Dublin Event Guide 563: Happy Easter!! – Dublinia Viking Festival, Farmleigh House Easter Events, Mad Hatter Party.

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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 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
+ Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6
+ Corcagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
+ Tolka Valley Park, Finglas South, Dublin 11
+ Porterstown Park, Castleknock, Dublin 15

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.

Dublinia, Dublin’s Viking Museum, is running a Viking Fest over the Easter weekend. It starts on Friday and runs until Monday. There will be a number of events in Dublinia and admission tickets are required for that, but some events will be outside where no tickets and no booking is necessary. An audio visual and theatrical performance at the Wood Quay amphitheatre is also free, but all tickets are gone already.

So the “no ticket + no booking” events are:

+ Swords, shields, spears, bows axes and the skills and tactics of Viking weaponry will be on display in the Dublinia courtyard. Viking coin minting will also be demonstrated as well as Viking crafts like tablet weaving. Re-enactors will demonstrate how to use a quern-stone and how to play some Viking games.
+ Two Viking longships will be moored at Wood Quay on the Liffey and a full size longship will be on the ground on Wine Tavern Street with lots of Viking Warriors to tell you all about the ship and life for them as it would have been a thousand years ago.

Most Shopping Centres in Dublin run some sort of Easter events. Sometimes it is just face painting and ballon modelling, but a good few shopping centres also have Easter Egg Trails or some games.

And here are a few examples:
In the Square in Tallaght, it will be a Willy Wonka event from 13:00-16:00.
In Jervis Shopping Centre there will be Easter themed craft and arts workshops from 13:00-17:00.
In Nutgrove Shopping Centre a Mad Hatter & Alice in Wonderland event will happen from 12:00-16:00

All Shopping Centre Easter events are typically free.

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

The 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.

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 was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2018.

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

The Drumcondra Village Market is now the “Art, Bites, Crafts Drumcondra Market”. And as you guessed it, it is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. :-) There will also be some food and music.

The market is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30-15:30.

Admission is free.

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

The Terenure Bushy Park Market is taking place every weekk. The market has more than 30 stalls, offering a whole variety of foods and crafts.

Admission is free.

“Treasures of the National Museum” is a tour of the iconic treasures in the National Museum, including the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice.

Admission is free. Suitable from Age 7.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

The current exhibition in the Science Gallery is called “FAKE” and it will run from 08 March until 03 June.

The exhibition is looking at everything Fake from fake meat and fake cheese to fake emotions. In both the natural world and human society, faking, mimicking and copying can be a reliable strategy for success, a fake may be just as valuable as the real thing. But what about replicating taste, emotions, chemical signatures, facts and trademarks? When is authenticity essential and when is copying cool?

Some of the most interesting exhibits are:

+ synthHAsizer will let you record your own fake laugh and use sonic filters to remix it from fake to real.
+ Mississippi Swan: Daybew! will create fake music: A new album of songs every fifteen minutes or around 700 unique songs every day. You can trigger the creation of a unique album at any time.
+ Altered historic figures from the Daily Herald show the beginning of fake news
+ There is even a deli where you can buy fake food samples for EUR 2. For example they have fake cheese, fake meat or “Dubliner Red Cheddar” cheese that is neither manufactured in Dublin nor is it Red Cheddar, it is coloured white cheddar manufactured in Cork.

The website below lists all exhibits and provides some explanation so that you can either before or after your visit check further details.

All Science Gallery exhibitions are suitable for ALL ages, even younger children will be able to take part/follow. Some of the exhibits need a bit more of an age-appropriate explanation for younger kids than others, but nearly everything can be simplified for kids.

I strongly suggest to use the help of the amazing mediators, who can explain everything you see, especially if you don’t want to read all the explanations that are next to every exhibit.

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.

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.

Every Saturday a free guided tour will take place in the Chester Betty Library. The tour starts at 14:00.

In addition there is another free tour every Wednesday at 13:00 and one on Sundays at 15:00

This protest “against gender based violence” is a direct result of the trial against the Irish and Ulster Rugby low lifes who got acquitted of all charges last week in Belfast.

The protest will take place on Barnardos Square, which is directly next to City Hall.

