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Dublin Event Guide 340: Christmas Markets, Winter Solstice Celebration & Merry Christmas


		No. 340 \| 20 December 2013	Subscribers: 19,450

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Hi all!

Just another few days! You waited through Advent, hopefully sent your letter to the man on the North Pole and now you only have to wait another few days before all the wait is over. Have a great time. The Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) is a little thinner today and next week it will also be a rather “thin” issue. But as soon as New Year is over it will all pick up again. We won’t have a “Gathering” in 2014, but I am confident that there will still be lots to do.

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The Christmas Market website here has still some good things for you to do, but they are also in this Dublin Event Guide. Next year I hope to develop www.dublinchristmasmarkets.com a little further, but I hope it was helpful already.

The next part I hate, I have to admit! I don’t like begging, but this month we are a whopping EUR 134 away from having enough for the monthly bill of EUR 170. (None of it is for me, it all goes to Email Service Provider and Webhoster.) So, I guess I will have to say what most kids say to their parents: “Mom, Dad, don’t give me any presents, just give me money.” Please go to www.perfectresults.info/donate.htm Thanks!

Finally: If you left it too late and have to give a number of last minute Christmas presents, I have the solution for you! You can give your friend a present of a subscription to the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). They will think of you 52 (!!) times every year (and it doesn’t cost you a cent … but you don’t have to tell them that!! ;-) ) Send them to www.dublineventguide.com and tell them to put their name in the SUBSCRIBE box on the right hand side and tell them that you pre-arranged that for them! :-) make sure that you and they also LIKE the Dublin Event Guide on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DublinEventGuide If you rather send me an e-mail with their e-mail address, I will send them a welcome mail. And if you feel it is not fair to give a free Christmas present, then I can help with that problem too. Just go to www.perfectresults.info/donate.htm and donate the amount that re-establishes the fairness balance! ;-)

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Have a great Christmas!

–Joerg

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The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. You wonder why I added this section to this e-mail magazine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and there could be more in the coming week and this section is for the people that want to overcome the hurdles, achieve more and remember that despite all, life is great!

TWO thought provoking concepts today and they both fit perfectly for Christmas where many meet all sorts of relatives and indulge in all kinds of ways:

1) Take care of your body! It’s the only place you have to live in.

Good advise over Christmas when we do untold things to ourselves just to achieve a state where we have to suffer more in January to try to get rid of the Christmas sins again.

2) Challenge yourself! Spend the next 24 hours without complaint, critism or speaking of the past.

Now, you can do that for the next 24 hours OR you can do it on Christmas Day. Not complaining and not criticising when we are surrounded by relatives is often a lot more difficult than if relative strangers are with us. Speaking of the past is not automatically a bad thing, but if the past is brought up in a negative way, then you should “leave it out”!

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All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges (or at least appear to be free) unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no promise for correctness can be given.

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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.

On Wednesday evening I came back from Germany. Christmas Markets, Gluehwein, Negerkuesse and lots of good food were my targets while there. And now I am a little undecided: Should I stay away from the local “Christmas Markets” so that I don’t get too upset. Or should I just accept that the Irish Markets will not for a long time be proper Christmas Markets ….and go anyway? I will do the latter!

So this weekend, I will go to the Dockland’s “Christmas Market” and the Dame Court “Christmas Market” and if I manage, also to the Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival. If you have kids, consider the Moving Crib and the Animal Crib. On Saturday from 18:00, the Winter Solstive celebration takes place.

On Tuesday evening, once all the madness in the City Centre has died down, it is time to become a little more reflective and I will be at the Christmas Eve Gospel Choir Mass in Gardiner Street Church.

Then the next two days are for me completely event-free, but on Thursday evening I will compile the next Dublin Event Guide for you.

Please keep in mind that a number of events that are listed on 24 and 26 Dec might not happen at all.

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Daddyo – New Dad iPhone App

If you are a new dad or will be a new dad soon, this iPhone app will interest you!

To learn all the things you have to know about becoming and being a dad, you had to read through piles and piles of books until now. The time from conception to the babies age of 6 months can be full of interesting, daunting, unexpected, shocking but also wonderful experiences and Tom Cunningham, who works for iQ Content and who developed the wonderful Dublin Event Guide logo and the graphics used for the Dublin Event Guide, just recently became a first time dad and went through all this.

For your benefit, he developed – together with the talented people in iQ Content – the survival kit for first time dads in the form of an iPhone app. The app is available for EUR 1.79 at itunes.apple.com/us/app/daddyo/id775136760 and iQ Content have provided an app for 5 Dublin Event Guide readers for free. If more than five people want it we will do a draw OR might decide on who needs it most. So, to enter the competition send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with the subject DADDYO and with your full name AND the reason why you need it in the body of the mail. You should also mention when your child is expected to be born. Your mail has to be with me by 13:00 on Wednesday 01 Jan.

“Mirror, Mirror, Off The Wall” – Christmas Play

16-21 Dec – 19:30
The New Theatre, 43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

The Christmas Play ‘Mirror, Mirror, Off The Wall’ is a twist on the traditional Fairytale Christmas show. Its performance took palce in The New Theatre in Temple Bar from 16-21 December and the play was produced by Jill Thornton, written by Katie O’Kelly and performed by Katie O’Kelly and Clara Purcell. www.thenewtheatre.com

The Theatre Company had made a number of pairs of tickets available and the winners were: Johnny Guiney, Ann Canning, Elaine Kennedy and Orla Shannon! Congratulations!

SHIFT – 80s Tribute Gig – Christmas Show & Die Hard Screening

Thurs 19 Dec: 20:30
Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2

The 80s tribute band SHIFT were inviting you to their Christmas Show on Thurs 19 Dec. It opened with the screening of the Christmas Classic movie “Die Hard”, followed by an extra special festive 80s rock gig. www.facebook.com/events/565096496907968

SHIFT made a number of pairs of tickets available for a competition and the lucky winners were Tiffany Elmore, David Wheelahan and Gerard Dempsey. Congratulations!
www.gettheshift.com and www.facebook.com/gettheshift

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The Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) focuses on free events, but we all fully understand that not everything can be free in life and if you run a non-free event (or sell a cool product), I am sure it would help you if you could let the 19,000+ Dublin Event Guide readers know about your event or product. If you can make a few tickets (product samples) available for the Dublin Event Guide readers, I can help you and promote your event (product) in the context of a competition. Cost to you? In most cases not a cent! Just contact me on dublineventguide@gmail.com and we can discuss the details. It is all very simple! ;-)

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Do you happily receive the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) every week? And do you make use of it at least sometimes? And would you like to help to keep it going? If you read this, then the answer is probably three times YES!

