Dublin Event Guide 417: Youbloom, Bike Week, Street Feast, Kite Festival, Fusion World Culture Market, Bloomsday

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.

Bike Week 2015 takes place from 13-21 June and there are events in the Greater Dublin area nearly every day during the festival. Have a look on the event page here, to find out what is happening.

Some of the headline events are:
+ Sun 14 June: Bike Fest in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny
+ Wed 17 June: Lunchtime City Cycle from Grand Canal Square at 12:45
+ Sat 20+ Sun 21 June: Pedal in the Phoenix Park
+ Sat 20 June: Gravitation – Boards, Bikes, Blades, Beats in Monkstown
+ Sun 21 June: Cargo Bike Championships in Phoenix Park

There are many other events a well, so check the list above or the Bike Week website below.

The Malahide Car Boot Sale is running every Saturday at the Malahide Rugby Club. Admission is free for buyers.

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.

Have your say on plans to commemorate the 1916 Rising. A Consultation Workshop on 1916 Rising commemorations will take place on Saturday in Dublin City Library and Archive.

Admission is free, but you have to register to attend by email to commemorations@dublincity.ie or phone 01-6744870. Refreshments will be provided.

More information below.

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 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 Coolest Projects Awards is the annual awards ceremony to recognise and reward creativity of CoderDojos participants from all over Europe. 500 attendees from Dojos across Europe aged between 7 and 17 will demo projects they have built across a range of technology categories including Hardware and Advanced Languages.

CoderDojo is a global movement of free programming clubs for young people between the ages of 7 – 17. There are over 680 clubs spread across 57 countries.

Everyone is invited to check out the projects and admission is free. Tickets can be booked at platform.coolestprojects.org/#/pages/ticket The event is in Hall 1 of the RDS.

More information is available here: www.coolestprojects.org/

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

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

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

The 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.

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.

The Science Gallery exhibition “HOME\SICK – Post-Domestic Bliss” looks at the Home and asks what “Home” really is and also how it could be improved. The word means something different to everyone, but how will the future of technology and design, communities, families, resources, and nations change the nature of what we define as ‘home’?

HOME\SICK is the summer exhibition of the Science Gallery, which usually is the exhibition that is the most accessible and understandable for all ages and that goal was achieved again. It is not the Science Gallery’s best exhibition, but it is still definitely worth a visit.

The exhibition will run from 01 May until 19 July and is open from Tuesday-Sunday (Tues-Fri: 12:00-20:00, Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00). 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.

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

Think like an archaeologist for an afternoon and try to solve the puzzle of some mystery objects during this drop-in session.

Located next to the Treasury exhibition, ground floor. No booking required. Suitable for Ages 6+. Admission is free.

“Forgotten Voices” is a tour that will explore the lives of the tenement dwellers of Dublin city from the time of the famine right up to the middle of the last century. The tour will provide an insight into the lives lived off Dublin’s inner city residents.

Meeting point is at the entrance of the Four Courts Dublin. The tour is free but donations are welcome and booking is required via email jsfolkloregirl024@gmail.com

Private group bookings off up to 25 people can be accommodated at a different time and or day on request.

An Intercultural Tour in Irish Language with Community Ambassador Jack FitzGerald will take place. Admission is free and no booking required.

“Molly Bloom” by Caitriona Ni Threasaigh – Theatre at the James Joyce Tower. Two performances of this 30 min play will take place. The first is at 14:00 and the second at 16:00. Admission is free.

Come to the National Library to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats.

From 14:00-16:00, Denise Kelly-McDonnell harp, Ellen Cranitch flute, and Jane Hughes cello will play music of the period in the front hall.

Niall MacMonagle will introduce a selection of Yeats’ poems read by students from the Poetry Aloud competition at 14:05 and at 15:05.

Follow the Yeats trail to find the places in the library that are associated with W.B. Yeats.
Visit the reading room where Yeats and Joyce read and studied.

The exhibition “Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats” is open all day for you.

At 16:00, Katherine McSharry of the NLI will give a short talk entitled “The Poet and the Library: Yeats and the National Library of Ireland” which explores Yeats’s links with the National Library.

Admission to all events is free.

The National Botanic Gardens will hosted the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses Festival residency programme for young, aspiring chamber ensembles and this progreamme closes with a free afternoon concert of Classical Music in the Botanic Gardens.

The crucial 2016 Euro Qualifier Ireland v Scotland will be on Saturday and you can expect the majority of pubs to screen this sooo important match for Ireland.

As one example, I will mention the Sugarclub, where they show the match on their big screen and there will be an Outdoor BBQ and Live Music after the match: www.thesugarclub.com/listings/event/2016-euro-qualifier-ireland-v-scotland

Admission is free.

youbloom 2015 is a Music Conference and a Music Festival.

The 1-day conference on Saturday is about “How to Succeed as a Music Artist in the new Music Business”. It will take place in the Central Hotel in Exchequer Street and there is an admission charge of EUR 20.

In addition, over the whole weekend, from Friday until Sunday, there will be a vast amount (more than 60!) of bands and acts performing on a Busker Stage and in the Mercantile and Sweeney’s.

The gigs start on Friday at 19:00 and continue until midnight on Sunday. The full line-up is here and you can find on that page also links to more information about the bands.

For Saturday the details are:

+The Globe
18:45-19:45: youbloom Starter Party with Rachael McCormack

+ Mercantile
19:00-19:30: The Dyatonics
20:00-20:30: WOB!
21:00-22:00: Youth Mass

+ Mercantile Gallery Stage
19:30-20:00: Aine Cahill
20:30-21:00: Miriam Donohue

+ Sweeney’s Basement
20:00-20:30: Elevation Falls
20:45-21:15: Bagels
21:30-22:00: Motorcycle Display Team
22:15-22:45: The Other Breed
23:00-23:30: Fangclub
23:45-00:15: This Other Kingdom
00:30-01:30: Kerouac
01:30-02:30: The Witch Trials

+ Sweeney’s Upstairs
20:00-20:45: Darren Lynch
21:00-21:45: Sean’s Walk
22:00-22:45: The Quakers
23:00-00:00: Castle Creek
00:15-01:15: Buffalo Sunn
01:30-02:30: The Ronan Gallagher Band

Admission is free to all gigs.

