Dublin Event Guide 407: Easter Trail, Farmleigh Easter Programme, Road to the Rising, Mad Hatters Tea Party, Musictown Festival

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

The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre.

Parkrun Ireland is organising free weekly runs in parks. It is a timed run over 5km and participation is completely free, but registration before your first parkrun is required.

The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

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

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

The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

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

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

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

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

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

The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.

The Tola Vintage Kilo Sale takes place on Saturday in the Radisson Blu Hotel, but it is not free and after pointing out that I can’t list the Saucy Sunday gigs anymore because they are now charging EUR 3, I am somewhat conflicted. Should I list an event that charges EUR 1 of an admission charge or not? Let me know via dublineventguide@gmail.com

But more about the event: Buy a kilo of vintage clothing for EUR 20 at this one-day market. There will also be a DJ, Food & Drink.

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.

Professional photographer & iPhoneography master Nick de la Force will bring you on a 2 hour photowalk and will teach you key photography concepts like subject, lighting & composition, as well as discover cool apps for editing images. The events is called “Tricky MoPho’s – The Art of Mobile Photography” and it is organised by Creative Agency “Black de la Force”.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite website here. Meeting point is outside Il Valentino’s at Pearse Street/Grand Canal Square.

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.

Irish Record Fairs are in Thomas House again for the regular Vinyl Market. 1000s of records from all genres will be available.

Admission is free.

A family Easter egg trail through Cow’s Lane, along with egg decorating workshops, face painting and a ballon modeller will entertain all kids on Saturday.

A special map by Artist Nicola Colton will help the little treasure hunters on their odyssey through the Cow’s Lane area towards the ultimate chocolate prize. Come to the Gaiety School of Acting to pick up your clues and then let the Easter hunt begin.

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.

A garage sale with DJ and all the other usual pub supplies will take place in the Garage Bar. You will find there music, books, art, accessories, handmade jewellery, vintage, contemporary clothing and all things in-between.

Admission is free.

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.

This is a market like no other and it only has happened once before. After the success of the February market, the Really Really Free Market is back. At this market everything is offered completely free. It can be goods, ideas, skills, banter, anything!

Expect to find a lot of clothes and shoes and household items or food or a workshop. If there is anything that you don’t longer want but someone else might like, bring it along.

What do you think, should the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) be represented there!? ;-)

From Wednesday until Sunday (only Saturday this week because of Easter), the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifelogging exhibition will look at “Your Healthy Self”. Shimmer, a provider of wearable sensor technology and solutions, will run this week’s Lab.

Shimmer will be testing and prototyping new technologies in the Lab all week. A team of researchers will measure a range of physiological metrics (galvanic skin response/sweat levels, heart rate etc…) at different locations around the body in an attempt to quantify emotional responses to an array of stimuli. Joining them will be the researchers from DCU Sport, demonstrating the latest in wearable sports technology.

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.

Duke Special will be in HMV in Grafton Street for a Live Performance.

Admission is free.

Become a nature detective & learn about Irish wildlife & the heritage found in St. Enda’s Park. It will be an enjoyable afternoon for all ages, full of clues and surprises along the way. The trail will start in the Nature Room, off the courtyard at the back of Pearse Museum.

There is a suggested donation of EUR 3 per child and to book contact enquiries@iwt.ie This is an Easter Trail, so there should be a good chance to be allowed to take part even if you didn’t book. I can’t guarantee it, but I would try it! ;-)

A lunchtime recital by Kathleen Loughnane (harp) and Cormac Cannon (uileann pipes) in conjunction with the Yeats 150 Harp Festival of Moons will take place.

On the 4th full moon of the year, this recital is part of the Harp Festival of Moons year long festival of live harp recitals that will take place on every full moon in 2015.

Professor of English Gerald Dawe, Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, will read a selection of poetry by William Butler Yeats.

Admission is free.

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

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

A Dabke Dance Flash Mob is planned for Saturday at 14:00 in Grafton Street. Dabke is the national dance of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. It is a form of both circle dance and line dancing and is widely performed at weddings and other festive occasions. It will take place somewhere half-way up Grafton Street near No. 24.

