Dublin Event Guide 559: Local Enterprise Week, Adult Learners’ Festival, Silk Road Film Festival

The market is cancelled this week due to the snow.

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.

The SuperNatural Food Market will be open on Saturday 03 March!!

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 will be open on Sat 03 March!!

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.

Cancelled due to the snow!

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.

Cancelled due to snow!

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.

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 National Gallery will remain closed on Saturday due to the snow!

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 Ha’Penny market is cancelled this week due to the snow.

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.

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.

TMFTML Music Blogger and Musician Adam Nolan is hosting a gig night featuring Oscar Mild.

It is not certain if admission is free, though, but the Sin E mostly runs free gigs, so let’s hope!

The Urban Mojo Blues Band will play a gig in the Harbour Bar on Saturday. (Cult Called Men had originally been announced but they will be back another time.)

Admission is free.

The Hen House Prolwers from the USA are playing a Bluegrass gig in the Leeson Lounge on Saturday.

The Leeson Lounge normally doesn’t charge, but in this case I am not certain if it will be free. Check before!

The Bob Marley Tribute Band “Buffalo Soul” will play a gig in the Bowery. Admission is free before 23:00.

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.

It is not yet certain if this market is happening depending on the weather, so check the Facebook Page before you go.

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 Smithfield Horse Fair was a long standing institution where for many years at the first Sunday in every month, horse traders (mainly from the travelling community) came together to sell and buy horses. If I remember right, the fair is a right that is firmly written down in some old rights documents. However, bad treatment of animals, anti-social behaviour and other problems (even a shooting) turned this horse market into a nightmare for Dublin City.

It seems they couldn’t stop it or make it illegal, but they were able to limit the market to twice per year and so a highly regulated Smithfield Horse Fair takes place on the first Sunday in March and in September.

Initially an attempt was made to add music, storytelling and other entertainment to the event so that the horse trading would be pushed in the background, but that didn’t work. So now it is back to horse trading as the main purpose.

Trader need to register with Dublin City and get a trading license for the day and with all these restrictions the market is definitely not what it was before.

Did it solve the problem? Well, it is highly unlikely that the horse traders now only twice a year sell and buy horses. So if they buy and sell more frequently then the trading happens elsewhere where the authorities can’t keep an eye on it. Consequently the problem might have gone away for Dublin, but if we don’t see it, it doesn’t mean it is not happening!

Now the big questions that people ask:
1) What is there to do?
2) I love animals. In the interest of the horses, should I go to the Horse Fair or stay away?

1) There is not much to do at the event, but you will see a good few horses and a horse fair is a bit of a spectacle.
2) Many have the concern that going to the Horse Fair would support bad treatment of animals because sellers and buyers at the fair have been found in the past to mistreat the horses and ponies. However, your attendance (or not) will not have any impact on the horse fair and will also not influence the sellers or buyers to treat the animals in any other way than they normally do. Because the authorities are expected to be there in big numbers the horse handlers are probably on their best behaviour anyway. So it is unlikely that your attendance or non-attendance will have any impact on the welfare of the animals.

So SHOULD you go there? Well, I was there in the “olden” times, when it was still a monthly market and it was an odd event but fascinatingly odd. There were some pretty horses and ponies and the people selling and buying were…unique. I also have been there once since the market got “cleaned” up and it wasn’t overly interesting, but that was a long while ago. If you go, please tell me about it!!

Cancelled due to the snow!

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.

Cancelled due to snow!

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. At the same weekend the Pure Vintage Market takes place in the Food Co-op on the other side of Teelings Distillery, so you get two markets in the same place.

The Drop-in family session: Brain Activity is a art-making workshop where children and their parents/guardians/carers are encouraged to work together on creative projects. This week’s workshop will be led by Serena Alberigo and Marina Azzaro.

Drop-in and stay for as long (or as little!) as you wish! The workshop is suitable for children of all ages.

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.

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

The celebrate the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival, the film “China’s Van Goghs” will be screened in the National Gallery’s Lecture Theatre.

“Like many inhabitants in the village of Dafen, in Shenzhen, China, former peasant farmer Zhao Xiaoyong has mastered the skills to produce replicas of the Western canon’s famous paintings, especially the work of Vincent Van Gogh. He longs to see the originals, so when an invitation from one of Zhao’s main clients sees him travel to Amsterdam to encounter his inspiration, he sets off on a journey that proves illuminating in unexpected ways.”