The Blood Red Mountain Band will be in Bray for a Bluegrass/Folk gig and 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 ETC, Loop Culture, Paul Fitzpatrick.

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.

Slim Jim & The Bone Breakers are playing rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll to kick start your Saturday evening.

The Dogs are playing a gig at midnight in Whelan’s. Admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.

Pete Pamf will play a gig with his band. Admission is free.

This is not an event, but an explanation: If you are near the sea on Sunday and you see a bit ship outside Dun Laoghaire, you most likely say to yourself: I wonder what ship that is?

Here is the answer: It is the Celebrity Cruises Ship “Silhouette” with 3000 passengers and crew. It will be in Dun Laoghaire Bay from 06:30-20:00 and its passengers will come to Dun Laoghaire. Unfortunately you can’t return the favour and visit them on board. ;-)

Bike Week 2015 takes place from 13-21 June and there are events in the Greater Dublin area nearly every day during the festival. Have a look on the event page here, to find out what is happening.

Some of the headline events are:
+ Sun 14 June: Bike Fest in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny
+ Wed 17 June: Lunchtime City Cycle from Grand Canal Square at 12:45
+ Sat 20+ Sun 21 June: Pedal in the Phoenix Park
+ Sat 20 June: Gravitation – Boards, Bikes, Blades, Beats in Monkstown
+ Sun 21 June: Cargo Bike Championships in Phoenix Park

There are many other events a well, so check the list above or the Bike Week website below.

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

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

Working towards – a fit mind. Fitminds is a new regular Sunday workshop which brings together the benefits of fitness & Mindfulness training. Move your body first, then meditate… and see how your mind likes it.
Admission is free, but donations are welcome (max EUR 10).

There will be interval training (walk, job, sprint) with varying intensity to accommodate all levels of fitness, followed by meditation. The event is hosted by Backtobasics who are a team of health professionals, personal trainers and wellness practitioners.

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Unfortunately the address is not unique. I took the information from the Facebook Page and also the map marker, but I was not able to find a street or anything that is called “Hampstead Common”, so please ring 086 217 9917 if you have problems finding the location.

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.

The Dublin Kite Festival is a great event on Bull Island. In a spot where the wind hardly ever stops, you will see lots of kites and there will also be music, games, kite making workshops for children, a kite flying competition, kite flight demonstrations and some food stalls. On a nice day, this is a super place to be.

The full schedule is here.

Admission is free. The Dublin Kite Festival is brought to you by Dublin City Council and is supported by Pure Magic and 98FM.

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 next Fusion Sundays Market will take place this Sunday in the Dublin Food Co-op.

It is a world culture market, an ethnic Bazaar, that focuses on the diverse ethnic culture present in Ireland today. The Market features a huge array of International stalls, ethnic food, live music and entertainment for kids. You can buy handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewellery, clothes and food. The market is held every second Sunday of the month.

There is always a great atmosphere and I definitely recommend this monthly market.

Admission is free.

This week there is also the HOPE Carnival, a market and entertainment event to raise funds for the HOPE Foundation, just a few doors up from the Fusion Sunday Market. Go to both!! Admission is free to both.

The Irish Wolfhound Club of Ireland will have their Championship Show in Farmleigh Estate this Sunday. There will be the dog show, music on the bandstand and food stalls.

The Irish Wolfhound Club is celebrating their 90th anniversary this year.

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.

Dublin City Hall is waiving the admission charges into their exhibition in the basement on every Sunday in June. The exhibition is entitled “The Story of the Capital” and is definitely worth a visit if you are interested in Dublin! You have four Sundays to give it a go, don’t miss it. (Last admission is at 16:15).

At 12:00 and 15:00 short talks about the City Hall will also take place.

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.

Cycling Ireland’s Family Cycling Festival BIKE FEST in St. Anne’s Park is back again this year and will start the Bike Week (13-21 June).

At the festival there will be opportunites for the learning of new skills in the coached skills zones featuring Sprocket Rocket, Gearing up off Road, Strider Bikes and a mini cycle track and there will be a relaxed picnic area.

The event is suitable for all ages, just bring your bike!
(It seems that bicycle helmets are mandatory, something you might or might not agree with, but these seem to be the rules.)

Admission is free.

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

The National Botanic Garden wants to share the beauty of the gardens with you and invite you for a free guided tour viewing the Herbaceous Borders, Annual Bedding displays, the Rose Garden and more. Every Sunday at 12:00 and at 14:30.

My interpretation of the National Botanic Garden Website is that the tour is free on Sundays (and EUR 5 during the week), but it is not completely clear.

The Science Gallery exhibition “HOME\SICK – Post-Domestic Bliss” looks at the Home and asks what “Home” really is and also how it could be improved. The word means something different to everyone, but how will the future of technology and design, communities, families, resources, and nations change the nature of what we define as ‘home’?

HOME\SICK is the summer exhibition of the Science Gallery, which usually is the exhibition that is the most accessible and understandable for all ages and that goal was achieved again. It is not the Science Gallery’s best exhibition, but it is still definitely worth a visit.

The exhibition will run from 01 May until 19 July and is open from Tuesday-Sunday (Tues-Fri: 12:00-20:00, Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00). Admission is free.

Street Feast is a big event, but it is not done for you. Instead it is what you and others make of it.

