Dublin Event Guide 324: Granby Park, Dublin Fashion Festival, World Fusion Market, Sculpture in Context

The D-Riculous All Stars are performing in Whelan’s and 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.

“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.

Clapperclaw is a Jazzy Electronica gig with Carrie-Anne Murphy, a musician from Brooklyn, who is on her way to Paris.

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.

Millenium are playing in the Midnight Hours slot in Whelan’s. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30. The gig starts at midnight.

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.

“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.

“The gardens are not only a botanical haven, and a quiet oasis on the outskirts of a modern European City; they also provide a challenging venue that gives the artist the rare opportunity of realising large-scale work. The sculptures will be displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House, and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the gallery above the Visitor Centre. On Saturdays throughout the exhibition, you will have a rare opportunity to join the artists for a guided tour throughout the exhibition. “

Admission is free and the exhibition will run until 18 October. I will mention the exhibition every weekend, but it obviously is also there during the week.

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.

On a vacant site where a few years ago still social housing was standing, the voluntary arts collective, Upstart, has created a big urban Pop-up Park, called Granby Park. The park will be there until 22 Sept. During this time a whole range of events will take place in the park and nearly all of them will be free.

“Urban Park” usually means that you have to go a bit easy on your expectations regarding plants and greenery, but if you consider that work only started in July, you can imagine that the term “park” has to be interpreted a good bit wider. One thing is certain, though: It will be nicer than Wolf Tone Square, which Dublin City at times likes to call “Wolfe Tone Park”.

Granby Park will be open Mon-Fri from 08:00-19:00 and Sat&Sun from 10:00-19:00 and you are invited to visit it. Food & Drink will be sold on site, but alcohol is not permitted.

I strongly recommend that you check it out and I will also tell you about the upcoming events in the next few weeks.

Sat 07 Sept (14:00-19:00): Happenings Dublin host a day of music performances and arts events. Adm. free
Sun 08 Sept: (14:00-19:00): Diskotekken invite to Jazz & Hip Hop Family Fun Day. Adm 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

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.

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.

The Dublin Fashion Festival in association with Samsung, will run from 05-08 Sept in the City Centre. There will be daytime catwalk shows, fashion parades, a roaming beauty bus and tailored events in bars, restaurants and special venues.

The free events on Saturday are:

+ Street Fashion Shows (20 min) – 14:45/15:45 at Grafton Street/South King Street Junction
+ Street Fashion Shows (20 min) – 11:45/12:45 at Henry Street/Liffey Street Junction
+ Style-Eyes Installation – Digital Shopping in Jervis Street Shopping Centre (11:00-16:00)
+ Strike a Pose – Be a model for a day in St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre (12:00-16:00)
+ Meet Irish Designers in Brown Thomas (12:00-18:00)
+ Stylathon with Maria Kelly – 14:00-17:00 in the Ilac Centre
+ LA Creative Styling Workshops in Chatham Street (18:00-21:00)

…and lots more. Check out the events on www.dff.ie/event-guide/

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.

On Fri 06 and Sat 07 Sept the next Jobs Expo will take place in Croke Park. The organisers have announced that more than 500 jobs are on offer from KBC Bank, VM Ware, HiberniaEvros, Morgan McKinley and others. Admission is free.

And if you can’t make it this week, then on the following Saturday (14 Sept) Career Zoo takes place in the Convention Centre.

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 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 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.

I have seen nearly every Science Gallery exhibition and I would say this is definitely one of the best.

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.

Have a look at the website below to see an outline on what is on show. I strongly recommend that you see the show and tell me afterwards what you thought about it: dublineventguide@gmail.com (During the week (Tues-Fri) the exhibition is open until 20:00 and from 12:00 and on Sat+Sun; 12:00-18:00).

The next Ink Slingers Creative Writing Hour will take place on Sat. Two weeks ago it pointed out that the event is free. That reference is not in the text anymore this time. I only stress that because before the summer there was some unrest over some charges that were brought in and people felt they weren’t sufficiently forewarned.

The hour includes writing exercises and prompts to get ideas flowing. It is open to everyone and is suitable for all levels of experience

The Irish Record Fairs is coming to Sweeney’s Bar again. All types of musics, CDs, DVDs and vinyl’s. Admission is free.

Czech artist Josef Haring (*1952) invited all Dubliners to take part in his new European project, which started already on Thursday, but they didn’t tell me until a few hours before. Well, luckily it is a 3-day event and you will still be able to take part on Saturday.