But I understand that giving a donation is not everybody’s thing. I can assure you that it will only be used to cover the cost for the Dublin Event Guide, but wouldn’t it be even neater if you could give money without having to use your own?

This is indeed possible! When you buy books online, buy them from Book Depository or from Amazon and use these links to go to the website:

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You can also copy these links and send them to your friends. When you click on the link you books cost exactly the same as if you went to the Amazon or Book Depository website directly. But if you go via my links above, the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) will get 5-8%. That’s not a lot, but if you and lots of other people used that link every time, it still would amount to a fair amount.

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Giving money for free! That’s how easy it is. ;-) Thanks!

Santa’s Flight Path

If you want to check where Santa is on Monday evening, you can follow him on www.noradsanta.org
NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command is tracking Santa’s movements and I was told by friends that the NORAD website can be a huge help to get the children to bed on Christmas Eve. The son of a friend, who we shall call Lucas (not his real name), kept checking NORAD’s website to follow the flight path. When he checked first, Santa was far away, but then he came closer and closer to Ireland and a few hours later when the discovered that Santa was in Scotland, Lucas got seriously alarmed. He immediately insisted to go to bed and when his mother suggested to read him a story, he declared with huge terror in his voice: “Mom, there is no time for that!! Santa is already in Scotland!” :-)

Many Santas? Or Nuclear Spaceship instead of sleigh?

NORAD show you the flight path, but travel speed alone should concern you a little! Is Santa maybe travelling in a Nuclear Spaceship? Or are there MANY Santa’s?And will Santa survive Christmas?

If you read the straightforward ;-) calculations at www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/physics.asp you see why Heustom and all of us “We have a problem!”. The article describes the “Physics of Santa and his Reindeer”. Don’t let the kids read this, because the conclusion will not please them! I got this interesting and highly scientific description as an e-mail around 1990 (!), so keep in mind that since then the world population grew a lot further, which increases the number of Santa’s clients by quite a lot. So if it was difficult then, it is even worse now! ;-) ….and Santa is in trouble!

Newgrange and the Winter Solstice

If you are interested in Newgrange and the Winter Solstice, check aout an article from the Irish Times from Thursday. It is really good and has some interesting details in it. The article is here.

Tower Records to move in January

Tower Records will soon leave the place they have been for many years. The will move in January from Wicklow Street (at the Brown Thomas side) to the former Waterstones building in Dawson Street. And in their current premises H&M will put a shop for their upmarket COS fashion brand. According to this newspaper article in October, this seems to be a super deal for Tower Records AND for the owners of the Wicklow Street shop. Not sure if it is THAT great for COS, but a City Centre location “next to” Brown Thomas for an upmarket fashion shop is not something to get easily, so I’d say everybody will be happy.

This section is intended to feature new startup companies and projects. Opportunities that people saw and that they chose not to ignore. I am, however, experiencing a little technical problem with this section, so for now I won’t be able to use it. I will keep you posted.

Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie . For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is www.visualartists.ie/category/listings/dublin/

On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.

Alliance Francaise Photo Award

12 Dec – 31 Jan

Alliance Francaise, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

This year’s theme for the Alliance Francaise Photo Award is “Play” and the works chosen for the exhibition showcase a remarkable variety of perspectives on this universal human pastime, ranging from the (appropriately) playful to the strikingly serious, without ever compromising on aesthetic appeal. The Irish winner can enter the international contest and win a private exhibition in Paris organised by the Fondation Alliance française. Admission is free. www.alliance-francaise.ie/

Grosvenor Studios Exhibition

11-23 December (14:00-19:00)

Gallery 2, The MART, Old Fire Station, 190a Rathmines Road Lwr, Dublin 6

The second Grosvenor Studios Group Exhibition with exhibiting artists Gearoid O’Dea, Niamh Hannaford, Colm Weakliam & Claire Dooley will take place. Grosvenor Studios was established in 2011. It has been providing inexpensive studio spaces to emerging artists in the Dublin 6 area since then. This exhibition is showcasing their dynamic work in sculptural, illustrative and interactive installation art. The exhibition will open on Wednesday 11 Dec at 18:00. grosvenorstudios.wordpress.com/

56th World Press Photo Exhibition

30 Nov – 22 Dec

chq Building, George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

100,000 images were submitted by 5,666 photographers from 124 countries and the World Press Phoot Exhibition shows the winning entries. Please note: The exhibition is only free in a very small time-slot. Only weekdays from 10:00-12:00 you can see it for free, at all other times there will be an admission charge of EUR 5. Opening horus are Mon-Fri 10:00-19:00, Sat 10:00-18:00 and Sun 12:00-18:00. www.worldpress.ie/

Saturday 21 Dec

Car Boot Sales – Tallaght

08:00 – 12:00, Sat 21 Dec

Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Co. Dublin

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.

www.irishcarboot.ie/

Honest2Goodness Food Market

09:30 – 16:00, Sat 21 Dec

Honest2goodness, 136 Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11

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.

www.honest2goodness.ie

Malahide Park Run (free)

09:30, Sat 21 Dec

Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin

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.

www.parkrun.ie/malahide/

SuperNatural Food Market

09:30 – 15:30, Sat 21 Dec

St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

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

www.supernatural.ie

Belgard Weekend Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 21 Dec

Belgard Road, Dublin 24

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.

www.facebook.com/belgardmarket

Brendan O’Carroll – Book Signing

10:00, Sat 21 Dec

Eason, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

Brendan O’Carroll (“Mrs. Brown”) will be in Eason’s for a Book Signing.

www.easons.com/t-things_to_do_at_Eason.aspx#December

Christmas Events at Phoenix Park Visitor Centre

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 21 Dec

Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8

Every weekend in December a few craft stalls will set up in the courtyard at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre. Very euphemistically the event is officially called “Christmas Winter Wonderland”. Christmas gifts on sale will range from woodcrafted items, knitwear, table centres, candles, oils, to little ceramic cottages and small sculptures.

