Dublin Event Guide 592: National Harp Day, New Science Gallery Exhibition, Halloween at Botanic Garden, Fright at the National Gallery

A weekly car boot sale, one of less than a handful that is still reliably taking place, has up to 200 cars/sellers. The stadium is just a few minutes walk from the Red LUAS line stop and numerous bus stops. For traders the Car Boot Sale opens at 06:30 for buyers from 08:00. If you are interested in selling, check the details and register on their website.

The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre.

Parkrun Ireland is organising free weekly runs in parks. It is a timed run over 5km and participation is completely free, but registration before your first parkrun is required.

A whole range of Parkruns take place every week:
+ 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 an indoor food/Farmer’s Market that many know from when it was located at Newmarket Square. Due to the redevelopment at Newmarket Square it had to move and is now on the Old Naas Road, opposite the entrance to the Royal Liver Retail Park. At the new location they are also open on Sundays.

Opening hours are Tue-Fri 12:00-19:00, Sat 09:30-16:00 and also Sunday 11:00-17:00.

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.

The Cabra Community Policing Unit invites you to a Bicycle Security Day on Saturday.

They will be at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre car park from 10:00-12:30 and then a the LUAS & Irish Rail Stations on Broombridge Road from 14:30-16:30.

At the event, the following services will be provided:

Engraving / marking of bicycles,
Security, information, leaflets and cards available
Information on theft prevention: methods and techniques.

Admission is free.

Every year the National Botanic Garden runs a pumpkin exhibition and kids can take part, bring their decorated pumpkin to Glasnevin and maybe even win a prize.

Bring the pumpkin to the Garden between 10:00 and 16:00 on Saturday 20 October, but make sure that the pumpkins are decorated on the outside only. Carved, cut or pierced pumpkins will not be accepted because they rot too fast. Together with the pumpkin, you need to bring the entry form that can be found on the website below.

The Prize giving for the Decorated Pumpkin Competition will take place on Sunday 21 October at 15:00 in the Teak House.

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

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

The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.

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.

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.

A Children’s tour of the exhibition “Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again” will take place on Saturday for 8-12 year olds.

Kids will discover Seamus Heaney, the poems he wrote and have an opportunity to complete their own poetry journal that they can take home.

Admission is free, but booking is required via heaneyexhibition@nli.ie

The Drop-in activity “Inspectorium: Weird & Wonderful Beasts” will take place on Saturday.

What creature has no teeth but a tongue as long as your arm? Drop into the Discovery Zone to learn about some weird and wonderful beasts and touch skulls from the handling collection.

Admission is free. Suitable for all ages.

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

Admission to the gallery and to most events is free.

On Saturday is National Harp Day and from 11:30-19:00 there are concerts in various locations. The full list is on the website below and I tried to capture at least the essence of the events:

+ dlr LexIcon 11:30am – 4:00pm Harpathon: Celebrate Lá na Cruite with the cream of harping talent
+ dlr LexIcon 2:00pm Telling my harp story: Harp-making with Tomás Mac Uilleagóid
+ Irish Traditional Music Archive, Merrion Square 1:00pm Listen: Concert with Siobhan Armstrong, early Irish harp and Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin, voice
+ Royal Irish Academy of Music 1:00pm Pop-up concert featuring RIAM’s harp students
+ Irish Traditional Music Archive, Merrion Square 2:00pm Learn: Talk on the early Irish harp with Simon Chadwick
+ Royal Hibernian Academy 2:00pm Teresa O Donnell, harp, Karen Leitner, flute followed by harper-composer Anne-Marie O’Farrell,harp
+ Irish Traditional Music Archive, Merrion Square 3:00pm Play: Beginners’ early Irish harp workshop with Sylvia Crawford
+ Pearse Museum, St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham 3:00pm Cairde na Cruite presents Rising Stars with harpers from Louth and other counties
+ Irish Traditional Music Archive, Merrion Square 5:00pm Concert with renowned harpers Cormac De Barra, Siobhan Armstrong & Alannah Thornburg
+ dlr LexIcon 6:30pm Dinnseanchas: A collaborative song project with dlr singer in residence Lorcán Mac Mathúna featuring local harpers and singers

While the website doesn’t clearly declare that the events are free, I would expect that they all are.

On Saturday the shop in the National Gallery invites to “Storytime at the Gallery Shop” with a Halloween theme with storyteller Ruth Concannon who will be reading some great stories such as Winnie’s Haunted House.

Fancy dress encouraged! Suitable for ages 3-10. Children have to be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Admission is free.

