Dublin Event Guide 450: Temple Bar Tradfest, Dublin Flea Market, Startup Europe Week, First Wednesday

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

The Temple Bar Tradfest continues until Sunday evening and this weekend, the main free events are the Music Trail in Pubs and Bars in the Temple Bar area in the late afternoons and evenings.
Details can be found here www.templebartrad.com/event/tradfest-music-trail/

And the other highlight are the children events (many in The Ark) that are all listed here: www.templebartrad.com/category/tradkids

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

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

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
+ St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
+ Father Collins Park, Donaghmeade/Clongriffin

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 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.

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.

Four free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 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:

+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced

Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.

Discover the connection between the Celtic festival of Imbolc and the feast day of St Brigid with Museum educator Jennifer O’Mahony and create your own craft piece with felt artist Gabi McGrath.

Admission is free and booking is required via 01 6486334. This event is for adults.

The Irish Writers’ Centre is celebrating its 25th anniversary and invites to an Open Day.

There will be tours of the building and you can get information about courses and all other activities of the centre.

Admission is free.

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

A Mandarin Language Tour with Vicky Wang will take place in the Chester Beatty Library.

Admission is free and meeting point is in the atrium.

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

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

Admission is free.

Irish Record Fairs are running their next Thomas House Vinyl Market in the Thomas House pub on Saturday.

Admission is free.

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

The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

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.

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.

A march from Liberty Hall to the GPO aand then to Moore Street will take place to demand the preservation of whole Moore Street Terrace as a national monument. This is a non party-political event.

“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

An Arabic Language Tour with Karma El Shawa will take place in the Chester Beatty Library.

Admission is free and meeting point is in the atrium.

Every Saturday a kid’s book will be read in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below). Suitable for age 0-6 with their parents.

Admission is free.

This event is a demonstration of the uniforms weapons and drill of the Irish Volunteers.

In the months and weeks before the Easter Rising units of the Volunteers around Ireland came together to practice drill and be reviewed by their leaders. Experience these sights and sounds on Clarke square at Collins Barracks as re-enactors of Lord Edward’s Own bring 1916 history to life.

Admission is free and no booking require.

01 February is the feast day of St Brigid, one of the patron saints of Ireland and at this event you will learn about a special shrine which was thought to contain the shoe of St Brigid. Have a go at making your own mini shoes from felt with felt artist Gabi McGrath.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6486332.

The Family Workshop is entitled “A Kaleidoscope of Colour” with Libby Simington and it is suitable for 4-10 year olds with their parents.

Admissionis free, but places are limited. Check out the details on the website below.

Ye Vagabonds are back in the Harbour Bar for the Banjo and Bovril Festival.

Admission is free.

The Bonny Men are playing a gig in the Harbour Bar at the Banjo and Bovril Trad Festival.

Admission is free.

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.

Pine Martens will play a gig at the Banjo and Bovril Trad Festival in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

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

Sugar Dave’s Rocking Acoustic Session is coming to the Mezz on Saturday.

Admission is free.

Lisa O’Neil will play a old-style folk gig at the Banjo and Bovril Festival in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Ditch Cassidy will sing his Blues, Rock and some Soul at this gig.

Admission is free.

Boom Child and Cascades are playing in te Midnight Slot at Whelan’s. Admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.

The Juke Joint Aces will fill the midnight slot in the Mezz.

Admission is free.

In addition to the Saturday Car Boot Sale in Tallaght, Irish Car Boot Sales run a weekly Sunday Car Boot Sales in Ballymun.

Admission for buyers is free.

The Temple Bar Tradfest continues until Sunday evening and this weekend, the main free events are the Music Trail in Pubs and Bars in the Temple Bar area in the late afternoons and evenings.
Details can be found here www.templebartrad.com/event/tradfest-music-trail/

And the other highlight are the children events (many in The Ark) that are all listed here: www.templebartrad.com/category/tradkids

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

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

This fun bird finding challenge is part of the dlr Biodiversity events. Identify 20 different bird species in 90 minutes! It will be a great event for energetic families who don’t mind racing around the park looking for birds! Bird guides will be supplied.

