Dublin Event Guide 465: Family Day Festival, Harold’s Cross Festival, Leonardo Da Vinci, Bealtaine

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 Harold’s Cross Communtiy Festival takes place this weekend. The outdoor activities with Dog Show, Chess, Games, Hurling & Soccer exhibitions and a Children’s Art Workshop (in a tent) all take place in Harold’s Cross Park.

There are also lots of other activities in other venues in Harold’s Cross: A performance of the play “Pull Down a Horseman” at 20:00, a Festival Club at 21:00 and more during the morning and afternoon.

It seems that (nearly) all events are free, but it is not made very obvious.

Have a look here for all details: www.haroldscross.org/

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, Dublin 13
+ Tymon Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24

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.

A free (donation based) 1916 Rising Walking Tour will take place every Saturday and every Wednesday from now until the end of June. It is a 3-hour long tour that will start at City Hall, bring you to Dublin Castle, Liberty Hall, the GPO and Moore Street and will end at the Garden of Remembrance and on the way you will also learn about all the other locations where the battle happened.

Booking is required via the link below.

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

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

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

Admission is free.

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

The exhibition “Field Test – Radical Adventures in Future Farming” (11 Mar – 05 Jun 2016) in the Science Gallery is exploring how farming will look like in the future and what new developments will change farming so that we can deal with the global food challenges.

From Farm Cyborgs (for example a Virtual Reality environment for chicken so that they can think they are free range), via odd, unique and forward looking foods (e.g. insects for improving your protein intake); growth houses for your home; very different seeds (e.g. beans that taste like beef) to the “LOCI Food Lab” (outside near the entrance to the Science Gallery) where you can get a customised snack, the exhibition has a lot of interesting exhibits that revealing, intriguing or surprising.

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, FIELD TEST is suitable for all ages with a particular focus on the age group of 15-25, but I would say that chilren from 10 years of age can understand the whole exhibition if they get some additional explanations and there are even some exhibits that would work for younger children.

When you go to see the exhibition, get help from the Science Gallery mediators! They 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.

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.

Qigong is a traditional Chinese form of meditation coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm state of mind.

Come to this gentle Qigong practice outdoors on the Roof Top Garden of the Library (weather permitting) or indoors with a view of the roof garden. Suitable for all ages.

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

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 Bernard Shaw Flea Market is a weekly market (every Saturday) with approx 16 stalls, music, pizzas from the Big Blue Bus and the Bernard Shaw Garden Bar. Expect vintage clothes, shoes, jewellery, art, records, bric-a-brac and more and DJs will provide the entertainment.

Admission is free.

“Guns and Hoses: the Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution 1916-1923” is a talk by Las Fallon, a Dublin firefighter with 30 years service. He is the author of “Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution” (2012) and “The Firemen’s Tale: the burning of the Custom House 1921” (2015).

The talk will explore the 1916-1923 period from the viewpoint of Dublin’s firefighters, many of whom were also active revolutionaries. It is part of a series of talks exploring aspects of exhibition “1916: Tales from the Other Side” in the Marsh’s Library.

Admission to this talk is free.

Every Saturday a kid’s book will be ead 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.

The Hungarian Culture Days take place from Fri 13 – Sun 15 May and on Saturday it is the “The Day of Folklore, Tradition & Literature”. The events take place in Filmbase and all details are on the website below.

On Sunday the event moves to the Terenure Sports Club and the theme is “Family Day: Pünkösd / Pentecost” with a busy programme for kids and parents from 10:00 until late in the afternoon.

Admission seems to be free for nearly all events.

The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign has organised a “Moving Gallery” and protest march. People will walk from St. Stephen’s Green (Grafton St entrance) to the Spire on O’Connell Street carrying large photographs from Al Nakba and Palestinian flags and a big key symbolising the Palestinian right to return to their homeland denied them by the State of Israel for 68 years.

The event commemorates the Al Nakba Day, the 68th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (‘Catastrophe’), when over 700,000 Palestinians were uprooted against their will from their homeland to facilitate the foundation of the State of Israel.

If you have limited space, but still want to enjoy some summer blossoms, then you have to come to the new Education Garden and learn the basics of planting in restricted spaces. Maximise your window box, hanging basket or window sill with fresh salads, herbs and lots of colourful flowers.

Admission is free.

This week’s family workshop on Saturday is entitled “Reflections” and will be lead by Elizabeth Archbold. It is suitable for children aged 4-10 and their parents/guardians.

