – Sunday 30 June
12:00: 3rd/4th place playoff
15:00: Finals

Admission is free, but tickets are required and can be obtained via www.eventbrite.ie/event/7065736809/gathering

I checked when writing this (Friday late afternoon) and there were still some tickets available, so it is definitely worth checking if you are interested.

An Art and Craft Market will take place in the Exchange Dublin and admission is free.

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 Raglans will be in Tower Records for a live performance. Admission is free.

A World Record Attempt for the longest Riverdance line will take place on Sun 21 June, and to take part, you need to know how to dance (to a degree). So this Saturday you can learn it! As part of Riverdance – The Gathering a special dance class will take place outside the Gaiety Theatre. You don’t need to be a dancer – just want to learn how to dance!

There’s no need to register for these classes – just show up and learn how you can do some simple dancing and be part of the World Record attempt on 21 June.

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings on three days every week in June. The theme for the whole month will be the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
01+22 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-progs-1-2-june-2013/
The Monday/Wednesday and non-double-bill Saturday programmes are here
03+19 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-1-june-2013/
05+17 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-2-june-2013/
08+12+24+29 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-3-june-2013/
10+26 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-4-june-2013/
Dr. Harvey O’Brien (Film Studies Lecturer, UCD) will give an illustrated talk looking at the representations on film of the JFK visit to Ireland in 1963 in the free IFI Afternoon Talk on 27 June at 16.30, You need to book for this free event. Check the details.

Saturday is the day of the Dublin Pride Parade, the yearly parade of the LBGT community and their friends through the City Centre to celebrate gaiety and their freedom to express themselves.

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Dublin Pride Parade, which is remarkable considering that being g ay was a criminal offence until just 20 years ago.

Between 10,000 and 30,000 people are expected to take part in the parade this year, They will assemble at the Garden of Remembrance from 11:00 and the parade will start at 14:00 down O’Connell St. From there across the Liffey, College Green, onto Nassau St and Clare St before finishing up at Merrion Square. (Merrion Square West, Merrion Square South and Merrion Street Upper will be closed from 06:30-22:00)

The Dublin Pride parade is a very colourful spectacle and you can show your active support by taking part or your passive support by cheering them on from the sidelines. The Dublin Pride VIllage at Merrion Square will have live entertainment, a fun fair, community stalls, food stalls and a bar area from 13:00-19:00 www.dublinpride.ie/pride-village/ and after that, the party will move to the different bars, clubs and pubs.

“The Ancient Romans decorated their floors with mosaics – beautiful patterns of small pieces of colourful, cut stone. Learn about this ancient craft and be inspired by the mosaic floor of the National Museum building to create your own mosaic-inspired collage to take home.” Admission is free and no booking required. The event taks place in the Learning Resource Room on the first floor.

The Progressive Film Club screens progressive films from all over the world. Struggles for people’s rights, for national liberation and for social justice are some of the themes of the selected films.

This week the film “Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist” will be shown. Admission is free and donations are welcome. The film will be followed by a Q&A session with Angela Huntemer, an Irish crew member of the Sea Shepard.

The Eskies are performing in the “Live from the Window” slot in Whelan’s and admission is free.

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

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.

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

Storyfold are performing in the Midnight Hour in Whelan’s. Admission is free before 22:30. The gig starts at midnight.

The Clondalkin Festival takes place this weekend, but unfortunately there is no website of Facebook Page that provides any information about the events. Maybe people in Clondalkin know about it and the rest it not meant to know?

The Dundrum Arts and Cultural Festival will take place from Wed 26 – Sun 30 June. All events are listed on www.dundrumfestival.ie/events.htm I would expect that many events are free, but the website doesn’t specify

On Saturday and Sunday a Heritage Walk, Folk Dancing performances, Children Entertainment and Street Performances will take place. On Sunday, the venue is the Main Street in Dundrum and there is a Teddy Bear Picnic as well.

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:
30 June: Deer in the Park
07 July: Summer flowers of the Park
14 July: Badges to wear

The next Dublin Flea Market is taking place in the Food Coop, 12 Newmarket, just off Cork Street, Dublin 8 on Sun from 11:00-17:00. The flea market takes place every last Sunday of the month. For more information or if you want to sell your own stuff, check out www.dublinflea.ie “A bizarre bazaar of vintage clothing, bric-a-brac and what nots, old and new. Stalls include hand-made goods, art, jewelry, furniture, records and lots more unwanted items that may just be your treasure!”
The Coop Hall is wheelchair accessible and lots of free parking spaces are right outside the door.

