Dublin Event Guide 811: Making efforts, but not there yet! – Africa Day, National Drawing Day, Bike Week, Biodiversity Week, Howth Trad Fest, Comic Book Festival

May 20th, 2023

Making efforts, but not there yet!

Africa Day, National Drawing Day, Bike Week, Biodiversity Week, Howth Trad Fest, Comic Book Festival

Hi!!

The weeks in May and June are usually the busiest weeks of the year and luckily, this year things are back to “normality” after the odd times since 2020.

I have to admit that I have forgotten a lot of details already. Like the totally nonsensical 2km movement restriction. Or the panic buying of flour and eggs and the banana bread craze. Looking back, the panic is somewhat understandable, but you’d wish we and the authorities would lean from it.

Speaking of “learning from it”: I am still trying to find a way to get the Dublin Event Guide to you faster. Leaving out weekday events could have been a solution, but I was happy to receive a good few messages from people that use the Dublin Event Guide to plan their cultural pursuits during the week as well. I am glad my work helps!

So weekend events will stay for now. So here is another idea. It is more a compromise, but it could work and I will try it this week; Normally there is an event title, some features, then the time, followed by address and website link. This week I will make ONE small change, for weekday events only, I will leave out the address. Not a big change, but it could help. The venue will still be mentioned and the link to the website will still bring you to the details. I hope this small change will be an acceptable compromise and we will find out if it helps getting this newsletter out faster.

If you read this on Facebook and wonder about weekday events, then go to www.DublinEventGuide.com and be surprised about the amount of weekday events every week. On Facebook you will only get the weekend events but on the website are all events. And remember, every event in this Dublin Event Guide is free!

And the result of making a serious effort? It didn’t work to get the Dublin Event Guide earlier. Pants! There is soo much happening this week! I will put my thinking cap on again! :-o

Donations in May:
EUR 186

(By the end of the month, this number has to reach or exceed EUR 200 to guarantee the continuation of the Dublin Event Guide.)

If the Dublin Event Guide helps you to find out about free events in Dublin, please help with a donation.

The counter here shows the current donation status. By the end of the month EUR 200 will be subtracted to pay the bills. If more money has been donated, the rest will be carried forward. If donations have stopped below the EUR 200, the missing amount will be carried over.

Thank you soo much for helping again this week! The great people who donated were Ash and Louis. Thank you! :-) Your donation will keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and will motivate me to continue week after week.I appreciate you and your support!

The 800th anniversary donations in March were EUR 250 and for now, I keep that separate from the donations for the monthly bills. The reason for that is that I plan to use that money to fix and modernise the Dublin Event Guide website. It really needs it and I was postponing that for a long time of the cost that are not covered by the normal donations.

With the above counter you know at all times where we stand and when donating is needed. Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and all donors will also get some additional bonuses.

Here are some more details about donations:
Any amount is appreciated, but if you are looking for a recommendation, then I suggest a donation of 12 Euro per year. – That’s just one Euro per month and you get FOUR Dublin Event Guides for that Euro! If your funds are limited, but you still want to help, you can buy a virtual coffee for just EUR 4. All donations will be used in full for the Dublin Event Guide.

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And there is one other way to help and it is even free: If you come to www.DublinEventGuide.com and check out some of the ads and click on the ones that you find interesting, that also helps with a few cent! ?

Thank you!!

The EPIC Zone

“EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum” (www.epicchq.com) are supporting the Dublin Event Guide and this section of the weekly newsletter will contain relevant information about events in general or about EPIC-related news and happenings.

++ Exhibition: “Borders: Studying Margins To Question The World”
until 05 June 2023 – daily 10:00-17:00 – EPIC, chq Building, Customs House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: General Museum Admission
Borders are to be found everywhere: in the shadows of the walls being built all over the world, on the fingerprints of travellers and asylum seekers, or in the everyday lives of cross-border workers. Borders change and move within time and space, depending on political and economic events. Nowadays, they emerge across diverse places and in different shapes, impacting our individual and collective lives.
Although we are meant to be in a globalised world, borders are being reactivated and strengthened for some people while they open and disappear for others.
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Designed by the Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration (French National Museum of the History of Immigration), this exhibition draws on historic, geographical, economic and human perspectives. It is an invitation to deepen our understanding of how borders are constructed and evolve, beyond the dichotomy between open or closed, nationals and foreigners, economic migrants and political refugees. The cartographic work raises the issue of orders of magnitude, of proportions in representations, and highlights the relativity of data.
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This exhibition will be on show in EPIC until 05 June and admission is included in the normal admission charges. epicchq.com/exhibition/borders-studying-margins-to-question-the-world/

Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 20 May

++ National Drawing Day Events 09:00-16:00 www.nationalgallery.ie/explore-and-learn/drawing-day-2023
++ National Bike Week 13-21 May www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/dublin/
++ Féile Binn Éadair (Howth Tradfest) with 27 gigs in 6 venues 19:00-21:00 May www.feilebinneadair.com/
++ Comic Book Festival Dublin 17-20 May web.alliance-francaise.ie/bd/2023

+ Car Boot Sales Tallaght 06:00-12:00 Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot

+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket

+ St Audeon’s Church – Tours 09:30-17:30 St. Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre, Corn Market, Dublin 8 www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whatsoninstaudoens

+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/

+ Bushy Park Market – 30 stalls with hot food, artisan produce, crafters and makers 10:00-16:00 Bushy Park, Rathdown Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W www.facebook.com/bushyparkmarket

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/
+ Baldyole Biosphere Festival – Talks & Paddle Boarding 10:00-15:00 Baldoyle, Dublin 13 baldoyleforum.ie/news-and-events/baldoyle-bay-biosphere-festival/
+ Drop-in Drawing for Families: Birds and Beasts – National Drawing Day 10:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/drop-in-drawing-for-families-birds-and-beasts/
+ Pop Up Chats at the Wonder Cabinet 10:30-11:15 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2023/202305/Pop-Up-Chats-at-the-Wonder-Cabinet
+ People for Bees – Talk & Walk – Irish Wildlife Trust – Biodiversity Week 11:00-13:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/620677000617 (Booking required)
+ Bikes and Bugs Event – (Parade at 14:00) – Dress up as creatures,
flowers or insects from the park and take part in this family friendly
cycling and walking parade. 11:00-16:00 Eamonn Ceannt Park, Sundrive Road, Crumlin www.facebook.com/events/s/bikes-and-bugs-parade/189265570683214/

+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 11:00 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.templebarmarkets.com/foodmarket
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Themed Gallery Tour: Irish Art – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ World Bee Day at Nutgrove Shopping Centre – Live bee demonstration – free Facepainting 12:00-16:00 Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=618246893669902
+ National Drawing Day: Artists Drawing Live – National Gallery 12:00-13:00 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ National Drawing Day: Sketching Tour – National Gallery 12:00-13:00 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Family Game Day – Fun and games for all the family (Age 5+) 12:00-14:00 Dolphin’s Barn Library, Parnell Road, Dublin 12 www.dublincity.ie/events/family-game-day (Booking required)
+ Dublin Bike Polo Tournament 12:00-16:00 Aldbrough Place Pitch, beside the Five Lamps, in Dublin 1 www.transportforireland.ie/news/partners/dublin-city/
+ Community Garden Cycle 12:00-14:30 from Stillgarden, Inchicore / Santry Community Garden / Raheny Village to Mansion House www.dublincycling.com/events/community-garden-cycle-2023
+ National Drawing Day: Repeat Pattern Creation Workshop 12:00-14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/052023/National-Drawing-Day-Repeat-Pattern-Creation-Works (Booking required)
+ Qigong at the Rooftop Garden 12:00 Cheater Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/qigong-at-the-rooftop-garden-3/
+ Pop Up Chats at the Wonder Cabinet 12:00-12:45 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2023/202305/Pop-Up-Chats-at-the-Wonder-Cabinet
+ Rainbow Umbrella Market – Queer Creatives Market 12:00-16:00 Street 66, 33-34 Parliament Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/632735086677
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 12:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ National Drawing Day in the National Print Museum 13:00-15:00 National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/NationalPrintMuseum
+ Irish Sign Language Sketching Tour – National Gallery 13:15-14:05 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Stories through the Ages: A Scavenger Hunt (Age 16-25) – National Gallery 13:30-15:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Themed Tour: Architecture 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Drawing Day event for visually impaired visitors – National Gallery 13:30-14:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Irish Sign Language Highlight Tour of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 14:00 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/ISL-Highlight-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Irela
+ National Drawing Day: Sketching Tour – National Gallery 14:00-15:00 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Family Drawing Session with illustrator Ashwin Chacko 14:00-15:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ No One Sings Like You Anymore – Gigs 19:00 Fibber Magees, 80 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/577453794245797/