Admission is free and no booking required, but places are limited. Read all details on the website below.

The Skerries Traditional Music Weekend is happening this weekend from Friday until Sunday. There will be non-free workshops and gigs, but in addition there will be a programme of free Sessions. They will start on Saturday and Sunday already at 15:00 in a variety of venues in Skerries.

The events on Saturday are listed here.

[I am a little confused. Either I got it wrong last week and posted this a week too early or the date changed. Well, the website says it is this weekend, so it must be right then!]

As part of the “Interrupting Injustices” International Day of Action on Saturday, the organisations Migrant and Refugee Solidarity Ireland and Irish Refugee Council host a public discussion entitled “Migration and Europe: what is at the root of the crisis?”

At tables of 4-5 people, you will get a chance to join the discussion about a particular aspect or question related to migration and Europe. After 5-10 minutes you will discuss a new question at a different table.

Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

Hear and see stories of resilience in context with the refugee crisis:

The films “Waiting at the Door: A Glimpse into the lives of Syrian Refugees” (Thawab) and “The Sea Between Us” (Caoimhe Butterly) will be screened and songs/music about strength and resilience will be performed by Anna-Mieke, Branwen Kavanagh and Sean Fitzgerald.

Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

This event follows an earlier discussion in Wigwam at 15:30 about “Migration and Europe”. See separate listing in this Dublin Event Guide. Both events take place in conjunction with the “Refugee Solidarity: Interrupting Injustices” Day of Action.

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers meet in Clontarf on the seafront car park, on Clontarf Road, opposite the Clontarf Bus Depot for a public star-gazing. Members bring along their telescopes and share the wonders of the night-sky with you. Admission is free.

The event is weather dependent, so check www.irishastrosoc.org/events/events.htm after 18:00 on the night in the case of poor weather, to see if it is going ahead.

Ireland’s entry, Nicky from Westlife, didn’t make it out of the Semi-Final, but the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm will still get a lot of attention. Not because it is an important event (anymore!) but because it has cult status by now and because some of the Eurovision parties are epic in their irreverance (meaning: lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously).

One of the most popular screenings of the event take place in The George in George’s Street. If the Eurovision Song Contest is a serious song competition for you, do NOT go to The George! ;-)

I remember the hey days of the “Grand Prix de la Chanson” as it was called many years ago. When singers had to sing in the language of their country and when a song from Azerbaijan or Russia, sounded different to a song from Ireland, UK or Germany. But now they all sound the same! It seems only a rare few (e.g. France and Italy) stand out a little because they still don’t use English. Ohh and what do you think about Australia being now part of it as well? Mad! ;-)

Oddsocks are a 4-piece band from Sligo and they describe their music style as Rhythm and Groove.

Admission is free.

The exhibition of pen and ink illustrations by Ari Ahmad is entitled “Villainous women” and the opening night is on Saturday. There will be live music and the event takes place in the venue across the road from the Tivoli Theatre in Fancis Street.

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.

Yes, the bad news that I mentioned with a question mark last week has been confirmed! Sweeney’s Mongrel is closing and with one of the once best free live music venues will close. I am saying “once best”, because things were not the same anymore in recent months. But back in the good days of Sweeney’s, the place was buzzing with liive gigs on three floors.

To celebrate what has been, they will invite some of the best bands and performers. The event announcement for this Saturday doesn’t make clear if this is a concret event this week or only a forward looking statement of intent.

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 this weekend is:
+ Sat 14 May: Jan Lozad (Vocals) with Sean Fury
+ Sun 15 May: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Fri 20 May: Brian Dunning (Vocals) & Myles Drennan(Guitar)

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.

WOB! is a Drum&Bass Duo from Dublin. They will be playing at gig in Whelan’s midnight hour. “Duende Dogs” will support them.

Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 or if you sign up to the guest list via the website below.

“20 Seconds of Panic” will play Rock, Alternative, Reggae/Rock Fusion and Punk at their gig 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 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.

Building a family shelter using natural material found around the woodland at this family workshop. The shelter must be large enough for children to fit in and strong enough to withstand the 10-second shake. There will be prizes for the best (and worst!) shelters.

The leader of this dlr biodiversity event is Andrew (Mouse) Fleming, OWLS. Booking for this free event is required with him via text message to 087 329 9936.

Regarding the meeting point at Fitzsimons Wood, this is what it says: “Meet at the green, second left turn, Kilcross Estate.”

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 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.

