Dublin Event Guide 404: St. Patrick’s Festival, Treasure Hunt, Big Day Out, Street Theatre

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.

Under the headline “I Love My City” a whole range of cultural events take place. Some are free, but ticketed, others are not free and only a few require no tickets or booking. The ticketed ones are probably all booked out. But the ones that require no tickets are

+ Me Jewel and Darlin’, a letterpress print exhibition
+ What If Dublin – An opportunity to participate in the debate about urban questions.
+ Guinness in the City – A Guinness Archive exhibition trail
+ Reflect yourself – A Mirror installation in the garden of Dublin Castle (at the Coach House)

Find all event details via the website below.

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).

The great St Patrick’s Weekend Treasure Hunt takes place again. It is a fun event for the whole family and I strongly recommend it. This year the hunt starts at Trinity College (in previous years it was City Hall) and you can register on the day between 10:00 and 13:00.

You have then until later in the day (previous years: approx. 17:00) to answer the questions and bring the answers and collected stamps back to the start. I have NO idea how it is decided who wins, but it doesn’t really matter as you don’t take part to win, but for the fun, learning and great day out.

The hunt takes you 1 hour and 45 minutes, but if you take it a little easier, it could take a good but longer and why rushing like mad!? There is a mini hunt available for families with children.

Max 4 people can be in a team, but you can have a team of less than 4 as well. If you have done SERIOUS treasure hunts before, then leave your expectations at home. ;-) This one will not challenge you and is not difficult at all. It is a treasure hunt for the whole family so the questions are quite easy.

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.

Irish Design 2015 is inviting to a series of Family Day Design Workshops in their Design Hub @ Dublin Castle.

The workshops encourage creative thinking, help to build dexterity and introduce children to new design/craft skills through playful experimentation with materials, techniques and ideas.

On alternate Saturdays of every month young makers and their families are invited to the ID2015 Design Hub in Dublin Castle, to take part in hands-on design and crafting workshops which begin with a tour of the gallery, specially designed to get you in the mood for creating.

The 60 minute hand-on workshops are designed for 5+ children with parents / guardians. The 10:30 session is suitable for 5-8 years and the 12:00 session is more advanced for 9-13 years.

Admission is free, but places are limited, to book email DesignHub@IrishDesign2015.ie For info on upcoming FAMILY DAYS see here: www.irishdesign2015.ie/programme/single/family-days

The theme is STITCHED SLIOTARS with Gabi McGrath

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 Drumcondra Village Market is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. Admission is free.

Learn more about the traditional arts of the Japanese samurai with Kathryn Cassidy and the Dublin Kendo Club.

Iaido is a modern Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard. Kendo (‘way of the sword’) is a traditional martial art sword-fighting, developed as a safe way for samurai to practise their swordsmanship.

The event is limited to 15 teens aged 12-17 years. Admission is free but booking is essential. At the time of writing this, it seems that still some places were available, but when you get the mail it is too late to register online, so maybe call 01-4070750 to see if there is still room on this course.

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.

“Lifelogging – Do you count?” is the title of the newest Science Gallery exhibition, which started on Friday 13 Feb and will run until 12 April.

Lifelogging is part exhibition, part Science Gallery Lab where you can take part in research projects and it deals with us tracking ourselves, measuring things we do and logging everything from heartbeat to heartbreak.

Get a taste for tracking as you play games with your emotions, use your brainwaves to sort files, generate music wearing sensors, and explore a virtual world filled with real dreams and memories.

The exhibits at this exhibition are fascinating: There is George Reynolds who recorded his health on paper since 2003. A sensible and understandable version of lifelogging. On the other end of the spectrum is Alberto Frigo who takes a picture every times he holds an object with his right hand. He started in 2003 and plans to continue until 2040. On the surface it doesn’t make sense AT ALL. But when you talk to him, you find out that there is a surprising sense to what he does.

The exhibition contains 16 exhibits some so odd that you should get the super helpful and knowledgeable Science Gallery mediators to help you understand what is behind it.

In one area, every week another group/organisation will involve you in their work (the Lab part) and I will explain their project in a separate event posting in the weekly Dublin Event Guide.

Admission to the Science Gallery is free. Opening hours are Tues-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

From Tuesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Data as Aesthetic Self”.

