Dublin Event Guide 485: Apologies for the delay this week! Problems everywhere!

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 Dublin Festival of History will take place from Friday 23 September until Saturday 08 October.

After all the talks last weekend in the Printworks Conference Centre at Dublin Castle, the events continue now in Dublin’s Libraries until next weekend. I have many events listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but it still is advisable that you check the full programme to see if there is anything else that is not listed.

Admission is free, but some events require pre-booking.

The full programme can be downloaded here or you can check the website below for more information.

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.

Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition that you should definitely check out at some stage.

To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon is free for the whole year!!

Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.

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.

Sculpture in Context is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and it is a brilliant exhibition in the beautiful surroundings of the National Botanic Gardens. Some of Ireland’s best artists are showing new work and the sculptures are displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the in the gallery in the Visitors Centre.

The exhibition opened on 08 Sept and will run until 21 October.

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.

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.

At this year’s Irish Aid Volunteering Fair at the Printworks venue in Dublin Castle, 35 volunteer sending agencies and other organisations will have stands to showcase their overseas projects and answer your questions about volunteering and development work.

There will be workshops, a panel discussion and a number of experienced volunteers will guide you through your volunteering options.

By the way: The volunteering this event will inform you is abroad at international projects. It is not for you if you want to volunteer with a Care home, Dog shelter or any other deserving oprganisation within Ireland. If you are looking for volunteering opportunities within Ireland, check out the Volunteering Recruitment Fair on Tuesday (it is listed as a separate event).

Admission is free.

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

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

Admission is free.

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

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

Last weekend!! Now is the time to go if you haven’t been yet.

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 15 Sept – 02 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Wed 12:00-23:30, Thur-Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a food voucher if you want to buy any alcohol. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

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.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs every Saturday. It is 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!”

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

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.

A free guided tour will take place at the National War Memorial at Islandbridge every Saturday at 14:00 until the end of October.

The tour will focus on World War I, in which so many Irishmen died. You will also hear about the main features of the gardens at this tour.

Meeting point is the car park at 14:00. For further information contact 01-8155914.

During World and National Space Week (03-08 October), the Dublin Libraries will run a number of events for children. Please check the details on the website below. Here is the overview:

Sat 01 Oct: 15:00 – Space themed film in Walkinstown Library
Tue 04 Oct: 10:00 – Space themed Storytelling in Ballymun Library
Thu 06 Oct: 11:00 – Space themed Storytelling in Marino Library
Sat 01 Oct: 15:00 – Space themed film in Walkinstown Library

Admission is free to all events.

The National Print Museum invites to t free interactive guided tour as part of their Positive Ageing Week programme. During the tour of the Museum you will discover the history of letterpress printing and enjoy demonstrations of the collection by the Museum’s active retired volunteers who are all former printers and typesetters.

Admission is free.

Every Saturday during the Sculpture in Context exhibition (10,17,24 Sept + 01,08,15 Oct) you will have the opportunity to meet one of the participating artists for a guided tour through the exhibition to gain an insight into Ireland’s largest outdoor and indoor sculpture exhibition.

Admission is free. Meet at the Education and Visitor Centre.

The 11 Odeon Cinemas in Ireland will show the replay of the GAA Football Final between Dublin and Mayo on Saturday on the big cinema screen and admission is free. The pre-match coverage starts at 16:30 and the kick off is at 17:00.

To get tickets you need to go to the website below and click on “Get your free tickets now”. Then you need to go through the normal process as if you bought a cinema tickets including using your credit card, but your credit card will NOT be charged. Alternatively you can get free tickets at the door if there are still some available.

There are 11 Odeon cinemas in Ireland and the cinemas in Dublin are Blanchardstown, Stillorgan, Point Village, Charlestown.

Jammies Origami is a relaxed Origami event where you can – if you want – wear your pyjamas or just some comfy clothes while making Origami. The workshop from 17:00-18:00 is booked out, but the Drop-in event is still available for you.

The event is organised by our friends Edel and Danny from ALT Events, who also run a monthly Board Games event.

Admission is free.

The Firehouse Film Contest is a monthly competition and film screening for new short films (3-5 minutes) which are not older than one month. Screenings take place on the first Sunday of the month OR as in October, the event is happening on a Saturday for a change.

Admission is free.

On Saturday, there will be Bungee Jump (is that actual bungee jumping or a band!?!?!) and “Smash Hits” will perform in the marquee behind the bar. And on Sunday “The Juice” will be on stage.

Admission to all events is free.

Oddsocks are a Sligo 4-piece who will bring you melody, harmony and groove.

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.

The band Tall Trees willl play a gig in Whelan’s.

Admission is free.

The 2 Stroke String Sessions are playing oldtime fiddle and banjo tunes and Appalachian mountain tunes.