During his project he intends to travel the Europe and create an imaginary portrait of various European cities. Everybody can take part and become a co-author of this piece of art. Photographs of all participants will be displayed along with the painting in each city, with one large exhibition of the whole series at the end of the project.

You can contribute and express your views and feelings about Dublin on four canvasses at the O’Connell Monument in O’Connoll Street. Participation is free.

Roddy Doyle will be for a book signing in Eason’s.

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/

Gerard Stembridge & Kevin Curran will read and talk about the novel as a document of a generation. They will look at how writing can shine a light on society’s “tired” values. More information about the authors is on the website below.

‘Who got Game?’ a 3 vs 3 Basketball & 5 vs 5 Soccer tournament between urban Irish young people and ethnic minority young adults who are interested in the same activities. The event is organised by the Youth Platform Project and by the New Communities Partnership. There will also be music and dance.

And if you want to read the worst possible event description for an event like that, check out www.dublin.ie/calendar_details.aspx?eventid=4309 It is clear that the people who write that nonsense fully understand the needs and wants of the young people they deal with. … NOT!!

I expect, though, that the event will be better than the awful description because once the kids make it their own, it will all turn out well.

“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

The New Theatre supports New Writing by providing a platform for a free Playreading on the first Saturday of each month. This month the reading is “The 3 Kings” by Tina Noonan. Admission is free, but a suggested donation of EUR2 is appreciated.

Ever stood under a giraffe or looked a tiger in the eye? Get the chance to do this and more on this family tour. Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable for Families.

Every Saturday, for the duration of the Sculpture in Context Exhibition, you can join the artists for a guided tour throughout the exhibition providing an opportunity to gain an insight into some of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary art. Admission is free. Meet at the visitor centre.

Naymedici, who have been described as ‘sounding like a bar room brawl between The Pogues & Gogol Bordello’, are performing in Whelan’s. 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.

Diosco na Mbo & Doppler will play “a heady mix of groovy funk licks and eklectronic rhythms…”

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

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 vocal jazz from 21:30. On Sat the Stefania Milazzo Duo (Italy) will perform. Admission is free.

Lurch & F ck Mountain are performig in the Midnight Hour slot in Wehlan’s. Admission is free before 22:30

Mama Kasbah will play original Rumba / Reggae / Patchanka from Sicily/ France / Spain / Euskal Herri

Admission is free.

“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.

“The gardens are not only a botanical haven, and a quiet oasis on the outskirts of a modern European City; they also provide a challenging venue that gives the artist the rare opportunity of realising large-scale work. The sculptures will be displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House, and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the gallery above the Visitor Centre. On Saturdays throughout the exhibition, you will have a rare opportunity to join the artists for a guided tour throughout the exhibition. “

Admission is free and the exhibition will run until 18 October. I will mention the exhibition every weekend, but it obviously is also there during the week.

The Farmleigh House Food Market takes place on Sunday in the Farmyard and from 14:00-16:00 “Robbed & Lynched” will perform in the bandstand. Admission is free.

On a vacant site where a few years ago still social housing was standing, the voluntary arts collective, Upstart, has created a big urban Pop-up Park, called Granby Park. The park will be there until 22 Sept. During this time a whole range of events will take place in the park and nearly all of them will be free.

“Urban Park” usually means that you have to go a bit easy on your expectations regarding plants and greenery, but if you consider that work only started in July, you can imagine that the term “park” has to be interpreted a good bit wider. One thing is certain, though: It will be nicer than Wolf Tone Square, which Dublin City at times likes to call “Wolfe Tone Park”.

Granby Park will be open Mon-Fri from 08:00-19:00 and Sat&Sun from 10:00-19:00 and you are invited to visit it. Food & Drink will be sold on site, but alcohol is not permitted.

I strongly recommend that you check it out and I will also tell you about the upcoming events in the next few weeks.

The main event on Sunday will be:
Sun 08 Sept: (14:00-19:00): Diskotekken invite to Jazz & Hip Hop Family Fun Day. Adm free

“From 2pm DJs will play family friendly jazz, soul, rnb & hip hop records. From 5pm, Stone & Jezreel will perform live. S&J are a 2-piece Rhythm & Soul band, born in Nigeria & currently based in Dublin. Their musical influences include Nas, Lauren Hill, Fela Kuti and Bob Marley. Dublin’s enigmatic Gruel Guerilla will have his BBQ fired up all day. Elsa Green will be painting children’s faces. TemperMental MissElayneous will conduct an MC-ing workshop. There’ll be a children’s play area…. and a live graffiti jam.”

