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

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

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

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.

Career Zoo, the career/jobs event “for professionals and graduates” will take place on Saturday. More than 80 exhibitors will be present and talk to you about what they have to offer. In addition there are a number of talks about careers and technology.

Some of the exhibitors will probably offer jobs, but a good few others (Colleges etc) will be there to promote their courses. So don’t expect 80 employers in the room.

Admission is free. Registration is required.

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.

Celebrating the work of eight ceramic artists who have worked on the Design & Craft Council of Ireland’s primary schools CRAFTed programme, come with your kids to The Ark to discover how artists come up with their ideas.

Make|Shape leads playfully through techniques, processes and explorations of clay and provides artists, children and teachers with the unique opportunity to share skills and ideas, and collaborate on new projects.

Join The Ark’s investigation of clay, from rolling and shaping, marking and making to glazing and firing. Then roll up your sleeves and get making yourself. A hands-on experience perfectly made for kids.

Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable from Age 4.

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).

The Ranelagh Arts Festival takes place from 12-28 September. Lots of events will take place and a good few of them are free. More are happening next week, but this week’s selection is:

Sat 13 Sept: Launch of Urban Greening Project at 14:00
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Sun 14 Sept: Spiritual Cafe at 12:00
Sun 14 Sept: Architectural Walking Tour at 14:00
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Mon 15 Sept: Bonsai Tree exhibition & Talk at 19:00
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Tues 16 Sept: Sky Babies – Comedy & Improv Night at 20:00
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Fri 19 Sept: Barry Finnimore – Gig at 19:00
Fri 19 Sept: Staring at Lakes – Gig at 20:00
Fri 19 Sept: “Joyce and his City” – Film Screening at 17:00
—-

Don’t check the Calendar section on the website, the free/non-free details there are unreliable and incomplete. Instead, check the Events section on the website below.

Sculpture in Context is a brilliant exhibition in the Botanic Gardens from Thurs 04 Sept – Fri 17 Oct and it is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition.

Every year a panel of selectors chooses sculptures from established and from upcoming artists and they will then be expertly placed in the garden setting of the Botanic Gardens and it makes a visit to the Botanic Gardens even more interesting then at other times.

Admission is free and I strongly recommend Sculpture in Context!

A home owner exhibition “Self Build & Improve Your Home” will take place from Friday till Sunday and admission is free, but registration on the website below is required.

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.

Explore with zoologist Geraldine Breen the displays of animals from all around the world and hear about the behaviour of animals, from wombats and wolves to polar bears and pandas.

The event starts at 10:15 and a second one at 11:30.

Admission is free. No booking required. Places are 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 Autumn months ahead. 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).

The Alliance Francaise are inviting to an Open Day so that you can meet their staff and learn about the courses and events for 2014/2015. There will be various sample classes, check out the book stand and find out about the various activities. Experiment with some face painting, then relax with a complimentary coffee and croissant in La Cocotte.
Toddlers, children, teens, parents and grandparents: whatever your age, the Alliance Francaise has something to offer you.

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.

Mountains to Sea is the Book Festival of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. The vast majority of events is not free, so you need to look them up yourself via the website below. But there are a few free ones sparsely sprinkled in:

Sat 13 Sept – 11:00: It’s Up to Us (Showcase of winning poems in the 2014 Trócaire-Poetry Ireland poetry competition)
Sat 13 Sept – 12:30: Irish Times Poetry Now Award
Sat 13 Sept – 19:00: Teddy Bear Library Sleep Over
Sun 14 Sept – 11:00: Where’s Wally Library Hunt

The full programme brochure with all details can be downloaded here: www.mountainstosea.ie/images/pdf/2014m2c_brochure.pdf

The 18th SARI Soccerfest takes place this weekend on Saturday and Sunday on the Gard Sports Grounds in Phoenix Park (near the Zoo). A Men’s tournament, Under 13, Under 15 and a Women’s Tournament will take place.

The SARI All Stars v LOVE/HATE All Stars match will be at 14:00 on Sunday.

Admission for supporters is free.

SARI stands for Sports Against Racism in Ireland

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.

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.

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.

Retro Revival presents

+ The Teamsters (UK)
+ Groom
+ The Pacifics
+ Cave Ghosts

Admission is free.

The Science Gallery Summer Exhibition “Strange Weather: Forecasts from te Future” has opened on 18 July and will run until 05 October.

The exhibition explores how we understand, adapt to and control the changing weather and shows also a lot educational and even quirky bits around weather: A Raindrop hovering in mid-air, a Tornado Diverter, a Cloud Collector, Weather Models, a machine making house shaped clouds and an archive of old events from around the world that were (or are) impacted by weather and of new events emerging because of weather.

There are 26 exhibits and – like all Science Gallery exhibitions -, it is a really interesting exhibition. Well worth a visit with the whole family.

