Dublin Event Guide 573: UCD Festival, La na mBan, Dublin Kite Festival, Fusion Sunday, Bike Week, Bloomsday

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.

Bike Week 2018 will take place from Sat 09 – Sun 17 June. There will be Bike Tours, Bike Maintenance Clinics, a Street Velodrome event, a Bike Fest and a Cycling Photo Exhibition.

A lot of events are listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but to find out about the free Bike Maintenance Clinics, please check the website at www.bikeweek.ie/events

The “Everyday Cycling Photo Exhibition”, a collection current and historical images depicting the role of the bicycle in everyday and sometimes strange, situations, will be on show from 09-29 June in the offices of Dublin City Council on Wood Quay from Monday to Friday (09:00-17:00). Admission is free.

All Bike Week events are free.

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:
+ 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
+ Bricksfield Park, Crumlin Road, Dublin 12

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

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

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

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

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

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

The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.

The last day of the Ruaille Buaille Children’s Music Festival will take place in Griffeen Park and the weather will be perfect for it!

There is a Main stage/Big Tent with with lots of events throughout the day and a Mini-Muisc Marquee, a Percussion & Arts Tent and a Music Generation Creative Tent will be not less busy.

There are more than 30 events (workshops and performances) and it looks as if all of them are free. However, it will be a busy day and there are limited spaces for the different events.

The full schedule can be found on the website below.

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 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.

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.

Áras an Uachtaráin is the residence of the President of Ireland in the middle of Phoenix Park. It started as a modest brick house for the Phoenix Park Chief Ranger in 1751, was then turned into th ‘occasional residence’ for the Lords-Lieutenant and gradually evolved into a huge mansion. After Ireland gained independence it was turned after 1937 into the residence of the Irish president.

Every Saturday a number of public tours take place and admission is free. Tickets will be issued at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on the day, on a first come, first served basis. Group and/or advance booking is not possible.

The tours will be at 10:15, 11:30, 12:45, 14:00 and 15:15 and take approx. 1 hour.

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.

On Saturday, two cycle trips will bring you to some of Dublin’s Community Gardens.

Southside Tour: Meet at Cycle Velodrome (Ceannt Stadium in Sundrive Park, Crumlin) at 10:45 for a trip to 3 local community gardens. Meet the growers and find out what motivates them and what they grow. The cycle will finish with a picnic at Drimnagh Castle Community Garden, Long Mile Road.

Northside Tour: Meet at Mud Island Community Garden at Clinchs Court, just off North Strand Road at 10:30 for a trip to 3 northside community gardens before heading southside to join the Southside Cycle group for a picnic Drimnagh Castle Community Garden.

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.

Organised by Clean Coasts, this is a Nature Tour of North Bull Island/Dollymount Strand. Meeting point is next to the Happy Out Cafe, a cafe in a shipping container on Dollymount Strand.

Admission is free.

Pond Dipping is an event in the National Botanic Garden for children aged 8+. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8040319

“Explore the weird and wonderful world of insects and mini-beasts living in and around the pond at the National Botanic Gardens. Perfect your technique with guidance from the experts and learn how to identify the amazing creatures you have captured. Once you have discovered the hidden pond life you will never look at ponds the same way again.”

A free Yoga Class on Sandymount Strand will take place on Saturday and it will be followed by a short beach clean.

Meeting Point is at the Marine Road entrance to Sandymount Strand and Irishtown Park. The class will be run by Jutta Kleinfeld. Suitable for all levels.

Admission is free.

The Gallery Shop of the National Gallery will run a Childrens’ Story Time themed “Animals & Creatures” and it is for children aged 5+. Story teller Ruth Concannon will share tales on theme of Animal and Creatures, followed by some colouring-in time.

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 Family Tour “Animal Lottery” with Catherine McGuinness will take place on Saturday at 12:00 and again at 14:00.

You decide the route of the tour by having an animal lottery. Be prepared for a lot of walking.

Admission is free and no booking required, places are limited and allocated on a first-come first served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts. Suitable for all ages.

The “Cactus and Succulent Show” will be a showcase for amateur growers. Prizes are awarded in over forty classes and it is an opportunity to see the variety of plants grown by enthusiasts in the challenging Irish climate.

Admission is free. The Show will take place in the Teak House.

The Equipet Store in Coolock is inviting to a Pet Fun Day with a free Pet Health Checkup and free pet photography.

Find all details on the Facebook Page below.

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.

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

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

Admission is free and no booking required, but numbers are limited. Meeting point is in the Atrium.

The “Skerries Midsummer Festival” will take place this weeken (Fri-Sun)

The good people from Skerries are not overly generous with information about the festival (No idea at what time it starts or what happens when.) and they are a little confused about the calendar (Midsummer is on 15 July.) but they do provide a short list of some events during the festival and that might help:

For Saturday they list:

“Swimrace – Sports on the Beach – Sandcastle Competition from noon
Festival Village – Bumpr Cars – Carousels – Candyfloss – Treats
MainStage: Adam McEvoy Unplugged – Fancy Dress 80s Disco (18+)”

and on Sunday this information is provided:

” Skerries Triathlon – Sports on the Beach – Sandcastle Competition from noon
Festival Village – Bumper Cars – Carousels – Candyfloss – Treats
Main Stage: Live Afternoon Trad”

Admission seems to be free for all events (free admission for the main stage events is confirmed).

Organised by pet shop “The Pet Parlour”, a dog show will take place in Terenure. Registration starts at 10:00 and the show takes place from 12:00-14:00. The event is in conjunction with the weekly Bushy Park Market in Terenure.

Admission is free.