The Retail Park Liffey Valley are inviting to the “Halloween Fun House” on Saturday in Unit 14 (beside Curry’s PC World).

With trick-or-treat making, spooky storytelling with RTE’s children’s TV presenter Emma O’Driscoll, movies, a giant bouncy castle, giveaways & more.

Admission is free.

The current exhibition in the Science Gallery is called “Inti macy” and it will run from 19 October until 24 February. (You probably see that there is a space in the middle of the exhibition title. That is to trick any spam filter that doesn’t like too private or personal words. In the following text I will use “Personal Connection” as a replacement title.)

The exhibition is looking at Personal Space and Personal Connection. What does it mean to be connected? And what really is connection? Can we connect virtually or does it have to be real?

Some of the most interesting exhibits are:

+ Companion Cat and Robot Flatmate
+ Hello Machine, a phone system for spontaneous conversations with strangers
+ Measure your Personal Space
+ A virtual reality system that allows visitors to experience the world through the eyes and body of another person.

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

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

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

The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

Admission is free.

The LIT Ladies are a collective of art school graduates who use paintings, illustrations and photography to express themselves and to inspire others.

They will show their newest exhibition in A4 sounds from Friday until Monday and will also run free Yoga classes on Sunday and Monday. The exhibition is open Sat-Mon: 12:00-19:00 and Yoga is at 15:00 on Sunday and Monday.

Admission is free. More information via the link below.

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.

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.

A Sketching Tour will take place in the National Gallery. No artisitic ability required. All materials provided.

Admission is free.

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

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

A Guided Tour of the “Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again” Exhibition will take place

+ Every Tuesday from 2 October to 11 December: 13:00-14:00

+ Every Saturday from 6 October to 15 December: 14:30- 15:30

Booking is required via heaneyexhibition@nli.ie because space is limited.

The St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral not only has a boys choir, but also a girls choir. The girls perform every Saturday evening in the vigil mass at 18:00.

Admission is free.

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

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

Astronomy Ireland is running an “Observe the Moon” event. It will start with a short talk about the moon at 20:00 and will be followed by a public “star-gazing” using some fo the most powerful telescopes in Ireland.

Admission is free.

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

Pointbreak are playing Surf Rock at this gig.

And they explain “Surf Rock is instrumental Rock’n’Roll – electric guitars drenched in reverb, cranked through valve amps, with a distinctive beat that has gotten people moving since the 50s. Think Dick Dale, The Ventures and Link Wray.

Admission is free.

The 4 Non Dubs will play a gig in the Patriot’s Inn.

Admission is free.

The Bonnevilles will play Northern Irish Pubk Blues at this gig.

Admission is free.

The Rock Tribunal will play a gig in the Porterhouse in Temple Bar.

Admission is free.

In addition to the Saturday Car Boot Sale in Tallaght, Irish Car Boot Sales run a weekly Sunday Car Boot Sales in Ballymun.

Admission for buyers is free.

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

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

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

The Magazine Fort in Phoenix Park 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.

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.

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 theme this week is “Felt Making” with Gabi.

This PDF lists the event.

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 Green Door Market is an indoor food/Farmer’s Market that many know from when it was located at Newmarket Square. Due to the redevelopment at Newmarket Square it had to move and is now on the Old Naas Road, opposite the entrance to the Royal Liver Retail Park. At the new location they are also open on Sundays.

Opening hours are Tue-Fri 12:00-19:00, Sat 09:30-16:00 and also Sunday 11:00-17:00.

The Drop-in family workshop “Colourful Collages” will take place on Sunday in the Maples and Calder Creative Space in the Atrium of the National Gallery.It is suitable for children of all ages.

Join artist Ashleigh Downey for this workshop inspired by the striped landscapes of Vincent van Gogh and Roderic O’Conor.

Children and their parents/guardians/carers are encouraged to work together on creative projects. Drop-in and stay for as long (or as little!) as you wish.

Admission is free.

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.

Halloween comes early to the National Botanic Gardens, but there is more happening!

Sunday is dress-up day for children small and tall! View the Halloween Harvest Display and Decorated Pumpkin Exhibition and discover all about Magical Plants when you visit the witches in their garden.

Maths Week Ireland is making some maths puzzles and games available for you to try as part of their Celebration of Mind. There will be puzzles, maze and maths tricks, magicians, mathematicians and puzzlers.

From 12:00 there will be Magical Plants presentations every 20 minutes in the Witches Garden (Erasmus Education Garden). Join the coven to find out more about using garlic to ward off vampires, plants for potions and spells, poisonous plants and even some rarely seen invisible plants.

Admission is free.