You can even be a TV weather man/woman in a professional studio set-up! An interesting experience!
Here is me giving it a go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQjHHfRdco …I know, I better not give up the day job. ;-)

The Science Gallery is open Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and on Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00. Admission is free.

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

The historic Liffey Swim that is taking place the 95th time this year, will start at the Rory O’Moore Bridge (Watling Street Bridge) beside Guinness Brewery and will go to Custom House.

The men will start at 13:15 and at 14:15 the women will follow. Over 260 men and 100 women will take part.

Find lots more detail on the website below and come out along the Liffey to cheer the swimmers on.

“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

An Intercultural Tour in Irish with Community Ambassador Jack Fitzgerald will take place. Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. Admission is free, no booking required.

A Silk Worm Club children’s workshop (6-11 years) will take place and at the time of writing this, there were still some places available.

Learn how to make a fan and decorate it with your own design, inspired by the Chester Beatty’s A to Z exhibition. Limited to 20 children per session. Admission is free, but booking is essential. To book this workshop go to the website below or or phone Fiona on 01 4070776.

“Doughnuts for a Dragon” by Adam & Charlotte Guillain 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.

Near FM and Dublin City Council are inviting to Rock the Park, a day of live music in Father Collins Park, featuring some of the best and best known bands from Dublin’s Northside.

The lineup is
14:00 The North Sea
15:00 The Rattling Kind
16:00 The Bionic Rats
17:00 LIR

Admission is free.

A Drop-In Qigong class on the Roof Top Garden of the Chester Beatty Library with Ching Xu will take place.

“With views of Dublin Castle and the city skyline, the roof top garden of the Chester Beatty Library provides an oasis of peace, a place to rest for a while and enjoy its tranquillity. Qigong is a traditional Chinese form of meditation coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing and a calm state of mind. Join us for a gentle 30 minute Qigong practice outdoors (weather permitting) or indoors in the third floor lobby.”

These are drop-in sessions and do not require booking. Suitable for all ages. Limited to 15, first-come, first-served. No admission charge is mentioned, so I think we can assume that it is free.

During the Sculpture in Context exhibition, a rare opportunity will be availble every Saturday: At 15:00 every week, you can join the artists for a guided tour to gain an insight into this exciting contemporary art exhibition.

Admission is free.

The Lucan Festival will take place from Thurs 11 – Sun 14 September. All events are listed on this picture: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1537807639786809

On Saturday, there is only one free event: 16:00-19:00: Historical Exhibition in St Andrews Parish Centre.

On Sunday the Family Fun Day will take place from 14:00-18:00 on the Main Street in Lucan Village with a Garda Station Open Day with the Garda Band, the Dublin Fire Brigade Rescue Unit and the Garda Helicopter. There will be a Pet Farm. Music from Ireland, Thailand, Philippines, Nigeria, India and Cameroon. A rubber duck race. Street entertainers, Puppet ShowBouncy Castle. And in addition 22 vintage cars will be on display. All events are free.

You might remember that Arthur’s Day is gone (Good decision!) and it has been replaced with “Guinness Amplify”, a programme of 800 free gigs around Ireland.

Leinster will get Guinness Amplify from 11-14 Sept. Dublin, however, will experience the events not together with Leinster, but separately from 09-12 October. I found out that due to the mass of venues in Dublin, venues outside od the canals were added into the “Leinster” list, while all pubs within the canals are in the Dublin list. That explains!

So this week Saturday and Sunday, there will be pubs in Dublin in the list, but only if they are outside of the canals.

Have a look at the full list of gigs here www.guinnessamplify.com/schedule/weeks/1

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

The Rathmines Tradfest takes place over four nights (Thurs-Sun) in four pubs in Rathmines. The pubs are Mother Reilly’s, Rody Boland’s, Slattery’s and Grace’s and are all within about 100 metres from each other.

The line-up for the event can be found at rathminestradfest.com/events For Saturday and Sunday the schedule is looking like this:

Sat 13 Sept – 20:00: Arís Arún in Graces
Sat 13 Sept – 21:00: Jem Mitchell in Mother Reillys
Sat 13 Sept – 22:00: Trad Rocks in Slatterys
Sat 13 Sept – 22:30: Na Fianna in Rody Bolands

Sun 14 Sept – 18:00: Sugan / Open Session in Graces
Sun 14 Sept – 19:00: TBC in Mother Reillys
Sun 14 Sept – 21:00: Lasair in Slatterys
Sun 14 Sept – 21:30: Buggy Boys in Rody Bolands

Admission is free to all gigs.

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.

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.

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.

Guilty Party will perform and admission is free.

Sideproject with guests Mkai are playing in Whelan’s.

Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.

Astronomy Ireland informs that on Wednesday (10 Sept) at 18:46 a huge explosion took place on the Sun and a cloud of radiation was sent towards the Earth at a very high speed.