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 Family Day Festival is Ireland’s largest celebration of the diversity of the family in Ireland. It is a day-long festival with lots of activities and entertainment. Until last year, this event took place in Iveagh Gardens (which is probably a better suited venue) and last year and this year it is on Wolfe Tone Square.

There will be magic, street performance, comedy, a pop-up print shop with the National Print Museum, games, workshops, facepainters, balloon modellers and costumed characters. The record attemptof creating Ireland’s Biggest Family Tree, a giant Caterpillar and more.

All entertainment, workshops, games and activities are free and completely family friendly.

The Family Day Festival is brought to you by One Family, Ireland’s one-parent family organisation.

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.

The exhibition “Field Test – Radical Adventures in Future Farming” (11 Mar – 05 Jun 2016) in the Science Gallery is exploring how farming will look like in the future and what new developments will change farming so that we can deal with the global food challenges.

From Farm Cyborgs (for example a Virtual Reality environment for chicken so that they can think they are free range), via odd, unique and forward looking foods (e.g. insects for improving your protein intake); growth houses for your home; very different seeds (e.g. beans that taste like beef) to the “LOCI Food Lab” (outside near the entrance to the Science Gallery) where you can get a customised snack, the exhibition has a lot of interesting exhibits that revealing, intriguing or surprising.

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, FIELD TEST is suitable for all ages with a particular focus on the age group of 15-25, but I would say that chilren from 10 years of age can understand the whole exhibition if they get some additional explanations and there are even some exhibits that would work for younger children.

When you go to see the exhibition, get help from the Science Gallery mediators! They 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.

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 Clementi Sonatas VI with Fionnuala Moynihan, piano

A remarkable event at London’s National Gallery assembled the largest ever collection of Leonardo’s surviving paintings for a unique exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan”.

The film captures the excitement of the opening night occasion and provides a fascinating exploration of Leonardo’s great works. Art historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow explains the great masterpieces. An biography and reflections on Leonardo’s influence since his death 500 years ago is also included in the film.

Admission is free.

The final day of the Harold’s Cross Community Festival is also the main day and most events will take place in Harold’s Cross Park:

There will be a Festival Main Stage with performances be the Dublin City Rounders, Rathfarnham Ukulele Group, Frankie Lane and the Swing Kings. A Children’s Stage will have a magician, dance performances, clowns and more. IN addition there will be Historical Re-enactments, Street Performers and – slight change of tone – you can also visit the Crematorium in Harold’s Cross at an Open Day.

For a full list of activities (yes, there is more!) check out www.haroldscross.org/

Discover the range of flora and fauna that lives in rock pools. How do they interact and how important are rock pools for the marine ecosystem? YOu will get answers to all these questions.

Admission is free, but boking is required via enquiries@iwt.ie. Donations for the Irish Wildlife Trust are welcome

The event is completely family-friendly, but children haver to be accompanied by an adult and everyone should wear some waterproof boots or wellies.

As part of the 1916-2016 Centenary Commemorations, a free tour will take at Arbour Hill Cemetery every Sunday at 14:00. (from March until end of October).

No booking necessary. The meeting point is at the 1916 Memorial Wall towards the back of the cemetery.

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.

The Hungarian Culture Days take place from Fri 13 – Sun 15 May and on Saturday it is the “The Day of Folklore, Tradition & Literature”. The events take place in Filmbase and all details are on the website below.

On Sunday the event moves to the Terenure Sports Club and the theme is “Family Day: Pünkösd / Pentecost” with a busy programme for kids and parents from 10:00 until late in the afternoon.

Admission seems to be free for nearly all events.

One of the most iconic photographs of Depression-era America is ‘Lunch atop a Skyscraper,’ a portrait of 11 ironworkers enjoying their lunch break on a beam 850 feet above the ground. The men and the photographer were never identified, but after director Seán Ó Cualáin found a clue in a small Irish pub, he began to uncover the history behind the famous image.

This film is screened as Access Cinema’s May Film Tour, during the Bealtaine Festival. The screening is in Irish with English subtitles. (2013, G (71 min))

Admission is free.

Come to the Family Drawing every Sunday in the RHA Gallery. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Find out all details via the link below.

Admission is free.

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

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 this weekend is:
+ Sat 14 May: Jan Lozad (Vocals) with Sean Fury
+ Sun 15 May: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Fri 20 May: Brian Dunning (Vocals) & Myles Drennan(Guitar)

Admission is free.