The event is lead by Andrew (Mouse) Fleming from OWLS.

Admission is free, but booking is required: Text Andrew on 087 3299936.

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

The 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.

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.

Three free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 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:

+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced

Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.

The next Dublin Flea Market is taking place in the Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket, just off Cork Street, Dublin 8 on Sunday from 11:00-17:00. The flea market takes place every last Sunday of the month and admission is free. For more information or if you want to sell your own stuff, check out www.dublinflea.ie

“A bizarre bazaar of vintage clothing, bric-a-brac and what nots, old and new. Stalls include hand-made goods, art, jewellery, furniture, records and lots more unwanted items that may just be your treasure!”
The Co-op Hall is wheelchair accessible, the Green Market hall on the other side of Teeling’s Distillery is houses an extension of the Flea Market and there are also stalls outside on Newmarket Square.

A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.

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

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

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

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.

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 RTÉ Contempo Quartet, performing the “The Essential Quartet Series 5” with works by Jane O’Leary and Franz Schubert.

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.

“In this hands-on workshop lead by Carl DiSalvo, participants will speculate on the future of farming and food systems and develop design concepts exploring how emerging technologies might be used in agricultural production and distribution. Of particular interest is how we might appropriate or re-design technologies meant for industrial agriculture to be used in alternative contexts such as small-scale farms, community gardens, foraging, and smaller-scale production of foodstuffs such as cheese-making, butchering, canning, etc.”

Carl DiSalvo is researcher, designer, and educator based in Atlanta. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he directs the Public Design Workshop.

Admission is free but spaces are limited. To register email Colin Fives at colin.fives@dublin.sciencegallery.com

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!

Every Sunday a free tour takes place in the Hugh Lane Gallery.

Admission is free and booking is not required, but places are limited, so early arrival is recommended.

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

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

The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00.

The line up for the next performances is:

Sat 30 Jan: Brian Dunning (Flute) & Sean Whelan (Guitar)
Sun 31 Jan: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
Fri 05 Feb: Dario Rodighiero (Piano)

Admission is free.

BreizhEire are inviting to a Breton Dance Session on Sunday from 15:00-18:00. A Polish Trad Band will then play from 18:00-22:00.

Admission is free.

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

The Sunday Lecture “Late 18th and early 19th century portraiture” with Dr Nicola Figgis (University College Dublin) is part of a free lecture series in January themed around the current Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015 exhibition.

Come to the Museum to celebrating St. Bridget’s Day. Learn about the traditions of St. Bridget’s Cross and have a go at making your own.

Admission is free and no booking required.

During these workshops for 4 to 12 year olds, they will explore paintings, sculpture and architectural features through discussion and drawing.

Admission is free and no booking is required, but numbers are limited.

Travel around European traditional dancing culture without a ticket at the Bal Folk Dance Sessions.

And if you don’t know how to dance, don’t worry! Workshops are provided and admission is free.

The event takes place every Sunday in the Cobblestone Pub. The time alternates a little: On 1st+2nd Sunday of the month it is from 16:00-19:00 and on 3rd and 4th Sunday from 18:00-22:00. And on every 4th Sunday there is also a Breton session from 15:00.

The Banjo and Bovril Trad Festival continues in the Harbour Bar in Bray and the line-up on Sunday will be

16:00 The Lonesome Boatmen
16:30 Darren Eedens
17:30 Old Hannah (Bluegrass Western, Swing and Roots)
19:00 Rónán Ó Snódaigh & Pete Pamf

Admission is free.

Every Sunday evening from 18:00-20:00, the Wiley Fox is hosting a trad session, where some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians will play for you.

Admission is free.