This means that there is a possibility (no guarantee!) of the Aurora Borealis being visible even in Ireland on Fri 12 or Sat 13 Sept. Look towards the North, ideally in an rea where there is little or no light polution.

The 4-piece cover band “The Lightning Kids” will play in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

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

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

The Farmleigh House Food Market is running from 10:00-17:00.

From 14:00-16;00, the Jazz Band Zrazy will perform in the Bandstand.

Admission is free to both events.

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.

Celebrating the work of eight ceramic artists who have worked on the Design & Craft Council of Ireland’s primary schools CRAFTed programme, come with your kids to The Ark to discover how artists come up with their ideas.

Make|Shape leads playfully through techniques, processes and explorations of clay and provides artists, children and teachers with the unique opportunity to share skills and ideas, and collaborate on new projects.

Join The Ark’s investigation of clay, from rolling and shaping, marking and making to glazing and firing. Then roll up your sleeves and get making yourself. A hands-on experience perfectly made for kids.

Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable from Age 4.

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).

Every Sunday, the Merrion Square Open Air Art Gallery takes place. Up to 200 artists exhibit their paintings on the railings on three sides (West, North and East) of Merrion Square and you can just enjoy the exhibition or even buy.

The Ranelagh Arts Festival takes place from 12-28 September. Lots of events will take place and a good few of them are free. More are happening next week, but this week’s selection is:

Sat 13 Sept: Launch of Urban Greening Project at 14:00
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Sun 14 Sept: Spiritual Cafe at 12:00
Sun 14 Sept: Architectural Walking Tour at 14:00
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Mon 15 Sept: Bonsai Tree exhibition & Talk at 19:00
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Tues 16 Sept: Sky Babies – Comedy & Improv Night at 20:00
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Fri 19 Sept: Barry Finnimore – Gig at 19:00
Fri 19 Sept: Staring at Lakes – Gig at 20:00
Fri 19 Sept: “Joyce and his City” – Film Screening at 17:00
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Don’t check the Calendar section on the website, the free/non-free details there are unreliable and incomplete. Instead, check the Events section on the website below.

Sculpture in Context is a brilliant exhibition in the Botanic Gardens from Thurs 04 Sept – Fri 17 Oct and it is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition.

Every year a panel of selectors chooses sculptures from established and from upcoming artists and they will then be expertly placed in the garden setting of the Botanic Gardens and it makes a visit to the Botanic Gardens even more interesting then at other times.

Admission is free and I strongly recommend Sculpture in Context!

A home owner exhibition “Self Build & Improve Your Home” will take place from Friday till Sunday and admission is free, but registration on the website below is required.

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 National Organic Food Fair takes place on Sunday in Marlay Park.

Have you ever wondered about the benefits of purchasing organics or how to grow your own organic produce or even how an Irish organic brand becomes a household name? You can hear about these and more at the National Organic Food Fair.

Speakers from the world of organic production, food writing, brand building and of course cooking will be giving free public talks throughout the day. Pat Lalor from Kilbeggan Farm will talk about the values of organic produce, why you should eat it and the difference between conventional and organic growing. Kitty Scully author, food writer and presenter will share her secrets on how to grow organic produce at home and getting your garden organically prepared all year round. Kenneth Keavey from Green Earth Organics discusses the nutritional benefits of eating organics while Julie Calder Potts from Highbank Orchard gives us an insight into the value of growing, producing and building an apple brand like Highbank. Clodagh McKenna hosts a cooking demonstrations using excellent organic produce, most of which has been sourced from the stall holders at the event.

All of this is free but can get quite busy so get there early to get your seat.

The Fair will have face painters, balloon makers and a pet farm for kids, and there will be lots of outdoor stalls and marquees showcasing Irish organic products. Tempting food stalls will also be there with a host of food ranging from burgers, to soups, yoghurt and apple syrups and ciders, all of which are certified organic. It will be the largest display of Irish organic food available in a single venue.

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.

There is always a great atmosphere and I definitely recommend this monthly market.

Admission is free.

Mountains to Sea is the Book Festival of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. The vast majority of events is not free, so you need to look them up yourself via the website below. But there are a few free ones sparsely sprinkled in:

Sat 13 Sept – 11:00: It’s Up to Us (Showcase of winning poems in the 2014 Trócaire-Poetry Ireland poetry competition)
Sat 13 Sept – 12:30: Irish Times Poetry Now Award
Sat 13 Sept – 19:00: Teddy Bear Library Sleep Over
Sun 14 Sept – 11:00: Where’s Wally Library Hunt

The full programme brochure with all details can be downloaded here: www.mountainstosea.ie/images/pdf/2014m2c_brochure.pdf

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

The 18th SARI Soccerfest takes place this weekend on Saturday and Sunday on the Gard Sports Grounds in Phoenix Park (near the Zoo). A Men’s tournament, Under 13, Under 15 and a Women’s Tournament will take place.