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.

Four times this year the “People’s Art 2013″ exhibition will take place. It is an art exhibition on the rails/fence of St. Stephen’s Green. If you want to exhibit at one of the events in the future, check the website for cost and conditions. Visiting the People’s Art Exhibition is free. Specific start and end times are not defined, but exhibition space has to be occupied by 11:00, so 11:00 is the latest start time. The event runs from Friday until Sunday, but Sat+Sun will most likely be the main days. The June exhibition is the second this year and you see a wide range of paintings and other “hangable” art for sale.

People’s Art Dublin is a voluntary, part time, non profit making group, brought together by Dublin City Council to promote the visual arts to the public of Dublin. A huge variety of art/paintings are displayed and if the weather is nice it is a great art-filled stroll around Stephen’s Green. Definitely recommended!

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 Atlantic Cup is the EFAF Western European Championships and brings some of the best amateur club teams from all over Europe together to compete over one weekend. Teams include Trinity College Dublin, Belfast Trojans, Amersfoort Untouchables, Brussels Tigers.

This is the 5th year of the Championship and is being hosted by the Irish American Football Association (IAFA) in Tallaght Stadium, Dublin on the 29+30 June

The schedule is below:

Semi-Finals – Saturday 29 June
12:00: Amersfoort Untouchables (NL) v Belfast Trojans (IAFL)
15:30: Trinity College Dublin (IAFL) v Brussels Tigers (Bel)

Finals – Sunday 30 June
12:00: 3rd/4th place playoff
15:00: Finals

Admission is free, but tickets are required and can be obtained via www.eventbrite.ie/event/7065736809/gathering

I checked when writing this (Friday late afternoon) and there were still some tickets available, so it is definitely worth checking if you are interested.

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.

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 the New Dublin Voices with Conductor Bernie Sherlock. All details about their programme can be found on the website below.

The Big Bang Festival of Rhythm will bring the best in percussive performances, workshops, master classes, dance, children’s events and outdoor spectacle to Dublin. Most events are not free, but there is one really interesting event on Sunday, which is completely free:

“The Big Bang” on Meeting House Square will give you a chance to see and hear the best professional traditional percussionists from Europe and Africa alongside professional Dublin performers and a big amateur group.

The professional performers are Coetus (A Catalan percussion and vocal ensemble.), Iya Sako and friends (Guinean percussionist Iya Sako performs with a selection of advanced Irish djembe and dundun players.), Kumpo (Senegalese mask dance).

Admission to the event on Meeting House Square is free and, going by Big Bang Festival Events in previous years, it will be an event worth going to.

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

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

Free for under 15 year olds (EUR 7.50 for the rest), this is a showcase event of five rock acts all under 20 years plus Led Zeppelin tribute band “Led Zeppalot”

A Public Tour of the Francis Bacon Studio in the Hugh Lane Gallery with guide Kitty Rogers will take place. Admission is free and booking is not require, but places are limited.

The Exchange Dublin is the venue for the next Dublin Board Games Event. Come and play Board Games, learn about new and interesting games and spend time with like-minded games enthusiasts. You can also buy games from the Dublin Board Games team. Admission is free.

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 “Stars and Stripes”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended.

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

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

The first Dublin Pride Parade, 30 years ago this year, was triggered by the murder of 31-year old Declan Flynn, who was the victim of a “g ay bashing” attack in Fairview. A pedestrian bridge in Fairview was recently named “Declan Flynn Memorial Bridge” and the meeting point for the “Ceremony of Love & Remembrance” is that pedestrian bridge.

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

“A MUSING” is the stand-up comedy and original poetry performance by Dave Hynes and special guests. It takes place on the last Sunday of the month with doors at 18:30 and the performance at 19:00. Admission is free.

Accents Coffee & Tea Lounge is an alcohol free cafe, open until 23:00 on 7 days a week.

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.

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

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

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 Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

The Chapelizod Community Festival will take place from Mon 01 – Sun 08 July. The full programme is here and if you live in that area, you should definitely check it out. There are no real WOW-events, but it is a decent effort by a community to celebrate together.

