Dublin Event Guide 359: Art in Action, Bray Jazz Festival, Phizzfest, Craft Festival

A weekly car boot sale, one of less than a handful that is still reliably taking place, has up to 200 cars/sellers. The stadium is just a few minutes walk from the Red LUAS line stop and numerous bus stops. For traders the Car Boot Sale opens at 06:30 for buyers from 08:00. If you are interested in selling, check the details and register on their website.

The Bray Jazz Festival will take place this weekend with main Festival Days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday (02-04 May).

There are plenty of free gigs taking place in pubs, bars and restaurants of Bray and on the Harbour Stage. In addition there are non-free events with somewhat higher profile performers in the Town Hall and in the Mermaid Arts Centre.

If you like Jazz, have a look at the programme here www.brayjazz.com/programme/main-programme2014

The Phibsborough Community & Arts Festival, called Phizzfest 2014, is taking place from Thurs 01 May until Monday 05 May. Lots of events will take place and many of them will be free.

There will be walking tours, poetry events, events for children and on Sunday a Community Fun Day at the Royal Canal (4th lock) including Duck Race will take place and there are also talks and Trad Music at The Hut at Doyle’s Corner.

Check the programme for Saturday (www.phizzfest.ie/saturday-3rd.html), Sunday (www.phizzfest.ie/sunday-4th.html) and Monday (www.phizzfest.ie/monday-5th.html) here.

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 Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

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 weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

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

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

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.

Art in Action is a unique arts and crafts festival at Farmleigh House & Estate that will take place over the May bank holiday weekend. 100 working artists will demonstrate their work and skills to you over the three day festival and they also invite you to participate in a number of art classes for both adults and children.

Art in Action is running for the last 17 years and up to 30,000 visitors will come to Farmleigh House over the long weekend. In addition to the art demonstrations and classes, there will be drama, dance, music and storytelling.

I have been at Art in Action last year and it is really a great event if you are interested in arts. I didn’t do any courses, but spent a great afternoon watching artists do their work, seeing some interesting painting and sculpture exhibitions and enjoying the garden party atmosphere. You will find me there this year again! :-)

Admission to the event is free.

For practical classes there is a fee of about EUR 8 to cover the cost of materials. Adults and children have separate classes, each under the guidance of an experienced artist. Classes last about an hour and are repeated throughout the day. Classes are booked on the day on a first-come first-served basis. In the classes you learn to make your first finished piece of art to take home.

The Farmleigh Food Market will also take place over the weekend from 10:00-17:00 every day (Sat, Sun + Mon).

For more information check www.artinaction.ie or www.facebook.com/Artinaction2014

Imelda May will be in HMV Grafton Street, for an album signing. Admission is free.

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 Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

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. Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

“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

“Aibítir – The Irish Alphabet in Botanical Art” by the Irish Society of Botanical Art is an exhibition from 02-25 May. Artists have created portraits of native plants accompanied by the first letter of their Irish name. Over 70 botanical artists, each with their own distinctive style, have participated in this project. This has resulted in the creation of three eighteen-letter Irish alphabets.

Free demonstrations in Botanical Art will take place during the exhibitio on Saturdays, Sundays in May and on Bank Holiday Monday (05 May).

“Be inspired… see how these beautiful pieces of art have been created. Watch the techniques and the skills used to depict our native plants. See how science and art merge in this fascinating art form. Members of the Irish Society of Botanical Art will give demonstrations in the Visitor Centre.”

Admission is free.

O.R.B. is visiting the HMV shops for a gig and a signing.Admission is free.

The dates and locations are:

+ Sat 03 May – 14:00: HMV Dundrum
+ Mon 05 May – 16:00: HMV Liffey Valley
+Thurs 08 May – 16:00: HMV Henry Street

The Big Blue Bus, the double decker pizza bus in the back yard of The Bernard Shaw, is the venue for a day long event of pizza, experimental food, talks, workshops, live music, DJs, art events and more.

Details are sparse and it seems that the free event starts with a craft beer tasting in the bus that costs EUR 10. :-O But after that there will be some free pizza and music. Feather will perform live and there will be DJs.

Admission is free (but not for the craft beer tasting).

Explore Killiney Hill Park without going along any of the public paths. A fun adventure for the wild kid at heart.

Admission is free, but booking is required by contacting the event leader Andrew Fleming from OWLS on 087 3299936 or info@owls.ie

“The Trial of Countess Markievicz” by Ann Matthews is a rehearsed reading of a new play by the author of ‘Lockout’.

The New Theatre supports New Writing and there is usually a free Playreading on the first Saturday of each month.

Admission is free, but a suggested donation of EUR 2 would be very welcome.

“Dames and Discs” is a painted white lady statue & vinyl record exhibition, which opens on Sunday and runs until 29 May.

