Dublin Event Guide 409: Record Store Day, World Tinnitus Day, Busking Competition, Smithfield Market Fair

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.

Record Store Day was originally a day for only independent Record Stores. But now there are not many truly independent stores around and in addition, the others also wanted to have a piece of the pie and are celebrating on this day. Great thing for you is that there is live music and special offers everywhere.

Tower Records has announced the following stage times and is not just having live music on Record Store Day (Saturday) but also on Sunday:

Sat 18 April
12:00 Cry Monster Cry
13:00 Urges
14:00 Colm Mac Ionmaire
15:00 Columbia Mills
14:00 This Other Kingdom

Sun 19 April
13:00 The Mighty Stef
14:00 Fox Jaw
15:00 Mundy
16:00 Spies
17:00 Ham Sandwich

Admission is free.

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).

The Ark in Temple Bar runs many really good events, but due to the cost of running this cultural centre for children, most events are not free. But every now and then, there is a free event or exhibition and they are always worth a visit.

This time it is an exhibition (for ages 4+) called “Once upon a Picture”: Every artwork has a story to tell! Sometimes worlds cross over and strange things happen – humans take on animal form, objects shrink or grow, people dream enchanted dreams and things are not always as they seem. Let your imagination run wild as you explore this exhibition of artworks that are mysterious, alluring and magical. Have fun imagining what the artworks are about and what stories they tell.

Admission is free and no booking is required. The exhibition will be open on the following Saturdays: 28 March, 11+18+25 April, 02 May.

A new weekly Farmer’s Market is starting in Dalkey this week with over 20 vendors selling a wide variety of foods and an eclectic selection of arts and crafts. Admission is free.

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.

Family Workshop with sculptor Catherine Braggan takes place in the framework of “Áitiúil : Special Events, Talks and Workshops”. Áitiúil is a group exhibition exploring the work of five eminent members of the RHA.

Join Catherine and create your very own wire maquettes, enjoy being a sculptor for the day. This is a drop-in event and no booking is required. For a full listing of events please go to www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/

A boutique festival for 5-10 year olds, curated by cellist Adrian Mantu, will engage the minds of children in an interactive way.

The music will come from the archives of the Contemporary Music Centre as well as other International Music Centres. The performances will take place over three hours but will be broken into 15 minute segments. Eight music and colour filled spaces will be used in the CMC building.

The event will take place on Saturday and on Sunday and the shows are from 10:30-13:30 and again from 14:30-17:30.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-673 1922

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.

World Tinnitus Day this Saturday is sponsored by Restored Hearing and it is the first global initiative to bring people, organisations and businesses together to learn about and raise awareness of tinnitus.

Meet hearing experts in Dublin to help you with any questions you have about your hearing. There are talks, workshops, discussions, videos and hearing tests and expert advice, all for free.

The full programme for the day is here:

11:00 Registration. Exhibition Space Open with Free Hearing Screenings.
13:00 Tibetan Singing Bowl Sound Healing Meditation with Patricia Lohan
14:00 TALK: What exactly is Tinnitus? What cause it? What treatments are available? with Eimear O’Carroll, Restored Hearing
14:30 BREAK FOR LUNCH
15:00 TALK: Does Tinnitus Cause Hearing Loss? with Anne Hogarth, Clinical Audiological Hypno-Psychotherapist
15:30 TALK: Preventative Measures for Tinnitus, how family and friends can help. with Nina Reade, Eccles Hearing
16:00 TALK: What is Meniere’s Disease? Is it linked to Tinnitus? with Rita Power, Irish Menieres Support Group
16:30 VIDEO: Central Auditory Processing Disorder with Dr. Ross Maddox, Ph.D., Hearing Health Foundation
17:00 PANEL: Our Experience with Tinnitus
17:50 Close of Talks and Invitation to Evening Part with Eimear O’Carroll
18:00 Tapas Buffet at Roasted Brown
18:30 Music from Alison Kiernan at Roasted Brown
19:00 Music from Nella at Roasted Brown
20:00 Music from Jill Deering & Jay Wilson at Roasted Brown
21:00 Comedy from Neil Curran with “You, Me + The Voice Inbetween” at Roasted Brown
22:00 Close

The Terenure Village Market has moved to Bushy Park and is from now on a weekly market.

The market has now grown to 40 stalls offering a whole variety of foods and crafts.

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.