Admission is free.

Cat Palace are playing a gig in Whelan’s and they will be supported by Nervvs.

The gig will start at midnight, admission is free before 22:30.

Blues/Rock Band Electric Ape will play a 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 Dublin Festival of History will take place from Friday 23 September until Saturday 08 October.

After all the talks last weekend in the Printworks Conference Centre at Dublin Castle, the events continue now in Dublin’s Libraries until next weekend. I have many events listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but it still is advisable that you check the full programme to see if there is anything else that is not listed.

Admission is free, but some events require pre-booking.

The full programme can be downloaded here or you can check the website below for more information.

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

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

The next Farmleigh House Food & Craft Fair will take place on Sunday. Because there is no other event in Farmleigh House on that day, this market will probably not be the busiest you have ever seen.

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 Magazine Fort in Phoenix Park is unusually neglected and at the same time unusually rich in history. Many have seen it as a barred off concrete fortress in a corner of Phoenix Park and even more don’t even know or have forgotten that it exists. The old Phoenix House, the home of the British Viceroy, was on the site where the fort was built from the early 17th century and then in 1734 the Fort was built and extended in 1801.

In 1916 the Fort was raided by the rebels who expected to find a lot of explosives there, but found the Fort nearly empty. In 1939 the IRA raided the Fort and stole more than a million rounds of ammunition, but most of it was recovered over the following weeks.

Since 1988, the Irish Army doesn’t use the Fort anymore and gave it back to the Office of Public Works (OPW), but not much good has happened to the Fort in the last 28 years (!!) and there were numerous speculations about the reasons for that.

Finally, this year, there will be guided tours at the Fort for three months from 31 July until the end of October. The tours take place on Sundays and Fridays at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 and 15:30 and only 20 places are available on each tour.

Tickets are available at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on a first come, first served basis and can not be pre-booked. A shuttle bus will bring the ticket holders to the Fort.

I definitely want to visit the Magazine Fort, so you will find me in the queue at some stage.

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.

Sculpture in Context is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and it is a brilliant exhibition in the beautiful surroundings of the National Botanic Gardens. Some of Ireland’s best artists are showing new work and the sculptures are displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the in the gallery in the Visitors Centre.

The exhibition opened on 08 Sept and will run until 21 October.

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 Kilkenny Shop Cafe is inviting to a Jazz Brunch Sunday every Sunday. They unfortunately don’t specify who is playing at the brunch.

Admission is free.

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

The next Pure Vintage Fair will take place this week and it is what it says on the tin. A market/flea market for vintage items, which will take place on the first Sunday of every month. There will be vintage clothes, furniture, collectibles, jewellery and many more vintage items. Sounds interesting and with 30 stalls, it is well worth a visit. There will also be food, hot drinks and a DJ.

Admission is free.

At the World Vegetarian Day Festival in the Andrew Resource Centre Hall in Pearse Street, there will be lots of stalls with vegetarian & vegan food and information about animal rights and the environment.

In addition there will be talks about Vegetarianism and animal rights: www.vegetarian.ie/world-vegetarian-day-2016-speakers/

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.

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.

And the last day of Oktoberfest 2016 has come:

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 15 Sept – 02 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Wed 12:00-23:30, Thur-Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a food voucher if you want to buy any alcohol. Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

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 Camerata Kilkenny with David Power, Uilleann Pipes playing traditional Irish music and works by 17th and 18th century composers, Biber, Leclair, Telemann, Handel, O’Carolan, Dowland, Marini, Purcell.

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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.

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

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.

Jane Locke will talk about the Irish green post boxes with royal emblems and how in her attempts to infiltrate the postal service system she came across a series of unexpected and interconnected tales.

Admission is free, but bookign is required via the Eventbrite page below.

“Not Quite Mass” is a weekly Comedy show in the Workman’s Club. There will be stand-up comedy and more (games, interviews, panel discussions and some madness). The event is organised and lead by Steve Bennett.

The line-up is usually listed on the Facebook Page below. Check it out. We can never have enough Comedy!

Admission is free (donations are welcome).

The New Breadwinners are a 3-piece Bluegrass band and they are playing every Sunday in the Leeson Longe.

Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

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 Dixeland Jazzmen play a weekly gig in Sin E. Admission is free.

“Calendars, clocks and the end of Irish Time” with David Maline (Maynooth NUI) is a talk during National Space Week. In addition there will be a talk about the History of Dunsink Observatory. And you can view the South Dome, with exhibits on the ground floor of Dunsink Obs. The On-site telescopes are available to view the evening sky, weather permitting.

Doors open at 18:15 and the talk starts at 19:00. Suitable for Age 12+.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 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

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! ;-)

On Sunday “The Juice” will be on stage in the marquee behind the bar.