The idea behind it is to get as many people as possible across Ireland to sit down to have lunch with their neighbours. You can do that in your house, in the garden on the footpath or in a park. In some smaller streets in Dublin, neighbours even take over the whole street for their party/festivities/get together.

You organise the Street Feast yourself in your own street or your local community and what and how you do it is completely up to you.

The website below has some ideas and suggestions for your own event and there is also a list of events taking place so that you can go to one of the Streetfeasts near you even if you didn’t know that there is one.

It is a fun event that brings neighbours closer. That can only be good! :-)

The second “Garden Rising” of the “Summer Rising” Festival at the IMMA will take place this weekend.

All day-time events are free and some of the events are listed here:

Family-Friendly Food Workshops
+ From 12:00: Use icing to create an artwork on an Edible Gingerbread Canvas. Come early!
+ 14:00-15:00: Forage in the IMMA Meadow and learn to make herbal tea mixtures
+ 14:00-15:00: Learn about fermenting and preserving foods
+ 15:30-16:30: Outdoor butchering workshop teaching you how to cut meat and then cook it to perfection.
+ 15:30-16:30: “The Domestic Godless Guide to Dinner Party Surprises”, a food workshop

Interactive Art Experiences
+ Explore the “maze” of the Formal Gardens and discover three different artists at work: join in with Slavek Kwi as he weaves a large spidery web between the hedges; meet Ed Devane and hear his custom multiplayer wind chimes and cardboard slap-tube; and lend a hand as Joe Coveney’s bamboo constructions take shape.

THEATREclub performance A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! from 12:00-17:00
Doireann Coady & Grace Dyas of Dublin theatre collective THEATREclub, will take up residence in IMMA’s studios during the Summer Rising Festival. Responding to the resonances of the inherited history of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, the pair will make a durational piece of performance in the Formal Gardens placing the spectator in history in the present tense.

And a few other events:
+ Tour of Bully’s Acre – Dublin’s Oldest Cemetery 13:00-14:15
+ Tour of Formal Gardens 15:00-15:30
+ Critical Talk with Megs Morley 15:30-16:30
are mentioned as independent events in this Dublin Event Guide.

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 is part of the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses series of classical concerst. It will feature a WB Yeats Celebration with Soprano Deirdre Moynihan, accompaied on piano by Fionnuala Moynihan,.

The Sitric Picnic is a regular neighbourhood event and was one of the inspirations for the Streat Feast that is taking place this Sunday. The Sitric Picnic is still going strong and they don’t just do their neighbourhoodly thing, but also have music and workshops. If you want to join them, bring some extra food.

There will be Show Training from two boxing clubs, seed bomb workshops, beard competition, cupcake competition and best dressed pet competition. And the music side of it will feature the Barry McCormack Trio and Ben Prevo, followed by a DJ.

A Tour of Bully’s Acre, Dublin’s oldest cemetery, takes place on Sunday. Join historian and author Paul O’Brien (OPW) as he tells the story of this little known graveyard in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and last resting place of Robert Emmet and many generation of Dubliners.

Admission is free, but places are limited. and booking via the page below is required.

Biodiversity Monitoring Talks will take place over three Sundays (14+21+28 June) in the Arkle Room of Farmleigh House.

As many species of pollinators (bees, wasps, etc) continue to decline around the world, the need to monitor them has increased. The pollinators now rely on us to provide them with a healthy habitat and in turn provide us with food and beauty. By learning a few simple steps to help provide a healthy environment, these species can then continue to provide us with useful functions such as pollination.

The talks will cover various interesting aspects of Biodiversity Monitoring in Ireland including species identification, how to set up a monitoring transect & how to increase pollen and nectar sources in you garden.

The event will start with a 25 minute Biodiversity presentation in the Arkle room followed by a 25 minute outdoor exploration to view some species on Farmleigh grounds. (Weather Permitting).

Admission is free and will be distributed on a first come first served basis at the guides reception desk of Farmleigh. For further information contact farmleightours@gmail.com or call 01 815 5914.

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!

The HOPE Carnival takes place this Sunday in the Green Door Market premises on Newmarket. There will be market stalls, food and entertainment and there will be Carnival Games and Hook a Duck and Coconut Shy and Skittles and Hoopla.

Admission is free and all money raised will go to the Hope Foundation.

And with the Fusion Sunday WOrld Culture Market next door on Newmarket, you get two for the price of one and what a good price that is: Admission to both is free.

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

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

Bike Week 2014 takes place from 13-21 June and as part of the week, a leisurely 10km cycle is planned from Blackrock Village to UCD and back.

Starting in Blackrock’s Main Street and continuing along the new cycle route on Frascati Road, the cycle then travels west along Rock Road (4km route for younger children turns into Blackrock Park at Booterstown Dart Station and back to Blackrock) and turns left on Trimelstown Avenue and onto UCD via Woodbine Road.

Following a short route within the UCD campus, the cycle will come back along the same route and back Blackrock via Blackrock Park.

The aim of the event is to promote the new Frascati Road and Temple Hill Route Improvement Scheme and the Booterstown Dart to UCD route.

Admission is free and registration starts at 14:30. There will be a range of activities and entertainment before the cycle begins and a goodie bag and refreshments will be waiting for everyone at the finish line.

The event notive asks you to register via cycling@dlrcoco.ie but since that won’t reach them anymore in time, I would suggest to hope for a registration opportunity on the day in Blackrock.

This is a chance to explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum educators – a drop-in handling session for all ages. No booking required. 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.

Earlier, a non-free (and sold out) Bloomsday Lunch will happen in North Great Goerge’s Street and when all the lunch crowd has left, North Great George’s Street invites you to a free Street Party with theatre and music, where residents and the local community can soak up the atmosphere and participate in fun and games.

A free talk on Dublin Zoo and Biofacts by Jim McMonagle will feature all those favourite animals you like to know about. An elephant’s foot and a turtle’s shell will be among artefacts on display.

