Dublin Event Guide 396: Food Markets: Temple Bar / Super Natural / Honest2Goodness, Brocante Vintage & Furniture Market, Last weekend of “Blood”.

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 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.

The Drumcondra Village Market is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. 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).

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.

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.

Medieval churches often had beautifully decorated tiled floors. Come to this Drop-In Activity between 11:00-12:00 & 14:00-15:00 and learn about the work of a Master Craftsmen and make your own clay tile to bring home. Located in the Learning Resource Room, First Floor. Suitable for Age 6+

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.

This is your last chance to see the Science Gallery exhibition on a weekend:

BLOOD is the title of the Science Gallery exhibition that will run from 24 Oct – 23 Jan.

25 exhibits explore the symbolic, scientific and strange nature of blood and there are certainly some “out there” contributions. For example the video and relics from a bio-art performance where an artist had a blood transfusion form a horse. Or a spoof brand that uses bloodstain-formed fashion accessories addressing the stigma about men strual blood.

But there are quirky things as well, like the Jukebox that will guess your age by taking your pulse rate and playing a song from your teenage years. And there are some practical aspects: You can take a test that will determine your blood type and you can find out what happens to to donated blood in Ireland.

An interesting exhibition, but different than what you have seen before in the Science Gallery and that is reflected by the recommendation that the exhibition is only suitable for over 15 year olds.

If you are ok with the focus on this red substance that makes some of us a bit queasy when we think about it, you should definitely go to the exhibition (and bring an open mind ;-) ). But if blood makes your knees wobbly, then it might not be for you.

Admission to the exhibition is free

A series of fortnightly free Saturday lunchtime talks about food & wellbeing (with food tastings) will take place in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre between 17 Jan and 25 April. The talks are by Anna Collins, who is a Nutritionist and the next few topics are

17 Jan: Look and feel your best in 2015 – eat yourself leaner, happier and sharper
31 Jan: Herbs and spices for health and vitality
14 Feb: Glorious Gluten free
28 Feb: Fats for brain health – the magical four
14 Mar: Foods for heart health – the good and the bad

This Saturday’s talk will cover:
“In this talk you will learn what a realistic, sustainable healthy eating plan looks like. This talk may turn everything you think you know about nutrition on its head. Is high carb low fat or low carb high fat better for weight management and increased wellbeing? How some fats actually help you lost weight, feel happier, control stress and slow ageing. We will cover a short session on how to read food labels too. ”

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.

Amanda Coogan (artist) presents “What is Performance Art?” and considers the role of the archive in relations to Irish performance art during the 70s and 80s.

(This talk is programmed in conjunction with the presentation – Mobile Encounters – Documenting the Early Years of Performance Art in Ireland in the IMMA Project Spaces.)

The talk will be followed by a Master Class/Talk about the history of Performance Art in Ireland from 14:00-15:00.

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

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.

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The Chester Beatty Library invites you to another Qigong class in the Rooftop Garden.

Qigong is a traditional Chinese form of meditation coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm state of mind. Taking place on the tranquil roof top, enjoy an oasis of peace and appreciate the time to rest and rejuvenate.

Admission is free and no booking required. (And if the weather is bad the class moves inside.) Spaces are limited.

“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

Hudson Taylor are in Dundrum for a Performance and an Album Signing. Admission is free, but tickets are limited and might have all been distributed on Friday.

Aine Phillips (writer, curator and multi-media performance artist) presents a talk on her research findings for the publication “Performance Art in Ireland: A History”.

This talk follows on from a talk by Amanda Coogan entitled “What is Performance Art..?” on the same day at 12:00-13:15.

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

The film “The Dilapidated Dwelling” (2000) by Patrick Keiller will be screened in connection with the current Hugh Lane Gallery exhibition “Phoenix Rising: Art and Civic Imagination.

“The Dilapidated Dwelling is an examination of the predicament of domestic space in advanced economies, the UK in particular. A fictional researcher (with the voice of Tilda Swinton) returns from a 20-year absence in the Arctic to find that while the UK is still one of the world’s wealthiest economies, its houses, flats etc. are typically old, small, dilapidated, architecturally impoverished, energy-inefficient and, especially, extraordinarily expensive.”

Admission is free, but places are limited.

Drop in to see the history and battle re-enactment group “Lord Edward’s Own” practice military drills from 1922, when the Irish Free State Army began to train recruits in Collins Barracks. You can see authentic uniforms and equipment, including Lee Enfield SMLE Rifles. The reenactment will be on Clarke Square

Admission is free and no booking required.