The Sweeney’s Dixeland Jazzmen play their weekly gig on the ground floor in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

Firehouse #18 is a free evening of film screenings on Sunday in the IMMA Lecture Room. The Firehouse Film Contest is a monthly short film festival in Dublin to encourage new filmmakers to make shorts in a low-pressure, low-cost environment.

IMMA 25 is a youth collective for anyone aged 18-25 who is interested in the arts.

Admission is free. More information on the website below.

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

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

“A-Musing” is a new Comedy Club in the Mercantile. It will feature some of Ireland’s best up and coming comedians every Sunday night.

Admission is free.

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! ;-)

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

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

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe. Admission is free.

The Pavement Kings play Rockabilly from 21:00 and
DJs Popocorn Peete and Little Dakota follow from 23:00-01:30 with a white variety of styles (Rockabilly, Calypso, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll, etc).

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

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

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

Admission is free.

The 68s will perform in the Mezz on Sunday.

Admission is free.

Startup Europe Week will take place from 01-05 February and there will be 15 different events in Dublin.

The week will celebrate Startups, give advise and help and support exisitng and new startups and 220 cities in 40 countries take part in it. The programme for the Dublin edition of this pan-European event looks very interesting and you can find all events on the Facebook Page below.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

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

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.

Metamorphosis is a project that engages artists from visual art, film, architecture and music composition in collaboration with academic researchers from the Humanities and Sciences.

There will be a multimedia pop-up exhibition from 01-06 February on Smithfield Square in regenerated shipping containers. The exhibition will showcase five mixed media artworks that communicate text based and experimental research through art.

Admission is free. (The Opening Reception is on Thursday 04 Feb from 17:00-19:00.)

There will also be a (non free) one-day symposium on 06 Feb, that will discuss the theme of collaboration between research and arts practice and will address how we can encourage the formation of interdisciplinary and intersectoral partnerships in Ireland.

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

The Irish Traditional Music Ensemble of the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) will perform four lunchtime gigs on the first four Mondays in February (01, 08, 15, 22 February) in Rathmines Library.

Admission is free, but booking is required via conservatory@dit.ie

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The next lecture in the Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series 2015-16 is

“India, Ireland and France: Burke’s Later Political Thought” by Richard Bourke (Queen Mary, University of London).

Admission is free.

This is a fortnightly workshop in the LexIcon Library builds on the basic introduction workshop (running on alternative Monday evenings) and introduces more technical tools for 3D modelling and highlights important preparations that should be considered when printing complex shapes.

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

Cinema fans are wanted for the test screening of a classroom drama. If you enjoyed films like “Dead Poets Society” or “Perks of being a Wallflower” or “Election”, then your opinion is important.

This is a private screening of an incomplete film that is not ready for review yet, but where the audience’s opinion will influence how the final product will turn out.

It will take place on Monday at 18:25. Admission is free, but booking is required via dublinscreenings@gmail.com (Include your name and age in the e-mail). The film is not yet certified and therefore only for Age 18+.

This screening is NOT for media and press and there will be a complete press and social media embargo.

And here is a short outline of the film:
“Ned and Conor are forced to share a bedroom at their boarding school. The loner and the star athlete at this rugby-mad school form an unlikely friendship until it’s tested by the authorities…”

“He Named me Malala” is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education and the attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. She miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund.

Guest Speaker will be Bernadette Crawford, Equality Adviser with Concern Worldwide

Admission is free, but seats must be reserved via developmentforum@ucdvo.org

This event is free of charge.

The Italian Film “È stato il figlio” will be screened in Italian with English subtitles. Some further information about the 2012 film by Daniele Cipri can be found on the website below.

Admission is free, but reservation via iicdublino@esteri.it is required.

Dr Shane Kenna author of “16Lives: Thomas MacDonagh” will deliver a lecture on the life and times of the executed 1916 leader.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 645 8812.

Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase. The line-up is not always easily findable on the Whelan’s website, but admission is always free.

