Hi all!
Late again! :-S I had a great time in Germany at some beautiful Christmas Markets and with my parents and there was plenty of time to spend with my wonderful nephew and niece, who are just at that ideal age of 7 and 4. Ben, my nephew, gave me a stone that he found as a souvenir when we left. How sweet!! Anna, my niece, had something else for us! She generously passed on a whopping cold to us that she probably picked up in her Kindergarten. So this week I wrote this Dublin Event Guide with a big headache, fever, a running nose etc.
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But, the good news is that there is another Dublin Event Guide for you to help you in this final week before Christmas. Some people have asked me if there will be an edition next week as well and I can confirm that there will be one. I might not write it on Christmas Day, which is next Friday, and there will also be less events (Understandably!) but you will definitely get something.
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The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. You wonder why I added this section to this e-mail magazine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and there could be more in the coming week and this section is for the people that want to overcome the hurdles, achieve more and remember that despite all, life is great!
Today’s feel good slot is a quote again. The time when most people think about the past year and make plans for the new year is nearly upon us and with new goals we usually have one BIG challenge to overcome. It is FEAR! Fear to fail, fear not to fit in anymore, fear to do something wrong and sometimes even the fear to succeed!
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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.
A very last time, I will mention Christmas Markets here again. Come to the I Believe market on Sunday at 13:00 and you will hear the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir perform (and I will be doing the sound). And after that at 15:00 don’t miss the Aerial Acrobatics in O’Connel Street.
With this already being Christmas week, there is definitely a reduction in events detectable and – understandably – there are hardly any events on Friday.
Last few days for shopping and then hopefully a great Christmas! Enjoy!
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Dublin Christmas Markets Update
I went to the “Christmas Market” at the RDS during the week and found out that it is not that! It has no rresemblance with a Christmas Market, apart from the fact that the few stalls are in wooden huts and there are also some food stalls. There are 2 or 3 craft-like shops and the rest is phone covers, yellow smiley pillows, and the type of cheap “merchandise” stuff that you are sold outside Croke Park or Lansdowne Road on match or concert days. Perfect for kids that want to go to Funderland and that is the target group, but don’t go there expecting a nice Christmas Market.
I still haven’t been to Dun Laoghaire this year, but I am told it is very very small. If you have been and can tell me about it, please send your critique to dublineventguide@gmail.com. The same goes for your critique about the Malahide Christmas Kingdom! I would love to get your input!
After writing about, thinking about and talking about Christmas Markets for the last few weeks, I realised that Dublin has only two suitable locations for a Christmas Market…and George’s Dock, where the “I believe” market is, is not one of them,
The only two suitable locations are St. Stephen’s Green and the courtyard of Dublin Castle! Unfortunately – in this case – both are owned/looked after by the Office of Public Works (OPW), who run great events at Farmleigh House, but have never really made Dublin Castle or St. Stephen’s Green available for big long-duration events like a Christmas Market.
I also have concluded that a market HAS to be organised and run by Dublin City (or the OPW) but NOT by an event management company and that as soon as a PR company gets hired, you can forget the whole thing because the focus is wrong.
Despite the tall (and totally ridiculous) claim that the “I believe” Market will be one of Europe’s top Christmas Market in 3-5 years. there are more and more people that expect that there will not even be a Year 2 for this market. It is significantly better than last year’s Dublintown-organised Christmas Market on the footpath outside St. Stephen’s Green, but it is not good enough to leave any significant impression.
Maybe all these trial and errors are to be expected in the childhood days of an event? Many forget that the first Christmas Market in Dublin took place just about 10 years ago. That is not that long ago! The Nürnberg Christkindlesmarket, with about 2 million visitors every year, has a 400 year long history! So maybe we should give Dublin Christmas Markets some more time to get it right? But what about the Galway Market and the Belfast Market? Where everybody is telling me that they are really good. They didn’t need more time!!
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For all Christmas Market fans, I have compiled a list of all Christmas Markets in Dublin this year and you will find it at www.DublinChristmasMarkets.com Have a look and tell your friends and families. It is a relatively simple website, but hopefully it is useful!
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Your Christmas Present for the Dublin Event Guide?
Now that you are in the process of buying your Christmas presents, you are probably wondering what you should send the “team” that brings the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) to you every week!? Did I read your mind!?!?! :-)
Well, the biggest gift you could make is to sign up for a subscription here or to give a once-off donation also here. It will help guaranteeing the further existence of the Dublin Event Guide so that you will continue to hear about all the free events in Dublin.
Alternatively or – ideally – additionally please use the links in this newsletter to buy your Christmas presents. Go to this newsletter in your Inbox or on www.dublineventguide.com and click on the Book Depository, Amazon, Groupon, Living Social links etc before you buy (They are all in the first message in this Dublin News section!!). You will then be brought to the page you clicked on and if you complete your purchase there, then the Dublin Event Guide will get a small commission (up to 5%). You won’t have to pay more, but you help the Dublin Event Guide.
Some nice Dublin Event Guide Readers sent me an anonymous Thanks in the form of a voucher for a restaurant in town. Unfortunately they didn’t leave any address, so I will thank them this way. THANK YOU! I think who they are. ;-) It was formerly a Google Team with one wonderful person in charge of arranging this every year. They know that me and gift vouchers have a challenged relationship and therefore I get a gift voucher from them. :-) I appreciate it a lot, EVEN if it is a voucher! :-P
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The former “Opportunities” section is now Eventbrite’s section to highlight some of the events they – as the main sponsor of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) – would particularly like to bring to your attention. Many events listed here will be free, but there will be a non-free event in the list as well and they will be marked as non-free. All information is supplied by Eventbrite.
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DUBLIN MARKET RAVE – Sat 19 Dec (from 12:00)
The Dublin Market Rave, Retail While You Rave, is their slogan. This is their second event, over 1100 people attended the first market despite stormy weather proving that they have discovered a niche. They promise to have many of the same vendors at their next market as well as early yoga, dancersize, pig-on-a-spit, retro games room, bindi-jewellery & face-painting and much more.
Admission is free and tickets are not required, but more information can be found here.
LIVE JAZZ – Sat 19 Dec (from 21:00)
The Inn on the Green bar hosts Dublin’s top jazz, blues and soul performers and is nestled in the contemporary surroundings of The Fitzwilliam Hotel. Described as “one of Dublin’s coolest bars”, the Inn on the Green transforms into the city’s only jazz location on a Saturday night. The understated city centre bar in the heart of the city is the ideal place to mingle.
Experience the warm dulcet tones of the finest jazz musicians from 21:00-23:30 every Saturday night. Music ranges from the Great American Songbook to a contemporary take on age-old classics.
Admission is free and tickets are not required, but more information is here.
And you can find lots of more events at www.eventbrite.ie or download the Eventbrite app to find events around you.
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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie . For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is www.visualartists.ie/category/listings/dublin/
On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.
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WORK – an exhibition by Eoin Francis McCormack
10-23 Dec (Mon-Sat 11:00-17:00)
Steambox Galleries, School Street, Dublin 8
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“Stoneymollan Trail” by Charlotte Prodger
04 Dec – 06 Feb
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Charlotte Prodger will present her recent Margaret Tait award winning work, Stoneymollan Trail. This feature length single-screen video revolves around the idea of screens and how they measure and mediate subjectivity. Comprising material from multiple formats that includes an archive of miniDV tapes that Prodger shot between 1999 and 2004, recent footage shot on her iPhone and HD camera, recorded voiceover and screenprinted graphic forms, Stoneymollan Trailtraces a history of recent video formats as well as the artist’s personal history.
Admission is free.
www.templebargallery.com/
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A lonely impulse of delight
until 30 Jan (Mon-Fri 10:00-17:30, Sat 11:00-17:00)
SO Fine Art Editions, 10 South Anne Street, Dublin 2
SO Fine Art Editions marks the 150th anniversary of Yeats’ birth with a prestigious exhibition entitled ‘A lonely impulse of delight’ featuring works from Ireland’s top writers and artists.
This exhibition is part of the official ‘Yeats 2015’ celebrations and incorporates the works of 32 visual artists, writers and sculptors.
Admission is free.
www.sofinearteditions.com/
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Total Recall – Gretchen Bender
23 Oct – 23 Dec (11:00-18:00, excluding Sinday and bank holidays)
Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
This exhibition will show Gretchen Bender’s “Total Recall” (1987), bringing her concept of ‘electronic theatre’ to life.
“The 24-monitor multi-projection screen installation, Total Recall explores the accelerated image-flow of television and includes a multitude of images that surrounded the context of her work – corporate logos, military hardware, Hollywood film as well as commercials for consumer goods.”