Admission to all events is free.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral is inviting to a series of organ recitals, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Max Reger. The “Chorale Fantasias” recitals will be played by David Leigh. The schedule is

11 September: Ein feste Burg
18 September: Freu dich sehr, meine Seele
25 September: Wie shön leucht uns die Morgenstern
2 October: Straf’ mich nicht in deinem Zorn
9 October: Alle Menschen müssen sterben
16 October: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
23 October: Hallelujah! Gott zu loben

Admission is free, but tickets are required. Get them via the website below.

Sarah May Rogers, who plays fiddle in the Blood Red Mountain Band will perform her own sound at this gig with her own band.

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.

This is a monthly traditional singing session run by a collective of young singers. This month’s special guest is Brian Mac Gloinn,a singer and instrumentalist from Carlow and one half of Ye Vagabonds.

In the past this Singing Session was free. The Facebook Page doesn’s specify it, but there is a good chance that it still is.

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 Rock ‘n’ Rock and Swing Band “The Jive Cats” will perform in the Mercantile every Sunday from 22:00.

Admission is free.

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 Dublin Festival of History will take place from Friday 23 September until Saturday 08 October.

After all the talks last weekend in the Printworks Conference Centre at Dublin Castle, the events continue now in Dublin’s Libraries until next weekend. I have many events listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but it still is advisable that you check the full programme to see if there is anything else that is not listed.

Admission is free, but some events require pre-booking.

The full programme can be downloaded here or you can check the website below for more information.

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 Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series 2016-17 will start with the lecture “Trinity College’s Early Modern Historians”.

Admission is free.

Ibrahim Halawa, who was born and grew up in Ireland is now for 3 years in prison in Egypt without being convicted of anything. He didn’t even have a trial in all this time.

Amnesty International is protesting against his continued imprisonment outside the Embassy of Egypt on Monday. Everybody is invited to join the protest.

On Monday at 17:30 all Cycling campaigners meet at the Dublin Bikes stand at Merrion Square West, just opposite the Natural History Museum. From there at 17:45, a cycle to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in Leeson Lane will take place to demand proper funding for cycling.

The event is organised by the Dublin Cycling Campaign and everybody is invited to take part.

On Monday a Silent Protest by Polish Women and their supporters will take place in Dublin in solidarity with the strike by women in Poland.

Last week, the Polish parliament has decided to proceed with a bill that bans abortion with the exception of immediate threat to a woman’s life. If the bill will become law, abortion will be illegal even in cases of risk to a women’s health, fatal foetal abnormalities or when the pregnancy is the result of rape. The bill calls abortion ‘prenatal slaughter’ and will criminalise women.

Major protests will take place in Poland this weekend as part of Czarny Protest (Black Protests) with women and men wearing black to express their rage, but also to mourn for fundamental human rights being refused to women in Poland. The protests will culminate on Monday, when Black Monday happens, a warn strike, with women across Poland taking a day off from work, universities/schools and homes to continue the protests. Many shops, universities and restaurants will be closed or only men will work. This is just the initial warning for the government.

Express your solidarity with Polish women and bring a candle to the Polish Consulate on Monday.

This is workshop builds on the basic introduction workshop about 3D printing that runs in LexIcon regularly (next week again). It 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 below.

The school and the home: Boarding Schools in Dublin 1800 – 1860 with Mary Hatfield.

This talk will examine what kind of education was on offer and what it was like to be a student at boarding school in the early nineteenth-century. What did students study and why? Mary Hatfield’s work focuses on constructions of middle-class Irish childhood and experiences of childhood during the nineteenth-century.

Admission is free, but booking is required via ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie or (01) 842 1890

Italian Poet and writer Maria Attanasio will talk about her work, literature, theatre and poetry with Giuliana Adamo from Trinity College.

Admission is free, bu tbooking is required via the website below. The conversation will be in Italian with no translation provided.

Pearl Harbour: Examining the ‘date which will live in infamy’ in its 75th anniversary year with Cecelia Hartsell.

The Japanese Navy’s attack on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii in December 1941 caused thousands of casualties and brought the US into WWII the very next day. Cecelia Hartsell is a historian, specialising in American history and the Irish revolutionary period.

Admission is free, but booking is required via dolphinsbarnlibrary@dublincity.ie or (01) 454 0681

“War brought to our very doors: Women and everyday life during the Easter Rising” with Fionnuala Walsh

Using diaries, letters and other primary documents, this lecture will look at life for non-combatant women during Easter week 1916. Fionnuala Walsh recently completed a PhD at Trinity College Dublin on Irish women and the First World War.

Admission is free, but booking is required via marinolibrary@dublincity.ie or (01) 833 6297

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.

