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

The Dublin International Track Grand Prix will take place this weekend (Sat+Sun) at the Sundrive Velodrome in Eamonn Ceannt Park. Admission is free to the event.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

“Space Invaders” is an arts festival for children, families and early childhood educator organised by Fingal County Council.

The festival consists of Performances and Workshops for Children (0-5 years) and Workshops for Early Childhood Educators. All workshops for children are free. The educators’ workshops are EUR 10.

You can download the events brochure here: www.farmleigh.ie/media/Space%20Invaders.pdf

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

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

The WW1 Road Show at Trinity College Dublin is part of a major retrospective to mark the centenary of World War 1. The day long programme of free events includes pop up talks, WW1 cooking demonstrations, music, theatre, lectures and family activities.

Admission is free and no booking is required.

As part of the Road Show, the Trinity Long Room Hub will host a series of informal 15 minute talks relating to current research on WW1, from 10:00-16:00, followed by a panel discussion at 16:00 about ‘debating the war and its legacies’. For a range of lectures that cover the war in more depth, you should visit the Printing House in TCD. There will be lectures there every hour from 11:00-15:00.

The full programme brochure is here www.rte.ie/worldwar1/docs/ww1_roadshow_guide_web.pdf

At “Summer Natural His-stories” Zoologist Geraldine Breen brings you on an exploration of all the wonders of the natural world on display at the Museum. Themes for these family friendly (Ages 7+) tours will change as the weeks go by to ensure you see something new each week.Two tours will take place, the first at 10:15 and the second at 11:30.

Admission is free and no booking required. Places limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Discover the beautiful restored Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden and learn about growing your own fruit and vegetables, herbs and lots more. Meet OPW professional gardeners Brian and Meeda at the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden. They have lots of advice to plan your perfect garden for the Spring months ahead. Please bring suitable footwear. Admission is free and car parking is available.

The Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden is located next to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, and the Phoenix Café. The OPW professional gardeners are on site on the second Saturday of the month, (February to November).

Bee demonstrations will take place on 12 July and 09 August after the garden tour.

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.

Saturday
At the Bray Summerfest, this week Street Performances will take place with Dave Chameleon and Tony Roberts.
In addition the 90m Bray Head Slide will be used by all ticket holders (all tickets have been allocated).
On the bandstand B-Xtreme will perform Acrobatic Street Dance, Puca will be playing from 20:00-21:00 and Kila will perform from 21:30-23:30.

Sunday
The 90m Bray Head Slide will be used by all ticket holders (all tickets have been allocated).
A busking competition will take place from 14:00-17:00.
In the People’s Park a Summerfest Dog Show will be organised.
And the music on the bandstand will be 17:00-18:00: TELL NO FOXX, 18:00-19:30: Wyvern Lingo

An International Food and Craft market is also there on Sat and Sun from 10:00-18:00

Tips and inspiration from card designer Cliona Larkin will be available in Inspiring Ideas on Sat and Sun from 11:00-17:00. Admission is free.

At this drop-in activity explore what you might find in a Viking’s sea chest. The object handling session will include Museum replicas based on Dublin’s Viking heritage including weapons, textiles and real amber. No booking required. Located in the Learning Resource Room, first floor. Admission is free. The two sessions run from 11:00-12:00 and from 14:00-15:00.

An Open Air Record Fair will take place at the Triangle in Ranelagh and if there is heavy rain, Plan B will be to move it into the Ranelagh Arts Centre. Admission is free. Vinyl, CD, DVD and all music genres will be available.

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.

“The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a trade treaty currently under negotiation between the EU and the USA. With tariffs between the USA and the EU already very low, a primary focus of these negotiations is on curbing regulations and standards on a range of areas including environmental protection, energy, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and toxic chemicals management, financial services and banking, food and consumer product safety. Of particular concern is the place to be given to international Investor-State Dispute Settlement, “ISDS”, mechanisms which allow investors to bypass national courts and challenge governments for introducing regulations that in business’ view harms their business interests or imposes extra costs due to increased regulation.

Of greatest concern, is the secrecy and urgency associated with the negotiations, excluding democratic scrutiny. Effectively, a select political elite are seeking not only to decide the future course of public, environmental and economic policies within Europe and the USA, and to set the standards for the largest trade relationship in the world that will set the standard for global trade systems.”