I will list the event just on Monday and Friday instead of every day, so if you are interested you hear about it, but I don’t use up too much “real estate” for the majority who will probably not consider attending.

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 Caroline Chisholm Performing Arts Ensemble from the UK will perform works of classical theatre and drama, contemporary dance, ballet & jazz on the bandstand in Bray. Admission is free.

For July and August, the National Gallery is inviting to near daily summer talks (two talks of 30 min, Mon-Sat) on aspects of Irish & European art. All talks take place in the National Gallery Lecture Theatre and admission is free. No booking is required.

The themes are:

+ Monday & Thursday: 13:00: Early 20th century Irish art / 15:00: Highlights of the Gallery’s Collection
+ Tuesday & Friday: 13:00: The World of Jack B. Yeats / 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection
+ Wednesday: 13:00: Exploring a Picture / 15:00: Aspects of Irish Art
+ Saturday: 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings and is increasing it to a daily screening.
In celebration of the Irish Jewish Gathering (21-28 July) and the contribution of Irish Jewry to the cultural life the IFI present a selection of short films made by Jewish-Irish filmmakers in July.
The daily programmes are here
01+05+09+13+17+22+26+30 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-july-2013/
02+06+10+14+18+23+27+31 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-july-2013/
03+07+11+15+19+24+28 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-july-2013/
04+08+12+16+20+25+29 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-july-2013/

This regular open-mic literary event is held on the first Monday of every month and anyone can come along to read aloud one or more of your favourite pieces from poetry or literature at the event or you can even request that someone else reads your favourite piece, if you don’t want to. The literary pieces don’t have to be in English or in Irish. Recently an extract from Dante’s ‘Inferno’ was read in the original Italian and some piece from Lorca was first read in Spanish and then translated into English. Admission is free.

For further information contact Howard, who organises the event, on 085 1058848

The PhotoIreland Festival 2013 (from 01-31 July) will examine the current state of Photography in Ireland with simultaneous exhibitions in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Throughout the month, there will be a variety of events that are part of the Festival. Some are exhibition openings, others are talks or discussions etc. As long as they are in Dublin and are free, I will try to include a selection of them in this Dublin Event Guide. I won’t include all exhibition openings, but some and as many as possible fo the other events. The Day-by-Day event programme at 2013.photoireland.org/day-by-day/ helps.

On Monday 01 July (18:30), the opening of an exhibition with New Irish Work by Shane Lynam will take place at the Alliance Francaise in Kildare Street. 2013.photoireland.org/program/niw-af/

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.

Exchange Focus is a collective photography group. They act as a forum and meeting point for Dublin photographers to share techniques and collaborate on projects and they regularly exhibit their work and run free workshops in all aspects of photography. The group meets every other week on Mondays and is open to everyone. All levels of experience are catered for.

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 Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

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 first of the NLI Summer Lectures about different aspects of Irish family history research is entitled “Connections, Relationships & Opportunities when Ireland Reaches Out” and will be delivered by Henry Healy on Tues. Henry Healy is currently employed as the Community Activation Leader for the National Diaspora Programme “Ireland Reaching Out”.

For July and August, the National Gallery is inviting to near daily summer talks (two talks of 30 min, Mon-Sat) on aspects of Irish & European art. All talks take place in the National Gallery Lecture Theatre and admission is free. No booking is required.

The themes are:

+ Monday & Thursday: 13:00: Early 20th century Irish art / 15:00: Highlights of the Gallery’s Collection
+ Tuesday & Friday: 13:00: The World of Jack B. Yeats / 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection
+ Wednesday: 13:00: Exploring a Picture / 15:00: Aspects of Irish Art
+ Saturday: 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings and is increasing it to a daily screening.
In celebration of the Irish Jewish Gathering (21-28 July) and the contribution of Irish Jewry to the cultural life the IFI present a selection of short films made by Jewish-Irish filmmakers in July.
The daily programmes are here
01+05+09+13+17+22+26+30 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-july-2013/
02+06+10+14+18+23+27+31 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-july-2013/
03+07+11+15+19+24+28 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-july-2013/
04+08+12+16+20+25+29 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-july-2013/

Counter Propaganda, the clothes store on Lower Liffey Street, will remove all clothes from the store for one evening and instead will exhibit the best Street Art in Ireland. Counter Art is the pop-up exhibition on Tues from 17:00-22:00. Some of the street artists who will exhibit are Fink, Solus, Kin, Visual Waste and Meep. More details can be found here www.counterpropaganda.ie/blog/?p=1067

In addition to the Irish Street Art, they will also highlight some of the Irish Streetwear brands that they have in store including Swallows & Daggers and Project A Apparel. And an up and coming Irish Hip-Hop Producer/DJ – Calzone Kelly will provide the beats on the night.

