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 Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).

The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.

A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well! I had planned to include all free events, but there are sooo many (that’s a good thing!) that I wasn’t able to, so please please spend some time looking at the full programme via the link above.

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.

A whole range of Parkruns take place every week (and if you know some more, please tell me):
+ Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
+ Cabinteely Park, Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
+ Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin
+ Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Co. Dublin
+ St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
+ Father Collins Park, Donaghmeade/Clongriffin, Dublin 13
+ Tymon Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24

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 County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.

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.

Four free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).

The sessions can be booked following these links:

+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced

Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.

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.

The Terenure Village Market has moved to Bushy Park and is from now on a weekly market.

The market has now grown to 40 stalls offering a whole variety of foods and crafts.

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.

Come to the Family Drawing every weekend (Sat+Sun) in the RHA Gallery. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Find out all details via the link below.

Admission is free.

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.

Lucy’s Lounge in 74 Francis Street have a big clothes sales on from 12:00-18:00 on Saturday and if you buy something you get a coffee for EUR 2 in Two Pups Coffee at the same address.

And the free element? There will be a seeing class at 14:00 and from 18:30 three bands will play (listed separately).

Admission is free.

Join this dlr Biodiversity event, which is a gentle paced three hour walk in Barnaslingan Woods. Experience the beauty of nature through mindfulness and learn about the health benefits from connecting with nature.

Admission is free, but booking is required with the event leaders Shirley Gleeson and Diarmuid McAree via 087 932 0914

Please note: The map on the website below points to a different location than to Barnaslingan Woods, wo you better check with the organisers where the exact meeting point is. The map in the Dublin Event Guide web app (m.dublineventguide.com) should point to the right location.

Printfest gives you the opportunity to see the ‘engineering’ behind the traditional craft of letterpress printing, as active retired printers and typesetters demonstrate highlights of the Museum’s collection and share stories of their time in the print industry. The museum and the stories of the former printers are extremely interesting and I definitely recommend this event.

Printfest is suitable for all ages and there are many printing and craft activities for all the family. Admission is free.

Learn how to unplug your children from the computer screen and make walks in the woods exciting and fun for the family. Beneficial for parents whose kids are fixed with computers, TV screens and other forms of technology. This is a learning event for parents only.

Event leader will be Kate Egan from Presentation Ecology (086 774 3234) and you will have to book with her. Admission is free.

Meeting point is the main car park at Marlay Park at the Grange Road entrance.

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 Bernard Shaw Flea Market is now a weekly market! Every Saturday there will be 16 stalls, music, pizzas from the Big Blue Bus and the Bernard Shaw Garden Bar. Expect vintage clothes, shoes, jewellery, art, records, bric-a-brac and more and DJs will provide the entertainment.

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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

Every Saturday a kid’s book will be ead 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). Suitable for age 0-6 with their parents.

Admission is free.

Aifric Mac Aodha introduces an afternoon of archaeological poetry in Irish and English.

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

The New Theatre is supporting new writing by giving one writer a platform for a playreading on the first Saturday of every month.

This month the playreading is “The Collector” by Daniel Wade. Find out a little more via the website below.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 2.

“A Banquet fit for a King and Queen” with with Emma O’Toole is this week’s Saturday Family Workshop for families with children aged 4-10.

Admission is free, all other details are on the website below.

Viking Storyteller Mary Mary delights children aged 6-10 years and their families with tales of the Viking Gods, illustrated by live shadow puppetry. Afterwards she invites them to respond through drawing or writing their own favourites or in the creation of new characters and stories. Written in collaboration with poet Gabriel Rosenstock, the show will be presented both in Irish and English.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 0879737401

40 years ago, in the dying days of General Franco’s facist regime in Spain, a general strike in the Basque city Vitoria-Gasteiz was brutally squashed. This documentary tells the story.

Admission is free.

This is a family friendly stand-up comedy show for kids and BIG kids with top comedians from the comedy circuit, with silly jokes to make you giggle, grin and laugh out loud. Punch Lion Kids’ Comedy Club presents three brilliant performers for The Five Lamps Arts Festival – Andrew Stanley (Comedy Cellar), Kevin Gildea (Father Ted) and Totally Wired (Laughter Lounge).

Recommended age 6+. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Admission is free, but booking via Eventbrite (link below) is required. Some tickets are still available.

Lucy’s Lounge in 74 Francis Street invite to an evening of gigs with the following line-up: Alien She, Beware of You, Girlfriend.