The June edition of the Bernard Shaw Flea Market will happen this Saturday. There will be approx 16 stalls, music, pizzas from the Big Blue Bus and the Bernard Shaw Garden Bar. Expect vintage clothes, shoes, jewellery, art, records, bric-a-brac and more and DJs will provide the entertainment.

Admission is free.

The UCD Festival, organised by UCD Alumni takes place on Saturday. Over 65 events will take place across the UCD Campus. There will be talks. interactive exhibits, workshops, live performances, family fun, a Mind&Body zone, campus tours and an International Food Fair.

Admission is free, but booking is required

Find all details, including a full schedule/timetable where you can and should register for many of the events at festival.ucd.ie/

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 Library’s History & Heritage Guided Tour willl give you chance to explore the Library’s rich architectural history and heritage. The tour begins in the main hall of the Library and includes a visit to the Library’s iconic reading room.

Admission is free.

Enjoy some time out and come to this guided tour in the National Gallery at a slower pace. Looking closely, and moving quietly and mindfully through the Gallery spaces, you will encounter each work with curiosity, allowing you to connect deeply with it. The tour will end with quiet reflection in silence and stillness.

Admission is free.

Bloomsday is around the corner again. The James Joyce inspired day that causes major palpitations for Joyce fans and doesn’t move the rest in the slightest. The festival runs from Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June with the main Bloomsday on Saturday 16 June.

There are plenty of events happening during the week, but nearly all of them are not free, some even quite pricey. Maybe that is an indication about the affluence of the audience that is Bloomsday mad?

Luckily there is one glorious exception! The James Joyce Museum in the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove will have a whole range events that are all free of charge.

The events are listed here:

Sat 09 Jun: Actress Caitriona Ni Threasaigh presents her own performance of Molly Bloom at 14:00 and 16:00.
Sun 10 Jun: Performance at 15:00 by Irish tenor and Joycean music specialist Noel O’Grady.
Mon 11 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Tue 12 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Wed 13 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Thu 14 Jun: Aidan Coleman presents his musical odyssey through Joyce’s life and works at 12:00 and 15: 00
Fri 15 Jun: Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy will perform Joycean songs from 14:00
sat 16 Jun: The Tower opens at 08:00 for a day of Bloomsday festivities. Actor Bryan Murray reads excerpts from Ulysses at intervals over the morning and early afternoon, with occasional performances by Caitriona Ni Threaisaigh and Mary Pat Moloney and traditional contributions by Joycean pilgrims and the visiting public throughout the day.

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Admission to all events 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

The In Focus Tour “Chester Beatty’s Gift to the Nation” with Orla Ryan, Guide will take place.

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

The DocSpot Documentary Film Club is inviting to this screening of the Spanish-language documentary “Preso” (2017, 91 min, Dir: Ana Tipa). The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

Miguel works building the biggest prison in Uruguay, while participating in the project he lives a double life. He has a family in Uruguay and crosses the border to Brazil regularly to spend the weekend with his other family.

Admission is free.

100 years ago on 09 June 1918, thousands of women marched to Dublin City Hall and other important buildings throughout Ireland to sign a pledge condemning conscription. The day was called Lá na mBan (Woman’s Day).

On Saturday, the National Library commemorates this day from 14:30-16:00. The iconic Reading Room will be open where we will have digitized photographs, posters and much more on display.

At 15:00 historian Maeve Casserly will give a short talk in the Mezzanine Room on the importance of Lá na mBan in the campaign for women’s suffrage in Ireland.

Admission is free.

“The Art of Portraiture” is a talk by artist James Hanley, RHA, in conjunction with the ‘Face to Face’ exhibition.

Admission is free, but booking is required via farmleighevents@opw.ie

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 Stonecutters will play Rock-Pop-Reggae & Everything in between at this gig.

Admission is free.

Toshin is a funk & soul band from Dublin.

Admission is free to their gig in Sin E.

Contemplenta are an indie-electro duo from Dublin and they will play a gig from midnight in Whelan’s.

Admission is free before 22:30

The Bob Marley Tribute Band “Buffalo Soul” will be in the Grand Social for a gig and 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.

Bike Week 2018 will take place from Sat 09 – Sun 17 June. There will be Bike Tours, Bike Maintenance Clinics, a Street Velodrome event, a Bike Fest and a Cycling Photo Exhibition.

A lot of events are listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but to find out about the free Bike Maintenance Clinics, please check the website at www.bikeweek.ie/events

The “Everyday Cycling Photo Exhibition”, a collection current and historical images depicting the role of the bicycle in everyday and sometimes strange, situations, will be on show from 09-29 June in the offices of Dublin City Council on Wood Quay from Monday to Friday (09:00-17:00). Admission is free.

All Bike Week events are free.

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

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

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.

On Sunday the La na mBan (Women’s Day) from 100 years ago will be commemorated in Dublin. There will be a series of talks, re-enactments, Memorabilia Display, Book stalls etc.

On 09 June 2018 almost 3/4 of the women in Ireland signed an anti-conscription pledge and in Dublin they walked in their thousands to City Hall to sign the pledge.

Speakers will be Maeve Mullin and Ailbhe Rogers.

Admission is free.

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

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

Since 1988, the Irish Army doesn’t use the Fort anymore and gave it back to the Office of Public Works (OPW), but not much good has happened to the Fort in the last 30 years (!!) and there were numerous speculations about the reasons for that.

Finally since 2016, guided tours are provided and this year from April until end of October there will be three tours every Sunday at 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00. Only 20 places are available on each tour and if there is a big event in Phoenix Park the tour will be cancelled.

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

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.

It got a lot quieter around Street Feast than in previous years, but it is happening again in 2018! And the website claims that in the Greater Dublin area there will be 414 events. That is a LOT! :-O

Street Feast is a neighbourhood festival organised by YOU and your neighbours. The idea is that you meet up with friends and neighbours and organise a lunch/feast/event on Sunday in your local street, in a garden or a park.