A tour of the formal gardens at the RHK will be lead by Cathal O’Sullivan (Craft Gardener, OPW) and he discusses the heritage and vistas of the formal gardens.

Admission is free and no booking required. Meeting Point is the Garden Fountain.

“Strategies of Collaboration and Resistance” with Megs Morley, looks at the the history of Irish artist-led and self-organized initiatives and their troubled pasts. The talk reflects Morley’s research interests in artistic strategies of resistance, self-organisation, intervention and collectivism. Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below.

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.

Edel Meade (vocals) and Myles Drennan (piano) will be in McLoughlin’s Bar for a free Jazz gig.

The next Jazz&Tapas Brunch/Dinner in Zaragoza is this Sunday with Linzi McKeon (vocals) and Shane Smith (piano) performing.

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

Lee Meehan & Hugh Buckley will be in the Harbour Bar playing Jazz/Soul. Admission is free.

The Square Pegs will play Blues in the Mezz. Admission is free.

youbloom 2015 is a Music Conference and a Music Festival.

The 1-day conference on Saturday is about “How to Succeed as a Music Artist in the new Music Business”. It will take place in the Central Hotel in Exchequer Street and there is an admission charge of EUR 20.

In addition, over the whole weekend, from Friday until Sunday, there will be a vast amount (more than 60!) of bands and acts performing on a Busker Stage (Friday) and in the Mercantile and Sweeney’s.

The gigs start on Friday at 19:00 and continue until midnight on Sunday. The full line-up is here and you can find on that page also links to more information about the bands.

For Sunday the details are:

+ Sweeneys Upstairs
20:0-20:30: David Keenan
20:40-21:10: November Pearls
21:20-21:50: Jamie Duff
22:05-22:35: Christian Collins
22:50-23:30: Emma O’Reilly
23:45-00:30: Corner Boy

+ Sweeneys Downstairs
20:15-20:45: The Sacreblues Band
21:00-21:30: Paradox
21:45-22:15: Hurdles
22:30-23:00: Beware of you
23:15-00:00: Green Monkey

+ Sweeney’s Ground Floor
19:00-21:00: Jazzmen
21:15-00:00: Amica Dub City (DJ)

Admission is free to all gigs.

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.

Bike Week 2015 takes place from 13-21 June and there are events in the Greater Dublin area nearly every day during the festival. Have a look on the event page here, to find out what is happening.

Some of the headline events are:
+ Sun 14 June: Bike Fest in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny
+ Wed 17 June: Lunchtime City Cycle from Grand Canal Square at 12:45
+ Sat 20+ Sun 21 June: Pedal in the Phoenix Park
+ Sat 20 June: Gravitation – Boards, Bikes, Blades, Beats in Monkstown
+ Sun 21 June: Cargo Bike Championships in Phoenix Park

There are many other events a well, so check the list above or the Bike Week website below.

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

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

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For the first Wheel to Reel 1 event, Roy Barron (Phoenix Park Guide) will lead a bike tour to the ‘hidden secret’ that is Grangegorman Military Cemetery, right next to Phoenix Park. Discover the other side of 1916 and the so-called Great War and Ireland’s involvement in it.

After that tour, it is back to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre for a cycling themed movie starting at 20:00. The film is called “Bicycle Thieves” (1948, 93 minutes, Italy, drama B&W). The story centres on the desperate search of an impoverished Roman for the man who stole his much-needed bicycle.

Admission is free.

Miriam McGuirk has M.E. and her life in Ireland had become unbearable, so in 2003 she moved to south-west Turkey. She dreamt of finding a sanctuary, a place to heal by the sea.

In her book “Shattered Dreams & Scorpions at Midnight” she describes her life in Turkey.

Admission is free, but registration via liz.white@whitewordmedia.co.uk is required.

The Turkish Ambassador Necip Egüz will attend as a guest of honour.

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.

Every Monday the Woolshed Bad hosts “Al Porter’s Comedy Shed”. 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.

For some, Bloomsday is the high point of the year and for other it is an odd and superflous celebration of the fictional account of a day from an unreadable book.

James Joyce Fans love this story from Ulysses, the unreadable book by Joyce. They dress up and recite Joyce and follow the foot steps of Leopold Bloom, the character in the book. Gorgonzola Sandwiches and Black Pudding have to be eaten, David Norris has to be listened to and David Norris-invented fancy dress has to be worn. You can read more about the day here: www.jamesjoyce.ie/bloomsday/

All in all it is a harmless, fun (for Joyce fans) celebration of James Joyce that might have turned a little more pompous than Joyce would have wanted, but nevertheless it is not really offending anyone. It is interesting, though that you are either IN or OUT. Fully behind it or totally left baffled. There is no “little bit” of Bloomsday, it seems.

Bike Week 2015 takes place from 13-21 June and there are events in the Greater Dublin area nearly every day during the festival. Have a look on the event page here, to find out what is happening.

Some of the headline events are:
+ Sun 14 June: Bike Fest in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny
+ Wed 17 June: Lunchtime City Cycle from Grand Canal Square at 12:45
+ Sat 20+ Sun 21 June: Pedal in the Phoenix Park
+ Sat 20 June: Gravitation – Boards, Bikes, Blades, Beats in Monkstown
+ Sun 21 June: Cargo Bike Championships in Phoenix Park

There are many other events a well, so check the list above or the Bike Week website below.

With the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove (Open 10:00-18:00, Admission free) and Ulysses featuring Dun Laoghaire (and Sandycove and Glasthule) heavily, there are plenty events there as well. So many that I will just give you two websites to check if you are interested in Bloomsday events:

www.jamesjoycetower.com/calendar/

www.dunlaoghaire.ie/bloomsday-festivities-2015-dun-laoghaire/

Threshold Conference: ‘Generation Rent – The Future of the Private Rented Sector in Ireland’

The private rented sector has doubled in size over the past decade, with one in five households in Ireland now renting from a private landlord and an even higher proportion in our urban centres. But this sector is now under pressure, with a shortage of supply, rapidly rising rents, high numbers of landlords in mortgage arrears, and concerns about the suitability of accommodation.