An Intercultural Tour and Family Friendly Activities in Mandarin Language will take place with Community Ambassador Tiedong Yang. Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Live in Sin É will feature a variety of bands and musicians at this weekly gig night on Saturdays. The event is presented by Super Happy Funtimes. Admission is free and the line-up is can be found on the Facebook Page below.

In short, the line-up is Witch Trials, Dijon Babes, Raphaels, Wilbury.

Every Saturday Robert Coyle will bring his One-man Comedy show “Robert Coyle’s is feeling Numinous; Comedy Attempting Transcendence – probably NOT a cult.” to Accents Cafe.

Admission is free.

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 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.

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).

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.

The Brocante Market will take place on Sun. It is a collection of antiques, furniture, vintage jewellery, collectables and curiosities from the past and present, second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for your house and garden.

If you are an interior designer or just have and eye for style and are looking for a special piece or maybe a bargain then this is the market for you. The market is held every 3rd Sunday of the month.

Admission is free.

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 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 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.

This is your last chance to see the Science Gallery exhibition on a weekend before it closes on Friday:

BLOOD is the title of the new Science Gallery exhibition that will run from 24 Oct – 23 Jan.

25 exhibits explore the symbolic, scientific and strange nature of blood and there are certainly some “out there” contributions. For example the video and relics from a bio-art performance where an artist had a blood transfusion form a horse. Or a spoof brand that uses bloodstain-formed fashion accessories addressing the stigma about men strual blood.

But there are quirky things as well, like the Jukebox that will guess your age by taking your pulse rate and playing a song from your teenage years. And there are some practical aspects: You can take a test that will determine your blood type and you can find out what happens to to donated blood in Ireland.

An interesting exhibition, but different than what you have seen before in the Science Gallery and that is reflected by the recommendation that the exhibition is only suitable for over 15 year olds.

If you are ok with the focus on this red substance that makes some of us a bit queasy when we think about it, you should definitely go to the exhibition (and bring an open mind ;-) ). But if blood makes your knees wobbly, then it might not be for you.

Admission to the exhibition is free

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 be entitled “Changing Perspectives 9”. It is the 9th event in the series “27 Mozart & Beethoven Sonatas For Piano & Violin” with Brian MacNamara Piano and Keith Pascoe Violin

Meet artist Roxana Manouchehri and learn drawing techniques, including line drawing, shading, perspective and decoration during these relaxed and informal sessions. Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable for ages 13+. Materials are provided but feel free to bring your own sketchbook; dry materials only.

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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!

“Stars from the City: Getting started in night sky photography” is the title of a Sunday afternoon talk by John Dolan from the Irish Astronomical Society (IAS.

Admission is free.

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

Come to the Family Drawing Sundays in the RHA. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Admission is free. For further information, contact Ruth Carroll on 01 6612558 or via ruth@rhagallery.ie

The guided walk “The Weird and Wonderful World of Plants” takes place in the National Botanic Gardens.

How were coconuts used in brain surgery? Which plant is known as the zombie cucumber and what was it used for? Which plant did Henry Ford use in his first motorcar trials and what did Irish women collect in the Wicklow hills to send our soldiers? Come along to this free guided tour and find out the answers.

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.

Brian Keary is a classically trained guitar player who also has experience of different styles / genres of music ranging from ragtime and folk to baroque and contemporary. He will perform in Sweeney’s (Ground Floor) on Sunday afternoon.

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.

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).

Luckily the Saucy Sundays have (hopefully!!) no intentions to end their great event (see the end of Sunday Roast announced elsewhere) and this week’s line-up is Able Archer, Chris Maxey, Kicking Bird, Corrina Jaye, Joe Tomaino, Barry Kirwan.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass is back after the summer break and invites you to a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.

Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)

The Green Onions are a 4 piece Hammond driven funk and groove outfit from Dublin and they will perform in the Workman’s Club on Sunday. Admission is free.

“Expect to hear rude guitar riffs, greasy bass lines, stabbing Hammond Organ lines and thumping drums as The Green Onions deliver you a main meal of Booker T & the MG’s & The Meters, a side order of The Bees & Santana, featuring an amuse-bouche of Funkadelic, an extra portion of Billy Preston and to finish off, a desert of Neil Young.”

