Dublin Event Guide 420: HOME\SICK Exhibition, Smithfield Summer Picnic, Palfest, City Spectacular

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 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.

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.

15 marine artists will exhibit their works on the East Pier on the first weekend in July, August and September. The start and end time has not been specified, but 10:00-17:00 might be a good guess.

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. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

After a management change last year, it is not clear how many active stalls/sellers are currently still there and the market could do with some sprucing up and weeding out, but some people still find what they are looking for.

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

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.

Birdwatch Ireland invite to a visit to the Sand Martin Colony at Shanganah Cliffs to observe the birds along the seashore. Walking boots are recommended.

Admission is free and no booking required. Meeting Point is the Shankill DART Station.

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.

“Inspired by …. Icons” is the Family workshop (Kids aged 4-10) this week with Sarah Edmonodson. Admission is free and no booking required, but chek the “small print” on the website below.

Every Saturday (until 28 August) the Yoga Hub will run an Outdoor Yoga Class in St. Stephen’s Green near the bandstand.

Each class is donation based and the money you donate (each and every Euro!) will go directly to a different charity every week.

No booking required. Bring your own matt or towel. (If it rains, the bandstand will be used.)

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.

Vox Populi from Iceland will perform a light programm of music featuring pop, classical, folk, gospel. 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

I am VERY hesitant mentioning this event because I wasn’t able to get confirmation that it has been approved by Dublin City.

Pillow Fights are a lot of fun, but the problem is that they leave a mighty mess and often organisers are not really taking control but let people use all type of pillows. And they also don’t clean up after the event!

Now imagine feathers and plastic fibres mixed up and spread all over a corner of a park. You can imagine that fun vs. pollution is a definite issue in that case and that is where a pillow fight suddenly is not good anymore.

So, if you go to the pillow fight, make sure before you take part that the cleaning up operation is organised!! …and if it isn’t, please walk away!

Discover mini beasts that crawl, fly, wiggle and scuttle. Then take the bravery test and hold a spider in your hand. A fun event for children that like insects. The event is lead by Claire (Turtle) Patten, OWLS.

Admission is free, but booking is required with Claire via 086 1995659.

Some Vikings were fearsome raiders, but many were more peaceful but canny traders. Drop in and discover the handling collection of replica artefacts, the long journeys the Vikings took and what materials they imported and exported to Ireland. Make your own Viking coins and merchant’s pouch to take home.

Located next to the Treasury Exhibition, ground floor. Admission is free. No booking required.

An Intercultural Tour and Family Friendly Activities in Mandarin Language with Community Ambassador Tiedong Yang will take place.
Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. Admission is free, no booking required.

“Irish Artists in France 1860-1915” is part of the “Aspects of Art” series of talks based on the Gallery’s collection. This summer series of talks will cover subjects from Caravaggio to the Dutch Golden Age to Jack B. Yeats and will discuss works on display as well as works currently in storage.

Admission is free.

The Church will celebrate American Independence Day with an Independence Weekend full of “fun and entertainment”.

On Saturday “Rock of Ages” are kicking off the 4th of July celebrations on the main stage from 22:00. They will play hits from the biggest Rock Bands from the 70s & 80s (e.g. Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Kiss, Whitesnake, etc). Two DJs will also be there.

Admission is free. To bok a table contact reservations@thechurch.ie or call 01-8280102.

The Heritage Choral Boston,USA is on their Irish tour and will perform a cocnert in St. Ann’s. Admission is free

“Stars & Stripes forever – Music for Independance Day” is a programme of American music from screen, stage & concert hall to mark Independence Day. It will be performed by organists Stuart Nicholson & Harry Meehan.

Admission is free, donations after the concert are welcome.

The Dublin Bluegrass Collective will play in “My Meat Wagon” at Smithfield Plaza for their 4th of July celebration. Admission seems to be free.

The Copper House Gallery is inviting to the launch of “13 Kinder”, a photographic exhibition by PhotoIreland Festival Portfolio Award winner Christiane Peschek. 13 Kinder will run as part of the main exhibition programme for PhotoIreland Festival 2015.

“13 Kinder explores the captivating process of self projection as seen through the eyes of German and Austrian children, aged between 4 to 10. Christiane Peschek worked with these children for several months, using the question “How do you want to be when you can become whatever is in your mind?” as a starting point. Their responses were represented through visual language, breaking the restraints of the written word, to better realise a child’s view of the world and their position within it. 13 Kinder explores the link between the memory and legacy of the past, the interpretation of the present and the possibility and desire for the future.”