The Circle Sessions is an “Open Mic” that provides an opportunity for up and coming musicians, spoken word artists, poets and comedians to perform.

Come to this weekly show to perform or to simply watch a great mix of music, poetry, spoken word and comedy.

Admission is free.

Every Monday the Woolshed Bar hosts “The Comedy Shed”, usually with 3 headline acts.

Admission is free.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, 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).

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).

An Open Trad Music Session is taking place every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

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.

Startup Europe Week will take place from 01-05 February and there will be 15 different events in Dublin.

The week will celebrate Startups, give advise and help and support exisitng and new startups and 220 cities in 40 countries take part in it. The programme for the Dublin edition of this pan-European event looks very interesting and you can find all events on the Facebook Page below.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

The Tuesday Talk in the National Gallery is entitled “The National Gallery of Ireland advances towards the future” with Sean Rainbird (National Gallery). Admission is free.

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

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

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

Metamorphosis is a project that engages artists from visual art, film, architecture and music composition in collaboration with academic researchers from the Humanities and Sciences.

There will be a multimedia pop-up exhibition from 01-06 February on Smithfield Square in regenerated shipping containers. The exhibition will showcase five mixed media artworks that communicate text based and experimental research through art.

Admission is free. (The Opening Reception is on Thursday 04 Feb from 17:00-19:00.)

There will also be a (non free) one-day symposium on 06 Feb, that will discuss the theme of collaboration between research and arts practice and will address how we can encourage the formation of interdisciplinary and intersectoral partnerships in Ireland.

Saudi Arabia executed 47 people in a single day on 02 January and Amnesty International is calling you now to protest against this total disregard for human rights.

On Tuesday 02 February at 12:45, a protest march will go from the Amnesty Office to the Saudi Arabian Embassy carrying 47 coffins to shame Saudi Arabia and condemn these executions.

If you can be a pallbearer contact act@amnesty.ie. And if you cannot make it to the Amnesty office for 12:45, you should come directly to the Saudi Arabian Embassy at 6- Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2 for 13:15.

More information is available on the Facebook Page below.

An Open Day will take place at the Inchicore College of Further Education on Emmet Road, Dublin 8 on Tuesday.

Admission is free. Further information about the college can be found at: www.inchicorecollege.ie

The Business Library in the Central Library is inviting to the talk “Interview Tips and Skills that will help you get the job you want” with Tina Kinirons.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 873 3996

Do you have an idea but need some help figuring out where to get started or what creative technologies might help bring the idea to life? Maybe you just want to bounce your idea off someone else?

Drop in to the Dún Laoghaire LexIcon Lab where Creative Technology Curator, Dr. Jake Rowan Byrne, other “makers” and
members of the community will be there and keen to help out.

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

“Infrastructure as Experience: Visualizing Networks After Snowden” is the full title of this talk by Dr Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan (Humboldt-Universität of Berlin) as part of the Digital Affects lecture series organised by the School of Drama, Film and Music.

You have trouble understanding the meaning of the title? Yes, we are with you!! Go to the website below and you will find an extensive explanation.

Admission seems to be free.

The Italian Instute of Culture offers you assistance if you are interested in reading Dante’s Comedy. The explanation will be in English, but the purpose is to make it possible for the readers to follow and enjoy the Italian original.

The schedule for the February readings is:
+ 02 Feb: Inferno 19
+ 16 Feb: Inferno 20
+ 17 Feb: Purgatorio 16
+ 23 Feb: Inferno 21
+ 24 Feb: Purgatorio 17

Admission is free, but reservation via iicdublino@esteri.it is required.

“The Coming-of-Age-Novel After Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916-2016” will mark the centenary of Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”. Contemporary authors Belinda McKeon, Paul Murray and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne will read from their coming of age novels and discuss the challenges of writing in the mode.

Admission is free.

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.