You don’t need to tell anyone, but if you are neighbourly and are happy for other people to come to your event, you can post it on the Street Feast website. And if you are at a loose end and would like to join another feast, you can find some via the “Go To One” link on the website. It is not too certain, though if all these promised 414 street feasts will really happen. Some have very little information.

Admission is free, but you need to organise the food yourself.

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.

Organised by HADD-ADHD, this is a play session especially for kids with ADHD and their siblings, to allow their parents to chat about their experiences with ADHD. You can book/contact HADD via 01-8748349 or info@hadd.ie

Bring teddies and a picnic! Meeting point is the playground next to the Visitor Centre.

Admission is free.

The National Botanic Gardens run “Kids Drop by Activities” on Sunday.

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 11:00, 11:30, 15:00, 15:30

Admission is free.

Every Sunday (with a few exceptions) an art workshop takes place for children from 6-11 years of age. Admission is free and children must be accompanied by an adult.

The themes for the workshopthis week is “Trees of the Phoenix Park”.

The full programme brochure is here.

The Dublin Kite Festival 2018 will take place this weekend on North Bull Island/Dollymount Strand off Clontarf.

There will be Kite Making workshops, Kite flying demonstrations, an introduction to Powerkites, Buggy and land.kiting demonstrations and a kite maker competition. There is also a food village.

You don’t need a kite to go to the festival. There is plenty to see, but if you have a kite, bring it and let it fly!

Admission is free. The schedule can be found on the website below. There will be a free Shuttle Bus service to the festival from Clontarf Road junction with Causeway Road. Don’t use the Wooden Bridge to get there if you want to go by car, instead use the next road (Causeway Road) to Dollymount Strand.

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.

I had already in May expected that back then it was the last Fusion Sundays Market at the “old” location in Newmarket Square, but they managed to squeeze one more in. Sadly this is really now the very last Fusion Sundays Market at this location.

The Fusion Sundays Market is a world culture market, an ethnic Bazaar, that focuses on the diverse ethnic culture present in Ireland today. The Market features a huge array of International stalls, ethnic food, live music and entertainment for kids. You can buy handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewellery, clothes and food. The market is held every second Sunday of the month.

There is always a great atmosphere and I definitely recommend this monthly market.

Admission is free.

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.

One of the first events in Bike Week 2018 (from 09-17 June) is the Liffey Cycle.

It is a Mass cycle event along the Liffey Quays to demonstrate support for the Liffey Cycle Route.

Assemble at the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park at 10:45 as the cycle departs at 11:00 sharp.

The Liffey Cycle Route is a segregated cycle track, linking the Phoenix Park to the Point Village. Your participation in the Liffey Cycle will show your support for this cycling route. The cycle will go from Phoenix park to the Convention Centre.

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.

A Drop-in family session entitled “Exotic Objects and Colourful Blooms” will take place in the National Gallery.

Come for a free 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 artist Kate Dick, and will take the works of Emil Nolde as inspiration.

Drop-in and stay for as long (or as little!) as you wish! These workshops are suitable for children of all ages, and take place in the Maples and Calder Creative Space in our Atrium.

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.

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 “Skerries Midsummer Festival” will take place this weeken (Fri-Sun)

The good people from Skerries are not overly generous with information about the festival (No idea at what time it starts or what happens when.) and they are a little confused about the calendar (Midsummer is on 15 July.) but they do provide a short list of some events during the festival and that might help:

For Saturday they list:

“Swimrace – Sports on the Beach – Sandcastle Competition from noon
Festival Village – Bumpr Cars – Carousels – Candyfloss – Treats
MainStage: Adam McEvoy Unplugged – Fancy Dress 80s Disco (18+)”

and on Sunday this information is provided:

” Skerries Triathlon – Sports on the Beach – Sandcastle Competition from noon
Festival Village – Bumper Cars – Carousels – Candyfloss – Treats
Main Stage: Live Afternoon Trad”

Admission seems to be free for all events (free admission for the main stage events is confirmed).

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 Chamber Choir Ireland performing

Josef Rheinberger Drei Gesänge op 69
Max Reger Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht
Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir

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.

Niamh Dooley and ELKIN will perform at the Sunday Songbrunch. There will also be an Open Mic and Closing Jam.

Admission is free.

The Asian – Irish Culture Festival will happen for the fourth year and this year some of the events will be
+ Rapper Oisín Mac performing in Irish
+ Traditional Japanese dancing from Odorikko,
+ Sean-Nós Dancing
+ Bellydancing
+ Aikido and Katori-Shinto-Ryu demonstrations
+ St. Brigid’s Cross making workshop
+ Traditional dress show from China, the Phillipines and Japan
+ Demonstration on how to wear a Yukata (a Japanese casual kimono-like garment worn during the summer)
+ Glór na nGael will promote and teach Irish
+ Traditional Irish Music
And there will be Asian and Irish food stalls.

Admission is free.

The yearly Irish Finnish Society “Kesärieha – Summer Party” will happen this Sunday.

“It’ll be a relaxed fun-filled day for all the family. Bring a picnic and any lawn games you may have and join us for a hopefully sunny afternoon in Herbert Park.”

Admission is free. The location in the park is just behind Lolly and Cooks.

The Tour “Secrets of the master painters” will take place in the National Gallery.

Have you ever wondered how artists solve the problem of creating a three-dimensional world on a flat surface? Join art historian Valerie Moffat for this tour exploring selected artworks in the collection and revealing the secrets of the masters.

Admission is free.