The Ben Prevo Band and the band Supafreak will play a gig in the Bowery.

Admission is free before 22:00.

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.

Point Break will play a gig in the Harbour Bar in Bray.

Admission is free.

Pre 1960 acoustic Blues will be played in the Solely Blues Club on Saturday.

Admission is free.

The Vulypnes will play a gig in Sin E and they will be supported by Bayonets and also Kiss my Acid.

Admission is free.

Revolver are back for a gig in the Porterhouse.

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.

Warning:
As a principle don’t believe anything you read today in a newspaper or online. Once you read it, analyse it and if it sounds slightly farfetched then there is a high April Fool’s risk. ;-)

“Dublin: One City, One Book” is an initiative by Dublin City Council that encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

The One City, One Book choice for 2018 is “The Long Gaze Back” edited by Sinéad Gleeson has the subtitle “An Anthology of Irish Women Writers”. The book is a collection of thirty stories from writers from the 18th Century to now.

Throughout April there will be numerous events in connection with this literature event. The website is below and if you want to download the programme, you can do that here.

A good number of events are free, but often booking is required and the tickets will go faster than you think, so don’t delay.

A new weekly Car Boot Sale will take place in Dun Laoghaire just at the fromer Ferry Terminal. It is a huge car park and there will be a Carboot Sale and a Gourmet Market with spaces for small businesses, antiques & collectibles, gourmet food vendors and people clearing out their home and selling things from their car.

Admission is free (for buyers).

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.

Dublinia, Dublin’s Viking Museum, is running a Viking Fest over the Easter weekend. It starts on Friday and runs until Monday. There will be a number of events in Dublinia and admission tickets are required for that, but some events will be outside where no tickets and no booking is necessary. An audio visual and theatrical performance at the Wood Quay amphitheatre is also free, but all tickets are gone already.

So the “no ticket + no booking” events are:

+ Swords, shields, spears, bows axes and the skills and tactics of Viking weaponry will be on display in the Dublinia courtyard. Viking coin minting will also be demonstrated as well as Viking crafts like tablet weaving. Re-enactors will demonstrate how to use a quern-stone and how to play some Viking games.
+ Two Viking longships will be moored at Wood Quay on the Liffey and a full size longship will be on the ground on Wine Tavern Street with lots of Viking Warriors to tell you all about the ship and life for them as it would have been a thousand years ago.

After a long closure in the first three months of this year, Farmleigh House is inviting for their Easter celebration this Sunday and Monday.

There will be
+ Food & Farmers Market on the Farmyard on both days from 10:00-17:15
+ Plant Fair 10:00-17:15 near the Gallery
+ Easter family games (run by Early Childhood Creativity Co.) in a Marquee near the Pleasure Grounds from 11:00-16:00.
+ Puppet Shows (30 minute) at 12:00, 13:15, 14:15 and 15:15 in the Cowshed (Admission is free. First-come first served).
+ Easter Egg Challenge with explorations, games & challenges from 14:30-16:15 (Challenge entry sheets: Easter Wonderland Art Tent)
+ Blanchardstown Brass Band will play from 14:00-16:00 in the bandstand.

Admission is free.

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

The 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.

The Drumcondra Village Market is now the “Art, Bites, Crafts Drumcondra Market”. And as you guessed it, it is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. :-) There will also be some food and music.

The market is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30-15:30.

Admission is free.

The National Botanic Gardens run “Kids Drop by Activities” on Sunday and Tuesday of this week.

There will be fun activities in the dedicated Children’s Garden. Sow seeds, make seed bombs, design bug hotels and re-use everyday items to create your own piece of eco art. Suitable from age 4. All children must bring their own grown up.

The event times are:
Sunday 01 April: 11:00, 11:30, 15:00, 15:30
Tuesday 03 April: 11:00, 11:30, 15:00, 15:30

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 from 11:00-14:00 and from 14:30-16:30 a Bluegrass Band is taking over. Unfortuantely they don’t specify who the bands are.

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 New Market Collective is a warehouse market on the first Sunday of each month. You will find there Clothes, Accessories, Vintage, Home-Decor, Craft. Irish Design, Art, Vinyl Records, Jewellery, Food & Coffee and Live Music. There is also a Craft Corner.