13 Kinder will be on show at The Copper House Gallery from 04-31 July.

Admission to launch and exhibition is free and all are welcome.

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.

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event event downstairs in the Wine Cave of KC Peaches Cafe. Food will be served until 21:30 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.

Toasted Special are playing covers, party songs and mash-ups in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Robert Coyle is performing his new show “Being Wrong is Right with Robert Coyle” in Accents Cafe.

Doors open at 20:00, the show starts at 20:30 and finishes at 22:00.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

Jazz on the Green is now provided every Saturday in the bar of the Fitzwilliam Hotel. Admission is free.

This week Tania Notaro (vocals) and Eanna Ryder (piano) will perform.

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

The Mezz are having a 4th of July Party with The Group. Admission is free.

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

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

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.

Fitminds takes place in the Gym on the Old Hampstead Hospital Grounds on Hampstead Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, just off Ballymun Road and adjacent to Albert College Park. For questions, ring Peter on 086 217 9917 .

The Food & Craft Market is back at Farmleigh House this Sunday. It’s a pity that it wasn’t combined with a range of summer events for families that start NEXT week, but the next market then is in August.

The St. George’s Brass Band will play on the bandstand from 14:00-16:00.

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. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

After a management change last year, it is not clear how many active stalls/sellers are currently still there and the market could do with some sprucing up and weeding out, but some people still find what they are looking for.

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 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 Felt Making Demo will take place at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre. Admission is free.

“Forgotten Voices” is a 2-hour walking tour that will explore the lives of the people who lived in Dublin’s inner city from the Georgian Period to the middle of the last century.

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 to jsfolkloregirl024@gmail.com or – if you can’t book beforehand – just show up on the day.

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

Two tours will take place today, the first one at 11:00 and the second one at 14:00.

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.

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 regular “Sunday at Noon” concerts at the Hugh Lane Gallery are on a Summer Break, but there is more music this week: As part of the Guitar Festival of Ireland (03-06 July), Giulia Ballaré will perform a classical guitar concert in the Gallery on Sunday.

Admission is free with a donation expected at the door. Places are limited, no pre-booking possible. gfi.ie/?product=guilia-ballare-concert

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. (Duration: 1hr)

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.

Sundays at Noon is on a Summer Break and will be back in September. However, there will be a concert this week as part of the Guitar Festival of Ireland and it is included in the Sunday listings here.

From 28 June until 27 September, every Sunday from 12:00-15:00 BlueFire the people behind last years StreetFest at Smithfield are organising an afternoon of events. There will be at least two activities/ workshops/ games/ live bands or performances of some sorts every week.

You are invited to bring your blanket and picnic and have a great afternoon! Admission is free.

This Sunday’s events will feature live music performances from Luke S Clerkin and also from Kate Dineen.
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An Open Day at the RNLI, the lifeboat in Dun Laoghaire will take place on Sunday. Tours of the boats and facilities and explanations about their work from the volunteers are part of the programme.

The Irish Coast Guard Rescue 116 SAR helicopter will be making an appearence on Carlisle Pier during the event as well.

Admission is free. The event will take place on Carlisle Pier, which is near the East Pier.

More Biodiversity Monitoring Talks will take place in July on four Sundays (05+12+19+26 July) in the Arkle Room of Farmleigh House.

This week’s talk is entitled: “Butterflies of Ireland and Farmleigh”

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!

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

To mark the final day of the Frömel exhibition at IMMA, art historian and curator Frances Morris (Director of Collection, International Art, Tate Modern, UK) reflects on her extensive research on post war art and examines how this time of turmoil and vigorous creativity continues to influence artistic practice of the last decades. The conversation is moderated by Seán Kissane (IMMA).

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

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.

Sean Connolly will talk about The Great War (i.e. World War I) and he will focus on the origins, major battles and the aftermath of the 1914 – 1918 war. Admission is free.

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.

After the (non-free) event in Fitzwilliam Square with Ájo Arkestra, Ciaran Lavery and The Booka Brass Band, the after show will take place in the East Side Tavern. There will be Emmet HomeBeat mixing, but there will also live performances. Mutefish, was mentioned as one of the acts during the evening.