The SARI All Stars v LOVE/HATE All Stars match will be at 14:00 on Sunday.

Admission for supporters is free.

SARI stands for Sports Against Racism in Ireland

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.

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.

“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.

The next Smithfield Market Fair will take place this Sunday.

It is in the Generator Hostel, which appears at first a little unusual, but there is so much space that the 30+ stalls easily find space.

The stalls sell everything from Vintage Clothes, Food, Vinyl records, Contemporary Art, Books to Jewellery pieces. And from 14:00, there will also be live music.

Admission is free.

The Science Gallery Summer Exhibition “Strange Weather: Forecasts from te Future” has opened on 18 July and will run until 05 October.

The exhibition explores how we understand, adapt to and control the changing weather and shows also a lot educational and even quirky bits around weather: A Raindrop hovering in mid-air, a Tornado Diverter, a Cloud Collector, Weather Models, a machine making house shaped clouds and an archive of old events from around the world that were (or are) impacted by weather and of new events emerging because of weather.

There are 26 exhibits and – like all Science Gallery exhibitions -, it is a really interesting exhibition. Well worth a visit with the whole family.

You can even be a TV weather man/woman in a professional studio set-up! An interesting experience!
Here is me giving it a go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQjHHfRdco …I know, I better not give up the day job. ;-)

The Science Gallery is open Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and on Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00. Admission is free.

On Sunday the yearly Cabinteely Carnival will come to Cabinteely House in Cabinteely Park. dlr Events will bring this free family fun day out featuring circus performers, activities and a chance to learn some circus skill to you.

Magic Shows, Street Performances, Juggling, Circus Skill Workshops, Bouncy Castles, Slides, Obstacle Courses, a DJ, Facepainters and an Activity Zone will all feature at this great event.

Admission and participation is free but parking is very limited at the park so you should walk or use public transport.

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

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

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

For World Parks Day on Sunday, a free family day will take place on Chesterfield Avenue from 14:00-17:00.

There will be music, a farmer’s market, a craft village and performances (by Paperdolls and Vaudeville Vamps) taking place on the day.

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

Explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum Educators – an interesting drop-in handling session for all ages.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

You might remember that Arthur’s Day is gone (Good decision!) and it has been replaced with “Guinness Amplify”, a programme of 800 free gigs around Ireland.

Leinster will get Guinness Amplify from 11-14 Sept. Dublin, however, will experience the events not together with Leinster, but separately from 09-12 October. I found out that due to the mass of venues in Dublin, venues outside od the canals were added into the “Leinster” list, while all pubs within the canals are in the Dublin list. That explains!

So this week Saturday and Sunday, there will be pubs in Dublin in the list, but only if they are outside of the canals.

Have a look at the full list of gigs here www.guinnessamplify.com/schedule/weeks/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).

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?

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass is back after the summer break and invites you 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 gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.

Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. ;-)

The Rathmines Tradfest takes place over four nights (Thurs-Sun) in four pubs in Rathmines. The pubs are Mother Reilly’s, Rody Boland’s, Slattery’s and Grace’s and are all within about 100 metres from each other.

The line-up for the event can be found at rathminestradfest.com/events For Saturday and Sunday the schedule is looking like this:

Sat 13 Sept – 20:00: Arís Arún in Graces
Sat 13 Sept – 21:00: Jem Mitchell in Mother Reillys
Sat 13 Sept – 22:00: Trad Rocks in Slatterys
Sat 13 Sept – 22:30: Na Fianna in Rody Bolands

Sun 14 Sept – 18:00: Sugan / Open Session in Graces
Sun 14 Sept – 19:00: TBC in Mother Reillys
Sun 14 Sept – 21:00: Lasair in Slatterys
Sun 14 Sept – 21:30: Buggy Boys in Rody Bolands

Admission is free to all gigs.

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).

In short the line-up is: Carly Coonagh, Those Responsible, Slackers Symphony, The Dead Sets, + Special Guests

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 Ranelagh Arts Festival takes place from 12-28 September. Lots of events will take place and a good few of them are free. More are happening next week, but this week’s selection is:

Sat 13 Sept: Launch of Urban Greening Project at 14:00
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Sun 14 Sept: Spiritual Cafe at 12:00
Sun 14 Sept: Architectural Walking Tour at 14:00
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Mon 15 Sept: Bonsai Tree exhibition & Talk at 19:00
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Tues 16 Sept: Sky Babies – Comedy & Improv Night at 20:00
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Fri 19 Sept: Barry Finnimore – Gig at 19:00
Fri 19 Sept: Staring at Lakes – Gig at 20:00
Fri 19 Sept: “Joyce and his City” – Film Screening at 17:00
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Don’t check the Calendar section on the website, the free/non-free details there are unreliable and incomplete. Instead, check the Events section on the website below.