Santa will appear each Sunday from 13:00-17:00 to meet the children and Storytelling for children will take place in the 16th century tower house beside the courtyard each Sunday at 13:30 and 15:00. The shows on 22 Dec are Snow White.
And a choir will be singing Christmas carols and songs every Sunday from 14:00.

Admission is free and there is parking on site.

www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,26909,en.html

Dublin Docklands Christmas Festival

10:00 – 22:00, Sat 21 Dec

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The Dublin Docklands Christmas Festival is with 8 years, the longest established Christmas Market in Dublin, but Irish Markets still have a lot of learning and growing up to do.

The Dublin Docklands Christmas Festival will run from 12-23 Dec. It was in the past one of the better ones in layout and in the type of stalls/traders there are, but every year the organisers fiddle around with it. Maybe one day they will hit gold. In previous years there was a nice atmosphere and there were even some crafts shops intermixed with soap, flashy T-shirt and plastic goods shops.

11 food stalls and 27 shops stalls (only a small few you can call “craft”) are there this year, but it seems that the layout has been changed completely and the George’s Dock platform is used for a gig marquee this year, called “Festival Lounge”. Until 18:00 you are allowed in for free and some choirs will perform occassionally. In the evening, however, from 20:00-22:00, it will turn into a gig venue and tickets are EUR 8-10.

The market will be open every day Mon-Fri 12:00-22:00 and Sat+Sun 10:00-22:00.

www.dublindocklandschristmasfestival.ie/

Farmleigh House – Christmas Programme

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 21 Dec

Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15

The Farmleigh Christmas Programme is every year a great programme that especially keeps the kids happy. On Saturday the event schedule is:

+ Christmas Food Market – Farmyard – 10am to 5pm
+ Festive Crib – Outdoors – 10am to 5pm
+ Puppet Show – Cowshed Theatre – 12pm to 12.30pm, 1.45pm to 2.15pm, 3.30pm to 4pm
+ Storytelling for Children with Danielle Allision and Sue Brown – The Old Kitchen – 12.45pm to 1.30pm, 2.30pm to 3.15pm, 4.15pm to 5pm
+ Barbershop Melodies with The Mellowchords – Outdoors – 2pm to 4pm
+ Carol Singing with the Dublin Welsh Male Choir – Ballroom – 1.30pm to 3.30pm
+ Victorian Christmas Experience – Courtyard – 12pm to 5pm

Admission is free to all events, but places are limited at some of them.

www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,25285,en.html

Funderland – Christmas Wonderland

10:00 – 22:00, Sat 21 Dec

RDS, Simmonscourt Complex, Simmonscourt Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

The “GloHealth Christmas Wonderland” (06 Dec – 12 Jan) is an Ice Skating Rink, a Circus, Funderland, Jingle Town, Puppet Theatre and Illusionist Guy Barrett. None of these events are free, but there is one free component: Advertised as a “Continental Christmas Market” and with free admission, you will find a couple of (german) food stalls…and that’s it! The most disappointing Christmas Market I have ever seen.

www.christmaswonderland.ie/

Jamestown Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 21 Dec

Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8

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.

www.jamestownmarket.com/

Merchants Market

10:00 – 16:00, Sat 21 Dec

Merchants Yard, East Wall Road, Dublin 3

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket

www.merchantsmarket.ie/

Mother Redcap’s Indoor Market

10:00 – 17:30, Sat 21 Dec

Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17

An indoor market in Coolock with over 40 traders with a wide range of goods and a café on site as well.

www.facebook.com/MotherRedcaps.Market

Temple Bar Food Market

10:00 – 16:30, Sat 21 Dec

Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

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.

www.templebar.ie

Blackrock Market

11:00 – 17:30, Sat 21 Dec

Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

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.

www.blackrockmarket.com/

Dublin Castle – “Festive Market”

11:00 – 17:00, Sat 21 Dec

Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2

Each Saturday and Sunday before Christmas a few food stands are put in the upper courtyard of Dublin Castle and the whole event is euphemistically called “Traditional Festive Market”. The stalls are there to feed the kids who went to the children show and the grown ups who came for the “choir under the tree” performances.

Choirs will be performing under the tree from 13:30-15:30.

www.dublincastle.ie/NewsEvents/Title,26811,en.htm

Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival

11:00 – 18:00, Sat 21 Dec

Dun Laoghaire (various locations)

The Christmas Festival in Dun Laoghaire runs from 30 Nov until 01 Jan. There will be a Christmas Market, a.k.a. “Enchanting Christmas Market” ;-) every Thurs-Sun from 11:00-18:00 and at the weekends other events will also take place. In the Christmas Week, the market will also open on Mon and Tues. (By the rules for the opening hours that they provided, the market is meant to be back on Thurs 26 Dec, but I would expect that only a SOME stalls will be open if any at all.)

This weekend (Sat 21 Dec at 14:00) a Santa World Record Attempt will take place on the Harbour Plaza. They need 873 Santas to break the record that was achieved in Massachusetts in 2010. If you want to wath it, it is free. To take part you are asked to give EUR 2 to Barnardos per person. You only need a Santa Hat to take part, nothing else. That should be do-able! On the website is a registration form. Not sure if you have to fill that in before you come, but it might be a good idea if there is still time.

www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/

Live Animal Crib

11:00 – 18:00, Sat 21 Dec

Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2

Established in 1956 by Fr. Louis Coffey, the Live Crib at the Mansion House has entertained generations. The Live Crib consists of a traditional nativity scene set among live animals in a specially constructed stable. The animals are brought to the crib every morning and are returned to a farm on the south of the city in the evening. Admission is free and donations are welcome. The crib will be outside Mansion House until 24 Dec at 14:00.

www.ifa.ie/News/tabid/640/ctl/Detail/mid/2250/xmid/5997/xmfid/23/Default.aspx

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Sat 21 Dec

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

Craft & Design Christmas Pop-up Shop

11:30 – 18:30, Sat 21 Dec

Block T, 1/6 Haymarket, Smithfield, Dublin 7

BLOCK T, the creative incubator in Smithfield, is the location for the Craft & Design Christmas Pop-up Shop in Smithfield. You will find affordable and unique art, handmade crafts & jewellery, records, posters and many more. The BLOCK T Showroom is just off the Luas track at Smithfield station.