Admission is free. www.projectartscentre.ie/event/gretchen-bender/
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Car Boot Sales – Tallaght
 08:00 – 12:00, Sat 19 Dec
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
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.
www.irishcarboot.ie/
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Christmas Markets in Dublin – Comprehensive List
08:45, Sat 19 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
To help you with your Christmas entertainment and Christmas shopping, the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) has a comprehensive list of all (free) Christmas Markets in Greater Dublin for you!
The first markets start on 22 Nov and the longest run is until 03 January.
Check it out at www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com and tell all your friends!
www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com/
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Honest2Goodness Food Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 19 Dec
Honest2goodness, 136 Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
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.
www.honest2goodness.ie
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Park Runs: Malahide, Cabinteely, Shanganah, Marlay
09:30 – 13:00, Sat 19 Dec
Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
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.
A whole range of Parkruns take place every week (and if you know some more, please tell me):
+ Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
+ Cabinteely Park, Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
+ Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin
+ Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Co. Dublin
www.parkrun.ie/
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SuperNatural Food Market
09:30 – 15:30, Sat 19 Dec
St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
www.supernatural.ie
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The Green Door Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 19 Dec
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
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.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Dec
Belgard Road, Dublin 24
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.
www.facebook.com/belgardmarket
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Christmas at Farmleigh House
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Dec
Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15
Every weekend before Christmas (05+06/12+13/19+20 Dec) the Farmleigh House Christmas programme will bring you lots of things to do for the whole family.
Storytelling Sessions, Carol Singing, Puppet Shows and Barbershop Singers will take place and all is free. On Sundays, Horse&Carriage rides are also provided.
And on top of that, there will be a food and craft market every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00-17:00.
The full schedule can be found via the website below, or you can download the PDF brochure HERE.
To give you a rough idea, here is the outline of the programme for the weekend:
10:00-17:00 Food & Craft Market
10:00-17:00 Festive Crib
12:00-16:00 Christmas Puppet Shows at 12:00/13:45/15:30 (Duration: 30 min)
12:45-17:00 Storytelling for CHildren at 12:45/14:30/16:15 (Duration: 45 min)
— and it continues on Saturday with
13:00-15:00 Christmas Carol Singing
14:00-16:00 Festive Barbershop Meoldies with The Mellowchords
— and on Sunday the programme is slightly different:
13:30-15:30 Christmas Carol Singing
12:00-16:00 Festive Barbershop Meoldies with The Mellowchords (The times might be wrong!)
13:00-16:00 Horse & Carriage Rides
Admission is free.
www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,35657,en.html
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Christmas Kingdom Malahide
10:00 – 20:00, Sat 19 Dec
Malahide Green, Malahide, Co. Dublin
The Christmas Kingdom Market in Malahide will run until 03 January on the following dates 27-29 Nov/4-6 Dec/11-13 Dec (Fri 14:00-20:00, Sat+Sun 10:00-20:00) and then daily 18-23 Dec (10:00-20:00) and 26 Dec-03 Jan (10:00-20:00).
Visiting the Craft Village and the Food Village is free, Ice Rink and Santa Visit cost money.
The reports back from Malahide are not great, so go there with modest expectations.
christmaskingdom.ie/
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Design It – Exhibition
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Dec
The Ark, 11a Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
“Design it” is an exhibition exploring design in a child’s world and it is part of Irish Design 2015.
The exhibition and a range of (non-free) events will introduce children to the process of design, illustrating how designers take an idea and then make it a reality.
The Ark have challenged five Irish designers to create new products for children, taking inspiration from iconic children’s toys, furniture and textiles.The Design It exhibition recreates each designer’s individual studio giving us a glimpse at their working practices, using their sketches, photographs and working prototypes, to reveal how they get from an initial idea to the final product.
Admission is free and no booking is required.
The exhibition will be open every Saturday from 7 Nov – 16 Jan (closed Sat 26 Dec) from 10:00-17:00. It will also open on Sundays 22 Nov & 6, 13, 20 Dec from 12:00-16:00.
ark.ie/events/view/design-it-exhibition
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Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival
10:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
Dun Laoghaire (various locations)
The Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival is this year taking place at the new location near the Maritime Museum. It runs from Thursdays to Sundays every week until 24 Dec.
With 20 stalls selling food and crafts, it is not one of the bigger markets but nestled between the new LexIcon library and the Maritime Museum it might have a better chance to create some Christmas atmosphere than the location at “The Metals” (near the Pavilion Theatre) was able to. Admission is free.
The Maritime Museum will also be involved this year and will host some events, but it seems that none of these events are free.
The outdoor children’s amusements that comes with Christmas in Dun Laoghaire will be on Harbour Plaza.
Opening hours of the market are: Thu+Fri 17:30-20:30, Sat+Sun 10:00-18:00
www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/
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I Believe Christmas Village
10:00 – 21:00, Sat 19 Dec
CHQ Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1
At George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building will be this year’s main Christmas market for Dublin. There is a Christmas Village (elsehwere you call that a Christmas Market!) and admission to it is free.
The market runs every day from 26 Nov-23 Dec (Mon-Fri: 11:00-20:00, Sat: 10:00-21:00, Sun 10:00-20:00).
The Christmas Market will be on the platform in George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building. There are also a small number of pop-up-shops and some activities in the CHQ building.
It seems that the hopes and expectations of the organisers and – even more importantly – of the traders at this market were not fulfilled, so my personal expectation is that a return of this market next year is not guaranteed. Go while it is still there!
www.ibelieveinchristmas.ie/
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Dec
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
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.
www.jamestownmarket.com/
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Marlay Park Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Dec
Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.
www.dlrcoco.ie/markets
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Temple Bar Markets
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 19 Dec
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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.
www.templebar.ie
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Blackrock Market
11:00 – 17:30, Sat 19 Dec
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
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.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Irish Record Fairs – Market
11:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
Thomas House, 88 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
Only three more opportunities to buy CDs, DVDs, Vinyl and collectors items from Irish Record Fairs before Christmas:
+ 19 Dec: Thomas House, 88 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
+ 22+23 Dec: The Mart, Old Firestation, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/Irish-Record-Fairs-1592331521038541
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Live Animal Crib
11:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Dec
Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2
The Live Animal Crib at Mansion House is a yearly Christmas feature. It will be open from 08 Dec until Christmas Eve and is brought to you in association with the Irish Farmers Association.
And just in case you are worried: The animals in the crib are brought there in the morning and brought back home in the evening, so they are looked after well.
Admission is free, but donations for the charity “Mansion House Fuel Fund” are appreciated.
The opening on 08 Dec will start at 10:30.
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Terenure Village Market
11:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Dec
Bushy Park, Tempelogue Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W
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.
www.facebook.com/terenurevillagemarket
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Yoga Union – Yoga in Dublin 8
11:00 – 14:00, Sat 19 Dec
MVP, 29 Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 2
Three free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).
The sessions can be booked following these links:
+ 11:00-12:00
+ 12:00-13:00
+ 13:00-14:00
Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome. The Yoga Union is run by Love8.
www.facebook.com/theyogaunion
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Moving Crib
11:30 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
The Moving Crib of the St. Martin Apostolate is a whole basement full of handcrafted figures in front of painted backgrounds of nativity related scenes. There are 14 scenes, beginning with Adam and Eve and finishing with Christmas. Nearly all figures are moving and this historic crib, which was created in 1956, still fascinates children (and some adults!)
Admission is free, but for the upkeep of the crib, a donation of EUR 1.50 per person is suggested.
The opening times are 23 Nov-10 January: Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 and Sat+Sun: 11:30-18:00.
www.stmartin.ie/visiting-crib/
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sat 19 Dec
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Chocolate Factory Christmas Flea
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
Chocolate Factory, 26 King’s Inn Street, Dublin 1
The Chocolate Factory Christmas Market will have over 60 stalls, selling everything from Vintage clothing, jewellery and accessories to hand crafted original Irish designs and products, gourmet street food and more. In addition thre will be DJs and if you need alcohol to enjoy a market, it is ok to bring your own.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/1720530478176763/
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Christmas at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre
12:00, Sat 19 Dec
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
Christmas at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre means that at weekends from 28 November to 20 December, you can visit the live crib and on Sundays at 14:00 (and also on Saturday 19 Dec at 14:00), there will be choirs performing. Storytelling will take place on Sundays at 12:00 and Woodturning demos are also there.
The choirs this weekend are:
+ Sat 19 Dec: Kylemore College Choir
+ Sun 20 Dec: Castleknock Choir
Admission is free.