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.

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 Trinity Centre for Asian Studies invites to a calligraphy demonstration and public lecture on the

“Literate Culture of the Mongols” by Prof Gantogtokh (Prof of Linguistics, National University of Mongolia).

Professor Gonchig Gantogtokh is a leading scholar of ethnolinguistics , phonetics, dialect studies, shamanism and classical Mongolian script. Professor Gantogtokh will give a demonstration of writing in Mongolian script following the lecture.

Event details are here www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/assets/documents/2014-09-15Culture%20Mongolia.pdf

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.

The Pyro Blues Executive play in the Leeson Lounge every Monday and 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 Ranelagh Arts Festival takes place from 12-28 September. Lots of events will take place and a good few of them are free. More are happening next week, but this week’s selection is:

Sat 13 Sept: Launch of Urban Greening Project at 14:00
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Sun 14 Sept: Spiritual Cafe at 12:00
Sun 14 Sept: Architectural Walking Tour at 14:00
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Mon 15 Sept: Bonsai Tree exhibition & Talk at 19:00
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Tues 16 Sept: Sky Babies – Comedy & Improv Night at 20:00
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Fri 19 Sept: Barry Finnimore – Gig at 19:00
Fri 19 Sept: Staring at Lakes – Gig at 20:00
Fri 19 Sept: “Joyce and his City” – Film Screening at 17:00
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Don’t check the Calendar section on the website, the free/non-free details there are unreliable and incomplete. Instead, check the Events section on the website below.

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.

Do you want to make the most out of your iPad or Android Tablet? Join the friendly and experienced team from Createschool for an afternoon session were you will learn at your own pace and where most importantly, there is: No Such Thing As A Silly Question.

Admission is free.

Austronaut Leopold Eyharts will talk about his exciting career as an astronaut, including his missions to MIR, the ISS and on the Space Shuttle.

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

Do you track personal information to gain insights into yourself or your surrounding world? The Dublin Quantified Self group (#QSelfDublin) is for anyone interested in self-tracking. Whether you record your jogging times, how often you communicate with friends or how you are feeling, you are not alone. ;-)

Come and share what you are doing and learn from others. Speakers to be confirmed, more details to come.

Admission is free, but booking is required here: www.meetup.com/Quantified-Self-Dublin/events/160877252/

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura invites you to “Essential”, a piano recital by Maurizio Mastrini on Tuesday in the Katherine Brennan Hall of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Admission is free.

Are you looking for a new direction in life? Do you want to realise your full potential? Then come along to a free evening organised by the Irish Academy of Public Relations.

Life coach Lillian Courtney will be presenting the evening and she promises that those attending will leave fleeing more alive, awake and ready for life. The evening will also give people a flavour of the Academy’s new One-Day Personal Development course which Lillian is teaching.

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

Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below. The 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.

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.

An improv comedy night with the Improrphans takes place. Admission is free, but donations are very welcome.

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

The Dublin City Rounders are launching their new album “Decent Folk” with a free gig in Whelan’s. Here is a music video of the band: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAGaF1-7GBw

There will be free comedy upstairs in the Wicked Wolf in Blackrock on every second Tuesday. New acts and surprise guests will entertain you and the event is organised by Maxine Jones.

The dates are 16+30 September, 14+28 October, 11+25 November and 09+23 December. Put the dates in your calender as I will probably not be able to inclde the event every week.

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.

A Royal Irish Academy Townhall Meeting on the Future Earth Initiative will take place on Wednesday.

Future Earth is a new 10-year international research initiative to develop knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environment change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability over the coming decades.

The intended goal of the Townhall Meeting is to raise awareness of the Future Earth initiative across the Irish research community in the sciences, humanities and social sciences, and to communicate potential roles and opportunities for Irish researchers pertaining to Future Earth.

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

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:
03 Sept: Phoenix Park Murders of 1882 (VC)
10 Sept: Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery (A)
17 Sept: Gate Lodges of Phoenix Park from Ashtown Castle to Castleknock (VC)
24 Sept: Guided Walk to Knockmaree Cist/Cromlech (F)

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.

Christina Kennedy (Head of Collections, IMMA) explores some of the ideas and visual conversations that occur among works by Andrew Vickery and Eleanor Wiltshire, Jesus Raphael Soto, Victor Vazarely and Sean Scully, Hannah Starkey and Colin Middleton, and will also focus on pioneering gallerist David Hendriks.

Admission is free to this talk in the West Wing Galleries, but booking via the website below is required.

The author of a new book about Glenstal Abbey gardens in Limerick, Fr Brian Murphy, will share some of the stories from his life’s work at Glenstal, a former estate of the Barringtons which later became a Benedictine Abbey.