+ Saturday Night Live – Free Comedy Show – Hysteria Comedy 20:00-22:00 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/632654455507 (Booking required)

+ Latin Fever – Dublin’s Latin Club with reggaeton, merengue, funk, electrolatino, pachangueo, dembow & more 21:00-02:30 River Bar, 1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (Adm free before midnight) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin

+ Soulpower – Funk & Soul Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

Sunday 21 May

++ National Bike Week 13-21 May www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/dublin/
++ Féile Binn Éadair (Howth Tradfest) with 27 gigs in 6 venues 19:00-21:00 May www.feilebinneadair.com/

+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 07:00-12:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot

+ St Audeon’s Church – Tours 09:30-17:30 St. Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre, Corn Market, Dublin 8 www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whatsoninstaudoens
+ Let’s Get Creative – Live Online Art Workshop for Kids – National Gallery 10:00-11:00 Online www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ parkHIIT Phoenix Park – Resistance Training 10:00-10:30 DASH Container Cafe, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7, D07 V663 Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/636100021287 (Booking required)

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Run Talk Run – Phoenix Park Run of Mental Health Peer Support Group for adults 10:50 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 bit.ly/RTRDublin (Booking required)

++ Africa Day – African music, dance, art and culture festival – over 40 performers – children’s entertainment – food stalls 11:00-18:00 Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8 www.ireland.ie/en/africa-day/africa-day-at-royal-hospital-kilmainham/ (No tickets required. – No parking available.)
+ Sandymount Bike Week Fun Cycle (3km) 11:00 Meet at Bath Avenue,
Dublin 4 (Opposite Lansdowne Tennis Club) www.transportforireland.ie/news/partners/dublin-city/
++ Pedalpalooza Bike Festival – Family-friendly cycling event – Bike Demo, Bike Service, Music, Storytelling, Kids’s Fitness – Bikeweek 11:00-16:00 Ringsend Park, Saint Patrick’s Villas, Ringsend, Dublin 4 www.dublincity.ie/residential/transportation/active-travel/talks-and-events/bike-week-2023/pedalpalooza-bike-festival
+ Cargo Bike Festival – with Cargo Bike Race & kids entertainment Bikeweek – Dun Laoghaire 11:00-16:00 Old Ferry Terminal, Dun Laoghaire www.eventbrite.ie/e/625247009637
+ Disco Cycle – Bikeweek 11:00-13:00 Blackrock Park, Blackrock, Co Dublin www.eventbrite.ie/e/620833909937

+ St Mary’s Hospital Guided Tour (formerly the Royal Hibernian Military School) 11:00 Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf
+ Gardening for Kids – Children’s Erasmus Education Garden Drop By Activity – 20min session (Age 4 and up) 11:00/11:40/15:30/16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/events/246343167753151
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Pedalpalooza Cycle Parade – Capel Street to Ringsend Park 11:30-12:30 Ryder’s Row, Capel Street, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/618979031947 (Free bike rides available with DublinBikes or Bleeper Bikes – Booking required)
+ Sunday Family Drop-in – for all ages – National Gallery 11:30-13:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Dublin Bike Polo Tournament 12:00-16:00 Aldbrough Place Pitch, beside the Five Lamps, in Dublin 1 www.transportforireland.ie/news/partners/dublin-city/
+ Bikeweek Family Fun Day at Malahide Castle – movies, bike games, fitness and fun activities 12:00-17:00 Malahide Castle, Malahide, Co. Dublin www.fingal.ie/activetravel/bikeweek (go to bottom of this page)