LIFELOGGING Curator Nicholas Felton spends much of his time thinking about data, charts and our daily routines. He is the author of many Personal Annual Reports that weave numerous measurements into a tapestry of graphs, maps and statistics reflecting the year’s activities. He was one of the lead designers of Facebook’s timeline and the co-founder of Daytum.com.

Drop by the Lab to talk to Nicholas Felton as he works, he’ll be demonstrating some of the applications he is using to visualise data he has collected in 2014 and the different methods he has used to capture information for the Annual Reports. For people who have data they wish to visualise, he will share some of the techniques he uses to explore his own data.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free.

On Saturday and on Monday, three locations in the centre of Dublin (South King Street, Cow’s Lane, Suffolk Street) will be Street Theatre venues and five different performance groups will do their shows. On Monday it is really just a walk by of three giant dolls, so go to South King Street or Suffolk Street in Saturday and enjoy the Street Performance.

The full details are on the website below, the rough timings are:

+ South King Street: Saturday 12:30+13:30+14:20+15:20+16:10+17:10 — Monday: 16:00
+ Cow’s Lane: Saturday 13:30+14:30+15:15+16:00+16:45+17:30 — Monday: No performance
+ Suffolk Street: Saturday: No performance — Monday: 18:45

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 at least 1 day in advance is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

The ID2015 exhibition “In The Making” features 24 objects paused mid-way through their manufacture and this fascinating exhibition leads us on an exploration of how familiar objects from the marble to the Macbook are designed and produced.

Once you’ve explored the exhibition, thought about design, how things are made and how they do what they do – come to the learning gallery to take on your own Design Challenge. Adults and children are invited to work through a number of fun challenges from prototyping your own innovative chair, to designing a system to hold the weight on a miniature table and solving the ultimate designers challenge of quick access to pencils. Your creativity, design thinking and making skills will be put to the test!

These brainteaser Design Challenges are fun for families to do together or for friends to figure out. The Design Challenges are taking place every day from Saturday (14 March) until Tuesday (17 March).

Admission is free and no booking required.

In association with LoveMovies.ie this free Dublin Film Festival event will allow you to see behind the scenes of shooting a film. The Festival’s film crew, JDIFF TV, will shoot a scene on Wolf Tone Square with the video live-streamed onto a large screen.

Join historian Laura Fitzachary on a journey mapping the origins and stories behind the creation of Ireland’s most precious metalwork such as the Ardagh Chalice, the Shrine of St Lachtín’s Arm, St Patrick’s Bell and the Cathach.

SUitable for ages 12+. Admission is free, no booking requried. 20 places allocated on a first come basis. Meet at reception.

Richard Strauss’ masterpiece Metamorphosen will be performed by some of the country’s best young string players.

String students from four academies in Ireland come together as part of the newly established Academos Irish Chamber Orchestra Academy Initiative and are directed by Katherine Hunks. They are performing Richard Strauss’ seldom heard masterpiece Metamorphosen in Studio One at The Lir Theatre.

It said that to attend this free event you have to contact PublicRelations@riam.ie but since the event is so close, it is too late for that. You COULD risk it and go there in the hope that a seat is still available for you, but be prepared that the event might be booked out and you will be sent away!

The National Print Museum celebrates St. Patrick’s Festival and you are invited. There will be some themed printing and paper craft fun suitable for the whole family. Print a special St. Patrick’s Festival letterpress poster, learn to make a St. Patrick’s themed printer’s hat and lots more.

Admission is free.

The Progressive Film Club is screening films in conjunction with the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. The films are

14:30: The Great Book Robbery (2012)
15:45: A World Not Ours (2012)

Find all details about the films on the website below.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

“The Moon & Sixpence” is a humorous String Puppet production for children and adults. This show is based on “Red Riding Hood” and features the classic fairytale characters and a talking dustbin, who encourages children to pick up litter. The production is performed live with music and sound effects and draws plenty of audience participation from adults and from children.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8749619

Boat Races (Gannon Cup) between rivals University College Dublin (UCD) and Dublin University (Trinity College) will take place on the Liffey. The 2km rowing course will start at 15:30 on O’Connell Bridge and finishing at St. James’ Gate. You can watch and cheer on the rowers.

Come to a night of carnival fun with the Grim Squeaker, Bella A GoGo and more! There will be table magic, freak show acts, sword swallowing (!) and a bit of burlesque. Doors open at 17:00 and the performances start at 20:00.

Age 25+ only. Admission is free. Check the Facebook Page below for more details.