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.

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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.

An Intercultural Tour in Japanese Language with Community Ambassador Hiromi Anzai will take place.

Meeting point in the atrium of the Library. Admission is free.

The TramCafe and beatvyne are inviting to their SoundTrack Gig series every Sunday from 14:00-16:00.

This Sunday Jan Henrik Rau is the performer. Find out more details on the Facebook Page below.

Admission is free.

(beatvyne is a music marketplace and they are always looking for great musicians and venues: www.beatvyne.com)

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

At the event “Tanka, Haiku and Kimono”, enjoy poetry readings in Japanese and English by world renowned tanka poet Hisa Kagawa from Osaka and by haiku poet Anatoly Kudryavitsky.

Emily Waszak, Akiko Kidokoro and Sachiko Tanaka will also give a lecture and demonstration on the evolution of the kimono from the eight century to the present day.

Admission is free.

This is a bilingual tour of “Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising exhibition”. Explore some of the highlights of the Museum’s extensive Easter Week collection.

Admission is free and places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts. Suitable for Adults & Children 12+

The tour will happen at 15:00 and again at 16:00.

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

“In Conversation: Imogen Stuart RHA” is an event in association with the exhibition “Emil Nolde: Colour is Life”. Artist Imogen Stuart RHA will be in conversation with Donal Maguire (National Gallery of Ireland). The conversation will be preceded by a screening of Imogen Stuart: Dealbhóir, by Sharon Whooley, Harvest Films.

Admission is free.

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

Sunday Sketching for the whole family takes place every Sunday in the Hugh Lane Gallery and admission is free.

Families are invited to explore and respond together the gallery’s collection and temporary exhibitions through discussion and drawing. Bring your own sketchbook along or use the drawing materials provided. There will be a different topic every week.

Admission is free and no booking required, although numbers may be limited. Suited for ages 6+.

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

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

The event takes place every Sunday in the Cobblestone Pub.

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! ;-)

Pharaoh Trade are a four piece original Rock Band from Dublin and Paris and they will launch their debut EP in the Workman’s Club.

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).

Singer/Songwriter Katie Gallagher and also Singer/Songwriter Amy Naessens will perform in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

“The Night Before Larry Got Stretched” is a monthly Traditional Singing Session with a special guest singer. The guest singer this month will be Aodan Ceallaigh. 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.

From Mon 05 – Fri 09 March “Aontas” the Adult Learner’s Festival will take place. There will be Information Sessions, Workshops and Lectures for everyone.

Nearly 40 events will be in Dublin over the 5 days, but the people from Aontas seemingly didn’t want to make it too easy for you to find the right events: In their “Find events by COUNTY” on the website below they have subcategories for “counties” Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 1, Dublin 13, Dublin 14, Dublin 16, Dublin 2, Dublin 24, Dublin 4, Dublin 7, Dublin 8 and Dublin South. What a mess!

I picked a few of the events out of the heap for you and have them listed separately, but it is just a few, so unfortuantely you will have to wrestle with the Aontas website yourself. A lot of events are information events and open days for adults that want to continue learning. I picked instead the events that provide some learning content.

Admission is free.

The Local Enterprise Week 2018 will take place from Mon 05 – Sat 10 March in Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire. There are a large amount of free events provided by the four Local Enterprise Offices Dublin City, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Fingal in Greater Dublin.

The events for Dublin City are here, for South Dublin they are here, then it is Dun Laoghaire and finally for Fingal.

All events need pre-booking!!

Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) in association with the NLI present a series of genealogy lectures and afternoon workshops. The talks and workshops will take place on Monday 5 March and on Friday 9 March.

Professional genealogists will give three short introductory genealogy lectures and this will be followed by small group workshops to help you get started or to progress your family history research.

The three lectures are
+ Getting Started with Civil Registration
+ Getting Started with Land Records
+ Getting Started with Census Records

The event is part of the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival.

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.

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 National Tree Week Lecture “Ireland’s Trees and Woodlands – Nature’s Great Diplomats” with Kevin Collins (Forestry Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine) will take place.

Admission is free.

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).

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.

From Mon 05 – Fri 09 March “Aontas” the Adult Learner’s Festival will take place. There will be Information Sessions, Workshops and Lectures for everyone.