+ Family Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Pop Up Market – Bernard Shaw 14:00-20:00 The Bernard Shaw Pub, Cross Guns Bridge, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/636651099577
+ “From Barracks to Museum: An Introduction to Collins Barracks” Tour – National Museum 14:00 National Museum Decorative Arts, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/052023/May-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Pond Dipping Fun in St Anne’s Park – Biodiversity Week 14:00-16:00 St Anne’s Park, Duck Pond, St Anne’s Park Raheny, Dublin 5 www.eventbrite.com/e/638959544197
+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-public-tours-2/ (No booking required, but limited places)

+ Themed Gallery Tour: Mindfulness 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Tour in Irish 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Sunday Sketching – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-sketching/

+ Self-portraits by women artists between 1545 and 1700 – Talk 15:00-16:00 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ “Recovered Voices: Stories and Experiences of the Irish during World War One” Tour – National Museum 15:00 National Museum Decorative Arts, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/052023/May-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Ballast Pit Walk in Skerries – Biodiversity Week 15:00-16:30 Ballast Pit, Barnageeragh Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin www.eventbrite.ie/e/634575180447 (Booking required)
+ Sausage Factory: Stand Up Comedy 20:00-22:00 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/633210288017 (Booking required)

+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

And the free events for next week….

Monday 22 May

+ Regain your Freedom, Health and Happiness and Systemise your Business – Talk with Eileen Fleming – Local Enterprise Office 12:00-14:30 Dean Swift 2, Hyatt Centric, Dean Street, The Liberties, Dublin 8 www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Start-or-Grow-your-Business/Networking/Women-in-Business/Network-Events/22nd-May-2023-Event-Regain-your-Freedom-Health-and-Happiness-and-Systemise-your-Business-so-that-it-runs-without-you-speaker-Eileen-Fleming.html (Booking required)
+ Reproducing Law Otherwise? – Discussion – Trinity School of Law 12:00-14:00 Online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/626990364057 (booking required)
+ Houses for Heroes – History talk about a housing estate in Dublin for 1st Word War veterans 18:30 Raheny Library www.dublincity.ie/events/bealtaine-festival-houses-heroes (Booking required)
+ Invisible Threads – Book discussion – Bealtaine Festival 18:30 Ballymun Library www.dublincity.ie/events/bealtaine-festival-invisible-threads (Booking required)

+ Open Mic Comedy “Cheeky Monkey Comedy Clubl” 19:00 The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/cheekymonkeyclubopenmic
+ Cross Guns Ukulele Club 20:00 Bernard Shaw Pub, Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 thebernardshaw.com/whats-on/
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

Tuesday 23 May

+ Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again – Exhibition Tour – National Library 11:00 Bank Of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street entrance, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/may-person-tours-seamus-heaney-listen-now-again
+ The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine . Talk 18:00-19:30 Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD www.eventbrite.ie/e/625300158607
+ “Heart of Dublin” – short film screening & Q&A – Bealtaine Festival 18:30 Kevin Street Library www.dublincity.ie/events/bealtaine-festival-heart-dublin-screening (Booking required)
+ Fair Seas: The Kingdom of Kerry – Film Screening – Biodiversity Week 19:00 biodiversityweek.ie/event/fair-seas-the-kingdom-of-kerry-screening/?instance_id=1001
+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 19:15-22:30 Darkey Kelly’s, Harding Hotel, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/groups/915434861959818

+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/

+ Bits & Pints – Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic Night 20:00-23:00 The Black Sheep, 61 Capel Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/554328053530817

Wednesday 24 May

+ Meet a Geologist – Ask all your geology questions 10:00-17:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/052023/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-December-2022

+ Little Museum of Dublin – Free Tour 10:00 Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 littlemuseum.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173601013