The Explojans are a four piece band from Dublin playing early reggae, rocksteady & Jamaican Ska. Admission is free.

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.

The line-up is: Land of he Giants, Echotape, Mark Maxwell

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.

Camille Nelson will be in Mother Reilly’s for a free gig.

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 Jaby Sanchez Trio will perform jazz, blues and swing, pop/rock songs and some classics.

Like so often, the gig times Sweeney’s lists are ridiculously incorrect: 19:00-02:00!? Bad customer service!

On the Jaby Sanchez Facebook Page, the gig time is 00:00, so Sweeney’s is out by “just” 5 (!!!) hours.

Today is Mother’s Day in Ireland, so make sure you do something nice for you rmom if she is around and if she is not around anymore, do something she would love you to do! Yes, Mother’s Day got commercialised, but it’s never a bad thing to say THANKS! to your mother and we tend to forget it without these reminder days.

If you are not Irish and especially if your native language is not English, then there is a very high probability that today is NOT Mother’s Day where you are from. (For example in Germany it is on 10 May.) In that case just ring your mom aynway and thank her for what she has done for her. She will appreciate getting two Mother’s Day Thanks from you! :-)

And if you are a Mother yourself, take it from me: Mother’s rock! …because without them, we all wouldn’t be here! ;-)

Under the headline “I Love My City” a whole range of cultural events take place. Some are free, but ticketed, others are not free and only a few require no tickets or booking. The ticketed ones are probably all booked out. But the ones that require no tickets are

+ Me Jewel and Darlin’, a letterpress print exhibition
+ What If Dublin – An opportunity to participate in the debate about urban questions.
+ Guinness in the City – A Guinness Archive exhibition trail
+ Reflect yourself – A Mirror installation in the garden of Dublin Castle (at the Coach House)

Find all event details via the website below.

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.

Discover the beautiful restored Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden and learn about growing your own fruit and vegetables, herbs and lots more. Meet OPW professional gardeners Brian and Meeda at the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden. They have lots of advice to plan your perfect garden for the Spring/summer months ahead. Admission is free and car parking is available.

The Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden is located next to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, and the Phoenix Café. The OPW professional gardeners are on site on the second Saturday of every month.

The Music, CD & Record Fair is taking place again. You will find Vinyls, CDs, DVDs and Memorabilia. All genres of music. Admission is free on Sunday. The fair also takes place on Saturday (10:30-21:00) in Filmbase in Temple Bar, but on Saturday Admission is EUR 2.

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.

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.

A 5km road race takes place on Sunday with a Start and Finish on Dawson Street. Participationis not free, but you can watch and cheer on the runners for free! ;-)

This is one of the highlights of the St. Patrick’s Day weekend and especially on a good day it is super! Around Merrion Square a vast range of performances, workshops, spoken word events and music will entertain all ages with a particular focus on kids. There will be Science performances for kids, an Urban Farm, a big playground with wooden games, but adults will also find things to keep them engaged and interested. Especially if you are still young at heart.

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.

“Lifelogging – Do you count?” is the title of the newest Science Gallery exhibition, which started on Friday 13 Feb and will run until 12 April.

Lifelogging is part exhibition, part Science Gallery Lab where you can take part in research projects and it deals with us tracking ourselves, measuring things we do and logging everything from heartbeat to heartbreak.

Get a taste for tracking as you play games with your emotions, use your brainwaves to sort files, generate music wearing sensors, and explore a virtual world filled with real dreams and memories.

The exhibits at this exhibition are fascinating: There is George Reynolds who recorded his health on paper since 2003. A sensible and understandable version of lifelogging. On the other end of the spectrum is Alberto Frigo who takes a picture every times he holds an object with his right hand. He started in 2003 and plans to continue until 2040. On the surface it doesn’t make sense AT ALL. But when you talk to him, you find out that there is a surprising sense to what he does.

The exhibition contains 16 exhibits some so odd that you should get the super helpful and knowledgeable Science Gallery mediators to help you understand what is behind it.

In one area, every week another group/organisation will involve you in their work (the Lab part) and I will explain their project in a separate event posting in the weekly Dublin Event Guide.