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 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:
08 Sept: Make a Wallet (Bring along empty clean cartons)
15 Sept: Animals in the Phoenix Park Zoo
22 Sept: Autumn in the Walled Garden
29 Sept: Cycling in the Park
06 Oct: Deer in Phoenix Park

The Dublin Fashion Festival in association with Samsung, will run from 05-08 Sept in the City Centre. There will be daytime catwalk shows, fashion parades, a roaming beauty bus and tailored events in bars, restaurants and special venues.

The free events on Sunday are:

+ Strike a Pose – Be a model for a day in St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre (12:00-16:00)
+ Meet Irish Designers in Brown Thomas (12:00-16:00)
+ Kid’s Dress-up Box in Jervis Street Shopping Centre
+ Fashion Shows & Workshops
…and more. Check out the details on www.dff.ie/event-guide/

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

The next Fusion Sundays Market will take place this Sunday in the Dublin Food Co-op. It is a world culture market, an ethnic Bazaar, that focuses on the diverse ethnic culture present in Ireland today. The Market features a huge array of International stalls, ethnic food, live music and entertainment for kids. You can buy handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewellery, clothes and food. The market is held every second Sunday of the month. Admission is free.

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

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 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.

I have seen nearly every Science Gallery exhibition and I would say this is definitely one of the best.

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.

Have a look at the website below to see an outline on what is on show. I strongly recommend that you see the show and tell me afterwards what you thought about it: dublineventguide@gmail.com (During the week (Tues-Fri) the exhibition is open until 20:00 and from 12:00 and on Sat+Sun; 12:00-18:00).

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. 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 “Mozart & Beethoven Sonatas For Piano & Violin”

A Intercultural Tour in Japanese with Community Ambassador Hiromi Anzai who will introduce the collections in Japanese, will take place in the Chester Beatty Library. Admission is free and no booking required. Tell all your Japanese speaking friends!

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

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 “Animal Safari”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended.

The Public Lecture “The Pre-Raphaelites” with lecturer Yvonne Pettitt will take place on Sunday. Admission is free, but early arrival is recommended.

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: Lucky Bones, Ultan Conlon, Kicking Bird, Signa, Modesto, Lisa McLaughlin

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

A free YogaDance session is taking place in the Exchange.

The wedding and party band The Long John Jump Band play every Sunday evening in Café en Seine. 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). In brief: Pete McGowan, KRB, Brian Casey, Roman Electric Band, The Journals

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

A week-long Giant Book Fair will take place at the at Alliance Française after the librarians spent the summer months combing through our collection, deciding what stays and what goes, and now they’d like to invite you to their Giant Book Fair.

“There are French novels, dictionaries, books about art, biographies, essays, and young adult fiction to choose from. Come along and see if you can find a copy of the book that first made you fall in love with the French language and culture, or the book that will be the beginning of a life-long romance?”

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.

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/

A Capoeira Class with Robson Jamaica takes place. Admission is free.

The Dublin Cycling Campaign’s Public September Meeting is themed “Mobility Week 2013 – A Chance to Discover a new Dublin!”

Speakers at the meeting will be:
+ Aimee Van Wylick (coordinator of Dublin Culture Night). She will outline the vast array of events for Culture Night (20 Sept) and the variety of mobility options to get to events
+ Eoin Bairéad (coordinator of Dublin Cycling Campaign’s ‘Parking Day’ events). He will give a brief outline on the Innovation of Parking Day, and the need for ideas and volunteers.
+ James Maher (coordinator of ‘Golden Pedal’ competition for businesses, who have promoted cycling). He will give a brief update on progress in this competition- The awards will be presented during Mobility Week
+ Mike McKillen. Mike will speak briefly about the visit of a speaker from ADFC, the German Cycle Advocacy organisation with nearly 140,000 members.

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 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.

This is a free open mic for Actors, Stage and Screen Writers and Short Film Makers to display their talents before an audience of like-minded people.

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:

09 Sept: The Viking Project / Pet Fox / DJ Meow Cat + Guests
16 Sept: White Trash and The Spear Headed Sparrow Hawks / Half Past Dead (Folk Show) / DJ Meow Cat + Guests
23 Sept: Color//Sound / Marcus Karcus and The Street Wise / DJ Meow Cat
30 Sept: Cold Comfort / Those Creeps / DJ Meow Cat+ Guests

OldSkool, a live seven-piece hip-hop group play classic to modern rap & hip-hop. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/thisisoldskool

“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.