The Dublin Festival of History will take place from Friday 23 September until Saturday 08 October.

After all the talks last weekend in the Printworks Conference Centre at Dublin Castle, the events continue now in Dublin’s Libraries until next weekend. I have many events listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but it still is advisable that you check the full programme to see if there is anything else that is not listed.

Admission is free, but some events require pre-booking.

The full programme can be downloaded here or you can check the website below for more information.

During World and National Space Week (03-08 October), the Dublin Libraries will run a number of events for children. Please check the details on the website below. Here is the overview:

Sat 01 Oct: 15:00 – Space themed film in Walkinstown Library
Tue 04 Oct: 10:00 – Space themed Storytelling in Ballymun Library
Thu 06 Oct: 11:00 – Space themed Storytelling in Marino Library
Sat 01 Oct: 15:00 – Space themed film in Walkinstown Library

Admission is free to all events.

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.

David Mooney (DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama) will talk about the Feis Ceoil Festival of 1916 that was due to take place during the week after the Rising. Due to the tenacity of the Feis committee, rather than cancel, the festival was simply postponed until July. This is the story of the planning, the competitors, the event itself and the reactions of the time.

Admission is free, but booking is required via musiclibrary@dublincity.ie or (01) 873 4333

The Medical Humanities & Health Initiative Seminar Series 2016-17 starts with the lecture “Rethinking the Medical in the Medical Humanities” by Des O Neill, School of Medicine, TCD.

Admission is free.

The popular series of lunch-time lectures in Dublin’s City Hall returns this October, with the theme “Traditional Music in Dublin”. It will focus on the history of traditional music in the City and will include talks about Dublin’s Piping Tradition, Luke Kelly, The Tradition Club and Fiddle Music. Each talk will conclude with an element of live performance.

The talks will take place each Tuesday in October and the titles are:
04 October – Fiddle Music in Dublin with Liam O’Connor
11 October – Na Píobairí Uilleann (The Piper’s Club) and Dublin’s Piping Tradition with Terry Moylan (NPU)
18 October – The Tradition Club, 1967-1989 with Seán Corcoran (Crann)
25 October – Dublin’s Voice: Luke Kelly with Francis Devine

Admission is free and on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs on Tuesday and Saturday. It is 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!”

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

Watch historically themed films including two films on French history with the Pearse Street Library Film Club.
All films, including English language ones, are shown with English subtitles.

Admission is free.

The next Volunteer Recruitment Fair will be in the Volunteer Recruitment Centre in the Carmelite Community Centre on Tuesday.

If you would like to help others and get involved in your community, come along to the Volunteer Fair to meet over 20 non-profit community organisations based in Dublin City and find volunteering opportunities that suit you.

Find out more details on the Facebook Page below.

Dundrum Town Centre is running a Student Shopping Night on Tuesday. There will be extra discounts for students (valid student card is required), live music and prizes to win. The list of discounts will only be released 24 hours before the event.

Are you looking for a job in one of Ireland’s most innovative companies? 20 of them will be at this job fair and will offer jobs for developers, designers and marketers. Students looking for internships and even startups looking for co-founders will find help at UpStarter.

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

“Gamma-Ray Bursts Astrophysics: playing detective with the Universe”

UCD astrophysicist Dr. Antonio Martin-Carrillo, will talk about the most energetic explosions in the Universe known as Gamma-Ray Bursts, associated with the death of massive stars. As if it was a detective’s murder case, he will walk through the different clues that astrophysicists have found throughout the years from their discovery 50 years ago until today to reveal the mysteries of these short but powerful explosions. This event is open to all. No registration needed.

The talk will be held in the Icon Theater in the O’Brien Centre for Science. The room number is H1.13

Dr Maren Conrad (Graduate School ‘Practices of Literature’ at the Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster) is currently on a fellowship at the Trinity Long Room Hub and her lecture

“Beginning at the End. Post-apocalyptic Robinsonades in Contemporary Literature, Film and Games”

is in collaboration with the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies.

Admission is free.

A new 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 Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) continues to bring you Dublin Green Drinks on the first Tuesday of every month in J.W. Sweetman’s. Green Drinks is a monthly event in 711 cities around the world to bring people with an interest in green issues together.

This month, the theme is “Plenty More Fish in the Sea?”

The seas around Ireland have been fished for thousands of years, but overfishing has devastated Ireland’s sea life and the livelihoods that went with it. But just how bad is the problem? And can the seas be returned to their former abundance? IWT’s Padraic Fogarty discuss the issues.

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

EveryTuesday at 19:00, The Dublin Language Exchange takes place in the Czech Inn. It is the biggest free meeting of people from all around Dublin that are interested in learning languages and communicate with speakers of other languages.