Admission is free.

This is an art-making workshop where children and their parents/guardians/carers are encouraged to work together on creative projects. Drop-in and stay for as long (or as little!) as you wish.

Admission is free. Suitable for children of all ages.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

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

An Easter Sunday Commemoration Ceremony takes place at the GPO and the President will be at this event. The Defence Forces Brass Band and a pipe band will play. Lots of army, naval service and air corps personnel will be there. The 1916 proclamation will be read and a wreath will be laid. The public is invited, but you have to be there super early. Oddly I couldn’t find any details, but usually when the president arrives the great unwashed have to be there at least an hour to 1.5 hours before him.

O’Connel Street will be closed from 05:00 until 15:00, so avoid the area. I would expect that the Luas will also not operate on O’Connell Street until well after the ceremony.

Should you go to it? I would say NO. It seems more like a “box ticking exercise” year after year with not much more going into it than what has to be. Even RTE has decided not to broadcast the event anymore, it seems.

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 Francesco Turrisi on piano performing “Northern Migrations”. Composed and improvised piano music from Turrisi’s new recording.

Admission is free

This Family Tour is specially designed for children and their guardians, parents and carers to make the works on display in the National Gallery fun and engaging for kids.

Admission is free. Meet at the Merrion Square information desk.

This is the screening of a documentary exploring “The Taking of Christ” by Caravaggio. It is part of the BBC series “The Private Life of an Easter Masterpiece”.

Admission is free.

The yearly “Mad Hatters Tea Party” organised by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown will happen this Sunday in Deerpark, Mount Merrion.

There will be lots of activities: an Easter Trail (solve the clues spread across Deerpark to win one of the hundreds of Easter treats that the Easter Bunny delivered), make your own Mad Hat and get a chance to win the Grand Prize for the Maddest Hat at the Tea Party Hatwalk Fashion Show, The Teacup Ride, Bouncy Castle and other Inflatables, Facepainting and more.

And all the favourite Tea Party characters will also be there in their Easter finery including Alice, the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter.

You can bring your own picnic, if you want.

Admission is free

A puppet theatre performance suitable for all ages by the Moon & Sixpence Theatre Company will take place at 13:30 and at 15:00.

Admission is free.

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

Every Sunday a free guided tour will take place in the Chester Betty Library. The tour starts at 15:00.

In addition there is another free tour every Wednesday at 13:00 and one on Saturdays at 14:00

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

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

Blues Got Soul, a four-piece blues band from Dublin is performing the music of the founding fathers of blues and blues masters in the International Bar every Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

The High Leeson is a Bluegrass band that plays every Sunday in the Leeson Longe.

Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

The Dixeland Jazzmen play a weekly gig in Sin E. 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! ;-)

The Bank Holiday Easter Sunday Party at The Workman’s Club will feature Montauk Hotel and Bicurious with Special Guest Daniel John Paxton. The gigs will be followed by The Karaoke Club and DJs.

Admission is free.

Pete Cummins, Grammy award winning songwriter will play a gig in the Leeson Lounge.

Admission is free.

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).

“Le Boom” and “Mix & Fairbanks” will play a gig in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

This is a traditional singing meet up and singing session that happens on the first Sunday of the month. At most events a guest singer will perform as well. This month the guest singer is Eugene McEldowney.

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.

Another bank and public holiday! Hurray!

But different from 2015, 2016 and 2017 there is NO special big event happening this year that has to do with the Easter Rising. In 2015 it was a “Year before the Rising” event in O’Connell Street, in 2016 then was the massive commemoration organised by RTE and in 2017 there was the brilliant Cruinniu na Casca that brought a big buzz and lots of people to Dublin. I was hoping that this series would continue, but unfortunately it already stopped and I guess the Easter Rising is going back into its box.

“Dublin: One City, One Book” is an initiative by Dublin City Council that encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

The One City, One Book choice for 2018 is “The Long Gaze Back” edited by Sinéad Gleeson has the subtitle “An Anthology of Irish Women Writers”. The book is a collection of thirty stories from writers from the 18th Century to now.

Throughout April there will be numerous events in connection with this literature event. The website is below and if you want to download the programme, you can do that here.

