Dublin Event Guide 328: Nepal Day, World Vegetarian Day, Festival of History, Oktoberfest

What’s this? Another Friday night of events? It looks like a Culture Night for researchers!?

Trinity College Dublin & the Royal Irish Academy are hosting Ireland’s 2013 contribution to European Researchers’ Night, an annual event to raise public awareness of researchers and research careers across Europe. The goal is to give everybody, in particular young people, the opportunity to meet researchers within the context of interactive activities and hands-on demonstrations to highlight how interesting a career in research is.

Events and activities will take place across the campus of Trinity College, as well as inside and outside the RIA on Dawson Street, along with outdoor projections on buildings around the centre of Dublin. There will be: Hands-on experiments conducted by researchers, Scientific demonstrations with public participation – crowd-sourcing events, Guided visits of labs, research institutions, museums ?usually closed to the public; Family-friendly activities and Competitive activities (pub quizzes + Lego challenges).

All events are free and a detailed list is here: www.discoverresearchdublin.com/events/

Earthship are perfoming in “Live from the Window”!. 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.

FitSteps was created as a result of the long dance training sessions that are part of Britain’s entertainment show “Strictly Come Dancing”. Natalie Lowe, Mark Foster and Ian Waite had the idea to mix the graceful steps of Ballroom Dancing and the up tempo steps of the Latin dances together to create a fun, energetic and effective way to stay fit and keep trim that would appeal to everyone, even if they couldn’t dance.

On Friday a free class takes place in Dublin to introduce you to this new fitness/workout routine. Tickets need to be booked on www.fitstepsdublin.eventbrite.co.uk/

FitSteps^® came to life in 2013 as the result of a collaboration between two of the UK’s most famous ballroom dancers and Britain’s most successful swimmer!

During the long, arduous dance training sessions that are an integral part of Britain’s most successful entertainment show, ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, Natalie Lowe, Mark Foster and Ian Waite had a great idea.

They decided to mix the graceful steps of Ballroom and the up tempo steps of the Latin dances together to create a really fun, energetic and effective way to stay fit and keep trim that would appeal to everyone, even if they couldn’t dance. A dance fitness programme that is ‘so much fun you don’t even realise you’re getting fit!’

And FitSteps^® is unique. It is the first time that classic Latin and Ballroom dances have been brought together with proven fitness techniques and principles to create not only a programme that can have extraordinarily wide appeal, but one that also has the potential to make a real and lasting impact on the health of the nation

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

Rudytrixx are performing in the “Midnight Hour”. Admission is free if you are there before 22:30.

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.

From Friday 27 September to Saturday 05 October Age Action is celebrating Positive Ageing in Ireland. Positive Ageing Week is a festival which highlights the positive aspects of ageing and celebrates the contribution older people have made and continue to make to their communities. This is the 11th year Age Action has marked UN International Day of Older Persons (01 October).

The calender of events can be downloaded here
www.ageaction.ie/sites/default/files/pdf/26-09%20Final%20PAW%20National%20Calendar.pdf The document is 200 pages long! the Dublin Section is from Page 49 until Page 81.

I will not be able to list the events here so please check the website below and the Event Calender above.

“Sculpture in Context” is a brilliant idea and concept: It is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition were beautiful sculptures from talented artists are perfectly integrated in the amazing Botanic Garden.

Admission is free and the exhibition will run until 18 October.

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 Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

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

The 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 Ranelagh Arts Festival takes place from 16-29 September and there are plenty of free events taking place. have a look at the website below to see the full programme.

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.

As part of Eason’s Get Into Reading campaign, there will be a reading of a specially selected children’s book at 11:00 each Saturday in every Eason store in the country. The schedule of Story Time books, covering mid-June through mid-September, is on the website below.

And children attending the in-store kids’ book readings throughout the summer will receive their own Story Time Reward Card and they will get a special Story Time sticker on their card for each reading they attend. Children who collect three stickers will receive a free copy of Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson. For more information check the website below too.

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 very last time for Yoga in the Park in 2013! After Saturday, there will be a long break until May of next year. Fiona Moloney from Two Palms Yoga and her whole team of Yoga instructors have done a great job again and many of you told me that that you enjoyed Yoga in the Park. Now this week there is a last push because if you remember the money collected from donations is all for the Simon Community and there are another EUR 120 needed to reach the impressive amount of EUR 4,000. So, come to the Yoga a last time and be generous if you can. :-) The weather forecast looks promising!

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 Dublin Festival of Histtory takes place from 26 Sept – 09 Oct. There will be lectures, walks, film and panel debates on historical topics and the programme has been devised by Dublin City Public Libraries. All lectures are free but need pre-booking. The full programme is here www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dublin-Festival-of-History-2013-Programme-web.pdf

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.

This is the last weekend! Last opportunity!

The current Science Gallery exhibition “ILLUSION: Nothing is as it seems” will run from 12 July-29 Sept and is really interesting. Admission is free.

The exhibition is all about Illusions and it is a “perception-shattering insight into the human mind, playfully combining the techniques used by magicians and explored by psychologists.”