Breaking Tunes are bringing a second day of Music Trails to Dublin. The well known and not so well known record stores will celebrate Record Store Day.

12:00 at HMV Grafton St: Columbia Mills
12:30 at Irish Design Shop, Drury St: Participant
13:00 at Urban Picnic: Paddy Hanna
13:30 at Powerscourt: Moossmann
14:00 at Rage: Me Auld Flower
14:30 at Pitt Bros: Color//Sound
15:00 at Honest to Goodness: Maud in Cahoots
15:30 at Dublin Ink: Dear Desert
16:00 at Gutter Bookshop: Brian Casey
16:30 at The Front Lounge: I’m Your Vinyl

Find a map with all locations here.

A Busking Competition as part of the MusicTown Festival takes place on Saturday in Grafton Street and Henry Street. The buskers will be in Grafton Street from 12:00-15:00 and then Henry Street will be the the venue from 15:00-18:00.

“Music and technology are getting cosy for this novel musical installation which will allow 12 people at a time to create musical loops by pressing buttons on a system of electronically controlled but mechanically played acoustic instruments. Each electronic sequencer will control one note of a marimba and a chime, the sound they make is up to you! The installation takes its name from the latin word for 12 and was designed and built by Ed Devane only last year. Ed will be on hand for the duration of the installation to show visitors how the system works and get the creative juices flowing.”

Admission is free and no booking required. The event will run from 16-18 April.

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.

HMV’s celebrations on Record Day are called “Record Fest” and will last for 2 days (18+19 April). Record Fest will bring the impressive line-up of The Mighty Stef, Buffalo Sunn, Cry Monster Cry, Tucan, The Flaws, Riot Tapes into the HMV shop in Henry Street on Saturday.

HMV is also running some live gigs of the following high-profile artists: Hamsandwich (18 Apr at 13:00 in Whelan’s), Shayne Ward. (19 Apr at 13:00 in HMV Dundrum), Munday (19 Apr at 16:30 in Whelan’s). For all three gigs, you can get wristbands if you buy the performer’s newest album, but there will also be some wristbands available for free otherwise. Ask!!

Admission is free,

Trade School Dublin is a super idea! It is an alternative learning community that runs on barter (you give the teacher something small in return for the class/workshop). Trade School helps people share skills, ideas, experiences and resources.

The next two sessions are on Sat 18 and Sat 25 April and you can come to participate or teach a class. Go to the website below to register and find out more.

Confirmed Classes this week, with still places left, are:
12:00-14:00 Introduction to the Irish Language
14:00-16:00 Is Google Drive the most useful thing ever?

A Cartoon film version “Don Quijote de la Mancha I” from the masterpiece of Spanish literature “The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes will be screened in the Instituto Cervantes in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission 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.

Celebrating 40 Years of Free Concerts at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin City Council’s city-wide music festival “MusicTown” will bring more free lunchtime and afternoon concerts to the gallery.

The remaining programme is:
+ Saturday 18 April: Concorde at 13:05
+ Sunday 19 April: Sunday at Noon: Callino Quartet & Ailish Tynan, soprano at 12:00

Admission is free to all concerts.

Outhouse is inviting to the 4th Record Store G ay Festival, a mini music festival, poster exhibition and pop up music shop for International Record Store Day. Outhouse is the LGBT Community Resource Centre in Capel Street.

The music festival will run from 13:00-18:00 and will feature Hi Fashion, Kate’s Party, I Heart The Monster Hero, Florence Olivier, Katherine Lynch & Switzerland, Patrick Kelleher, Gross Net, The Late David Turpin, Brian Conniffe, Gar Cox, Fierce Mild, Feather Beds, GODHATESDISCO, Laura Ann Brady and more.

The pop up music festival will continue later in the PantiBar from 18:00-22:30, where the bands will continue to perform before the Panitshow begins at 22:30.

All bands will perform for free and 100% of proceeds will go towards the YES EQUALITY campaign. Admission is free, but a donation of EUR 10 is suggested if suitable.

The Lunchtime Lecture “The Story of Chinese Porcelain and its Journey to Europe” with Joan Barnewell (Guide, Chester Beatty Library) will take place. Admission is fre and no booking required.

Qigong is a traditional Chinese form of meditation coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm state of mind.

Come to this gentle Qigong practice outdoors on the Roof Top Garden of the Library (weather permitting) or indoors with a view of the roof garden. Suitable for all ages.