A good number of events are free, but often booking is required and the tickets will go faster than you think, so don’t delay.

Dublinia, Dublin’s Viking Museum, is running a Viking Fest over the Easter weekend. It starts on Friday and runs until Monday. There will be a number of events in Dublinia and admission tickets are required for that, but some events will be outside where no tickets and no booking is necessary. An audio visual and theatrical performance at the Wood Quay amphitheatre is also free, but all tickets are gone already.

So the “no ticket + no booking” events are:

+ Swords, shields, spears, bows axes and the skills and tactics of Viking weaponry will be on display in the Dublinia courtyard. Viking coin minting will also be demonstrated as well as Viking crafts like tablet weaving. Re-enactors will demonstrate how to use a quern-stone and how to play some Viking games.
+ Two Viking longships will be moored at Wood Quay on the Liffey and a full size longship will be on the ground on Wine Tavern Street with lots of Viking Warriors to tell you all about the ship and life for them as it would have been a thousand years ago.

After a long closure in the first three months of this year, Farmleigh House is inviting for their Easter celebration this Sunday and Monday.

There will be
+ Food & Farmers Market on the Farmyard on both days from 10:00-17:15
+ Plant Fair 10:00-17:15 near the Gallery
+ Easter family games (run by Early Childhood Creativity Co.) in a Marquee near the Pleasure Grounds from 11:00-16:00.
+ Puppet Shows (30 minute) at 12:00, 13:15, 14:15 and 15:15 in the Cowshed (Admission is free. First-come first served).
+ Easter Egg Challenge with explorations, games & challenges from 14:30-16:15 (Challenge entry sheets: Easter Wonderland Art Tent)
+ Some music in the bandstand from 14:00-16:00 is very likely.

Admission is free.

The programme for Monday is most likely he same or very similar to the Sunday programme, but the website doesn’t list the Puppet Shows and the Easter Egg Challenge and also doesn’t tell us if there might be another band in the bandstand.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

This Family Tour is specially designed for children and their guardians, parents and carers to make the works on display in the National Gallery fun and engaging for kids.

Admission is free. Meet at the Merrion Square information desk.

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.

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Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase in Wheelan’s.

Admission is 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 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).

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).

Guitarist Jimmy Smyth will play a regular gig on Mondays in the Leeson Lounge with band Organised and occasional guests.

Admission is free.

The Remedy Club will play the bank holiday gig in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

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

That’s It Recordings is an open mic every Monday at Sin E. Just turn up and play. Sign up before 22:00 to ensure you get a slot. Bring a USB stick along and you will get a recording of your music to take home.

Admission is free.

“Dublin: One City, One Book” is an initiative by Dublin City Council that encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

The One City, One Book choice for 2018 is “The Long Gaze Back” edited by Sinéad Gleeson has the subtitle “An Anthology of Irish Women Writers”. The book is a collection of thirty stories from writers from the 18th Century to now.

Throughout April there will be numerous events in connection with this literature event. The website is below and if you want to download the programme, you can do that here.

A good number of events are free, but often booking is required and the tickets will go faster than you think, so don’t delay.

The National Botanic Gardens run “Kids Drop by Activities” on Sunday and Tuesday of this week.

There will be fun activities in the dedicated Children’s Garden. Sow seeds, make seed bombs, design bug hotels and re-use everyday items to create your own piece of eco art. Suitable from age 4. All children must bring their own grown up.

The event times are:
Sunday 01 April: 11:00, 11:30, 15:00, 15:30
Tuesday 03 April: 11:00, 11:30, 15:00, 15:30

Admission is free.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

Professor Rob Savage (Boston College) is a Visiting Research Fellow (in collaboration with the School of Histories and Humanities). He is currently writing a book about censorship and the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’ and will speak about how censorship of the broadcast media was pervasive throughout the island of Ireland in the 20th century.

Admission is free.

The lecture series “Irish Women and the First World War” explores different aspects of Irish women from anti-enlistment activism to working in munition factories and war-time nursing. The final lecture assesses the legacy and long-term impact of the war on the role of women in Irish society. In parallel there is also the exhibition “Doing their Bit: Irish Women and the First World War” on display at Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 until 28 April 2018.