This conference is about the future of this generation of renters, whether they are young families, single parents, immigrants or older people living alone. It is also about the over 150,000 landlords whose livelihoods, at least in part, depend on the private rented sector.

This conference will explore the current challenges facing the private rented sector and what options there are for the future direction of the sector. The conference will be chaired by the journalist and writer Frank McDonald, and will include inputs from the following Irish and international speakers:

Senator Aideen Hayden, Chairperson of Threshold
Prof. Peter Kemp, University of Oxford
Derek Scally, Berlin Correspondent, The Irish Times
Rory O’Donnell, Director, National Economic & Social Council (NESC)
Anne Marie Caulfield, Director, Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)
Frank Conlon, Head of Strategic Property Division, IDA Ireland
Peter Stafford, Director, Property Industry Ireland
John O’Connor, Chief Executive, Housing Agency
Prof. Tony Fahey, University College Dublin
Prof. Eoin O’Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin

This event is free of charge but registration is needed as places are limited. To register please fill out this short registration form

Full conference agenda will be available on www.threshold.ie/

Threshold is a national housing charity that provides housing advice, advocacy and support services for over 20,000 people annually, the vast majority of whom live in the private rented sector.

“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

Glasnevin Cemetery, which features in James Joyces works and is also the place where his parents are buried, runs a day of events on Bloomsday. Only one of the events is free, the others are breakfast and tours and details and cost can be found on the website below.

The free events is a re-enactment of the funeral procession of Paddy Dignam from Episode 6, ‘Hades’, of Ulysses. It will ru from 11:30-12:00 and will be performed by the ‘Joycestagers’. 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.

“James Joyce – A Musical Tale of Three Cities – Dublin, Paris, New York” is the Music Library’s contribution to Bloomsday. Colm ‘Stride O’ Brien (piano), accompanied by Eithne and Michael Shanley will perform music that pays tribute to the three cities. The show is light-hearted and slightly ironic and has readings from Joyce as well as songs alluded to in his works.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie

Carlos Pavan (Guitar) will perform music from Argentina and original compositions.

Admission is free. Donations are welcome.

Join Jennifer O’Mahony (National Museum of Ireland) to trace the steps of Leopold Bloom and discover what the Museum would have looked like at the beginning of the 20th century. Feel free to bring your copy of Ulysses.

Meet at the Reception Desk. Booking is not required but places are limited and will be assigned on a first come basis. Suitable for adults.

Songs, readings and performances for Bloomsday take place in Temple Bar. Lead by drag queen and LGBT activist Panti and featuring Irish actors, politicians and musicians, this is a free event for everyone interested in James Joyce/Bloomsday.

Admission is free and no booking required.

‘Belfast: Toward a City Without Walls’ tells the story of the walls that divide Belfast and the community groups, officials, architects, businesses and tourists who are concerned with an enduring symbol of the Troubles in Belfast.

Admission is free.

You are invited to the launch of Shirley McClure’s new CD of poetry and music “Spanish Affair”. It features her sparkling, funny & moving poems, music from gifted guitarist Eamon Sweeney and poems from two brilliant Bloodaxe poets, Katie Donovan and Jane Clarke.

Refreshments will be served. Admission is free.

All proceeds from the sale of CDs go to Arklow Cancer Support Group.

At the second Wheel to Reel eventin Bike Week 2015, John McCullen, Historian & Landscape professional will lead a bike tour on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a link in Phoenix Park to the Irish born Duke of Wellington

The film screening following the cycle is
Wadjda (2013, 1 hr 40 minutes, Saudi Arabia – drama). WADJDA is the story of a young girl living in a suburb of Riyadh determined to raise enough money to buy a bike in a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl’s virtue.

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

After a hard day of Bloomsday celebrations, the Pantibar invites to an afterparty with music and performances from 21:00. And they say “period costume is actively encouraged”. Admission is free.

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

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

Admission is free.

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

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

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

Bike Week 2015 takes place from 13-21 June and there are events in the Greater Dublin area nearly every day during the festival. Have a look on the event page here, to find out what is happening.

Some of the headline events are:
+ Sun 14 June: Bike Fest in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny
+ Wed 17 June: Lunchtime City Cycle from Grand Canal Square at 12:45
+ Sat 20+ Sun 21 June: Pedal in the Phoenix Park
+ Sat 20 June: Gravitation – Boards, Bikes, Blades, Beats in Monkstown
+ Sun 21 June: Cargo Bike Championships in Phoenix Park

There are many other events a well, so check the list above or the Bike Week website below.

Crucible are a group of individuals from all walks of life that are working closely together to interact, create and push the boundaries in communicating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) to all that will listen. And this day of talks with the Crucibles is the Science Gallery’s contribution to Inspirefest.

The day starts with “Health Hack”, looking at the problems and solutions of smoking. And the second half of the day will be “Full Steam Ahead”, a series of short talks about a variety of STEAM-related subjects. “Full Steam Ahead” listed as a separate event in this Dublin Event Guide under the headline “Communicating STEAM”.

At Health Hack, you work in teams on solutions to solve the problem of smoking. More details are on the website below.

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

The Mexican Tallship “The Cuauhtémoc” will be in Dublin for five days and you are invited to visit the ship while it is at Sir Rogerson’s Quay. The ship is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Army and it was built in 1982 in Bilbao, Spain. The Cuauhtémoc was in Dublin before, so some of you might recognise it again: In 2012 the ship was here as part of the Tall Ship Races and at that time 23,000 visitors came on board during the Dublin visit.