Discover the hidden diversity at Booterstown Marsh and the threats from plastic pollution at this lecture by Dr Dannielle Senga Green.

Admission is free.

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

Live sessions with the Blue Moon Folk and Blues Collective are taking place every Tuesday at the Beerhouse. Admission is free.

The Folk Club in Whelan’s will bring you the best in Trad, Ballads, Americana & World Music every Tuesday. The line-up this week is on the Facebook Page below. Admission is free.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

The Phoenix Big Band is a 16 piece band playing songs of the 1930s, 1940s and other big band arrangements and they are playing every Tuesday in the Tara Tower Hotel (since 2012!) for adult dancing. If you like to waltz, cha cha or foxtrot, come and enjoy their performance.

Admission is free.

The band plays in the main function room which is occasionally booked, so to confirm that they are playing, please ring the hotel on the day: Phone 01-2694666

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.

The Lounge Quintet plays this gig every Tuesday: Jazz Standards, Latin and Bebop. Often guest musicians and singers join them. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

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

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

Admission is free.

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

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

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

Entry charges at nearly all OPW sites are waived once a month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) wants to encourage people to visit the historic sites that it manages and has therfore started this initiative in 2011.

Most OPW owned sites can already be visited for free, but the sites that normally charge a fee will be free every first Wednesday as well. In the (extended) Greater Dublin Area this means you can visit the following sites for free:
+ The Casino, Marino (closed from 01 Nov-13 March)
+ Rathfarnham Castle
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments
+ Kilmainham Gaol
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow

As you can imagine, this event is very popular and therfore it is strongly recommended to arrive early at the venues. Once the day’s tickets are given out, you will not get access anymore.

Startup Europe Week will take place from 01-05 February and there will be 15 different events in Dublin.

The week will celebrate Startups, give advise and help and support exisitng and new startups and 220 cities in 40 countries take part in it. The programme for the Dublin edition of this pan-European event looks very interesting and you can find all events on the Facebook Page below.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

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.

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.

Metamorphosis is a project that engages artists from visual art, film, architecture and music composition in collaboration with academic researchers from the Humanities and Sciences.

There will be a multimedia pop-up exhibition from 01-06 February on Smithfield Square in regenerated shipping containers. The exhibition will showcase five mixed media artworks that communicate text based and experimental research through art.

Admission is free. (The Opening Reception is on Thursday 04 Feb from 17:00-19:00.)

There will also be a (non free) one-day symposium on 06 Feb, that will discuss the theme of collaboration between research and arts practice and will address how we can encourage the formation of interdisciplinary and intersectoral partnerships in Ireland.

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

The Library Lunchtime Lecture “From Dublin Westward: Petrie, Clonmacnoise and Aran” by Professor Tom Dunne will take place in the RIA. It will accompany the Library’s exhibition “Views of Dublin: original watercolours by George Petrie, MRIA, 1790-1866”.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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“Flowers: How plants made butterflies, bees and wasps” by Matthew Jebb is an afternoon lecture on Wednesday.

Flowers are more than just beautiful objects. They exploit the wind, water, insects, birds, bats and even humans to do their bidding. Matthew Jebb will explain how flowers also brought about the evolution of a huge diversity of the insect world and were themselves a product of the Age of the Dinosaurs.

Admission is free.

“The strange birth of liberal Ireland: Owen Sheehy-Skeffington and the progressive viewpoint, 1940-1961” by Prof. Brian Girvin, (University of Glasgow) is a talk in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2015-16.

Admission is free, but unfortunately the organisers didn’t tell us when it takes place. If I remember it right, it started last year at or close to 16:00, but you should be able to find out via 01-8961020 or 01-8961791.

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.

Did you ever want to try your hand at programming a robot, controlling your house from your phone or simply flashing some lights? This workshop will give you taste of how inputs and outputs on small computers such as the Raspberry Pi and Arduino, can be used to create smart solutions to everyday problems.