Admission is free. This is an alcohol-free event,

Irish bands and performers Beef Supreme, The Ink-Lings, Divide of Everything, Vinny Tierney will be in Whelan’s for a gig night.

Admission is free.

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event event downstairs in the Wine Cave of KC Peaches Cafe. Food will be served until 21:30 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.

Guitarist and Rapper Zaska from Wiclow will perform funk / rock and rap in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Lisa Jameson (vocals) and August Korsgaard (piano) will perform jazz standards in Barker’s on Saturday.

Admission is free.

4 piece Indie Rock Band “Cascades” will be performing in the Mezz.

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.

Singer/Songwriter Sonny Condell will play a gig in McLoughlin’s on Saturday.

Admission is free.

Otis is playing a gig in Whelan’s.

Admission is free.

THe 2 Stroke String Sessions is a Banjo + Fiddle Duo that will perform in the Mountpleasant Inn on SAturday. Admission is free.

Galants will be supported by Borders of Sleep at a gig in the Midnight hour slot in Whelan’s.

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

“Favoured by Monkeys” will perform a gig in the midnight slot in The Mezz.

Admission is free.

In addition to the Saturday Car Boot Sale in Tallaght, Irish Car Boot Sales run a weekly Sunday Car Boot Sales in Ballymun.

Admission for buyers is free.

If you are Irish, British or American you should know that the first Sunday in March is Mother’s Day (some call it Mothering Sunday, which sounds so wrong to me). But if you are from any other country, you might celebrate Mother’s Day in May.

I suggest, no matter where you are from, just tell your mother – if possible – what she means to you and if you can’t tell her, do something special to celebrate/remember her.

Yes, Mother’s Day has – like Valentine’s Day – become a very commercial day, but you don’t HAVE to join in the exact same way. You can hand make a card (yes, even guys can do that!! ;-) ) or just show your appreciation in a non-commercialised way.

By the way, I prefer to widen the scope of the day to current and future mothers and all women/ladies/girls that have looked after children at any point. Inclusiveness and all that!! ;-)

The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).

The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.

A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well! I had planned to include all free events, but there are sooo many (that’s a good thing!) that I wasn’t able to, so please please spend some time looking at the full programme via the link above.

The Smithfield Horse Fair was a long standing institution where for many years at the first Sunday in every month, horse traders (mainly from the travelling community) came together to sell and buy horses. If I remember right, the fair is a right that is firmly written down. However, bad treatment of animals, anti-social behaviour and other problems (even a shooting) turned this horse market into a nightmare for Dublin City.

It seems they couldn’t stop it or make it illegal, but they were able to limit the market to twice per year and so the highly regulated Smithfield Horse Fair takes place on the first Sunday in March and in September.

Initially an attempt was made to add music, storytelling and other entertainment to the event so that the horse trading would be pushed in the background, but that didn’t work. So now it is back to horse trading as the main purpose.

Trader need to register with Dublin City and get a trading license for the day and with all these restrictions the market is definitely not what it was before.

Did it solve the problem? Well, it is highly unlikely that the horse traders now only twice a year sell and buy horses. So if they buy and sell more frequently then the trading happens elsewhere where the authorities can’t keep an eye on it. Consequently the problem might have gone away for Dublin, but if we don’t see it, it doesn’t mean it is not happening!

Now the big questions that people ask:
1) What is there to do?
2) I love animals. In the interest of the horses, should I go to the Horse Fair or stay away?

1) There is not much to do at the event, but you will see a good few horses and a horse fair is a bit of a spectacle.
2) Many have the concern that going to the Horse Fair would support bad treatment of animals because sellers and buyers at the fair have been found in the past to mistreat the horses and ponies. However, your attendance (or not) will not have any impact on the horse fair and will also not influence the sellers or buyers to treat the animals in any other way than they normally do. Because the authorities are expected to be there in big numbers the horse handlers are probably on their best behaviour anyway. So it is unlikely that your attendance or non-attendance will have any impact on the welfare of the animals.

Take a stroll through Killiney Hill Park in search of spring colours to make dream catchers, twig sculptures, artist palettes and more. Lots of things for kids to collect, make and take home.

Admission is free, but booking is required by sending a text message to event leader Andrew (Mouse) Fleming from OWLS on 087 329 9936.

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 Farmers Market is back after a long Winter break. From now until July, it will always take place on the first Sunday of the month and additionally there will be a market at Easter.