In their monthly slot of New Writing, the New Theatre will feature a rehearsed reading of “Microdisney” by Neil Flynn. Admission is free, a donation of EUR 2 will be appreciated.

“Bunnies, Hares and Jumping Jackrabbits” is the theme of the Family Workshop in the National Gallery with Louise McGrath. It is an opportunity for families to enjoy creating and learning together through free activities exploring storytelling, music, art, poetry and drama.

Suitable for kids between 4 and 10. All other Rules and instructions are on the website below.

The film “One Million Dubliners” will be screened in the Elbowroom to remember Shane MacThomáis, who was a most charismatic, interesting and enthusiastic tour guide at Glasnevin Cemetery. Shane is the main protagonist in this film about Glasnevin Cemetery, but sadly, he decided a bit more than a year ago that his life should end. I met him a few times and it still makes me sad when I think about his untimely departure, he has sooo much more to give, teach, achieve and share, I thought.

Admission to this film screening is free, but a donation for Suicide and Self Harm Crisis Centre Pieta House is appreciated.

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.

Mongrel State is a four-piece band from Dublin that plays South Western Rock, Rockabilly, Latin-American grooves and Cinematic Western Scores.

Admission is free.

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.

A Taste of Music is a music show case with four performers on Saturday in Arthur’s Pub. The line-up is Philip Christie, Clara Rose Monahan, Michael Heslin, Soul & Strings

Chase Nova’s Temporal Musical Spectacular is performing in Sin E on Saturday. 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.

From 21:00, The Scrunchies will play 90s covers with a twist. Admission is free.

Party/Wedding/Cover Band After Dark will be in The Church for a gig and it SEEMS that admission is free.

It still puzzles me that organisers are not shouting it out from all roof tops if they run gigs that cost no admission charge. There must be a reason and maybe I will find out one day. :-/

In the Night Owl slot in Whelan’s indie rock band Casual Minds and alt/grunge/indie/punk/pop band Radio Room will perform. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list on the website below.

The Pyro Blues Executive will perform in the Mezz. Admission is free.

Have a great Easter!! The weather forecast is very promising and it looks as if we could have a cracking weekend.

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.

This Sunday and Monday, Farmleigh House will invite to their yearly Easter activities for the whole family.

A Food & Craft Market takes place in the Farmyard from 10:00-17:15 and there will also be a Plant Fair.

From 12:00-17:00 a Falconry Display with Hawks, Falcons and Owls will be on the grounds and there will be Music in the Bandstand from 14:00-17:00 with the Blanchardstown Brass Band on Sunday and the Stedfast Brass Band on Monday.

The large amount of children events on both days are:
+ Puppet Show (30min) at 12:00, 13:15 and 14:00.
+ Storytelling at 13:00, 15:00 and 16:15
+ Easter Art Workshop at 11:00, 12:30 and 14:00

And there is an Easter Egg Hunt with Quiz & Challenge from 15:00-16:45.

All events are free, but places are limited, so arrive early.

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 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.

A free demonstration of Felt Making will be at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on Sunda. For more information ring 01-6770095.

The well known Palestrina Choir sing every Sunday at the mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. They sing complete masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak, Palestrina, de Victoria, usually accompanied by Prof. Gerard Gillen on the organ, who often also plays a solo piece.

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

The 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 formal Easter Rising Commemoration event is on Sunday in O’Connell Street, the interesting event is on Monday.

The Sunday event is a somewhat anachronistic military ceremony attended by President Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Defence Minister Simon Coveney.

Defence Forces Personnel, including a brass band, a pipe band and representatives of the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval Service will take part in the Ceremony, and there will be a fly over of some Air Corps planes at the end of it.

During the event, the 1916 Proclamation will be read by an Officer from the Defence Forces. The President will then lay a wreath to commemorate those who died in 1916.

If you want to be at that event you will have to wait for 45 minutes, because you will have to be in position at 11:15. In previous years, the ceremony was shown live on TV, but it seems that even RTE has given up on it now. Neither RTE1 nor RTE2 seem to show it and as the only alternative, the Irish Governmemt’s News Service at www.merrionstreet.ie suggests that you follow their “live coverage” on Twitter at twitter.com/merrionstreet

O’Connell Street will be closed from 05:00-15:00 and traffic will be diverted.