Admission to the talks is free and on first-come, first-served basis. The Council Chamber seats 110 people and you can bring earphones for enhanced sound. Doors open at 12:30.

The lectures are:
03 April Dr. Bernard Kelly: “Enlistment, conscription and Irish women during the First World War”
10 April Dr Yvonne McEwen. “Irish Nurses and the Politics of Casualty Care in World War 1”
17 April Hugh McGuinness “Women and the Munitions Industry in Ireland during World War I”
24 April Dr. Fionnuala Walsh “Impact of the First World War on women in Ireland”

Rita Brown will talk about Erskine Nicol’s painting “Donnybrook Fair”.

Admission is free. Meet in front of the painting in Room 19.

A family friendly tour of the “Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising” exhibition will explore some of the highlights of the Museum’s extensive Easter Week collection. There will be tours at 14:30 and 15:30 and places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts.

Admission is free.

This lecture is part of a series entitled “Beyond the Book of Kells: The stories of eight other medieval manuscripts from the library of Trinity College Dublin.”

Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin from University College Cork will discuss TCD MS 1339: The Book of Leinster. The Book of Leinster contains the largest collections of Irish myth and history from before the twelfth century, including one of three surviving copies of the Táin and the earliest personal letter in Irish.

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

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

The topic this month is: “RTI: a new idea for sustainable fisheries management”

At this month’s Dublin event Debbi Pedreschi of the Marine Institute will talk about ‘Real-time incentives fisheries management’ . Debbi is working to develop a new way of managing fisheries, that takes the ecosystem into account, and would use smart technologies to improve the information coming from fishing activity to help make the science more accurate, while keeping the system simple to use and understand and provide incentives for sustainable activities and methods.

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.

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.

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.

Ben Prevo will be for his weekly gig in the Bowery. Expect Blues, Funk, Jazz and even Country.

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.

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

Admission is free. Max team size is 6 people.

“Dublin: One City, One Book” is an initiative by Dublin City Council that encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

The One City, One Book choice for 2018 is “The Long Gaze Back” edited by Sinéad Gleeson has the subtitle “An Anthology of Irish Women Writers”. The book is a collection of thirty stories from writers from the 18th Century to now.

Throughout April there will be numerous events in connection with this literature event. The website is below and if you want to download the programme, you can do that here.

A good number of events are free, but often booking is required and the tickets will go faster than you think, so don’t delay.

The Rediscovery Centre is a new eco destination for Dublin. It is based in the old Boiler House in Ballymun and hosts courses in Furniture Upcycling, Fashion Upcycling, Childrens Workshops and Bike Maintenance Workshops.

On the first Wednesday of each month, they invite to a information tour of the revamped Boiler House.

“The Centre is a unique educational space and an innovative experience that will demonstrate excellence in reuse for Ireland. It challenges conventional thinking about how we live, stimulates positive behavioural change and highlights how we can use our resources wisely to achieve a low carbon, sustainable society.”

Admission is free.

Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

For the Idea Translation Lab, Trinity College students use the Science Gallery as a lab to explore “LEDGES: LIFE AT THE EDGES”, tying in with Science Gallery’s upcoming exhibition of the same name. In the Idea Translation Lab (ITL) course, students will work at the boundaries of art, science & engineering to develop original ideas and projects where these disciplines meet. ITL is a cross-disciplinary undergraduate course stimulating the development of entrepreneurial, creative and critical thinking skills through collaborative group projects.

On Wednesday the Idea Translation Lab students will showcase their projects in an exhibition from 12:00 and from 12:30 the presentations and price giving will happen.

Admission is free. Find out more details about the projects on the website below.

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 Chester Beatty Library will screen the film “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (English, 1968, G, 144min)

Admission is free.

An Easter Family Art Workshop will take place in Collins Barracks on Wednesday for families with children aged 5-12.

You can create your own colourful Easter egg window decoration. Inspired by the Museum’s large Decorative Arts collection this workshop will focus on creating a fun Easter artwork that incorporates pattern, line, colour and shape.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6777444

Rathmines Library will do an “Great Easter Egg Hunt” with Bernie the Easter Bunny on Wednesday.

Admission is free.