The current exhibition in the Science Gallery is called “Inti macy” and it will run from 19 October until 24 February. (You probably see that there is a space in the middle of the exhibition title. That is to trick any spam filter that doesn’t like too private or personal words. In the following text I will use “Personal Connection” as a replacement title.)

The exhibition is looking at Personal Space and Personal Connection. What does it mean to be connected? And what really is connection? Can we connect virtually or does it have to be real?

Some of the most interesting exhibits are:

+ Companion Cat and Robot Flatmate
+ Hello Machine, a phone system for spontaneous conversations with strangers
+ Measure your Personal Space
+ A virtual reality system that allows visitors to experience the world through the eyes and body of another person.

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

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

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

The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

Admission is free.

The LIT Ladies are a collective of art school graduates who use paintings, illustrations and photography to express themselves and to inspire others.

They will show their newest exhibition in A4 sounds from Friday until Monday and will also run free Yoga classes on Sunday and Monday. The exhibition is open Sat-Mon: 12:00-19:00 and Yoga is at 15:00 on Sunday and Monday.

Admission is free. More information via the link below.

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 “Tulca”.

This is the first in a series of concerts at the Hugh Lane Gallery curated by Paul Roe exploring The Art of Collaboration with a range of musicians and distinguished thought-leaders in business, design, education, science and mental health.
This concert features new and existing works, blending contemporary, traditional Irish, and Persian idioms co-created during an extensive collaborative process.

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.

The dlr Halloween Event in Marlay Park is the popular “Haunted Forest Walk” on Sunday 28 October. To participate, wristbands are required and the wristbands will be given out this Sunday from 14:00 at the Cricket Pitch in Marlay Park. If you don’t have a wristband you won’t be able to walk the Haunted Forest Walk!!

All details are on the website below.

The movie “The Little Mermaid” (English. 1989, G, 83 min) will be screened on Sunday.

Ariel, the youngest daughter of King Triton, wants to be part of the human world after falling in love with the handsome Prince Eric. However when she trades her voice for legs, she only has three days to convince him to fall in love with her or she will be cursed forever. Children must be accompanied by parent / guardian at all times.

Admission is free.

The Film Screening of “To The Editor Of Amateur Photographer” (Dirs. Luke Fowler, Mark Fell, 2014, 68 minutes) will take place on Sunday.

Introduced and followed by a discussion led by Alice Butler, writer and co-curator of aemi.

Luke Fowler and Mark Fell’s film revolves around the testimonies and collected documents linked to the complex and often contested history of Pavilion, Europe’s first feminist photography centre in Leeds.

Brazilica will perform Jazz, Soul, Latin & Bossa Nova in the Tram Cafe. Brazilica are Luisa Moreira (Vocals) and Jonathan Batista (Guitar/Vocals).

Admission is free.

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

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+.

On Sunday, the lecture “The Sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster” will be given in the Visitor Centre.

What happened to all the letters and parcels that were destined for the front line, when they travelled from Kingstown to Hollyhead. What impact did the sinking have on the solider’s and their families’ morale.

Admission is free.

The event is listed in this PDF.

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.

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

Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

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

At the Jawbone Gig night in Arthur’s Pub, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.

Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)

The 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).

Hubert Murray from Co. Galway, performs modern roots music, combining energy, soul and storytelling.

Admission is free.

The Dublin Blues Cartel will be in Whelan’s again and will perform mostly a version of New Orleans R’n’B with a classic Rock twist, sandwiched with Swing, Rock’n’Roll, Soul, Funk, Blues and Rap of all eras.

Admission is free.

The 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 LIT Ladies are a collective of art school graduates who use paintings, illustrations and photography to express themselves and to inspire others.

They will show their newest exhibition in A4 sounds from Friday until Monday and will also run free Yoga classes on Sunday and Monday. The exhibition is open Sat-Mon: 12:00-19:00 and Yoga is at 15:00 on Sunday and Monday.

Admission is free. More information via the link below.

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

If you regularly or occasionally buy books online, you can help the Dublin Event Guide hugely even without having to pay cent directly. In fact you even save money this way:

Buy your books from The Book Depository and get better prices and free (!!) delivery for all orders independent from the volume and when you click on the picture here before you buy, then 5% of what normally The Book Depository would get, they give back to the Dublin Event Guide. Everybody wins!

www.bookdepository.com?a_aid=dubevg

If you prefer Amazon to buy your books (for free postage you need to order a minimum of GBP 25), then use this Amazon link to help the Dublin Event Guide. Thanks!