The Pop-Up Shop is open every Thursday to Sunday from 07-22 Dec (11:30-18:30 with late opening on Thursday until 20:00)

www.facebook.com/events/541064515975661go

Moving Crib

11:30 – 18:00, Sat 21 Dec

Saint Martin’s Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square, Dublin 1

The Moving Crib in St. Martin Apostolate has fascinated generations of children from Dublin and all over Ireland and 50 years after it first began, it still draws the crowds. The Moving Crib is like an expanded Nativity Play going back to Adam and Eve and finishing after the crib scene with the young Jesus teaching the Doctors in the Temple. There are over 100 figures in the Crib arranged in 14 different tableaux. They cover various episodes of the Old and New Testament. The figures are about a metre high, moulded in papier-mache and dressed in miniature clothes. Concealed motors control the movements of the arms, head and legs. All figures, motors, clothing etc. come from a firm in Germany.

The Moving Crib is open from 25 Nov to 05 Jan (Weekdays 14:00-18:00 and Sat& Sun 11:30-18:00). It is closed on 24, 25, 26 Dec and 01 Jan. Admission is free.

www.stmartin.ie/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Sat 21 Dec

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Dame District Christmas Market

12:00 – 23:00, Sat 21 Dec

Dame Court, Dublin 2

The Dame District Christmas Market will take place every day from Fri 13 – Sun 22 Dec. The market is a row of 24 white plastic tents/marquees down Dame Court with a few lights and a few pine branches for decoration. Yes, you get it: atmosphere is a problem. But the tents are relatively big so that stalls are of a nice size and there are some interesting traders. Admission is free.

The best about this market is that there will be a free concert every night on a stage in the street. The performers and times can be found on the Facebook Page below.

www.facebook.com/DameDistrict

Ha’penny Flea Market

12:00 – 18:00, Sat 21 Dec

Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Dux & Co will offer food and the Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

www.thegrandsocial.ie/

Sweeney’s Pop-Up Christmassy Market

12:00 – 18:00, Sat 21 Dec

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

A Pop-up Market in Sweeney’s will invite you to buy some more Christmas presents and to enjoy the music in Sweeney’s also.

There will ne crafts, jewellery, hand made cosmetics and dolls, massage, vintage clothes, records, home made brown bread, basil oil, cranberry sauce, a variety of cakes and lots more.

www.sweeneysdublin.ie/gigs.php

White Lady Art Gallery “Christmas Market”

12:00 – 19:00, Sat 21 Dec

White Lady Art, 14 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2

The first ever White Lady Art Gallery Christmas Market, with 14 stalls full of hand-made art, crafts and gifts all at affordable prices will take place over three weekends from Fri-Sun. The weekends are 06-08 Dec, 13-15 Dec, 20-22 Dec.

Admission is free.

www.whiteladyart.com/index.php/news/97-christmas-craft-market

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Sat 21 Dec

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

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.

www.ifi.ie/

Chester Beatty – Mandarin Tour

13:00, Sat 21 Dec

Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

An Intercultural Tour in Mandarin with Community Ambassador Tiedong Yang will introduce the collections in Mandarin. Family-friendly activities are also available in Mandarin. Admission is free and no booking is required.

www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

“My Favourites” – Walking Tour

14:00 – 16:30, Sat 21 Dec

Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run every Saturday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”

Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

Public Tour: Winter Solstice Special

15:30 – 16:30, Sat 21 Dec

National Museum, Kildare Street (Archaeology), Dublin 2

Explore how ancient people marked the mid-winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere with a tour of the Prehistoric Ireland Exhibition. View a reconstructed Neolithic passage tomb and associated grave goods which are often found inside these structures, including artefacts from Newgrange and Knowth, Co. Meath. Admission is free and no booking required.

www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventID=3952

Winter Solstice Celebration + Parade

18:00 – 20:30, Sat 21 Dec

National Museum, Collins Barracks (Decorative Arts & History), 7 Benburb Street, Dublin 7

The 4th Winter Solstice Celebration takes place this Saturday. It starts at the National Museum (Collins Barracks) and continues to Smithfield Plaza (Dublin 7). The event is a community event, organised by Sli An Chroi and supported by the National Museum and Dublin City Council.

The event starts at 18:00 in the Riding School Hall of Collins Barracks. At 19:00 the Winter Solstice Ceremonial Fire will be lit on Clarke Square in Collins Barracks and at 19:15 the parade assembles to walk along the Liffey (Ellis Quay and Arran Quay) to Smithfield Plaza. From 20:00-20:30 a Fire Ceremony will take place on Smithfield Plaza.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome to this family-friendly event.

www.facebook.com/dublinwintersolstice

Cornucopia – Live Music

19:30 – 21:30, Sat 21 Dec

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

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.

www.cornucopia.ie

CWU Band Christmas Concert

20:00, Sat 21 Dec

Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2

The Communications Worker Union (CWU) has an own band! And this band is inviting to their Christmas Concert on Saturday in the Unitarian Church. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/1399253563651903/

Saturday Night Live Jazz

20:00 – 22:30, Sat 21 Dec

KC Peaches (Wine Cave), 28/29 Nassau St., Dublin 2

This is a weekly Saturday night jazz event in the basement Wine Cave of KC Peaches wholefood restaurant/café. Food will be served until 22:00 and wine, minerals & music will be available until later. Admission is free and a donation into a hat at the end of the evening is appreciated.

www.facebook.com/KCPeachesWineCave

Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard

21:00, Sat 21 Dec

Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are listed on the website below.

www.stillorganorchard.com/live_music.html

Sunday 22 Dec

Christmas Events at Phoenix Park Visitor Centre

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 22 Dec

Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8

Admission is free and there is parking on site.

www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,26909,en.html

Dublin Docklands Christmas Festival

10:00 – 22:00, Sun 22 Dec

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The Dublin Docklands Christmas Festival is with 8 years, the longest established Christmas Market in Dublin, but Irish Markets still have a lot of learning and growing up to do.