And if all negotiations go well, then there will also be some free drinks available that night.

It is a big-effort-event and closing a shop for nearly two days to prepare all is in the current economic climate something that many stores would shy away from. So, show Counter Propaganda your appreciation and taste a piece of Irish Street Culture by going to that event, it is sounding good! www.facebook.com/events/396027303839699/

Admission is free.

The Book “Fianna Fáil, Partition and Northern Ireland 1926-1971” by Stephen Kelly will be laucnhed in Hodges Figgis on Tuesday. Admission is free.

At his talk “Myth and Mystery: JFK and the Irish Imagination”, Writer and Director Alan Gilsenan reflects on the presence of John F. Kennedy in Ireland.

Admission is free and booking is not required.

The Workmans Den Cinema Club will screen “Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy”. Admission is free.

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.

A meeting group for women (age 18 and over) to learn to celebrate femininity, discuss themes ideas and philosophies, share, heal, drink tea, support each other, have some fun and make new friends. Discover and celebrate your inner Goddesses together.

Admission is free, but donations of up to EUR 5 to cover tea and for the use of the space are appreciated.

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.

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

The weekly “Grand Folk Club” will feature Trad, Ballads, Americana, Folk, World Music & More. This Tuesday, the line-up is: Tim Scanlan from Australia playing Folk/Roots/Reggae. Admission is free.

Exchange Words, a new scriptwriting (film and theatre) group is starting up again. It is a safe space where writers, artists and actors can come together to collaborate, create and have fun. The workshop is free and open to all.

More detail is here

www.exchangedublin.ie/ai1ec_event/exchange-words-is-back?instance_id=1296118

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

The Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

Entry charges at nearly all OPW sites are waived once a month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) launched an initiative in 2011 to encourage more people to visit the historic sites that it manages and this initiative is still continuing on all First Wednesdays. This month, Dublin Castle should be open the first time again after it was closed for the whole first six months due to Ireland’s EU presidency.

Most OPW sites can already be visited for free, but the sites that normally charge a fee will now be free every first Wednesday until the end of the year.
In the (extended) Greater Dublin Area this will affect the following sites:
+ The Casino, Marino
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments
+ Kilmainham Gaol
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow

A guided walk “History of the Monuments of the Phoenix Park” with Maeve Rice will take place in Phoenix Park. Meeting point is at the Visitor Centre. Participation is free.

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

The Caroline Chisholm Performing Arts Ensemble from the UK will perform works of classical theatre and drama, contemporary dance, ballet & jazz on Wed at the Stephens Green Bandstand. Admission is free.

‘Juno Confiding Io to the care of Argus’, with Iain Wynn Jones is a talk in the National Gallery. Admission is free.

For July and August, the National Gallery is inviting to near daily summer talks (two talks of 30 min, Mon-Sat) on aspects of Irish & European art. All talks take place in the National Gallery Lecture Theatre and admission is free. No booking is required.

The themes are:

+ Monday & Thursday: 13:00: Early 20th century Irish art / 15:00: Highlights of the Gallery’s Collection
+ Tuesday & Friday: 13:00: The World of Jack B. Yeats / 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection
+ Wednesday: 13:00: Exploring a Picture / 15:00: Aspects of Irish Art
+ Saturday: 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings and is increasing it to a daily screening.
In celebration of the Irish Jewish Gathering (21-28 July) and the contribution of Irish Jewry to the cultural life the IFI present a selection of short films made by Jewish-Irish filmmakers in July.
The daily programmes are here
01+05+09+13+17+22+26+30 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-july-2013/
02+06+10+14+18+23+27+31 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-july-2013/
03+07+11+15+19+24+28 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-july-2013/
04+08+12+16+20+25+29 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-july-2013/

A Lunchtime Recital with Nadia Testa (piano) and Alessandro Crosta (flute) (Italy) will take place. Admission is free and donations are welcome.