Raimonda Masiulyte will sing Soul and Jazz at this weekly gig. She will be backed by Eamonn Moran on guitar.

Admission is free.

The screening of the film “The Peace People” (Dir. Trevor Birney, 2017) will take place in the Hugh Lane Gallery.

This film explores the role of the community grassroots initiative for peace led by Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown. The screening will include an introduction by the film’s producer Stephen Douds and followed by Q&A.

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

A Thai Cultural Day is taking place in the Chester Beatty Library on Sunday.

Hear some stories inspired by the Jataka tales found in the Library’s Thai collection, take a copy of a gallery trail or partake in the drop-in family workshop. Complementary copies of Temyia the Mute Prince story for children will be available for visitors.

Admission is free.

Balfold Dublin will migrate to Phoenix Park on this sunny weekend. You will find them at the bandstand near the tea rooms.

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.

Bloomsday is around the corner again. The James Joyce inspired day that causes major palpitations for Joyce fans and doesn’t move the rest in the slightest. The festival runs from Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June with the main Bloomsday on Saturday 16 June.

There are plenty of events happening during the week, but nearly all of them are not free, some even quite pricey. Maybe that is an indication about the affluence of the audience that is Bloomsday mad?

Luckily there is one glorious exception! The James Joyce Museum in the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove will have a whole range events that are all free of charge.

The events are listed here:

Sat 09 Jun: Actress Caitriona Ni Threasaigh presents her own performance of Molly Bloom at 14:00 and 16:00.
Sun 10 Jun: Performance at 15:00 by Irish tenor and Joycean music specialist Noel O’Grady.
Mon 11 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Tue 12 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Wed 13 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Thu 14 Jun: Aidan Coleman presents his musical odyssey through Joyce’s life and works at 12:00 and 15: 00
Fri 15 Jun: Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy will perform Joycean songs from 14:00
sat 16 Jun: The Tower opens at 08:00 for a day of Bloomsday festivities. Actor Bryan Murray reads excerpts from Ulysses at intervals over the morning and early afternoon, with occasional performances by Caitriona Ni Threaisaigh and Mary Pat Moloney and traditional contributions by Joycean pilgrims and the visiting public throughout the day.

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Admission to all events is free!

This is an afternoon of choral music by the choirs of Cantairi Oga Atha Cliath in Rathmines Church.

Admission is free and donations will be appreciated.

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

At this Hands on History Drop-in event “Life in Victorian Ireland”, find answers to these questions: What did women wear when visiting friends for tea 150 years ago? How did we make tea before the invention of the tea bag? What were soldiers’ uniforms like to wear, and why did some soldiers’ helmets have a spike?

Drop in and explore the fascinating objects from the Museum’s collection for handling relating to life in 19th century Ireland.

Admission is free. Suitable for all ages.

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.

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

During the tour “The Bog Bodies” you will examine Iron Age finds from Ireland’s wetlands including bog butter and the mysterious 2,000 year-old bog bodies.

Admission is free. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis, meet at the reception. Suitable for adults and children age 12+.

“The Celts and Trees” is the topic of a talk (and maybe walk?). It will look at the conection between humans and trees including folklore, medicinal and Brehon law.

Admission is free. For bookings, call 01-6770095

The Humanist Association of Ireland is inviting to a the talk “A short history of Mountjoy Prison – Ireland’s cracked mirror” by Tim Carey (historian and writer).

The talk will explore the history of Mountjoy Prison and its role in the history of the British and Irish penal system, intertwining the story of this city of cells with historical issues and events that set it in a broader context; the invention of prisons, their purpose, and how they were viewed by society.

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

As part of the PolskaEire Festival, Polish Marathon Runner Jerzy Skarzynski will be in Dublin and will talk about the history of Polish athletics and about his passion for running.

Admission is free. (I would expect that this event might be in Polish language!)

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).

Katie Gallagher will play a Folk / Pop gig in the Harbour Bar.

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.

Bike Week 2018 will take place from Sat 09 – Sun 17 June. There will be Bike Tours, Bike Maintenance Clinics, a Street Velodrome event, a Bike Fest and a Cycling Photo Exhibition.

A lot of events are listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but to find out about the free Bike Maintenance Clinics, please check the website at www.bikeweek.ie/events

The “Everyday Cycling Photo Exhibition”, a collection current and historical images depicting the role of the bicycle in everyday and sometimes strange, situations, will be on show from 09-29 June in the offices of Dublin City Council on Wood Quay from Monday to Friday (09:00-17:00). Admission is free.

All Bike Week events are free.

Bloomsday is around the corner again. The James Joyce inspired day that causes major palpitations for Joyce fans and doesn’t move the rest in the slightest. The festival runs from Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June with the main Bloomsday on Saturday 16 June.

There are plenty of events happening during the week, but nearly all of them are not free, some even quite pricey. Maybe that is an indication about the affluence of the audience that is Bloomsday mad?

Luckily there is one glorious exception! The James Joyce Museum in the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove will have a whole range events that are all free of charge.

The events are listed here:

Sat 09 Jun: Actress Caitriona Ni Threasaigh presents her own performance of Molly Bloom at 14:00 and 16:00.
Sun 10 Jun: Performance at 15:00 by Irish tenor and Joycean music specialist Noel O’Grady.
Mon 11 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Tue 12 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Wed 13 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Thu 14 Jun: Aidan Coleman presents his musical odyssey through Joyce’s life and works at 12:00 and 15: 00
Fri 15 Jun: Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy will perform Joycean songs from 14:00
sat 16 Jun: The Tower opens at 08:00 for a day of Bloomsday festivities. Actor Bryan Murray reads excerpts from Ulysses at intervals over the morning and early afternoon, with occasional performances by Caitriona Ni Threaisaigh and Mary Pat Moloney and traditional contributions by Joycean pilgrims and the visiting public throughout the day.