Admission is free.

The next Jazz&Tapas Brunch/Dinner in Zaragoza is this Sunday with Filipa Quintino (vocals) and Luke Dunford (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

Kev & Su will be on stage at 19:00 and The 68s will follow at 23:00. Admission is free.

Mongoose, an all-female, “alty-folky-bluesy” kinda band from Dublin are playing Jazz & Folk and an acoustic melty-pot, with a focus on sweet vocal harmonies.

Admission is free.

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

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

Irish 4-piece band Kesh from Cork are playing in Peadar Kearney’s and 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).

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.

The Fifa Women’s World Cup Final will be played on Sunday night in Canada (at 16:00 local time). In Ireland the kick off will be at midnight. Many pubs will probably not show the game due to the late start, but the Woolshed is explicitly inviting to it on the website below. Admission is free.

The final will be between USA and Japan.

A Drop-in Family Workshop will take place and it is entitled “Inspired by…Impressionism” (Suitable for Ages 4-10). Admission is free and no booking required, but check the “small print” on the website below.

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

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

The talk “Impressionism at the NGI” is part of the Aspects of Art series of talks based on the Gallery’s collection. This summer series of talks will cover subjects from Caravaggio to the Dutch Golden Age to Jack B. Yeats and will discuss works on display as well as works currently in storage.

Admission is free and no booking required.

A Drawing Workshop for youths and adults will look at “Drawing the Figure”. Admission is free and no booking required, but places are limited.

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

Admission is free.

The July event of Pleasing Features will have the following bands and performers playing: Alice Kiernan, Look to the Lady, Mr. Rosso, Loop Culture.

Pleasing Features was formed in October 2013 as a project to host live music with innovative acts and a diverse line-up. It began as a monthly live session and now includes a music blog and the beginnings of record label.

The Light of Day will be screening on Monday in the Sugar Club. The film was produced by graduates of the MSc in Digital Feature Film Production at Filmbaseand tells the story of an amateur film crew that attempts to adapt vampire graphic novel ‘The First Bite is The Deepest’, but things don’t go quite as planned…

Admission is free and tickets can be booked here. The first 50 people arriving with their tickets will get a free beer on arrival. Cast and crew will be in attendance.

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.

“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

A Drop-in Family Workshop will take place and it is entitled “Inspired by…the Renaissance” (Suitable for Ages 4-10). Admission is free and no booking required, but check the “small print” on the website below.

Every Tuesday in July (07, 14, 21 + 28 July) , the Irish Patchwork Society is running a workshop for children. In a two hour session children will learn how to piece a patchwork block and then use it to construct a lined bag, using a sewing machine. Suitable for children aged 8 to 12 years.

Admission is free, booking is required via 01 804 0300.

Until 03 August there is also a Patchwork exhibition in the National Botanic Gardens. It is called “Hands across the Border” and is a co-operation between the Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild and the Irish Patchwork Society. 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 Alliance Francaise will run a French Library Book Bazaar from 07 July – 12 September from Monday-Thursday (12:00-18:30). Assuming that there will be more books to choose from in the beginning rather than at the end. This event will only be listed on Monday and on Thursday of this week.

It is a book flea market with paperbacks, art hardcovers and collections, all available for a small donation of your choice, that will be used for the upkeep of the Library. Bookstalls will be found on three levels: the porch, entrance hall and Library on the first floor. The selection will include cinema, music, art, history, geography, novels, essays, children’s literature and much more.

Admission is free.

Every Tuesday evening in July (07, 14, 21+28 July) BirdWatch Ireland invites to a Seabird Watching at Coliemore Harbour. There will be experts available as you observe the breeding Terns and other sea birds. No walking required.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

“The Folklore of Irish Wildplants and Herbs”

At this month’s Dublin event Dublin IWT member Niall Mac Coitir will talk about some of the folklore of our native wild plants and herbs, from superstitions to herbal cures. Even within living memory, Irish people had a fund of lore about the plants that surrounded them, which fostered an appreciation of nature we could learn from.

Meet up on the top floor of J.W. Sweetman’s. Doors open at 18:30 and the talk is at 19:00. Admission is free.

Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below. The get-together meets in the “snug” in Stag’s Head.

Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.