The market will be open every day Mon-Fri 12:00-22:00 and Sat+Sun 10:00-22:00.

www.dublindocklandschristmasfestival.ie/

Farmleigh House – Christmas Programme

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 22 Dec

Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15

The Farmleigh Christmas Programme is every year a great programme that especially keeps the kids happy. On Saturday the event schedule is:

+Christmas Food Market – Farmyard – 10am to 5pm
+ Festive Crib – Outdoors – 10am to 5pmPuppet Show – Cowshed Theatre – 12pm to 12.30pm, 1.45pm to 2.15pm, 3.30pm to 4pm
+ Barbershop Melodies with The Mellowchords – Outdoors – 12pm to 4pm
+ Storytelling for Children with Danielle Allision and Sue Brown – The Old Kitchen – 12.45pm to 1.30pm, 2.30pm to 3.15pm, 4.15pm to 5pm
+ Horse & Carriage Rides – Experience Farmleigh Estate in Style – Outdoors – 1pm to 4pm
+ Carol Singing with Cantando – Ballroom – 1.30pm to 3.30pm
+ Victorian Christmas Experience – Courtyard – 11am to 5pm

Admission is free to all events, but places are limited at some of them.

Christmas Food Market – Farmyard – 10am to 5pm
Festive Crib – Outdoors – 10am to 5pm
Puppet Show – Cowshed Theatre – 12pm to 12.30pm, 1.45pm to 2.15pm, 3.30pm to 4pm
Barbershop Melodies with The Mellowchords – Outdoors – 12pm to 4pm
Storytelling for Children with Danielle Allision and Sue Brown – The Old Kitchen – 12.45pm to 1.30pm, 2.30pm to 3.15pm, 4.15pm to 5pm
Horse & Carriage Rides – Experience Farmleigh Estate in Style – Outdoors – 1pm to 4pm
Carol Singing with Cantando – Ballroom – 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Victorian Christmas Experience – Courtyard – 11am to 5pm

www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,25285,en.html

Funderland – Christmas Wonderland

10:00 – 22:00, Sun 22 Dec

RDS, Simmonscourt Complex, Simmonscourt Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

www.christmaswonderland.ie/

Jamestown Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 22 Dec

Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8

www.jamestownmarket.com

Merchants Market

10:00 – 16:00, Sun 22 Dec

Merchants Yard, East Wall Road, Dublin 3

www.merchantsmarket.ie/

Merrion Square Open Air Gallery

10:00 – 18:30, Sun 22 Dec

Merrion Square, Dublin 2

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.

www.merrionsquareart.com/

Children’s Art Cart Workshop

10:30 – 12:30, Sun 22 Dec

Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8

The Children’s Art Cart Workshops will be held again in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (01-6770095) every Sunday from 24 March to 22 December 2013. Currently the workshop is still free, but there is a possibility that a fee will be introduced at some point. Children must be over 6 years of age and must be supervised by an adult.
You can’t pre-book, so early arrival is required because there are only 20 places per session.

The themes are:
01 Dec: Make Christmas cards
08 Dec: Christmas decorations
15 Dec: Christmas Card for Teacher
22 Dec: Make a Surprise

www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,23664,en.html

Dublin Castle – “Festive Market”

11:00 – 17:00, Sun 22 Dec

Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2

Choirs will be performing under the tree from 13:30-15:30.

www.dublincastle.ie/NewsEvents/Title,26811,en.htm

Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival

11:00 – 18:00, Sun 22 Dec

Dun Laoghaire (various locations)

www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/

Dun Laoghaire Market

11:00 – 16:00, Sun 22 Dec

People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

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.

www.dlrcoco.ie/aboutus/councildepartments/environment/findit/markets/

Live Animal Crib

11:00 – 18:00, Sun 22 Dec

Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2

www.ifa.ie/News/tabid/640/ctl/Detail/mid/2250/xmid/5997/xmfid/23/Default.aspx

Longmile Road Markets

11:00 – 17:00, Sun 22 Dec

Long Mile Road, Dublin 12

There seem to be TWO weekly markets on Long Mile Road and both are very close to each other. One is behind Wigoders on Long Mile Road (across the road from Aldi). It hosts more than 50 stalls and there is also a Cafe on site. www.facebook.com/WigodersLongmileMarket And the other one is just on the other side of the road, next to Aldi. www.facebook.com/TheLongMileRdMarket

Palestrina Choir

11:00, Sun 22 Dec

St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1

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.

www.procathedral.ie/music/this-week

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Sun 22 Dec

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

Craft & Design Christmas Pop-up Shop

11:30 – 18:30, Sun 22 Dec

Block T, 1/6 Haymarket, Smithfield, Dublin 7

The Pop-Up Shop is open every Thursday to Sunday from 07-22 Dec (11:30-18:30 with late opening on Thursday until 20:00)

www.facebook.com/events/541064515975661go

Moving Crib

11:30 – 18:00, Sun 22 Dec

Saint Martin’s Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square, Dublin 1

The Moving Crib is open from 25 Nov to 05 Jan (Weekdays 14:00-18:00 and Sat& Sun 11:30-18:00). It is closed on 24, 25, 26 Dec and 01 Jan. Admission is free.

www.stmartin.ie/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Sun 22 Dec

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Blackrock Market

12:00 – 17:30, Sun 22 Dec

Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

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.

www.blackrockmarket.com/

Dame District Christmas Market

12:00 – 23:00, Sun 22 Dec

Dame Court, Dublin 2

The best about this market is that there will be a free concert every night on a stage in the street. The performers and times can be found on the Facebook Page below.

www.facebook.com/DameDistrict

Mother Redcap’s Indoor Market

12:00 – 17:30, Sun 22 Dec

Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17

An indoor market in Coolock with over 40 traders with a wide range of goods and a café on site as well.

www.facebook.com/MotherRedcaps.Market

Sweeney’s Pop-Up Christmassy Market

12:00 – 18:00, Sun 22 Dec

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

A Pop-up Market in Sweeney’s will invite you to buy some more Christmas presents and to enjoy the music in Sweeney’s also.