“Hands on History” is a chance for all ages to explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum educators.

Admission is free.

“Leonardo and the Italian Renaissance” is a talk with Dr Philip Cottrell, University College Dublin.

It is part of a free lecture series about ‘Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Inventor, Renaissance Man’, in association with the exhibition, “Leonardo da Vinci: Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection”.

Free admission.

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 Skerries Traditional Music Weekend is happening this weekend from Friday until Sunday. There will be non-free workshops and gigs, but in addition there will be a programme of free Sessions. They will start on Saturday and Sunday already at 15:00 in a variety of venues in Skerries.

The events on Saturday are listed here.

[I am a little confused. Either I got it wrong last week and posted this a week too early or the date changed. Well, the website says it is this weekend, so it must be right then!]

The Photography Presentation “Wildlife in the Parks and Gardens” by Eamon and Christine O’ Daly will take place on Sunday. Admission seems to be free. For more information you can call 01 6770095.

An Intercultural Tour in Irish Language with Community Ambassador Jack FitzGerald will take place.

Admission is free.

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.

Jazz/punk/barrelhouse musician Stephanie Nilles from Chicago will perform a gig in the Hot Spot Music Club.

Admission is free. Donations are welcome. youtu.be/ReeCQX4_xhA

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.

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

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! ;-)

Vocalist, guitarist and performer Lee Meehan joins guitarist and composer Hugh Buckley for a gig of dynamic soul music with a jazzy flavour.

Admission is free.

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

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on 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 with live music (Rockabilly) and DJs. Admission is free.

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

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

The Jive Cats will play Rock ‘n’ Roll to which you can dance.

Admission is free.

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 chooseyourowntracksphototrail@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.

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 Evolution and Challenges of India’s Constitutional Democracy – The Irish Interface” is a lecture by Dr Ashwani Kumar (Indian Member of Parliament and Former Minister for Law and Justice).

He will discuss constitutional freedom in India and the role of the Indian Supreme Court in their enlargement and the challenges faced by India’s liberal democracy in a pluralist society.

Admission is free.

The first Composer Lab, presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the Contemporary Music Centre, is coming to an end and the final component will be a concert showcasing the world premieres of three emerging young voices in orchestral composition: Amanda Feery, Eric Skytterholm Egan and Scott McLaughlin.

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

If you have done the workshop “Introduction to 3D printing” in the LexIcon Library then your next step will be the workshop “3D printint – Let’s get technical”.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite link below.

Did you ever want to learn Qi Gong or Tai Chi? But you didn’t have enough time to learn it?

A Qi Walk is the most effective way to get the positive effects of the work with Qi in an easy way and you are invited to a free Qi Walk on Monday. It will calm and relax you, to increase your physical well-being.

The walk will last about 20-30 minutes and is suitable for everyone who simply wants to find calmness, relaxation and harmony in their busy lives.

Admission is free, but registration is required via 01 441 2387 or info@xiufengshui.com

“Unpacking our Anatomical Heritage” by Siobhan Ward (Dept. of Anatomy, TCD) is the next talk in the Medical Humanities & Health Initiative Seminar Series 2015-16.

Admission is free.

Horticulturalist Aoife Munn will provide practical tips and hints on how to grow your own herbs, vegetables and fruit. Learn how to be a more environmentally friendly gardener and how to get the best results from your garden, regardless of size.

Admission is free.

Belinda McKeon and Mike McCormack will be in the Gutter Bookshop to read from their latest novels “Tender” and “Solar Bones”. They will also be available for a short discussion on their writing.

Admission is free.

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

The 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 Hot House Big Band is a 17-piece Swing Orchestra with some of the best jazz and brass musicians in Ireland.

They performed every week in the Mercantile for 6 years (an event that was not free) and re now starting their new residency in Bad Bob’s. And the great news is that from now admission to their performance every Monday (apart from bank holidays) will be 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.

“Leonardo and the Art of Anatomy” with Professor Clive Lee (Professor of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) is the Tuesday lecture in the National Gallery.

The lecture is part of a free lecture series in connection with the exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection”. 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.

A remarkable event at London’s National Gallery assembled the largest ever collection of Leonardo’s surviving paintings for a unique exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan”.

The film captures the excitement of the opening night occasion and provides a fascinating exploration of Leonardo’s great works. Art historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow explains the great masterpieces. An biography and reflections on Leonardo’s influence since his death 500 years ago is also included in the film.

Admission is free.