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.

The Spanish Film “Ali” by Paco R Banos (2012) will be screened (with English subtitles). Admission is free.

An illustrated presentation by Pauline Hall, based on her broadsheet “The Cream of the Milk: a set of humorous verses about famous Irish women, from Nora Barnacle to Lady Jane Wilde” will be given. www.creamofthemilk.com

Pauline will be reading, presenting historical background/anecdotes and there will be a musical interlude.

Admission is free.

“Overlapping perspective” is a photographic insight of the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino by Luca Salvo.

Urbino, a small hill town located in the Marche region, is a superb example of Italian Renaissance art and architecture. At the heart of Urbino stands the Palazzo Ducale, the magnificent centre of culture and art built by Federico II of Montefeltro and today home to the Museum “Galleria Nazionale delle Marche”, one of the most important collections of Renaissance art in the world including works by Piero della Francesca, Tiziano and Raffaello. This series of photographs was taken between 2010 and 2012.

The exhibition will be on show from 16 Sept – 03 Oct (09:00-17:00) and on Wed 17 Sept at 18:30 the photographer will discuss his work and the exhibition in a special lecture.

Admission is free.

A Robin Williams Tribute Night will take place at Filmbase next Wednesday to celebrate Robin Williams but also to raise awareness of mental health issues and highlight support available for suicide prevention.

Robin Williams’s unique acting talent will be showcased in screenings of classic “Mork and Mindy” episodes and a podcast with Marc Maron interviewing Robin Williams in 2010 will be played.

In addiiton a rehearsed reading of the new feature film screenplay written by Karl Argue called Cosmic Baby will be performed.

The film (which has been in development for the last few years) follows Mannix a comedian whose life ambition is to gig with Robin Williams, but who must first escape from a mental institution to do so.

19:00-19:30 Podcast: Marc Maron interviews Robin Williams
19:30-21:30 Reading (with a short interval)
21:30-22:30 The Mork & Mindy Show (3 episodes)

Donations can be made on the night to Pieta House. You are welcome to bring your own refreshments and feel free to invite your friends.

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.

Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.

“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.

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 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.

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 18 Sept – 05 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues because of the severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event. Pre-booking is possible, but check the cost.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that, but I never had to get a wristband in a pub to ensure that I have something to eat when I am there.

I get my yearly fix of Bavarian food at the Oktoberfest. The Schweinshaxn (pigs trotter) is a must for me, but just once a year. ;-)

In September, the review site Yelp is focusing on the Farmer’s Markets with some events. On the website www.yelp.ie/events/dublin-yelp-goes-up-market you can find the different events and how to win the Silver Servcie Market Experience.

And there is one event that takes place on Thursday that only requires you to register and it sounds like an interesting event:

At the Merrion Square Market Sampling Experience on Thursday, you will be guided around by the market manager, to hear the stories of each stand by the owners and to sample plenty of amazing food. RSVP on the website below!

Join Dr. Chris Wingfield, curator at the Archaeology and Anthropology Museum, Cambridge University, for a special lecture on the display of stone artefacts in Museums and the role of stone in society.

This lecture is the key note address of ’The Cultures of Stone 2014 Conference’, jointly organised by UCD School of Archaeology and UCD School of Classics with the support of the National Museum of Ireland.

Admission is free, but booking is essential. To book a place, email culturesofstone@gmail.com. For more information on the conference go to culturesofstone.eu.pn/index.html

Hosted by the Innovation Academy Trinity College, an evening of performance, visual arts, music, film and poetry will take place that will launch the new idir arts collective and preview their New York Show “Group Ego Trip 1” at NYFA to be held in October. You will have an opportunity to win pledged custom art pieces on the night.

Admission is free, but registration is required via idirevent@gmail.com

The exhibition “False Expectations” by Julián Aragoneses will open at Instituto Cervantes on Thursday. It is looking for the Arts’ Role in Society.

The exhibition will be on show until 09 Oct.

Admission is free and some wine will be served.

The Academy Discourse “Global Environmental History since 1945: Into the Anthropocene” by Prof. John McNeill will be given in the Royal Irish Academy.

“This lecture provides a global overview of environmental change since 1945 and the driving forces behind it, including energy systems, population growth, urbanization, international politics among others. It also considers the advantages and disadvantages of employing the new term ‘Anthropocene’ to refer to an age in which Earth history is dominated by human impacts.”

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

Dublin City Libraries and the Local Enterprise Office – Dublin City invite to a series of six business lectures designed to empower potential entrepreneurs. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-873 3996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie

The 6 lectures are:

11 Sept: An Introduction to Self Employment
18 Sept: Ideas Generation & Market Research
25 Sept: Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship
02 Oct: Digital Marketing Strategy 5 big players (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype, YouTube)
09 Oct: Financing your Business
16 Oct: Writing the WINNING Business Plan

More information about the lectures and about the speakers can be found on the website below.