+ Sillibilly Classes for kids 0-4 with their parents/minders – Music, Singing, Bubbles, Stories, Drama, Balloons and Magic 10:00+11:00 Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 sillybillyparties.ie/#price
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 12:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ Inspiring Ideas @ Trinity Webinar Series: From Front Square to the Olympic Stadium – Talk – TCD 13:00-14:00 Online www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/event/inspiring-ideas–trinity-webinar-series-from-front-square-to-the-olympic-stadium.php
+ Biodiversity Month Lecture: Swimming with the Enemy 15:00-16:00 National Botanic Gardens www.eventbrite.ie/e/619850528617 (Booking required)
* Finding connections and balance in a digital world – Talks – Chartered Accountants Ireland 18:00-20:00 Platform X, KPMG, 1 Harbourmaster Place, IFSC, Dublin 1 www.charteredaccountants.ie/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=49251 (Booking required)
+ Danado De Bom Forró – Dance Social 19:30-22:30 Hill 16 Pub, 30 Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085927031035

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 25 May

+ Sillibilly Classes for kids 0-4 with their parents/minders – Music, Singing, Bubbles, Stories, Drama, Balloons and Magic 10:00+11:00 The Square Tallaght, Tallaght, Dublin 24 sillybillyparties.ie/

+ Guided Tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery 11:00 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf

+ Dublin Literary Award Ceremony: Winner Announcement 11:00 Online www.dublincity.ie/events/dublin-literary-award-ceremony-winner-announcement (Booking required)
+ Cabra Library Music Club – listen to and discuss a classic album every month 11:00 Cabra Library www.dublincity.ie/events/cabra-library-music-club (Booking required)
+ Beginning Your Market Research – Talk for small businesses and startups 13:00-14:00 Central Library www.dublincity.ie/events/beginning-your-market-research (Booking required)
+ Theory of mind in the brain and in the world: Insights from brain electrophysiological studies – Lecture – TCD 13:00-14:00 Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/event/theory-of-mind-in-the-brain-and-in-the-world-insights-from-brain-electrophysiological-studies.php
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 14:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ The Real Odessa – How Nazi war criminals escaped Europe via Dublin – Talk with book author Uki Goni – Dublin Festival of History 18:30-20:00 Dublin Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/627024355727
+ Ballyfermot Troop Train Ambush 1921 – Talk – Bealtaine Festival 18:30 Ballyfermot Library www.dublincity.ie/events/bealtaine-festival-ballyfermot-troop-train-ambush-1921 (Booking required)
+ Biodiversity Evening Walk at Ardgillan Castle – Biodiversity Week 19:00 Ardgillan Castle, Lower Car Park, Ardgillan Castle, Skerries, Co. Dublin www.eventbrite.ie/e/634577938697 (Booking required)
+ Irish Revolution book club: “Midnight in London” by Colum Kenny 18:30 Drumcondra Library www.dublincity.ie/events/irish-revolution-book-club-2 (Booking required)
+ Bats and Bugs: Project Findings – Talk – Biodiversity Week 19:30-20:30 Online www.batconservationireland.org/event/thursday-talks-bats-and-bugs-project-findings
+ Rewilding our Waters – Return of the Sturgeon – Talk 19:30 Patagonia Store, Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 biodiversityweek.ie/event/rewilding-our-waters-return-of-the-sturgeon/?instance_id=787
+ Comedy at Bar Rua – Stand-Up Comedy Open-Mic Night 19:30-22:00 Bar Rua, 32 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/1305978656619452
+ Crash & Burn Comedy – Stand-up Comedy – Hysteria Comedy Club 19:30-22:30 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/269577001067
+ Rock’n’Rollover in Sin E with Sam Clifford and Altered Lines – Gig 21:00 Sin E, 14 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/1243071373208574

+ Ma Thursdays Open Mic – Mother Reilly’s Bar 21:00-23:30 Mother Reilly’s Bar & Restaurant, 26 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.facebook.com/events/762459318527294

Friday 26 May

+ Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery 11:00 Arbour Hill Cemetery, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf

+ Biodiversity Bonanza – Exhibition open to public 11:00-13:00 Convention Centre, Dublin 1 biodiversityweek.ie/event/biodiversity-bonanza/?instance_id=683
+ The Civil War and the National Museum of Ireland – Guided Tour 11:30 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873646516 (Booking required)
+ Drop-In Workshop: Rediscovering Ancient Crafts – Bealtine Festival – National Museum Archaeology 11:30-12:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Bealtaine-Drop-In-Workshop-Rediscovering-Ancient-C
+ Made in Darndale Festival – street theatre, circus acts, puppetry 13:00-15:00 Bell Square, Darndale creativeplacesdarndale.ie/made-in-darndale-2023/
+ Biodiversity and Birds at the Dead Zoo – Talk – Natural History Museum 13:15-13:45 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/624448862357 (Booking required)
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (suitable from Age 8) 14:30 National Museum (Archaeology), Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/April-June-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(1)
+ The Soviet Union, Whales, and the Nature of the Twentieth Century – Talk 15:00-16:30 Arts Building, TCD www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/event/the-soviet-union-whales-and-the-nature-of-the-twentieth-century.php
+ Dublin Literary Award Winner 2023 – In Conversation – with Rick O’Shea 18:15-19:15 in person in Merrion Square or streamed online www.dublincity.ie/events/conversation-2023-dublin-literary-award-winner (Booking required)
+ Monica Vazquez & Salsa Brava – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1040477907006909

And there is more…

+++ Africa Day
This week is a busy one again, but the biggest and outstanding event is Africa Day at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.The event will run from 11:00-18:00 and nearly 40 performers, artists and community groups will take part. You don’t need tickets, so visit Africa Day and enjoy the music, food and culture. www.facebook.com/africadayireland The main Africa Day event will take place in Dublin, but there will be lots more events throughout Ireland. The Facebook Page provides more details.

+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
Is there ever a wrong time for learning a new skill or enhancing what you are already interested in? Maybe it is a language or an instrument or some technical skills? Or something completely different? Nearly every subject is there! Check out Udemy via the link below, they have thousands of courses and there is good chance that what you are looking for is available. Nearly all the courses are REALLY affordable!
The lowest price most of the time is EUR 12.99. Sometimes it even goes down further to EUR 9.99 and when that happens (about once or twice a year), I will tell you. But even 12.99 is definitely a good price for what you get!

Check out the website at www.getthislink.com/Udemy22 And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)

+++ COMIC BOOK FESTIVAL DUBLIN
The 8th Comic Book Festival Dublin, organised by Alliance Française Dublin, Illustrators Ireland and the French Embassy in Ireland, is taking place from 17-20 May. It will consist of a series of events including discussions, live readings, screenings and creative workshops for children, teenagers and adult. A good few are free. Booking is required or at least strongly recommended! Details are at web.alliance-francaise.ie/bd/2023 for all details.

+++ National Biodiversity Week
From 19-28 May National Biodiversity Week will take place. There will be a range of free events (over 100!) in connection with wildlife and biodiversity and you find them here www.biodiversityweek.ie

+++ Bealtaine Festival
Every year in May the Bealtaine Festival takes place in Ireland. It “celebrates the arts and creativity as we age”. Once upon a time it as an arts festival for seniors and seniors were described as people 55+. But who nowadays wants to be called a senior at 55? ;-) So now it is for all “older people” with no age specified anymore.
If you are “older” (don’t ask “in comparison to what?”!!!) then this festival is for you.
There will be lots of events throughout May. I will list some in the Dublin Event Guide, but won’t be able to list all 90 events for Greater Dublin. You can find the full list at bealtaine.ie/events-2/ Many events are free.

+++ Storytelling and Toddler Groups at Dublin City Libraries
The Dublin City Libraries have published a list of Storytelling and Toddler groups for age 0-4 across the Dublin City Libraries. You can find it here www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/storytelling-and-toddler-groups-dublin-city-libraries

+++ Irish Glass Biennale – Exhibition
The National College of Art & Design and the OPW (Office of Public Works) are inviting to an exhibition of work from some of the worlds most innovative glass artists. The Irish Glass Biennale will be on show at the Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle from 28 April to 20 August. It will be open daily from 10:00-17:00 (Closed for lunch from 13:15-to 13:45.) and admission is free. The Coach House Gallery is in the Garden of Dublin Castle, next to the Chester Beatty Museum. www.gov.ie/en/press-release/981dc-ireland-glass-biennale-2023/

+++ INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL
This year’s International Literature Festival Dublin will take place in Merrion Square from 19-28 May. I searched and searched, but could only find “Bar Access” tickets for free. ilfdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873636392 The website is at ilfdublin.com/