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The Irish Film Board present their collection of “After ’16” short films. After ’16 is commemorating and celebrating the centenary of the Easter Rising in 1916.

The nine short films that make up the collection are a creative response by Irish filmmakers to the 1916 events. The stories told are a mixture of live action drama, animation and documentary. The full list of films in the series can be found on the website below.

The screenings will take place in a variety of Library branches. Admission is free, but booking is recommended and you will find the relevant phone numbers for the branches via the website below.

The dates are:

Thu 05 May – 17:30 in Raheny Library
Tue 10+17 May – 17:00 in Ballyfermot Library
Wed 11 + 18 May – 18:30 in Inchicore Library
Wed 18 May – 18:30 in Finglas Library
Wed 18 May – 18:30 in Rathmines Library
Wed 18 May – 18:30 in Terenure Library
Sat 21 May – 14:00 in Cabra Library
Wed 25 May – 10:45 in Charleville Mall Library

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.

“”Spain’s Instrument of Empire: The Spanish Language and the Rise of American Hispanism (1910s-1940s)” is a public lecture by Professor John Nieto-Philips (University of Indiana) organised by the School of Histories and Humanities.

“During the early decades of the twentieth century, Americans became enamored of Spain’s history, language, and culture; and Spaniards came to enjoy a degree of “soft power” in the world affairs. This talk retraces the rise and decline of the movement known as Hispanism.”

Admission is free.

A weekly Board Games night is taking place in the Black Sheep Pub. Lots of games are available and you can also bring your own.

Admission is free.

“The Invention of Italy – Pellegrino Artusi and Unification at the table” is a talk by Massimo Montanari about Pellegrino Artusi and the recipe book “Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well” that he published in 1891 and that was the first single recipe book that contained all the typical dishes of Italian local cuisine just a few years after the birth of the Kingdom of Italy.

Admission is free, but registration is required via iic@esteri.it

“Racism in the 21st Century. How do we fight it?” is the topic of the public meeting of United Against Racism.

Speakers will be
+ Fatin Al Tamimi, Palestinian activist, chairperson of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
+ John Molyneux, author, anti-racism activist

Admission is free.

“W.B. Yeats and Suburbia” is a talk by Catherine Kilcoyne.

The works of W.B. Yeats have been geographically associated with City and Country; with an idyllic West and a Revolutionary Dublin. But what about the suburbs and the urban hinterlands where he and his family spent much time? This talk will explore how the suburbs, in particular Dundrum, are an invisible yet intractable force in his poetry.

Admission is free.

Cince-Cafe are inviting to a screening of “Older, no Wiser”, a specially-selected programme of Irish short films for Bealtaine. Creativity and age are the corner blocks of the short selected.

Details can be found on the Facebook Page below.

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.

Dr Kieran Allen (senior lecturer of socilogy in UCD) is the author of many books including ‘The Politics of James Connolly’ and ‘1916: Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition’. He will be talking about “James Connolly and the Politics of 1916”.

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.

A new weekly gig night for new bands is running in Arthur’s Pub. It is called “Anocht” and happens every Tuesday. At the next event the line-up will be Aaron Bowden and Butterfly Cloud Club.

In addition to the music, there will be a visual show.

Admission is free.

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

The 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 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.

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.

Youth Work Ireland is inviting to a showcase, networking and learning event as part of its ongoing Erasmus+ project looking at Youth Work practice through music and cultural entrepreneurship. This event builds on the work Youth Work Ireland has been doing in the field of music through its Irish Youth Music Awards Programme. The final output of this project is to design an online toolkit/site on how to use music as a tool for engaging and retaining young people in youth services.

As part of this event an exclusive issue of Youth Work Ireland’s Scene Magazine will be released, which will examine the use of music in youth work. The magazine will be available for free to all attendees on the day.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the link on the Facebook Page below.

A free (donation based) 1916 Rising Walking Tour will take place every Saturday and every Wednesday from now until the end of June. It is a 3-hour long tour that will start at City Hall, bring you to Dublin Castle, Liberty Hall, the GPO and Moore Street and will end at the Garden of Remembrance and on the way you will also learn about all the other locations where the battle happened.

Booking is required via the link below.

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.

Join photographer Joseph Carr for an insightful and interesting morning workshop on digital photography. He will go through tips and tricks on using your digital camera and how to get great results. This workshop will start with a short talk and will then go to Tallaght Village to capture the colourful local community.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 451 5860

Participants must bring their own digital camera – fully charged.