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.

This talk by Amelia Stein RHA will discuss the photographic works on display at the 183rd RHA Annual Exhibition. The lecture is part of the series: Annual Exhibition Art Form Evenings at the RHA and it also part of the PhotoIreland Festival. Admission is free.

The Spanish Film “Three Days with the Family / Tres días con la familia” (2009) by director Mar Coll will be screened in the film series “Feminine Space” in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free.

On Wednesday the New Natives slot in the Grand Social will feature Princess, Fears and Segrasso. Admission is free.

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

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.

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

“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.

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 Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

The National Gallery Curators offer a great service to everyone and for free: They appraise paintings, prints and drawings brought into the Gallery once every month (except in August and January). No appointment is necessary.

The SCOOP Foundation, a charity that supports poor children in the poorest regions of the world, are running an art auction to sell 45 artworks from 45 extraordinary artists. The list of artists include Ronan Goti, Sean Hillen, Marty Cullen, Henry McGrane, Jordi Fornies and many more.
The entire collection will be on view in the Thomas Prior Hall in Bewley’s Ballsbridge in Dublin on 04 and 05 July and the sale will take place on Saturday 06 July at 15:00 at the same place.
This sale price will be split between the Scoop Foundation and the artists and the charity will use the money to build schools and homes for over 500 street children in India.

Unfortuantely none of the websites (there are many) that the Scoop Foundation uses and none of the Facebook Pages or Event Pages for this event tell us when the exhibition is open. Did nobody realise that this might be helpful information?

“The Vikings told poems, stories and sagas about their gods and other mysterious creatures and wrote with special symbols called runes. Can you work out the secrets of the Viking sagas by deciphering our runic riddles during this drop in session?” The event takes place in the Learning Resource Room on the first floor. Admission is free and no booking required. All Ages 6+.

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.

A free 1hr interactive storytelling session for young audiences with Louis Lovett will take place this week in three libraries:

Tues 02 July: Rathmines Library (T. 01 497 3539 rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie)
Wed 03 July: Coolock Library (T. 01 847 7781 coolocklibrary@dublincity.ie)
Thurs 04 July: Pearse Street Library (T. 01 674 4888 pearsestreetlibrary@dublincity.ie)

The first session takes place from 12:00-13:00 and the second session from 14:00-15:00. Admission is free, but booking is suggested.

This Talk by Donal Curtin & Anne Donohue is about the works on display at the 183rd RHA Annual Exhibition.
This lecture is part of the series: Annual Exhibition Art Form Evenings at the RHA and is also part of the PhotoIreland Festival.

The next lunchtime lecture on aspects of Irish family history research is entitled “Sources for Family Research at the Military Archives”. Padraic Kennedy will talk about researching your family history at the Military Archives. Admission is free and booking is not required. Comdt. Padraic Kennedy is currently employed as the Director of the Military Archives based in Rathmines.

For July and August, the National Gallery is inviting to near daily summer talks (two talks of 30 min, Mon-Sat) on aspects of Irish & European art. All talks take place in the National Gallery Lecture Theatre and admission is free. No booking is required.

The themes are:

+ Monday & Thursday: 13:00: Early 20th century Irish art / 15:00: Highlights of the Gallery’s Collection
+ Tuesday & Friday: 13:00: The World of Jack B. Yeats / 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection
+ Wednesday: 13:00: Exploring a Picture / 15:00: Aspects of Irish Art
+ Saturday: 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings and is increasing it to a daily screening.
In celebration of the Irish Jewish Gathering (21-28 July) and the contribution of Irish Jewry to the cultural life the IFI present a selection of short films made by Jewish-Irish filmmakers in July.
The daily programmes are here
01+05+09+13+17+22+26+30 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-july-2013/
02+06+10+14+18+23+27+31 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-july-2013/
03+07+11+15+19+24+28 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-july-2013/
04+08+12+16+20+25+29 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-july-2013/

The Chester Beatty Library invites to the InFocus Tour “Icons” with Jack Fitzgerald. Admission is free, but there are only 15 seats available (first come, first served).