If at the same time other events take place in Farmleigh House, it is a busy market, but if nothing else takes place, it seems people don’t easily make the trip to Farmleigh House for a Farmers Market and it can be very quiet. This weekend, there are no other activities on Farmleigh Estate.

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 County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.

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.

Three free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).

The sessions can be booked following these links:

+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced

Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.

Every Sunday a free Children’s Art Cart Workshop will take place in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre. They are for kids aged 6-11 and the children must be accompanied by an adult.

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 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 next Pure Vintage Fair will take place this week and it is what it says on the tin. A market/flea market for vintage items, which will take place on the first Sunday of every month.

There will be vintage clothes, furniture, collectibles, jewellery and many more vintage items. Sounds interesting and with 30 stalls, it is well worth a visit. There will also be food, hot drinks and a DJ.

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.

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.

Come to the Family Drawing every weekend (Sat+Sun) in the RHA. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Find out all details via the link below.

Admission is free.

Every Sunday, the National Botanic Gardens invite to two guided walks. The first one is at 12:00 and the second one at 14:30.

Admission is free.

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June.

The next concert will feature: Music by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov with Lance Coburn (piano), Anna Kiselyova (piano), Owen Lorigan (piano) and Helene Hutchinson (soprano), Sylvia O’Brien (soprano).

Learn drawing techniques, including line drawing, shading, perspective and decoration during these relaxed and informal sessions.

Admission is free and no booking is required. Suitable for ages 13+. Materials are provide.

A special free tour for Mother’s Day willt ake place. It will look at highlights of the collection and also at the theme of mothers and children in celebration of Mother’s Day.

Admission is free.

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!

Every Sunday a free tour takes place in the Hugh Lane Gallery.

Admission is free and booking is not required, but places are limited, so early arrival is recommended.

To celebrate the Festival of Russian, this week’s Sunday tour will be translated into Russian.

The official launch of ESB Tree Week by National Botanic Gardens Director Matthew Jebb, takes place at 14:00.

National Tree Week is an event organised by the Tree Council, an umbrella body for organisations involved in tree planting, management and conservation.

The programme this year features tree walks and tree plantings. Two exhibitions are running in the Botanic Gardens in conjunction with National Tree Week; “Post Colony” by Gareth Kennedy and “Bonsai” by Andrew J. Murray.

Admission is free.

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

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.

“The Warrior in Antiquity and in Modern Times” with Dr Sarah Wilson, Art Historian is part of a free lecture series throughout the month of March looking at the theme of war and revolution in art.

The celebrate the Festival of Russian Culture, the 2002 historical drama “Russian Ark” by Alexander Sokurov will be screened.

Admission is free. (It hasn’t been stated if the screening will be in English or Russian, but I would assume that there will be at least English subtitles.)

During these workshops for 4 to 12 year olds, they will explore paintings, sculpture and architectural features through discussion and drawing.

Admission is free and no booking is required, but numbers are limited.

At this Humanist Association of Ireland meeting Siobhan Ward and Philomena McAteer, Joint Chief Technical Officers for the Body Donation programme in the Anatomy Department of Trinity College Dublin will talk about Body Donations. Their job is to look after each new donor, as well as their bereaved families.

Admission is free.

Travel around European traditional dancing culture without a ticket at the Bal Folk Dance Sessions.

And if you don’t know how to dance, don’t worry! Workshops are provided and admission is free.

The event takes place every Sunday in the Cobblestone Pub. The time alternates a little: On 1st+2nd Sunday of the month it is from 16:00-19:00 and on 3rd and 4th Sunday from 18:00-22:00. And on every 4th Sunday there is also a Breton session from 15:00.

Every Sunday evening from 18:00-20:00, the Wiley Fox is hosting a trad session, where some of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians will play for you.

Admission is free.

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

The Firehouse Film Contest is a monthly competition and film screening for new short films (3-5 minutes) which are not older than one month. Screenings take place on the first Sunday of the month.

Admission is free.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Arthur’s Pub, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

“A-Musing” is a new Comedy Club in the Mercantile. It will feature some of Ireland’s best up and coming comedians every Sunday night.

Admission is free.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.

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 or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.

Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)

The Hardchargers are playing an acoustic Blues and Roots gig.

Admission is free.

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.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 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).

“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).

The Mariannes will play a gig in Sweeney’s and admission is free.

The Night Before Larry Got Stretched is a traditional singing session run by a collective of young singers with an emphasis on encouraging singers of all ages to come together to share songs.