At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Sundays: 12:00-17:30. Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30.

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June.

The next concert will be “Changing Perspectives: 10” with Brian MacNamara, piano and Keith Pascoe, violin playing sonatas for piano & violin by Mozart & Beethoven.

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The yearly “Mad Hatters Tea Party” will be in Deerpark, Mount Merrion this Easter Sunday. It is the first event in a new season of dlr events and is an event that children love every year.

There will be Easter Bunnies and an Easter Trail for kids, “Easter Make and Do” teams will help you to make your own Mad Hat. All the tea party’s favourite ingredients will be there including the teacup ride, giant chess, croquet and the “Hatwalk” fashion show for your maddest hats.

And all your favourite Tea Party characters will be there as well, including Alice, the White Rabbit and a madder than ever Mad Hatter.

Admission is free.

(The event will be filmed and edited into a highlights package for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s website, dlrevents.ie and social media outlets. Anyone attending agrees that their image may be used for this film.)

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

Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.

The Sunday lecture in the National Gallery will be “How the family has been portrayed in art” with Valerie Moffat, Freelance Art Historian. This talk is part of a series on the theme of Exploring childhood and the family in art. Admission is free and no booking necessary.

Can you follow the trail and test your knowledge to find the golden egg? Complete the trail to receive anedible reward. Admission to this Family event is free and no booking required.

The Humanist Association of Ireland (HAI) are inviting to their next monthly meeting on Sunday. The topic this month will be “Education” and there will be three short presentations on topics to do with education, a matter of key concern for the Association:

+ The preparation of the Association’s campaign on the requirement for baptismal certificates for enrolment in some schools
+ Experiences of school visits, especially the reactions of students.
+ The recommendations of Prof Coolahan for Primary Sector Education: ”Progress to date and future directions”

Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

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.

Enjoy Live Jazz while having your Tapas in Spanish restaurant Zaragoza. The music is free, the food isn’t and you can book a table on 01-6794020.

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.

The Workman’s Club invites to their yearly Easter Sunday Bank Holiday event with the following live music line-up:

The Dead Sets, Gav & Thee Icons, Segrasso, Spines, Mark Austin (of The Minutes)

This will be followed by the Workman’s Karaoke Club and DJs.

Admission is free.

Jawbone will play Acoustic Folk & Blues in Arthur’s Pub and admission is free. For the line-up check here www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

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.

Rhythm ‘n’ Roots band Marcas Carcas will play a free gig in Sin E and they will be supported by The Trail Gang.

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).

High Society are performing their Jazz & Swing in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

“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).

From 21:00 on Sunday, Wiley will play Piano Jazz & Classics

and from midnight Weedway will play Reggae and Hip Hop.

Admission is free.

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

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

Cover band Thank Funk are in The Church for a gig and admission is free.

“Tongue In Chic”, a Nile Rogers Tribute band founded by session vocalist Jess Kav and backed by the session musicians in original bands like Zaska and Bunk are playing funk and soul at this free gig in House Dublin.

One of Ireland’s most popular U2 Tribute acts is playing in Blanchardstown on Easter Sunday and admission is free.

This Sunday and Monday, Farmleigh House will invite to their yearly Easter activities for the whole family.

A Food & Craft Market takes place in the Farmyard from 10:00-17:15 and there will also be a Plant Fair.

From 12:00-17:00 a Falconry Display with Hawks, Falcons and Owls will be on the grounds and there will be Music in the Bandstand from 14:00-17:00 with the Blanchardstown Brass Band on Sunday and the Stedfast Brass Band on Monday.

The large amount of children events on both days are:
+ Puppet Show (30min) at 12:00, 13:15 and 14:00.
+ Storytelling at 13:00, 15:00 and 16:15
+ Easter Art Workshop at 11:00, 12:30 and 14:00

And there is an Easter Egg Hunt with Quiz & Challenge from 15:00-16:45.

All events are free, but places are limited, so arrive early.