Nearly 40 events will be in Dublin over the 5 days, but the people from Aontas seemingly didn’t want to make it too easy for you to find the right events: In their “Find events by COUNTY” on the website below they have subcategories for “counties” Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 1, Dublin 13, Dublin 14, Dublin 16, Dublin 2, Dublin 24, Dublin 4, Dublin 7, Dublin 8 and Dublin South. What a mess!

I picked a few of the events out of the heap for you and have them listed separately, but it is just a few, so unfortuantely you will have to wrestle with the Aontas website yourself. A lot of events are information events and open days for adults that want to continue learning. I picked instead the events that provide some learning content.

Admission is free.

The Local Enterprise Week 2018 will take place from Mon 05 – Sat 10 March in Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire. There are a large amount of free events provided by the four Local Enterprise Offices Dublin City, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Fingal in Greater Dublin.

The events for Dublin City are here, for South Dublin they are here, then it is Dun Laoghaire and finally for Fingal.

All events need pre-booking!!

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.

“Conversations on Art” is a Dementia-friendly tour, an interactive tour specially designed for people living with dementia and their loved ones.

“Take a break from the everyday and enjoy an afternoon of conversations on art and life in general. Join us for a relaxing tea or coffee in the Silk Road Café before we take you on a tour of our beautiful collections.”

Admission is free, but limited to 10 participants and booking is required via Heidi on 01 4070766.

The talk “Life online in Ireland – How the NLI is saving the record of 21st century Ireland” with Maria Ryan and Joanna Finegan, NLI Digital Collections will discuss how the NLI is archiving and preserving the Irish web for the future.

Admission is free.

The Pop-up talk “Death masks in the National Gallery of Ireland” with Emily Glynn-Farrell happen in front of the death mask display case in Room 23.

Admission is free.

“Museums and Makers Inspiring Each Other” is a meet-up and team-up of enthusiastic makers people from arts, sciences and cultural museums.

The next event will look at the Chester Beatty Library collection to spark ideas and identify how museums can provide inspiration for creativity.

This event is facilitated by Don Undeen of BoomHiFive, Georgetown University Maker Hub, and Jenny Siung, Head of Education, Chester Beatty Library, with Jeffrey Roe, TOG Hackerspace Dublin, and Ellen Byrne, Festival of Curiosity. It is part of the Making Museum project, an 18-month EU-funded training initiative (Erasmus+ 20172019) exploring how museum staff can up-skill in creativity, innovation, creative collaborations with local maker communities, and embed these ideas in their public programmes for audiences.

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

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.”

Dr Ann Buckley (Trinity College Department of History) will discuss MS 78: A fifteenth-century Irish Antiphoner. Almost half a metre tall, MS 78 is a fine example of a late medieval choir book, one of the few to survive from Ireland. Beside music for services for saints Patrick, Canice and Bridget, it records the commemorations of numerous other all-but-forgotten Irish saints, including Magnan of Kilmainham.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the link 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: “Close to Nature Forest Management – the ProSilva approach” by Faith Wilson.

“ProSilva Ireland promotes forest management strategies which optimise the maintenance, conservation and utilisation of forest ecosystems in such a way that the ecological and socio-economic functions are sustainable and profitable. It is a sustainable alternative to clear felling that is gaining support and recognition.”

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.

“Digging it… An Introduction to the Study of Archaeology” is a talk during the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival.

“How and why do Archaeologists investigate societies from their material remains, from the distant past to the modern world? Archaeology is an exciting discipline that enables us to trace the astonishing diversity of human culture, across the world and through time. UCD’s School of Archaeology is a friendly, exciting and dynamic place to study and this talk will give you a flavour of the richness in store for those who choose to study in this area. Unlock your inner Indiana Jones!”

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.

Camden Comedy is a weekly comedy night on a Tuesday.

Every Tuesday they have a whole range of comedians and admission is free.

A Classical Choir Concert with the Chamber Choir and Chanteuse Women’s Choir from Hudson High School in Wisconsin, USA will be a special treat on Tuesday! A total of 80 student singers will perform works from works of Kirchner, Tschesnokoff, Robertson, Dawson, Wilberg, DiLasso, Aguiar and more.

The Hudson High School Choirs are on a 10-day tour through Ireland and the UK and will perform only this one concert in Dublin.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

They are not travelling with a Symphonic Orchestra on this trip, but just listen to the great singing in this video clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibip5O66QC4

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 back! It is a weekly band competition where the audience makes the decisions via the Clap-o-meter.