After the overwhelming success of the Marriage Equality Referendum, TDs Richard Boyd Barrett and Clare Daly and Ailbhe Smyth invite to a public meeting to talk about the inequality and discrimination the 8th ammendment to the constitution, which forbids abortion, still poses. 12 women are forced to travel abroad each day because abortions are forbidden in Ireland.

Join the discussion!

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.

Meditate for Palestine will offer the early riser an opportunity to “sit with the people of Palestine in body, mind and heart”. Meditate for Palestine is a Palfest event and Palfest is an arts festival in solidarity with Palestine.

The meditation will take place from Wednesday until Saturday. On Wed, Thurs + Fri, Vajrashura, manager and teacher at the Dublin Buddhist Centre and member of the Triratna Buddhist Order will explore two forms of meditations. And on Saturday Brother Richard Hendrick from the Capuchin Franciscan Order will link Christian Meditation to modern mindfulness practice.

Admission is free, donations are welcome and you don’t have to stay for the full 1.5 hours, for example if you need to go to work earlier.

On the morning of Wednesday, the first day of the arts festival in solidarity with Palestine, PalFest Ireland, the first anniversary of the start of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza will be commeorated with an art installation on Sandymount Strand.

556 white infant vests will be installed on uprights, representing the 556 Palestinian children who were killed in Gaza last July in the Israeli attacks that left over 2,200 Palestinians dead.

Yoga for Palestine will be a 1.5 hr Yoga class that is suitable for all levels, ages and abilities. After the Yoga, there will be a short pause and then the opportunity to listen to the Irish-produced radio documentary “Freedom on the Mat” until 12:30.

Yoga for Palestine is a Palfest event and Palfest is an arts festival in solidarity with Palestine.

The yoga will take place from Wednesday until Saturday and will be lead by Estelle Birdy, a Yoga Teacher and Director at the Olive Tree Studio in Dublin.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

A Drop-in Family Workshop will take place and it is entitled “Inspired by…Cubism” (Suitable for Ages 4-10). Admission is free and no booking required, but check the “small print” on the website below.

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

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

The Army No 1 Band will perform in the St. Patrick’s Park next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Admission is free.

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A range of plays are performed during Palfest, the arts festival in solidarity with Palestine. Find all details on the website below.

+ Wed 08 July – 13:00: The Luther by Lucy Caldwell
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Wed 08 July – 15:30: The Gaza Monologues
Venue: The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Thurs 09 July – 13:00: Bitterenders
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Thurs 09 July – 20:00: We are Rachel Corrie + What’s left of the Flag
Venue: O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1. Admission: EUR 10 via website below.

+ Fri 10 July – 13:00: The Olive Tree
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Fri 10 July – 21:45: Seven Jewish Children (10 min performance after main evening performance)
Venue: Abbey Theatre, Abbey Street, Dublin 1. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Sat 11 July – 14:00: Foot – One-man play by US-based Palestinian writer Ismail Khalidi, about a young Palestinian footballer.
Venue: Dalymount Park Members Lounge. Adm free, donations welcome.

“Tumbleweed” with John Denham on Banjo, Brendan Bracken on Mouth Organ and John Byrne on Guitar and Vocals will play popular Irish Music / Country / Bluegrass/ Mouth Organ.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

During Palfest, the arts festival in solidarity with Palestine, a number of films will be screened that deal with the conflict:

+ Wed 08 July – 14:00: Small Hands in Handcuffs – The Story of a 16 year old Irish boy who travelled to Palestine to find out what it’s like to be a child who lives in fear of arrest. Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1
Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Thurs 09 July – 16:00: Flying Paper – Uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown. Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1
Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Fri 10 July – 16:00: Five Broken Cameras – First-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, Westbank
Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1. Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Sat 11 July – 16:00: Open Bethlehem – Epic film about a legendary town in crisis.
Venue: O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1. Admission free, donations welcome.

The Film Screening of “Secret of Kells” will take place in the Chester Bearry Library. It is a beautifully animated story of a young monk in medieval Ireland on a dangerous quest to help complete an ancient but unfinished book. It was nominated for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. (2009; PG; 75 min).

Admission is free, no booking required.

Púca Puppets are bringing Mary Mary Viking Storyteller to the Central Library on 08 July and also Charleville Mall, Inchicore, Pembroke, Raheny, and Ringsend on other dates in July.

Viking Story Teller Mary Mary delights children aged 6-10 years and their families with an old tale and invites them to respond through drawing or writing to their own favourites or in the creation of new characters and stories.