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

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

At this talk, Michael Pegum will examine the dramatic sequence of events around Northumberland Road and Haddington Road on Wed 26 April 2016, which caused a significant proportion of the British military casualties during the Easter Rising, when for several hours rebel volunteers fought off hundreds of British soldiers.

Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01-6689575 or pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie

“Pathos of Distance” is an artwork by Sarah Pierce and a Curator’s Tour will introduce this and other paintings to you. Find more details on the website below.

Admission is free.

This is a fgree public tour for parents, guardians and carers of infants and young children. The route of the tour is suitable for prams and/or strollers.

Admission is free.

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.

Colin Martin, the RHA School Principal, will talk about “Painting” at this Art Form evening in connection with the 186th RHA Exhibition.

Admission is free.

“‘Men don’t beg’ – when gender meets interlanguage pragmatics” is a public lecture by Dr Otilia Martí-Arnándiz (Department of Education, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain) at the School of Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences at Trnity College.

This lecture is NOT about begging, but about lingusitics, gender and politeness and you should check thel ink below to assess if it is for you.

Admission is free.

The Irish Film Board present their collection of “After ’16” short films. After ’16 is commemorating and celebrating the centenary of the Easter Rising in 1916.

The nine short films that make up the collection are a creative response by Irish filmmakers to the 1916 events. The stories told are a mixture of live action drama, animation and documentary. The full list of films in the series can be found on the website below.

The screenings will take place in a variety of Library branches. Admission is free, but booking is recommended and you will find the relevant phone numbers for the branches via the website below.

The dates are:

Thu 05 May – 17:30 in Raheny Library
Tue 10+17 May – 17:00 in Ballyfermot Library
Wed 11 + 18 May – 18:30 in Inchicore Library
Wed 18 May – 18:30 in Finglas Library
Wed 18 May – 18:30 in Rathmines Library
Wed 18 May – 18:30 in Terenure Library
Sat 21 May – 14:00 in Cabra Library
Wed 25 May – 10:45 in Charleville Mall Library

“The Queen’s Theatre” is a talk by Cecil Allen about this theatre in Pearse Street that was originally built in 1829 as the Adelphi Theatre.

The theatre celebrated Ireland’s heroes and its historical characters. Figures such as St Patrick, Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet and Father Murphy were the subjects of plays.

Admissions is free, but booking is required via 01 8336297 or marinolibrary@dublincity.ie

The European Literature Night takes place on Wednesday and this means that in Dublin “Words on the street” will be back. A night with readings from 12 European countries, read by well known Irish people in 12 venues around Temple Bar. The first reading will happen at 18:30 and takes about 15 minutes and then the reading is repeated every full and half hour until the final reading at 20:30.

The readers are author and actor David Nicholls, radio presenter Louise McSharry, actor Phelim Drew, actress Ger Ryan, actor Owen Roe, brodcaster Sharon Ní Bheoláin, radio presenter Cormac Battle, singer/songwriter/actor Steve Wall, radio presenter Elaine Crowley, radio presenter Ruth Scott, musician Fiachna Ó Braonáin and broadcaster Pat Kenny.

The venues are The Fringe Lab, Gutter Book Shop, Front Lounge, IFI, City Hall x2, National Photgraphic Archive, The New Theatre, The Liquor Rooms, Button Factory, Smock Alley Theatre and Meeting House Square.

The full programme with all details can be found here.

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

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and the School of Theoretical Physics invite to the lecture “Beauty and Truth in Mathematics and Physics” by Prof. Arthur M. Jaffe (Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Science at Harvard University) in the Schrodinger Lecture Theatre in Fitzgerald Building in TCD.

“Beauty, commonly accepted in the arts, is also central both in mathematics and in physics. In both disciplines one also strives to discover truth. But beauty and truth can have different meanings for a physicist and for a mathematician! We discuss how one might reconcile these contrasting views.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite link below.

The cost of migraine to the Irish economy is a staggering EUR 252 million a year, due to a combination of workdays lost and a reduction in productivity. On any given day in Ireland over 13,000 people are suffering from migraine – the majority forming part of the workforce.

At this information seminar attendees will be shown how migraine can be managed in the workplace, to create a more content and productive workforce.

The topic will be
+ “Migraine: an overview” by Dr Paddy Daly, former Clinical Director of the Migraine Clinic, St Vincent’s Hospital
+ “Rights and entitlements at work” by Prof. Caoimhín MacMaoláin, School of Law, Trinity College

Admission is free, but registration is required via 1850-200-378 or email info@migraine.ie

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 Whelan’s.