On SAturday a civil society consultation on the TTIP will take place, which will be an opportunity for civil society groups to come together and learn and share about the TTIP and what impacts it will bring in Ireland and internationally.

A morning’s information / briefing will run from 11:00-13:00 and will be followed by a public street theatre event to highlight key aspects of the TTIP.

Admission is free and if you want to get in, make sure you come early.

This is the fifth year for “Yoga in the Park”, a brilliant initiative for a very worthy cause: From May until September, Tine from www.aditiyoga.org/ and her team of teachers invite to an hour of Yoga in Phoenix Park every Saturday. No booking is required.

The class is donation based, but all proceeds go to the Dublin Simon Community, a charity that does invaluable work for the homeless people in Dublin and the suggested donation for this very good cause is EUR 5.

Just bring a mat or a towel, some water and (hopefully) even some sun protection to the class. Should the weather be bad, the bandstand will be shelter or even training location. The training is suitable for all levels, so even total beginners are very welcome.

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.

Trade School Dublin is annoucing two new events for July where you can learn stuff in return for barter (goods that the teacher requests), not money.

On Sat 12 July, there will be two classess held at MARTcade in Rathmines and on Saturday 19 July there will be 4 classes held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s Summer Rising Festival, a public art and cultural festival open to the public.

The classes on 12 July are:

11:30-13:00 How to Write and Publish Your Bestseller for Free (Nearly booked out!)
13:00-14:30 Comics 101: How to tell a story in 6-frames

Admission is free, but the teacher typically expects (and certainly deserves) some (usually very) inexpensive or even free “reward” (the barter) for his/her work.

You need to register on the website below.

“Although the term ‘chick flick’ (nearly always with a pejorative connotation) is a contemporary one, it can be seen to have many historical derivations. The films called up by the term often fall into well-recognised generic categories such as the romantic comedy or the melodrama, and always operate within a broader framework of gender politics. This talk, presented by Professor Diane Negra, Head of Film Studies at UCD, will survey the wide range of films made for and marketed to women and will look at some of the ways that Hollywood has conceptualised the interests and desires of its female audience.”

Admission is free, but the event is ticketed and booking is required through the IFI Box Office.

The Street Performance World Championship has been for many many years the best Festival in Dublin. It’s been around for a good few years and I still find people that have never heard about it. This year the festival has been renamed to City Spectacular and other elements have been added to the Street Performances, but for me the Street Performances are the great thing.

The “add-ons” are a Live Music Stage, a food village, mini zoo, Family Area and more. You can also see Mums and Dads getting pied in the face or soaked at the ‘Kid’s Court with Ray D’Arcy’. And there will be the ‘ESB Spark Your imagination’ area with educational workshops for kids and an “Outdoor Living Room”.

The festivals runs from 11-13 July.

And now back to the Street Performances:

They are full shows with a duration of approx. 40 min. All performances are free, but the performers are not paid to be there and will therefore – as it is normal on the street – also ask at this event for your donation. So bring some suitable change or notes with you. The performances are of the best you will ever see. There is a total of 13 street performers and they will repeat their shows a number of times over the weekend. The shows start on the hour or on the half hour and a downloadable schedule is here: www.cityspectacular.com/sites/default/files/Map%20flyer_ART.pdf

On the music stage bands like Louisiana Six, Prison Love, The Young Folk, Soul Power, Booka Brass, Interskalactic and Gypsy Rebble Rabble will perform.

Laya Healthcare is the main/title sponsor of the event.

Make sure that you don’t miss this festival. All Street Performances will take place on Saturday and Sunday, the bands don’t appear on stage twice. have a look at the schedule above and ideally print it to bring with you.

Different to other years there are this year unfortunately only two pitches/stages for the Street Performers IN the park. The locations in the park are much nicer than the ones outside.

Enjoy the Laya Healthcare City Spectacular! ;-)

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

From 06-15 July, a road show of Puglia, the Italian region that is the “heel of the boot”, is in Dublin.