On Tuesday the line-up is
+ The Acts
+ Face of EArth
+ Otterman

Admission is free.

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

The 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.

From Mon 05 – Fri 09 March “Aontas” the Adult Learner’s Festival will take place. There will be Information Sessions, Workshops and Lectures for everyone.

Nearly 40 events will be in Dublin over the 5 days, but the people from Aontas seemingly didn’t want to make it too easy for you to find the right events: In their “Find events by COUNTY” on the website below they have subcategories for “counties” Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 1, Dublin 13, Dublin 14, Dublin 16, Dublin 2, Dublin 24, Dublin 4, Dublin 7, Dublin 8 and Dublin South. What a mess!

I picked a few of the events out of the heap for you and have them listed separately, but it is just a few, so unfortuantely you will have to wrestle with the Aontas website yourself. A lot of events are information events and open days for adults that want to continue learning. I picked instead the events that provide some learning content.

Admission is free.

For years, this event was one of the most popular monthly events with a HUGE amount of people taking part. But since last year, it got more or less terminated for all of us in Dublin.

The Free Wednesday (currently) still continues outside of Dublin, but the interesting heritage sites in Dublin have been removed from the list. “Free Wednesday” is the first Wednesday every month when entry charges at some state-owned heritage sites are waived.

The sites are all owned by the state and managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Many 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.

Regrettably Kilmainham Gaol and Dublin Castle were removed from this great initiative and The Casino in Marino is still closed for an indefinite period of time, so the only site in Dublin that is still taking part (for another bit!?) is Rathfarnham Castle.

Outside but near to Dublin, you can visit
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow
free of charge. The full list of sites in Ireland is here.

However, 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.

The Local Enterprise Week 2018 will take place from Mon 05 – Sat 10 March in Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire. There are a large amount of free events provided by the four Local Enterprise Offices Dublin City, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Fingal in Greater Dublin.

The events for Dublin City are here, for South Dublin they are here, then it is Dun Laoghaire and finally for Fingal.

All events need pre-booking!!

The theme of Barnardos’ Adult Learning Festival Event 2018 is “Professionalism in the Early Years” and the talks at this event are especially interesting for everybody studying or interested in the area of early years care and education or social care.

Find the schedule and the individual lecture topics on the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is required and contact details are on the website below.

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.

A Lunchtime Piano Concert with Eoin Fleming takes place in the Shaw Room. The National Gallery will host the six Irish competitors who will take part in this year’s Dublin International Piano Competition.

Admission is free.

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

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Wednesday 7 March, 2pm

Music by Arash Moradi

To celebrate the Persian New Year “Nowruz”, tanbur musician Arash Moradi will play Kurdish Sufi music of western Iran. The tanbur is a two-stringed Kurdish/Iranian lute made of mulberry and walnut. Drummer Habib Meftah is performing with him.

Admission is free.

Career Toolkit is a 4 week programme to assist you with your career choices. It is part of the Career Direction and Development programme at the Business Information Centre in the Central Library. The four interactive talks are hosted by Career & Life Coach Ilaria Dondero.

07 Feb: Career Choices and Decisions helping you move forward in 2018
14 Feb: Writing and Adapting Effective and Winning CVs, Resumes and Cover Letters
21 Feb: Interview Skills Techniques and Essential Tips to ensure a successful outcome
07 Mar: Opportunities for Post Graduates in a Competitive Jobs Market – what you need to know

Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01-8733996

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

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

Check out speakers and their topics via the link below.

Admission is free.

The Irish Association of Professional Historians are inviting to the lecture “Penal Times: Irish Catholics in the Eighteenth Century” with Ian McBride (Foster Professor of Irish History, Hertford College, Oxford).

Admission is free.

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.

The Candlelit Storytellers will be in Bray telling tales of love and romance. There are countless tales in myth and folklore of two souls brought together by fate, overcoming all obstacles and, against all the odds, living happily ever after. But Irish love stories are different! They are tales of betrayal, adultery, heroes fighting over beautiful damsels in distress, beautiful Queens going to war over heroes in distress, shattered lives, broken hearts, and the worst courtship gift in the history of the human race.

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 BIMM Music College is running a band competition and admission is free.

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

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.

From Mon 05 – Fri 09 March “Aontas” the Adult Learner’s Festival will take place. There will be Information Sessions, Workshops and Lectures for everyone.