More than 20 installations will deceive your eyes (and ears) and will show you that what we perceive is often radically different from the reality. You will find impressive and amazing things, but nothing will be boring! The exhibition is suitable for all ages, so bring your children or – if you don’t have any – just bring yourself.

ILLUSION was curated by psychologist, author and magician Richard Wiseman, and was researched by deception artist Paul Gleeson and a large group of mediators are available in the gallery to explain all the things that you see (or hear) to you.

Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 19 Sept – 06 Oct. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer, lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Sun-Wed 12:00-23:00 and Thurs-Sat: 12:00-00:30.

The Festival Tent is on the platform in George’s Dock and there are severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). With already huge but still growing popularity of the Oktoberfest, this means there will be long queues already from around 17:30. You can get beer and some food next to the CHQ building as well, so you don’t have to queue to get into the tent, but if that is what you want, you might need to pre-book.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an somewhat strange wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

The Nutgrove Arts Fest 2013 runs from 26 Sept – 06 Oct. It takes place in conjunction with the Doorway Gallery.

The programme for this weekend is:

Sat 28 Sept:
+ Rainbow music for Kids 12:30-13:30
+ Gaiety School of Acting Performance 14:00-15:00
+ Gaiety School of Acting Workshop 15:00-16:00
+ Face Painters, Balloon Modelling – throughout the day

Sun 29 Sept:
+ Trad for Trócaire 13:00-17:00

The full programme with further details is here: www.nutgroveshoppingcentre.ie/_fileupload/ArtsFest13EventGuide.pdf

A 2-day valuation event, similar to the TV Programme “Antiques Roadshow”, will take place in Glasnevin Cemetery for Uniforms, Artefacts, Letters, Documents or Memorabilia relating to the Irish Citizen Army and Irish Volunteers. Auctioneers and Valuers Éamonn De Búrca and Conor Dodd will be appraising the items and advising you.

Glasnevin Cemetery Museum is also asking people to consider lending or even donating some of their pieces to their exhibition so they can be enjoyed and appreciated by visitors to the Glasnevin Cemetery Museum.

For further information on how you can attend the event email booking@glasnevintrust.ieor call 01 882 6550.

After daily Archive at Lunchtime events in July and August, the schedule goes back to events on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays. In addition the programme will change more frequently, and if the IFI keep changing the website address, the links below might not always be correct. In that case, just go to www.ifi.ie and search for “Archive at Lunchtime”

Saturdays: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-free-event/
Monday: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-free-event/
Wednesday: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-free-event/

The “Launch of the Magdalene Institutions Oral History Archive” will take place and is hosted by SIPTU, UCD Women’s Studies Centre, and National Women’s Council of Ireland. The event will be in the form of a public symposium and all details can be found here: www.magdaleneoralhistory.com/symposium.htm Admission is free, but registration is required and at the time of writing there were still 43 tickets available via the same website above.

Shiva Productions presents “Angels in the Park”, a series of six ten-minute plays which will be performed promenade-style around Ranelagh Gardens every day from 23-28 Sept as part of the Ranelagh Arts Festival.

Admission is free and meeting point is at Ranelagh Triangle (outside Spar) at 13:05 every day . Performances will take place rain or shine.

In May 2013 Shiva Productions put out a call for submissions of new 10 minute plays which could be performed in a park and got 220 entries. The best 6 were selected and are now played every day for six days. (Actors, Play titles and writers of the plays are listed on the website below.)

Bollybeatz runs Bollywood dance workshops and classes for children. On Saturday a Taster Class takes place and Admission is free. Ages 5-7 are invited from 13:39-14:15 and Ages 8-10 are welcome from 15:00-16:00. No booking required, just drop in.

Darren Shan will be in Eason’s in Dundrum for a Book Signing.

The Ross O’Carroll-Kelly “Gothering” is taking place in Dundrum. To celebrate the launch of Downturn Abbey, you can join him for this special in Dundrum Town Centre on Saturday. It will take place at the Mill Pond at 14:30 and will be followed by a book signing in Easons, Dundrum.

Download this Ross O’Carroll-Kelly mask, print it off and wear it on the day for the chance to win some exciting prizes – including the opportunity to have your own face drawn into the next Ross book.

Fur helps keep an animal warm and hidden and can even help them swim. Find out more on this tour. Admission is free and no booking required.

“From Terenure to Harold’s Cross” is the next Let’s Walk & Talk event with historian Pat Liddy. Meet outside the Library and then join for a stroll through these ancient medieval lands which were absorbed into the ‘growing wealthier’ 18th and 19th century suburbs of Dublin, principally because they were considered to be at a healthy elevation and safe from the diseases of the city.

Admission is free.

On Saturdays throughout the Sculpture in Context exhibition, you will have the opportunity to join the artists for a guided tour of the exhibition. Meet at the Visitor Centre

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 Live Art Festival 2013 will take place in The Backloft in La Catedral Studios, from the Wed 25 to Sun 29 September. It is 5 days of live performance art, workshops, seminars and more.