Admission is free but booking is necessary. For the Central Library you can book via 01-8734333

The Temple Bar “Night” Market is more an afternoon and evening market (15:00-20:00) and it takes place every Wednesday until 19 August.

You can buy Arts & Crafts at this market. In previous years the missing food and drink stalls (probably to protect the pubs and restaurants in Temple Bar) was mentioned by visitors as a critique.

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.

Join Amelia Stein RHA and exhibiting photographers for a walk and talk of the Photography section of this year’s Annual Exhibition in the RHA.

Admission is free and no booking required. A donation of EUR 5 is suggested (into the collection box in the foyer).

Pearse Street Library are screening the documentary of the life of Irish painter George Campbell. Campbell spent most of his adult life living and painting in Spain. The screening will be followed by Q and A with Antonio Sierra.

Admission is free. Light refreshments are served from 17:30. Booking required via 01 8744888

The PCI College is inviting you to series of free lectures, exploring some of the most topical and thought-provoking current issues, using modern psychological research and concepts.

Join Dr. Derek Dorris, PCI College President Eoin Stephens and PCI College Lecturer Jade Mullen for one-hour lectures, introducing you to the study of psychology and the fascinating research that allows us to understand how our brains develop, work and make us who we are, collectively and individually.

The first lecture is “Shades of Grey or Black & White Issues? Current Views on the Psychology of Problematic Seksual Behaviours” with Eoin Stephens – Introducing Personality & Abnormal Psychology

[Due to spam filter’s sensitivity to words that could indicate a mail that should be blocked, I need to use a wrong spelling for the word “seksual”, but I am sure you know what it should be.]

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

“Brand New Switcharoo” are playing Roots and Americana every Wednesday in the Harbour Bar, 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.

Under the headline “Talks for Palestine”, the Arts Festival in solidarity with Palestine, Palfest, invites to a variety of talks about the topic:

+ Wed 08 July – 20:00: “Incited in Israel, inflicted on Gaza – Hate”
by journalist David Sheen, preceeded by a Gaza witness report by Garry Walsh of Trocaire. Venue: O’Reilly Theatre. Admission is free, donations are welcome

+ Thurs 09 July – 18:00: Panel Discussion “Everything you ever wanted to know about Palestine and Israel but were afraid to ask”
with Richard Irvine (Palestine education iniative) Jo Bird (Jewish Voice for Just Peace) and Dr Yaser Alashqar (Trinity College).
Venue: TCD School of Ecumenics, Room G16, near Science Gallery. Admission is free, donations welcome.

+ Fri 10 July – 12:30: Book Signing “Night in Gaza” with Dr. Mads Gilbert
Venue: Hodges Figgis, 56 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

+ Fri 10 July – 19:00: Night in Gaza
by Norwegian surgeon Dr. Mads Gilbert, who worked in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza during the attacks last year. Venue: O’Reilly Theatre. Admission: EUR 7 (tickets via website below)

+ Sat 11 July – 11:00-12:30 The Taste of Injustice – Farmers, Fishermen, Food and Occupation
with Elaine Bradley, Human Rights and BDS Activist. Venue: Dublin Food Co-op, Newmarket, Dublin 8
Admission free, donations welcome.

Three young bands will perform in Sweeney’s at this Palfest event. The Palfest is an arts festival in solidarity with Palestine. The bands will be followed by Bludy Ends and DJs.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

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).

Meditate for Palestine will offer the early riser an opportunity to “sit with the people of Palestine in body, mind and heart”. Meditate for Palestine is a Palfest event and Palfest is an arts festival in solidarity with Palestine.

The meditation will take place from Wednesday until Saturday. On Wed, Thurs + Fri, Vajrashura, manager and teacher at the Dublin Buddhist Centre and member of the Triratna Buddhist Order will explore two forms of meditations. And on Saturday Brother Richard Hendrick from the Capuchin Franciscan Order will link Christian Meditation to modern mindfulness practice.

Admission is free, donations are welcome and you don’t have to stay for the full 1.5 hours, for example if you need to go to work earlier.

Yoga for Palestine will be a 1.5 hr Yoga class that is suitable for all levels, ages and abilities. After the Yoga, there will be a short pause and then the opportunity to listen to the Irish-produced radio documentary “Freedom on the Mat” until 12:30.