Admission to the Science Gallery is free. Opening hours are Tues-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

In varous locations around the City, bands will play on Sunday:

+ Interskalactic (Jamaican Old Skool Ska): Sun 12:00+13:40 (South King Street)
+ The Hot Spot Ukes (Ukulele Band): Sun 12:50+14:30 (South King Street)
+ The Line Up (Community Choir) Sun at National Gallery (13:00), Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre (15:00) Powerscourt Townhouse (16:30)
+ Conor Walsh (Instrumental): Sat 13:00-15:00 and Sun 13:00 at Powerscourt Townhouse

The Smithfield Market Fair will take place again in the Generator Hostel at Smithfield Plaza.

There will be over 40 market stalls selling Vintage Clothes, Food, Vinyl records, Contemporary Arts, Jewellery pieces and much more. There will also be Live Bands and DJs.

Admission 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 feature Iiro Rantala on piano performing his “Solo Piano Series 2”.

From Tuesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Data as Aesthetic Self”.

LIFELOGGING Curator Nicholas Felton spends much of his time thinking about data, charts and our daily routines. He is the author of many Personal Annual Reports that weave numerous measurements into a tapestry of graphs, maps and statistics reflecting the year’s activities. He was one of the lead designers of Facebook’s timeline and the co-founder of Daytum.com.

Drop by the Lab to talk to Nicholas Felton as he works, he’ll be demonstrating some of the applications he is using to visualise data he has collected in 2014 and the different methods he has used to capture information for the Annual Reports. For people who have data they wish to visualise, he will share some of the techniques he uses to explore his own data.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free.

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The ID2015 exhibition “In The Making” features 24 objects paused mid-way through their manufacture and this fascinating exhibition leads us on an exploration of how familiar objects from the marble to the Macbook are designed and produced.

Once you’ve explored the exhibition, thought about design, how things are made and how they do what they do – come to the learning gallery to take on your own Design Challenge. Adults and children are invited to work through a number of fun challenges from prototyping your own innovative chair, to designing a system to hold the weight on a miniature table and solving the ultimate designers challenge of quick access to pencils. Your creativity, design thinking and making skills will be put to the test!

These brainteaser Design Challenges are fun for families to do together or for friends to figure out. The Design Challenges are taking place every day from Saturday (14 March) until Tuesday (17 March).

Admission is free and no booking required.

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

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

Join Museum educator Eimir O’Brien on a special tour at Collins Barracks, exploring how Irish identity and symbolism is expressed through a range of artefacts on display in the decorative arts galleries.

Admission is free and no booking required, places are allocated on a first-come basis 15 minutes before tour starts.

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.

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

In short, this Sunday’s line-up is Voxx, Vernon Jane, Jupe, Boom Child, Echo Tape, Daniel de Burca.

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

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! ;-)

Mongoose is an all-female Jazz/Folk Band. Admission is free.

Every Sunday this singer-songwriter night takes place in the Bleeding Horse in Camden St. from 8.30pm. It is an Open mic night and performers can just turn up and put their name on the list for that night.

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

On Saturday, a group of songwriters (who had to apply for this event), will take a train to Sligo and back and will write songs on that train. Back in Dublin, they will perform these songs on Sunday in the Grand Social.

Admission is free.

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.

Mid-Term Break are playing a free gig in the Mercantile. And from 23:00 the weekly Spanish Party will take place.

The Cajon Roosters are playing in Whelan’s on Saturday and Sunday at 22:00. The band plays Cajun and Zydeco but also ventures into Swamp Blues, Louisiana Rock ‘n Roll, Creole and New Orleans beats.

Admission is free but only if you mention “Cajun Roosters”, so make sure you remember this password!

(And in case you miss the gigs on Saturday and Sunday, you have a last chance to see and hear them on Monday in the Mercantile.)

Under the headline “I Love My City” a whole range of cultural events take place. Some are free, but ticketed, others are not free and only a few require no tickets or booking. The ticketed ones are probably all booked out. But the ones that require no tickets are

+ Me Jewel and Darlin’, a letterpress print exhibition
+ What If Dublin – An opportunity to participate in the debate about urban questions.
+ Guinness in the City – A Guinness Archive exhibition trail
+ Reflect yourself – A Mirror installation in the garden of Dublin Castle (at the Coach House)

Find all event details via the website below.

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.

This is a lunchtime concert by students from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble. Featuring Chinese traditional music, Irish traditional music and some collaborative pieces.

Admission is free, but booking is required via conservatory@dit.ie

The ID2015 exhibition “In The Making” features 24 objects paused mid-way through their manufacture and this fascinating exhibition leads us on an exploration of how familiar objects from the marble to the Macbook are designed and produced.