Heather Gray, Artist in Rathmines Library, will run a “Art and Mindfulness: Chinese Painting Workshop for adults”! on Monday.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-4973539

The Irish Astronomical Society is inviting to their next talk on Monday. Brendan Kinch will talk about Backyard Astrophotography.

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 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.

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 Guided Tour of the “Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again” Exhibition will take place

+ Every Tuesday from 2 October to 11 December: 13:00-14:00

+ Every Saturday from 6 October to 15 December: 14:30- 15:30

Booking is required via heaneyexhibition@nli.ie because space is limited.

The Pop-up art talk “The Four Seasons” will take place in front of Simon Vouet’s painting “The Four Seasons, 1644-1645” in Room 26 with Emma Hackett.

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.

“The Harbour Ukuleles” is a group of ukulele enthusiasts and they meet every Tuesday in The Harbour Bar in Bray to jam and learn new songs.

Admission is free.

‘Cult Craic’ is a new Cult TV night in the Grand Social every Tuesday. It will bring all the best tv shows and films to the big screen. Watch all the classics like Black Books, Bottom, Monty Python, Mighty Boosh, Old School, Office Space.

Admission is free and there will even be free sweets and treats.

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.

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.

There will be four talks in Raheny Library this week. Two will be on Wedensday and two on Thursday:

Would You Like to Stop Smoking? – Northside Partnership on Wednesday 24th October at 11:00
What is Mediation? – Community Law & Mediation on Wednesday 24 October at 12:00
Money Management – Dublin North East Money Advice & Budgeting service on Thursday 25 October at 11:00
Healthy Food Made Easy – Northside Partnership on Thursday 25th October at 12:00

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.

There will be four talks in Raheny Library this week. Two will be on Wedensday and two on Thursday:

Would You Like to Stop Smoking? – Northside Partnership on Wednesday 24th October at 11:00
What is Mediation? – Community Law & Mediation on Wednesday 24 October at 12:00
Money Management – Dublin North East Money Advice & Budgeting service on Thursday 25 October at 11:00
Healthy Food Made Easy – Northside Partnership on Thursday 25th October at 12:00

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.

The talk “Seeing Beyond the Sparkle: a detailed examination of early medieval Irish ‘artefacts of production'” with Dr Brendan O’Neill will happen on Wednesday and is part of the Ardagh 150 Programme.

The National Museum and UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology have begun a research project examining how early medieval metals were used to make beautiful objects. Using a range of different investigative techniques, a selection of artefacts from the Museum have been analysed, recreated and used for the first time in over 1,000 years. This talk will provide an initial overview of this research, what it hopes to achieve and present some of its initial results.

Admission is free, but booking is required via educationarch@museum.ie or 01 6486 332. Suitable for Ages 14+.

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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).

The Hardy Har Comedy Club celebrates its 10th Anniversary Special at The Harbour Bar (upstairs) on Wednesday.

The line-up is Fred Cooke, Enya Martin, Sean Nolan, Sean Begley, Emily Ashmore and Pedro Ribeiro, hosted by resident MC Adam Burke.

Admission is free.

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

Admission is free.

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

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

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

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

It takes place every Wednesday and admission is free.

The 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).

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

Admission is free.

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

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

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.

There will be four talks in Raheny Library this week. Two will be on Wedensday and two on Thursday:

Would You Like to Stop Smoking? – Northside Partnership on Wednesday 24th October at 11:00
What is Mediation? – Community Law & Mediation on Wednesday 24 October at 12:00
Money Management – Dublin North East Money Advice & Budgeting service on Thursday 25 October at 11:00
Healthy Food Made Easy – Northside Partnership on Thursday 25th October at 12:00

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.

There will be four talks in Raheny Library this week. Two will be on Wedensday and two on Thursday:

Would You Like to Stop Smoking? – Northside Partnership on Wednesday 24th October at 11:00
What is Mediation? – Community Law & Mediation on Wednesday 24 October at 12:00
Money Management – Dublin North East Money Advice & Budgeting service on Thursday 25 October at 11:00
Healthy Food Made Easy – Northside Partnership on Thursday 25th October at 12:00

Admission is free.

“Music and Dance for Diwali” is a performance by Sougata Roy Chowdhury (Sarod) and Labonee Mohanta (Kathak). They will present two ancient art forms of North India: music and dance. While highlighting their individual styles, along with the percussive rhythms of tabla, they creatively compose and exchange in exciting dialogue with one another. Sougata conveys the essence and emotional expression of moods in the Indian classical system. Labonee dances fiery footwork and pirouettes, complex compositions, dynamism and grace in movement.

Admission is free.