Admission is free and no booking required, but numbers 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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

A Protest March against the water charges will take place and will go from the Garden of Remembrance to the Dail. It is organised by the “Non-Payment Network”.

Monster Music Improv with outstanding guitarist and technology whizz Shane Latimer, acclaimed vocalist and improviser Lauren Kinsella and inventive cartoonist Patrick Sanders is a music performance with a difference. The musicians will instantly create funky jazzy melodies on-the-spot, while Patrick draws cool cartoons of the music that are projected live! Expect lots of spontaneous music fun, some well-known tunes, fantastic cartoons and strange spooky sounds thrown in for good measure. A music improvisation and visual adventure for all the family (kids from Age 5).

There will be two performances, each lasting for 45 minutes, at 14:00 and 16:00.

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

Come along and see this historical re-enactment of drills as the Irish Volunteers did between 1913 and 1916. In the period before the 1916 Easter Rising the Irish Volunteers organised openly and trained in the use of rifles and military skills. See the uniforms and weapons used by the Volunteers and how they were taught to use them.

Admission is free and no booking required. IT will take place om Clarke Square.

Join Niall de Búrca, live, for mighty tales of Gods, heroes, baddies and brutes. Suitable for Ages 6+. This event will take place in the Ceramics Room, First Floor. Admission is free and no booking required, places will be allocated on a first come basis.

Händel premiered ‘Water Music’ on a barge on the River Thames in 1717 and on Saturday the CDETB Music Centre, Kylemore College, in partnership with Dublin Bay Cruises and Waterways Ireland invite to two concerts (at 17:00 and at 18:00) on board the MV St Bridget at Grand Canal Dock.

Admission is free, but space is limited and there is a high probability that the concerts are already booked out, but you could still try. Email karen.walshe@musictown.ie for tickets.

“Counterpoint” is an art exhibition by Spanish artist Jordi Fornies, which runs from 12-30 April in the Octagonal Room in the City Assembly House.

In connection with this exhibition, the Dublin School of Flamenco presents an evening of Sevillanas in collaboration with the Olivier Cornet Gallery and the Irish Georgian Society. From 17:00-18:30 you can learn all about the Sevillanas rhythm and songs and learn how to clap to accompany the dancers. And this workshop will be followed by a dance demonstration with the students from Dublin School of Flamenco, during which you can practice your newly learned clapping.

Admission free but booking recommended via info@oliviercornetgallery.com or 087-2887261. All ages are welcome.

dublinflamencofestival.com/school-of-flamenco
www.oliviercornetgallery.com

To finish World Tinnitus Day, an event of workshops, talks and help for people with tinnitus and other hearing problems, there will be a music and comedy event chosen especially for people with hearing issues.

Enjoy the quiet atmosphere with low background noise and acoustic music from Alison Kiernan, from Nella and from Jill Deering & Jay Wilson with a special comedy show from Neil Curran called “You, Me + The Voice Inbetween”. Food will be supplied by Roasted Brown.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite website here.

Interskalactic are bringing their traditional, old school, first wave and big band Jamaican Ska to Bray. 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 in short is Slim Jim & The Bone Brreakers, The Brown Notes, Andy Delamare, Jay & Dave.

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.

Otis are playing a free gig in Whelan’s.

Soul and party band Santoria will play a free gig in Raheny.

New Ancestors, a Belfast based pop rock/folk band, are in Whelan’s for a free gig.

Pete Pamf will play a midnight gig in the Mezz and admission is free.

Record Store Day was originally a day for only independent Record Stores. But now there are not many truly independent stores around and in addition, the others also wanted to have a piece of the pie and are celebrating on this day. Great thing for you is that there is live music and special offers everywhere.

Tower Records has announced the following stage times and is not just having live music on Record Store Day (Saturday) but also on Sunday:

Sun 19 April
13:00 The Mighty Stef
14:00 Fox Jaw
15:00 Mundy
16:00 Spies
17:00 Ham Sandwich

Admission is 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.

A grassroots gathering is intended to bring together people involved in different community campaigns and social movements to learn from each other’s experiences, talk about what works and what doesn’t, develop networks and make alliances. The Grassroots Gathering is running from 17-19 April and will feature talks, workshops and networking.
The full programme is downloadable from here.

Admission is free, but booking is required. Check the Facebook Event Page below for all details.

A boutique festival for 5-10 year olds, curated by cellist Adrian Mantu, will engage the minds of children in an interactive way.