“Come and see the infamous white lady statues hand-painted by twenty artists in this group exhibition. Also called the ‘white lady of Cabra’, or ‘Lady on the rocks’, you can spot the white lady statues in people’s windows around Dublin city – often multiples statues in the windows of a whole house! We will also have hand-painted vinyl records and canvas “album covers”.”

The opening night will have in-house entertainment from DJ Skelly B, free refreshments and BYOB. Admission is free.

For further information about the exhibition and a full list of artists, go here.

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 live music event 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 Devils Jukebox is live music from 20:00-23:00 and DJs with Alternative, Punk, Rock, Metal & Garage after that. Every Saturday! Admission is free.

One Horse Pony is a acoustic blues band from Cork, featuring musicians from Ireland, France and Poland. They will perform in Whelan’s and admission is free.

State Magazine Faces 2014 is a series of live shows, featuring the very best in new Irish music. The line-up for the May event is

HARE SQUEAD – exuberant young hip-hop trio
The Ground Will Shake – 50s influenced rock ‘n’ roll
Sights Distorted – Drogheda based industrial band

Admission is free.

The Filibusters Comedy Club at the Twisted Pepper will feature some great standup comedian this Saturday:

John Spillane
Donnchadh Tiernan
Kevin O’Connell
Harry Smith
Dermot Roche

Admission is free according to their Facebook Page.

The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.

Whistle, a six-piece Dublin band play a live and unplugged gig at Big’s Bar. They play a soulful collection of Americana style folk and rock songs, with both originals and covers in the mix.

About eight different performances take place on the Molson Canadian sponsored Jazz Trail at the Bray Jazz Festival. Two will start at 19:30 (in restaurants), the rest will start at 22:00 and admission to all events on the Jazz Trail is free.

Check bands/performers and venues on the website below.

5 Dollar Shakes,a Pop Rock group from Gorey (co. Wexford) will perform in Whelan’s Midnight Hour. The gig will start at midnight. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 or if you sign up to the guest list via the website below.

The Bray Jazz Festival will take place this weekend with main Festival Days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday (02-04 May).

There are plenty of free gigs taking place in pubs, bars and restaurants of Bray and on the Harbour Stage. In addition there are non-free events with somewhat higher profile performers in the Town Hall and in the Mermaid Arts Centre.

If you like Jazz, have a look at the programme here www.brayjazz.com/programme/main-programme2014

The Phibsborough Community & Arts Festival, called Phizzfest 2014, is taking place from Thurs 01 May until Monday 05 May. Lots of events will take place and many of them will be free.

There will be walking tours, poetry events, events for children and on Sunday a Community Fun Day at the Royal Canal (4th lock) including Duck Race will take place and there are also talks and Trad Music at The Hut at Doyle’s Corner.

Check the programme for Saturday (www.phizzfest.ie/saturday-3rd.html), Sunday (www.phizzfest.ie/sunday-4th.html) and Monday (www.phizzfest.ie/monday-5th.html) here.

Over 60 stands of craft and arts will provide creative products directly from the makers:

Jewellery, Slate, Clothing, Artworks, Photography, Cosmetics, Home Accessories, Decorations, Hats, Furniture, Candles, Cakes, Hair Accessories, Kitchenware, Pens, Glass, Felt, Cards, Fascinators, Name scrolls, Memo boards, Wood, Silver, Pearls, Cushions.

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 weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

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.

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

Art in Action is a unique arts and crafts festival at Farmleigh House & Estate that will take place over the May bank holiday weekend. 100 working artists will demonstrate their work and skills to you over the three day festival and they also invite you to participate in a number of art classes for both adults and children.

Art in Action is running for the last 17 years and up to 30,000 visitors will come to Farmleigh House over the long weekend. In addition to the art demonstrations and classes, there will be drama, dance, music and storytelling.

I have been at Art in Action last year and it is really a great event if you are interested in arts. I didn’t do any courses, but spent a great afternoon watching artists do their work, seeing some interesting painting and sculpture exhibitions and enjoying the garden party atmosphere. You will find me there this year again! :-)

Admission to the event is free.

For practical classes there is a fee of about EUR 8 to cover the cost of materials. Adults and children have separate classes, each under the guidance of an experienced artist. Classes last about an hour and are repeated throughout the day. Classes are booked on the day on a first-come first-served basis. In the classes you learn to make your first finished piece of art to take home.

The Farmleigh Food Market will also take place over the weekend from 10:00-17:00 every day (Sat, Sun + Mon).

For more information check www.artinaction.ie or www.facebook.com/Artinaction2014

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

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 next Pure Vintage Fair will take place this week and it is what it says on the tin. A market/flea market for vintage items, which will take place on the first Sunday of every month. There will be vintage clothes, furniture, collectibles, jewellery and many more vintage items. Sounds interesting and with 30 stalls, it is well worth a visit. There will also be food, hot drinks and a DJ.