DLAF13 will bring together Irish & International groups that regularly produce performance art and co-ordinate their events in a varied programme, pooling collective expertise and strengthening the live performance art community by creating links nationally and internationally.

DLAF13 will expand knowledge around live performance art through our workshops and cross-disciplinary talks and discussions. It will be a focal point for anyone interested in performance art.

The full programme is available on www.dublinliveartfestival.blogspot.ie/2013/07/help-support-dlaf13-by-donating-to-our.html

Until the Closing party on Sunday evening (20:30-22:30) a range of workshops, seminars and performances will take place.

This is a community event and with the support of Dublin City Council all exhibitions at Dublin Live Art Festival 2013 are free. Workshops and seminars are ticketed events and there are limited tickets available.

Chew your own Fat presents: Punch Face Champions / Dem Fools / New Vally Wolves / Between Screams / Neon Tetras 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.

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

The Lighning Kids a re a 4-piece cover band, who will play Blues/ rock / funk / soul. Admission is free.

Brasserie 7 is a bright and spacious bar/restaurant on Capel Street, which now functions as a Jazz club every Saturday night. There will be piano jazz from 18:00 on their Grand piano, followed by a vocal jazz trio from 21:30. On Sat the Clare Finegan Trio will perform with Clare Finegan (Vocals), Frank Gogarty (Piano) and Charlie Foley (Double Bass). Admission is free.

Negative Nero will play in the Midnight Hour slot in Whelan’s. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30. The gig will start at midnight.

This is a somewhat odd event. It is not free, but you can watch it IF you suffer of insomnia!

On Sunday morning a number of groups of 20 cyclists will cycle from the Point Village through Dublin to Phoenix Park and back over a distance of just 35 km. They will start at 07:00 and expect to be back at the Point Village at 08:00 for a breakfast party and a choir performance. PaddyPower is sponsoring the event and will donate EUR 20 per cyclist to Barretstown.

From Friday 27 September to Saturday 05 October Age Action is celebrating Positive Ageing in Ireland. Positive Ageing Week is a festival which highlights the positive aspects of ageing and celebrates the contribution older people have made and continue to make to their communities. This is the 11th year Age Action has marked UN International Day of Older Persons (01 October).

The calender of events can be downloaded here
www.ageaction.ie/sites/default/files/pdf/26-09%20Final%20PAW%20National%20Calendar.pdf The document is 200 pages long! the Dublin Section is from Page 49 until Page 81.

I will not be able to list the events here so please check the website below and the Event Calender above.

“Sculpture in Context” is a brilliant idea and concept: It is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition were beautiful sculptures from talented artists are perfectly integrated in the amazing Botanic Garden.

Admission is free and the exhibition will run until 18 October.

The Farmleigh House Food Market will take place on the Farmyard while on the grounds of Farmleigh House also the Nepal Day takes place (see separate notice). From 14:00-16:00 music will be performed on the bandstand. Admission is free.

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

The 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 Ranelagh Arts Festival takes place from 16-29 September and there are plenty of free events taking place. have a look at the website below to see the full programme.

A wide variety of music performances with soul, reggae and world music will take place to raise awareness of suicides and the support that is available to everyone at risk of self harm. There is a fundraising page at www.mycharity.ie/event/trustinthegreen and all proceeds go to Pieta House (a support service for people at risk of suicide or self harm).

The schedule is:

10:30-11:00: Opening
11:00-11:30: Manden Express
11:30-12:00: All Tribes King Bob
12:00-13:00: Pia Dunne & The Elusians
13:00-14:00: Special Guest
14:00-15:00: Madu
15:00-16:30: MC Soom T & Mr Upfull
16:30-18:00: Revelation Spound & Ras Tinny

Taking it from the information provided by the organisers, it seems that collecting money in St. Stephen’s Green is not permitted, so you have to use the link above. More info is available at www.trustinthegreen.com/ and www.facebook.com/events/1407003712847820/

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:
29 Sept: Cycling in the Park
06 Oct: Deer in Phoenix Park

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.

A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.

There seem to be TWO weekly markets on Long Mile Road and both are very close to each other. One is behind Wigoders on Long Mile Road (across the road from Aldi). It hosts more than 50 stalls and there is also a Cafe on site. www.facebook.com/WigodersLongmileMarket And the other one is just on the other side of the road, next to Aldi. www.facebook.com/TheLongMileRdMarket

A Mind, Body & Soul Craft Fair will take place. There will be Angel Readings, Traditional Readings with Playing Cards, Aura Readings, Reconnective Healing, Aroma Touch Reiki, Angel Trinkets and Lots more. 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 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.

The Dublin Festival of Histtory takes place from 26 Sept – 09 Oct. There will be lectures, walks, film and panel debates on historical topics and the programme has been devised by Dublin City Public Libraries. All lectures are free but need pre-booking. The full programme is here www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dublin-Festival-of-History-2013-Programme-web.pdf

The very last day of this Science Gallery exhibition:

The current Science Gallery exhibition “ILLUSION: Nothing is as it seems” will run from 12 July-29 Sept and is really interesting. Admission is free.

The exhibition is all about Illusions and it is a “perception-shattering insight into the human mind, playfully combining the techniques used by magicians and explored by psychologists.”