A Teddy Bear Picnic for children under 7 years will take place on Wednesday in Ballyfermot Library.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-6269324

“Great angels in Antrim: Hugh Shearman, Theosophy and Ulster Unionism” is a lecture by Dr Patrick Maume, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Royal Irish Academy as part of the Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2017-2018.

Admission is free.

On 4 April 1968 at 18:01, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, USA. At the time he was supporting the strike of the Memphis Sanitation Workers for a decent wage and preparing the momentum of the ‘poor peoples campaign’, a huge non-violent march on Washington DC and the Capitol.

All Together in Dignity Ireland (ATD) and the Irish End Poverty Day Committee invite you to come to the Famine Memorial on Custom House Quay on to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King and to remember his legacy and to commit together to make the dream of social justice come true.

There will be songs and speeches. Guest speakers are Peter McVerry sj and Dublin’s Mayor.

Diarmuid Ó Gráda is a Dublin planning consultant and he will talk about “Georgian Dublin: The Forces That Shaped The City” in the RDS Library Speaker Series.

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

The Dwarf Jar House Trio (Daniel Rorke (sax), Cormac O’Brien (bass) and Matthew Jacobson(drums)) will play a weekly Jazz gig every Wednesday in Dwarf Jar Cafe and they usually have one or more guest musicians or singers supporting them.

Admission is free.

Jesters is a weekly open mic comedy event where a lot of comedians do 5 minutes of material.

Admission is free. If you would like to perform then send a message to the Jesters Facebook Page via the link below.

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

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 Wednesday and admission is free.

The Wow Wignal Sessions is a weekly gig night in Bagots Hutton. The line up is usually announced just a few days before on the Facebook Page below.

Admission is free.

The Anseo Comedy Club takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

The Candlelit Storytellers will be in the Harbour Bar telling stories about St. Patrick converting the pagan Irish and what the Pagans gave up to become Christians.

Admission is free.

“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.

Dance Forro every week at this “Forro Wednesday” in the Woolshed for free.

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

“Shipwrecked” is the name of the Bowery’s Open Mic on Wednesdays.

Each week there will be an array of music, comedy, spoken word and all things in between.

Admission is free.

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

This is a weekly Jazz gig in the Chambers Pub.

Admission is free.

“Dublin: One City, One Book” is an initiative by Dublin City Council that encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

The One City, One Book choice for 2018 is “The Long Gaze Back” edited by Sinéad Gleeson has the subtitle “An Anthology of Irish Women Writers”. The book is a collection of thirty stories from writers from the 18th Century to now.

Throughout April there will be numerous events in connection with this literature event. The website is below and if you want to download the programme, you can do that here.

A good number of events are free, but often booking is required and the tickets will go faster than you think, so don’t delay.

“Ancient Egyptian Animal Adventure” is a Family Drop-in activity where you will explore two Museums in one day! Begin and collect the trail at the Museum of Natural History on Merrion Street and come face to face with African animals, and complete the trail at the Museum of Archaeology on Kildare Street where you will discover the ancient Egyptian animal gods

Admission is free. Located in the Learning Resource Room, 1st Floor.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

This drop in event is a storytelling and trail session for kids aged 4+.

Admission is free.

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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“Copying the Masters” is the revival of an old Gallery tradition of copying part, or all, of a painting as way of learning about past artists. 16 students from the National College of Art and Design, together with NCAD Lecturer in Drawing and Painting, Kenneth Donfield, will be working from 14:00-17:00 in the Grand Gallery as part of a four week collaboration.

And we are invited to come and see them at work and see how they interpret the artists they are studying.

“Hands on Design: Hold on to your Hats” is a Drop-in Activity where you will explore the design of hats, helmets and headwear from the Museum’s collection for handling.

Admission is free. Suitable for all ages.

This event is a tour of the exhibition “Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats” on the first Thursday of each month. The tour introduces William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) – one of the great poets of the twentieth century – and his many interests, including literature, folklore, theatre, politics, the occult and Irish cultural identity. After the tour, you can listen to a selection of voices speaking some of his best loved poems, including Easter 1916.

Admission is free.

