Happy New Year!

New Year’s Festival: NYF Dublin, NYF Concerts, NYF Music Trail, NYF Fireworks, Moving Crib

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Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 28 December

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar

+ 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. 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/

+ The Moving Crib in St Martin Apostolate 11:00-17:30 St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Winter Highlights Tour of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 11:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/Oct-Dec/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(2)
+ Christmas Spectacular Smithfield – Ice Rink & Ice Museum, but only Christmas Market is free 11:00-21:00 Smithfield Plaza, Dublin 7 christmasspectacular.ie/

+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 11:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/

+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 dublin.ie/live/things-to-do/markets/

+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

+ Viking Ireland Family Tour 12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/Oct-Dec/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour-(4)

+ A Taste of the Past: The History of Food & Drink in the Museum’s Collections – Tour 13:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/122024/November-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Eileen Gray: The Making of Modernism – Tour 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/122024/November-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Saturday Trad Session 18:00 L Mulligan Pub, 18 Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/842242417981514
+ Motorheaders (Motorhead Tribute) – support from DexA and Even Angels 20:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/553358134228854

+ 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

+ No live gig this Saturday! 22:00 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar

+ 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)

+ The Moving Crib in St Martin Apostolate 11:00-17:30 St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Christmas Spectacular Smithfield – Ice Rink & Ice Museum, but only Christmas Market is free 11:00-21:00 Smithfield Plaza, Dublin 7 christmasspectacular.ie/

+ St. Patrick’s Park Market – Books, gifts and crafts 11:00-17:30 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/stpatricksparkmarket/

+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

+ + Game, Set, Match: The History of Sports in Irish Society – Tour 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/122024/November-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks

+ 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 spaces)

+ The Way We Wore: Representations of Social Change through Clothing – Tour 15:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/122024/November-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks

+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 15:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/

+ 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/

+ Sunday Funday – Board Games Night 16:00-18:00 Beckett Locke, Point Square Village, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/847081713207
+ Sheena is a Grandmother – Punk Gig 20:00 Foggy Dew, 1 Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/574766055037509

+ Back in January: 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 30 December

Tuesday 31 December

New Year’s Eve

Wednesday 01 January

New Year’s Day

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 02 January

+ The Moving Crib in St Martin Apostolate 11:00-17:30 St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/

+ Prehistoric Ireland Family Tour 11:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q1/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour-(3)
+ Winter Highlights Tour of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q1/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)

Friday 03 January

+ Drop-In Workshop: Ancient Board games of Viking and Medieval Ireland 10:30-12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q1/Drop-In-Workshop-Hnefatafl,-A-Game-of-Vikings
+ The Moving Crib in St Martin Apostolate 11:00-17:30 St. Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/
+ Museum of Literature Ireland (MOLI) First Friday – Exhibition, Reading, Performance 18:00-21:00 Museum of Literature Ireland, 86 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 moli.ie/events/first-fridays-january-2025 (Admission is free, but booking is required)

And there is more…

+++ NYF Dublin – New Year’s Festival
This year’s New Year’s Festival in Dublin comes with a number of great gigs/concerts in Dublin Castle and Meeting House Square and a Music Trail on Monday 30 Dec and on Wed 01 Jan. And there is – the first time again for a while – Fireworks in Dun Laoghaire and in Howth Harbour. (nyfdublin.ie/news/stage-times-for-nyf/) Check out the schedule in this Dublin Event Guide. If you read it on Facebook, you need to go to wwww.DublinEventGuide.com Bringt the family, the day time gigs are all family-friendly and the Fireworks is too. Admission to all events listed in this Dublin Event Guide is as always free.

+++ The Moving Crib is still moving
The Moving Crib is a crib that stretches across the whole basement of the St Martin Apostolate at Parnell Square and in which the figures move in a endearing way. It is particularly suited for kids, but also adults will get something out of it and it is not yet too late to go and visit the Moving Crib. The Moving Crib is open from 11:00-17:30 every day (with a small number of exceptions) from 28 Nov until 05 Jan. Admission is free. The address is St Martin Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 www.stmartin.ie/crib/

+++ Museum of Literature First Friday
MOLI, the Museum of Literature Ireland, is – unlike the National Museums – normally not a free admission venue. At EUR 14.50 for adult admission it is not a place where you would just pop in regularly, but visiting MOLI is a more planned and rarer occasion.
A (to me!) new initiative, is a great idea to make MOLI more accessible and to spread the word about it.
On the MOLI First Fridays, admission is free from 18:00-21:00 and there will be access to the Exhibition and there will also be an author reading and a musical performance. Find out more about the event on Friday 03 Jan at moli.ie/events/first-fridays-january-2025 (Booking required)

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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! :-)

+++ IKEA Crafting / Music / Cooking Workshops
Ikea in Ballymun runs a variety of crafting, music and cooking workshops it is always worh checking out. The workshops are free and usually go for 45 minutes. They are always for children, but the age is often not fixed. There are specific Toddler and baby workshops at times as well. Check them out on www.ikea.com/ie/en/stores/events/ikea-ballymun/

+++ Some more events:

+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

Find Library events here www.dublincity.ie/events
and Trinity College Events here www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?day=18&month=03&year=2024&search=week

+++ 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

And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.

Take care,

–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)