Yoga for Palestine is a Palfest event and Palfest is an arts festival in solidarity with Palestine.

The yoga will take place from Wednesday until Saturday and will be lead by Estelle Birdy, a Yoga Teacher and Director at the Olive Tree Studio in Dublin.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

A Drop-in Family Workshop will take place and it is entitled “Inspired by…Pointillism” (Suitable for Ages 4-10). Admission is free and no booking required, but check the “small print” on the website below.

Every first Thursday of the month, 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.

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.

Enjoy a walk and talk of the 185th Annual Exhibition with Colin Martin RHA, RHA School Principal, when he will share his highlights of the show.

Admission is free with a suggested donation of EUR 5 into the donation box in the foyer. No booking required.

A range of plays are performed during Palfest, the arts festival in solidarity with Palestine. Find all details on the website below.

+ Wed 08 July – 13:00: The Luther by Lucy Caldwell
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Wed 08 July – 15:30: The Gaza Monologues
Venue: The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Thurs 09 July – 13:00: Bitterenders
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Thurs 09 July – 20:00: We are Rachel Corrie + What’s left of the Flag
Venue: O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1. Admission: EUR 10 via website below.

+ Fri 10 July – 13:00: The Olive Tree
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Fri 10 July – 21:45: Seven Jewish Children (10 min performance after main evening performance)
Venue: Abbey Theatre, Abbey Street, Dublin 1. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Sat 11 July – 14:00: Foot – One-man play by US-based Palestinian writer Ismail Khalidi, about a young Palestinian footballer.
Venue: Dalymount Park Members Lounge. Adm free, donations welcome.

A range of plays are performed during Palfest, the arts festival in solidarity with Palestine. Find all details on the website below.

+ Wed 08 July – 13:00: The Luther by Lucy Caldwell
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Wed 08 July – 15:30: The Gaza Monologues
Venue: The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Thurs 09 July – 13:00: Bitterenders
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Thurs 09 July – 20:00: We are Rachel Corrie + What’s left of the Flag
Venue: O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1. Admission: EUR 10 via website below.

+ Fri 10 July – 13:00: The Olive Tree
Venue: The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Fri 10 July – 21:45: Seven Jewish Children (10 min performance after main evening performance)
Venue: Abbey Theatre, Abbey Street, Dublin 1. Adm free, donations welcome.

+ Sat 11 July – 14:00: Foot – One-man play by US-based Palestinian writer Ismail Khalidi, about a young Palestinian footballer.
Venue: Dalymount Park Members Lounge. Adm free, donations welcome.

The Wood Quay Summer Sessions, five 1-hour long open air gigs, will take place for the first time this year.

Throughout July, Dublin City is inviting to this lunchtime event every Thursday at the outdoors “Amphitheatre” between Christ Church and the Dublin Civic Offices.

The line-up for the five weeks is:
+ 02 July: Rob Walsh // Travis Oaks
+ 09 July: David Keenan // Third Smoke
+ 16 July: Sinead White // Cry Monster Cry
+ 23 July: O Sister // Bunoscionn
+ 30 July: Elephant // The Flaws

Admission is free.

On Thursday, World Dance Music with Luke Tobin and Gerard O’Boyle who will play classical guitar will perform in the Central Library. Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01 6744888

Soprano Janyce Condon will sing Strauss Lieder and some Spanish Songs. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Every Thursday in July (09, 16, 23 + 30 July) the Irish Patchwork Society is running a beginners workshop for adults.

You will learn simple patchwork techniques and will have the opportunity to work on a small piece of handwork.

Admission is free, booking is required via 01 804 0300.

Until 03 August there is also a Patchwork exhibition in the National Botanic Gardens. It is called “Hands across the Border” and is a co-operation between the Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild and the Irish Patchwork Society. Admission is free.

During Palfest, the arts festival in solidarity with Palestine, a number of films will be screened that deal with the conflict:

+ Wed 08 July – 14:00: Small Hands in Handcuffs – The Story of a 16 year old Irish boy who travelled to Palestine to find out what it’s like to be a child who lives in fear of arrest. Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1
Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Thurs 09 July – 16:00: Flying Paper – Uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown. Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1
Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Fri 10 July – 16:00: Five Broken Cameras – First-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, Westbank
Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1. Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Sat 11 July – 16:00: Open Bethlehem – Epic film about a legendary town in crisis.
Venue: O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1. Admission free, donations welcome.