Dublin City Council and Friends of Medieval Dublin are presenting Milestones of Medieval Dublin, a series of seven free lunchtime lectures held monthly. This month’s talk will be “1315: The Bruce Invasion” with speaker Seymour Philips.

The next one of the interesting City Intersections events will take place on Tuesday. This time the theme is “Small Revolutions” and the speakers will discuss “How do you make change in a city? How about in Dublin? What kinds of change does Dublin need?”

The event takes place in the Granby Pop-up Park and you need to register to get your name on the guest list. Register here: cityintersections.eventbrite.ie/ Admission is free.

The speakers on the evening are:
Eilis Murphy (eilismurphy.com) on making interventions in Dublin’s private-public spaces
Unfinished Business (ub1913.wordpress.com/) who believe that 1913 was only the beginning
Donal Fallon (comeheretome.com/) on Dublin’s revolutionary past & potential

Milk and Cookie Stories is a story telling event for for anyone who has a story to tell, or wants to hear a tale told well, in a relaxed, friendly environment – a place with tea, cushions, cookies and friends. Admission is free, everyone is welcome and stories of all kinds are welcome. If you would like to tell a story, just come along and sign up on the night, or “if you feel inspired to share your own home-baked goods with Dublin’s friendliest audience, we’ll also be having our awesome Bake-Off.” At the September event, the theme will be “An Education”. www.facebook.com/events/1389565697938662/ Ohhh, and the cookies are DELICIOUS! ;-)

“What is Life Like at -60°C?” is the title of a Café scientifique talk in the Alliance Francaise with Claire le Calvez.

“Le Calvez is the scientific manager of Concordia, the French-Italian research station located on the Antarctic plateau where temperatures can reach -80°C during winter time. During these 9 winter months, just 15 people live and work there, while in summer time, the population can grow to as many as 90 people, including scientists and technicians. Life at Concordia has to be organized around environmental and community constraints, as well as the scientists’ projects… A significant challenge which has to be tackled every year!”

This event is organised by the French Embassy in Ireland, the Alliance Française and UCD Earth Institute. Admission is free but you have to register by sending a mail to rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with the subject CLAIRE LE CALVEZ. Complimentary refreshment will also be provided.

Obsession Salsa are inviting to a Salsa Taster Class on Tuesday in Dundrum. Nina will teach a Beginners class from 19:00 and Louis will teach, also Beginners level, from 20:00. On the night you can sign up for classes for a discounted rate if you wish.

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.

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

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.

The Plateau Sessions, an open mic night with special guests, will feature Monsoon Season, Orchid Collective and Paddy Hanna plus more.

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

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-free-event-2?instance_id=1591646

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

Before the gig, you will have a chance to watch the Football Match Austria vs Ireland on the big screen in the Grand Social.

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

A week-long Giant Book Fair will take place at the at Alliance Française after the librarians spent the summer months combing through our collection, deciding what stays and what goes, and now they’d like to invite you to their Giant Book Fair.

“There are French novels, dictionaries, books about art, biographies, essays, and young adult fiction to choose from. Come along and see if you can find a copy of the book that first made you fall in love with the French language and culture, or the book that will be the beginning of a life-long romance?”

Admission is free.

This Wednesday’s Phoenix Park Walk will be outside butin the neighbourhood of Phoenix Park: A Tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery with Eamonn Clarke will take place.

Join Alex Ward, curator of Dress and Textiles to look at an evening dress made by Irish couturier Neillí Mulcahy. The dress was worn by her aunt Phyllis, Mrs. Sean T. O’Kelly, who wore it to a State Dinner in the White House on the evening of St. Patrick’s Day, 1959. Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable for adults.

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.

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 talk “Irish Farmhouse Cheeses” with Glynn Anderson takes place. Admission is free.

A DanceWalking Crash Course takes place in the War Memorial Gardens. Admission is free and everyone is 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.

Dr Jean-Louis Etienne, legendary Polar explorer, will share stories of his past adventures and details of his upcoming trip: a year of exploration on the Southern Ocean aboard the ‘PolarPod’ a manned oceanographic platform designed to drift around Antarctica in the infamous ‘furious fifties’ winds.
The presentation will be followed by a round table including Claire Le Calvez (Scientific Manager of the Antarctic station Concordia), Chris Bean (UCD Earth Institute), Eimear Carlin (2041 Antarctic Youth Ambassador), Franck McGovern (Climate Change Research & Science)and Charlotte O’Kelly (Techworks Marine).
This event is organised by the French Embassy in Ireland, the Alliance Française and UCD Earth Institute. Admission is free, but you have to register here and places are limited.