In the coming week, the next First Thursday SHOULD take place. However with the organising Temple Bar Cultural Trust having more or less imploded, it SEEMS as if this event has been completely abandoned.The Facebook Page suggests that maybe no June event took place and then it is looking bad for July as well. Let’s hope that someone (maybe the galleries themselves?) pick up the baton and continue the project. It once was this:

Inspired by First Thursdays carried out in London, First Thursdays Dublin is the name given to cultural spaces opening their doors after hours and offering an extra chance to see art, culture and events in a number of venues from 18:00-20:00 on the first Thursday of every month. In the meantime 47 galleries and venue are taking part and it is getting bigger and bigger. It is like a Culture Night for Galleries! ;-)

Phosthetics is a collective exhibit from seven photographers. The common theme is the exploration of artificial light in their diverse approaches to photographic portraiture. The exhibition will be on show from 01-10 July (12:00-22:00).

On Thursday a projected slightshow and talk will take place at the Exchange Dublin. Admission is free This event is part of the PhotoIreland Festival.

The launch of the exhibition “The Fifth Province: County Societies in Irish America” takes place in the front hall of the National Library, followed by a talk by exhibition curators Dr Miriam Nyhan and Dr Marion Casey. Admission is free and no booking required.

10 Days in Dublin is an arts festival that includes all types of art or performance: music, comedy, theatre, film, painting, sculpture, etc. There is no particular theme or idea, all the organisers want to provide is a festival to which people can come and that they will enjoy. The festival starts on Thurs 04 July and runs until Sat 13 July.

As part of the festival; Connor, Gary, Aaron and Sean present you “ 4 Men and a Baby” a stand-up comedy piece about 4 young men and their struggles in young adulthood.

Admission to this event is on a ‘Pay What You Like’ basis.

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

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

Booka Brass, the 6-piece New Orleans Style Brass Band from Dublin are playing funk, blues, reggae and covers in Whelan’s. Admission is free.

The “Mayo Association in Dublin”’s annual summer gathering will take place on Thursday. The social evening will take place in the VIP area of Krystle and it is particularly aimed at all Mayo people working or living in Dublin, who haven’t had the opportunity yet of joining “Mhuintir Mhaigh Eo Atha Cliath”.
This event is informal, finger food will be provided and there is no admission charge, but you are asked to confirm your attendance on www.facebook.com/events/545243332198855

The Mayo Association in Dublin is one of the best-supported and most active county associations in the country. It has more than 800 members and runs many events throughout the year.For more information, check the website below.

A free “Jamming Gig Experience” with Israelian musician and singer Tal Kravitz will take place. He traveled on a search for original tribal music in far corners of the world not yet exposed to Western civilization and he plays piano, harp, guitar, a variety of bagpipes, the musical saw, African percussion instruments and more.
East Africa and Papua New Guinea are some of the places he reached, photographing the indigenous tribes’ lifestyle and recording their music as it was sung and played for thousands of years. Tal uses this material to advocate for ethno-musicological research of societies whose traditions and music are in danger of extinction. Israeli classics, Yiddish, Hassidic and Holiday songs are also a part of Tal’s world repertoire.
62.219.83.33/Tal-Kravitz

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.

Entheos are a 6-piece “grunge folk band”, whatever that is. They will perform in the Palace Bar and Admission is free. Booking on the website seems required. The event is part of the 10 Days in Dublin Festival. 10 Days in Dublin is a multidisciplinary, open-format, arts festival which takes place from 04-13 July.

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

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 Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

The Chapelizod Community Festival will take place from Mon 01 – Sun 08 July. The full programme is here and if you live in that area, you should definitely check it out. There are no real WOW-events, but it is a decent effort by a community to celebrate together.

I will list the event just on Monday and Friday instead of every day, so if you are interested you hear about it, but I don’t use up too much “real estate” for the majority who will probably not consider attending.

The SCOOP Foundation, a charity that supports poor children in the poorest regions of the world, are running an art auction to sell 45 artworks from 45 extraordinary artists. The list of artists include Ronan Goti, Sean Hillen, Marty Cullen, Henry McGrane, Jordi Fornies and many more.
The entire collection will be on view in the Thomas Prior Hall in Bewley’s Ballsbridge in Dublin on 04 and 05 July and the sale will take place on Saturday 06 July at 15:00 at the same place.
This sale price will be split between the Scoop Foundation and the artists and the charity will use the money to build schools and homes for over 500 street children in India.