The Terenure Village Market will take place again on Sunday. There will be live music, irish dancing, and kids entertainment (e.g. face painters, balloon makers or magician) and food and craft stalls. The market takes place every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month.

Admission is free.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

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 Giro Expo, a Vintage Bike Exhibition, will take place on Sunday in Wallace ‘s Taverna as a pre-cursor to the big Giro D’Italia event next weekend.

The expo will show you 20 vintage italian and irish bikes from the 50s till 80s. Special guest will be: Fausto Coppi’s Bianchi from his trip to Ireland in 1959 and Sean Kelly’s bike. Two legends of the ciclyng in the same place.

Admission is free,

“Made by Hand” or “Hecho a manos” is a new Sunday weekly market in Viva, Portobello with most things made by hand and some vintage clothing and curiosities too. Admission is free.

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 “Handprint – Before and Beyond 1” with Thérèse Fahy, piano. She will perform pieces from Ravel, Whelan, Scarlatti, Dwyer and Granados.

“Aibítir – The Irish Alphabet in Botanical Art” by the Irish Society of Botanical Art is an exhibition from 02-25 May. Artists have created portraits of native plants accompanied by the first letter of their Irish name. Over 70 botanical artists, each with their own distinctive style, have participated in this project. This has resulted in the creation of three eighteen-letter Irish alphabets.

Free demonstrations in Botanical Art will take place during the exhibitio on Saturdays, Sundays in May and on Bank Holiday Monday (05 May).

“Be inspired… see how these beautiful pieces of art have been created. Watch the techniques and the skills used to depict our native plants. See how science and art merge in this fascinating art form. Members of the Irish Society of Botanical Art will give demonstrations in the Visitor Centre.”

Admission is free.

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of (hobby) artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle, Science Gallery, …), 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 below or on their Facebook Page 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

Sunday Family Sketching with artist Olive Knox takes place in the Hugh Lane Gallery.
During these workshops you will explore paintings, sculpture and some of the architectural features of Charlemont House through discussion and drawing. The event is free and no booking is required, but numbers are limited.

The Hugh Lane Gallery has its home in Charlemont House and on Sunday a tour of Charlemont House will take place. Admission is free and no booking is required, but spaces are limited, so you should arrive early.

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

Theatre Production Company Shiva Productions are inviting you to a performance of four plays from “Angels in the Park” on Sunday in the Gardens of Dublin Castle, next to the Chester Beatty Library. Meet at the gate beside the Guerin memorial at 15:00 sharp to see the plays. Admission is free.

The plays are by Peter Sheridan & Catherine Barry, Director is Aoibhinn Marie Gilroy and producer is Andy Cummins.

A few highlights from the plays can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXRtVrctFic and it is looking interesting!

“An overview of the RDS, focusing on its cultural achievements” is a talk by Joanna Quinn, Director, RDS Foundation.

This talk is part of May’s series of free talks looking at the theme of Key Patrons & Institutions associated with the NGI.

Admission is free and no booking necessary.

A weekly Jazz gig will take place in the Sunshine Cafe for your Sunday afternoon entertainment. The Jazzwise Duo (piano and double bass) play classic jazz including Broadway standards, Bossa Nova, Blues etc

A cocnert by the Tillinge Church Choir (Sweden) in Dublin’s only medieval parish church which is still in use will take place. Admission is free and access is through the OPW Visitor Centre. Call 01-677 0088 for further information.

Braza D and The Generator Hostel present World Pulse, a gathering of multicultural talents for a unique blend of creative and performing arts. Come to this event for a full day experience of good vibes, fun and new encounters in the heart of Dublin.

Event Program:

15:00-21:00: Art Lounge – Live Music & Dance – International Food
21:00-01:00: DJ Easy-Yves – DJ Fabio Leal

Live Music & Dance:

15:00: Rafael Puime & Kevin Macleoad
17:00: Forró da Massa
18:15: Dance Performance – Sining At Galaw
19:00: Zumba – Jäson Prinsipe
19:30: Deejay Leopold – Salsa on Sunday in Café
20:00: Band – Zeembass

Art Lounge;
Photography – Pedro Giaquinto Photography & Chaotic Movement of Perfection
Paintings – Rablos Escultura & Gustavo Cipriano Balrog
Jewellery – Augusta D’Paiva Jewellery
Yoga Studio – Init Yoga

Admission is free.

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

The Sweeney’s Dixeland Jazzmen play their weekly gig on the ground floor in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

This weekly Latin Music event will take place on Sunday. You will be able to dance salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia and reggeaton. Live music, food tasting and free admission, what more could you want?