Once you’ve explored the exhibition, thought about design, how things are made and how they do what they do – come to the learning gallery to take on your own Design Challenge. Adults and children are invited to work through a number of fun challenges from prototyping your own innovative chair, to designing a system to hold the weight on a miniature table and solving the ultimate designers challenge of quick access to pencils. Your creativity, design thinking and making skills will be put to the test!

These brainteaser Design Challenges are fun for families to do together or for friends to figure out. The Design Challenges are taking place every day from Saturday (14 March) until Tuesday (17 March).

Admission is free and no booking required.

An exhibition by The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club of paintings inspired by the poetry of W.B. Yeats will be on display from 12-17 March in the City Assembly House and on Mon 16 and Tues 17 March, there will be informal recitals of poetry from 14:30.

Admission is free.

On Monday a walk by (“Promenade Show”) of three giant dolls takes place at South King Street (16:00) and at Suffolk Street (18:45).

The yearly Festical Ceili will take place at St. Stephen’s Green North, on the Dawson Street side of the Green. Traditional Music, with dance demonstrations and ceili callers will help you to learn Irish dancing. This is an outdoor event with an Open Air stage and with the streets around St. Stephen’s Green as the dance floor.

Admission is free.

That’s It! Recordings is (for unknown reasons)the title of the Pre-Patrick’s Day sepcial in Sin É. The line-up is: Open Mic 19:00-21:00, Fox E and the Good Hands, The Witch Trials, Chase Nova & The Suggestive Flirtations and D.J Oran will be in charge after midnight.

Admission is free.

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

Admission is free.

On St.Patrick’s Day Eve, Sweeney’s celebrates the event with the following bands: Land Of The Giants, D-Riculous Allstars, The Markas Carcas Band and Scrunchies. Admission is free. A start time is not specified by Sweeney’s.

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

Old-skool Jamaican Ska Band “Interskalactic” will perform in Whelan’s. 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.

Gypsy Folk with The Eskies in Bray. Admission is 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).

An Open Irish Trad Session is taking place in Mother Reilly’s. Bring your instrument and join in! Admission is free.

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 Cajon Roosters are playing their last gig in Dublin in the Mercantile on Monday. The band plays Cajun and Zydeco but also ventures into Swamp Blues, Louisiana Rock ‘n Roll, Creole and New Orleans beats.

Admission is free.

Under the headline “I Love My City” a whole range of cultural events take place. Some are free, but ticketed, others are not free and only a few require no tickets or booking. The ticketed ones are probably all booked out. But the ones that require no tickets are

+ Me Jewel and Darlin’, a letterpress print exhibition
+ What If Dublin – An opportunity to participate in the debate about urban questions.
+ Guinness in the City – A Guinness Archive exhibition trail
+ Reflect yourself – A Mirror installation in the garden of Dublin Castle (at the Coach House)

Find all event details via the website below.

“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 at least 1 days in advance is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@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 St. Patrick’s Day Parade traditionally takes place on 17 March. The pageants are nice and I hope you will sense the theme “Celebrate Now”, which is a kind of “Catch All” theme.

The marching bands are outstanding with bands this year from Chicago, Mexico, Georgia, Indiana, Texas, North Dakota, New York, North Carolina, NEvada, New Mexico, Lousiana, Mississippi and Germany and Clondalkin.

The parade starts at Parnell Square goes down O’Connell Street, then College Green, Dawson Street to Christ Church. Most people are in O’Connell Street, on O’Connell Bridge and then in Dawson Street. If you don’t bring your step ladder (many do!) of arrive really early (at least 2 hours before the start) so that you get a front row place, you will most likely not see much of the parade and might better stay at home to watch it on TV. The only location where in recent years I found it was a little easier to see something is after Christ Church when the parade turns towards St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

A performance with contemporary and traditional music from the Miss Ali Stage School will take place in Dundrum Town Centre for St. Patrick’s Day.

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The Retronauts, The 68s, The Midnight Revellers, The Dublin City Rounders and Dj Pipes and Easy Yves will perform in Sweeney’s on St. Patrick’s Day.

The ID2015 exhibition “In The Making” features 24 objects paused mid-way through their manufacture and this fascinating exhibition leads us on an exploration of how familiar objects from the marble to the Macbook are designed and produced.