There will ne crafts, jewellery, hand made cosmetics and dolls, massage, vintage clothes, records, home made brown bread, basil oil, cranberry sauce, a variety of cakes and lots more.

www.sweeneysdublin.ie/gigs.php

White Lady Art Gallery “Christmas Market”

12:00 – 19:00, Sun 22 Dec

White Lady Art, 14 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2

Admission is free.

www.whiteladyart.com/index.php/news/97-christmas-craft-market

Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up

14:00, Sun 22 Dec

Dublin (various locations)

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), 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 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!

www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/

Stella Bass Jazz Trio

14:00 – 16:00, Sun 22 Dec

Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Afternoon Jazz in Café en Seine. The Stella Bass Jazz Trio play every Sunday from 14:00-16:00 in Café en Seine in Dawson Street. Admission is free. A video is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aKqtOB5S8

www.stellabass.com

Family Drawing Sundays

14:30 – 16:30, Sun 22 Dec

Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2

Come to the Family Drawing Sundays in the RHA. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Admission is free. For further information, contact Ruth Carroll on 01 6612558 or via ruth@rhagallery.ie

www.rhagallery.ie/html/educate/educate_family.html

Museum Tour – National Print Museum

15:00 – 16:30, Sun 22 Dec

National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4

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.

www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/guided-tours.html

Guitar Heaven – Gigs

16:00, Sun 22 Dec

The Beerhouse, 84.5 Capel Street, Dublin 1

Three different guitar acts, including bluegrass and “The Aqualights” will perform all evening in the Beerhouse in Capel Street. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/beerhousedublin

LJJ Band – Cafe en Seine

18:00 – 20:00, Sun 22 Dec

Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

The wedding and party band The LJJ Band play every Sunday evening in Café en Seine. Admission is free.

www.longjohnjumpband.com/

Saucy Sundays

18:00 – 22:00, Sun 22 Dec

Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

Saucy Sundays is a weekly free live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. The line-up and links to all bands/performers are available via the Saucy Sundays Facebook Page (see link below). In brief the list is The Cold Draw, The Ground Will Shake, ETO, Betty Swing Machine and The Cravingz.

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001494016795&v=wall

The Dublin Blues Cartel – Gig

19:00, Sun 22 Dec

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

The Dublin Blues Cartel are performing again in the “Live from the Window” slot in Whelan’s. Admission is free.

www.whelanslive.com/index.php/live-from-the-window-w-the-dublin-blues-cartel-8/

Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass

19:30 – 20:30, Sun 22 Dec

St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass invites to a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30. The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known choirs in Ireland will sing during the mass and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.

www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com

Dublin Gospel Choir – Christmas Concert

20:00, Sun 22 Dec

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Church Street, Dublin 7

The Dublin Gospel Choir will perform a Christmas Concert in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre for homeless people in the Saint Mary of the Angels Church on Church Street, Dublin 7.

Admission is free, but donations for the Capuchin Day Centre are very much appreciated.

www.facebook.com/events/396025557195408/

Sunday Roast

20:00, Sun 22 Dec

Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2

The weekly Sunday Roast is a free event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The line-up for the upcoming Sunday Roast is available via the Sunday Roast Facebook Page (see link below). It is not complete yet, but will get posted soon I hear. If you would like to perform maybe check the Facebook Page on Friday evening, at the time of writing this, there were a couple of slots available.

www.facebook.com/thesundayroast

Apollo Sessions

20:30, Sun 22 Dec

Bleeding Horse, 24 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2

Every Sunday this singer-songwriter night takes place in the Bleeding Horse in Camden St. from 8.30pm. It is an Open mic night and performers can just turn up and put their name on the list for that night.

www.facebook.com/apollosessions

Comedy Crunch

21:00 – 00:00, Sun 22 Dec

Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. 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).

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

Forro de Lampiao – Brazilian Dance

21:00 – 23:00, Sun 22 Dec

Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

Rogério from the Brazilian dance project “Forró de Lampião” in Dublin tells me: Forró de Lampião is Brazilian music that has the same roots as Samba and there is a whole culture that has developed around “forro”. Every Sunday, free dance classes take place in the Grand Social (new loation!) and if you are interested, just turn up one Sunday.

www.facebook.com/groups/forrodelampiaodublin/

Rhythm Rocker

21:00, Sun 22 Dec

The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with alternating (week by week) live bands Pavement Kings, Donna & The Sazzy Catz, The Mosquitoes and The Pacifics from 21:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free.

www.globe.ie/events.php

Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads

21:30, Sun 22 Dec

Ha’Penny Bridge Inn, 42 Wellington Quay Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads are playing Ballads, Folk, Trad and Classic Country every Sunday. Featuring Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle and Banjo.

www.billytreacy.com/

Cool Hand Dukes

22:00, Sun 22 Dec

Porterhouse Central, 45-47 Nassau Street, Dublin 2

Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.

www.facebook.com/coolhand.dukes.1

Monday 23 Dec

Dublin Docklands Christmas Festival

10:00 – 22:00, Mon 23 Dec

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The Dublin Docklands Christmas Festival is with 8 years, the longest established Christmas Market in Dublin, but Irish Markets still have a lot of learning and growing up to do.

The market will be open every day Mon-Fri 12:00-22:00 and Sat+Sun 10:00-22:00.

www.dublindocklandschristmasfestival.ie/

Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival

11:00 – 18:00, Mon 23 Dec

Dun Laoghaire (various locations)

In the Christmas Week, the market will also open on Mon and Tues. (By the rules for the opening hours that they provided, the market is meant to be back on Thurs 26 Dec, but I would expect that only a SOME stalls will be open if any at all.)

www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/

Live Animal Crib

11:00 – 18:00, Mon 23 Dec

Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2

www.ifa.ie/News/tabid/640/ctl/Detail/mid/2250/xmid/5997/xmfid/23/Default.aspx

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Mon 23 Dec

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

Moving Crib

11:30 – 18:00, Mon 23 Dec

Saint Martin’s Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square, Dublin 1

The Moving Crib is open from 25 Nov to 05 Jan (Weekdays 14:00-18:00 and Sat& Sun 11:30-18:00). It is closed on 24, 25, 26 Dec and 01 Jan. Admission is free.

www.stmartin.ie/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Mon 23 Dec

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Mon 23 Dec

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

www.ifi.ie/

Song Cycle

20:00, Mon 23 Dec

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase. The line-up is not always easily findable on the Whelan’s website, but admission is always free.

www.whelanslive.com

The Monday Echo

20:00 – 22:30, Mon 23 Dec

The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

The Monday Echo is a weekly songwriter and poetry live showcase held on Mondays in the basement of The International Bar. Usually, the show has 3 songwriters and 3 poets who perform for roughly 20 minutes each. Admission is free.
The weekly line-up can be found via the Facebook Page below.

www.facebook.com/themondayecho

Comedy Crunch

21:00 – 23:00, Mon 23 Dec

Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday. 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).