The Workman’s Bank Holiday Sunday Partywill take place and the live line up is

The Dead Beat, Beach, Franko Franko, The Dijon Babes, Brian Whittington

The Workman’s Karaoke Club and a variety of DJs complement the programme.

Admission is free. www.facebook.com/events/395684023904677

Story Telling Sessions Dublin run regular Story Telling evenings and the next Storytelling Session takes place this Sunday in Beerhouse and the topic is “Childhood Dreams”. Admission is free and you will not even be asked for a donation. Sounds interesting!!

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 will be available via the Sunday Roast Facebook Page (see link below). Currently only Silences and The Shades have been announced.

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.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Sin É, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free. For the line-up check here www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

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. Admission is free.

The Pavement Kings play Rockabilly from 21:00 and
DJs Popocorn Peete and Little Dakota follow from 23:00-01:30 with a white variety of styles (Rockabilly, Calypso, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll, etc).

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

About eight different performances take place on the Molson Canadian sponsored Jazz Trail at the Bray Jazz Festival on Sunday. One will start at 18:30 (in a restaurant), the rest will start at 22:00 and admission to all events on the Jazz Trail is free.

Check bands/performers and venues on the website below.

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

Today is May Bank Holiday. Unlike in the rest of Europe, the May Bank Holiday doesn’t take place on 01 May, but instead it happens on the first Monday in May. The advantage is that it can never fall on a weekend!

As far as shops are concerned, you can assume that it is like any other Sunday. Meaning that virtually all shops are open. Pay & Display Parking enforcement is suspended, which means that you don’t have to pay in a Pay&Display parking space, but bus lanes loading bays and all other rules do NOT assume it is a Sunday, instead it is a Monday.

Some of the regular events on Sunday and on Monday might not take place because of the bank holiday. Where I knew it, I have removed the event in the listing, but I wasn’t able to check all events.

The Phibsborough Community & Arts Festival, called Phizzfest 2014, is taking place from Thurs 01 May until Monday 05 May. Lots of events will take place and many of them will be free.

There will be walking tours, poetry events, events for children and on Sunday a Community Fun Day at the Royal Canal (4th lock) including Duck Race will take place and there are also talks and Trad Music at The Hut at Doyle’s Corner.

Check the programme for Saturday (www.phizzfest.ie/saturday-3rd.html), Sunday (www.phizzfest.ie/sunday-4th.html) and Monday (www.phizzfest.ie/monday-5th.html) here.

Art in Action is a unique arts and crafts festival at Farmleigh House & Estate that will take place over the May bank holiday weekend. 100 working artists will demonstrate their work and skills to you over the three day festival and they also invite you to participate in a number of art classes for both adults and children.

Art in Action is running for the last 17 years and up to 30,000 visitors will come to Farmleigh House over the long weekend. In addition to the art demonstrations and classes, there will be drama, dance, music and storytelling.

I have been at Art in Action last year and it is really a great event if you are interested in arts. I didn’t do any courses, but spent a great afternoon watching artists do their work, seeing some interesting painting and sculpture exhibitions and enjoying the garden party atmosphere. You will find me there this year again! :-)

Admission to the event is free.

For practical classes there is a fee of about EUR 8 to cover the cost of materials. Adults and children have separate classes, each under the guidance of an experienced artist. Classes last about an hour and are repeated throughout the day. Classes are booked on the day on a first-come first-served basis. In the classes you learn to make your first finished piece of art to take home.

The Farmleigh Food Market will also take place over the weekend from 10:00-17:00 every day (Sat, Sun + Mon).

For more information check www.artinaction.ie or www.facebook.com/Artinaction2014

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.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

“Aibítir – The Irish Alphabet in Botanical Art” by the Irish Society of Botanical Art is an exhibition from 02-25 May. Artists have created portraits of native plants accompanied by the first letter of their Irish name. Over 70 botanical artists, each with their own distinctive style, have participated in this project. This has resulted in the creation of three eighteen-letter Irish alphabets.

Free demonstrations in Botanical Art will take place during the exhibitio on Saturdays, Sundays in May and on Bank Holiday Monday (05 May).

“Be inspired… see how these beautiful pieces of art have been created. Watch the techniques and the skills used to depict our native plants. See how science and art merge in this fascinating art form. Members of the Irish Society of Botanical Art will give demonstrations in the Visitor Centre.”

Admission is free.

Howard Linnane, the organiser of the “First Monday – Literary Soiree” is urgently looking for a new venue. The next First Monday will take place on 05 May, but since the Exchange Dublin, which was the venue for previous events, is currently closed, Howard is still looking for a place to hold his Literary Soiree. It is a monthly open-mic reading from all forms of literature and the main topic this month is “Allan Stilltoe – an assessment of his experience adapting his literary stories for the screen”

If you have a suggestion or can even offer space, contact Howard on 085 1010287.