Opening hours are Thursday-Saturday 10:00-19:00 and on Sunday 10:00-15:00. You will find in some media outlets (print and online) that the ship is open on Wednesday as well, but the Mexican Embassy thinks differently according to their website. The ship does arrive on Wednesday and is then open from Thursday.

The Cuauhtémoc will arrive on Wednesday at 10:00 and before entering the port it will “salute the city” with a cannon shot in Dublin Bay. It will then be met by Dublin Port’s tug boats Shackleton and Beaufort as well as a flotilla of yachts from local sailing clubs, which will escort the ship to Sir Rogerson’s Quay.

The National College of Art and Design, Dublin is inviting to an Innovation Day on Wednesday.

The 2nd Annual National College of Art and Design (NCAD) Innovation Day will bring together leaders from business, society and academia, to discuss how to infuse creative thinking into your organisation and drive business and social innovation.

Industry leaders speaking on the day include:

+ Wayne Hemingway, co-founder of British design company Red or Dead.
+ Sean McNulty, MD of the creative design and innovation consultancy, Dolmen.
+ Dr Sarah Miller, CEO, Rediscovery Centre, a social enterprise dedicated to providing community employment and training via innovative reuse enterprises focused on new product design.
+ Noel Joyce, co-founder, Designhub, a group of designers from varied disciplines – brand strategy, product design, commercial interior design and multimedia.
+ John Horrigan, founder, Cara Mobility, an NCAD Origin8 start-up developing wheelchair assistive products.

A series of keynote speeches, followed by a panel discussion, will illustrate how creative thinking is being adopted to achieve innovation in a variety of for-profit and not-for-profit contexts. Speakers will highlight a number of case studies illustrating how design thinking strategies and creative practice models can be applied to transform your business and address real world issues.

A networking lunch, provided by Luncheonette, will be served, and an exhibition will be in place showcasing exemplar industry design projects by Origin8, NCAD’s on-campus centre for innovation commercialisation.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, will visit Innovation Day and address delegates after lunch, and will speak about the importance of the creative industry and the contribution it can make to the Irish economy.

NCAD Innovation Day 2015 takes place on the top floor of the School of Design for Industry, NCAD, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Registration opens at 10:30.

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

There will be a free walking tour of the Monuments of the Phoenix Park featuring the Phoenix Monument, the Papal Cross and the Wellington Testimonial on Wednesday.

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 annual Dublin City Lunchtime Cycle will take place at 13:00 on Wednesday. Starting from Grand Canal Square, it is just a 5km (30min) cycle. Last year approx. 2000 cyclists took part!

The starting and end point of this short cycle is Grand Canal Square, which will turn into a busy bicycle market with a range of vendors selling bike related goodies and food vendors provding options for your lunch.

Admission is free, but participants must be over 16 years of age. There will be spot prizes on the day for best individual fancy dress, best dressed bike and fanciest helmet. Booking is not absolutely necessary, but is prefered. So go to lunchtimecycle.eventbrite.ie the first 500 to pre-register will receive a goodie bag. In addition everyone who pre registers will be entered into a draw for an iPad Mini!

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.

At this short 15 minute lunchtime lecture in the Auk Room of the Zoological Museum in Trinity College, you will hear the story of the “Narwhal – Unicorn of the Sea” and then you will visit the museum to see the real thing. The talk is free, admission to the museum is EUR 3.

“Crucibles Full STEAM ahead” is the Science Gallery contribution to Inspirefest with talks about STEAM: Crucibles are a group of individuals from all walks of life that are working closely together to interact, create and push the boundaries in communicating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) to all that will listen.

There will be the following talks:
+ How mums are key in kick-starting the digital revolution – Dr. Sue Black (Daily Mail Technology Agony Aunt) and Sinead Kelly (#techmums)
+ Art/science research and learning – Dr. Mark Clements (Director Learning and Teaching, University of Westminster)
+ Black Girls Code: Changing the Face of Technology – Kimberly Bryant (Founder: Black Girls Code)
+ Using sensors to create art installations (poker playing) – Kieran Daly (Health/Tech innovator)
+ Tartan tales: researching historical textiles by micro-chemical analysis – Anita Quye (Technical art historian, Glasgow University)
+ Creating ‘brain-in-a-dish‘ models for Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases – Paul Roach (Bio-engineer, Keele University)
+ Dinosaurs in space (or how I got into engineering) – Lucy Rogers (Rocket Scientist)

In the morning a “Health Hack” will take place and it is listed as a separate event in this Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events).

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

A talk entitled “Creativity in Fashion and Design: expertise in design and tailoring for the discerning fashion designer” with Colm Atkinson (Senior Tutor with Grafton Academy) will be interesting for everyone with an interest in Fashion and Design.

Admission is free. For further information contact the Business Information Centre at 01 8734996 or centralibrary@dublincity.ie

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.

Raif Badawi has been in prison for 3 years for blogging about free speech.

He was flogged 50 times on 9 January and only international attention and pressure was able to put a stop to any further flogging for now. But he is still at risk of flogging and he has a 10 year prison sentence.

Amnesty International won’t stop until Raif Badawi is freed and is looking for your support at a protest on Wednesday to show the Saudi Arabian embassy that there is widespread international interest.

Take action online: www.bit.ly/StopRaifsflogging

This is a public lecture by Prof Jeff Higginbotham (State University of New York) during his term as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub.

“In an increasingly mediated society, common solutions for individuals who experience significant communication challenges have been technological in nature. Speech Generating Devices are often recommended for individuals with ALS, cerebral palsy, autism and other challenges to offset their communication problems. However, careful analyses of the situated social interactions involving these “augmented speakers” suggests that the underlying design paradigm of speech generating devices provides a poor fit for the interaction tasks at-hand, and in fact, may be an additional source of communication impairment. The intent of this talk is to show how individuals work with, through and against their speech generating devices to engage in collaborative talk.”