“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

Experts from Birdwatch Ireland will talk about identifying and locating birds in your neighbourhood. Topics will include: the types of bird you can expect to see, good sites for bird watching, type of equipment needed and recommendations for a good guide book.

Admission is free.

The Natural Environment Unit of An Taisce (The National Trust for Ireland) is inviting to a free documentary screening on Thursday. The film is “Blackfish”.

“Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Blackfish is an intense, critical examination of the ethics and resulting tragic consequences of the world wide accepted practice of keeping killer whales (orcas) in captivity for marine theme parks. The film centres on Tilikum, a 6 tonne orca bull whale who has been trained to be a major performer for marine park giant SeaWorld Entertainment.”

There are only 50 seats available for this screening, so you have to register on the Eventbrite site below, where you also can find more information.

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

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.

Pete Pamf will play and admission is free.

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.

An absolute highlight on the yearly event calender in Dublin is the Culture Night! On Friday 19 Sept nearly ALL cultural venues and organisations (museums, galleries, cultural institutes, historic sites, architecturally interesting sites, music organisations, etc) invite to an Open Night from around 17:00-23:00. Dublin will be buzzing and there will be entertainment everywhere!

The central virtual hub of Culture Night has traditionally been in and around Temple Bar, but it is by far not limited to that area. And the best? All tours, concerts and performances are free (even in venues that normally charge for admission). Some require booking and for others the queues will be VERY long (e.g. Trinity Library), but the majority is directly and freely accessible.

Nearly 200 venues take part and there are concerts, art demonstrations, museum and gallery tours, theatre performances, a Family Culture Trail, dance taster classes and lots more.

I will include a few events in the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), but they are just a teaser! :-) The full programme includes all events and it wouldn’t make sense if I copied all that.

The full downloadable programme for Dublin is here www.culturenight.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/K7879-Culture-Night-2014-Programme.pdf (for Dun Laoghaire it is here) and there will also be an Android and iPhone app available in the next few days. Check on the website below for further details.If you prefer checking the programme on a website, have a look here: www.culturenight.ie/dublin-events/

Don’t miss this brilliant event!

The Ranelagh Arts Festival takes place from 12-28 September. Lots of events will take place and a good few of them are free. More are happening next week, but this week’s selection is:

Sat 13 Sept: Launch of Urban Greening Project at 14:00
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Sun 14 Sept: Spiritual Cafe at 12:00
Sun 14 Sept: Architectural Walking Tour at 14:00
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Mon 15 Sept: Bonsai Tree exhibition & Talk at 19:00
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Tues 16 Sept: Sky Babies – Comedy & Improv Night at 20:00
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Fri 19 Sept: Barry Finnimore – Gig at 19:00
Fri 19 Sept: Staring at Lakes – Gig at 20:00
Fri 19 Sept: “Joyce and his City” – Film Screening at 17:00
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Don’t check the Calendar section on the website, the free/non-free details there are unreliable and incomplete. Instead, check the Events section on the website below.

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.

Dublin PARK(ing) Day is taking place on Friday at around 30 locations around the city.

PARK(ing) Day is a yearly event for reclaiming public space. For a single day, the 30+ Pay&Display car parking spaces around the city will be transformed into quirky mini-parks or art installations. Artists, designers, urban and environmental activists will create these unique installations around the city.

The idea started in San Francisco in 2005 and has spread to over 180 cities.

The locations and themes of the different parking spaces in Dublin are not announced yet, but you will find it on the website below closer to the date.

Until then you can look at a selection of pictures from the 2012 Parking Day to get an idea what people did in this video clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCJldZf4ga0 or checek the 2013 pictures on the Park(ing) Day website below.

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 18 Sept – 05 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues because of the severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event. Pre-booking is possible, but check the cost.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd wristband system kicks in whereby you have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that, but I never had to get a wristband in a pub to ensure that I have something to eat when I am there.

I get my yearly fix of Bavarian food at the Oktoberfest. The Schweinshaxn (pigs trotter) is a must for me, but just once a year. ;-)

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The Lost Brothers will play a free In-Store gig in HMV.

Downstairs Dublin is a unique event at Culture Night;

Merrion Square comes to life with a series of talks, installations, projections and pop-up events curated by The Irish Times and all this is happening in the outside basement spaces of the houses around Merrion Square.

Look down to discover a whole range of mini-stages, surprises, live debates, music and much more. Enjoy art, drama, dance, food and ideas from leading artists, writers and thinkers.

A list if basements that are featuring some art/event is on the website below.