Organised by the Puglia Tourism Agency, this Road Show has been in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, then London, Paris and now Dublin is the last stop on the tour. There will be fee activities for adults and children. From 12:00-20:00 every day until Tuesday you are invited to experience the culture, history and life style of Puglia, along with local food & wine tasting, traditional music, virtual tours of the region and fun attractions for the kids. You will also learn how to prepare homemade “taralli” and “orecchiette” pasta, how to dance the typical “Pizzica” and enjoy the fine flavours of the Puglia’s wines.

Admission is free.

I am not sure if they have built a marquee on the George’s Dock platform or if the event maybe takes place in the CHQ building. Just have a look, I am sure you can’t miss it!

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.

For this “Nepal Ireland Mountaineering & Outdoor Adventure Fair”, the Nepal Ireland Society in conjunction with the Mountaineering Council of Ireland have put together an interesting and informative program of speakers, videos, book stalls, a photographic exhibition and relevant exhibitors.

There will be Noel Hanna (Irish record holder of Everest Summits – 8 times), Frank Nugent, one of Ireland’s best known mountaineers, Irish Seven Summits duo Paul Devanney and Niall O’Byrnes plus a number of other well known figures in the industry speaking on the day.

The talks will be about High Altitude Training, Challenges and Risks, Mount Everest Tragedies, Mountainbiking, Kayaking & Rafting, etc. and the stalls will have Mountaineering & Climbing Gear & Books.

Admission is free.

“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

The Revival Pop-Up Store at the Fumbally Exchange is is an EPA funded project that showcases and sells reused items which have been rescued and lovingly redesigned or refurbished to create beautiful, desirable, usable goods.

To raise awareness of reuse, they are running a series of free workshops in July and the first half of August. The next workshop is:

“Build Garden Furniture with Pallets” (hosted by Busy Bees)” on Saturday 12 July. You will get Tips and demonstration for your work with pallets. Admission is free, but booking is required via revivalcrni@gmail.comP or 086 3324928.

Join Niall Mac Coitir of the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) Dublin Branch to look at the amazing range of wildflowers to be seen on Bull Island in the summertime. Dublin’s only UNESCO biosphere reserve boasts a wide range of colourful orchids, trefoils, wild peas and many more. Book a place via dublinbranch@iwt.ie

“The Flying Bath” by Julia Donaldson will be read in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below).

Admission is free.

To coincide with Jane O Sullivan’s “Life is Supported in Mysterious Ways”, the artist and Rachel McIntyre, Gallery Assistant at the Douglas Hyde Gallery will be discussing her exhibition on Saturday.

All are welcome to this event which promises to offer some fascinating insight into Jane O’Sullivan’s work.

“Life is Supported in Mysterious Ways” is currently on show at the Talbot Gallery and runs until J19 July.

The screening of the animated adventure “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas” with voices of Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta Jones and Michelle Pfeiffer, will take place. PG (85mins) Admission is free, but spaces are limited.

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is running an Emergency Protest & Rally on Saturday against the recent collective punishment of the Palestinian people through Israelian airstrikes in Gaza. The protest will take place at the Spire in O’Connell Street.

Busker TV, who are promoting Street Musicians and Artists, will bring a number of live performances to the Grand Social on Saturday. Admission is free.

The Stoneybatter & Smithfield People’s History Project host their next public talk on Saturday on the subject of the planned evacuation of Dublin 1940-1944. The speaker is Peter Rigney (Industrial Officer with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions + Assistant Archivist of the Irish Railway Record Society).

Admission is free.

Secondary students from across the United States offer a final reading at the end of a 2-week-long intensive travel writing workshop. Come to the Writers’ Centre for readings in poetry and prose as the Putney Student Travel students showcase their work inspired and informed by their travels in Dublin City and the Connemara coast.

Booking is required via info@writerscentre.ie. The show starts at 17:00 and there will be no admittance to the building after 17:15.

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.

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event 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.

Super Happy Fun Times are back for an evening jam packed with a vast array of acts, perfomances & surprises. Admission is free.

The Devils Jukebox is live music from 20:00-23:00 and DJs with Alternative, Punk, Rock, Metal & Garage after that. Every Saturday! Admission is free.