Nearly 40 events will be in Dublin over the 5 days, but the people from Aontas seemingly didn’t want to make it too easy for you to find the right events: In their “Find events by COUNTY” on the website below they have subcategories for “counties” Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 1, Dublin 13, Dublin 14, Dublin 16, Dublin 2, Dublin 24, Dublin 4, Dublin 7, Dublin 8 and Dublin South. What a mess!

I picked a few of the events out of the heap for you and have them listed separately, but it is just a few, so unfortuantely you will have to wrestle with the Aontas website yourself. A lot of events are information events and open days for adults that want to continue learning. I picked instead the events that provide some learning content.

Admission is free.

The Local Enterprise Week 2018 will take place from Mon 05 – Sat 10 March in Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire. There are a large amount of free events provided by the four Local Enterprise Offices Dublin City, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Fingal in Greater Dublin.

The events for Dublin City are here, for South Dublin they are here, then it is Dun Laoghaire and finally for Fingal.

All events need pre-booking!!

The talk “The Women of 1918: War, Revolution, Living” will be given as part of the Aontas Adult Learners’ Festival.

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.

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 Silk Road Film Festival will run form 07-11 March and the documentary “The Borrowed Dress” will be screened at this event.

Admission is free.

“Women in a Viking World: The Finglas Burial in Context” is a talk on International Women’s Day by archaeologist Maeve Sikora (Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland) about a special female Viking burial in Finglas, Dublin.

The Viking burial found at Finglas in 2004 was richly furnished and was the first to be discovered in Ireland for over 100 years. This lecture will look at the evidence for female burial among early Viking Age graves in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland and explore how gender was expressed through grave-goods.

Admission is free, but booking is required via educationarch@museum.ie or 01 6486 334. The talk will be in the Kildare Room, Ground Floor. Suitable for adults.

This is a tour of the exhibition “World War Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience”. Find out about the Irish experience ‘over there’ and on the home front during WWI through the collections of letters, diaries, recruiting posters, newspaper reports, cartoons and leaflets.

WWIreland is at 2/3 Kildare Street.

Admission is free.

The Augustine Henry Memorial Lecture “Is Scots Pine a Native Species?” with Dr Jenni Roche will look at one of the first tree species to colonise in Ireland after the most recent Ice Age, the Scots Pine. But about 5,000 years ago it underwent a massive decline and the last known specimen of native Scots pine in Ireland was dated to AD 400.

Non-native stock was re-introduced in the Irish landscape and the species is now widespread. Yet the question remains open, did native Scots pine survive in some unknown refuge? In this lecture Dr Jenni Roche will outline the findings of this and other new research on Scots pine which has significant implications for the status of this species in Ireland.

Admission is free.

Prof. John McCafferty (UCD) will deliver the talk “She was a brave girl; yet it was a man’s job” – Perceptions of women in the 1916 Rising”.

This lecture will record how an eyewitness reacted to the women of the 1916 Rising.

Admission is free.

The Silk Road Film Festival will run from 07-11 March and the film “Silk Road” will be screened in the Hugh Lane Gallery.

Admission is free.

An International Women’s Day tour will take place on Thursday and it will celebrate the women in the National Gallery’s collection.

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

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.

The Film “On parade” will be screened as part of the Silk Road Film Festival (07-11 March).

Admission is free.

The Silk Road Film Festival will run from 07-11 March and a selection of Irish & International Short Films will be screened at this event.

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 Silk Road Film Festival is taking place from 07-11 March and this film screening will take place in Film Base.

Admission is free.

International Women’s Day Lecture: “Surgeons, Starlets and Storytellers”

For International Women’s Day 2018, historian and NLI staff member Maeve Casserly will talk about the lives of women in Dublin’s south-east area in the 20th century. From big-name stars like Maureen O’Hara and Maeve Brennan to Dr Kathleen Lynn and lesser known figures, find out more about the women that called this part of Dublin home.

Admission is free.

Mná Na Grá & Live At Sin É present “Bitches Brew IV” a celebration of Irish Female Musicians on International Womens Day 2018. The line-up is
+ FARAH ELLE (Full band show)
+ ELAINE MAI
+ MAJIA SOFIA

Admission is free, but donations are suggested and appreciated to raise funds & awareness for the Repeal the 8th campaign.