Máire T. Robinson won first prize in the Doire Press International Chapbook Competition. “Your Mixtape Unravels My Heart” is the resulting book. Containing ten short stories based on song titles, it is by turns lyrical, unsettling or steeped in wry humour.Jack Harte will launch the book and there will be wine, merriment, teeny-tiny cakes, and a raffle with prizes based on each story. 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.

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).

Every Thursday, free tours of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue take place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

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

This September, the 4th Underground Cinema Film Festival will take place in Dun Laoghaire from 12-15 Sept. The venues are the Pavilion Theatre, The Royal Marine Hotel and the Dun Laoghaire Club. Over 100 films from adventurous independent filmmakers will be screened and in addition there are workshops, the Underground Cinema Expo and an evening entertainment programme with BBQ and music.

Film Festivals are usually not free and the same applies to the Underground Film Festival. However, all the workshops at the festival are free and the Expo is free too and for that reason I am happy to mention this festival and recommend that you check free AND non free events. The festival programme can be found at www.undergroundcinema-filmfestival.com or if you prefer to download a PDF, get it here. The free workshops are listed on Paged 20+21.

A brief overview of the workshops is here:
Thurs (11:00): Acting for the Camera with John Dawson (booked out)
Sat (14:00): Demystifying Section 481 with John Phelan
Sun (11:00): Makeup Workshop with Debs Leonard
Sun (14:00): Film Making On The Fly with Noel Brady

Places for the workshops are limited and you need to book to get your free space. Check the website for all information and also the other events.

The Underground Cinema Expo, the other free event at the festival, takes place on Thurs from 14:00-17:00 in the Royal Marine Hotel. Some of the leading service providers in the film industry promote their services.

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 first levture on Emotional Intelligence in the Business Library was so successful, that a second lunchtime lecture on this topic is provided:

“Emotional Intelligence Part 2 – Practical Tips on How to Start Building the Core Aspects of Emotional Intelligence” is a free Lunchtime Public Lecture by Amber Hanna MSc, Reg. Work & Org. Psychol., C.Psychol, Corporate Psychologist as part of Dublin City Public Libraries Career Direction and Development Programme 2013. Admission is free, but booking is recommended. Booking is recommended on 01-8733996

“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.

The Dublin Community Growers will be presenting a free screening of the film ‘Vanishing of the Bees’ at Dublin Food Co-op. All are welcome.

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 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 )

I’m your Vinyl & Saint Yorda are performing in the Zebra Club slot on Thursday. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30.

A week-long Giant Book Fair will take place at the at Alliance Française after the librarians spent the summer months combing through our collection, deciding what stays and what goes, and now they’d like to invite you to their Giant Book Fair.

“There are French novels, dictionaries, books about art, biographies, essays, and young adult fiction to choose from. Come along and see if you can find a copy of the book that first made you fall in love with the French language and culture, or the book that will be the beginning of a life-long romance?”

Admission is free.

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 September, the 4th Underground Cinema Film Festival will take place in Dun Laoghaire from 12-15 Sept. The venues are the Pavilion Theatre, The Royal Marine Hotel and the Dun Laoghaire Club. Over 100 films from adventurous independent filmmakers will be screened and in addition there are workshops, the Underground Cinema Expo and an evening entertainment programme with BBQ and music.

Film Festivals are usually not free and the same applies to the Underground Film Festival. However, all the workshops at the festival are free and the Expo is free too and for that reason I am happy to mention this festival and recommend that you check free AND non free events. The festival programme can be found at www.undergroundcinema-filmfestival.com or if you prefer to download a PDF, get it here. The free workshops are listed on Paged 20+21.

A brief overview of the workshops is here:
Thurs (11:00): Acting for the Camera with John Dawson (booked out)
Sat (14:00): Demystifying Section 481 with John Phelan
Sun (11:00): Makeup Workshop with Debs Leonard
Sun (14:00): Film Making On The Fly with Noel Brady

Places for the workshops are limited and you need to book to get your free space. Check the website for all information and also the other events.

The Underground Cinema Expo, the other free event at the festival, takes place on Thurs from 14:00-17:00 in the Royal Marine Hotel. Some of the leading service providers in the film industry promote their services.

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.

Hidden Highways will perform in Tower Records at 13:00 and later at 18:00 Death in the Sickroom will do their thing.

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.

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers meet at the Martello Tower car park in Sandymount for a public star-gazing. Members bring along their telescopes and share the wonders of the night-sky with you. 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.

Elastic Sleep will perform in the Midnight Hour Slot in Whelan’s. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30.