Admission is free.

Professor Declan Kiberd, Keogh Professor of Irish Studies at Notre Dame University will launch “Idir Mhná”, the translation into Irish by Irene Duffy Lynch of “Amongst Women” by John McGahern.

Admission is free.

The third night of Wheel to Reel starts with a cycling tour to the deer in the park:

Terry Moore (Phoenix Park Deer Ranger) will lead the hugely popular ‘Meet the Fawns’ bike tour. During this period when deer fawns are now being born, see the action close up and the wonder of newborns.

The cycling will be followed by cycling themed short films movies from 20:00:

1. Alastair Humphreys (2015, 8.37 minutes Scotland) Mountain Bikes and Bothy Nights – An imaginary journey round Scotland, linking together wild bothies and landscapes.
2. Danny MacAskill (2015, 7.39 minutes, Scotland) The Ridge – A brand new film from Danny Macaskill shown in 2015 as part of the Banff Film Festival. For the first time in one of his films Danny climbs aboard a mountain bike and returns to his native home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland to take on a death-defying ride along the notorious Cuillin Ridgeline.
3. Safe Cycling (1947, 10 minutes, Ireland) Public information film stressing the need for caution while cycling, showing often very amusing sequences of good and bad cycling practices. The film gives a brief overview of the history of the bicycle and its importance in modern transport.
4. Epicurean Cyclist (1971, 18 minutes, Scotland) A pair of videos of Scottish cyclist Bill Houston, who calls himself a “mechanized tramp’.

Admission seems to be free.

As part of “Speaking Words in Pearse Street Library”, there will be poetry reading session “Girls of the Globe” with Rosmarie Rowley on Wednesday. She was born in Dublin, and has degrees in literature and philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin and a diploma in psychology from NUI. She has published five books of poetry and has four times won the Epic award in the Scottish International Poetry Competition.

Light refreshments will be provided from 18:30. The event is free and booking is not required.

The Grande Kino presents the next special movie screening of “Black cat, white cat”, followed by an Balkan music after party at The Grand Social.

The idea behind Grande Kino is to screen a film and then afterwards to play the music that was in the film or is related to it.

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.

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).

Bike Week 2015 takes place from 13-21 June and there are events in the Greater Dublin area nearly every day during the festival. Have a look on the event page here, to find out what is happening.

Some of the headline events are:
+ Sun 14 June: Bike Fest in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny
+ Wed 17 June: Lunchtime City Cycle from Grand Canal Square at 12:45
+ Sat 20+ Sun 21 June: Pedal in the Phoenix Park
+ Sat 20 June: Gravitation – Boards, Bikes, Blades, Beats in Monkstown
+ Sun 21 June: Cargo Bike Championships in Phoenix Park

There are many other events a well, so check the list above or the Bike Week website below.

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 Mexican Tallship “The Cuauhtémoc” will be in Dublin for five days and you are invited to visit the ship while it is at Sir Rogerson’s Quay. The ship is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Army and it was built in 1982 in Bilbao, Spain. The Cuauhtémoc was in Dublin before, so some of you might recognise it again: In 2012 the ship was here as part of the Tall Ship Races and at that time 23,000 visitors came on board during the Dublin visit.

Opening hours are Thursday-Saturday 10:00-19:00 and on Sunday 10:00-15:00.

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

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Robyn Richardson & Keith Stears (Piano) will perform a lunchtime recital.

Admission is free, donations are welcome

COme to a public tour of the exhibition “Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats” on the first Thursday of each month from March – October 2015.

As this year marks the 150th anniversary of the poet’s birth in 1835, the tour will introduce the life and work of the poet.

This is a Digital Environmental Humanities public lecture by Professor David J. Bodenhamer (The Polis Center, Indiana University Purdue) organised as part of the Networking the Digital Environmental Humanities Workshop.

Geo-spatial technologies such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have transformed how the world is perceived and how cartographic (mapping) practices are conducted. But these tools are rooted in a positivist vision of the way the world is; they demand precise, measurable, abstract data. Although valuable for certain domains, they do not allow for a more complex understanding of the world as experience, expressed through emotions, values, poetics, memory, and other characteristics that define space as place. In other words these technologies largely fail to represent other ways of knowing. It is here where spatial humanities and the deep map, a new form for managing and visualizing information, become important, perhaps essential.

This event will be followed by the launch of two books:
Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives (Indiana University Press: 2015) edited by David J. Bodenhamer, John Corrigan, and Trevor M. Harris and Abstract Machine: Humanities GIS (Esri Press: 2015) by Charles Travis.

Admission is free and no booking required. Find more information 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.

Girl Geek Dinners are a chance for ladies in technology to get together, enjoy some nice food and drinks and have fun meeting other women in their field. Agenda and details are here and you need to register for this free event here. Men are allowed to come but only when invited by a woman, check the rules on the website below.

On Thursdays from 18:00-20:00, the Little Museum of Dublin waives all admission charges thanks to sponsor Guinness.

Visit the museum and find out lots more about Dublin. A new exhibition at the Little Museum is “Dear Christy: The Christy Brown Collection”. It is the first time that Christy’s personal archive will go on view. You can visit that exhibition as well when you are there on Thursday.

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.

Wheel to Reel 4 is the fourth event in this series:

Miriam Whittle (Phoenix Park Guide) will take you on a fascinating tour exploring “Nature in the Park” – from wildlife to plants and trees and birds. Find out the fascinating breadth of City Wildlife existing in the Park.

The cycling tour will be followed by cycling themed movie starting at 20:00:
Breaking Away (1979, 1 hr 40 minutes, America), staring Dennis Quaid, a coming of age comedy-drama film that follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. The film is ranked eighth on the List of America’s 100 Most Inspiring Movies.