10 Piece Old-Skool Jamaican Ska Band “Interskalactic” will perform and admission is free.

The D-Riculous All Stars will perform in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

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

Robert Deering is a pianist, singer and entertainer and he will perform for you in the Cocktail Bar of the Fire Restaurant in Mansion House. Admission is free.

Night Trap and IAnd the music on the bandstand will be 17:00-18:00: TELL NO FOXX, 18:00-19:30: Wyvern Lingo

An International Food and Craft market is also there on Sat and Sun from 10:00-18:00

A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.

The next Fusion Sundays Market will take place this Sunday in the Dublin Food Co-op.It is a world culture market, an ethnic Bazaar, that focuses on the diverse ethnic culture present in Ireland today.

The Market features a huge array of International stalls, ethnic food, live music and entertainment for kids. You can buy handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewellery, clothes and food.

The market is held every second Sunday of the month. Admission is free.

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

The well known Palestrina Choir sing every Sunday at the mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. They sing complete masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak, Palestrina, de Victoria, usually accompanied by Prof. Gerard Gillen on the organ, who often also plays a solo piece.

A Strawberry Fair with Market Stalls, BBQ, Strawberries + Cream and children entertainment will be opposite St. Maurs Church near the Rush Scout Den. All proceeds will go to the Rush Scout Group. Admission is free.

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.

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.

Have you heard of the 3D Doodler, the world’s first 3D printing pen? You can try it at a 3D workshop Easonology at Easons in O’Connell Street. Admission is free and no booking required (first come first served).

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.

The Street Performance World Championship has been for many many years the best Festival in Dublin. It’s been around for a good few years and I still find people that have never heard about it. This year the festival has been renamed to City Spectacular and other elements have been added to the Street Performances, but for me the Street Performances are the great thing.

The “add-ons” are a Live Music Stage, a food village, mini zoo, Family Area and more. You can also see Mums and Dads getting pied in the face or soaked at the ‘Kid’s Court with Ray D’Arcy’. And there will be the ‘ESB Spark Your imagination’ area with educational workshops for kids and an “Outdoor Living Room”.

The festivals runs from 11-13 July.

And now back to the Street Performances:

They are full shows with a duration of approx. 40 min. All performances are free, but the performers are not paid to be there and will therefore – as it is normal on the street – also ask at this event for your donation. So bring some suitable change or notes with you. The performances are of the best you will ever see. There is a total of 13 street performers and they will repeat their shows a number of times over the weekend. The shows start on the hour or on the half hour and a downloadable schedule is here: www.cityspectacular.com/sites/default/files/Map%20flyer_ART.pdf

On the music stage bands like Louisiana Six, Prison Love, The Young Folk, Soul Power, Booka Brass, Interskalactic and Gypsy Rebble Rabble will perform.

Laya Healthcare is the main/title sponsor of the event.

Make sure that you don’t miss this festival. All Street Performances will take place on Saturday and Sunday, the bands don’t appear on stage twice. have a look at the schedule above and ideally print it to bring with you.

Different to other years there are this year unfortunately only two pitches/stages for the Street Performers IN the park. The locations in the park are much nicer than the ones outside.

Enjoy the Laya Healthcare City Spectacular! ;-)

“Made by Hand” or “Hecho a manos” is a new Sunday weekly market in Viva, Portobello with most things made by hand and some vintage clothing and curiosities too. Admission is free.

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

From 06-15 July, a road show of Puglia, the Italian region that is the “heel of the boot”, is in Dublin.

Organised by the Puglia Tourism Agency, this Road Show has been in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, then London, Paris and now Dublin is the last stop on the tour. There will be fee activities for adults and children. From 12:00-20:00 every day until Tuesday you are invited to experience the culture, history and life style of Puglia, along with local food & wine tasting, traditional music, virtual tours of the region and fun attractions for the kids. You will also learn how to prepare homemade “taralli” and “orecchiette” pasta, how to dance the typical “Pizzica” and enjoy the fine flavours of the Puglia’s wines.

Admission is free.

I am not sure if they have built a marquee on the George’s Dock platform or if the event maybe takes place in the CHQ building. Just have a look, I am sure you can’t miss it!

There will be two teams, but only one winner!

Join a team for this challenge: Using material found along the beach, make the biggest and most convincing sea monster. The winning team will win the award and certificate for the best beach sculpture maker of 2014.