Unfortuantely none of the websites (there are many) that the Scoop Foundation uses and none of the Facebook Pages or Event Pages for this event tell us when the exhibition is open. Did nobody realise that this might be helpful information?

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.

For July and August, the National Gallery is inviting to near daily summer talks (two talks of 30 min, Mon-Sat) on aspects of Irish & European art. All talks take place in the National Gallery Lecture Theatre and admission is free. No booking is required.

The themes are:

+ Monday & Thursday: 13:00: Early 20th century Irish art / 15:00: Highlights of the Gallery’s Collection
+ Tuesday & Friday: 13:00: The World of Jack B. Yeats / 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection
+ Wednesday: 13:00: Exploring a Picture / 15:00: Aspects of Irish Art
+ Saturday: 15:00: Masterpieces of the European Collection

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings and is increasing it to a daily screening.
In celebration of the Irish Jewish Gathering (21-28 July) and the contribution of Irish Jewry to the cultural life the IFI present a selection of short films made by Jewish-Irish filmmakers in July.
The daily programmes are here
01+05+09+13+17+22+26+30 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-july-2013/
02+06+10+14+18+23+27+31 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-july-2013/
03+07+11+15+19+24+28 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-3-july-2013/
04+08+12+16+20+25+29 July: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-4-july-2013/

Niall O’Sullivan (trumpet) and David O’Shea (organ) will perform at this recital. They will play Clarke: Trumpet Tune, Handel: Suite in D for Trumpet, Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Schubert: Ave Maria, Piazzolla: Libertango. Admission is free. Donations are welcome.

A Lunctime Concert with Israelian musician and singer Tal Kravitz will take place. He traveled on a search for original tribal music in far corners of the world not yet exposed to Western civilization and he plays piano, harp, guitar, a variety of bagpipes, the musical saw, African percussion instruments and more.
East Africa and Papua New Guinea are some of the places he reached, photographing the indigenous tribes’ lifestyle and recording their music as it was sung and played for thousands of years. Tal uses this material to advocate for ethno-musicological research of societies whose traditions and music are in danger of extinction. Israeli classics, Yiddish, Hassidic and Holiday songs are also a part of Tal’s world repertoire.
62.219.83.33/Tal-Kravitz

Parlour Flames will be in Tower Records for an In-Store Event. Admission is free.

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.

10 Days in Dublin is an arts festival that includes all types of art or performance: music, comedy, theatre, film, painting, sculpture, etc. There is no particular theme or idea, all the organisers want to provide is a festival to which people can come and that they will enjoy. The festival starts on Thurs 04 July and runs until Sat 13 July.

As part of the festival; Connor, Gary, Aaron and Sean present you “4 Men and a Baby” a stand-up comedy piece about 4 young men and their struggles in young adulthood. This show runs from 04-13 July every evening.

Admission to this event is on a ‘Pay What You Like’ basis.

10 Days in Dublin is an arts festival that includes all types of art or performance: music, comedy, theatre, film, painting, sculpture, etc. There is no particular theme or idea, all the organisers want is something that people can come and enjoy. The festival starts on Thurs 04 July and runs until Sat 13 July.

On Fri 05 July a free event is:

“And You Expect Me To?” presented by poet Laura Clear, who presents a woman’s journey through marriage, motherhood and old age.

A Butoh Dance Workshop with performance by Ambra G. Bergamasco will take place on Friday. The workshop will last approx. 1.5 hours and will be followed by the performance. Everybody is welcome. Admission is free and no previous experience is required.

“Butoh dance is a non-representational dance of which movements stem out from visualization and internal movements.
The night will offer a Butoh dance workshop of 1.5 hrs followed by a performance. The workshop will explore the themes of the performance and provides the necessary codes to understand the process that a Butoh piece is involved with, this in order to facilitate and develop the understanding of the dance form. The themes related to this event are those of mud, fire water and springing of newness.”

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

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.

“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.

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

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.

Nova Collective are a new Irish Band, formed in October 2012. Their style mixes strains of Latin Jazz and Irish Traditional music. The EP Launch on Friday is part of the 10 Days in Dublin Festival. Admission is free.