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Admission to all events 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 next “New parents’ tour” will be on Monday in tne National Gallery.

These tours are for parents, guardians, and carers of young children and will focus on a selection of highlights in the permanent collection. The aim is to welcome families and visitors of all ages and encourage them to feel comfortable in the Gallery rooms. The route is suitable for prams and strollers, and all are welcome.

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

The Keogh-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies is inviting to a Poetry Reading by Paul Muldoon on Monday.

Admission is free and a reception will follow the reading. Registration is required via irishseminar@nd.edu

Ulysses will be performed in the Abbey Theatre from 11 June until 21 June and the first show on Monday will be free, if you can get a ticket!

The play will start at 19:30, but free tickets (only one per person!) will be given out on a first come first served basis from 18:30 and experience from previous “First Previews” suggests that you should be there WELL in advance of the 18:30 time. There will be queues! Tickets can not be booked in advance.

So, get there early and you will hopefully get to see Ulysses in the Abbey Theatre for free!

“Why We Cycle” is a one hour long inspirational film that explores the Dutch cycling culture. The film makers take a ride with ordinary cyclists and specialists from a variety of disciplines. The conversations uncover some obvious, but even more hidden effects of cycling on people, on societies, and on the organization of cities.

The screening will be followed by a discussion about how to make Dublin a great cycling city.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below. A trailer can be seen at whywecycle.eu/

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).

The Urban Mojo Blues Band will play a gig in the Leeson Lounge.

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.

Bike Week 2018 will take place from Sat 09 – Sun 17 June. There will be Bike Tours, Bike Maintenance Clinics, a Street Velodrome event, a Bike Fest and a Cycling Photo Exhibition.

A lot of events are listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but to find out about the free Bike Maintenance Clinics, please check the website at www.bikeweek.ie/events

The “Everyday Cycling Photo Exhibition”, a collection current and historical images depicting the role of the bicycle in everyday and sometimes strange, situations, will be on show from 09-29 June in the offices of Dublin City Council on Wood Quay from Monday to Friday (09:00-17:00). Admission is free.

All Bike Week events are free.

Bloomsday is around the corner again. The James Joyce inspired day that causes major palpitations for Joyce fans and doesn’t move the rest in the slightest. The festival runs from Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June with the main Bloomsday on Saturday 16 June.

There are plenty of events happening during the week, but nearly all of them are not free, some even quite pricey. Maybe that is an indication about the affluence of the audience that is Bloomsday mad?

Luckily there is one glorious exception! The James Joyce Museum in the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove will have a whole range events that are all free of charge.

The events are listed here:

Sat 09 Jun: Actress Caitriona Ni Threasaigh presents her own performance of Molly Bloom at 14:00 and 16:00.
Sun 10 Jun: Performance at 15:00 by Irish tenor and Joycean music specialist Noel O’Grady.
Mon 11 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Tue 12 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Wed 13 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Thu 14 Jun: Aidan Coleman presents his musical odyssey through Joyce’s life and works at 12:00 and 15: 00
Fri 15 Jun: Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy will perform Joycean songs from 14:00
sat 16 Jun: The Tower opens at 08:00 for a day of Bloomsday festivities. Actor Bryan Murray reads excerpts from Ulysses at intervals over the morning and early afternoon, with occasional performances by Caitriona Ni Threaisaigh and Mary Pat Moloney and traditional contributions by Joycean pilgrims and the visiting public throughout the day.

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Admission to all events is free!

Street Velodrome is a pop-up cycling track that will give you an opportunity to try cycling like a professional cyclist. All equipment (bikes and helmet) will be provided and Pro Riders coaches will explain everything to you before you get racing.

The pop-up Street Velodrome will be in different locations in Dublin during Bike Week:

+ Tue 12 June: Dundrum Town Centre. Register here.
+ Wed 13 June: Blanchardstown Millennium Park. Register here.
+ Thu 14 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Fri 15 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Sat 16 June: Smithield Plaza – Viking Pro Series for Pro/Elit Riders. Register here.

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.

“Bloomsday: Lunchtime Recital” is a musical celebration of the songs which appear in and are referred to in the works of James Joyce. including Down by the Sally Gardens, Love’s Old Sweet Song and Bid Adieu. Performed by James Barry (baritone) with Margot Doherty on piano.

Admission is free, but booking is required via musiclibrary@dublincity.ie or 01 8734333

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The Pop-up talk “Portrait of Bono” will take place in Room 23. Join Mags Harnett for an informal talk in front of Louis Le Brocquy’s portrait of Bono.

Admission is free.

At the “Ask a Conservator” event in the Chester Beatty Library, the Conservation team will present practical tips on how best to care for your collections at home.

During the session there will be time to quiz the conservators on any questions you might have concerning safe storage and display, but please do not bring in your treasures on the day.

Admission is free.

Leif Barry, Phoenix Park Biodiversity guide, will lead this Bike Week bike tour to explore the range of natural biodiversity in Phoenix Park. Marvel at the range of wildlife and plantlife that exists in the park. This is a family-friendly gentle tour with plenty of time for questions and chats.

Admission is free. Meet at the Visitor Centre in Phoenix Park.

The readings of Dante’s Purgatorio will continue in the Italian Institute of Culture. The readers will be Corinna Salvadori Lonergan and, for the third session, Daragh O’Connell.

The next reading is “Purgatorio: Friendship, Poetry and Poets (XXIII-XXVI)”

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.

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

Admission is free.

Camden Comedy is a weekly comedy night on a Tuesday that I only found recently.

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

Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.

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.

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.