The Sunday Roast was a brilliant free weekly event in the Mercantile where live music was combined with free roast potatoes. But it is with sadness that I have to tell you that the people around the Sunday Roast have decided to end it all. So there will be NO Sunday Roast this week and the very last one will take place on 01 Feb. :-(

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).

“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.

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

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

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 lecture “(More) connected worlds: the 18th century from a global perspective.” by Edoardo Tortarolo (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale) will take place and is part of the Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series 2014-15.

Admission is free.

“The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: The Battle Continues” is a public talk by Michael E. Mann (Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC) Pennsylvania State University).

It will start with a book signing at 17:00 and the talk will begin at 18:00.

Admission is free, but booking is required on the Eventbrite website at www.eventbrite.ie/e/michael-mann-director-earth-system-science-center-penn-state-university-tickets-14188950533

Super Happy Fun Times are running an Open Mic night for Music and Spoken Word every Monday in Sin É.

Admission is free.

The Pleasing Features host live music with innovative acts and a diverse line-up.

The line-up on Monday is Owen Vahey (20:00-20:30), The Sacreblues Band (20:45-21:15), i am niamh (21:30-22:00) and The Mariannes (22:15–23:00).

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 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).

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

Patrick Mahony sings songs from Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Matt Monro and many more every Monday in the Cafe en Seine. Admission is free.

The Pyro Blues Executive play in the Leeson Lounge every Monday and admission is free.

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

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

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

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra are inviting to the Horizons Contemporary Music Series 2015, a yearly concert series that features contemporary composers. The composer on Tuesday is David Coonan and the concert will start at 13:00. There will be a conversation between the director of the Contemporary Music Centre (Evonne Ferguson) and David Coonan before the concert at 12:30.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below or directly with the National Concert Hall (01-4170000 or online).

On Tuesday the lecture “The British Embassy on Merrion Road by Allies & Morrison” with Merlo Kelly, Architect, will take place. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie

On Tuesday a secret Test Screening of a new movie will take place in the cinema Movie @ Dundrum and you can be part of it.

An audience is needed for this test screning and you can request tickets by sending an e-mail to testscreening14@gmail.com with with your details and wait for the confirmation email. Attendees must be over 15 and two tickets will be given out per invite.

Everyone will be required to complete an anonymous questionnaire at the end of the film. The use of mobile phones or recording devices will NOT be permitted during the screening.

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 on the Facebook Page below. Admission is free.

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

There will be free comedy upstairs in the Wicked Wolf in Blackrock on every second Tuesday. New acts and surprise guests will entertain you and the event is organised by Maxine Jones.

The dates are 06+20 Jan, 03+17 Feb, 03+17+31 Mar. Put the dates in your calender as I will probably not be able to include the event every week.

A totally unplugged Singer/Songwriter night (no PA, no microphones) with original music is taking place upstairs in Anseo every Tuesday from 21:30.

Please check on the Facebook Page below if the event is going ahead as it seems to get cancelled every now and then and if you want to play a 15-30 min set or just want to play one song make yourself heard via the same Facebook Page.

Admission is free.

Every Tuesday and every Thursday there is Jazz at the International Bar. Check the Facebook Page below for an update and to see if it is happening this week because occasionally the event is cancelled. Admission is free, but a EUR 5 donations is suggested.

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.

The Fidelio Trio will be giving a free lunchtime concert as part of their residency and concert series at St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra. The Trio will present the first Irish performance of Ekstase II, written for them by Dublin composer and Ergodos co-founder Benedict Schlepper-Connolly. Also featured will be a piano trio arrangement of Percy Grainger’s Colonial Song, and the Irish premiere of Airs No Ocean Keep by British composer Mark Bowden.

Admission is free.

The Alliance Francaise Library invites to a French Storytelling hour “Nos amis les ani’mots” for children. The event takes place at 15:00 and again 15:50.

Children are invited to come and listen to fables. After the story-telling, the children will be able to draw the portrait of the little heroes and the best drawing will be displayed in the Library for all to see.

Admission is free, but places are very limited, so booking is required by sending an e-mail to library@alliance-francaise.ie with the subject “RSVP: Storytelling Hour”

The lecture “Unspoken accord? Costello, Lemass and the nationality of new foreign industry in 1950s Ireland” by Prof Frank Barry (TCD) will take place. It is part of the Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2014-15.

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.

The School of Social Work & Social Policy at TCD is inviting to a public lecture series and the first talk will be on 21 Jan:

Prof Eoin O’Sullivan will talk about “Historical Enquires into Out of Home Care: Ireland in comparative perspective”.