Admission is free. but booking via the Eventbrite site here is required. The workshop is for adults.

The full title of this lecture is “Inscribing Environmental Memory: Bringing the Historical Past and Underrepresented SSH Knowledge to the Global Change Agenda” and it is by Prof Steven Hartman (Mid Sweden University), organised by Environmental Humanities at Trinity College Dublin.

Details about the talk are on the website below.

A brief peek into the topic can be given by explaining Inscribing Environmental Memory (IEM), a research initiative:

“The IEM initiative seeks to complete and refine our understanding of how past societies responded to environmental change by drawing upon the rich vein of medieval saga literature unique to Iceland, alongside equally rich material cultural and palaeoecological data from Iceland and the wider North Atlantic.”

Admission seems to be free.

Dublin PubhD or “PhD in the Pub” is an event where once every month three postgraduate or postdoctoral students will share the content of their PhD in under ten minutes and without the help of Powerpoint or other visual helps.

The event is open to all and welcomes presenters at any stage of their research degree, even those who have submitted their thesis and can offer insight into life after the PhD. Talks last ten minutes with an additional twenty minutes allocated for questions and answers.

The next Dublin PubhD event is on Wednesday in the basement of the Stag’s Head.

Admission is free.

This is an open mic night every Wednesday. Arrive, sign up and play. Admission is free.

Dr Brian Hanley presents a three part lecture series which will examine in detail the lead up to the Rising, what really happened over those momentous days and its impact on future generations.

The lectures are
+ On the eve: Dublin before the Rising
+ Thank God we have lived to see this day
+ Who fears to speak

And the three lectures take place on these three days in these libraries:

* Wednesdays at Walkinstown Library: 03, 10, 17 February at 19:00. Book via 01-4558159
* Thursdays at Ballymun Library: 04, 11, 18 February at 11:00. Book via 01-8421890
* Tuesdays at Central Library: 23 February, 01, 08 March at 13:00. Book via 01-8734333
* Wednesdays at Rathmines Library: 24 February, 02, 09 March at 18:30. Book via 01-4973539

The Roots Band “Brand New Switcharoo” will perform in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

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

Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.

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

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.

“The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week.

Bad Boy Jake are every Wednesday in the Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar playing their rock, blues and American.

3-piece Hot Cops are performing a gig in Sweeney’s. The starting time is unclear and could be any time between 20:00 and 01:00. Sweeney’s keeps it (intentionally) very vague!

Admission is free.

Los Paradiso are playing Rockabilly, Tex Mex, Western Swing, Surf in the Leeson Lounge. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

The Jazz Pigs with a classic multi-brass front line play a mix of Lounge, lively sixties Jazz and driving Funk. Every Wednesday downstairs in 4 Dame Lane. Admission is free.

Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).

Startup Europe Week will take place from 01-05 February and there will be 15 different events in Dublin.

The week will celebrate Startups, give advise and help and support exisitng and new startups and 220 cities in 40 countries take part in it. The programme for the Dublin edition of this pan-European event looks very interesting and you can find all events on the Facebook Page below.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

The National Gallery Curators appraise paintings, prints and drawings brought into the Gallery at this Picture Clinic, which takes place on the first Thursday of every month (except August and January).

The appraisal is free and no appointments necessary.

Dr Brian Hanley presents a three part lecture series which will examine in detail the lead up to the Rising, what really happened over those momentous days and its impact on future generations.

The lectures are
+ On the eve: Dublin before the Rising
+ Thank God we have lived to see this day
+ Who fears to speak

And the three lectures take place on these three days in these libraries:

* Wednesdays at Walkinstown Library: 03, 10, 17 February at 19:00. Book via 01-4558159
* Thursdays at Ballymun Library: 04, 11, 18 February at 11:00. Book via 01-8421890
* Tuesdays at Central Library: 23 February, 01, 08 March at 13:00. Book via 01-8734333
* Wednesdays at Rathmines Library: 24 February, 02, 09 March at 18:30. Book via 01-4973539

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.