Dublin is turning the clock back: Experience Irish life as it was 100 years ago, when O’Connell Street becomes an Edwardian thoroughfare. There will be lots of events during the day. In more than 60 talks and exhibitions, you can explore all aspects of social, political and cultural life during this period.

+ The main event will be “Step into History” on O’Connell Street, with a restored tram from 1914, a Vintage Carousel, a Steam Engine, Actors on the street recreating life in 1915, an oversized Gramophone and Guided Walking tours every 30 min. leaving at the James Larkin statue.

+ A tented village on O’Connell Street will give you a glimpse into 1915 professions with live demonstrations and talks by cooper, milliner, barber, hair-dresser and suit maker.

+ Eason’s (Readings), Clery’s (shop window decoration) and Supermacs (Family events) will contribute.

+ A special lunch menu from 1915 and a authentic high tea from that year will be available in Wynn’s Hotel. And Clery’s, The Gresham and The Church Bar also promise 1915 authenticity for food and treats.

+ On a Music Hall Stage in O’Connell Street singers, musicians and bands from around the country will perform music from the 1915 era. Performers are The High Kings, The Kilkennys and Beoga, Jack L, tenor Simon Morgan, soprano Mairead Buicke, An Post Men’s Choir, Cór Chúil Aodha, the Piccolo Lasso Children’s Choir, The Brook Singers, East Coast Jazz Band, 4-in-a-Bar barbershop quartet and the Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society.

+ Eight episodes of ‘Insurrection‘, a television drama made by Telefís Éireann for the 50th anniversary of the Rising will be screened for the first time in 50 years in Liberty Hall (12:00-17:00). Tickets are available on the door. This is a charity event and your donations for the Equity Actors’ Benevolent Fund are appreciated.

+ The Silent Moviedrome Cinemobile will screen films by the O’Kalem Film Company from 1910-1915, dealing with Ireland and Irish subjects.

+ Lots of talks (scroll to the middle of the looong page here: www.rte.ie/1916) will also take place in various venues. I counted at least 15 events, some with multiple lectures. Some are drop-in, others have to be booked.

+ Seven short Theatre performances of “Yellow” in Princes Street were ticketed and are already booked out.

Sounds like a really good events and if you are in the slightest interested in history, you should go to it and bring your family!

All details are on the website below. Alternatively you can download the full event brochure here.

O’Connell Street will be closed from 06:00-20:00 on Monday.

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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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 improv comedy troupe. Splendid Lunatics, have moved from a monthly gig to a weekly frequency and they will perform for you now every Monday in the Generator Hostel. And admission is free. Improv Comedy is popular at the moment in Dublin, but there are not many free shows out there, so the Splendid Lunatics already stand out!

Due to the Bank Holiday, it is possible that this event will not take place this week. At the time of writing this, the Facebook Page doesn’t provide any help. Maybe check on Monday again to see if the Splendid Lunatics are performing this week.

The Song Room is bringing some of Ireland’s finest unsigned acoustic artists to 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).

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 child’s own world in art” with Niamh MacNally, National Gallery of Ireland, is the Tuesday lecture this week. This talk is part of a series on the theme of Exploring childhood and the family in art.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“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.

From Tuesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifelogging exhibition will look at “Your UP AND ATTEM Self”. (I know the titles are getting weirder and weirder. ;-) )

Researchers at Trinity School of Medicine and TickerFit, a cloud based application which empowers health professionals and their patients, are looking to identify whether competition plays an important role in physical activity. Visitors to the Lab can undergo an assessment of their BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference and take part in leading research in the field of future health care management.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free. (The Science Gallery will be closed on Good Friday.)

The popular City Hall Lecture Series returns with a series of talks about Dublin City and Irish Folklore. The first talk is on Tuesday and it is about “Remembering 1916: The Urban Folklore Project” with Criostoir Mac Carthaigh.

Admission is free and no booking required but places are limited (first come, first served).

The seminar “Remembering the Spanish Civil War” will conclude with “Mediated Representations of the Civil War”. It will bring the discussion to the role of cinema, TV documentaries and the press in circulating the views that ultimately influence the national debate on Spain’s divisive past. Duration: 45 minutes followed by a 30 minute Q&A and discussion. The event is in English,

Admission is free, but booking via bookings.dublin@cervantes.es is required.