“Dutch horticulturalist Ronald Houtman of plantsandpictures.com will speak about new plants and cultivars, such as trees, shrubs, conifers and herbaceous perennials, especially those of Dutch origin along with a selection of some of his personal favourites.”

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.

The Reggulators will play a Reggae gig in Bray.

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.

From Mon 05 – Fri 09 March “Aontas” the Adult Learner’s Festival will take place. There will be Information Sessions, Workshops and Lectures for everyone.

Nearly 40 events will be in Dublin over the 5 days, but the people from Aontas seemingly didn’t want to make it too easy for you to find the right events: In their “Find events by COUNTY” on the website below they have subcategories for “counties” Co. Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 1, Dublin 13, Dublin 14, Dublin 16, Dublin 2, Dublin 24, Dublin 4, Dublin 7, Dublin 8 and Dublin South. What a mess!

I picked a few of the events out of the heap for you and have them listed separately, but it is just a few, so unfortuantely you will have to wrestle with the Aontas website yourself. A lot of events are information events and open days for adults that want to continue learning. I picked instead the events that provide some learning content.

Admission is free.

The Local Enterprise Week 2018 will take place from Mon 05 – Sat 10 March in Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire. There are a large amount of free events provided by the four Local Enterprise Offices Dublin City, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Fingal in Greater Dublin.

The events for Dublin City are here, for South Dublin they are here, then it is Dun Laoghaire and finally for Fingal.

All events need pre-booking!!

Donal Fallon, Historian will talk about architect Herbert Simms. Simms was employed by Dublin City Corporation during the 1920s & 1930s when the city was grappling with a housing crisis. Simms created Art Deco masterpieces of public housing and was interested in ensuring that council residents had adequate access to all the services they would need. He believed that ‘flats should last at least 200 years…..providing they were well maintained.’

The Chancery Park Housing Scheme, close to the Four Courts, is an example of his work.

Admission to this event is free.

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.

Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) in association with the NLI present a series of genealogy lectures and afternoon workshops. The talks and workshops will take place on Monday 5 March and on Friday 9 March.

Professional genealogists will give three short introductory genealogy lectures and this will be followed by small group workshops to help you get started or to progress your family history research.

The three lectures on Friday are
+ Getting Started with Roman Catholic Records
+ Getting Started with Church of Ireland Records
+ Getting Started with Newspapers

The event is part of the AONTAS Adult Learners’ Festival.

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.

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.

Jennie Guy is an artist, curator and educator based in Dublin. Her artistic practice embraces visual, textual, performance, and event-based output. She is interested in the rituals surrounding artistic production, seeking alternate modes of observation and response. She is the founder and director of Art School, a platform that establishes new interfaces between contemporary art and sites of education.

Admission is free.

The talk “!The Hours of Prigent de Coëtivy in Context” with Dr Catherine Yvard, Special Collections Curator, National Art Library, V&A Museum will take place.

Admission is free.

Every Friday the lads and ladies from the Bridgefoot Street Community Garden come together at the DCC Rowing Club to learn rowing together on the Liffey. This is a taster class as part of the Aontas Adult Learners’ Festival and it is open to everybody aged 18-84, no matter what your fitness level is. You don’t even have to be able to swim, because you won’t fall in the water.

The suggest to bring something to share with the tea/coffee afterwards.

Admission is free.

A gentle yoga class using the support of a chair including breath work and relaxation will take place. It is part of the AONTAS festival and suitable for people over 55.

Admission is free.

The Silk Road Film Festival will run from 07-11 March and a selection of Irish & International Short Films will be screened at this event.

Admission is free.

The Silk Road Film Festival takes place from 07-11 March and a series of short films will be screened at this event.

Admission is free.

The Silk Road Film Festival will run from 07-11 March and a selection of Irish & International Short Films will be screened at this event.

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.

Joey Gavin from Dublin will play a gig with material from his newest EP “Run”, a “chaotic, kaleidoscopic psych-pop jaunt”.

Admission seems to be free, but I am not 100% certain, so please check.

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 Showgunz Of Stank will play a Soul / Funk / Blues gig in Bray.

Admission is free.

Catch 22 will play a gig in the Bowery at midnight. Admission is free before 22:00.

A rockabilly gig with Skinny Elvis will take place in the Leeson Lounge.

Admission is free.

The Revellions is an Originals Psychedelic 60s Rock band from Dublin. They will play a gig in Whelan’s from midnight and admission is free before 22:30.