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,35715,en.html
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Christmas Carols – Capella Choir
12:00, Sat 19 Dec
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
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Dublin Rave Market
12:00 – 20:00, Sat 19 Dec
The Palace Nightclub, 84 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 8
The organisers are a little undecided what to call this thing. Is it the Dublin Rave Market or the Dublin Market Rave, but one thing is clear: It is a market with Rave music in the background. I am not sure if then shopping goes easier, but if you hate Christmas songs at Christmas markets, then this might be the one market for you.
The traders that were at the first market are listed on the site below, but the list for this week has not yet been posted.
For some silly reason, there is an entrance fee of EUR 1, which is not even mentioned in the event information but only in the comments further down. It seems nonsensical to charge an admission fee (no matter how low!) to a market and therefore future Rave Markets might or might not get included in the “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)”.
www.facebook.com/events/1651205978498344/
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Ha’penny Flea Market
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
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.
www.thegrandsocial.ie/
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Mart Christmas Market
12:00 – 19:00, Sat 19 Dec
Old Fire Station, 190a Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
The Mart Christmas Market will only have 10 stalls, but there will be new traders every day, so you can come a number of times and get new ideas and buy great presents every time.
Expect Art, Design, Craft, Knits/Fashion and Jewellery.
The market will run for 8 days from 11-13 December and then again from 17-21 December (from 12:00-19:00 every day).
www.mart.ie/market/
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Temple Bar Christmas & Book Market
12:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Dec
Temple Bar Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Temple Bar Christmas & Book Market is an extension and expansion of the weekly (small) Book Market on Temple Bar Square. Craft stalls are added to the market.
The last market will run on 19+20 Dec.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/911101888975710/
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TRAUMA – Science Gallery Exhibition
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
How does trauma affect the brain, the body, the national psyche or all three? How do buildings, bodies, artworks and stories record the traumas of our past? How do we bounce back after a trauma?
The exhibition “Trauma – Built to Break” (20 Nov – 21 Feb) in the Science Gallery is exploring the biological, psychological and societal aspects of trauma. As a sudden, violent, stressful event, trauma can be short-lived or long-lasting with impacts that range from deeply personal to universal.
Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, TRAUMA is suitable for all ages and while younger children might need some further explanation, there are lots of exhibits that can easily explained.
The Science Gallery mediators are helpers (usually students or graduates) that know the whole exhibition inside out and are very happy to help with a lot more information than the little labels at the exhibits can provide. Use their excellent service!
The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.
Admission is free.
dublin.sciencegallery.com/trauma/
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Sat 19 Dec
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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.
www.ifi.ie/
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Bernard Shaw Christmas Flea Market
13:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
The Bernard Shaw, 12 Richmond Street South, Dublin 8
The Bernard Shaw Flea Market comes all in Christmas mood this weekend and it is a 2 days market, instead of the normal 1 day event. There will be vintage, crafts, art, jewellery and more. Brews from Vice Coffee Inc, Treats from Dublin Doughnut Co., mulled wine, The Big Blue Bus pizza and a full bar will provide the rest.
Admission is free.
And there will be a Food Drop stall for Crosscare, who distribute food to over 60 charities around Dublin to homeless services and families below the poverty line. They are looking for Tinned meat and fish, Tinned veg, Tinned desserts, Tinned soups, Pasta, Rice, Sugar, Teabags, Instant coffee, Biscuits etc A great opportunity to give back.
www.facebook.com/events/910001792408621/
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DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama – Concert
13:00, Sat 19 Dec
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
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13:00, Sat 19 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
 
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“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour
14:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Dec
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“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
www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/
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Christmas Under The Clock
14:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Dec
GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Some additional Christmas events will happen in O’Connell Street from Thursday-Sunday over two weekends. (10-13/17-20 December).
There will be performances, puppet shows, storytelling, singing. Christmas Kraoke, drumming workshops and dancing.
A highlight is Ireland’s premier aerial circus company “Fidget Feet”, who will present theatre in the sky as mischievous elves climb O’Connell Street buildings and cranes. Twelve aerial dancers will impress the audience on Sunday from 15:00.
Watch last Sunday’s perfromance here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZt0kYi3sg Impressive!!
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/691701240967538/
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Family Workshop – National Gallery
15:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Dec
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
This Saturday Family Workshop for 4-10 year olds provides a fun opportunity for families to enjoy creating and learning together through free activities exploring storytelling, music, art, poetry, and drama. All materials are provided.
The theme this week is “The Christmas Story”
Admission is free, but places are limited.
nationalgallery.ie/en/whatson/Families/Family_Programme/19-December.aspx
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Biggest Bollywood Show in Ireland
16:00, Sat 19 Dec
National Stadium, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
A Bollywood Jalwa 2015, Irish Artists Award 2015 and a Bollywood Night will take place on Saturday and admission to this event is free, but tickets need to be booked at www.bollywoodjalwa.ie/store
Doors open at 16:00 and the programme runs from 17:00-19:30. Later from 20:00-23:00 a DJ Bollywood Night will take place.
Event features are Bollywood Performances, Bhangra Performances, Bharatanatyam Performance, Live Singing, International Performances, IRISH ARTISTS AWARD (IAA) 2015, Indian Food And Drink Stalls.
www.bollywoodjalwa.ie/
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Santa & the Starkeeper – Waterscreen Screening
16:30, Sat 19 Dec
Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
The short film “Santa & The Starkeeper” (5 min) will be screened every day at Dundrum Town Centre and the remarkable difference to other screening is that it will be screened on Ireland’s only Waterscreen (!!), which is the Mill Pond at Dundrum Town Centre.
The screening will happen every 20 minutes from 16:40 until Christmas. Admission is free.
www.dundrum.ie/news-events/santa-and-the-starkeeper
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CWU Brass Band – Concert
20:00, Sat 19 Dec
Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2
The CWU Brass Band will play a gig in the Unitarian Church.
Admission is free, but donations for the restoration fund of the Dublin Unitarian Church are welcome.
www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/events/
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Saturday Night Live – The Wine Cave
20:00 – 22:30, Sat 19 Dec
KC Peaches (Wine Cave), 28/29 Nassau St., Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/KCPeachesWineCave
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Telescope Watch – Astronomy Event
20:00, Sat 19 Dec
Astronomy Ireland, Unit H4 Centrepoint, Rosemount Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Astronomy Ireland is setting up the most powerful telescopes in Ireland, to show you the Moon and Uranus.
There will be loads of free posters, back issues of the Astronomy Ireland magazine and refreshments.
If cloudy a telescope exhibition and workshop will be held demonstrating how to use telescopes and a short talk will be given.
Admission is free.
www.astronomy.ie/telescopewatchdec2015.php
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The Rockets – Gig
20:00, Sat 19 Dec
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Cascades – Gig
21:00, Sat 19 Dec
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Jazz on the Green
21:00 – 23:30, Sat 19 Dec
The Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin, St. Stephen’s Green
Jazz on the Green is now provided every Saturday in the bar of the Fitzwilliam Hotel. Admission is free.
This week Liza Nelson (vocals) and Dario Rodighiero (piano) will perform with Special Guest Miss Phoenix (Italy).
www.fitzwilliamhoteldublin.com/
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Sat 19 Dec
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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.
www.stillorganorchard.com/specials/
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The Cujo Family – Gig
21:00, Sat 19 Dec
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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MLC Rock & Blues Band
22:00, Sat 19 Dec
The Salty Dog, 16 Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin
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The Guilty Party – Gig
22:00, Sat 19 Dec
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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The Jazz Cafe – Live Jazz, Blues and Soul
22:00 – 00:30, Sat 19 Dec
The Jazz Cafe, 17b Asdills Row, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday, normally from 20:30-23:00, but later this week.
The performers are Lisa Jameson (vocals) and August Korsgaard (piano).
Admission is free.
www.thejazzcafedublin.ie/
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September Girls / Bad Sea / My Tribe Your Tribe – Gig
22:30, Sat 19 Dec
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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The Business – Gig
23:55, Sat 19 Dec
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Christmas Markets in Dublin – Comprehensive List
08:45, Sun 20 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
To help you with your Christmas entertainment and Christmas shopping, the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) has a comprehensive list of all (free) Christmas Markets in Greater Dublin for you!
The first markets start on 22 Nov and the longest run is until 03 January.
Check it out at www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com and tell all your friends!
www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com/
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Belgard Road, Dublin 24
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.
www.facebook.com/belgardmarket
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Christmas at Farmleigh House
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15
Every weekend before Christmas (05+06/12+13/19+20 Dec) the Farmleigh House Christmas programme will bring you lots of things to do for the whole family.