Bike Week 2018 will take place from Sat 09 – Sun 17 June. There will be Bike Tours, Bike Maintenance Clinics, a Street Velodrome event, a Bike Fest and a Cycling Photo Exhibition.

A lot of events are listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but to find out about the free Bike Maintenance Clinics, please check the website at www.bikeweek.ie/events

The “Everyday Cycling Photo Exhibition”, a collection current and historical images depicting the role of the bicycle in everyday and sometimes strange, situations, will be on show from 09-29 June in the offices of Dublin City Council on Wood Quay from Monday to Friday (09:00-17:00). Admission is free.

All Bike Week events are free.

Bloomsday is around the corner again. The James Joyce inspired day that causes major palpitations for Joyce fans and doesn’t move the rest in the slightest. The festival runs from Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June with the main Bloomsday on Saturday 16 June.

There are plenty of events happening during the week, but nearly all of them are not free, some even quite pricey. Maybe that is an indication about the affluence of the audience that is Bloomsday mad?

Luckily there is one glorious exception! The James Joyce Museum in the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove will have a whole range events that are all free of charge.

The events are listed here:

Sat 09 Jun: Actress Caitriona Ni Threasaigh presents her own performance of Molly Bloom at 14:00 and 16:00.
Sun 10 Jun: Performance at 15:00 by Irish tenor and Joycean music specialist Noel O’Grady.
Mon 11 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Tue 12 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Wed 13 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Thu 14 Jun: Aidan Coleman presents his musical odyssey through Joyce’s life and works at 12:00 and 15: 00
Fri 15 Jun: Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy will perform Joycean songs from 14:00
sat 16 Jun: The Tower opens at 08:00 for a day of Bloomsday festivities. Actor Bryan Murray reads excerpts from Ulysses at intervals over the morning and early afternoon, with occasional performances by Caitriona Ni Threaisaigh and Mary Pat Moloney and traditional contributions by Joycean pilgrims and the visiting public throughout the day.

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Admission to all events is free!

Street Velodrome is a pop-up cycling track that will give you an opportunity to try cycling like a professional cyclist. All equipment (bikes and helmet) will be provided and Pro Riders coaches will explain everything to you before you get racing.

The pop-up Street Velodrome will be in different locations in Dublin during Bike Week:

+ Tue 12 June: Dundrum Town Centre. Register here.
+ Wed 13 June: Blanchardstown Millennium Park. Register here.
+ Thu 14 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Fri 15 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Sat 16 June: Smithield Plaza – Viking Pro Series for Pro/Elit Riders. Register here.

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 Drawing Group for Adults in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays from 11:00-12:00. Materials are provided.

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.

Dr Mary Muldowney, Historian in Residence for Dublin City’s Central Area, will talk about “Arnott’s – 175 years of shopping on Henry Street”.

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

If I interpret the Irish language description correctly, then this is a tour of the exhibition “Yeats: The Life & Works of William Butler Yeats” in Irish.

Find all details via the NLI website.

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

The tour will focus on World War I, in which nearly 50,000 Irish soldiers died. You will also hear about the main features of the gardens at this tour.

Meeting point is the car park at 14:00 (next to the Trinity College Boat Club). For further information and to check that it is taking place, contact 01-6770095 (Phoenix Park Visitor Centre).

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Prof Ernst Schrödinger’s “What is Life? Lecture series, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) will hold a free public lecture delivered by Prof. Schrödinger’s grandson Prof. Terence Rudolph (Imperial College London). The title of the lecture will be ‘Free choice and quantum mechanics’.

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

Paddy Crowe, Phoenix Park Deer Ranger, will birng you on a bike tour to visit the deer herd in Phoenix Park. See the young recently born fawns and learn about the management of the deer and their regular habits. This is a family-friendly gentle tour with plenty of time for questions and chats.

Admission is free. Meet at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.

The Joseph Hassett Yeats Lecture 2018 entitled “Yeats Among Europeans” will mark the birth of William Butler Yeats on 13 June 1865, when Dr Lauren Arrington (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool) will be in the National Library to deliver this lecture.

“W.B. Yeats’s importance to European literature is unquestionable, but how important was Europe to Yeats? In this lecture, Lauren Arrington will focus on Yeats’s interests in European culture and politics in the dynamic and divisive 1920s and 1930s.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via learning@nli.ie with the subject line “Yeats lecture”.

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 James Joyce Centre is inviting to the last of three performances of composer Stephen Gardner’s Ulysses Extended on Wednesday 13 June.

In this musical work, certain passages from James Joyce’s Ulysses are interpreted by a trio of Ellen Demos on vocals, Paul Roe on bass clarinet/clarinet and Shane O’Donovan on percussion.

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

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 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).

Bike Week 2018 will take place from Sat 09 – Sun 17 June. There will be Bike Tours, Bike Maintenance Clinics, a Street Velodrome event, a Bike Fest and a Cycling Photo Exhibition.

A lot of events are listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but to find out about the free Bike Maintenance Clinics, please check the website at www.bikeweek.ie/events

The “Everyday Cycling Photo Exhibition”, a collection current and historical images depicting the role of the bicycle in everyday and sometimes strange, situations, will be on show from 09-29 June in the offices of Dublin City Council on Wood Quay from Monday to Friday (09:00-17:00). Admission is free.

All Bike Week events are free.

Street Velodrome is a pop-up cycling track that will give you an opportunity to try cycling like a professional cyclist. All equipment (bikes and helmet) will be provided and Pro Riders coaches will explain everything to you before you get racing.

The pop-up Street Velodrome will be in different locations in Dublin during Bike Week:

+ Tue 12 June: Dundrum Town Centre. Register here.
+ Wed 13 June: Blanchardstown Millennium Park. Register here.
+ Thu 14 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Fri 15 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Sat 16 June: Smithield Plaza – Viking Pro Series for Pro/Elit Riders. Register here.