If you are interested in taking part, then check the event page over the weekend for venue information.

Admission is free.

O.R.B. is visiting the HMV shops for a gig and a signing. Admission is free.

The dates and locations are:

+ Sat 03 May – 14:00: HMV Dundrum
+ Mon 05 May – 16:00: HMV Liffey Valley
+Thurs 08 May – 16:00: HMV Henry Street

A weekly free Craft Beer Walking Tour started last Monday in Dublin. Meeting Point is in the Beerhouse and during the evening you will visit four Craft Beer Pubs. The tour is free and you pay for your own beer.

The Pleasing Features present PLEASING FEATURES presents

Bear Plays Spoons (Pop rock), The Daily Howl (Folk), Sleepwalk Mechanical (Acid pop), Waco Official (Psychedelic rock), Psychics (Two-piece alternative).

Pleasing Features was formed in October 2013 as a project to host live music where the acts were innovative and the line-up was diverse, as well as to promote the acts and bring our followers coverage on some of the best new acts in the Dublin music scene. More information at www.facebook.com/events/442979289138002/

Admission is free.

This is an open mic night with Special Guests every Monday. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play. Admission is free.

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.

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 Crafty Monday Sessions is an Open Mic night for acoustic singer/songwriters and original bands. Admission is free.

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

On Monday, The Solely Blues Club will take place with live music of the oldtime blues, pre 1960, songs from the likes of Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell, Ella Fitzgerald and more. Admission is free.

“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.

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The next Donnellan Lecture in Philosophy will take place on Tues, Wed and Thurs with Prof David Chalmers (Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness at Australian National University, and Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness at New York University).

The topic is “Structuralism, Space and Skepticism” and the lecture seems to take place three times. Admission is free, but you are requested to register via the page below. Oddly, though, you can only register for the Tuesday lecture there and not for the one on Wednesday or Thursday. If you want to check how to register for the other days, contact larsenp@tcd.ie.

“Memories into Memoir: Translating life experience into memoir” is an interactive lecture by Irene Graham (founder of “The Memoir Writing Club” and Author of “The Memoir Writing Workbook”) followed by discussion. The event is part of the Bealtaine Festival.

You will learn how to kick-start writing your life story and how to weave family history into creative non-fiction.

The lecture includes valuable tips on how to translate life experiences into memoir and how to focus your work, and includes an open question and answer session.

Admission is free.

The book “Dorothy Stopford Price: Rebel Doctor” by Anne Mac Lellan will be launched on Tuesday.

Special guest speakers will be Prof Mary E. Daly (President of the Royal Irish Academy) and Sandra Lefroy (Great niece of Dorothy Stopford Price)

Admission is free, but booking is required via info@iap.ie or 045 895562

The book launch for the dark psychological thriller “Thicket’s Wood” by Rebecca Reid will take place.
Admission is free.

“Back from the Dead: The Return of the Irish Eagle” is the topic of this month’s Green Drinks Dublin, organised by the Irish Wildlife Trust.

After 100 years of extinction, the Golden Eagle Trust launched an ambitious reintroduction programme to bring 3 species of raptors back to Ireland. The plan was met with widespread public support, but also with poisonings, shootings, opposition and setbacks. After 15 years, have eagles finally returned to the Irish skies? And are they here to stay?

Ronan Hannigan, Chairman of the Golden Eagle Trust, will discuss the reintroductions he works on and how two of the species of Eagle and the Red Kite are returning to Ireland after a long absence.

Admission is free, but registration via the Facebook Page below or to dublinbranch@iwt.ie is required. The meeting takes place on the Top Floor of J.W. Sweetman’s.

After Silence, an organisation that promotes Mental Health awareness and discussion, using music to start the conversation, invites to their Green Ribbon campaign to get people talking about Mental Health.

The screening of the music documentary “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” about one of America’s most individualistic songwriter’s Daniel Johnston will take place. There will also be a discussion and a live music performance.

Find out all details on the website below. Admission is free and a donation of EUR 3 is suggested and appreciated. .

Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below. The get-together meets in the “snug” in Stag’s Head.

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.

The Folk Club in Whelan’s will bring you the best in Trad, Ballads, Americana & World Music every Tuesday. The line-up this week is Woodlark (Contemporary Folk) plus guest Gabriel Brady (Contemporary Folk/Blues). Admission is free.

Every Tuesday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.

Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).

The Phoenix Big Band is a 16 piece band playing songs of the 1930s, 1940s and other big band arrangements and they are playing every Tuesday in the Tara Tower Hotel (since 2012!) for adult dancing. If you like to waltz, cha cha or foxtrot, come and enjoy their performance.