The Spanish Film “Arrugas/Wrinkles” will be screened in the CineCafe Club of the Instituto Cervantes and the Pearse Street Library. The screening will be in Spanish. (Usually there are English subtitles, but that has not been specified explicitly in this case.)

Admission is free.

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.

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.

Under the headline “Talks for Palestine”, the Arts Festival in solidarity with Palestine, Palfest, invites to a variety of talks about the topic:

+ Wed 08 July – 20:00: “Incited in Israel, inflicted on Gaza – Hate”
by journalist David Sheen, preceeded by a Gaza witness report by Garry Walsh of Trocaire. Venue: O’Reilly Theatre. Admission is free, donations are welcome

+ Thurs 09 July – 18:00: Panel Discussion “Everything you ever wanted to know about Palestine and Israel but were afraid to ask”
with Richard Irvine (Palestine education iniative) Jo Bird (Jewish Voice for Just Peace) and Dr Yaser Alashqar (Trinity College).
Venue: TCD School of Ecumenics, Room G16, near Science Gallery. Admission is free, donations welcome.

+ Fri 10 July – 12:30: Book Signing “Night in Gaza” with Dr. Mads Gilbert
Venue: Hodges Figgis, 56 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

+ Fri 10 July – 19:00: Night in Gaza
by Norwegian surgeon Dr. Mads Gilbert, who worked in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza during the attacks last year. Venue: O’Reilly Theatre. Admission: EUR 7 (tickets via website below)

+ Sat 11 July – 11:00-12:30 The Taste of Injustice – Farmers, Fishermen, Food and Occupation
with Elaine Bradley, Human Rights and BDS Activist. Venue: Dublin Food Co-op, Newmarket, Dublin 8
Admission free, donations 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.

“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.

Heroines is an exhibition of pen & ink illustrations by Ariyana Ahmad. The exhibition will be open daily from 12:00 until 30 August. The launch will be on Thursday.

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.

Maud in Cahoots are playing Alt Pop. Special guests are Paddy Dennehy & The Red Herring. Admission is free.

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.

Meditate for Palestine will offer the early riser an opportunity to “sit with the people of Palestine in body, mind and heart”. Meditate for Palestine is a Palfest event and Palfest is an arts festival in solidarity with Palestine.

The meditation will take place from Wednesday until Saturday. On Wed, Thurs + Fri, Vajrashura, manager and teacher at the Dublin Buddhist Centre and member of the Triratna Buddhist Order will explore two forms of meditations. And on Saturday Brother Richard Hendrick from the Capuchin Franciscan Order will link Christian Meditation to modern mindfulness practice.

Admission is free, donations are welcome and you don’t have to stay for the full 1.5 hours, for example if you need to go to work earlier.

Yoga for Palestine will be a 1.5 hr Yoga class that is suitable for all levels, ages and abilities. After the Yoga, there will be a short pause and then the opportunity to listen to the Irish-produced radio documentary “Freedom on the Mat” until 12:30.

Yoga for Palestine is a Palfest event and Palfest is an arts festival in solidarity with Palestine.

The yoga will take place from Wednesday until Saturday and will be lead by Estelle Birdy, a Yoga Teacher and Director at the Olive Tree Studio in Dublin.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

A Drop-in Family Workshop will take place and it is entitled “Inspired by…the Baroque” (Suitable for Ages 4-10). Admission is free and no booking required, but check the “small print” on the website below.

The Five Visual Arts Spaces in the formerly nicknamed Monto area (The LAB Gallery, ArtBox, Oonagh Young Gallery, Talbot Gallery & Studios and Fire Station Artists’ Studios) would like to invite to to the MONTO Picnic. Bring a picnic and join them at Liberty park for a tour of the galleries, music, art, and hear about the history of the area.

The tour of the art spaces starts at 11:00 at Connolly Station and you can book your place here. At 12:30 an Opera in the Open performance from Romeo & Juliet will take place and Dale O’Hanlon (Singer/Songwriter) will perform at 13:00. At 13:45, Terry Fagan will run a Talk & Tour called “History of the Monto”.

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 best festival of the year is back from Fri 10 – Sun 12 July!! The City Spectacular (formerly: Street Performance World Championship) will be in Merrion Square from Friday until Monday and while the main activities will be on Saturday and Sunday, there will already be 18 performances on Friday on two pitches in the park.