The next “Thursday Late” in the National Gallery is entitled “Fright at the Museum”. It is an opportunity to enjoy the Gallery after hours and this month they will get you into the Halloween spirit.

Candlelit Tales (18:30-19:30) will bring their live storytelling theatre show to the café. They will be presenting “The Táin”, a modern retelling of the greatest tale of Irish mythology with live musical score.

Food writer Michelle Darmody will lead a Halloween cookie-decorating workshop in the Atrium from 17:00-19:30.

Two free tours focusing on some of the darker works in the collection will happen at 17:30 and 18:30. Meet your guide at the Merrion Square desk.

Tropical Popical will create Halloween inspired nail art in the Courtyard. (Bookings are free and go live at the link below at 14:00 on Monday. Don’t miss it!)

DJ Dermot Kelly will be in the Courtyard too, spinning some “ghostly good tunes” until 20:00. Halloween-themed bites and beverages will be on sale in the café and courtyard all evening until 20:00.

The best costume (dressing up is encouraged!) will have a chance to win a prize. Tag a photo of yourself in the Gallery using the #NGILates hashtag to enter the competition for a voucher for the Gallery Shop. Go down the traditional Halloween route, or take inspiration from the National Gallery collection.

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.

Doire Press are inviting to a Poetry reading with Maurice Devitt, Susan Lindsay, Louis Mulcahy. This is followed by Q&A with Lisa Frank, co-director Doire Press. Admission is free.

For more details, check the link below.

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

The next series will take place on Thursdays from 18:30-20:00 between 20 Sept and 25 Oct.

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

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

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.

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 Achievers are a 5-piece band from Gloucestershire, UK that plays Rhythm & Blues / Roots / ‘Dance Floor Gospel’.

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.

As part of the Bram Stoker Festival events programme, the Marsh’s Library invites you to discover the secrets within Ireland’s oldest public library and its fascinating ties to the genre of gothic fiction.

Opened in 1701, Marsh’s Library at St Patrick’s Cathedral has seen many readers including Bram Stoker, who spent a lot of time there studying and absorbing books of gothic fiction and the occult.

Admission will be free on Friday on a first come, first served basis. (Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.)

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 Culture Club invites members to explore and enjoy the collections through a series of specially arranged guided tours and activities in the company of Museum staff followed by ’Tea & Chat’ and an opportunity to mingle.

October’s Culture Club will be led by artist-in-residence Róisín de Buitléar and Dr. Audrey Whitty, Keeper of the Decorative Arts & History collections. Join them for a fascinating glimpse into the story of Irish Glass manufacture, seen through the Museum’s collections.

Admission is free, but booking required via bookings@museum.ie

If you regularly or occasionally buy books online, you can help the Dublin Event Guide hugely even without having to pay cent directly. In fact you even save money this way:

Buy your books from The Book Depository and get better prices and free (!!) delivery for all orders independent from the volume and when you click on the picture here before you buy, then 5% of what normally The Book Depository would get, they give back to the Dublin Event Guide. Everybody wins!

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If you prefer Amazon to buy your books (for free postage you need to order a minimum of GBP 25), then use this Amazon link to help the Dublin Event Guide. Thanks!

The Pop-up talk “Cuala Industries and the Yeats Sisters” will take place in the exhibition “[In]Visible: Irish Women Artists from the Archives” in Room 11 with Jenny Duffy.

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.

The TramCafe is the venue for Dublin’s only after work Jazz event on a Friday. Lulu Kumama will perform Jazz & Soul Standards wth a Funky Twist.

Admission is free.

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

The Band Crazy Crow will play a gig in the Patriot’s Inn.

Admission is free.

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

Red Kid & Guests will play Rock, Pop, Ska.

Admission is free.

“Part of the Weekend Never Dies” is a rock documentary following the worldwide concert tour of the Belgian band Soulwax.

Director Saam Farahmand filmed Soulwax on their recent international tour dates, capturing all the excitement, chaos and humour of the world tour. Whereas the Beastie Boys filmed one gig with 50 cameras, Soulwax filmed 120 shows with one camera in Europe, Japan, the US, Latin America and Australia. This resulted in 2 films: a live music film and a documentary which includes 2manydj’s and Soulwax Nite Versions, and features James Murphy, Nancy Whang, Erol Alkan, Tiga, Boys Noize, Justice, Busy P, So-Me, Peaches, The Naked Guy, Kitsuné, Klaxons in behind the scenes footage, interviews and music.

Admission is free.

Sun Mahshene will play a gig in Whelan’s and they will be supported by psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll band Glossolalia.

Admission is free before 22:30.