The music will come from the archives of the Contemporary Music Centre as well as other International Music Centres. The performances will take place over three hours but will be broken into 15 minute segments. Eight music and colour filled spaces will be used in the CMC building.

The event will take place on Saturday and on Sunday and the shows are from 10:30-13:30 and again from 14:30-17:30.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-673 1922

The Brocante Market will take place on Sunday. 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.

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.

HMV’s celebrations on Record Day are called “Record Fest” and will last for 2 days (18+19 April). Record Fest will bring the impressive line-up of The Mighty Stef, Buffalo Sunn, Cry Monster Cry, Tucan, The Flaws, Riot Tapes into the HMV shop in Henry Street on Saturday.

HMV is also running some live gigs of the following high-profile artists: Hamsandwich (18 Apr at 13:00 in Whelan’s), Shayne Ward. (19 Apr at 13:00 in HMV Dundrum), Munday (19 Apr at 16:30 in Whelan’s). For all three gigs, you can get wristbands if you buy the performer’s newest album, but there will also be some wristbands available for free otherwise. Ask!!

Admission is free,

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

This month, there will be a screening of the 80s movie “Footloose” at 14:00.

And over 40 market stalls will be selling Vintage Clothes, Food, Vinyl records, Contemporary Arts, Jewellery pieces and much more.

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 soprano Ailish Tynan and the Callino Quartet.

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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!

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

AXIS:BALLYMUN & LiFT Youth Arts Festival present “LiFT in the City”, two events on Sunday in the Grand Social.

The first event (14:30-17:30) is a “Late Lunch with Lethal Dialect” (Age 15+): Lethal Dialect (rapper Paul Allwright) writes largely autobiographical tracks with impressive word-play and peppered with anecdotes about his early years. Join LD for a working lunch in the BBQ area of the Grand Social. Bring your lyrics, your guitars, your beats or just yourself. This event also includes a music production workshop for young people facilitated by music producer and artist, Joe Cleere (Last Cassette).

Part 2 of the Double Bill (18:30-21:00) showcases the best of Ballymun’s emerging musical talent, from traditional to rock music. The line-up is Lethal Dialect, 5th Element, Misselayneous with That’s a Rap Project, Mikey P, Call to Arms , Dale O’Hanlan, Zeinab, Anto’s A Rat.

Admission to both events is free and no booking is required.

“The History of the Phoenix Park Deer Herd” is a talk that will feature the history of the park herd, the mating rituals and the tagging of the fawn. By Professor Tom Hayden and Terry Moore at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.

Admission is free.

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.

National Gallery Sunday Lecture this week is “Hooked on Poetry” with Poet John Montague, who will be in conversation with Professor Emeritus Ciaran Benson. Admission is free.

This fun family matinee includes a “Top 20” of Shakespearean music and puts the tunes in context as four motley musicians from the “Gregory Walkers” take you on an irreverent journey through the bard’s lifetime. Find out more details on the website below. Admission is free, but booking is required and there is a high probability that the event is booked out. If you want to try it anyway, send an e-mail to karen.walshe@musictown.ie

Before the concert at 14:30 an exclusive tour of St Michan’s Crypt will take place, but places on that tour are even more limited. To get tickets you have to send a mail to tickets@musictown.ie

Underneath the church are five long burial vaults containing the mummified remains of many of Dublin’s most influential 17th, 18th and 19th century families, including the legendary Shears brothers and the highly decorated coffins of the Earl’s of Leitrim.

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 weekly Jazz & Tapas Club takes place in Zaragoza. The Jazz is free, the dinner ain’t! ;-)

Four wedding bands will each play a 30 minute set for Wedding couples and anyone else who enjoys good music. The bands are Pump Up The Jam (90s)// Shift (80s and classic Rock)// Millennium (Modern Classics) // The Shifters (Rock’N’Roll).

Admission is free. For more information, including about some discounts and prizes, check out the website below.

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.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Arthur’s Pub, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

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! ;-)

Funk Band What Give will play in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

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

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

“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 Dublin Blues Cartel will be in Whelan’s again and will perform mostly a version of New Orleans R’n’B with a classic rock twist, sandwiched with swing, Rock’n’Roll, Soul, Funk, Blues and rap of all eras. Admission is free.

A “Family History and Genealogy Advice Service” will be provided in Raheny Library. Find out how to go about tracing your family tree. With Margaret Bonar & Betty Craven.