Storytelling Sessions, Carol Singing, Puppet Shows and Barbershop Singers will take place and all is free. On Sundays, Horse&Carriage rides are also provided.
And on top of that, there will be a food and craft market every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00-17:00.
The full schedule can be found via the website below, or you can download the PDF brochure HERE.
To give you a rough idea, here is the outline of the programme for the weekend:
10:00-17:00 Food & Craft Market
10:00-17:00 Festive Crib
12:00-16:00 Christmas Puppet Shows at 12:00/13:45/15:30 (Duration: 30 min)
12:45-17:00 Storytelling for CHildren at 12:45/14:30/16:15 (Duration: 45 min)
— and it continues on Saturday with
13:00-15:00 Christmas Carol Singing
14:00-16:00 Festive Barbershop Meoldies with The Mellowchords
— and on Sunday the programme is slightly different:
13:30-15:30 Christmas Carol Singing
12:00-16:00 Festive Barbershop Meoldies with The Mellowchords (The times might be wrong!)
13:00-16:00 Horse & Carriage Rides
Admission is free.
www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,35657,en.html
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Christmas Kingdom Malahide
10:00 – 20:00, Sun 20 Dec
Malahide Green, Malahide, Co. Dublin
The Christmas Kingdom Market in Malahide will run until 03 January on the following dates 27-29 Nov/4-6 Dec/11-13 Dec (Fri 14:00-20:00, Sat+Sun 10:00-20:00) and then daily 18-23 Dec (10:00-20:00) and 26 Dec-03 Jan (10:00-20:00).
Visiting the Craft Village and the Food Village is free, Ice Rink and Santa Visit cost money.
The reports back from Malahide are not great, so go there with modest expectations.
christmaskingdom.ie/
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Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival
10:00 – 18:00, Sun 20 Dec
Dun Laoghaire (various locations)
The Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival is this year taking place at the new location near the Maritime Museum. It runs from Thursdays to Sundays every week until 24 Dec.
With 20 stalls selling food and crafts, it is not one of the bigger markets but nestled between the new LexIcon library and the Maritime Museum it might have a better chance to create some Christmas atmosphere than the location at “The Metals” (near the Pavilion Theatre) was able to. Admission is free.
The Maritime Museum will also be involved this year and will host some events, but it seems that none of these events are free.
The outdoor children’s amusements that comes with Christmas in Dun Laoghaire will be on Harbour Plaza.
Opening hours of the market are: Thu+Fri 17:30-20:30, Sat+Sun 10:00-18:00
www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/
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I Believe Christmas Village
10:00 – 20:00, Sun 20 Dec
CHQ Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1
At George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building will be this year’s main Christmas market for Dublin. There is a Christmas Village (elsehwere you call that a Christmas Market!) and admission to it is free.
The market runs every day from 26 Nov-23 Dec (Mon-Fri: 11:00-20:00, Sat: 10:00-21:00, Sun 10:00-20:00).
The Christmas Market will be on the platform in George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building. There are also a small number of pop-up-shops and some activities in the CHQ building.
It seems that the hopes and expectations of the organisers and – even more importantly – of the traders at this market were not fulfilled, so my personal expectation is that a return of this market next year is not guaranteed. Go while it is still there!
www.ibelieveinchristmas.ie/
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
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.
www.jamestownmarket.com
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Marlay Park Market
10:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Dec
Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.
www.dlrcoco.ie/markets
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Merrion Square Open Air Gallery
10:00 – 18:30, Sun 20 Dec
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
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.
www.merrionsquareart.com/
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Brocante Furniture & Vintage Market
11:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Dublin Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8
The Brocante Market will take place on Sunday. It is a collection of antiques, furniture, vintage jewellery, collectables and curiosities from the past and present, second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for your house and garden. If you are an interior designer or just have and eye for style and are looking for a special piece or maybe a bargain then this is the market for you. The market is held every 3rd Sunday of the month.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/thebrocantemarket
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Drumcondra Village Market
11:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Arts and Business Campus, 40 Drumcondra Road Lower
The Drumcondra Village Market is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. There will be Food Stalls, Flea Market, Vintage Clothing, Arts&Crafts and a Pop-Up Record Store.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/DrumcondraVillageMarket
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Dun Laoghaire Market
11:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Dec
People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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Live Animal Crib
11:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2
The Live Animal Crib at Mansion House is a yearly Christmas feature. It will be open from 08 Dec until Christmas Eve and is brought to you in association with the Irish Farmers Association.
And just in case you are worried: The animals in the crib are brought there in the morning and brought back home in the evening, so they are looked after well.
Admission is free, but donations for the charity “Mansion House Fuel Fund” are appreciated.
The opening on 08 Dec will start at 10:30.
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Palestrina Choir
11:00, Sun 20 Dec
St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1
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.
www.procathedral.ie/music/this-week
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Yoga Union – Yoga in Dublin 8
11:00 – 14:00, Sun 20 Dec
MVP, 29 Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 2
Three free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).
The sessions can be booked following these links:
+ 11:00-12:00
+ 12:00-13:00
+ 13:00-14:00
Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome. The Yoga Union is run by Love8.
www.facebook.com/theyogaunion
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Moving Crib
11:30 – 18:00, Sun 20 Dec
St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
The Moving Crib of the St. Martin Apostolate is a whole basement full of handcrafted figures in front of painted backgrounds of nativity related scenes. There are 14 scenes, beginning with Adam and Eve and finishing with Christmas. Nearly all figures are moving and this historic crib, which was created in 1956, still fascinates children (and some adults!)
Admission is free, but for the upkeep of the crib, a donation of EUR 1.50 per person is suggested.
The opening times are 23 Nov-10 January: Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 and Sat+Sun: 11:30-18:00.
www.stmartin.ie/visiting-crib/
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sun 20 Dec
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Blackrock Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 20 Dec
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
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.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Christmas at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre
12:00, Sun 20 Dec
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
Christmas at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre means that at weekends from 28 November to 20 December, you can visit the live crib and on Sundays at 14:00 (and also on Saturday 19 Dec at 14:00), there will be choirs performing. Storytelling will take place on Sundays at 12:00 and Woodturning demos are also there.
The choirs this weekend are:
+ Sat 19 Dec: Kylemore College Choir
+ Sun 20 Dec: Castleknock Choir
Admission is free.
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,35715,en.html
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Christmas on the Square
12:00 – 19:00, Sun 20 Dec
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Every week, I check more than 400 web pages for free events and it puzzles me how some event organisers manage to escape despite that. The Temple Bar Cultural Trust (which doesn’t really exist anymore as a separate organisation) is running the event “Christmas on the Square” every Sunday in December and it took until now for me to find out.
Obviously the event organisers told nobody and it doesn’t help that their website templebar.ie is gone for some time as well. Only their twitter account is still active.
What is “Christmas on the Square”? An afternoon with Craft, Food and a Movie Screening at 17:00. The movie this Sunday is “The Wizard of Oz”.
Admission is free.
twitter.com/TBCT
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Design It – Exhibition
12:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Dec
The Ark, 11a Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
“Design it” is an exhibition exploring design in a child’s world and it is part of Irish Design 2015.
The exhibition and a range of (non-free) events will introduce children to the process of design, illustrating how designers take an idea and then make it a reality.
The Ark have challenged five Irish designers to create new products for children, taking inspiration from iconic children’s toys, furniture and textiles.The Design It exhibition recreates each designer’s individual studio giving us a glimpse at their working practices, using their sketches, photographs and working prototypes, to reveal how they get from an initial idea to the final product.
Admission is free and no booking is required.
The exhibition will be open every Saturday from 7 Nov – 16 Jan (closed Sat 26 Dec) from 10:00-17:00. It will also open on Sundays 22 Nov & 6, 13, 20 Dec from 12:00-16:00.
ark.ie/events/view/design-it-exhibition
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Dublin Alternative Christmas Market
12:00 – 18:00, Sun 20 Dec
On The Rox, 8 Coke Lane, Dublin 7
“Silent Night, Holy Night” is REALLY not your thing? And you think Santa needs a serious image makeover?
Maybe the Alternative Christmas Market is for you? There will be “alternative / metal / goth / retro / esoteric / medieval”
crafts, music, gifts, clothes, foods, art, etc.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/1497397327228218/
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Guided Walks – Botanic Gardens
12:00 – 15:30, Sun 20 Dec
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Every Sunday, the National Botanic Gardens invite to two guided walks. The first one is at 12:00 and the second one at 14:30.