The complete list of lectures (until 08 April) is on the website below.

Admission seems to be 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.

Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.

The Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free and donations are welcome.

“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.

Inn Jokes a monthly Comedy Night organised by comedian Colm O’Regan is back and the line-up is Aisling Bea, Colum McDonnell and Paul Marsh.

Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

The Jazz Pigs with a classic multi-brass front line play a mix of Lounge, lively sixties Jazz and driving Funk. Every Wednesday downstairs in 4 Dame Lane. 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 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 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.

TASC, the Think-tank for Action on Social Change, is inviting to a lunchtime talk:

Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will talk about

“How the Public Sector Responded to the Crisis and a Look to the Future”.

Admission is free, but places are limited and booking is required via sbyrne@tasc.ie The event takes place in the European Parliament Conference Room, 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 and not in TASC’s offices. You are invited to bring your own ‘brown bag’ lunch to eat during the seminar. Tea and Coffee will be available.

A tour with Kurt Kullman in the Chester Beatty library focuses on Chester Beatty’s Biblical Papyri. Admission is free, limited to first 15 participants.

“Constructing Ireland 1600-2000: History as Leporello” is the title of the next lecture in the series “The Royal Irish Academy Art and Architecture of Ireland – Volume IV: Architecture Reflections and Insights”. It will be given by Professor Hugh Campbell, University College Dublin.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie

The yearly Sir John T. Gilbert Lecture will be held on Thursday.

“Dublin as a global city: through time and space given” by Kevin Whelan (Director Keough-Naughton Institute, Notre Dame Centre in Dublin)

Admission is free and no booking is required. A wine reception will also take place.

Giuseppe Virelli will talk about “Futurism. From Painting to Total Art – Italian Design between the two wars”.

Giuseppe Virelli (Ph.D) is a researcher at the Department of Arts at the University of Bologna. He is specialised in Italian and foreign arts movements between the first half of the 19th and the first half of 20th century and in graphics, decorative and applied arts and design.

Admission is free, but booking via dubdecandfine@gmail.com is required.

With this IADT ARC + IMMA lecture entitled “Revisiting critique, revising fe tish”, Dr Sinead Hogan (Lecturer, IADT) addresses how critique is closely related to decision making and quality of judgement. This lecture will focus on how critique can be approached through the fet ishised object.

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

The lecture “Ethics of Security and Surveillance Technologies” by Professor Hille Haker, member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies asks the questions “Security and freedom: do we need both? And can we enjoy both without the pursuit of one jeopardising the other?”

The public lecture is organised by the Confederal School of Religions, Peace Studies and Theology at TCD, and the Ethics and Privacy Working Group of the ADAPT centre.

Admission seems to be free.

“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

Every Thursday, the Xchange invites to a Language Exchange (19:00-20:30), followed by live music (21:00-23:30) by up and coming local and international artists.

Admission is free and free fingerfood is provided.

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.

A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.

There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)

Every Tuesday and every Thursday there is Jazz at the International Bar. Check the Facebook Page below for an update and to see if it is happening this week because occasionally the event is cancelled. Admission is free, but a EUR 5 donations is suggested.

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 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 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.

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.

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

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

A weekly Gig Night in Sin É, organised and presented by Super Happy Fun Times takes place every Friday and admission is free. The line-up can be found on the Facebook Page below.

I have seen LOTS of types of events in the last 7+ years, but this one is certainly very different from the normal events I come across:

“U2’s Songs of Innocence – An evening of performances & theological thoughts” will take place in the St. James’ Church (Church of Ireland) at Crinken near Shanganah Cemetery on Shankill.

The songs and reflections will be performed by Chris Wilson, Dave Thompson, Neil Sedgewick and Jonny Fitch from Belfast
and from Dublin, Jonny Rowen of Pelvis and Lofires, Ronan Johnson of Spirit Radio/RTE and Eanna Hickey of Emmaus will be there. The reflections are by Steve Stockman (Minister of Fitzroy Church, Belfast).

Steve Stockman has spoken, lectured & preached about U2 in churches, Universities and Festivals and he is the author of “Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2” and “The Rock Cries Out: Discovering Eternal Truth in Unlikely Music”.

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.

Piano Jazz and vocals, performed by Christof Berg (South Africa) & Niamh Payne (Dublin).

Admission is free,

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live. followed by DJs until late. Admission is free.