Participation is free, but booking is required via Leader Andrew Fleming: 087 3299936 or email info@owls.ie

Meet on Killiney Beach just below Killiney Station.

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of (hobby) artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle, Science Gallery, …), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches.

There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website below or on their Facebook Page where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!

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

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

This is a a chance to explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum Educators. A drop-in session, suitable for all ages. No booking required. Admission is free.

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.

Brian Keary is a classically trained guitar player who also has experience of different styles / genres of music ranging from ragtime and folk to baroque and contemporary. He will perform in Sweeney’s (Ground Floor) on Sunday afternoon.

House Dublin is a restaurant and bar in Leeson Street. On Sundays the Camembert Quartet is playing in their garden from 17:00-19:00. Admission is free.

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

The Sweeney’s Dixeland Jazzmen play their weekly gig on the ground floor in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

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 short, the line-up is The Daily Howl, My Tribe Your Tribe, The Holy Sparks, Renton, Fox Owl Crow.

This weekly Latin Music event will take place every Sunday. You will be able to dance salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia and reggeaton. Live music, food tasting and free admission, what more could you want?

Being German, I have to admit that I am thrilled that the German team has made it to the final of the Football World Cup. The semi-final (Germany vs Brazil) was epic, BUT unfortunately the World Cup finals are usually not so great. There is too much at stake, so both teams will most likely be extremely careful, which doesn’t make for a good match.

Nevertheless, I hope for a good and exciting match AND I also hope that the better team will win, no matter which of the two it will be. — Admittedly, though, I do hope that the better team will be Germany. ;-)

No Sunday Roast Updates on their Facebook Page since the end of June? Odd! No idea if there will be a Sunday Roast this week! Check the website if there is a Sunday Roast. Maybe they are just waiting until the World Cup is over before the Sunday Roast will resume??

Until 29 June, this is what I wrote:
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).

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.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Sin É, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free. For the line-up check here www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

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).

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.

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe. Admission is free.

The Pavement Kings play Rockabilly from 21:00 and
DJs Popocorn Peete and Little Dakota follow from 23:00-01:30 with a white variety of styles (Rockabilly, Calypso, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll, etc).

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

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

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

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

From 06-15 July, a road show of Puglia, the Italian region that is the “heel of the boot”, is in Dublin.

Organised by the Puglia Tourism Agency, this Road Show has been in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, then London, Paris and now Dublin is the last stop on the tour. There will be fee activities for adults and children. From 12:00-20:00 every day until Tuesday you are invited to experience the culture, history and life style of Puglia, along with local food & wine tasting, traditional music, virtual tours of the region and fun attractions for the kids. You will also learn how to prepare homemade “taralli” and “orecchiette” pasta, how to dance the typical “Pizzica” and enjoy the fine flavours of the Puglia’s wines.

Admission is free.

I am not sure if they have built a marquee on the George’s Dock platform or if the event maybe takes place in the CHQ building. Just have a look, I am sure you can’t miss it!

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.

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The Dublin Cycling Campaign invites:

“Join us for our Annual General Meeting where we will give an overview of our activities over the last year and elect the people to lead the campaign in 2014/15. Come along and tell us what you think the campaign should focus on over the next year and find out how you can get more involved.

The Bikeweek Photo Exhibition will be on display and there will be a prizegiving for the winners of the Bikeweek Photo Competition.

And we will be celebrating the 21st anniversary of the Dublin Cycling Campaign with a cake, raffle and drinks! All welcome. Note the earlier start time of 19:00.”

The Latin American Solidarity Centre (LASC) and the Venezuelan Embassy to Ireland and the UK are inviting to a talk followed by a Q&A with the topic “Venezuela: What’s really happening?”.

Speakers will be Alvaro Sanchez (Charge d’affaires, Venezuelan embassy to Ireland and the UK) and he will be introduced by Jack O’Connor, SIPTU general president.

Admissionis free.

A weekly free Craft Beer Walking Tour started last Monday in Dublin. Meeting Point is in the Beerhouse and during the evening you will visit four Craft Beer Pubs. The tour is free and you pay for your own beer.