Admission is free and the meetup is completely informal. No booking required.

Prof. Mark McCaughrean well give a public talk on the Rosetta mission which, after 12 years and 6 billion km, is due to crash-land on a comet at the end of September, garnering important new results as it does.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite link here. The lecture will take place in the Schroedinger Lecture Theatre.

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.

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.

This is a weekly acoustic roots and blues session every Tuesday in Arthur’s Pub.

Admision 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.

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.

Every Tuesday, a pub quiz is taking place in the Woolshed.

Admission is free. Max team size is 6 people.

The Dublin Festival of History will take place from Friday 23 September until Saturday 08 October.

After all the talks last weekend in the Printworks Conference Centre at Dublin Castle, the events continue now in Dublin’s Libraries until next weekend. I have many events listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but it still is advisable that you check the full programme to see if there is anything else that is not listed.

Admission is free, but some events require pre-booking.

The full programme can be downloaded here or you can check the website below for more information.

Entry charges at some OPW Heritage sites are waived once a month, on the “Free Wednesday”, the first Wednesday of the month. The Office of Public Works (OPW), who looks after the state owned heritage sites, wants to encourage people to visit the historic sites that it manages and has therefore started this great initiative in 2011.

Most OPW managed sites can already be visited for free (e.g. Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, National Botanic Gardens, Pearse Museum, etc), but some 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:
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments
+ The Casino, Marino
+ Rathfarnham Castle
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow

In the past Kilmainham Gaol (the most popular site) was also on that list, but it was removed some months ago and is sorely missed. There is a high risk that the Free Wednesday will be restricted further in coming months. Use it as long as it lasts.

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

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 gradireland Graduate Careers Fair is a careers fair for students and graduates where over 100 employers, course providers and careers advisers are available to discuss your opportunities.

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

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.

Watch historically themed films including two films on French history with the Pearse Street Library Film Club.
All films, including English language ones, are shown with English subtitles.

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.

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 below is required.

Spain is a very different country from that of just five years ago. The economic crisis and the recovery, the political changes and Spain’s relationships with Europe and the rest of the world are all transforming the country, with new challenges and opportunities opening up.

William Chislett, journalist and research associate at Elcano Royal Institute, and Guy Hedgcoe, Irish Time’s correspondent in Spain, will discuss the modern Spain with Ambassador of Spain in Ireland José María Rodríguez Coso.

Admission is free.

100 years ago the first sound poem “Elephant Caravan/Elefantenkarawane” was performed in Zurich’s Cabaret Voltaire by its founding member Hugo Ball.

“Using no words and involving Cubist costume and recitals of nonsensical syllables has come to represent Dada performance, however, few are aware of the radical nature of this seemingly farcical movement and its role as a precursor to contemporary art and performance today.”

Dr Selena Daly and Dr Tara Plunkett, University College Dublin share their research on this subject and guests artist Sonia Shiel, Sinead Bhreathnach-Cashell and Tzarini Meyler of UCDs Drama Society will perform.

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

“Genes and Immune armour: Why do some people never get sick?” is the interesting topic of this lecture with Prof Cliona O’Farrell.It is organised by the School of Biochemistry & Immunology.

Admission is free.

Anne-Marie McInerney will examine the aftermath of Irish Civil War internment, in particular the various social issues that arose for ex-prisoners on their return to the Free State and Northern Ireland. Anne-Marie McInerney is a historian and works for Dublin City Public Libraries.

Admission is free, but booking is required via phibsborolibrary@dublincity.ie or (01) 830 4341

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 line-up and topics are listed on the website below.

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 Black Sheep pub.

Admission is free.

Poetry Ireland and the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Trust present a reading with three recent recipients of the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship Award, hosted by Moya Cannon.The poets are Paul Perry, Enda Wyley and Nicholas McLachlan.

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

This event is a panel discussion about publishing with Eimear Ryan of Banshee, Declan Meade of The Stinging Fly, Susan Tomaselli of Gorse and Marc O’Connell of The Penny Dreadful.

The Salon Series is a monthly talk series that showcases the creative community of The Liquor Rooms.

Admission is free, but registration is required via the Eventbrite link below

Prof. Geraldine Higgins will maps the world of Heaney’s poetry through real places, mythical timeframes and the spaces of the imagination and she will reflect on the experience of curating the upcoming major exhibition on Heaney’s life and works.

Admission is free.

The Heartbeat of Space is a Space-themed poetry reading by Iggy McGovern and Brian Espey with a backdrop of the “Images of Starlight” photographs taken by Irish amateur astronomers.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite link here. The event takes place in the Fitzgerald Library.

The talk “The multi-wavelength Universe, as observed with the telescopes of the 21st century” will take place in Dunsink Observatory. There will also be a talk about the History of Dunsink Observatory.