Every Thursday a free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the cemetery gates.

Admission is free and everybody is welcome. Ring 01-6770095 for more information.

Grangegorman Military Cemetery is in Blackhorse Avenue just outside Phoenix Park. It is the largest military cemetery in Ireland. It was first opened in 1876 to serve as a graveyard for the soldiers of what was then Marlborough Barracks, now McKee Barracks, and their families. Specific zones were laid out for English, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian service men. The cemetery’s pedestrian gate is open from 10:00-16:00 seven days a week.

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.

Bloomsday is around the corner again. The James Joyce inspired day that causes major palpitations for Joyce fans and doesn’t move the rest in the slightest. The festival runs from Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June with the main Bloomsday on Saturday 16 June.

There are plenty of events happening during the week, but nearly all of them are not free, some even quite pricey. Maybe that is an indication about the affluence of the audience that is Bloomsday mad?

Luckily there is one glorious exception! The James Joyce Museum in the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove will have a whole range events that are all free of charge.

The events are listed here:

Sat 09 Jun: Actress Caitriona Ni Threasaigh presents her own performance of Molly Bloom at 14:00 and 16:00.
Sun 10 Jun: Performance at 15:00 by Irish tenor and Joycean music specialist Noel O’Grady.
Mon 11 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Tue 12 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Wed 13 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Thu 14 Jun: Aidan Coleman presents his musical odyssey through Joyce’s life and works at 12:00 and 15: 00
Fri 15 Jun: Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy will perform Joycean songs from 14:00
sat 16 Jun: The Tower opens at 08:00 for a day of Bloomsday festivities. Actor Bryan Murray reads excerpts from Ulysses at intervals over the morning and early afternoon, with occasional performances by Caitriona Ni Threaisaigh and Mary Pat Moloney and traditional contributions by Joycean pilgrims and the visiting public throughout the day.

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Admission to all events is free!

ProductCamp Dublin is for Technology Product Management Professional, Marketers and Development Professionals.

It is a collaborative, user-organized ‘un-conference’ focused on product management and marketing topics.

Learn from, teach to and network with professionals involved in the product management, marketing and development process! The overriding goal is ‘building products that scale’.

At the event everyone learns and explores topics of interest to you, the participants. Everyone takes part in some way, so you can present a topic, lead a roundtable discussion, share your experiences by attending a session of interest to you, help out with logistics, help secure sponsorships, or volunteer.

The final sessions, topics and discussion themes are decided on the day by your votes.

Admission is free, but boking is required via the link below.

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.

A lunchtime cycle from Tallaght’s Library Square to Tymon park and back will take place.

Admission is free.

This is a public seminar with Senator Ivana Bacik about “Legislating for Women’s Rights: Gender Pay Gap and Other Issue” as part of a series entitled “Seen and Heard.”

Senator Bacik will discuss her career in politics and her role in Irish society. She will describe her work as a student in 1983 to repeal the 8th amendment and its implications, as well as her current work to eliminate the gender pay gap in Ireland.

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

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Come to the In Focus Tour “Exploring the materials of the Coetivy Hours” with Kristine Rose Beers, Senior Conservator, Chester Beatty Library.

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

“How to Write a Winning CV and Ace the Interview” is a talk by Orla Donagher (Career Coach at www.interviewtutor.ie).

Admission is free.

“Introduction to Search Engine Optimisation” is a seminar in room Q303/4 of the DCU Business School and it is organised by the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce.

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a webpage in a search engine’s unpaid results. This seminar will explain how search engines work, what the future will bring for search, the relationship between page quality and search engine rankings, common SEO tactics, getting ready for Mobile First, bad practices to correct and avoid and there will be an opportunity to get your questions answered.

This seminar will be presented by Professor Theo Lynn (Professor of Digital Business at DCU Business School and Principal Investigator of the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce).

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

The Temple Bar Craft Market during the week is back and it has moved to Thursdays in 2018. Organised by the Temple Bar Company the market will bring handcrafted jewellery, wood design, handmade soaps, original art, photography, fashion, specialised cards and stained-glass crafts.

The market starts at 14:00 and finishes at 20:00, but is still carrying the totally nonsensical and completely misleading name “Temple Bar NIGHT Market”. I will just ignore this unsuitable and incorrect name and will rename it to “Temple Bar Craft Market”. ;-)

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 our collections of letters, diaries, recruiting posters, newspaper reports, cartoons, and leaflets.

Admission is free. WWIreland is at 2/3 Kildare Street.

In tandem with Amanda Dunsmore’s exhibition Keeper, this special talk “A Reflection on the reality of prison 50 years on” draws on the immense experience and insights of guest speaker John Lonergan, former Governor of Mountjoy Prison.

Admission is free.

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.

“Water Water Everywhere, The Grand Canal at Gallonstown, Ballyfermot and Rathmines Townships” is the title of this history talk with Historian Cathy Scuffil in Ballyfermot.

Admission is free.

Bernie Cleary, Heritage guide, will bring you on a bike tour to explore the wealth of history and heritage in Phoenix Park. Get to understand the central part that Phoenix Park has played in the history of Ireland. This is a family-friendly gentle tour with plenty of time for questions and chats.

Admission is free. Meet at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.

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 talk “The Decline of Regicide and the Rise of European Monarchy – From the Carolingian Age to the Early Modern Period” by Professor Sverre Hakon Bagge (University of Bergen) will discuss the decline of regicide in Western Christendom from the Carolingian Period onwards, seeking the main explanation of this in the introduction of hereditary succession, legitimate birth and primogeniture, combined with a relatively weak monarchy, dependent on support from the aristocracy.