After the first event on Monday, Raheny Library will host advice sessions on the 3rd Monday of every month.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 085-1444883 or 01-8315521.

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.

“Mind Your **** Language!” is a discussion with Chris Morash (TCD) and Sean Rocks (RTÉ Arena) about how language has evolved and why some words are regarded as swear words. A nine-piece band will play music from The Commitments. This event will be recorded by RTE Radio One’s Arena programme to be broadcast at a later date.
Admission is free, but booking is required here.

“Stone Green – Selected Poems 1980-2010” by Alberto Toni is a poetry reading in the Italian Institute.

“These poems offer exquisite declarations of love, approached obliquely, through striking images. They ponder life’s mysteries and take us on a journey that questions the ultimate abyss.”

Introduction by Roberto Bertoni (Department of Italian, Trinity College Dublin) and the poems will be read in Italian by Alberto Toni and in English by Anamaría Crowe Serrano. A Q&A will follow. Admission is free.

The Ranelagh Arts Centre currently hosts the exhibition “Alice in Ranelagh” by Tom Mathews. Gallery opening hours: Mon-Fri: 12:00-18:00, Sat+Sun: 12:00-17:00).

In the connection with this exhibition, Paul Duane will screen his short film “Don’t You Know Who I Am?” on Monday. The film’s writer, journalist Olaf Tyaransen and the director Paul Duane will be at the event and answer your questions. 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.

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.

“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 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.

Actor Ger Ryan (who starred in Roddy Doyle’s The Van and Family) will read from The Snapper.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“Understanding and managing stress” with Tina Kinirons, Occupational Psychologist is a talk about techniques for managing stress for life’s difficult moments.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8734333.

The next Dublin City & Irish Folklore lecture in the Council Chamber in Dublin City Hall is “Bytes of Dublin: Digitising Dublin content in the National Folklore Collection at UCD” with Anna Bale.

Admission is free and no booking required (first come, first served basis).

The next Medical Humanities Research Seminar Lectures is “The Actor as Healer: Embodiment, Empathy, and Ensemble”, by Dr Nicholas Johnson (School of Drama, Film and Music, TCD)

Aron Ra will be speaking to Atheist Ireland on “How Religion Harms Education”. Michael Nugent will then talk briefly about the harm caused by religion in the Irish education system, followed by an audience question and answer session chaired by Jane Donnelly. Aron Ra is the Texas State Director of American Atheists, he is an activist for secular politics in a heavily religious environment.

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.

The Plateau Sessions is an open mic night that features some special guest acts from all over Ireland.

The line-up this week is Orchid Collective, Kevin Ryan, Fintan O’Brien.

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 City of a Thousand Bands – ’80s Dublin On Mature Recollection” is a discussion with Chair: Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Dave Fanning (RTÉ 2FM), Eamon Carr (Horslips), Leslie Dowdall (In Tua Nua) and Jerry Fish.

“They say that rock music thrives in the face of social adversity so it’s no wonder 1980’s Dublin was seen as the perfect breeding ground. Four leading Dublin lights – some of whom feature in Roddy Doyle’s hilarious debut – will offer fresh perspectives on the time, the place, the music and the book.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via www.hotpress.com/tickets

Two teams battling it out for comedy survival. This week Identical Knees vs The Imps sees the return of two of the top improv comedy teams battle it out through multiple rounds of sketches and funny games based on audience suggestions. Think “Whose Line is It Anyway”, but without the edits!

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite website below. At the time of writing this, there were only 8 tickets left, so hurry!

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).

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

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.

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.

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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.

William Furlong (UK) sound artist and founder of the groundbreaking Audio Arts – the largest audio-cassette magazine of recorded interviews devoted to art and artists, reflects on his project Radio Garden (1991) with discussion moderator Declan McGonagle (Director, NCAD).

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

“Shut the Door” and other poems will be read by poet Arthur Sheridan. Musical interludes will be provided by singer/songwriter Mark Adams.

Admission is free and booking is not required. Light refreshments will be served from 18:00.

The UCD Earth Institute & UCD Science Expression are inviting to a film screening on World Earth Day. The screened film is the documentary “Watermark”.

The film brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use.

For more details, check the website below. Admission is free, but booking is required via the same website (or is it maybe just a first come first served?)

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.