Start time is 19:30 and it is suitable for Ages 12+. Places are limited and booking is requried via the website below. The telescopes are available to view the evening sky, weather permitting.

The Roots Band “Brand New Switcheroo” will perform in the Harbour Bar. 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.

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.

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).

The Harleys are a popular coverband and they will be in the Mezz every Wednesday at midnight.

Admission is free.

The Dublin Festival of History will take place from Friday 23 September until Saturday 08 October.

After all the talks last weekend in the Printworks Conference Centre at Dublin Castle, the events continue now in Dublin’s Libraries until next weekend. I have many events listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but it still is advisable that you check the full programme to see if there is anything else that is not listed.

Admission is free, but some events require pre-booking.

The full programme can be downloaded here or you can check the website below for more information.

A Celtic Tree Trail will take place on National Tree Day. Admissionis free.

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.

During World and National Space Week (03-08 October), the Dublin Libraries will run a number of events for children. Please check the details on the website below. Here is the overview:

Sat 01 Oct: 15:00 – Space themed film in Walkinstown Library
Tue 04 Oct: 10:00 – Space themed Storytelling in Ballymun Library
Thu 06 Oct: 11:00 – Space themed Storytelling in Marino Library
Sat 01 Oct: 15:00 – Space themed film in Walkinstown Library

Admission is free to all events.

The Hard Working Class Heroes Festival 2016 is running from 06-08 October across the city. It is not a free festival, BUT there is a very interesting free component (even TWO) to it!

For the main festival tickets are EUR 45 for the whole weekend or EUR 20 per day and there are gigs in Workman’s Club, Wigwam, Chocolate Factory, Tengu, Mezz and City Hall from Thursday until Saturday.

The TWO free components are the “HWCH Convention” and “HWCH & The City”:

The HWCH Convention is a schedule of talks, discussions and workshops in the Chocolate Factory in Kings Inn Street from Thursday until Saturday from 10:30-17:00 and the full schedule is here: hwch.net/index.php/convention2016/ Very interesting topics for everyone in the music “business”, even if you are not making money from it (yet). Admission is free.

HWCH & The City is a free 3-day long music trail across Dublin. Gigs are 20 minutes long and run from 11:30-16:50. There will be 33 gigs ocer the three days and you definitely could start at 11:30 and then hear every single gig until the end in the evening. A 10 minute walking time is available between gigs.
Some of the locations are Winding Stair Bookshop, Powercourt Centre, Tower Records, Pitt Bros, Gutter Bookshop, Dublin Ink, Chocolate Factory and more. Find the full schedule here hwch.net/index.php/andthecity/ 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.

“Trees of Farmleigh” is a free tour of the trees in Farmleigh Estate on Tree Day 2016.

Meet at Farmleigh House tour reception. Booking is not 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.

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The Music Library in the Central Library is inviting to a recital with Shira Brady (Contralto) and Lorna Breen (Soprano), accompanied by Cormúin Ó Raghallaigh on piano.

Admission is free but booking is required via 01-8733996

The Head of the Arboretum and Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Tony Kirkham will talk about how both local environment and management are fundamental to the health and longevity of trees: knowledge of their natural habitats may guide cultural practices to mimic them as best as possible.

Admission is free.

This is a public tour of the exhibition ‘Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats’. The tour will introduce the life and work of the poet. Listen to a selection of voices speaking some of his best loved poems, including ‘Easter 1916’.

Admission is free.

On 06 Oct is National Tree Day and at this guided walk, you will hear the stories of many majestic and interesting old trees in the National Botanic Gardens.

Admission is free.

In this talk Colin Graham reflects on the imagery of militarism in media, culture and photography during the Troubles in the North.

Admission is free.

Java Meetup is Dublin’s newest Java Developer group. They will host meet ups and interactive sessions for everything to do with the programming language Java and at their second meetup they will cover “Intro to OSGi” and “How APM Can Transform your Application Performance and your Business”.

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

Every Thursday the Little Museum of Dublin waives their admission charges for two guided tours thanks to sponsorship from Guinness. The first tour is at 18:00 and the second tour is at 19:00. Make sure that you are there at least 10 minutes before the start of the tour to get one of the limited places.

The Little Museum of Dublin has a fascinating collection of artefacts from the last 100 years Dublin’s history.

On other days and other times, admission is EUR 7 for adults and admission is by guided tour only.

Coro Giovanile Pugliese, a Youth Choir from Puglia, is made up of 35 young singers under the age of 35 and they will be in Dublin for a series of concerts entitled “Musical Paths of Puglia”. The concert on Thursday it at the Italian Cultural Institute and it is a free concert.