This is an open mic night with Special Guests every Monday. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play. Admission is free.

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.

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.

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).

The Crafty Monday Sessions is an Open Mic night for acoustic singer/songwriters and original bands. Admission is free.

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

Patrick Mahony sings songs from Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Matt Monro and many more every Monday in the Cafe en Seine. Admission is free.

A group of trainee Yoga instructors got together and they are running free Yoga classes every Tuesday morning at 07:30 in Berlin Cafe (yes, it is in the Cafe!).

You just need to bring a Yoga mat and wear suitable clothing and then enjoy the Yoga to get you ready for the day.

A Thursday morning beginners class at the same time in the same place has been added to the schedule now. Don’t forget your mat!

The Liberties Festival 2014 is taking place from Tues 15 July until Sat 19 July. There will be a whole range of events from exhibitions, to workshops, a football match, plays, sports, a reading, etc. Many events are free, but most need pre-booking.

The website lists the events nicely on a daily basis with all the relevant information, so check it out at libertiesfestivaldublin.com

“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

“Fur, Feathers and Fossils” is a summer inspectorium: Drop in to the Discovery Zone and inspect everything from bears, to brachiopods at this hands-on sessions. You can stay five minutes or fifteen or more, see the specimens up close and chat to a zoologist to find out some fun facts. Drop-in activity. Admission is free.

The helmet was very important to the Vikings for protection during dangerous raids and battles like the Battle of Clontarf 1014. Come to this activity (Ages 6+) to learn about Viking helmets and make your own to take home. Located in the Learning Resource Room, first floor. No booking required. Admission is free.

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.

From 06-15 July, a road show of Puglia, the Italian region that is the “heel of the boot”, is in Dublin.

Organised by the Puglia Tourism Agency, this Road Show has been in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, then London, Paris and now Dublin is the last stop on the tour. There will be fee activities for adults and children. From 12:00-20:00 every day until Tuesday you are invited to experience the culture, history and life style of Puglia, along with local food & wine tasting, traditional music, virtual tours of the region and fun attractions for the kids. You will also learn how to prepare homemade “taralli” and “orecchiette” pasta, how to dance the typical “Pizzica” and enjoy the fine flavours of the Puglia’s wines.

Admission is free.

I am not sure if they have built a marquee on the George’s Dock platform or if the event maybe takes place in the CHQ building. Just have a look, I am sure you can’t miss it!

A Let’s Walk & Talk event with Pat Liddy will take place on Tuesday and will look at Viking Dublin and its foundations.

Part of the Liberties Festival 2014 you can explore the local area and learn more about its Viking history.

Admission is free and no booking required. Meeting Point is at Christ Church Cathedral.

To celebrate the launch of SCOOP’s (Support Children Out Of Poverty) Education Resource for Secondary School students, they are inviting to a screening of the documentary “A River Changes Course”.

A River Changes Course tells the story of three families living in contemporary Cambodia as they face hard choices forced by rapid development and struggle to maintain their traditional ways of life as the modern world closes in around them.

At 19:00 Guest Speakers Natasha McAvinney (SCOOP Education Officer) speaks of her experience working in the field with SCOOP’s partner organisation SCAO in Cambodia; Kate Nolan of Redress & Clean Clothes Campaign discusses their campaign for trade justice, the Garment Industry and the Clean Clothes Campaign work in Cambodia to date and Comhlamh, Ireland’s leading organisation for Development workers discuss the importance of Development Education and Overseas Volunteering.

At 19:30 a short Interactive Workshop with the following themes: Exploring the perception people have of developing countries, the development dilemma, business and philanthropy, garment factory work and agricultural education.

At 20:00 the Documentary Screening will take place.

Admission is free, and you are welcome to come even if you can’t make it to all parts of the evening.

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.

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

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

Earthship is a five-piece band based from the west of Ireland that plays “funk-inflected dance grooves, fiery improvisation and memorable pop hooks”.

Admission is free.

The Folk Club in Whelan’s will bring you the best in Trad, Ballads, Americana & World Music every Tuesday. The line-up this week is on the Facebook Page below. Admission is free.

Every Tuesday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.

Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).