Admission seems to be free.

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

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

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

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

Admission is free.

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

Admission is free before 20:00 and free finger food is provided.

Another Lestrygonians session will take place as a Bloomsday Extravagance/Open music session.

Multilingual Joyce readings, saucy Molly monologue, Borgesian tales, cabaret acts followed by an open music/performance session.

Admission is free. Curated by Jona Xhepa and Chronic Jazz Flan.

Brain Donation are playing Alternative Rock at free gig in the Harbour Bar.

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

The line-up this week is

Cult Called Man (Alternative/Rock), Bunk (Funk/Soul/Rock), Frankenstein Bolts (Alternative/Synthpop/Folk), Slouch (Alternative/Rock).

Every Thursday 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.

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 Woolshed Karaoke is happening every Thursday from 21:30. Anyone can participate! Admission is free.

Bike Week 2015 takes place from 13-21 June and there are events in the Greater Dublin area nearly every day during the festival. Have a look on the event page here, to find out what is happening.

Some of the headline events are:
+ Sun 14 June: Bike Fest in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny
+ Wed 17 June: Lunchtime City Cycle from Grand Canal Square at 12:45
+ Sat 20+ Sun 21 June: Pedal in the Phoenix Park
+ Sat 20 June: Gravitation – Boards, Bikes, Blades, Beats in Monkstown
+ Sun 21 June: Cargo Bike Championships in Phoenix Park

There are many other events a well, so check the list above or the Bike Week website below.

The Mexican Tallship “The Cuauhtémoc” will be in Dublin for five days and you are invited to visit the ship while it is at Sir Rogerson’s Quay. The ship is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Army and it was built in 1982 in Bilbao, Spain. The Cuauhtémoc was in Dublin before, so some of you might recognise it again: In 2012 the ship was here as part of the Tall Ship Races and at that time 23,000 visitors came on board during the Dublin visit.

Opening hours are Thursday-Saturday 10:00-19:00 and on Sunday 10:00-15:00.

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

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 Wellington Weekender is a three day festival in the Workman’s Club starting on Friday 19 June at 17:00 and running until Sunday night.

On Friday the “A Tribe Of Nomads” will be starting the festival. They will feature Simi Crowns, DVO Marvell and Kobina.

Simi Crowns is a lyricist rapper from Dublin with rhymes and unique soundscapes influenced by his African roots and other contemporaries, like Kanye West, Mos Def, Nas and old skool RnB.

DVO Marvell is a Dublin hop hop artist who draws his inspiration from contemporary hip hop but also resepcts hip hop’s earlier generations, Madlib, A Tribe Called Quest and Q-Tip. Kobina is Dublin based producer Sean Arthur, who has played Electric Picnic, Longitude and lots of high profile support acts to boot.

Following A Tribe Of Nomads, there will be The Connoisseur Soul Sessions and Northern Soul Club Night on until late.

Upstairs, DJs will keep you dancing.

Admission is free.

The Chocolate Factory will host a weekend-long (19-21 June) furniture and interiors exhibition and pop-up shop showcasing the work of some of the in-house designers along with invited guests. The whole weekend event is free and along with the opportunity to browse the exhibition and purchase directly from the makers, there will be drop-in family friendly workshops and a chance to hear from the exhibiting designers in a series of short pop-up talks.

On Friday Night the Launch Night will take place:
A special launch night event with a preview of the Chocolate Factory Collection furniture and interiors exhibition and pop-up shop and a Design Café event where participants can sign up for mini-consultation sessions with a designer, interior designer or architect in an enjoyable and informal setting. Food and drinks can be bought at the Blas Café.

On Saturday and Sunday from 11:00-16:00 there will be workshops and you can see the exhibition.

To register for the Launch or to book the activities on Saturday/Sunday, you can go here here.

Enjoy culture and traditions of the Basque country with food and wine tastings, a Painting & Photo exhibition and a live performance by local music group Dublineko Hiruak.

Admission is free, but registration is required before Monday 15 June via rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with subject “Basque Event”.

Wheel to Reel 5 is the final one of cycling and movie inspired events:

And for something completely different, this time you will ‘pair up’ with a new friend on the ‘Singles Speed’ tour. Enjoy a leisurely cycle and chat in the wonderful surrounds of the Phoenix Park while meeting a new friend!

A cycling themed movie will fowllow the cycle at 20.00:

Janapar: Love on a Bike (2012 UK – adventure/romance). A true love-story, filmed over four years in thirty-two countries by one man on a bicycle.

Admission seems to be free.

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.

Toasted Special is the Harbour Bar House band and they are playing covers and mashups. 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 Bandits, an acoustic trio from Wicklow will play cover songs from The Beatles to Lady Gaga.

Admission is free.

There will be free comedy upstairs in the Wicked Wolf in Blackrock – normally on every second Tuesday. (This next date seems to be out of sync a little as it is on Friday 19 June according to the website.) New acts and surprise guests will entertain you and the event is organised by Maxine Jones.

The dates are 14+28 Apr, 12+26 May, 19+23 Jun, 07+21 Jul, 04+18 Aug. Put the dates in your calender as I will probably not be able to include the event every week.

Ireland is home to nine species of bat, an important mammal that consumes large quantities of insects each night. They are nocturnal hunters, rely on high-pitch ultrasonic noises to fly around in the dark.

On Friday evening a Bat Walk will take place in Cabinteely and you can join Paul Scott from Bat Conservation Ireland on this walk to enter the mysterious world of bats.

Admission is free, but booking is required via info@batconservationireland.org or dublinbatgroup@gmail.com

This event is part of the dlr Biodiversity events series “Exploring Nature”.

Hustle will play Soul, Funk, Disco, Rock and Old School Hip Hop at a gig in The Mezz. Admission is free.