Twice every year, the Central Library together with the Local Enterprise Office in Dublin City are running a series of six free Business Lectures for everybody who wants to start or grow a business. The lectures will cover subjects such as the characteristics needed to run and fund your business. Digital marketing strategies and writing business plans will also be included.

The next series will take place on Thursdays from 18:30-20:00 between 15 September and 20 October.

Admission is free, but booking is required here. All topics and speakers are listed on that same website, but to make it easier for you, they are also here:

15 Sept: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur – How You Can Create and Produce Ideas
22 Sept: Creating the best Business Plan for your Business
29 Sept: Market Research Skills – What You Need To Do To Be Successful
06 Oct: Managing your Online Presence – Having A Digital Plan To Help You Increase Sales
13 Oct: Essential Supports and Services for Entrepreneurs – Who’s Out There To Help You
20 Oct: Financial Support and Grants for Entrepreneurs

DCU celebrates Space Week 2016 with an evening of short public talks from DCU’s astronomers and astrophysicists.

+ In “The Mysteries of the birth of Stars and Planets” Prof Turlough Downes talks about the things we know, and don’t know, about how stars and planets like our own Sun and Earth came into existence.
+ In “Finding Alien Worlds” Dr Ernst de Mooij describes how we can find planets that orbit around stars many light years from Earth.
+ Dr Masha Chernyakova gives an introduction to “Puzzles from the Gamma-ray Universe”, talking about some of the most powerful events in the Universe.
+ In “Black Holes: Masters of the Universe” Dr John Regan will talk about black holes – mysterious objects with immensely strong gravitational fields.

This event is free but booking is required via the Eventbrite link below. The event venue will be in the Nursing Building in DCU.

“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

An expatriate or expat is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship.

And this is a weekly meeting for all Expats in Dublin (new and old!). If you are new to the city, this is an excellent way to meet people.

Admission is free (no booking required!), but you are asked to give the same kind of welcoming to new members as is given to you.

The Carmichael Centre is running a series of talks about the theme “Reimagining Irish Civic Society” and the first speaker on Thursday is Peter McVerry, Jesuit priest and tireless campaigner and worker for vulnerable youth in Dublin.

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

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.

“Atlantic” , the documentary about the two big resources in the North Atlantic, fish and oil, and the impact of their exploitation on the environment in various countries on both sides of the Atlantic, will be screened in Herbert Park on Thursday.

It is an open air screening organised by Dublin City, Happenings and Clean Cost and you should bring some warm clothes, blankets etc. The current forecast (and that will most likely change) is for 14 degrees and dry.

The film will start at aapproximately 19:30 and has a 1hr and 20 min duration. Gates will open at 18:00. Food vendors will be on site.

The Dublin Jam Session is an open Jam with full back line. It is open to all levels of musicians and singers and all genres of music and the only rule is that you must jam with others (not all your own band).

It takes place every Thursday and admission is free.

“The Night Sky: A Major (De)Light – How Space Can Help Protect Our Night-time Heritage” with Prof. Brian Espey will describe the effect of light pollution on our view of the night sky as well as the health, environmental and economic consequences. Using a combination of data, still images and video, including from the International Space Station, he will show how we can better protect the night sky and suggest ways that we can all help.

Admission is free, butbooking is required via the Eventbrite link here. The event will be in the Schroedinger Lecture Theatre.

“Love, Life and Death in the Mariners’ Parish” is a talk by local and best selling author Julie Parsons. It tells the story of the lives of some of the people of the Mariners’ Parish in the years after the 1916 Rising, the War of Independance and the Civil War.

Admission is free.

Dublin 5-piece band “Let’s Set Sail” will play a gig in the Bernard Shaw.

Admission is free.

A new weekly Table Quiz takes place in the Grand Social. Every Thursday teams of 4 people (or at least 2 people) will compete against each other over questions from the areas of General Knowledge, Music, Film, Sports & Entertainment.

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.

A live music open mic session, called “Keep on Trucking” takes place every Thursday in Peadar Brown’s Pub, it is presented by Joey Magic.

Admission is free.

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.

The Dublin Festival of History will take place from Friday 23 September until Saturday 08 October.

After all the talks last weekend in the Printworks Conference Centre at Dublin Castle, the events continue now in Dublin’s Libraries until next weekend. I have many events listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but it still is advisable that you check the full programme to see if there is anything else that is not listed.

Admission is free, but some events require pre-booking.

The full programme can be downloaded here or you can check the website below for more information.

Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition that you should definitely check out at some stage.

To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon is free for the whole year!!

Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.

A monthly “First Friday Craft Market” takes place at the Red Stables in St. Anne’s Park and the next one is on 07 Oct. Admission is free.