The Phoenix Big Band is a 16 piece band playing songs of the 1930s, 1940s and other big band arrangements and they are playing every Tuesday in the Tara Tower Hotel (since 2012!) for adult dancing. If you like to waltz, cha cha or foxtrot, come and enjoy their performance.

Admission is free.

The band plays in the main function room which is occasionally booked, so to confirm that they are playing, please ring the hotel on the day: Phone 01-2694666

A totally unplugged Singer/Songwriter night (no PA, no microphones) with original music is taking place upstairs in Anseo every Tuesday from 21:30.

Please check on the Facebook Page below if the event is going ahead as it seems to get cancelled every now and then and if you want to play a 15-30 min set or just want to play one song make yourself heard via the same Facebook Page.

Admission is free.

The Liberties Festival 2014 is taking place from Tues 15 July until Sat 19 July. There will be a whole range of events from exhibitions, to workshops, a football match, plays, sports, a reading, etc. Many events are free, but most need pre-booking.

The website lists the events nicely on a daily basis with all the relevant information, so check it out at libertiesfestivaldublin.com

Wednesday Walks will take place in and around Phoenix Park from every Wednesday from June to December. Weather permitting, walkers will meet at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (VC) or Farmleigh House (F) at 11:00. Each walk takes about 90 minutes.

Please check the website below for updates or ring the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (01 677 0095) or Farmleigh House (01 815 5914) for further information. Admission is free,

The upcoming walks are:
18 June: Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery (F)
25 June: Historical Walking Tour to Farmleigh House (VC)
02 July: History of the Clock Tower at Farmleigh (F)
09 July: Guided Walk to Knockmaree Cist/Cromlech (F)
16 July Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery (A)

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.

The Little Museum of Dublin secured sponsorship from Johnston, Mooney & O’Brien until October 2014 and will therefore be able to continue the Big J Wednesday: Every Wednesday from 12:00-17:00 admission into the museum is free thanks to the bread company. There are free guided tours every hour.

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

The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 16:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. There are many Spanish speakers and English-speakers are explicitly invited, but everyone else is certainly very welcome too, to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.

In the “Saura cinema series”, the Instituto Cervantes will screen “Tango” (1998) by director Carlos Saura. Admission is free. The film will be in Spanish with English subtitles.

The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. Each week 6-7 bands/solo artists play three songs each. At the end of all the performances a clap-off with the King Kong Club Clap-o-Meter takes place and the winner goes through to a semi-final and it all culminates after six months of competition with The Grand Final, held in front of a panel of celebrity judges.

The list of performers is not yet announced on their Facebook Page and I am not sure if it will be put up there, but check it anyway.

“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.

“The Zodiac Sessions” is a regular open mic event from 20:30 in Bruxelles (between Grafton Street and Westbury Hotel) for unsigned musicians. Admission is free and there is a different line-up every week.

Bad Boy Jake are every Wednesday in the Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar playing their rock, blues and American.

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

The monthly Inn Jokes Comedy club will take place again in Kilmainham. Kevin Gildea, Karl Spain and Danny O’Brien will be the line-up. MC is comedian Colm O’Regan. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).

A group of trainee Yoga instructors got together and they are running free Yoga classes every Tuesday morning at 07:30 in Berlin Cafe (yes, it is in the Cafe!).

You just need to bring a Yoga mat and wear suitable clothing and then enjoy the Yoga to get you ready for the day.

A Thursday morning beginners class at the same time in the same place has been added to the schedule now. Don’t forget your mat!

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

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

The Liberties Festival 2014 is taking place from Tues 15 July until Sat 19 July. There will be a whole range of events from exhibitions, to workshops, a football match, plays, sports, a reading, etc. Many events are free, but most need pre-booking.

The website lists the events nicely on a daily basis with all the relevant information, so check it out at libertiesfestivaldublin.com

“Fur, Feathers and Fossils” is a summer inspectorium: Drop in to the Discovery Zone and inspect everything from bears, to brachiopods at this hands-on sessions. You can stay five minutes or fifteen or more, see the specimens up close and chat to a zoologist to find out some fun facts. Drop-in activity. Admission is free.

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.

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.

After a successful first year, the Temple Bar Night Market is back this year and thist time there will not just be a few sporadic events, but it will take place every Thursday from 05 June until 28 August.