The Irish Society for Archives invites to the “Raise the Songs and Strike the Harp…Life’s a Bumper!: The Hibernian Catch Club” by Dr. Triona O’Hanlon. Triona O’Hanlon is a musicologist and violinist who has worked on the Hibernian Catch Club records in Marsh’s Library. Admission is free and all are welcome.

A wine reception and the Annual General Meeting of the Irish Society for Archives will take place from 18:00.

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) continues to bring you Dublin Green Drinks on the first Tuesday of every month in J.W. Sweetman’s. Green Drinks is a monthly event in 711 cities around the world to bring people with an interest in green issues together.

At this month’s Dublin event, the topic will be “Hedgerows and verges – sanctuaries for wildlife”. Lorraine Bull (Development Officer with the Irish Wildlife Trust) will discuss the importance of hedgerows and roadside verges for the numerous species of flora and fauna that inhabit and use hedgerows throughout the year, and why their degradation is cause for concern.

Meet up on the top floor of Messrs Maguire. Doors open at 18:30 and the talk is at 19:00. Admission is free.

Every year the Plato Centre at TCD runs a Stephen MacKenna Lecture, which is named after the Irish translator of Plotinus.

This lecture series honours distinguished contemporary scholars working in the area of Plato and the Platonic Tradition. This year’s lecture is by Peter Adamson (Professor of Philosophy at the Ludwig–Maximilians–Universität München). His research interests lie in late ancient philosophy and Arabic Philosophy. He is also the presenter of the King’s College London produced podcast The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps.

His lecture is entitled “Platonism and the Islamic World”.

Admission seems to be 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).

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.

A walking tour of the People’s Gardens featuring their ribbon borders and Victorian landscaping will take place. Meeting point is the at the Victorian People’s Flower Gardens, which are close to the main entrance of Phoenix Park at Parkgate Street/Conygham Road.

For further information you can call 01 677 0095

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 Tuesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifelogging exhibition will look at “Your UP AND ATTEM Self”. (I know the titles are getting weirder and weirder. ;-) )

Researchers at Trinity School of Medicine and TickerFit, a cloud based application which empowers health professionals and their patients, are looking to identify whether competition plays an important role in physical activity. Visitors to the Lab can undergo an assessment of their BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference and take part in leading research in the field of future health care management.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free. (The Science Gallery will be closed on Good Friday.)

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

The Japanese film “Giovanni’s Island” is set on the Japanese Island of Shikotan shortly after World War II.

Brothers Junpai and Kanta adjust to the Soviet occupation of their home. In the midst of this conflict an unlikely friendship blossoms among children from two different countries, overcoming both language and cultural barriers. The film is inspired by true events. It will be screened in English. (102 min).

Admission is free and no booking required.

“Saints and Symbols” is a guided tour with Rosary Cox (art historian) in the Creative Art 55+ programme for people of Age 55+.

Admission is free, no booking required, but places alimited to 25. Meet in the Atrium.

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.

Due to the popularity of Roddy Doyle, but especially because of the Dublin: One City, One Book festival using his Barrytown Trilogy as the book for Dublin this year, this event will get full fast, so if you want to go hurry with your registration.

Roddy Doyle is the author of the Barrytown Trilogy, comprising, The Commitments (1987), The Snapper (1990), The Van (1991). The trilogy has been chosen for Dublin One City One Book in April 2015.
The RDS Library will feature Roddy Doyle in the Library Speaker Series as part of the Dublin One City One Book Festival. Roddy will be in conversation with Catherine Dunne.

Admission is free, but booking is required vis this link: www.events.rds.ie/?eventID=24569 or via the website below.

The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, one of the Trinity Research Centres, promotes collaboration between scholars working in the fields of Medieval and Renaissance studies.

The lecture “The Script of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance” by Dr Erik Kwakkel (University of Leiden) takes place on Wednesday.

If you are interested in that talk, you might also be interested in a Codicology Workshop on the same day aat 14:00. Check the website below for details. Admission seems to be free to both events.