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

Loose – Trad Sessions

21:00 – 23:30, Mon 23 Dec

Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6

The 4-piece band Loose Trad are performing every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. www.loosetrad.com/ Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/motherreillysADMIN

ShotGun! – 60s, Soul, Motown, Beat

22:00 – 02:30, Mon 23 Dec

Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

I don’t often write about DJ events because there are sooo many that it is near impossible to give them proper and fair coverage. But every now and then I make an exception.

The event I am telling you today about is called “ShotGun!” and takes place regular-ish in the Grand Social. This Monday, their Christmas night takes place when DJs Michelle Farley & Rob Gilligan play the best 60s, soul, motown, beat and mod tunes.

Admission is free.

Tuesday 24 Dec

Christmas Eve

08:00, Tue 24 Dec

Dublin (various locations)

Christmas Eve is just the evening before Christmas for most. It is the last shopping day (especially for men ;-) ) and the City Centre is crazy busy. Bewley’s will be packed because it is a Christmas Eve ritual for many to go for breakfast to Bewley’s in Grafton Street. From around 16:00 shops start closing (some even before that) and you can assume that all will be closed after 18:00. Then the other Christmas Eve ritual for many will commence: Pub! ;-) Others go to a Christmas Eve mass and it is the ONE night when all masses are completely packed!

“My Favourites” – Walking Tour

11:00 – 13:00, Tue 24 Dec

Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will on Tuesday now as well. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”

Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival

11:00 – 18:00, Tue 24 Dec

Dun Laoghaire (various locations)

www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/

Live Animal Crib

11:00 – 18:00, Tue 24 Dec

Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2

www.ifa.ie/News/tabid/640/ctl/Detail/mid/2250/xmid/5997/xmfid/23/Default.aspx

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Tue 24 Dec

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Tue 24 Dec

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Christmas Eve Sing Along

16:00 – 20:00, Tue 24 Dec

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

Singing Christmas Carols in a pub? Well if you have never done it before, this is the opportunity to try it. A Christmas Carol Sing-along takes place and admission is free.

www.sweeneysdublin.ie/

Ukulele Tuesday

19:45 – 22:00, Tue 24 Dec

Stag’s Head, Dame Lane, Dublin 2

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 get-together meets in the “snug” in Stag’s Head.

www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday

Ben Prevos Blue Tuesdays

20:00 – 23:30, Tue 24 Dec

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

www.sweeneysdublin.ie

Gospel Mass at Christmas Eve

20:00, Tue 24 Dec

St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir will sing at the Gospel Mass in St Francis Xavier Church. This is one of very few Christmas Eve masses that are celebrated with a Gospel Choir and it is sooo much nicer than a normal mass. First of all it is a very inclusive mass, which means that you don’t have to be very religious to get something from it, and secondly the choir is just brilliant.

I admit that I am a bit biased, because I am doing the sound engineering for the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, but seriously if you want to go to a Christmas Eve mass, but don’t know where to go, this is the place. Be early, though! There will be 800 people in the church and that means there will be standing room only if you come too late. I suggest to be there at least 30 minutes early, better even earlier.

www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com

Wednesday 25 Dec

Merry Christmas everyone!

08:00, Wed 25 Dec

Dublin (various locations)

There is one big event and it is celebrated in most houses: Have a great Christmas Day!!

If you don’t celebrate with other people and you prefer it that way, all is ok. If you preferred to have company, I hope you won’t be too lonely and hopefully this will be the last year like that. Without a doubt there are many other people in a similar situation and you could consider getting together with some for next year?

Last year I was in the City Centre on the morning of Christmas Day and saw a surprisingly large amount of tourists walking aimlessly around. Because all restaurants are closed on that day, only a few Spars etc were open and provided some opportunity for visitors to spend a bit of time inside and to get something to eat. Until a few years ago, EVERYWHERE was closed after approx. 13:00 on Christmas Day. Now at least some small shops (Spar, Centra, Londis etc) are open, but it’s not a great day for tourists OR if you forgot an essential ingredient for your Christmas Dinner.

Christmas Day Swim

09:00, Wed 25 Dec

Forty Foot, Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

At this yearly (self-organised) event, hundreds of brave/crazy/tough (you choose the appropriate word) dive into the shockingly cold Irish Sea at the Forty Foot in Sandycove and leave the water soon after lobster pink due to the low temperatures.

The Forty Foor was once a Gentlemen’s Bathing place were clothing was not required, but nowadays everybody is welcome and the surprisingly liberal approach from the past is not the done thing anymore.

Thursday 26 Dec

St. Stephen’s Day

09:00, Thu 26 Dec

Dublin (various locations)

The day after Christmas Day is called St. Stephen’s Day, NOT Boxing Day! It is the second Christmas Bank Holiday and I would assume that most or even ALL the Regular events that are listed here do NOT take place. Where I was able to check simply what the situation is, I removed the event.

If you are not sure, please check beforehand!

All bigger shops seem to be open again on 26 Dec. and immediately after Christmas the Sales start in some shops. I know, for example, that the Dundrum Town Centre will be open at normal times (09:00-19:00) and so will the Jervis Street Shopping Centre (09:00-18:30). And with these two open, you can assume that most others will be open as well. Smaller shops, however, might take another day off. Next usually already starts their sale at the crazy hour of 06:00 in the morning and queues are not uncommon even at that ungodly hour.

Since the day is a bank holiday, Pay & Display parking will not be enforced, but because it is a Thursday bus lanes, Loading Bays and certainly Disabled Parking Spaces are off-limits.

Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival

11:00 – 18:00, Thu 26 Dec

Dun Laoghaire (various locations)

www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/

The Wren Boys – Trad Music

14:00 – 16:00, Thu 26 Dec

Lucan Village Green, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Liffey Sound FM Reviving Traditions The Wren Boys will take place in Lucan Village Green on St Stephen’s Day 26 Dec. Local musicians including Comhaltas will gather for an organised impromptu session. For more information contact Liffey Sound FM by phone 01 621 94 25 or email info@liffeysoundfm.ie.

“My Favourites” – Walking Tour – Night Walk

19:00 – 21:00, Thu 26 Dec

Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run next Thursday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”

Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

Bad Boy Jake

21:00, Thu 26 Dec

Rathmines Inn, 82 Lower Rathmines Road Dublin 6

Bad Boy Jake are every Thursday until the end of February in the newly re-opened Rathmines Inn, playing their rock, blues and Americana.

Max Zaska / Patrick Groenland

21:00, Thu 26 Dec

The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

The Max Zaska group and the Patrick Groenland group will perform on alternating Thursdays from 21:00 in the International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street.

www.international-bar.com/music.html

Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul

21:30, Thu 26 Dec

Frank Ryan’s Bar, Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.

www.frankryans.com

McNeills Trad Music Pub Sessions

21:30, Thu 26 Dec

J. McNeills, 140 Capel Street, Dublin 7

Every Thursday a free Trad Session takes place in McNeills and often there are high profile Trad musicians performing. Until the end of August, that Thursday Session is part of the Steeple Sessions programme (www.steeplesessions.com )

www.facebook.com/McNeillsPubSessions

Friday 27 Dec

Dun Laoghaire Christmas Festival

11:00 – 18:00, Fri 27 Dec

Dun Laoghaire (various locations)

www.dunlaoghaire.ie/christmas-festival/

Moving Crib

11:30 – 18:00, Fri 27 Dec

Saint Martin’s Apostolate, 42 Parnell Square, Dublin 1

The Moving Crib is open from 25 Nov to 05 Jan (Weekdays 14:00-18:00 and Sat& Sun 11:30-18:00). It is closed on 24, 25, 26 Dec and 01 Jan. Admission is free.

www.stmartin.ie/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Fri 27 Dec

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Cornucopia – Live Music

19:30 – 21:30, Fri 27 Dec

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

www.cornucopia.ie

Dublin Tribal Spirit – Drumming Circle

20:00 – 22:00, Fri 27 Dec

Lantern Centre, 17 Synge Street, Dublin 8

“Dublin Tribal Spirit” is a weekly event that gives you the great experience of a drumming circle with african drums and authentic tribal rhythms. Tom and Sinead, who run that event are providing lots of drums for it and teach you the rhythms.

There is no formal admission charge for this event, but donations are expected. The organisers bring their own 20-30 drums to it every week, so they are looking for donations to keep the event going.

www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin-Tribal-Spirit/201639663203598

Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard

21:00, Fri 27 Dec

Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

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.

www.stillorganorchard.com/live_music.html

Cabin Sessions – Dundrum – Gig

21:30 – 00:00, Fri 27 Dec

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Rosemount, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14

The Cabin Sessions will take place again with Acoustic Music at its finest. Featuring The Cabin Crew – Spats Davenport (guitar), Con Butler (bass), Gerry Fitzpatrick (dobro), Cathy McEvoy (fiddle) and Christian Volkmann (Harmonica). Special guests Paul Hennessy (singer songwriter), Andrew Basquille (singer songwriter), Emma Butler (contemporary folk). Expect some other guests to drop in for this extended Christmas special.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cabin-Sessions-Acoustic-Music-at-its-Finest/172602396180287

Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer – Play

Thurs, 16 Jan: 20:00

Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park

Tom Crean, the Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes, is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley. Hear the riveting true stories of Crean’s Antarctic explorations as one of the few men to serve with both Scott and Shackleton and survive three famous expeditions.

This event will take place in Farmleigh House on Thurs 16 Jan. Tickets are free of charge, but are distributed via a lottery and are limited to two per applicant. Only successful applicants will be notified. The closing date and time for ticket applications is Monday 06 Jan at 17:00. To apply send a mail to farmleighinfo@opw.ie with the subject “Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer”

www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,28351,en.html

Modern biology and gender conflicts – Talk

Mon 13 Jan – 18:00

Royal Irish Academy, Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

The Royal Irish Academy Academy Discourse: “Can modern biology help in understanding gender conflicts in the 21st century home and workplace?” with Prof. Paul Seabright will take place in the Academy House in Mon 13 Jan and you need to book tickets for it if you are interested. www.ria.ie/Events/Events-Listing/Academy-Discourse-%281%29

Dublin Mountains Partnership – Guided Walks

08+15+21+29 Dec + 01 Jan

Four walks organised by the Dublin Mountain Partnership take place in December. The first and second on 08+15 Dec are strenuous 15km walks, the next two on 21+29 Dec are moderate 10/11 km walks. And then there is already a moderate 12km New Year’s Day Hike scheduled. All details can be found on the website www.dublinmountains.ie/news/upcoming_events/?no_cache=1 All walks are free, but pre-registration is required.

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Please note: This section contains observations taken from the world I live in that strike me as odd. I express my personal opinion and you might not share it. If you are easily offended by opinions that are not identical with your own, please don’t read this section. ;-)

Reindeer in the streets!?

I was looking for something odd but slightly Christmassy for this section this week and then I saw it: Reindeer Antlers and a red nose attached to cars!

Ok, I get it if it is a family car and the kids get a thrill out of the transformation of the car into a “Rudolph”. But childless grown-ups with antlers and “nose” on their car? This is definitely odd!

If you have no clue what I am talking about (Where have you lived the last few weeks!?) check it out here: www.facebook.com/pages/Reindeer-antlers-on-cars/180328758660785 Unsurprisingly there is a Facebook Page for it, but it does fill you with some relieve that there are less than 100 Likes and that the Page seems dead since last year. ;-)

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Enjoy your Christmas, but also enjoy the last few days in the run up to it! You will hear from me again next Friday/Saturday.

Have an event-full weekend and week,

–Joerg

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