It is an Arts & Craft Market (and not more – see below!) that will will feature the work of artists & craft makers and street entertainment from music to painting & from dance to workshops.

Last year many people criticised that they missed food stalls at the market and I expect that this won’t change: The market is organised by the Temple Bar Company, an association of the traders in Temple Bar, so it is not in their interest to have competing traders at this market. If you know what to expect, you will hopefully not be disappointed.

“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

The Thursday Night Talk “Indigenous Education in Chiapas, Mexico” with Liam Bradshaw will take place at the Latin America Solidarity Centre.

Since the Zapatista uprising of 1994, the indigenous communities of Chiapas have embarked on the path of constructing their autonomy. A cornerstone of this has been the development of their own unique education system. This talk is a firsthand account of some of the key features of this ‘other education’, its impact on communities and its broader implications.

The book “Fountains of Dublin” by Gary Branigan will be launched by Dr Ruth McManus (Lecturer and Author, Geography Department, St Patrick’s College Drumcondra).

Refreshments will be provided. Admission is free.

The weekly European Folk Dance Workshop/Session takes place in the Tap Bar every Thursday.

The dances are French, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese folk and traditional dances and everybody interested to join in or to learn is welcome. Admission is free, but donations (suggested: EUR 3) are very welcome

Dimestore Recordings run a weekly event in Sweeney Mongrel’s with a variety of bands and performers. It starts at 20:00, follow the link for the line up.

The 68s are a 3 piece Rhythm & Blues / Rock n’ Roll group from Dublin that perform classic Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, Blues & Rock songs from the 1950s, 60s & 70s along side some of their own numbers.

Admission is free.

Mid-Term will perform in Whelan’s on Thursday. Admission is free.

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.

Trad/Follk band The Bonny Men will perform in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

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

Every Thursday a free Trad Session takes place in McNeills and often there are high profile Trad musicians performing.

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

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

The Liberties Festival 2014 is taking place from Tues 15 July until Sat 19 July. There will be a whole range of events from exhibitions, to workshops, a football match, plays, sports, a reading, etc. Many events are free, but most need pre-booking.

The website lists the events nicely on a daily basis with all the relevant information, so check it out at libertiesfestivaldublin.com

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.

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.

Ana Gog will perform at an In-Store event in HMV in Grafton Street. Admission is free.

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Sandford Parish Church in Ranelagh is inviting to Classical Music Summer Concerts from every Friday from June to September.

The next concert is Niamh Fitzgerald (Soprano) and David O’Shea (piano) – vocal and solo piano music by Purcell, Mozart, Ravel and others.

Admission is free.

A new Science Gallery exhibition is opening on Fri 18 July and this is the first talk accompanying this exhibition.

Artists have always been inspired by the weather, from famous paintings like The Great Wave off Kanagawa to great literature writers like Mark Twain and modern installation art like the simple but beautiful Rain Room. Artists have always had a fascination, and where mystery and beauty goes science follows, attempting to understand and learn.

Come to the Science Gallery for a series of short lightning talks from the new wave of artists and scientists who are not only inspired by the weather but in conversation with the public about climate change, forecasting and strange weather.

STRANGE WEATHER Lightning Talks by the artists involved in the show will be hosted in the exhibition space by the curators of STRANGE WEATHER, Cat Kramer and Zack Denfeld.

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

Light My Fire brings you on a journey through the music of The Doors, that will take you back to the excitement, danger, & the splendor of a real live Doors concert in the 1960s.

Admission is free.

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

On the bandstand in Bray, The Eskies will perform from 20:0-21:00 and from 21:30-23:00 The Riptide Movement will play.

Early House will play their funk and electric soul in Whelan’s. Admission is free.

“Electric Fridays with DUB” is a weekly gig/open mic night in the basement of The International Bar. Admission is free.

Musicians, artists, bands who want to play a 25 min set should contact the organisers via the Facebook page below. A PA and some equipment is available.

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.

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live and the DJs Tommy Rash and Fukszy are on the decks until late. Admission is free.

The Daily Howl are 5-piece Folk Pop band from Wicklow with a passion for vocal harmony, a catchy chorus and infectious rhythm and the band will launch their new EP in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.