The Magazine Fort in Phoenix Park is unusually neglected and at the same time unusually rich in history. Many have seen it as a barred off concrete fortress in a corner of Phoenix Park and even more don’t even know or have forgotten that it exists. The old Phoenix House, the home of the British Viceroy, was on the site where the fort was built from the early 17th century and then in 1734 the Fort was built and extended in 1801.

In 1916 the Fort was raided by the rebels who expected to find a lot of explosives there, but found the Fort nearly empty. In 1939 the IRA raided the Fort and stole more than a million rounds of ammunition, but most of it was recovered over the following weeks.

Since 1988, the Irish Army doesn’t use the Fort anymore and gave it back to the Office of Public Works (OPW), but not much good has happened to the Fort in the last 28 years (!!) and there were numerous speculations about the reasons for that.

Finally, this year, there will be guided tours at the Fort for three months from 31 July until the end of October. The tours take place on Sundays and Fridays at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 and 15:30 and only 20 places are available on each tour.

Tickets are available at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on a first come, first served basis and can not be pre-booked. A shuttle bus will bring the ticket holders to the Fort.

I definitely want to visit the Magazine Fort, so you will find me in the queue at some stage.

Sculpture in Context is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and it is a brilliant exhibition in the beautiful surroundings of the National Botanic Gardens. Some of Ireland’s best artists are showing new work and the sculptures are displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the in the gallery in the Visitors Centre.

The exhibition opened on 08 Sept and will run until 21 October.

The Hard Working Class Heroes Festival 2016 is running from 06-08 October across the city. It is not a free festival, BUT there is a very interesting free component (even TWO) to it!

For the main festival tickets are EUR 45 for the whole weekend or EUR 20 per day and there are gigs in Workman’s Club, Wigwam, Chocolate Factory, Tengu, Mezz and City Hall from Thursday until Saturday.

The TWO free components are the “HWCH Convention” and “HWCH & The City”:

The HWCH Convention is a schedule of talks, discussions and workshops in the Chocolate Factory in Kings Inn Street from Thursday until Saturday from 10:30-17:00 and the full schedule is here: hwch.net/index.php/convention2016/ Very interesting topics for everyone in the music “business”, even if you are not making money from it (yet). Admission is free.

HWCH & The City is a free 3-day long music trail across Dublin. Gigs are 20 minutes long and run from 11:30-16:50. There will be 33 gigs ocer the three days and you definitely could start at 11:30 and then hear every single gig until the end in the evening. A 10 minute walking time is available between gigs.
Some of the locations are Winding Stair Bookshop, Powercourt Centre, Tower Records, Pitt Bros, Gutter Bookshop, Dublin Ink, Chocolate Factory and more. Find the full schedule here hwch.net/index.php/andthecity/ 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 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.

Dr. Marc Ó Gríofa, an Irish physician and UCD graduate, was chosen as one of six crew members to join NASA’s NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) undersea analog mission. He oversaw the deployment, research and development of various spaceflight related experiments during the mission in conjunction with the rest of the NEEMO crew. During the talk he will describe the mission, the science and what it was like being part of a NASA analog creating the foundational building blocks for a future mission to Mars.

On the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at The Aquarius Undersea Reef Base, the 21st NEEMO Mission focused on evaluating tools and techniques being tested for future space exploration by living in simulated spacecraft conditions and conducting simulated spacewalks outside of their undersea habitat.

Admission is free and no booking required. The talk will be in Room 129, 1st floor, Science Centre North, UCD, Belfield.

Get a cup of tea, gather the last bit of energy and then bring this work week over the line! And for next week, get some special teas via the ad below and help the Dublin Event Guide while you are doing that. ;-)

Click on the picture below or use this link and if you order any teas that way, you help the Dublin Event Guide because Twinings will pay a small reward if you order after clicking on the picture or link above.

Orders over GBP 35 are free in the UK and if you use Parcelmotel’s Belfast to Dublin service, you can get it delivered for just EUR 3.95 of postage.

Dun Laoghaire’s Festival of Inclusion runs from 07-15 October. There is a whole range of smaller events and they are all listed in the downloadable brochure here. This week only one event will happen. It is a Diversity Fashion Show on Friday in Nutgrove Shopping Centre. It is a “fun fashion show for everyone, showcasing models from diverse backgrounds”.

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.

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers meet at the Martello Tower car park in Sandymount for a public star-gazing. Members bring along their telescopes and share the wonders of the night-sky with you. Admission is free.

This event happens regularly on a Friday and is followed by a similar evening in Clontarf on Saturday.

The Public Star Party 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.

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.

Pulse will be in the Patriot Inn for a gig and admission is free.

The Girl Talk is playing a gig in Whelan’s and they will be supported by Modern Pictures. The gig will start at midnight, admission is free before 22:30.