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. Admission is free.

The Anseo Comedy Club 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.

This is an evening biodiversity event organised by the Irish Wildlife Trust and the plan is to see a badger and possibly bats and foxes.

Admission is free, but registration is required. Bring warm clothes and – if available – a small torch.

Contact conservation@iwt.ie to register and to find out where it will take place.

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

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

The next Inn Jokes Comedy Club will be on Wednesday and admission is free. The line-up is David O’Doherty, Barry Murphy, Steve Bennett and Grainne McKeever. That is SOME talent on this list!! Barry Murphy is the guy who does Apre Match and David O’Doherty will tour with the Flight of Conchords troupe.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

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).

A Tai Chi Taster Class with instructor Declan Mills takes place in Drumcondra.

Admission is free. To book contact Declan via declanmills@gmail.com or 087 294 2234

This is a two-day workshop in partnership with Fighting Words. On 19+26 May this “Get Writing” workshop will be based on the theme “Dublin in the Coming Times”. It will help you get strated and gain confidence with your creative writing.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8421890.

Every Thursday a free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome. Ring 01-6770095 for more information and to check if the tour is going ahead.

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

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

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

The Think Tank for Action on Scial Change (TASC) is inviting to their next lunchtime seminar.

Ciarán ÓGaora of Zero-G will give a presentation on Mapping the State, an evolving project that visualises the various agencies of the Irish state. The map was created as a starting point for a conversation and to assist citizens better navigate their state, understand its modi operandi, and engage constructively with its possibilities.

Mapping the State is a collaboration with the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy and leverages Zero-G’s experience in using design methodologies to facilitate change in public and private organisations. Zero-G is a Dublin-based design practice engaged in research, strategy and design. The state map can be found at state.zero-g.ie/

The idea of the lunchtime seminars is that you can bring your own ‘brown bag’ lunch. Tea and coffee will be available.

Admission is free, but booking is required via Sylvia Byrne on sbyrne@tasc.ie

A lunchtime talk will take place in connection with the 186th yearly exhibition in the RHA. Brenda Moore-McCann (Art Historian) will talk.

Admission is free.

Irish classical guitarist Freddy Walsh who has recently completed a Masters in Classical Performance at the National University of Ireland Maynnooth will perform a concert in the Unitarian Church.

Admission is free.

The Central Library is inviting to a “Over 55s Open Day”. The focus is on the positive side of aging and on providing opportunities for older people to engage fully in their communities.

There will be lots of information stands and a number of activities. Find out all details via the website below.

The next lecture in the Archaeology of a Decade of War Lecture Series is “Recording Ireland’s First World War Landscapes” with Heather Montgomery (Queens Universit of Belfast).

She will explain her archaeological investigations into the training of Kitchener’s New Army in Ireland, 1914-1918. This research brings together historic evidence relating to the British military training and the archaeological analysis of advances in twentieth century warfare.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-6486334 or via educationarch@museum.ie

At the workshop “Singing Your Cares Away” with Rachel Dempsey you will learn to sing a range of easy to learn, uplifting and inspiring songs from all over the world. You will also learn about some ways of using the voice to reduce stress and enhance wellbeing.

The workshop is suitable for everyoneregardless of your singing ability and age.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8734333

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The next concert in the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama series of events is Kelli Ann Masterson voice, Conor Gibbons voice,
Mary Scarlett piano, Conor McCarthy piano and they will perform music by Mozart, Poulenc, Balfe and Gilbert and Sullivan.

Admission is free.

Get behind the scenes at the Museum and take a tour of the conservation studios. Meet Museum conservators and look at some of their current conservation projects.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-6777444

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.

“Inspired by Leonardo: Drop-in Drawing” with Cian McLouhlin is a series of eight, free life-drawing workshops looking at the influence of Leonardo da Vinci that will be led by professional artists and tutors. The workshops are for adults and teens and all materials will be provided. Places are limited to 25 participants on a first come first served basis. Arrive early to secure a place.

Admission is free and no booking required, places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Workshops take place Thursday evenings from 18:00-19;00 from 12 May to 30 June 2016

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.

Slovenian author Goran Vojnovi? will talk about his debut novel “Yugoslavia, My Fatherland” with Eileen Battersby (Literary Correspondent of the Irish Times).

The talk will be followed by a book signing and a reception.