Admission is free but booking is requried via the website below.

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 Rye River Band will play American Country, Folk and Blues at this gig.

Admission is free.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Bike Week 2018 will take place from Sat 09 – Sun 17 June. There will be Bike Tours, Bike Maintenance Clinics, a Street Velodrome event, a Bike Fest and a Cycling Photo Exhibition.

A lot of events are listed separately in this Dublin Event Guide, but to find out about the free Bike Maintenance Clinics, please check the website at www.bikeweek.ie/events

The “Everyday Cycling Photo Exhibition”, a collection current and historical images depicting the role of the bicycle in everyday and sometimes strange, situations, will be on show from 09-29 June in the offices of Dublin City Council on Wood Quay from Monday to Friday (09:00-17:00). Admission is free.

All Bike Week events are free.

Dementia, of which the most common form is Alzheimer’s disease, has moved increasingly to centre stage in public discourse.

This workshop aims to guide theatre and arts practitioners in how to unlock the multiple narratives of dementia, and to find means of empowering those living with dementia to find expression of their creativity, experiences, and relationships.

It is a full day workshop and all details can be found on the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is required on the same website.

Street Velodrome is a pop-up cycling track that will give you an opportunity to try cycling like a professional cyclist. All equipment (bikes and helmet) will be provided and Pro Riders coaches will explain everything to you before you get racing.

The pop-up Street Velodrome will be in different locations in Dublin during Bike Week:

+ Tue 12 June: Dundrum Town Centre. Register here.
+ Wed 13 June: Blanchardstown Millennium Park. Register here.
+ Thu 14 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Fri 15 June: Smithfield Plaza. Register here.
+ Sat 16 June: Smithield Plaza – Viking Pro Series for Pro/Elit Riders. Register here.

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 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.

Meet Dublin City Council’s new Musician in Residence Ríona Sally Hartman at this Lunchtime Concert and Talk in the Music Library at the Central Library. Ríona will play a selection of her music and talk about the inspiration behind it.

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

The Pop-up talk “Thatched Cottage, Ramparts, Dolphin’s Barn” will take place in the Print Gallery. Join Tom Hodson for an informal talk about Harry Kernoff’s drawing of a thatched cottage in Dolphin’s Barn. This work is currently on view in the exhibition Drawing Dublin.

Admission is free.

The Cemetery at Arbour Hill is the last resting place of 14 of the leaders of the 1916 Rising. Among those buried there are Pádraig Pearse, James Connolly and Thomas Clarke. This tour every Friday introduce the Cemetery and will also explain the background and the event of the Easter Rising.

Admission is free and no booking necessary. The meeting point is inside the cemetery gates.

Bloomsday is around the corner again. The James Joyce inspired day that causes major palpitations for Joyce fans and doesn’t move the rest in the slightest. The festival runs from Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June with the main Bloomsday on Saturday 16 June.

There are plenty of events happening during the week, but nearly all of them are not free, some even quite pricey. Maybe that is an indication about the affluence of the audience that is Bloomsday mad?

Luckily there is one glorious exception! The James Joyce Museum in the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove will have a whole range events that are all free of charge.

The events are listed here:

Sat 09 Jun: Actress Caitriona Ni Threasaigh presents her own performance of Molly Bloom at 14:00 and 16:00.
Sun 10 Jun: Performance at 15:00 by Irish tenor and Joycean music specialist Noel O’Grady.
Mon 11 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Tue 12 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Wed 13 Jun: Hourly guided tours of the museum by volunteers (10:00-18:00)
Thu 14 Jun: Aidan Coleman presents his musical odyssey through Joyce’s life and works at 12:00 and 15: 00
Fri 15 Jun: Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy will perform Joycean songs from 14:00
Sat 16 Jun: The Tower opens at 08:00 for a day of Bloomsday festivities. Actor Bryan Murray reads excerpts from Ulysses at intervals over the morning and early afternoon, with occasional performances by Caitriona Ni Threaisaigh and Mary Pat Moloney and traditional contributions by Joycean pilgrims and the visiting public throughout the day.

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Admission to all events is free!

Terry Moore, Phoenix Park Deer Ranger, will bring you on this bike tour to visit the deer herd in Phoenix Park. Get to see the young recently born fawns, and learn about the management of the deer and their regular habits. This is a family-friendly gentle tour with plenty of time for questions and chats.

Admission is free. Meet at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre.

The “Untranslatable” Finnegans Wake finds plenty of Italian voices: from translators to actors, from passionate readers to singers and performers.

Join translators Fabio Pedone and Enrico Terrinoni as they discuss with journalist Edoardo Camurri the joys and sorrows of translating Finnegans Wake into Italian and having plenty of fun in the process. Following this, Edoardo Camurri will interview Alessandro Bergonzoni, one of Italy’s most remarkable, visionary and adventurous actors.

The event is organised in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute

Admission is free, but booking is required. Book here to reserve your place.

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.

Solarfest 2018 will take place in Dunsink Observatory from Friday until Sunday. Usually tickets for it go like hot cakes and I can’t make out if there are still tickets available or not. But it seems that you can still book the Friday evening talk and the whole day event on Saturday, so check it out here but be quick!!

The Family afternoon on Sunday seems to be booked out.

Admission is free to all events.

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.

Rob Walsh & The Panic Attacks will play a gig in Sin E on Friday.

Admission is free.

The Catfish Blues Orchestra will play a gig with Blues / Hard Blues / Blues-Rock in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Catch 22 play your favourite Rock/Pop/Funk coversat this gig.

Admission is free before 22:00. The gig will start at midnight.

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.