In this new book Maurice Curtis explores the histories of Dublin’s two red-light districts “Monto” and “Hell”, complete with their gambling, duelling and vice, their rowdy taverns and houses of ill repute.

Admission to this book launch is free.

“An Beal Bocht”, an Irish speaking evening for all levels will take place in Arthur’s Pub and admission is free.

The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. Each week 6-7 bands/solo artists play three songs each. At the end of all the performances a clap-off with the King Kong Club Clap-o-Meter takes place and the winner goes through to a semi-final and it all culminates after six months of competition with The Grand Final, held in front of a panel of celebrity judges.

Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.

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

Admission is free, 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.

From Tuesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifelogging exhibition will look at “Your UP AND ATTEM Self”. (I know the titles are getting weirder and weirder. ;-) )

Researchers at Trinity School of Medicine and TickerFit, a cloud based application which empowers health professionals and their patients, are looking to identify whether competition plays an important role in physical activity. Visitors to the Lab can undergo an assessment of their BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference and take part in leading research in the field of future health care management.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free. (The Science Gallery will be closed on Good Friday.)

“Applying Psychology to Education” is the title of the next lecture in the series “In the Psychologists’ Chair”. Dr Conor Mc Guckin (Assistant Professor of Education at Trinity College Dublin) gained his Ph.D. in Psychology for his research exploring bully/victim problems among the Province’s school pupils.

He will talk about psychology applied to educational policy and processes, educational psychology, bully/victim problems among children and adults, special educational needs, and the scientific study of religiosity.

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

On Thursday Niamh Fallon (Violinist) will perform selections from Brahms, Mozart, Auerbach, Paganini and others. He will be accompanied by Cormuin O Raghallaigh on piano.

Admission is free but booking is required via 01-8734333 or musiclibrary@dublincity.ie

A lunchtime recital by the Young Dublin Symphonia takes place on Thursday. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

At this Drop-in event for Ages 6+. think like an archaeologist for an afternoon and try to solve the puzzle of some mystery objects.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“Gerda Frömel (1955-1975) – Her life and works” is a preview lecture by Exhibition Curator Seán Kissane (IMMA) about his research for the first contemporary retrospective exhibition of works of Gerda Frömel presented at IMMA.

Admission is free and the lecture is followed by the exhibition preview and drinks reception. Booking is required on the website below.

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.

FameLab is an event where upcoming scientists and engineers have to explain a scientific concept in three minutes with only their wits and a few props. The presentations will then be judged according to FameLab’s golden rule, the 3 Cs: Content, Clarity and Charisma.

The event had some earlier rounds and on Thursday, the National Final for Ireland will happen in the Science Gallery. The winner will then go on to the international Famelab final at the Cheltenham Science Festival, UK in June 2015.

The FameLab Ireland final will be an unpredictable, enlightening and exciting way to encourage your curiosity and give you a snapshot into the world of science, engineering, maths and technology. As an audience member you will also be involved during the show, with the power to judge the contestants along with a panel of scientists, media professionals and public figures.

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

“What is the State? And how might we remake it?” is a public lecture by Prof Patrick Joyce during his term as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub.

“Prof Joyce will explore the changing shape of political history, and how traditional forms of enquiry (historical and social science) have failed to understand state history and the nature of power. He will explore recent approaches to the political, including post-Foucauldian governmentality and “new materialist” ones. ”

Admission is free and all are welcome.

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.

“RHA Women Artists 1923-2014” is a talk by Fernando Sanchez, Art Historian and Academy Co-ordinator at the RHA about the female RHA Members, including exhibiting artists Imogen Stuart and Melanie le Brocquy.

Admission is free.

The launch of Debut novel “Skin Paper Stone” by Máire T. Robinson will be on Thursday.

Admission is free, but booking is requested via office@newisland.ie

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

“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.

A Let’s Walk & Talk event with Historian Pat Liddy takes place in and around Pearse Street and its adjoining streets and the South Quays.

These historic areas were largely reclaimed from the sea in the early 18th century. You will discover that despite their relative recent history, the streets, quays and waterways are filled with stories, events and great engineering feats.