Admission is free.

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 Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).

The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.

A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well! I had planned to include all free events, but there are sooo many (that’s a good thing!) that I wasn’t able to, so please please spend some time looking at the full programme via the link above.

Local Enterprise Week takes place from Monday until Friday (07-11 March) and it is exactly what it says in the name “LOCAL”. So there is no central event register, but every Local Enterprise Office does its own events etc. A lost opportunity some might say, but enterprise and enterprise support is VERY local-focused in Ireland.

A large amont of events take place over these 5 days (some free and some not free) and I won’t list them individually, instead I will give you a link to the event pages for the different localities:

Dublin City: www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
South Dublin: www.localenterprise.ie/SouthDublin/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
Fingal: www.localenterprise.ie/Fingal/Training-Events/Local-Enterprise-Week-7th-13th-March-2016/
Dun Laoghaire: www.localenterprise.ie/DLR/Training-Events/dlrLEW-2016/DLR-Enterprise-Week-2016.html

Join this celebration of International Women’s Day and the end of General Election 2016 and meet the newly elected female TDs who will play a key role in the 32nd Dáil, as well as some key women returned to the 32nd Dáil. The conversation will be chaired by Maria Walsh, business woman and former Rose of Tralee, on whether GE16 was a Breakthrough for Women, to analyse the impact of the gender quota and what can be achieved for women’s equality both inside and outside of the Oireachtas.

Admission is free, but registration is required via this link on the Eventbrite platform.

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.

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Emily Gallagher will run a weekly “just for fun” photo trail where you get instructions to hunt for specific snaps around the city centre. Afterwards the symbolic significance to the snaps will be shared. The overall theme is “Get a glimpse of directions you may wish your life to take and discover decisions you may desire to make.”

Meeting point is the Meeting House Square.

Participation in the photo trails is free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 0852725095

Dr. John A. McCullen was responsible for the management and conservation of the Phoenix Park for almost thirty years and he will talk about “Commemorative Trees in the Phoenix Park” and their stories.

Most of these significant tree plantings take place at Áras an Uachtaráin where dignitaries such as Queen Victoria, Barack Obama, Princess Grace and Queen Elizabeth II have planted trees.

Admission is free.

Marc Caball (UCD) will talk about “Reading the Americas: books on the new world in the libraries of Edward Stillingfleet and Narcissus Marsh” at this next event in the Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series 2015-16.

Admission is free.

This is a weekly workshop in the LexIcon Library that will build on the “Introduction to 3D printing” that runs fortnightly and introduces more technical tools for 3D modelling and highlights important preparations that should be considered when printing complex shapes.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.

“Sustainability as a model for musical form” is a lecture by composer Prof. Christopher Fox.

He will discuss two recent works, qui(nt)et and Topophony, and the ways in which they use acoustic phenomena as a means of creating large-scale musical forms.

Admission seems to be free.

“Éamonn Ceannt, The Piper: Cultural Politics in early 20th Century Ireland” is a bi-lingual talk about the history of the Dublin Pipers’ Club and Na Píobairí Uilleann and a performance of traditional airs and tunes by members of Na Píobairí Uilleann.

“Éamonn Ceannt was a skilled Uilleann Piper and founding member of the Dublin Pipers’ Club. The origins of the Dublin Pipers’ Club are tied up with the Literary Revival, which focused interest on all aspects of Irish culture including music. The National Literary Revival that began during the closing decade of the nineteenth century heralded the birth of the Gaelic League, the Feis Ceoil and the Dublin Pipers’ Club. Many members of the Pipers’ Club had dual membership of the Gaelic League and later of the Irish Volunteers.”

+ 03 March 2016 at 13:00 in Central Library. Book via 01-8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 07 March 2016 at 18:30 in Donaghmede Library. Book via 01-8482833 or donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 08 March 2016 at 18:30 in Raheny Library. Book via 01-8315521 or rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 09 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dolphin’s Barn Library. Book via 01-4540681 or dolphinsbarnlibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 10 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.

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 Circle Sessions is an “Open Mic” that provides an opportunity for up and coming musicians, spoken word artists, poets and comedians to perform.

Come to this weekly show to perform or to simply watch a great mix of music, poetry, spoken word and comedy.

Admission is free.

Every Monday the Woolshed Bar hosts “The Comedy Shed”, usually with 3 headline acts.

Admission is free.

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

Every Monday 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).