Once you’ve explored the exhibition, thought about design, how things are made and how they do what they do – come to the learning gallery to take on your own Design Challenge. Adults and children are invited to work through a number of fun challenges from prototyping your own innovative chair, to designing a system to hold the weight on a miniature table and solving the ultimate designers challenge of quick access to pencils. Your creativity, design thinking and making skills will be put to the test!

These brainteaser Design Challenges are fun for families to do together or for friends to figure out. The Design Challenges are taking place every day from Saturday (14 March) until Tuesday (17 March).

Admission is free and no booking required.

Paddy’s Day in the Grand Social is bringing you The Vincents, Val Normal, Pockets, This Other Kingdom, Gillis and lots more.

Doors open at 14:00 and admission is free until 19:00.

The Paddy’s Day celebrations in the MErcantile will feature live Traditional bands and DJs. Admission is free.

Come along to this Patrick’s Day tour and find out all about Irish native plants that can be used for food, drink and medicine.

Admission is free.

The Workman’s Club, Garage Bar and Bison Bar invite to their big Paddy’s Day Party. Live music kicks off at 18:00 and the line-up is Benihana, The North Sea, Kobina, Fallen Rule, Exploding Eyes and the highlight of the night is The Mighty Stef.

And there will be DJs playing Indie, disco, house, 80s/90s/00s and in the Garage Bar you will get Northern Soul, Psychedelic Punk, Britpop, Garage and Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Admission is free.

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.

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.

Live sessions with the Blue Moon Folk and Blues Collective are taking place every Tuesday at the Beerhouse. 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 Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday AND Tuesday. 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).

7-piece hip-hop band “oldskool” with support “Hare Squead” will play in Whelan’s. Admission is free if you join the guest list (just declare that you are coming here www.facebook.com/events/1597838160434499/ ).

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

“Pink Sox”, a new band made up of Bad Boy Jake members, are playing classic rock and blues, 70s, 80s and to the present.

Admission is free.

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 Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

Join Niall de Búrca to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015 with bilingual storytelling performances for children (at 11:00) and adults (at 13:00) at the Central Library on Wednesday. This master of tales is renowned for shows full of energy, humour and lyrical guile. Using his voice with the skill of a true craftsman, de Búrca brings the most fantastical characters alive for your imagination.

Admission is free but booking is required via 01-8734333

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.

From Wednesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Say Whuuut? Self”.

There will be an interactive installation where visitors can try out us+, a video-chat that monitors conversation and provides real-time feedback for optimised interaction.

What if a computer could understand our relationships and algorithms could suggest better interpersonal decisions than we can make ourselves? When does it go too far? Want to find out who stresses you out or makes your happy? By tracking your overall physical and emotional responses while you hang out, the pplkpr app automatically manages your relationships so you don’t have to!

Us+/pplkpr creators Lauren McCarty and Kyle McDonald are both artists and programmers, based in Brooklyn NY and teach at NYU ITP. Us+/pplkpr are art projects that questions the future of quantified relationships.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free.

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.

Pearse Street Library host “An Introduction to Yoga” with Alessio Coppa on Wednesday 18+25 March. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat or a blanket.

Admission is free, but places are limited so booking is required via 01-6744888 or pearsestreetlibrary@dublincity.ie

In the series of talks “Centenaries and bicentenaries: Celticists, lexicographers and antiquarian scholars”, the next talk will be “Revd James Graves (1815–86): In piam memoriam” with Aideen Ireland (National Archives of Ireland).

Admission is free.

The next seminar in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series is

“To Cultivate, Train, Develop and Strengthen: the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland and the Counter?Revolution, 1926?40” by Dr Lisa Godson (National College of Art and Design)

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 next (and seemingly last) seminar in the Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series is

“On the Spirit of the Rights” with Dan Edelstein (Stanford)

Admission is free,

The Book Launch of two books “The Arid Forty” & “The Sun Shines Sometimes” by Egyptian writer Salwa Elhamamsy will take place and admission is free.

“The Arid Forty” is a short story collection and “The Sun Shines Sometimes” is a travel book.

The public lecture “Food fight: your immune system versus diseased cells” with Dr David Finlay (School of Biochemistry and Immunology) will take place.

Admission is free.

“Shaping Dublin: a seminar series on the contemporary city” is organised by The Provisional University (provisionaluniversity.wordpress.com/about-2/). On Wednesday the next talk in the Shaping Dublin series takes place: Rory Hearne (Dept. of Geography, Maynooth University) talks about “Privatizing the urban welfare state”.