Admission is free.

The band plays in the main function room which is occasionally booked, so to confirm that they are playing, please ring the hotel on the day: Phone 01-2694666

Entry charges at nearly all OPW sites are waived once a month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) wants to encourage people to visit the historic sites that it manages and has therfore started this initiative in 2011.

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 means you can visit the following sites for free:
+ The Casino, Marino
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments
+ Kilmainham Gaol
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow

As you can imagine, this event is very popular and therfore it is strongly recommended to arrive early at the venues. Once the day’s tickets are given out, you will not get access anymore.

Amber, or fossilized tree resin, has been treasured by people for thousands of years. Join Matthew Parkes, Museum Geologist and Mary-Jane Fitzsimons, Museum Educator for a workshop using real amber and learn more about how people used this amazing material in the past.

Admission is free, but places are limited and booking is essential via 01 648 6332 or educationarch@museum.ie.

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 Little Museum of Dublin secured sponsorship from Johnston, Mooney & O’Brien until October 2014 and will therefore be able to continue the Big J Wednesday: Every Wednesday from 12:00-17:00 admission into the museum is free thanks to the bread company. There are free guided tours every hour.

The Japanese female trio Shonen Knife will be in Tower Records for an In-Store Event on Wednesday.

Archive at Lunchtime screenings take place Saturdays (Double Bill), Mondays and Wednesdays. The programme is changing weekly now (instead of monthly as in the past). To find out what film(s) will be screened go to www.ifi.ie/whatson/now-showing-coming-soon/ and look for “Archive at Lunchtime” on the right. Admission is free.

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.

In RDS Library Speaker Series Olivia O’Leary gives the talk “The Goodly Barrow”

The river Barrow is the second longest river in Ireland. Together with the Suir and the Nore it comprises what are commonly known as the Three sisters. It is nearly 200klm long and is an important part of Ireland’s navigable waterways. Radio and TV presenter Olivia O’Leary will take the audience on journey along the river and give some personal insights about The Goodly Barrow.

Admission is free, but booking is required via events.rds.ie/?eventID=22863

“Cromosoma Cinco” is a documentary about a girl that is born with a rare syndrome. The screening is in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free.

The book launch for “The Challenge of Retirement” by Trish Murphy will take place. The book offers readers an insight into the psychological, emotional and social issues of retirement in contemporary Ireland. Trish Murphy is a psychotherapist who regularly contributes to NewstalkFM, RTE Radio 1, the Irish Times and the Irish Independent.

Admission is free.

The next Donnellan Lecture in Philosophy will take place on Tues, Wed and Thurs with Prof David Chalmers (Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness at Australian National University, and Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness at New York University).

The topic is “Structuralism, Space and Skepticism” and the lecture seems to take place three times. Admission is free, but you are requested to register via the page below. Oddly, though, you can only register for the Tuesday lecture there and not for the one on Wednesday or Thursday. If you want to check how to register for the other days, contact larsenp@tcd.ie.

NEWNOWNEXT is a series of public talks curated by the Irish Architecture Foundation, revealing current and next generation ideas and architects from across the globe.

Samuli Woolston is one of the four founding partners at ALA Architects, a studio that has played a prominent role in the development of an entirely new generation of architecture in Finland. ALA has demonstrated its ability to design and put into practice impressive architecture on an international scale, and Woolston is known particularly for his considerate and artistic design approach. His interest in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural design is evident in his work as lead designer of the Lappeenranta City Theatre

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

“Working Lives 1893 – 1913: Introducing the Mason Photograph Collection” is a public lecture on the images from the exhibition

In the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar, guest curator Mary Jones has drawn on the Mason and Poole collections of photographs to create the exhibition “Working Lives”. The images in the exhibition show men, women and children at work between 1893 and 1913. In this lecture, Mary Jones introduces the collection and discusses many of the images in the exhibition.

The lecture will take place in the Seminar Room in the main library building in Kildare Street.

Admission is free and booking is not necessary.

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 Light Colour Sound Festival is a festival on 04+05 July in Shankill Castle in Kilkenny. The Festival Launch takes place in the Mercantile and the line-up is great. But unfortunately I wasn’t able to confirm if the event is free or not. So be aware that it might be free or not and check before you go.

The line-up is The Barley Mob, The Eskies, The Midnight Union Band, The Stoney Brokes

Check if it is free here www.facebook.com/pages/Light-Colour-Sound-LCS-Festival-Shankill-Castle-Kilkenny/536536699795087 Hopefully more information will be provided.

“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.

“The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week.

Bad Boy Jake are every Wednesday in the Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar playing their rock, blues and American.