An Open Trad Music Session is taking place every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

Donal Kirk and Anto Drennan are playing music from Lowell George Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Free, Bad Company, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Bobby Bland, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Etta James, Elvis, Ry Cooder, Dobie Gray, Guy Clarke, early ZZ Top, Dave Edmunds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson.

Admission is free.

The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).

The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.

A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well! I had planned to include all free events, but there are sooo many (that’s a good thing!) that I wasn’t able to, so please please spend some time looking at the full programme via the link above.

Local Enterprise Week takes place from Monday until Friday (07-11 March) and it is exactly what it says in the name “LOCAL”. So there is no central event register, but every Local Enterprise Office does its own events etc. A lost opportunity some might say, but enterprise and enterprise support is VERY local-focused in Ireland.

A large amont of events take place over these 5 days (some free and some not free) and I won’t list them individually, instead I will give you a link to the event pages for the different localities:

Dublin City: www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
South Dublin: www.localenterprise.ie/SouthDublin/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
Fingal: www.localenterprise.ie/Fingal/Training-Events/Local-Enterprise-Week-7th-13th-March-2016/
Dun Laoghaire: www.localenterprise.ie/DLR/Training-Events/dlrLEW-2016/DLR-Enterprise-Week-2016.html

Ian Burnside will run a vocal & piano workshop at the RIAM. Admission is free, but booking is required.

“William Orpen (1878-1931) and WW I” with Donal Maguire, National Gallery of Ireland is part of a free lecture series throughout the month of March looking at the theme of war and revolution in art.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs on Tuesdays 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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

The 50th anniversary of the destruction of Nelson’s Pillar occurs on Tuesday and Dublin City Archives are inviting to a commemorative event with a talk by historian Donal Fallon, poetry reading by Alastair Smeaton and songs by Francis Devine.

Admission is free, but booking is required via dublinpubliclibraries@dublincity.ie

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.

Carnation Theatre present an hour-long performance about the dramatic role played by Cumann na mBan during the Easter Rising. The performance brings to life the characters of 1916 in a coherent, humanizing and entertaining way.

Picture a woman with a Red Cross flag in one hand and a White flag in the other, emerging from the door of a building in Moore Street. Meet Nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell, midwife at Holles Street Maternity Hospital. She is taking the offer of surrender to the British barricade on Moore Street. This is the starting point for the show. Other characters in it are Countess Markievicz, Louise Gavan-Duffy and Margaret Skinnider. All the time, the narrative of the story will move back in time, explaining, documenting and highlighting the connection between history, drama and even celebration.

The play will be performed three times:

+ 08 March – 12:00 in Ballyfermot Library. Booking required via 01-6269324 or ballyfermotlibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 09 March – 13:00 in the Central Library. Booking required via 01-8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 12 March – 16:00 in Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.

Admission is free.

A public consultation is taking place on developing options to manage flood risk in the Dublin area.

The preliminary options will be on display on the day and you are invited to make comments and share your opinions. For more information visit the project website www.eastcframstudy.ie

Admission is free.

Museum educator Holly Furlong will bring you on a tour in celebration of International Women’s Day, incorporating some of the prominent women featured in the new ‘Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising’ exhibition.

Admission is free an no booking required. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts.

The Blackrock Further Education Institute is inviting to an Arts Festival where they will be showcasing local and international art and creativity from talented students and collaborators. On their campus in the middle of Blackrock Village will be Film Screenings, Art exhibition, Interactive art workshops, Video screenings, a Capoeira performance and live music performed by solo songwriters, bands and the Frascati choir.

Guest Speaker is Solange Escosteguy, a Brazilian visual artist and cultural activist, who will open the Festival (www.solangeescosteguy.com)

Admission is free and light refreshments will be served throughout the festival.

A charity collection will take place during the afternoon with proceeds donated to charity Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland – www.sbhi.ie/

Do you have an idea but need some help figuring out where to get started or what creative technologies might help bring the idea to life? Maybe you just want to bounce your idea off someone else?

Drop in to the Dún Laoghaire LexIcon Lab where Creative Technology Curator, Dr. Jake Rowan Byrne, other “makers” and
members of the community will be there and keen to help out.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.

Introduction by Siobhan Nash-Marshall
Moderated by Enrica Maria Ferrara

Antonia Arslan is an Italian writer and academic of Armenian origins. Her first novel “La masseria delle allodole / Skylark Farm” was published in 2004. It tells of the attempts of the members of an Armenian family caught up in the Armenian Genocide to escape to Italy.