Admission is free.
www.botanicgardens.ie/educ/info.htm
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Mart Christmas Market
12:00 – 19:00, Sun 20 Dec
Old Fire Station, 190a Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
The Mart Christmas Market will only have 10 stalls, but there will be new traders every day, so you can come a number of times and get new ideas and buy great presents every time.
Expect Art, Design, Craft, Knits/Fashion and Jewellery.
The market will run for 8 days from 11-13 December and then again from 17-21 December (from 12:00-19:00 every day).
www.mart.ie/market/
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Sunday at Noon – Classical Concerts
12:00 – 13:00, Sun 20 Dec
Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June.
The next concert will feature the RTE Contempo Quartet, playing works from Brahms and Smetana.
www.hughlane.ie/past-sunday-concerts/1409-sundaysnoon-contempo-essential-quartets-4
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Temple Bar Christmas & Book Market
12:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Temple Bar Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Temple Bar Christmas & Book Market is an extension and expansion of the weekly (small) Book Market on Temple Bar Square. Craft stalls are added to the market.
The last market will run on 19+20 Dec.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/911101888975710/
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TRAUMA – Science Gallery Exhibition
12:00 – 18:00, Sun 20 Dec
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
How does trauma affect the brain, the body, the national psyche or all three? How do buildings, bodies, artworks and stories record the traumas of our past? How do we bounce back after a trauma?
The exhibition “Trauma – Built to Break” (20 Nov – 21 Feb) in the Science Gallery is exploring the biological, psychological and societal aspects of trauma. As a sudden, violent, stressful event, trauma can be short-lived or long-lasting with impacts that range from deeply personal to universal.
Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, TRAUMA is suitable for all ages and while younger children might need some further explanation, there are lots of exhibits that can easily explained.
The Science Gallery mediators are helpers (usually students or graduates) that know the whole exhibition inside out and are very happy to help with a lot more information than the little labels at the exhibits can provide. Use their excellent service!
The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.
Admission is free.
dublin.sciencegallery.com/trauma/
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Meditation for World Peace
12:30 – 13:30, Sun 20 Dec
Brahma Kumaris Ireland, 6 Clare Street, Dublin 2
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Bernard Shaw Christmas Flea Market
13:00 – 18:00, Sun 20 Dec
The Bernard Shaw, 12 Richmond Street South, Dublin 8
The Bernard Shaw Flea Market comes all in Christmas mood this weekend and it is a 2 days market, instead of the normal 1 day event. There will be vintage, crafts, art, jewellery and more. Brews from Vice Coffee Inc, Treats from Dublin Doughnut Co., mulled wine, The Big Blue Bus pizza and a full bar will provide the rest.
Admission is free.
And there will be a Food Drop stall for Crosscare, who distribute food to over 60 charities around Dublin to homeless services and families below the poverty line. They are looking for Tinned meat and fish, Tinned veg, Tinned desserts, Tinned soups, Pasta, Rice, Sugar, Teabags, Instant coffee, Biscuits etc A great opportunity to give back.
www.facebook.com/events/910001792408621/
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Christmas Roadshow in Henry Street & Grafton Street
13:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Dec
Henry Street, Dublin 1
A giant snow globe, balloon modellers, Santa’s Postbox, face painters and more are going on a Christmas Roadshow to Henry Street (near Debenhams) and Grafton Street (near Stephen’s Green Shoppinc Centre) over four Sundays from 13:00-16;00.
This is the schedule:
+ 29 Nov: Henry Street
+ 06 Dec: Grafton Street
+ 13 Dec: Henry Street
+ 20 Dec: Grafton Street
www.dublinatchristmas.ie/whats-on-events/henry-grafton-street-christmas-roadshow
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Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Christmas Gig
13:00 – 14:00, Sun 20 Dec
CHQ Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir will perform a lunchtime gig at the I Believe Christmas Market either on the George’s Dock platform or in the CHQ building (weather dependent).
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir is one of Ireland’s best Gospel Choirs and it was one of only two choirs that started the gospel choir movement in Ireland more than 15 years ago.
There will be gospel songs, Christmas Songs in gospel arrangements, but as well contemporary, even pop songs.
Admission is free.
And if you miss this lunchtime gig, you can come at 19:30 to the weekly Gospel Choir mass in Gardiner Street Church on Sunday evening.
www.facebook.com/TheGSGC/
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Support the Dublin Event Guide – Buy your books here!
13:00, Sun 20 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
If you regularly or occasionally buy books online, you can help the Dublin Event Guide hugely even without having to pay cent directly. In fact you even save money this way:
Buy your books from The Book Depository and get better prices and free (!!) delivery for all orders independent from the volume and when you click on the picture here before you buy, then 5% of what normally The Book Depository would get, they give back to the Dublin Event Guide. Everybody wins!
www.bookdepository.com?a_aid=dubevg
If you prefer Amazon to buy your books (for free postage you need to order a minimum of GBP 25), then use this Amazon link to help the Dublin Event Guide. Thanks!
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Christmas Under The Clock
14:00 – 18:00, Sun 20 Dec
GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Some additional Christmas events will happen in O’Connell Street from Thursday-Sunday over two weekends. (10-13/17-20 December).
There will be performances, puppet shows, storytelling, singing. Christmas Kraoke, drumming workshops and dancing.
A highlight is Ireland’s premier aerial circus company “Fidget Feet”, who will present theatre in the sky as mischievous elves climb O’Connell Street buildings and cranes. Twelve aerial dancers will impress the audience on Sunday from 15:00.
Watch last Sunday’s perfromance here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZt0kYi3sg Impressive!!
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/691701240967538/
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Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up
14:00, Sun 20 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
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!
www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/
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Freedom from the Past – Talk
14:00 – 15:30, Sun 20 Dec
Brahma Kumaris Ireland, 6 Clare Street, Dublin 2
This is a talk about how to find freedom from the past.
“We feed our pain and bitterness without knowing. Events that happened years ago can still move in our system causing us irreparable damage and extinguishing our fire of love, peace and happiness. These hurts can be buried so deep that we are unaware of them being there.”
Admission is free.
www.brahmakumaris.org/ireland/whatson?org=380&month=12&year=2015
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Stella Bass Jazz Trio
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Dec
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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Christmas Storytelling at the National Print Museum
14:30, Sun 20 Dec
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
Come to the Print Museum for a fun and festive storytelling hour, which will feature a reading of Christmas at the Toy Museum, Children are welcome to bring along one of their own toys, which they think would like to live in a Toy Museum! Suitable for 3-7 year olds.
Admission is free, but spaces are limited and will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/
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Family Drawing Sundays
14:30 – 16:30, Sun 20 Dec
Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2
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Winter Solstice Tour
14:30, Sun 20 Dec
National Museum, Kildare Street (Archaeology), Dublin 2
Archaeologist Siobhan Rheinisch will bring you on a tour of the Prehistoric Ireland exhibition to find out how ancient people marked the mid-winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. View grave goods from the Neolithic passage tombs at Newgrange and Knowth Co. Meath and discover the skills used to create some of our most famous monuments and artefacts.
Admission is free and no booking required, but places limited to first 20. Suitable for Age 10+.
www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events?id=2750
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Chester Beatty Library’s Permanent Collections – Tour
15:00, Sun 20 Dec
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
The public tour “Highlights of the Chester Beatty Library’s permanent collection” will take place at 15:00 and at 16:00.
Admission is free and no booking is required, but each tour is limited to the first 15 participants.
www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx
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Museum Tour – National Print Museum
15:00 – 16:30, Sun 20 Dec
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
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.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/guided-tours.html
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Brian Keary plays Classical Guitar
16:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Dec
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.sweeneysdublin.ie/gigs.php
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Santa & the Starkeeper – Waterscreen Screening
16:30, Sun 20 Dec
Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
The short film “Santa & The Starkeeper” (5 min) will be screened every day at Dundrum Town Centre and the remarkable difference to other screening is that it will be screened on Ireland’s only Waterscreen (!!), which is the Mill Pond at Dundrum Town Centre.
The screening will happen every 20 minutes from 16:40 until Christmas. Admission is free.
www.dundrum.ie/news-events/santa-and-the-starkeeper
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The Dublin City Rounders – Gig
17:30, Sun 20 Dec
Red Bank Wine Bar, Duke Street, Dublin 2
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Wiley Fox Trad Session
18:00 – 20:00, Sun 20 Dec
Wiley Fox, 28 Eden Quay, Dublin 1
Every Sunday evening from 18:00-20:00, the Wiley Fox is hosting a trad session, where Ireland’s finest traditional musicians will play for you.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/thewileyfox
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Sweeney’s Dixieland Jazzmen
18:30 – 20:30, Sun 20 Dec
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Jawbone – Acoustic Folk & Blues Night
19:00 – 21:00, Sun 20 Dec
Arthur’s Pub, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
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Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass
19:30 – 20:30, Sun 20 Dec
St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.
Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)
www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
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Buckshot Amber – Gig
20:00, Sun 20 Dec
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Paul Hourican – Gig
20:00, Sun 20 Dec
Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2
Dublin singer and songwriter Paul Hourican launches his new album “Sea-Change” with acoustic renderings of the album’s tracks along with some special guests.
Mince Pies and mulled wine will be served and CDs of the album will be sold. All proceeds are going to Focus Ireland to help Dublin’s homeless.
www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/events/
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Apollo Sessions
20:30, Sun 20 Dec
Bleeding Horse, 24 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/apollosessions
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 00:00, Sun 20 Dec
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Rhythm Rocker
21:00, Sun 20 Dec
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“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).
www.facebook.com/rhythmrocker
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Tadgh & Ryan O’Shaughnessy
21:00, Sun 20 Dec
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads
21:30, Sun 20 Dec
Ha’Penny Bridge Inn, 42 Wellington Quay Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads are playing Ballads, Folk, Trad and Classic Country every Sunday. Featuring Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle and Banjo.
www.billytreacy.com/
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Cool Hand Dukes
22:00, Sun 20 Dec
Porterhouse Central, 45-47 Nassau Street, Dublin 2
Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.
www.facebook.com/coolhand.dukes.1
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The Dublin Blues Cartel – Gig
22:30, Sun 20 Dec
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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The Dodgy Few – Gig
23:00, Sun 20 Dec
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Christmas Markets in Dublin – Comprehensive List
08:45, Mon 21 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
To help you with your Christmas entertainment and Christmas shopping, the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) has a comprehensive list of all (free) Christmas Markets in Greater Dublin for you!
The first markets start on 22 Nov and the longest run is until 03 January.
Check it out at www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com and tell all your friends!
www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com/
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Hand 4 Homelessness – World Recod Attempt
09:30 – 17:30, Mon 21 Dec
Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin 2
Hand 4 Homelessness is a fundraising initiative by TV3 that involved you leaving your hand print on a giant mural to show your support for homelessness. Participation is not free (EUR 2 per handprint), but checking out the mural is and while you are there, you might as well help the homeless a little!? 3000 people are needed to break the Guinness World Record.
www.dublinatchristmas.ie/christmas/hand-4-homelessness-with-tv3-and-focus-ireland
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‘Choose Your Own Tracks’ – Photo Trail
11:00 – 13:00, Mon 21 Dec
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Emily Gallagher will run a weekly “just for fun” photo trail where you get instructions to hunt for specific snaps around the city centre. Afterwards the symbolic significance to the snaps will be shared. The overall theme is “Get a glimpse of directions you may wish your life to take and discover decisions you may desire to make.”
Meeting point is the Meeting House Square.
Participation in the photo trails is free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 0852725095
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I Believe Christmas Village
11:00 – 20:00, Mon 21 Dec
CHQ Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1
At George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building will be this year’s main Christmas market for Dublin. There is a Christmas Village (elsehwere you call that a Christmas Market!) and admission to it is free.
The market runs every day from 26 Nov-23 Dec (Mon-Fri: 11:00-20:00, Sat: 10:00-21:00, Sun 10:00-20:00).
The Christmas Market will be on the platform in George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building. There are also a small number of pop-up-shops and some activities in the CHQ building.
It seems that the hopes and expectations of the organisers and – even more importantly – of the traders at this market were not fulfilled, so my personal expectation is that a return of this market next year is not guaranteed. Go while it is still there!
www.ibelieveinchristmas.ie/
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Live Animal Crib
11:00 – 17:00, Mon 21 Dec
Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2
The Live Animal Crib at Mansion House is a yearly Christmas feature. It will be open from 08 Dec until Christmas Eve and is brought to you in association with the Irish Farmers Association.
And just in case you are worried: The animals in the crib are brought there in the morning and brought back home in the evening, so they are looked after well.
Admission is free, but donations for the charity “Mansion House Fuel Fund” are appreciated.
The opening on 08 Dec will start at 10:30.
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Mon 21 Dec
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Mart Christmas Market
12:00 – 19:00, Mon 21 Dec
Old Fire Station, 190a Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
The Mart Christmas Market will only have 10 stalls, but there will be new traders every day, so you can come a number of times and get new ideas and buy great presents every time.
Expect Art, Design, Craft, Knits/Fashion and Jewellery.
The market will run for 8 days from 11-13 December and then again from 17-21 December (from 12:00-19:00 every day).
Admission is free and yes, indeed, this market takes place on MONDAY.
www.mart.ie/market/
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Mon 21 Dec
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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.
www.ifi.ie/
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Moving Crib
14:00 – 18:00, Mon 21 Dec
St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
The Moving Crib of the St. Martin Apostolate is a whole basement full of handcrafted figures in front of painted backgrounds of nativity related scenes. There are 14 scenes, beginning with Adam and Eve and finishing with Christmas. Nearly all figures are moving and this historic crib, which was created in 1956, still fascinates children (and some adults!)
Admission is free, but for the upkeep of the crib, a donation of EUR 1.50 per person is suggested.
The opening times are 23 Nov-10 January: Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 and Sat+Sun: 11:30-18:00.
www.stmartin.ie/visiting-crib/
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Santa & the Starkeeper – Waterscreen Screening
16:30, Mon 21 Dec
Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
The short film “Santa & The Starkeeper” (5 min) will be screened every day at Dundrum Town Centre and the remarkable difference to other screening is that it will be screened on Ireland’s only Waterscreen (!!), which is the Mill Pond at Dundrum Town Centre.
The screening will happen every 20 minutes from 16:40 until Christmas. Admission is free.
www.dundrum.ie/news-events/santa-and-the-starkeeper
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City Of Dublin Winter Solstice Celebration 2015
17:30 – 19:30, Mon 21 Dec
Smithfield Square, Dublin 7
This family friendly event brings you traditional storytelling, poetry, céilí and craft making at the shortest day/longest night of the year. And it culminates in a big Fire Ceremony.
Your invited to participate through costuming, drumming, parading, flag carrying and being a participant in the Winter Solstice Fire Ceremony.
Some of the timings:
+ Gathering Begins 17:30
+ Lighting of the Winter Solstice Ceremonial Fire 18:40
+ Parade Assembles 18:40
+ Fire Ceremony 19:00-19:30
The celebrations got shortened and simplified a good bit in comparison to the 2013 celebrations here www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Or68-BIaY so I am not sure if and how the storytelling or craft making will happen on Smithfield Square, but it looks like an interesting event nevertheless, so bring your drums and dress up and enjoy.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/1632561660337327/
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Hold Up – Gig
20:00, Mon 21 Dec
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Song Cycle
20:00, Mon 21 Dec
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.whelanslive.com
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The Lazy Band – Arthur’s Pub
20:00, Mon 21 Dec
Arthur’s Pub, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
The Lazy Band will be in Arthur’s for their yearly Christmas Lazy Gig. They play folk, trad and roots with a bit of jazz. Special Guests are The Gospel Project.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/1100539293319358/
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Al Porter’s Comedy Shed
20:30, Mon 21 Dec
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Mon 21 Dec
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Jazz Jam Session – Grand Social
21:00, Mon 21 Dec
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
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).
www.facebook.com/pages/Jazz-Jam-Session-at-The-Grand-Social/224553674385198
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Trad Sessions
21:00 – 23:30, Mon 21 Dec
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan – Gig
21:30, Mon 21 Dec
JJ Smith’s Jazz & Blues Club, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Donal Kirk and Anto Drennan are playing music from Lowell George Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Free, Bad Company, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Bobby Bland, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Etta James, Elvis, Ry Cooder, Dobie Gray, Guy Clarke, early ZZ Top, Dave Edmunds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson.
Admission is free.
www.jjsmyths.com/gigs/mondays/844-donal-kirk-band-feat-anto-drennan-2.html?month=12&year=2015
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Christmas Markets in Dublin – Comprehensive List
08:45, Tue 22 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
To help you with your Christmas entertainment and Christmas shopping, the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) has a comprehensive list of all (free) Christmas Markets in Greater Dublin for you!
The first markets start on 22 Nov and the longest run is until 03 January.