Every Wednesday a Singer Songwriter Night will take place in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines. This is YOUR chance to show everyone what you can do, alternatively you can just listen to the talented Singer/Songwriters. Admission is free.

Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

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.

Learn basic computer skills to surf web, use email, access government services etc. with a 4 week course (08, 15, 11 and 29 May). Participants encouraged to bring own laptops.

This is an even for older people in connection with the Bealtaine Festival.

Admission to the coures is free.

Rehearsed Reading of “The Big House” by Peter Sheridan willt ake place at 13:00-14:00 and at 19:30-20:30 on Thursday and will be presented by the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama.

The Big House by Peter Sheridan is a dramatic adaptation based on Hanna Greally’s Bird’s Nest Soup, directed by Mary Moynihan as a rehearsed reading and read by first year drama students from the BA in Drama (Performance) at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. The play was written by Peter Sheridan and Conservatory students in a collaborative process. The rehearsed reading incorporates dance choreographed by Mark Flynn. Admission Free.

A lunchtime recital by Sarah Shine (voice) will take place. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Beyond Noise and Silence: Listening for the City, is an event series focused on exploring how the city’s sound environment might be used by artists, architects, and urban designers to activate experimental architectures, urban experiences, and new forms of public space.

Session 3 on Thursday is focusing on “Environment: From Sound Art to Urban Sound Design and Acoustic Planning” and it will feature presentations by Sven Anderson (Artist), Steve Larkin (Architect), Brian McManus (Head of Traffic Noise & Air Quality Unit, DCC), Sarah Lappin (Architect), and Gascia Ouzounian (Musicologist).

Tickets to this event are free, but advance registration is required. For further information and to register for tickets visit map.minorarchitecture.org/listening-for-the-city/

The Central Library’s ‘Career Direction and Development’ programme continues with a Employ Ability Helpdesk (www.dsse.ie):

Do you have a disability or health issue?
Do you find it hard to get a job?
Do you need some help getting started?

Admission is free and no booking required.

O.R.B. is visiting the HMV shops for a gig and a signing.Admission is free.

The dates and locations are:

+ Sat 03 May – 14:00: HMV Dundrum
+ Mon 05 May – 16:00: HMV Liffey Valley
+Thurs 08 May – 16:00: HMV Henry Street

The next Donnellan Lecture in Philosophy will take place on Tues, Wed and Thurs with Prof David Chalmers (Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness at Australian National University, and Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness at New York University).

The topic is “Structuralism, Space and Skepticism” and the lecture seems to take place three times. Admission is free, but you are requested to register via the page below. Oddly, though, you can only register for the Tuesday lecture there and not for the one on Wednesday or Thursday. If you want to check how to register for the other days, contact larsenp@tcd.ie.

The book launch of Daire O’Driscoll’s debut novel “Undone” will take place and you are invited..

A drinks reception, followed by a brief Q&A session and reading by Daire will be the programme on Thursday. And for more details, you can check the Facebook Page below.

Louise Dupré will be discussing the connection between the political and the personal in the writings of female authors from Québec, drawing upon some of the more important books to emerge from this tradition. She will also discuss her own writing and give a reading from her own works. Presented by Dr Michael Brophy, UCD.

Admission is free, but booking is required by sending an e-mail to rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with the subject RSVP DUPRE

The Dublin City Libraries in association with Dublin City Enterprise Board are inviting to a series of six free business lectures designed to empower potential entrepreneurs. The 2014 theme is “Getting Started” and the lectures will cover subjects such as the characteristics needed to run and fund your business. Digital marketing strategies and writing business plans will also be included.

Attendance is free, but booking is required via 01-873 3996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie

All lectures take place on Thursdays from 18:30-20:00 and the programme is:

10 April: An Introduction to Self Employment with Brendan Moran
17 April: Ideas Generation & Market Research with Brendan Moran
24 April: Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship with Peter Smyth
01 May: Digital Marketing Strategy 5 big players (at the moment) – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype, YouTube.
08 May: Financing your Business with Paul Neary
15 May: Writing the WINNING Business Plan with Brendan Moran

A great lecture series and if you are interested in starting your own business, I would definitely recommend it.

“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

The book launch of “A Soldier’s Wife” by Marion Reynolds takes place and admission is free.

The RDS Rising Stars Gala Concert is aimed at providing an audience and venue for third-level music students to help them gain performance experience to support the transition from student to emerging artist; encouraging the pursuit of a career in visual arts, crafts or music.