You are invited to this evening of English choral music featuring the DIT Chamber Choir, conducted by David Brophy. Works by Gibbons, Byrd, Holst, Elgar and more will be performed. The concert will also feature the premiere of a work by DIT Chamber Choir member Oisin Walsh-Peelo, titled “A Gathering”.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

The Mighty Stef are well known for their Rock ‘n’ Roll and they will be in the Harbour Bar for a free gig.

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.

Every Thursday a free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

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

Professor Alan Matthews (Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy in the Department of Economics, School of Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin) will give a talk on the CAP reform.

Feel free to bring your lunch and eat it during the seminar!

Admission is free, but booking is required via Sylvia Byrne on 01 6169050 or by email to sbyrne@tasc.ie

In the lecture series “In the Psychologists’ Chair”, the next lecture is “Loneliness and the Heart: Social disadvantage, social isolation and cardiovascular health” with Dr Cathal McCrory (Research fellow at Trinity College Dublin working as part of The Irish Longitudinal Data on ageing research).

Cathal’s research utilizes population-level data (TILDA, ELSA, HRS) to explore the extent to which differences in exposure to stressors can account for disease and mortality differentials between different social groups, leading to the identification of modifiable risk and resilience factors.

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

“Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan” is the lunchtime lecture with Dr Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford.

Admission is free, no booking required.

The lunchtime concert “Cello and Friends: Chamber music for cello with piano, double-bass and clarinet” with students and staff from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and led my cellist Arun Rao, takes place on Thursday.

Admission is free.

A lunchtime recital with Freddy Walsh playing Classical Guitar will take place. Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

On 23 April 1616, Miguel de Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega passed away and therefore this day is the date set by UNESCO as World Book Day to promote reading.

The Instituto Cervantes in Dublin pays tribute to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by presenting the “Don Quixote’s routes” by Prof. Aurelio Vargas (from 17:30), and by staging three of Cervantes’s interludes, performed by UCD students (from 18:00).

The plays, performed in English, are: The Magic Cave of Salamanca, The Marvellous Puppet Show, The Man who pretended to be from Biscay and The Jealous Old Man. Aurelio Vargas from UCD will introduce each play.

Admission is free.

This is a Marathon reading of the children’s version of Don Quixote in Spanish on World Book Day. The readers will be children aged 7+.

Each participating child will read a couple of pages of this children’s edition of the Spanish Classic. Each participating family will receive a copy of the book. Register at www.aspi.ie/inscripiones

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.

A Piano Jazz session on a 150 year old ‘Cottage Grand Piano’ built in London will take place and Renata Mittnacht (piano) will perform on Thursday. The Jazz Supper Club is in Clery’y in Doran’s at the Tea Rooms on the 1st floor.

Admission is free.

In addition to the Saturday Car Boot Sale which starts so early (06:00!!) that you need to be an insomniac or a super early bird, there is now a Thursday evening Car Boot Sale in the same location. It starts at 18:30 and runs until 22:00. Late night car boot shopping. :-) Admission for buyers is free.

Twice every year, the Central Library together with the Local Enterprise Office in Dublin City are running a series of six free Business Lectures for everybody who wants to start or grow a business. The lectures will cover subjects such as the characteristics needed to run and fund your business. Digital marketing strategies and writing business plans will also be included.

They will take place on Thursdays from 18:30-20:00 between 02 April and 07 May.

Admission is free, but booking is required here. All topics and speakers are listed on that same website, but to make it easier for you, they are also here:

02 April: An Introduction to Self Employment
09 April: Ideas Generation & Market Research
16 April: Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship
23 April: Digital Marketing Strategy
30 April: Financing your Business
07 April: Writing the WINNING Business Plan

On World Book Night, celebrate all things Barrytown with 6-piece “The Commitments Soul Tribute Band” from Clondalkin. With selected readings from The Barrytown Trilogy by members of the “Library After Dark Writers’ Café”. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-4593155 or clondalkin@sdublincoco.ie

“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 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.

The National Library hosts the Boston College lecture on Gallipoli by Professor Stuart Ward:

“This public lecture, delivered by Professor Stuart Ward of the University of Copenhagen, and entitled “Johnnies and Mehmets … side by side: The redemptive afterlife of Gallipoli in Australia, Turkey and Ireland”, has been organised by Boston College as part of the launch of a dedicated website exploring the Irish experience in Gallipoli.