Admission is free, but tickets are required via the link below.

Declan Long (Lecturer at NCAD) will reflect on the concept Artist as Witness, which is the overarching theme of the Hugh Lane Gallery’s centenary programme.

“Using the Casement exhibitions (High Treason: Roger Casement and Alan Phelan Our Kind) as a starting point, Long will delve into the complexity of the notion of artist as witness and will reflect on a variety of artistic perspectives on Casement.”

Admission is free.

“Mindful Eating for Bealtaine” is a talk with Bernadette Rock of Heydayworld.com

Admission is free.

“Na Fianna Éireann and the 1916 Easter Rising” is a talk by Dr. Marnie Hay (St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra). She will examine the nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Éireann and highlight the involvement of some of its members in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Admission is free and no booking required.

The Polish documentary “Solidarity according to Women” will be screened by the PolskaEire Festival. The film is about the role of women in the Polish fight against Communism.

The screening will be followed by a discussion about the role of women in the history of Ireland and Poland. Film directors Piotr ?liwowski and Marta Dzido will introduce the film and talk about its topic after the screening.

Admission is free. The film will be screened in Polish with English subtitles.

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

And this is the third (!) Board Gaming night in Dublin! They are taking over! ;-)

It is a weekly event and on Thursday the focus is on Introductory Board Games, so if you haven’t for a while (or ever) played Board Games, this is for you.

Admission is free.

“1348: A Medieval Apocalypse – The Black Death in Ireland” by Fin Dwyer will be launched on Thursday. It at one of the most fascinating but forgotten aspects of Irish history.

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.

Singer/Songwriter Doctor Millar will play a gig in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Field Trip, a 4-piece band from Galway, will be in the Bernard Shaw for a gig.

Admission is free.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Admission is free.

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.

A Writing Workshop with Brian Leyden, the Bealtaine Festival Writer in Residence, will take place in the Pearse Street Library.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-6744888

The Workshop is free. Places are limited. Booking is essential.

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.

This is a fun and informative guided tour of the Hugh Lane Gallery, led by the gallery’s art historian panel.

Tours will focus on the centenary programme of exhibitions which reflects on the role of Artist as Witness, and includes exhibitions “High Treason: Roger Casement”, “The Best of Decades”, “1960s” and a re-hang of the permanent collection.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

Artist Simon Fujiwara and screenplay writer Michael Lesslie (Macbeth, 2015), explore processes of script writing, heroism and conventional Hollywood narratives, as it relates to the new work “The Humanizer”.

Moderated by Rachael Thomas, Senior Curator, Head of Exhibitions, IMMA.

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

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This talk and discussion will look at the history of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Historian Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo will talk about “The Spanish Armada: the Miracle that Never Happened” where he will analyse the multiple variables Alonso Pérez de Guzmán had to face following the orders of King Phillip II and he will try to correct some of the wrong perceptions that have always been linked to the Armada’s failure.

Irish historian Dr Declan Downey will discuss “The Spanish Armada and the Irish: the Participation and Reaction”, which will highlight the historical links between Ireland and Spain.

The event will be in Spanish and English with simultaneous interpreting.

Admission is free, but booking is required via bookings.dublin@cervantes.es or 01-6311533

“End” is a collaborative work from Eamonn Doyle, Niall Sweeney and David Donohoe and is built around the photographs of Doyle, it also includes illustration and sound elements by Sweeney and Donohoe respectively.

“End” will be launched on Friday and admission is free.

The Alliance Francaise Drama Club is inviting to their yearly show. They will perform “A Musée vous!” about the inhabitants of a museum.

Admission is free, but registration is required via rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with subject “Theatre”.

The show will also be performed on Saturday 21 May at the same time.

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

The 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 this weekend is:
+ Sat 14 May: Jan Lozad (Vocals) with Sean Fury
+ Sun 15 May: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Fri 20 May: Brian Dunning (Vocals) & Myles Drennan(Guitar)

Admission is free.

Rockabilly Band “The Jumptones” will be in the Harbour Bar for a gig.

Admission is free.

“Catch a Fire” will play the best of the Wailers, Bob Marley’s Reggae Band, at this gig.

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.

Tyrell’s Pass is a blues band with Tony Tyrell, Dave Murphy John Quearney & Martin McElroy. They will be in the Patriot’s Inn for a free gig.

Strength with support from Gary Lonergan will perform in Whelan’s Midnight Hour. The gig will start at midnight and admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.