And there is more good news: The Space Cowboy and Mario the Queen of the Circus will be back, two of the best Street Performers!

So if you can’t make Saturday or Sunday, then Friday is your opportunity to go to the City Spectacular. Either way, don’t miss it!

All the performances and events are listed on the website below and in the downloadable schedule & map (in PDF here).

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.

Under the headline “Talks for Palestine”, the Arts Festival in solidarity with Palestine, Palfest, invites to a variety of talks about the topic:

+ Wed 08 July – 20:00: “Incited in Israel, inflicted on Gaza – Hate”
by journalist David Sheen, preceeded by a Gaza witness report by Garry Walsh of Trocaire. Venue: O’Reilly Theatre. Admission is free, donations are welcome

+ Thurs 09 July – 18:00: Panel Discussion “Everything you ever wanted to know about Palestine and Israel but were afraid to ask”
with Richard Irvine (Palestine education iniative) Jo Bird (Jewish Voice for Just Peace) and Dr Yaser Alashqar (Trinity College).
Venue: TCD School of Ecumenics, Room G16, near Science Gallery. Admission is free, donations welcome.

+ Fri 10 July – 12:30: Book Signing “Night in Gaza” with Dr. Mads Gilbert
Venue: Hodges Figgis, 56 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

+ Fri 10 July – 19:00: Night in Gaza
by Norwegian surgeon Dr. Mads Gilbert, who worked in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza during the attacks last year. Venue: O’Reilly Theatre. Admission: EUR 7 (tickets via website below)

+ Sat 11 July – 11:00-12:30 The Taste of Injustice – Farmers, Fishermen, Food and Occupation
with Elaine Bradley, Human Rights and BDS Activist. Venue: Dublin Food Co-op, Newmarket, Dublin 8
Admission free, donations welcome.

A Drawing Workshop for youths and adults will look at “Drawing Portraits”. Admission is free and no booking required, but places are limited.

At Poetry for Palestine, Irish poets will read in solidarity with Palestine, and Palestinian guests will read a favourite poem.

Featured poets include Seamus Cashman and John F. Deane, who have written about their experiences in Palestine; Pat Boran, publisher, Dedalus Press; Rita Ann Higgins, poet and dramatist from Galway and Catherine Ann Cullen from Dublin. Palestinian guests include photographer Fatin Al Tamimi and masters student Sara Al Bayyari.

The reading is an act of memory for those killed in Gaza in July 2014 and a show of support for the people in Palestine.

The event will take place in the Silk Road Café on the ground floor of the Chester Beatty Library.

During Palfest, the arts festival in solidarity with Palestine, a number of films will be screened that deal with the conflict:

+ Wed 08 July – 14:00: Small Hands in Handcuffs – The Story of a 16 year old Irish boy who travelled to Palestine to find out what it’s like to be a child who lives in fear of arrest. Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1
Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Thurs 09 July – 16:00: Flying Paper – Uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown. Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1
Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Fri 10 July – 16:00: Five Broken Cameras – First-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, Westbank
Venue: Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1. Admission is free, donations welcome

+ Sat 11 July – 16:00: Open Bethlehem – Epic film about a legendary town in crisis.
Venue: O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1. Admission free, donations welcome.

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.

‘Songs of the Soul’ presents “Music for Inner Peace”. a journey into a beauty, power and vastness of Sri Chinmoy’s musical compositions. “Experience the resonance of mantric music arranged with Eastern and Westerns instruments. A journey into the beauty, power and vastness of musical compositions that will lift you, heart and soul.”

Admission is free. To book a place call 085–1450880 (www.lotusyoga.ie/events.html)

The Jumptones play Rockabilly, music from the 1950s like it was played back in the hayday’s of rock’n’roll. Admission is free.

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.

On Imelda May’s birthday on Friday, Donna Dunne and her band will perform the music of Imelda May and more as a tribute.

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.

Mark Campbell from Monaghan is performing in Mother Reilly’s.

Admission is free.

Marco Belinasi and Regina Mancebo are performing Barzlian Music in Arthur’s Pub while on their European Tour.
And they have special guests: Rodrigo Silva, Sara Elizabete da Silva and Robson Rocha and Thiago Souza,.

Doors at 20:00. Admission is free.

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

Donna Dunne and Band will play Rock & Roll, Blues, Country and Pop. Admission is free.