The Storytelling of “Horrid Henry and the Tooth Fairy” for children aged 5-8 years will be in Ballyfermot Library on Thursday.

Admission is free.

The Neurohumanities talk series at TCD will continue with Amy Sterling who will speak about “Citizen Science and Brain Mapping”.

Amy Sterling is the Executive Director of EyeWire and Neo, games to map the brain. EyeWire crowdsources neuroscience, challenging hundreds of thousands of players around the world to solve 3D puzzles and map out neurons, allowing neuroscientists to chart synaptic connections and model circuitry.

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

A weekly Jazz Club event with live band is taking place at J.W. Sweetman’s.

Admission is free.

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 10 for adults and admission is by guided tour only.

Explore some of the highlights of the National Gallery exhibitons at this evening tour.

Admission is free. Meet at the Merrion Square information desk.

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 05 April and 10 May.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8733996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie. All topics and speakers are listed on the website below and to make it easier for you, they are also here:

05 Apr: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur – How You Can Create and Produce Ideas
12 Apr: Creating the best Business Plan for your Business
19 Apr: Market Research Skills – What You Need To Do To Be Successful
26 Apr: Managing your Online Presence – Having A Digital Plan To Help You Increase Sales
03 May: Financial Support and Grants for Entrepreneurs
10 May: Essential Supports and Services for Entrepreneurs – Who’s Out There To Help You

A “Tour for the hard of hearing” where listening devices will be used to increase enjoyment and engagement with the Gallery and the national collection, will take place.

Admission is free.

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 Thursday Night Board Gaming event is running for more than 10 years already and it is a weekly event for all Board Game enthusiasts. But even if you are a Board Game newbie, you are welcome. Just come along! More information can be found here: www.meetup.com/IrishGamesAssociation/

Admission is free.

The Shogunz of Stank with Mik Pyro and Pete Pamf among others will be in the Bowery every Thursday for a gig. They will play Funk, Hip Hop and Groove.

Admission is free.

A Table Quiz takes place in the Grand Social. On Thursdays 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 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 BIMM Music College is organising the Midnight Hour on Thursdays in Whelan’s. The line-up has not yet been announced.

Admission is free.

“Dublin: One City, One Book” is an initiative by Dublin City Council that encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

The One City, One Book choice for 2018 is “The Long Gaze Back” edited by Sinéad Gleeson has the subtitle “An Anthology of Irish Women Writers”. The book is a collection of thirty stories from writers from the 18th Century to now.

Throughout April there will be numerous events in connection with this literature event. The website is below and if you want to download the programme, you can do that here.

A good number of events are free, but often booking is required and the tickets will go faster than you think, so don’t delay.

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

To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2018.

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

The “Hugh Lane First Friday Culture Club” offers the opportunity for engaging with the Gallery’s education, collection, conservation and temporary exhibitions programmes in a fun and relaxed way. There will be talks and they will be followed by tea/coffee and further discussion.

Admission is free, but booking is required via cultureclub@dublinscultureconnects.ie

This Fridday, the artist Ashleigh Downey will deliver an introduction to Sean Scully’s paintings, mindful observation and meditative walking with insights drawn from her own practice.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings every day of the week. Currently there is at least one free tour every day. Check their website for details. Some special events will be listed separately.

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

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 Family Tour “CAUTION! Fragile – Irish Glass Tradition in Transition” will have you experience Glass like you’ve never seen or heard it before. It is a chance to take a tour of this new exhibition with Artist in Residence Róisín de Buitléar and explore glass swords, bells and musical instruments on display in this diverse and family-friendly exhibition.

Admission is free. Places will be allocated on a first-come first served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts.

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 Ben Prevo Band will play a gig in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

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

Mongrel State will play from Rockabilly to Rock, Latin-American grooves and Cinematic Western Scores. Support will come from Leila Jane & The Healers.

Admission is free.

Gavin Povey and The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops” will play New Orleans style Piano Rhythm & Blues, Boogie Woogie and Rock’n’ Roll. Gavin Povey has played piano with Van Morrison, Finbar Wright, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Cropper, Shakin’ Stevens and many more.

Admission is free.

Bunoscionn and The Soul Foolishness will play a gig in the Bowery on Friday.

Admission is free.