More than 20 installations will deceive your eyes (and ears) and will show you that what we perceive is often radically different from the reality. You will find impressive and amazing things, but nothing will be boring! The exhibition is suitable for all ages, so bring your children or – if you don’t have any – just bring yourself.

ILLUSION was curated by psychologist, author and magician Richard Wiseman, and was researched by deception artist Paul Gleeson and a large group of mediators are available in the gallery to explain all the things that you see (or hear) to you.

Johnny Sexton will be in Eason’s in Dundrum for a Book Signing.

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

The Nepalese Community and friends of Nepal in Ireland are hosting a ‘Nepal Day’ to celebrate the of diversity in the landscape, culture, food and art of Nepal. Everyone is invited to come to this event that is organised by the Nepalese community in Ireland.Admission is free.

Nepalese Culture will be showcased through music and dancing, Nepalese food, Handcrafts and traditional face painting for children. There will also be a photographic exhibition (27-29 Sept) and talks by mountaineers who have reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 19 Sept – 06 Oct. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer, lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Sun-Wed 12:00-23:00 and Thurs-Sat: 12:00-00:30.

The Festival Tent is on the platform in George’s Dock and there are severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). With already huge but still growing popularity of the Oktoberfest, this means there will be long queues already from around 17:30. You can get beer and some food next to the CHQ building as well, so you don’t have to queue to get into the tent, but if that is what you want, you might need to pre-book.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an somewhat strange wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June. The next concert will feature The Degani Ensemble (Oboe, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello) performing pieces from Britten and Schubert

The Vegetarian Society of Ireland is inviting to a World Vegetarian Day Festival the IBAT College in Temple Bar. There will be plenty of stands with the themes
+ Irresistible food
+ Animal rights
+ Environment
+ and more

In addition there will be talks

+ “A balanced diet for vegetarians and vegans” with dietician Malgorzata Desmond
+ “Why Animal Suffering Matters” with Clair Linzey, Deputy Director, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
+ “So you are vegetarian but are you getting it right?” with Bernadette Bohan, author of The Survivor’s Mindset and The Choice
+ “We are intelligent moral animals” with Michael Nugent, writer, blogger, activist, and chair of Atheist Ireland

More information can be found on www.facebook.com/events/542555342441646/ and on the website below.

The Nutgrove Arts Fest 2013 runs from 26 Sept – 06 Oct. It takes place in conjunction with the Doorway Gallery.

The programme for this weekend is:

Sat 28 Sept:
+ Rainbow music for Kids 12:30-13:30
+ Gaiety School of Acting Performance 14:00-15:00
+ Gaiety School of Acting Workshop 15:00-16:00
+ Face Painters, Balloon Modelling – throughout the day

Sun 29 Sept:
+ Trad for Trócaire 13:00-17:00

The full programme with further details is here: www.nutgroveshoppingcentre.ie/_fileupload/ArtsFest13EventGuide.pdf

A 2-day valuation event, similar to the TV Programme “Antiques Roadshow”, will take place in Glasnevin Cemetery for Uniforms, Artefacts, Letters, Documents or Memorabilia relating to the Irish Citizen Army and Irish Volunteers. Auctioneers and Valuers Éamonn De Búrca and Conor Dodd will be appraising the items and advising you.

Glasnevin Cemetery Museum is also asking people to consider lending or even donating some of their pieces to their exhibition so they can be enjoyed and appreciated by visitors to the Glasnevin Cemetery Museum.

For further information on how you can attend the event email booking@glasnevintrust.ieor call 01 882 6550.

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

The Gallery Tour ‘A History of Ireland in 100 objects’ will take place in the National Museum in Collins Barracks. Explore key events in Irish and European political history through a range of decorative and everyday objects, which are part of the Irish Times series ‘A History of Ireland in 100 objects’. These objects tell of conflict and conviction, ideals and adventure that Irish people were involved in within the past 300 years. Places are allocated on a first-come basis 15 minutes before tour starts. Admission is free and the tour is suitable for adults.

Johnny Sexton will be in Dubray Books to sign his book “Becoming a Lion”.

Actually it says “Come and meet Irish rugby hero Johnny Sexton as he signs copies of his autobiography, Becoming a Lion.” and then a few lines down “Please note that Johnny will be under quite a tight schedule and we can’t guarantee that he will have time to sign books, but we will do our very best.” I am confused! ;-)

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.

Mary-Jane Fitzsimons will run a Medieval Michaelmas workshop. Discover the kind of glinting sword and armour St. Michael needed for his battle with the dragon and make some Michaelmas-inspired art to take home. Admission is free and no booking required, but only 20 places are on first come-first served basis available. (Meet at the Reception Desk). The workshop is suitable form Age 6.

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

The publi lecture “Walter Osborne’s Fishmarket” with lecturer Emma O’Toole will take place. Admission is free, but places are limited.

Three different guitar acts, including bluegrass and “The Aqualights” will perform all evening in the Beerhouse in Capel Street. Admission is free.