Metamorphosis is a project that engages artists from visual art, film, architecture and music composition in collaboration with academic researchers from the Humanities and Sciences.

There will be a multimedia pop-up exhibition from 01-06 February on Smithfield Square in regenerated shipping containers. The exhibition will showcase five mixed media artworks that communicate text based and experimental research through art.

Admission is free. (The Opening Reception is on Thursday 04 Feb from 17:00-19:00.)

There will also be a (non free) one-day symposium on 06 Feb, that will discuss the theme of collaboration between research and arts practice and will address how we can encourage the formation of interdisciplinary and intersectoral partnerships in Ireland.

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.

Relatively Speaking is a guided walking tour that takes place across three of Dublin’s most well-known contemporary art galleries, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Project Arts Centre and the Gallery of Photography. The galleries introduce their current exhibitions if you are not so familiar with contemporary art and they offer an interesting insight into the work if you are.

The whole tour, contained within Temple Bar, will take about 60 minutes (approx.), with 15-20 minute tours taking place in each gallery.

Beginning at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, you will be introduced to the solo exhibition Stoneymollan Trail by Charlotte Prodger. Then at the Project Arts Centre an introduction to Núria Güell’s solo exhibition “Troika Fiscal Disobedience Consultancy” will follow. Finally, the tour will end at the Gallery of Photography, where you will be guided through the exhibition of photographs by Ted Russell, Bob Dylan, NYC 1961-64.

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

The In Focus Tour “Wit, Wigs and Satire in the 18th Century – The Caricatures of Mary and Matthew Darly” with Mary O’Riordan (Guide at the Chester Beatty Library) will take place on Thursday.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Come to this public tour of the exhibition “Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats”. It takes place on the first Thursday of each month during 2016.

The tour will introduce the life and work of the poet and there will be a reading of some of his best loved poems, including Easter 1916, after the tour.

Admission is free.

A weekly Forro Night (Brazilian Dance) with a Forro Live Band takes place in the D-One Bar & Brazilian Grill every Thursday.

Admission is free.

A series of 8 free life drawing workshops on Thursdays from 21 Jan until 10 March takes place in the National Gallery.

The workshops are suitable for adults and teens and will explore aspects of life drawing. They will be led by artist Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire.

Admission is free and no booking required, but there is a limited number of places and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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

Visit the museum and find out lots more about Dublin.

“PRACTICE & PERIL; Resilience of Creative Thinking in the Refugee Crisis” is part of a project that wants to create awareness about refugees in the Irish society.

“Several refugees and asylum seekers have been paired with individuals working in creative and critical fields in Ireland. Each pair will find a personal response to our current exhibition TRAUMA: BUILT TO BREAK as a starting point for conversation. The outcome of these connections will be varied, providing a platform for us to hear voices that are ordinarily silenced.

This one-hour event is a celebration of resilience and an opportunity to access the wealth of experience and creativity too often lost in the context of the Irish direct provision system. This event is part of Change of Address – a year-long project by artists Moira Brady Averill, Maeve Stone and Oonagh Murphy, seeking to increase the visibility of refugees and asylum seekers in Irish society through inclusive creative collaborations and events.”

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

This is a free bi-monthly tour of the collection and current exhibitions, for people who are hard of hearing.

Admission is free and no booking necessary. Meet at the Millennium Wing information desk.

Comedy Showhouse is a new festival of Irish comedy from 31 Jan-07 Feb. There will be eight comedy shows in the Project Arts Centre (Admission: EUR 5-10), featuring Sean Hughes, Deirdre O’Kane, Andrew Maxwell, Colm O’Regan, Foil, Arms & Hog, and many more. (The shows will be broadcast on RTE Radio 1 throughout 2016.)

And the free element of the Festival are a panel discussion and two workshops in the Cube at Project Arts Centre.