Admission is free but advanced booking is required via www.rds.ie/risingstars

Performers are
Seán Boylan (Baritone), Royal Irish Academy of Music, accompanied by Dearbhla Collins (Piano)
Adam McDonagh (Piano), DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama
Miriam Kaczor (Flute), Royal Irish Academy of Music, accompanied by Dearbhla Brosnan (Piano)
Carol Arnopp (Piano) & The Chiral Quartet (String Quartet), CIT Cork School of Music
Special Guest: Patrick Hughes (Saxophone), Winner of 2009 RDS Music Bursary

Rehearsed Reading of “The Big House” by Peter Sheridan willt ake place at 13:00-14:00 and at 19:30-20:30 on Thursday and will be presented by the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama.

The Big House by Peter Sheridan is a dramatic adaptation based on Hanna Greally’s Bird’s Nest Soup, directed by Mary Moynihan as a rehearsed reading and read by first year drama students from the BA in Drama (Performance) at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. The play was written by Peter Sheridan and Conservatory students in a collaborative process. The rehearsed reading incorporates dance choreographed by Mark Flynn. Admission Free.

The weekly European Folk Dance Workshop/Session takes place in the Tap Bar every Thursday.

The dances are French, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese folk and traditional dances and everybody interested to join in or to learn is welcome. Admission is free, but donations (suggested: EUR 3) are very welcome

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

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.

The Bonny Men perform trad and folk in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

The Minutes will be in Tower Records for an In-Store event, which will be a full electric session. Their new record “Live Well, Change Often” is now available to pre-order at www.towerrecords.ie. The first 40 pre orders through Tower Records will receive a pair of wristbands to this private Tower Live session. The band will perform tracks from the new album for fans in the Tower Café.

All wristbands must be collected at Tower Dawson Street before Wednesday 07 May. Any wristbands remaining after this date will be re-allocated.

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.

The Zebra Club will feature Color Sound and guests Sub Motion this week. The gigs start at midnight. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list via the page below.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

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.

Changing Attitude Ireland (C.A.I.) is a Church of Ireland organisation working for the full affirmation of LGBT persons within the Churches in Ireland and on Friday Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History at Oxford University, will speak in Dublin about “Faith and Seksuality” (Wrong spelling to avoid the wrath of spam filters!)

Professor MacCulloch’s “A History of Christianity” was made into a BBC TV series. He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England and is an openly ga y man.

Admission is free.

City Bike Tales at The Town We Love So Well, celebrating the Giro d’Italia. The Giro d’Italia will be in Dublin for a day on Saturday 10 May and on Friday, a Open Mic event will take place where bike enthusiasts and writers will merge their interests. You can come as a guest or as a performer and all details are on the website below. Admission is free.

I am not sure if all bike enthusiasts are unemployed or retired or why else an Open Mic event takes place int he middle of the day, but maybe you can squeeze it into your extended lunch hours.

The topic of this Lunch Bytes Discussion is “Structures and Textures: Data” and participants are Kylie Jarrett (Centre for Media Studies, NUI Maynooth); Julius von Bismarck (artist, Berlin); Rasmus Swensson (Design Studio PWR, Berlin) and others.

“Our use of digital devices, software applications, and social media platforms continually generates immense streams of data, which are automatically captured, archived, and organized in ever-expanding proprietary databases. Often without our knowledge or explicit consent, these streams are aggregated into larger sets of ‘big data’ subjected to complex algorithmic analyses (“analytics”) in order to find relevant patterns and associations that can provide insight into consumer tastes, habits, and behavior. In this way user-generated data is valorized by selling relevant information to advertisers. On the other hand, users increasingly make active use of the data they generate, utilizing various applications (such as Klout) to gain insight into their online ‘performance’ and seek ways to improve their status or reputation.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below. You can find there more information about the event as well.

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Buy your books from The Bookdepository and get better prices and free (!!) delivery for all orders independent from the volume and when you click on the picture here before you buy, then 5% of what normally The Bookdepository would get, they give back to the Dublin Event Guide. Everybody wins!

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Big September will be in HMV Henry Street for a gig and for a signing.

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.

Republic of Astronomy (Ireland) and Scopes and Space invite you to a Jupiter Watch event at the Papal Cross in Phoenix Park.

See the planets as you have never seen them before through some of the biggest telescopes. Speaker on the night will be Dave Grennan who is the only Irish man to have discovered three supernovae. Bring your friends and the kids too.

Admission is free (The event is weather dependent.)

This is an open air event with no real limit to the number of participants, but for some reason Republic of Astronomy want you to book a free ticket here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/planet-watch-telescope-night-tickets-11464373249?ref=devg

Billy’s Boots are band from Dublin and they play a mixture of original music and cover songs, with a sound that incorporates rock, soul & blues, Motwon & funk.

Admission is free.

Left right and centre. Noel Bridgeman, Ed Deane and Paul Byrne playing songs from Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Band, Ray Charles, James Brown and many more. Admission is free.

The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live and the DJs Tommy Rash and Fukszy are on the decks until late. Admission is free.