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). In brief: Fox.E & The Good Hands, The Boo Box, Richard Farrell and the Last Tribe (Solo), Ana Gog, Autonomous I, Pearse Halpin Music, The Guilty Folk and Tiernan Jones

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

The next “A musing comedy & poetry” event will take place on Sunday. Admission is free.

Dublin Live Art Festival 2013 will take place in The Backloft in La Catedral Studios, from the Wed 25 to Sun 29 September. It is 5 days of live performance art, workshops, seminars and more.

DLAF13 will bring together Irish & International groups that regularly produce performance art and co-ordinate their events in a varied programme, pooling collective expertise and strengthening the live performance art community by creating links nationally and internationally.

DLAF13 will expand knowledge around live performance art through our workshops and cross-disciplinary talks and discussions. It will be a focal point for anyone interested in performance art.

The full programme is available on www.dublinliveartfestival.blogspot.ie/2013/07/help-support-dlaf13-by-donating-to-our.html

Until the Closing party on Sunday evening (20:30-22:30) a range of workshops, seminars and performances will take place.

This is a community event and with the support of Dublin City Council all exhibitions at Dublin Live Art Festival 2013 are free. Workshops and seminars are ticketed events and there are limited tickets available.

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 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). In brief: Nokotomi, Autonomous I, White Oak Barrels, Written In Sound, Hula Hope.

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

Fingal County is the local authority in North Dublin and Fingal Enterprise Week is taking place from Mon 13 Sept until Fri 04 Oct. Most events are NOT free at the Enterprise Week, but there are a rare few free events sprinkled in. If you are interested, just check the programme at www.fingalenterpriseweek.ie/Schedule-of-Events/

From Friday 27 September to Saturday 05 October Age Action is celebrating Positive Ageing in Ireland. Positive Ageing Week is a festival which highlights the positive aspects of ageing and celebrates the contribution older people have made and continue to make to their communities. This is the 11th year Age Action has marked UN International Day of Older Persons (01 October).

The calender of events can be downloaded here
www.ageaction.ie/sites/default/files/pdf/26-09%20Final%20PAW%20National%20Calendar.pdf The document is 200 pages long! the Dublin Section is from Page 49 until Page 81.

I will not be able to list the events here so please check the website below and the Event Calender above.

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 Festival of Histtory takes place from 26 Sept – 09 Oct. There will be lectures, walks, film and panel debates on historical topics and the programme has been devised by Dublin City Public Libraries. All lectures are free but need pre-booking. The full programme is here www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dublin-Festival-of-History-2013-Programme-web.pdf

Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 19 Sept – 06 Oct. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer, lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Sun-Wed 12:00-23:00 and Thurs-Sat: 12:00-00:30.

The Festival Tent is on the platform in George’s Dock and there are severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). With already huge but still growing popularity of the Oktoberfest, this means there will be long queues already from around 17:30. You can get beer and some food next to the CHQ building as well, so you don’t have to queue to get into the tent, but if that is what you want, you might need to pre-book.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an somewhat strange wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

After daily Archive at Lunchtime events in July and August, the schedule goes back to events on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays. In addition the programme will change more frequently, and if the IFI keep changing the website address, the links below might not always be correct. In that case, just go to www.ifi.ie and search for “Archive at Lunchtime”

Saturdays: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-free-event/
Monday: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-free-event/
Wednesday: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-free-event/

Author Ben Kane is coming to the Central Library on Monday. Ben Kane was born and raised in Kenya and then moved to Ireland. In Dublin he studied veterinary medicine at University College Dublin, after which he travelled the world extensively, indulging his passion for ancient history. Having visited more than 60 countries and all 7 continents, he now lives in North Somerset with his wife and family.

His fiction books are based around ancient rome and his detail is amazing to read. If you would like to attend this event please contact the central library at 01-8734333 or via centrallibrary@dublincity.ie

The Pictures Film Club @ axis: Ballymun will screen “SONG FOR MARION” on Monday. Admission is free and the event is part of Positive Ageing Week. Reservation is required through the axis box office on 01-8832100

Arthur (Terrence Stamp) is a grumpy old codger whose wife, Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) is terminally ill and keen to spend her last days singing with a choir. When she is no longer able to attend, he takes her place. As he meets the fellow singers he begins a voyage of self-discovery which helps him mend his relationship with his son and begin preparing for a life without Marion.

This screening will follow the launch of Positive Ageing Week at axis: Ballymun at 14:00 that afternoon.

The lecture “Ireland’s Weather: A Journey through Time” by Dr Evelyn Cusack (Mét Eireann) will take place on Monday. Admission is fre and the lecture is organised by the Irish Astronomical Society.

In the talk, you will be taken through a brief history of weather and weather forecasting and then told a little about how modern forecasts are made using high resolution mathematical models of the Atmosphere.

Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase. The line-up is not always easily findable on the Whelan’s website, but admission is always free. The line-up this week is: The Lennings, Niall Thomas, Trampoline Scene and Christian Collins The website likes to confuse. There are THREE references to “Free Entry” but despite all that at one place it says “EUR 5”. I go by majority!!

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.