Check it out at www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com and tell all your friends!
www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com/
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“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour
11:00 – 13:00, Tue 22 Dec
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“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
www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/
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I Believe Christmas Village
11:00 – 20:00, Tue 22 Dec
CHQ Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1
At George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building will be this year’s main Christmas market for Dublin. There is a Christmas Village (elsehwere you call that a Christmas Market!) and admission to it is free.
The market runs every day from 26 Nov-23 Dec (Mon-Fri: 11:00-20:00, Sat: 10:00-21:00, Sun 10:00-20:00).
The Christmas Market will be on the platform in George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building. There are also a small number of pop-up-shops and some activities in the CHQ building.
It seems that the hopes and expectations of the organisers and – even more importantly – of the traders at this market were not fulfilled, so my personal expectation is that a return of this market next year is not guaranteed. Go while it is still there!
www.ibelieveinchristmas.ie/
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Irish Record Fairs – Market
11:00 – 18:00, Tue 22 Dec
The MART, 190a Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Only three more opportunities to buy CDs, DVDs, Vinyl and collectors items from Irish Record Fairs before Christmas:
+ 19 Dec: Thomas House, 88 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
+ 22+23 Dec: The Mart, Old Firestation, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/494551184049920/
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Live Animal Crib
11:00 – 17:00, Tue 22 Dec
Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2
The Live Animal Crib at Mansion House is a yearly Christmas feature. It will be open from 08 Dec until Christmas Eve and is brought to you in association with the Irish Farmers Association.
And just in case you are worried: The animals in the crib are brought there in the morning and brought back home in the evening, so they are looked after well.
Admission is free, but donations for the charity “Mansion House Fuel Fund” are appreciated.
The opening on 08 Dec will start at 10:30.
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Tue 22 Dec
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Moving Crib
14:00 – 18:00, Tue 22 Dec
St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
The Moving Crib of the St. Martin Apostolate is a whole basement full of handcrafted figures in front of painted backgrounds of nativity related scenes. There are 14 scenes, beginning with Adam and Eve and finishing with Christmas. Nearly all figures are moving and this historic crib, which was created in 1956, still fascinates children (and some adults!)
Admission is free, but for the upkeep of the crib, a donation of EUR 1.50 per person is suggested.
The opening times are 23 Nov-10 January: Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 and Sat+Sun: 11:30-18:00.
www.stmartin.ie/visiting-crib/
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Santa & the Starkeeper – Waterscreen Screening
16:30, Tue 22 Dec
Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
The short film “Santa & The Starkeeper” (5 min) will be screened every day at Dundrum Town Centre and the remarkable difference to other screening is that it will be screened on Ireland’s only Waterscreen (!!), which is the Mill Pond at Dundrum Town Centre.
The screening will happen every 20 minutes from 16:40 until Christmas. Admission is free.
www.dundrum.ie/news-events/santa-and-the-starkeeper
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Dublin Bluegrass Collective – Gig
20:00, Tue 22 Dec
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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.
www.facebook.com/Sin.E.Pub
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Love Minus Zero – Gig
20:00, Tue 22 Dec
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Ukulele Tuesday
20:00 – 22:00, Tue 22 Dec
Stag’s Head, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday
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Blue Moon Folk and Blues – Gig
20:30, Tue 22 Dec
The Beerhouse, 84.5 Capel Street, Dublin 1
Live sessions with the Blue Moon Folk and Blues Collective are taking place every Tuesday at the Beerhouse. Admission is free.
www.beerhousedublin.com/
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The Folk Club
20:30, Tue 22 Dec
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/TheGrandFolkClub
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Tue 22 Dec
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Pete Cummins – Gig
21:00, Tue 22 Dec
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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Phoenix Big Band
21:00 – 23:00, Tue 22 Dec
Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4
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
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Sober Lane Pub Quiz
21:00, Tue 22 Dec
Sober Lane D4, 82 Irishtown Road, Dublin 4
Every week there is a free pub quiz in Sober Lane, the new-ish pub in Irishtown. There are lots of other weekly events happening there too, check them out here.
www.soberlane.com/
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The Lounge Quintet – Jazz Gig
21:00, Tue 22 Dec
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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Camden Sessions – Singer/Songwriter Night
21:30, Tue 22 Dec
Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/TheCamdenSessions
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International Bar Jazz Night
21:30, Tue 22 Dec
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.international-bar.com/jazz/
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Christmas Markets in Dublin – Comprehensive List
08:45, Wed 23 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
To help you with your Christmas entertainment and Christmas shopping, the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) has a comprehensive list of all (free) Christmas Markets in Greater Dublin for you!
The first markets start on 22 Nov and the longest run is until 03 January.
Check it out at www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com and tell all your friends!
www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com/
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Cafe Drawing Session – Rua Red
11:00, Wed 23 Dec
Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, D24
Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.
ruared.ie/
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I Believe Christmas Village
11:00 – 20:00, Wed 23 Dec
CHQ Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1
At George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building will be this year’s main Christmas market for Dublin. There is a Christmas Village (elsehwere you call that a Christmas Market!) and admission to it is free.
The market runs every day from 26 Nov-23 Dec (Mon-Fri: 11:00-20:00, Sat: 10:00-21:00, Sun 10:00-20:00).
The Christmas Market will be on the platform in George’s Dock and at the side of the CHQ building. There are also a small number of pop-up-shops and some activities in the CHQ building.
It seems that the hopes and expectations of the organisers and – even more importantly – of the traders at this market were not fulfilled, so my personal expectation is that a return of this market next year is not guaranteed. Go while it is still there!
www.ibelieveinchristmas.ie/
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Irish Record Fairs – Market
11:00 – 18:00, Wed 23 Dec
The MART, 190a Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Only three more opportunities to buy CDs, DVDs, Vinyl and collectors items from Irish Record Fairs before Christmas:
+ 19 Dec: Thomas House, 88 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
+ 22+23 Dec: The Mart, Old Firestation, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/494551184049920/
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Live Animal Crib
11:00 – 17:00, Wed 23 Dec
Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2
The Live Animal Crib at Mansion House is a yearly Christmas feature. It will be open from 08 Dec until Christmas Eve and is brought to you in association with the Irish Farmers Association.
And just in case you are worried: The animals in the crib are brought there in the morning and brought back home in the evening, so they are looked after well.
Admission is free, but donations for the charity “Mansion House Fuel Fund” are appreciated.
The opening on 08 Dec will start at 10:30.
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Wed 23 Dec
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Wed 23 Dec
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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.
www.ifi.ie/
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Moving Crib
14:00 – 18:00, Wed 23 Dec
St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
The Moving Crib of the St. Martin Apostolate is a whole basement full of handcrafted figures in front of painted backgrounds of nativity related scenes. There are 14 scenes, beginning with Adam and Eve and finishing with Christmas. Nearly all figures are moving and this historic crib, which was created in 1956, still fascinates children (and some adults!)
Admission is free, but for the upkeep of the crib, a donation of EUR 1.50 per person is suggested.
The opening times are 23 Nov-10 January: Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 and Sat+Sun: 11:30-18:00.
www.stmartin.ie/visiting-crib/
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Havana International Language Exchange
16:30 – 19:30, Wed 23 Dec
Havana Tapas Bar, Georges St, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821
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Santa & the Starkeeper – Waterscreen Screening
16:30, Wed 23 Dec
Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
The short film “Santa & The Starkeeper” (5 min) will be screened every day at Dundrum Town Centre and the remarkable difference to other screening is that it will be screened on Ireland’s only Waterscreen (!!), which is the Mill Pond at Dundrum Town Centre.
The screening will happen every 20 minutes from 16:40 until Christmas. Admission is free.
www.dundrum.ie/news-events/santa-and-the-starkeeper
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Back Door Sessions – Open Mic Night
19:00, Wed 23 Dec
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Interskalactic – Ska Gig
20:00, Wed 23 Dec
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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King Kong Club
20:00, Wed 23 Dec
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/TheKingKongClubDublin
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Anseo Comedy Club
20:30, Wed 23 Dec
Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
The Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).
Admission is free, donations are welcome.
www.facebook.com/StandUpComedyClub
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The Song Room (open mic)
20:30, Wed 23 Dec
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.
www.theglobe.ie/events
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The Zodiac Sessions (open mic)
20:30, Wed 23 Dec
Bruxelles, Harry Street, Dublin 2
“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.
www.facebook.com/zodiacsessions
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Bad Boy Jake
21:00, Wed 23 Dec
Gypsy Rose Blues & Rock Bar, 5 Aston Quay, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Los Paradiso – Gig
21:00, Wed 23 Dec
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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Jazz Pigs – Gig
21:30, Wed 23 Dec
4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/dublinjazzpigs
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Tetratonic Quartet – Jazz Gig
21:30, Wed 23 Dec
Mother Reilly’s, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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Trad Session
21:30, Wed 23 Dec
Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru), 4 Prospect Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 11
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).