The lecture examines the commemorative ‘afterlife’ of a single, self-contained WWI battlefield: the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. The original trenchlines of the Gallipoli peninsula are preserved to this day by the surfeit of monuments and commemorative sites arrayed on either side of the ridges and gullies that once narrowly divided allied and Turkish combatants. But whereas a century ago the battlelines signalled bitter conflict and bloody mayhem, today the enduring message is one of shared sacrifice and reconciliation. Particularly for the two nations with the most intimate associations with Gallipoli, Turkey and Australia, the custodianship of the site and observance of annual rituals is steeped in redemptive, pacifist politics.”

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

Being influenced by artists such as Dixie Chicks, The Corrs and The Cranberries, the two sisters Meabh and Mella have a unique catalogue of original music and cover arrangements.

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.

Get Folked is back again and this month, the line-up is

The Alpaca Jamboree – Folk duo.
Josh Golding – Singer-songwriter
Dylan Walshe – Dublin poet-singer-songwriter
Skelp – Waterford band playing Traditional Irish, Folk and Blues.
Oisin O’Laoghaire – Dublin singer-songwriter

Astronomy Ireland are setting up the most powerful telescopes in Ireland, to show you the planet Jupiter as well as other night sky objects including the Moon. The Great Red Spot will be visible as will be Jupiter’s Moons.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

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.

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.

In 1916 the Easter Rising took place on Easter Monday, but that obviously was on a specific date and it would make a lot more sense to commemorate it on that date than on Easter Monday every year and the GPO Museum seems the only organisation that got that.

It was 24 April 1916 when it all happened and this year, 99 years later, the GPO Museum is inviting you to a free tour on that day. The tours start at 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00 and you can book your free tickets on the Eventbrite site here.

The museum closes at the end of May to be replaced by a Commemorative Centre for 1916. SO if you haven’t seen the museum yet, not would be the best time and free tickets are also available via this site.

A Cliff Walk with Eugene O’Leary is the first event of next weekend’s Dublin Bay Prawn Festival in Howth. Admission is free, according to the website below.

Leading scholar on Hispanic art Prof. Edward J. Sullivan (NYU) presents a keynote address that examines the major cultural, historical, and artistic tropes underlying Mexican identity and considers the misconceptions that cloud foreign perceptions of Mexican art and history.

The work of artists Leonora Carrington, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Paul Strand and Sergei Eisenstein will be explored by speakers Orla Fitzpatrick (UU), Sean Kissane (IMMA), Roisin Kennedy (UCD) and Audrey Whitty (NMI).

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.

Midland-Lár Tíre: Cycling the MGWR from Past to Present: Public Interview

A series of public interviews between the artist Pamela de Brí and the Curator of the National Photographic Archive Elizabeth Kirwan will take place in the National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar on Fri 24 April at 14:00 and on Fri 08 May at 13:00.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“Red Hulk” is a 30min long short film, which is part of the Greek Film Festival. Get your free tickets here.

As a prelude to the 16th edition of the Franco-Irish Literary Festival, the Alliance Française and the French Embassy invite you to a special screening of the documentary Balade Irlandaise in the presence of the production team François Busnel and Adrien Soland.

François Busnel is a writer, journalist, literary critic and TV producer. He is renowned for his literary show La Grande Librairie on France5 that features his Carnets de route series. He is also the editor and chief of Lire magazine and editorialist at L’Express.

Admission is free, but booking is required by sending a mail to cweld@alliance-francaise.ie with the subject RSVP BALADE IRLANDAISE

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

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

The event is weather dependent, so check www.irishastrosoc.org/events/events.htm or the Facebook Page below after 18:00 on the night in the case of poor weather, to see if it is going ahead.

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.

In short the line-up is: Slidin PK & The Junkyard Orchestra and Roman Puchowski

The Dodgy Few is a 6-piece band from Dublin and they are playing Reggae and Ska. Admission is free,

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

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

The Ed Deane Band with Ed Deane (Guitar/Vocals), Paul Byrne(Bass), James Delaney(Keyboard) and Noel Bridgeman(Drums/Vocals) will be playing the music of Elvis, Cream, The Band, James Brown, BB King, Albert King, Ray Charles,Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and more.

Support will come from The Mojomatic Bluesband.

Admission is free.

Blues and Classic Rock by the Mojo Witnesses in Mother Reilly’s! And admission is free.

6-piece band Mid-Term Break are in Whelan’s for a free check-up

The next French Friday takes place this week. It is a night out for all French and Francophiles, with French music from the Hip Hop, Electro, Nu Disco etc genre.