A new Monday night event is taking place in Whelan’s “The Monday Midnight Club” will present a Breakthrough Band at 23:00, The Midnight Act at 12:00 and Funk/Rock/Soul DJs at 01:00. Admission is free and the line-up for the next few weeks is:

30 Sept: Cold Comfort / Those Creeps / DJ Meow Cat+ Guests

From Friday 27 September to Saturday 05 October Age Action is celebrating Positive Ageing in Ireland. Positive Ageing Week is a festival which highlights the positive aspects of ageing and celebrates the contribution older people have made and continue to make to their communities. This is the 11th year Age Action has marked UN International Day of Older Persons (01 October).

The calender of events can be downloaded here
www.ageaction.ie/sites/default/files/pdf/26-09%20Final%20PAW%20National%20Calendar.pdf The document is 200 pages long! the Dublin Section is from Page 49 until Page 81.

I will not be able to list the events here so please check the website below and the Event Calender above.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will on Tuesday now as well. 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

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 Festival of Histtory takes place from 26 Sept – 09 Oct. There will be lectures, walks, film and panel debates on historical topics and the programme has been devised by Dublin City Public Libraries. All lectures are free but need pre-booking. The full programme is here www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dublin-Festival-of-History-2013-Programme-web.pdf

Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 19 Sept – 06 Oct. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer, lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Sun-Wed 12:00-23:00 and Thurs-Sat: 12:00-00:30.

The Festival Tent is on the platform in George’s Dock and there are severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). With already huge but still growing popularity of the Oktoberfest, this means there will be long queues already from around 17:30. You can get beer and some food next to the CHQ building as well, so you don’t have to queue to get into the tent, but if that is what you want, you might need to pre-book.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an somewhat strange wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

The Irish Wildlife Trust Dublin is inviting to the next Green Drinks Dublin event, which will always take place on the first Tuesday of every month. This month Kayleigh Keegan, founder of Kayleigh’s Sanctuary for Exotic Pets, will talk about the weird pet fads created by cartoon classics and the disastrous environmental effects that followed.

How did these fads start and what happens when they end? Kayleigh will explain how the pet store terrapin is a mythical creature, and why next year’s release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could become the ecological crisis of the decade.

Admission is free, but registration is required either via dublinbranch@iwt.ie or on Facebook following the link below.

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

At this week’s Plateau Sessions there will be “Just No”, “5 Dollar Shakes”, “Damh” plus more. The Plateau Sessions is an open mic night that features some special guest acts from all over Ireland. 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.

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. The line-up for the next Tuesday has not been revealed yet, so check the website a little closer to the date. Admission is free.

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

Entry charges at nearly all OPW sites are waived once a month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) wants to encourage more people to visit the historic sites that it manages and has therfore started this initiative. Most OPW owned sites can already be visited for free, but the sites that normally charge a fee will be free every first Wednesday as well.
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

From Friday 27 September to Saturday 05 October Age Action is celebrating Positive Ageing in Ireland. Positive Ageing Week is a festival which highlights the positive aspects of ageing and celebrates the contribution older people have made and continue to make to their communities. This is the 11th year Age Action has marked UN International Day of Older Persons (01 October).

The calender of events can be downloaded here
www.ageaction.ie/sites/default/files/pdf/26-09%20Final%20PAW%20National%20Calendar.pdf The document is 200 pages long! the Dublin Section is from Page 49 until Page 81.

I will not be able to list the events here so please check the website below and the Event Calender above.

Meet at the entrance into Rathmines at the Grand Canal Bridge for this Let’s Walk & Talk event and explore the off-streets and hidden corners of one of Dublin’s first suburban townships with historian Pat Liddy. Admission is free.

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

The Dublin Festival of Histtory takes place from 26 Sept – 09 Oct. There will be lectures, walks, film and panel debates on historical topics and the programme has been devised by Dublin City Public Libraries. All lectures are free but need pre-booking. The full programme is here www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dublin-Festival-of-History-2013-Programme-web.pdf

Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 19 Sept – 06 Oct. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer, lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Sun-Wed 12:00-23:00 and Thurs-Sat: 12:00-00:30.

The Festival Tent is on the platform in George’s Dock and there are severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). With already huge but still growing popularity of the Oktoberfest, this means there will be long queues already from around 17:30. You can get beer and some food next to the CHQ building as well, so you don’t have to queue to get into the tent, but if that is what you want, you might need to pre-book.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an somewhat strange wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

After daily Archive at Lunchtime events in July and August, the schedule goes back to events on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays. In addition the programme will change more frequently, and if the IFI keep changing the website address, the links below might not always be correct. In that case, just go to www.ifi.ie and search for “Archive at Lunchtime”

Saturdays: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-free-event/
Monday: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-free-event/
Wednesday: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-free-event/

As part of the Positive Aging Week 2013, the National Print Museum will run a free lunchtime tour. There will be a special demonstration of a number of the printing presses by one of the active retired volunteers.