The three free events are:
+ (04 Feb – 18:30) Watch This Space – A panel discussion with the new comedy stars of YouTube
+ (06 Feb – 16:00) Comedy Writer’s Toolbox – An introduction to comedy writing for web, television and film
+ (06 Feb – 18:30) Producing the International Irish Comedy Movie – A workshop and Q&A with Treasure Entertainment

Admission is free, but booking is required. You can find out more information and book via the website below. The free events are at towards the bottom of the page.

“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

“1916 and Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition” is a lecture by Kieran Allen (Head of the Sociology Department in UCD).

Admission is free.

Every Thursday, the Xchange invites to a Language Exchange (19:00-20:30). Admission is free.

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

The regular “Good Name” event in the Bernard Shaw pub will feature AE MAK and Spoken Word. This is the 1st Birthday event of Good Name.

Every Thursday a Singer Songwriter Night will take place in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines. This is YOUR chance to show everyone what you can do, alternatively you can just listen to the talented Singer/Songwriters. Admission is free.

A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.

There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)

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

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

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

Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.

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.

Every Thursday a free Trad Session takes place in McNeills and often there are high profile Trad musicians performing.

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

Chocolate Flake will be in the Porterhouse in Bray for a Gig.

Admission is free. The gig starts at 00:30.

A two day flagship conference at UCD will examine the 1916 Rising from international and also interdisciplinary perspectives.

Entitled “Globalising the Rising: 1916 in Context”, it takes place on Friday 05 and Saturday 06 February at the O’Reilly Hall on the UCD Campus. It brings together leading Irish historians, political scientists and international experts and is suitable for everyone from school students to specialists.

The full programme is here in PDF form and you can reach it also via the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is required on the Eventbrite site here.

“Institutions and Ireland” is a series of workshops, panel discussions and talks over a whole day which will explore Ireland’s continuously evolving relationships with institutions. The event was initiated by a group of postgraduate students from Trinity College Dublin and partners from other universities in Ireland.

The full schedule can be found here.

Admission is free, but registration is required on the Eventbrite site here.

Startup Europe Week will take place from 01-05 February and there will be 15 different events in Dublin.

The week will celebrate Startups, give advise and help and support exisitng and new startups and 220 cities in 40 countries take part in it. The programme for the Dublin edition of this pan-European event looks very interesting and you can find all events on the Facebook Page below.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

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

Metamorphosis is a project that engages artists from visual art, film, architecture and music composition in collaboration with academic researchers from the Humanities and Sciences.

There will be a multimedia pop-up exhibition from 01-06 February on Smithfield Square in regenerated shipping containers. The exhibition will showcase five mixed media artworks that communicate text based and experimental research through art.

Admission is free. (The Opening Reception is on Thursday 04 Feb from 17:00-19:00.)

There will also be a (non free) one-day symposium on 06 Feb, that will discuss the theme of collaboration between research and arts practice and will address how we can encourage the formation of interdisciplinary and intersectoral partnerships in Ireland.

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.

As part of the RTÉ’s Stravinsky in Focus, and under the guidance of the Academy’s Head of Composition, Kevin O’Connell, RIAM composition students will re-imagine two works for the string quartet medium written by the Russian master, culminating in this performance of the re-imagined works by the RTÉ Contempo Quartet on Friday.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

Erisa Rei sings Blues, Soul, Roots and Rock at this gig in Sweeney’s.

Admission is free.

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics.

“Gavin Povey and The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops” will play New Orleans style Piano Rhythm & Blues, Boogie Woogie and Rock’n’ Roll.

Gavin Povey has played piano with Van Morrison, Finbar Wright, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Cropper, Shakin’ Stevens and many more.

This gig will take place on 08+15+22+29 January and 05 February.

Admission is free.

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

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

The double bill of Rev JM’s Panic Worship and Poison Hearts will be in the Patriot’s Inn.

Afmission is free.