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.

A Marriage Equality Fundraiser is taking place in Sin É. With “Those Responsible”, “Chase Nova” and “Sonny No Share”. And there will also be Prizes and Drag Queens.

Admission is free

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

Admission is free, 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.

Los Paradiso are playing Rockabilly, Tex Mex, Western Swing, Surf in the Leeson Lounge. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

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.

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.

Eleven o’clock means story time in the LexIcon children’s library during the Mountain to Sea Festival. A whole range of local authors will share their stories with the youngest readers. Babies and toddlers are welcome. Drop in and join the fun.

Juliette Saumande is a writer and translator of children’s books with over thirty picture books published in her native France. In English, she is the author of a novel, Chop-Chop, Mad Cap!, several picture books and an app, SOS Dinos in Distress.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

From Wednesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Say Whuuut? Self”.

There will be an interactive installation where visitors can try out us+, a video-chat that monitors conversation and provides real-time feedback for optimised interaction.

What if a computer could understand our relationships and algorithms could suggest better interpersonal decisions than we can make ourselves? When does it go too far? Want to find out who stresses you out or makes your happy? By tracking your overall physical and emotional responses while you hang out, the pplkpr app automatically manages your relationships so you don’t have to!

Us+/pplkpr creators Lauren McCarty and Kyle McDonald are both artists and programmers, based in Brooklyn NY and teach at NYU ITP. Us+/pplkpr are art projects that questions the future of quantified relationships.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free.

“Japanese Enamels: The Seven Treasures” is a lecture by Gregory Irvine, Senior Curator, Japan, Asian Department, Victoria & Albert Museum.

Admission is free and no booking required.

The Dublin Circus Project invites to an OpenDay/Evening on Thursday, the evening before the Dublin Circus Festival. Meet the DCP people and see their training venue, The Barn from 17:00. Then at 20:00 a screening of a circus film will take place. (Under 18s must be accompanied by parent or guardian.)

A weekly Forro Night (Brazilian Dance) with a Forro Live Band takes place in the D-One Bar & Brazilian Grill every Thursday.

Admission is free.

The launch of “Performance Art in Ireland: A History” edited by Áine Phillips will take place in the Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre of the National College of Art and Design. Áine Phillips will give a presentation. Admission is free.

People are collecting more data about their own health than ever before. Wearable sensors and lifelogging apps are presenting opportunities to glean real value from our biological data. But what will that mean for healthcare? Are we about to enter a new phase in data-driven medicine?

Come to this discussion on some of the most pressing issues around lifelogging, new technology, and your personal health. Hosted by science writer Claire O’Connell (The Irish Times, New Scientist, Silicon Republic), and featuring health innovation expert John Dinsmore (Trinity College Dublin), digital health entrepreneur Kieran Daly (Health Beacon), and public engagement expert Marie Ennis-O’Connor.

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

The Spanish Film “Stockholm” by director Rodrigo Sorogoyen will be screened (in Spanish with English subtitles). The film will be introduced by Irish screenwriter and actor Mark O’Halloran. Admission is 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 at least 1 day in advance is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

A weekly live music gig of the genres Blues/Roots/Rock/Soul will take place in Arthur’s Pub with weekly changing performers:

+ 1st Thursday: Ben Prevo
+ 2nd Thursday: Declan Kennedy
+ 3rd Thursday: Dermot Byrne
+ 4th Thursday: Mick Pyro

Admission is free.

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 before 20:00 and free finger food is provided.

“In the Shadow of Mighty Kangchenjunga – A botanical expedition to the Bhutan and Sikkim Himalaya” is a talk by the Head Gardener of the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh, Séamus O’Brien, who led an expedition of Irish horticulturists and tree enthusiasts to the mountains of Bhutan and Sikkim in 2014, following the routes of early botanical explorers like William Griffith, Joseph Hooker, Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff, from tropical valleys to icy glaciers.

The event is organised in conjunction with the Irish Garden Plant Society. Admission is free.

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.

Kicking Bird are performing in Sweeney’ at some stage.

Allegedly from 19:00-02:00 but that is just Sweeney’s providing a really bad customer service again by being totally inaccurate with the times.

A new weekly Table Quiz takes place in the Grand Social. Every Thursdayteams of 4 people (or at least 2 people) will compete against each other over questions from the areas of General Knowledge, Music, Film, Sports & Entertainment.