This is a two-hour workshop with Gabriel Caetano for music artists who play any instrument. The first part of the workshop is a music lesson with an emphasis on the guitar, for beginning and intermediate levels. Practice and theory will be covered. The second part of the workshop is an open jam and a time dedicated to developing group dynamics and performance skills.
A donation of EUR 3 is suggested and a third of all donations goes to the Exchange Dublin.

A weekly improv-comedy workshop with Emma will take place for the next 8 weeks. You will explore scenes and excercises. All experience levels are welcome. Suggested Donation is EUR 3.

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.

On the eve of the All Ireland Poetry Day teacher, writer and performance artist Miriam Kilmurry will examine the place of Francis Ledwidge among the canons of WWI literature in her talk “Francis Ledwidge: WWI Irish Nationalist War Poet”. Admission is free and no booking required.

150 entrepreneurs, startups, techies and investors come together on Wed to listen to 6 pitches from startup companies. The event will start with a talk from special guest James Whelton (founder of CoderDojo) amd Connor Murphy (Datahug).

Admission is free, but booking is required by following this link.

Ita Beausang and Eibhlis Farrell discuss ‘Labelling ‘Women’ Composers: Not What It Says On The Tin?’ Following a talk by Ita Beausang of some Irish women composers, Dr. Eibhlís Farrell will speak about her experience as a composer in Ireland and will answer audience questions. Admission is free. Registration is required via compcent@tcd.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.

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.

Could somebody please let me know if this event is still taking place or if it has finished?

“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).

From Friday 27 September to Saturday 05 October Age Action is celebrating Positive Ageing in Ireland. Positive Ageing Week is a festival which highlights the positive aspects of ageing and celebrates the contribution older people have made and continue to make to their communities. This is the 11th year Age Action has marked UN International Day of Older Persons (01 October).

The calender of events can be downloaded here
www.ageaction.ie/sites/default/files/pdf/26-09%20Final%20PAW%20National%20Calendar.pdf The document is 200 pages long! the Dublin Section is from Page 49 until Page 81.

I will not be able to list the events here so please check the website below and the Event Calender above.

BT Ireland is running a Cancer Shop Challenge where different teams in the company have collected donated second-hand items (clothes, electronics (some even brand new), books and bric-a-brac) and will sell these items on Thursday. The money will go to The Irish Cancer Society, but to motivate the teams, they are competing against each other to get the maximum revenue from their assigned charity shop.

Fionnuala McKenna, a long term and loyal Dublin Event Guide reader is in the team that will sell their goods in the Camden Street Shop of the Irish Cancer Society and Fionnuala and her team hope that you will come to the Camden Street Shop on Thursday.

There will be a host of speakers, docking stations and electronics which can be snapped up at bargain prices and Geoff Minogue AKA Tommy from Fait City will be in the store signing autographs. As October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, if you wear something pink on the day you will receive an extra discount on items purchased. Donations are also welcome: You can leave your pre-loved items into the Camden Street shop and tell them they are for the BT Challenge.

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 Festival of Histtory takes place from 26 Sept – 09 Oct. There will be lectures, walks, film and panel debates on historical topics and the programme has been devised by Dublin City Public Libraries. All lectures are free but need pre-booking. The full programme is here www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dublin-Festival-of-History-2013-Programme-web.pdf

Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 19 Sept – 06 Oct. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer, lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Sun-Wed 12:00-23:00 and Thurs-Sat: 12:00-00:30.

The Festival Tent is on the platform in George’s Dock and there are severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). With already huge but still growing popularity of the Oktoberfest, this means there will be long queues already from around 17:30. You can get beer and some food next to the CHQ building as well, so you don’t have to queue to get into the tent, but if that is what you want, you might need to pre-book.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an somewhat strange wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

‘Crime in the City: Crime and History’ is a series of talks and readings looking at the broad issue of crime in Dublin through the ages.
This series of events brings together writers from fiction with historians, researchers and bloggers to inform, entertain and promote discussion. Events take place every Thursday in October and will be lunchtime readings, talks and discussions.

Admission is free, but booking is required via centrallibrary@dublincity.ie or 01-8734333

Jeanette Lowe talks about her exhibition ‘Pearse House: Village in the City’, which is currently running at the NPA until 06 October. Admission is free, no booking required.

“Human Rights Defenders in Colombia: Experiences on the ground” is a talk organised by the Latin American Solidarity Centre (LASC) and Front Line Defenders. Admission is free.

Colombia is experiencing one of the most worrying human rights crises in Latin America, yet, at the same time, Colombia has one of the most vibrant civil societies in the region, where human rights defenders play a prominent role. Colombian Human Rights organisations are a source of inspiration for many around the world; one of their main strengths is the extent to which their network reaches remote villages and covers the entire country. On Thursday you will hear some of the stories of both sides of the medal.

Speakers will be Niamh Ni Bhriain, who worked with Peace Brigades International and with LASC in Colombia, Adam Shapiro, Head of campaigns in Front Line Defenders and recently back from Colombia, and José Antonio Gutiérrez, research and development officer in LASC.

A series of six free lectures for aspiring small business owners and managers will take place from 26 Sept until 31 Oct. The lecture series is organised by Dublin City Public Libraries and the Dublin City Enterprise Board. All lectures are free, but booking is essential via 01-8733996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie.