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Christmas Markets in Dublin – Comprehensive List
08:45, Thu 24 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
To help you with your Christmas entertainment and Christmas shopping, the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) has a comprehensive list of all (free) Christmas Markets in Greater Dublin for you!
The first markets start on 22 Nov and the longest run is until 03 January.
Check it out at www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com and tell all your friends!
www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com/
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Live Animal Crib
11:00 – 17:00, Thu 24 Dec
Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2
The Live Animal Crib at Mansion House is a yearly Christmas feature. It will be open from 08 Dec until Christmas Eve and is brought to you in association with the Irish Farmers Association.
And just in case you are worried: The animals in the crib are brought there in the morning and brought back home in the evening, so they are looked after well.
Admission is free, but donations for the charity “Mansion House Fuel Fund” are appreciated.
The opening on 08 Dec will start at 10:30.
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Thu 24 Dec
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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.
nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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The Green Door Market
12:00 – 16:00, Thu 24 Dec
18 Newmarket, Dublin 8
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.
www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin
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Moving Crib
14:00 – 18:00, Thu 24 Dec
St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
The Moving Crib of the St. Martin Apostolate is a whole basement full of handcrafted figures in front of painted backgrounds of nativity related scenes. There are 14 scenes, beginning with Adam and Eve and finishing with Christmas. Nearly all figures are moving and this historic crib, which was created in 1956, still fascinates children (and some adults!)
Admission is free, but for the upkeep of the crib, a donation of EUR 1.50 per person is suggested.
The opening times are 23 Nov-10 January: Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 and Sat+Sun: 11:30-18:00.
www.stmartin.ie/visiting-crib/
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Santa & the Starkeeper – Waterscreen Screening
16:30, Thu 24 Dec
Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
The short film “Santa & The Starkeeper” (5 min) will be screened every day at Dundrum Town Centre and the remarkable difference to other screening is that it will be screened on Ireland’s only Waterscreen (!!), which is the Mill Pond at Dundrum Town Centre.
The screening will happen every 20 minutes from 16:40 until Christmas. Admission is free.
www.dundrum.ie/news-events/santa-and-the-starkeeper
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Brazilian Dance – Forró
18:00, Thu 24 Dec
D-One Bar, 89 Capel Street, Dublin 1
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.
www.facebook.com/donebardublin
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“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour – Night Walk
19:00 – 21:00, Thu 24 Dec
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“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
www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/
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The Xchange – Language Exchange
19:00, Thu 24 Dec
Czech Inn, Essex Gate, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Dimestore Recordings presents
20:00, Thu 24 Dec
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/DimeStoreRecords
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Toasted Special – Gig
20:00, Thu 24 Dec
Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
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Brady’s Fun Pub Quiz
21:30, Thu 24 Dec
Brady’s Pub, 5 Terenure Place, Terenure, Dublin 6
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.)
www.facebook.com/pages/Bradys-Pub-Terenure/138965189474826
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International Bar Jazz Night
21:30, Thu 24 Dec
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.international-bar.com/jazz/
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Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul
21:30, Thu 24 Dec
Frank Ryan’s Bar, Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.
www.frankryans.com
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McLoughlin’s Trad Night
21:30, Thu 24 Dec
McLoughlin’s Bar, 73 Upper George’s Street, Dun Laoghaire
A weekly Trad Music Night is taking place in McLoughlin’s in Dun Laoghaire. It is an acoustic night and all musicians are welcome. Admission is free.
www.mcloughlinsbar.ie
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McNeills Trad Music Pub Sessions
21:30, Thu 24 Dec
J. McNeills, 140 Capel Street, Dublin 7
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Woolshed Karaoke
21:30, Thu 24 Dec
Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
08:00, Fri 25 Dec
Dublin (various locations)
Merry Christmas to everyone!
I hope you will have a nice Christmas in the way and form you like it! If you are alone and happy with it, it is the perfect way to celebrate and if you are in a big buzzing family or with friends and you are happy with it, then that is also perfect, If you are alone and not happy with it, then make sure that you make this day extra special ANYWAY! And if you are in company and not happy with it, maybe don’t go next year or leave early? :-)
Whatever you do, have a great day!
It is one of the few days of the year, when shops, pubs and restaurants are closed and I always pity tourists from the European Continent on that day. Because in the rest of Europe, Christmas Eve is the BIG event, restaurants are open again on Christmas Day. Not so in Ireland! It has been a number of times that I saw tourists in the City Centre that were absolutely shocked and lost because nearly everything is closed.
Thanks to our brothers and sisters from other countries and – in this case – especially from other religions, you now find a few Centras, Spars etc open on that day because Christmas doesn’t rate highly in their calendar.
If you are a tourist and read this to find out where to go for food, try the Spar in Dame Street at the corner with George’s Street. You might be in luck.
And after a long search, I found another exception for everyone who could do with going out on Christmas Day. It is a Christmas Dinner in a Bar and a free gig by the Dublin City Rounders in Murray’s Bar in O’Connell Street (see separate event listing in this Dublin Event Guide).
If you forgot to buy the cream for the Christmas Pudding, hurry out in the morning because some shops only open for a few hours in the morning.
A lot will be back to normal on 26 Dec, despite the fact that it is still a holiday. Many shops will be back open and restaurants and pubs will also welcome you again.
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40 Foot Christmas Morning Swim
09:00, Fri 25 Dec
Forty Foot, Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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GOAL Mile
10:00, Fri 25 Dec
Papal Cross Carpark, Phoenix Park, Dublin 7
Another traditional event on Christmas Day for many is to run the GOAL Mile. This is how it works: You register, you turn up, you run one mile and make a donation. All donations will go to GOAL.
There are numerous events around Dublin, one example is the Phoenix Park run at the Papal Cross, which will start at 10:30 and finish at 12:00.
Use the map function on the website below to find one near you.
www.goalglobal.org/events/event/goal-mile
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The Dublin City Rounders – Gig
15:00, Fri 25 Dec
Murray’s Bar, 33-34 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
If you are on your own or are visiting Ireland over Christmas (and are regretting it on 25 December), there is a pub that is here to help and it might as well be the only pub in the whole City.
Murray’s Bar on O’Connell St open at 12:00 on Christmas Day for Christmas Dinner and free live music from 15:00 with the Dublin City Rounders playing Old Timey, Western Swing, Blues, Folk, Rockabilly, Vaudville.
www.facebook.com/events/160377170986150/
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Temple Bar Trad Fest
At the end of January, the Temple Bar Trad Fest takes place and there is a whole range of free gigs, but you need to get tickets for them and the free ticket “sales” has been launched already. Hurry, if you are interested in Trad or Folk! The important link is here:
frontrowsessions.tickets.ie/
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Dublin Mountains Partnership – Guided Walks
13+19+20+27 December
Every month the Dublin Mountain Partnership runs free guided walks in the Dublin Mountains on some Saturdays or Sundays during the month. The walks have varying difficulty and duration and the details can be found on the Dublin Mountain Partnership website: www.dublinmountains.ie/news/upcoming_events/?no_cache=1
In December there will be 4 walks/hikes on 13+19+20+27 December.
All walks are free, but pre-registration is required.
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Not free, but interesting nevertheless:
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Are you having fun with food???
Most of us have heard at some stage in our life that playing with food is not ok. And maybe even the poor children in Africa was thrown in by your parents/guardians as an enhancing and emphasising argument. The argument was a strong one and apart from events like the Tomatina in the Valencian town of Buñol, where participants throw mountains of tomatoes at each other, there is really not much “playing with food” happening.
But then I discovered “fun sized apples” and “fun sized bananas”! WTF?!?!
Are they then for having fun with and why? Or are they only for playing because they are small? Or is fun meant in a different way? Maybe there are not to have fun with, but to make fun about? Crude people!
And there are more questions: Who came up with the idea that small things are “fun sized”? Does that make it ok to go to someone smaller than you, who you met on a night out and tell him or her: “You are fun sized!” ;-) And can tall people not be fun? There is discrimination (against apples and bananas!) written all over this! :-P
But seriously, the shops really must think we are idiots if they think that if they called these apples “Small apples”, we would buy them less than if they are called “fun sized”?
And why have ALL supermarkets adopted this stupid naming??
Very odd!!
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