Admission is free.

The Dive Bar Open Mic Night is a weekly Open Mic night where no performers are prearranged. Just arrive between 20:30 and 21:00 and ask for Conor or Alan to get your name down. The first performance is at 21:00.

Singer songwriters, poets, instrumentalists and comedy and sometimes even bands are invited to perform. All levels of experience welcome.

Admission is free.

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 Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

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.

At 09:28 on Friday, a partial Solar Eclipse will take place. Over 90% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon, making the sky go dark and Venus to become visible and the place to meet up for it is the Front Square of Trinity College.

There will be plenty of solar physicists to help you view the eclipse safely with eclipse glasses and with a few telescopes with special solar filters.

The eclipse will be visible from 08:24-10:36, but you should not look into the sun without appropriate eye protection.

On Friday is International Day of Happiness and while I wasn’t able to find any free events in Dublin that celebrate this day, maybe it is one of these days where we don’t need any specific events. Because you can just be….Happy! The whole day! Just for fun! Try it! ;-)

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.

Eleven o’clock means story time in the LexIcon children’s library during the Mountain to Sea Book Festival. A whole rang of local writers and storytellers will share their stories with the youngest readers. Babies and toddlers (0-4) are welcome.

Gráinne Clear is the Publishing Manager at Little Island Books. She also works as a storyteller for children and adults. Dave Rudden is a writer and storyteller. His Nightmare Club title “Brain Drain Baby” will be out soon.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

From Wednesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifeblogging exhibition will look at “Your Say Whuuut? Self”.

There will be an interactive installation where visitors can try out us+, a video-chat that monitors conversation and provides real-time feedback for optimised interaction.

What if a computer could understand our relationships and algorithms could suggest better interpersonal decisions than we can make ourselves? When does it go too far? Want to find out who stresses you out or makes your happy? By tracking your overall physical and emotional responses while you hang out, the pplkpr app automatically manages your relationships so you don’t have to!

Us+/pplkpr creators Lauren McCarty and Kyle McDonald are both artists and programmers, based in Brooklyn NY and teach at NYU ITP. Us+/pplkpr are art projects that questions the future of quantified relationships.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free.

Poetry Now is part of the Mountain to Sea dlr Book Festival (18-22 Marchin Dun Laoghaire and Poetry Now curator Alice Lyons will give a talk exploring language acquisition and language variation and their intersection with poetry in the minds of authors and readers. She will refer to the work of many of the poets reading at this year’s festival.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Unfortuantely only very very few events during the Mountain to Sea Book Festival are free.

This film from Beirut will be screened in the Chester Beatty library as part of the Silk Road Film Festival 2015 and while all other screenings incur and admission charge, the screenings in the Chester Beatty Library are free. Thanks CBL!

This film from Iran will be screened in the Chester Beatty library as part of the Silk Road Film Festival 2015 and while all other screenings incur and admission charge, the screenings in the Chester Beatty Library are free. Thanks CBL! (Actual start time is 14:50.)

Franophonie is a week long celebration of French.

The Embassies of French-speaking countries Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, France, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Switzerland and the Alliance Française in association with Trinity College Dublin, French Friday and The Grand Social are inviting you to a series of events on Friday:

16:00-19:00: “Youth and Business” Panel Discussions & Debating Contest in Trinity College, Burke Theatre, Dublin 2
19:30-21:00: Francophone Buffet by participating Francophone Embassies in Alliance Française, 1 Kildare St, Dublin 2
21:30-late: Francophonie DJ Night, presented by French Friday at the Grand Social, 35 Lr Liffey St, Dublin 1

Admission is free and is on first come first served basis.

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.

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. followed by DJs until late. Admission is free.

Blues and classic rock cover band The Mojo Witnesses will perform in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

The Dublin Circus Project in partnership with Dublin Circus Festival will present a unique 30 minute fire show. Everybody is invited and admission is free.

12 performers under the direction of Angelica Santander will present their impressive fire performance, a breathtaking show inspired by Greek legend, with 7 different disciplines and tailor made set carefully choreographed.

This will be followed by a Fire Jam hosted by the Trinity Juggling Society.

The Guilty Party will be back in Whelan’s and will play their Rock ‘n’ Roll. Admission is free.

The band Audible Joes will be in Whelan’s in the Midnight Hour slot on Friday. They will be supported by “Jobseekers”. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list. The gig will start at midnight.