The lectures all take place on Thursdays from 18:30-20:00:

26 Sept: An Introduction to Self Employment with Brendan Moran
03 Oct: Ideas Generation & Market Research with Brendan Moran
10 Oct: Ethnic Entrepreneurship with Peter Smith
17 Oct: Digital Marketing and Social Media with TBA
24 Oct: Financing your Business with Paul Neary
31 Oct: Business Planning Structure with Brendan Moran

“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

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.

“LOQ is a monthly spoken word, hip-hop & poetry night, held on the first Tuesday of every month in the basement of Sweeney’s Mongrel. Kicking off at 20:00 with poetry and spoken word and working up to a hip hop crescendo before opening the floor to anyone brave enough to give it a go.” Admission is free.

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.

The Thursday events on the Grand Social 3rd Birthday Weekender are all free:

21:00: Dead Heavys, MeltyBrains?, Fears
23:00: Domino DJs
22:30: The Wailers – Aftershow Party

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.

Every Thursday a free Trad Session takes place in McNeills and often there are high profile Trad musicians performing. Until the end of August, that Thursday Session is part of the Steeple Sessions programme (www.steeplesessions.com )

Lamont / Bailey / Wall & More will perform in The Midnight Hour slot. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30.

Open House Dublin is the biggest celebration of architecture in Ireland presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation. Open House Dublin 2013 will take place from 04-06 October. Over one weekend, almost 100 buildings of all types and periods will open up their doors to allow you to explore the architecture of our city. Special tours are provided by hundreds of professionals and enthusiasts and all is completely free.

The main days are Saturday and Sunday, but some buildings will only open on Friday, so you chould check the list of particiapting buildings at the website below and plan your tours in advance.

From Friday 27 September to Saturday 05 October Age Action is celebrating Positive Ageing in Ireland. Positive Ageing Week is a festival which highlights the positive aspects of ageing and celebrates the contribution older people have made and continue to make to their communities. This is the 11th year Age Action has marked UN International Day of Older Persons (01 October).

The calender of events can be downloaded here
www.ageaction.ie/sites/default/files/pdf/26-09%20Final%20PAW%20National%20Calendar.pdf The document is 200 pages long! the Dublin Section is from Page 49 until Page 81.

I will not be able to list the events here so please check the website below and the Event Calender above.

“The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland” edited by Professor Harry White (UCD School of Music and Professor Barra Boydell, Department of Music NUI Maynooth) is the first comprehensive attempt to chronicle the history of music in Ireland. More than a decade in development and with over 2,000 entries, the volume features contributors from over 230 individual scholars and covers an exhaustive range of topics in the domain of Irish music history.

Michael D. Higgins, the Irish President will launch the publication. Light refreshments will be served.

Admission is free but booking is required via ucdpress@ucd.ie

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 Festival of Histtory takes place from 26 Sept – 09 Oct. There will be lectures, walks, film and panel debates on historical topics and the programme has been devised by Dublin City Public Libraries. All lectures are free but need pre-booking. The full programme is here www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dublin-Festival-of-History-2013-Programme-web.pdf

Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 19 Sept – 06 Oct. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer, lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Sun-Wed 12:00-23:00 and Thurs-Sat: 12:00-00:30.

The Festival Tent is on the platform in George’s Dock and there are severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). With already huge but still growing popularity of the Oktoberfest, this means there will be long queues already from around 17:30. You can get beer and some food next to the CHQ building as well, so you don’t have to queue to get into the tent, but if that is what you want, you might need to pre-book.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an somewhat strange wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

The Nutgrove Arts Fest 2013 runs from 26 Sept – 06 Oct. It takes place in conjunction with the Doorway Gallery.

The programme on Friday is:

+ Corus Choir Performance (13:00-14:00)

The full programme with further details is here: www.nutgroveshoppingcentre.ie/_fileupload/ArtsFest13EventGuide.pdf

A lunchtime rectial with Lorraine Galvin (soprano), Patrick Burke (Clarinet) & Niall Kinsella (piano) will take place. They will perform arias by Purcell, Handel, & Mozart, and lieder by Schubert, Wolf, & Richard Strauss.

Pan Pan Theatre will perform “Americanitis” a new play as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival and the performance is free. Check out the details on the website below.

Free but ticketed. Contact the Dublin Theatre Festival box office directly on 01 677 8899 for tickets.

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.

Catherine Ingram will lead six nights of Dharma Dialogues entitled ‘Practical Wisdom in Precarious Times’ in October. Catherine Ingram is the author of “In the Footsteps of Gandhi”, “Passionate Presence” and “A Crack in Everything” and her sessions “are a context in which we look at life experiences – work, creativity, romance, parenting, service, loss, and death– through the lens of understanding”

The talks will take place on 04, 05, 10, 11, 15 and 18 October. For anyone 25 years or younger admission is free, For the rest there is a suggested donation of EUR 15 per evening.

“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 takes place every week. Admission is free.

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

The North Sea will perform in The Midnight Hour slot. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30.