Start and Finish are described as at “Pearse House Flats at the Community Centre”. This confuses a little. the Pearse House Flats are in Hannover Street nears Pearse Street, but the only Community Centre in that area that I am aware of is the St. Andrews Resource Centre, but that is a good bit away from the Pearse House Flats.

Maybe you can clarify the meeting point via (01) 222 2148 or via email at letswalkandtalk@dublincity.ie

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.

Mary O’Donnell’s latest poetry collection “Those April Fevers” will be launched and 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.

LOQ Thursday is an event with spoken word/poetry followed by Hip-Hop. Find more details on the Facebook page below closer to the event.

Admission is free.

Pete Cummins is playing Folk / Americana on Thursday in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

In the lecture “Saving our Conifers”, Tom Christian (Manager of the National Tree Collections of Scotland, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh) will discuss the work of the conifer conservation programme in areas such as Norway, Japan, Chile and Lebanon.

The event has been organised by the Irish Garden Plant Society.Admission is free.

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.

The MusicTown Festival starts today in Dublin and there are at least 8 events taking place today, but when writing the last Dublin Event Guide I ran out os time and space to assess all the events for you. So you will have to do it today yourself: Go to www.musictown.ie/listings.html and check the 8 events to see which are free and if they interest you! And I will include some of the events after Friday in next week’s Dublin Event Guide.

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 next performance of the series “Navigating The Public Space” is called “Process” and will take place on Friday in Liberty Park (Next to Lab Gallery).

The three part performance series is in collaboration with three mentors. Contemporary Irish performance artists Amanda Coogan, Dominic Thorpe and Ciara McKeon will each work with artist Leah Smith exploring the theme of negotiating a public space

Each performance is choreographed to respond to the space and is realised through specific materials and actions. The project recognises the sense of division felt within our society, an aspect mirrored by the separation felt between performer and viewer. Leah’s work aims to bridge the gap between the two through creating a relationship with the audience.

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

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 Tuesday until Sunday, the Lab in the Science Gallery that accompanies the Lifelogging exhibition will look at “Your UP AND ATTEM Self”. (I know the titles are getting weirder and weirder. ;-) )

Researchers at Trinity School of Medicine and TickerFit, a cloud based application which empowers health professionals and their patients, are looking to identify whether competition plays an important role in physical activity. Visitors to the Lab can undergo an assessment of their BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference and take part in leading research in the field of future health care management.

Admission to the Lab in the Science Gallery is free. (The Science Gallery will be closed on Good Friday.)

Diogo Pimentao demonstrates how his artworks of paper and graphite push the conventions and possibilities of drawing and sculpture with Seán Kissane (IMMA).

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

At this Drop-in event for Ages 6+. think like an archaeologist for an afternoon and try to solve the puzzle of some mystery objects.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Singer/Songwriter Gar Cox is launching his new EP called “Support Your Local Bookshop” with an acoustic performance on the Gutter Bookshop. Admission is free.

Want to test your knowledge and have a great night, as well as raising money for people who have been left with nothing as a result of the ongoing civil war in the country? Come to this Charity Quiz in aid of Ukraine either as a ready-made team, or as individuals and you will be put in a team.

Admission is free, but understandably your donations are required.

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 State Magazine’s Faces of April gig will take place on Friday with this line-up Third Smoke (indie rock), Sissy (feminist garage punk), Terriers (classic rock/heavy rock), Beware of You (Dublin Punk).

Admission is free.

The Cujo Family, a brilliant Folk Band from Bray is performing in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

Guinness introduced the latest beer from their Brewers Project recently. It is called Hop House 13 and is brewed with Irish barley, aromatic hops and 256 years brewing experience, it’s a double-hopped lager.

Mother Reilly’s now invites you to a tasting of Hop House 13 on Friday between 21:00 and 22:00. From 22:00 The Dublin City Rounders will play a gig in Mother Reilly’s.

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 Dublin City Rounders will play a free gig in Mother Reilly’s. Their genre spans Old Timey, Western Swing, Blues, Folk, Rockabilly, Vaudville.