17:00-19:00: Dublin Writers Forum – Open Mic
The Dublin Writers’ Forum was founded in 2011 to provide a creative space where people with a passion for writing can come together and support each other in making their work as good as it can be. It is a place where you can share your writing with others who are serious about developing their craft, and are willing to give some of their time, energy and critical voice to others doing the same. At this weekly Open Mic event every writer will have five minutes to read a poem or a song, a short story or an extract, a sketch or a short play. All are welcome.

21:30 Fathers of Western Thought
Fathers of Western Thought return to The Workman’s to perform their musical interpretation of Ulysses from the ‘Re:Joyce’ project which was serialized by The James Joyce Centre in 2013. This time round they will perform as 4 piece.

The Goethe-Institut programme for Culture Night is: Silent movies with live music, exhibition, quiz, book sale, information.

This is the last event (bfore the renovation) at the old location.

Find all details on the website below.

An evening filled with interactive activities suitable for all the family will await you in the Print Museum. There will be printing demonstrations, music, self-guided arts and crafts, mini workshops for adults and children and the café Press will be open serving food and drinks throughout the night.

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is inviting you to visit their Solar-Powered Mobile Cinema on Culture Night.

The Sol Cinema will offer visitors a special cinematic experience. The BAI offices will be open between 17:00-23:00 and besides the Sol Cinema, which will be showing film and TV projects funded by the BAI through its Sound & Vision II Scheme, there will also be a ‘listening lounge’ in which visitors will be able to sit back and listen to a selection of BAI funded radio programmes.

Admission is free and no booking required,

TOG, the hackerspace at Chancery Lane is a shared hub for Dublin’s hacker and maker culture, fostering creative and collaborative work on members’ projects in an environment that is inspiring and supportive of technologies old and new.

Coding, Electronics projects, Beer Brewing, Lock Picking (for a good cause), Pin Hole cameras are only some of the projects the people at TOG work on.

On Culture Night you can take a tour of the space, view the group’s past projects and participate in some micro workshops to help you get hacking.

The People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire got renovated, restored and refurbished and now it is time to relaunch it. The official re-launch will be on Saturday 20 Sept, but for Culture Night there will be on Friday evening already some family fun and games.

Brooks Hotel are celebrating Culture Night with an Anglo Irish writers themed evening.

Irish actor Jim Roche will read from the works of Oscar Wilde, WB Yeats, James Joyce, Seamus Heaney and many more, bringing the acclaimed pieces to life. Jim’s performance will be accompanied by a classical pianist.

Admission is free.

For Culture Night, the Instituto Cervantes will invite to an art exhibition, a Latin American handicraft market, an ex-library and second-hand book sale, music and food and dance performances every half hour:

18:30+19:30+20:30 Flamenco dance with Joyce Richardson (Flamenco Ireland)
19:00+20:00+21:00 Tango with Monina (Tango Ireland)

Jennifer McElwain (Lecturer in Plant Palaeoecology and Palaeobiology in UCD’s School of Biology and Environmental Science) will talk about the oldest Strange Weather.

She is currently the director of UCD’s Plant Palaeoecology and Palaeobiology research group which seeks to investigate the causes and consequences of the fourth greatest extinction event in Earth history at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, 200 million years ago.

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

Trinity College and the Long Room Hub invite to Culture Night with

+ ‘Scribe 2 Scribe’,an exhibition by artist Mags Harnett
+ Voices from the Great War: A multilingual evening for Culture Night
+ Treasure Trail (18:00 – 20:00)

For the Treasusre Trail: Families can collect a map which will take them on a journey through 15 of Trinity’s most treasured buildings to earn the right to call themselves a “citizen of Trinity”.

Join Regina Sekston, food and culinary historian, and Jessica de Búrca of Montague Heritage Services to discover what foods were enjoyed by both the Vikings and the Gaels in Ireland over 1,000 years ago.

Listen to the talk “The Food of Viking Towns and the Gaelic Countryside: A Taste of Early Medieval Ireland” on what tastes and dishes were popular and see a selection of foods on display including the types of vessels used to serve up a feast. Located in the Ceramics Room, first floor. No booking required.

Age12+

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.

At Culture Night, a free pop-up drive-in cinema will appear at Smithfield Plaza. The film is “The Mission” from 1986 with Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons and with Ennio Morricone soundtrack. The film shows a Jesuit missionary’s experiences in 18th-century South America.

During the interval, images from the Man on Bridge project will be screened. Man on Bridge tells the story of street photographer Arthur Fields who stood on O’Connell Street & Bridge for fifty years to take pictures of people in Dublin.

The film starts at 20:00 and cars can arrive from 19:00 (first come first served). Admission is free. People with no cars can also watch the film and listen to the sound with a radio or phone with FM tuner.

10 piece Ska Band Interskalactic will play 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 Cravingz are playing rockabilly in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

The Dead Beat and The Dijon Babes will play in Whelan’s.

Admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.