Siobhan Nash-Marshall (Professor of Philosophy, Manhattanville College) will introduce Antonia Arslan and moderator will be Enrica Maria Ferrara (Lecturer in Italian Literature and Culture at Trinity College Dublin).

Admission will be free, but registration via iicdublino@esteri.it is required.

“Éamonn Ceannt, The Piper: Cultural Politics in early 20th Century Ireland” is a bi-lingual talk about the history of the Dublin Pipers’ Club and Na Píobairí Uilleann and a performance of traditional airs and tunes by members of Na Píobairí Uilleann.

“Éamonn Ceannt was a skilled Uilleann Piper and founding member of the Dublin Pipers’ Club. The origins of the Dublin Pipers’ Club are tied up with the Literary Revival, which focused interest on all aspects of Irish culture including music. The National Literary Revival that began during the closing decade of the nineteenth century heralded the birth of the Gaelic League, the Feis Ceoil and the Dublin Pipers’ Club. Many members of the Pipers’ Club had dual membership of the Gaelic League and later of the Irish Volunteers.”

+ 03 March 2016 at 13:00 in Central Library. Book via 01-8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 07 March 2016 at 18:30 in Donaghmede Library. Book via 01-8482833 or donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 08 March 2016 at 18:30 in Raheny Library. Book via 01-8315521 or rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 09 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dolphin’s Barn Library. Book via 01-4540681 or dolphinsbarnlibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 10 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.

Admission is free.

A new weekly Board Games night is taking place in the Black Sheep Pub. Lots of games are available and you can also bring your own.

Admission is free.

Dr Kate O’Malley (Assistant Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) serie) will talk about “Learn the history of Pearse…a gem of young Ireland who roused an indomitable desire for armed revolution – The Irish Revolution and India”.

This lecture examines the impact of the Irish revolution on the Indian independence movement, addressing three discreet aspects; physical force nationalism, constitutional nationalism and Gandhian non-violence.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the link here.

The book “1916 Surrenders” will be launched. It has been compiled by Alex Findlater whose grandfather Captain Henry de Courcy-Wheeler took photos of the surrenders including the well-known photo of Pearse’s surrender to General Lowe.

He will be interviewed by Brian Dobson for an RTE programme which will be aired on 21 March at 19:00.

Admission is free.

Dr Brian Hanley presents a three part lecture series which will examine in detail the lead up to the Rising, what really happened over those momentous days and its impact on future generations.

The lectures are
+ On the eve: Dublin before the Rising
+ Thank God we have lived to see this day
+ Who fears to speak

And the three lectures take place on these three days in these libraries:

* Tuesdays at Central Library: 23 February, 01, 08 March at 13:00. Book via 01-8734333
* Wednesdays at Rathmines Library: 24 February, 02, 09 March at 18:30. Book via 01-4973539

“How the women helped: Uncovering the role of women in the Irish revolution, 1916 -1923” is a talk by Dr Marie Coleman on International Women’s Day.

Marie Coleman is Lecturer in Irish History at Queen’s University Belfast and author of the books “County Longford and the Irish Revolution, 1910-1923”, “The Irish Sweep: A History of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake, 1930-1987” and “The Irish Revolution, 1916-1923”.

Admission is free.

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.

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.

Live sessions with the Blue Moon Folk and Blues Collective are taking place every Tuesday at the Beerhouse. Admission is free.

The Workers Solidarity Movement in Jigsaw (formerly Seomra Spraoi) will discuss Hong Kong’s “Fishball Revolution”, which is a name used for the violent clashes between protesters and police that broke out just a month ago on 08 February, when Hong Kong police tried to close down unlicensed food stalls in the working class area Mong Kok. The conflict seems to be a lot deeper than just over a few food stalls that only planned to be open for 3 days anyway and appears to be rooted in the concern about the increasing hold China is taking of affairs on Hong Kong.

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.

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

Every week there is a free pub quiz in Sober Lane, the new-ish pub in Irishtown. There are lots of other weekly events happening there too, check them out here.

The Lounge Quintet plays this gig every Tuesday: Jazz Standards, Latin and Bebop. Often guest musicians and singers join them. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

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.

Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).

The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.

A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well! I had planned to include all free events, but there are sooo many (that’s a good thing!) that I wasn’t able to, so please please spend some time looking at the full programme via the link above.

Local Enterprise Week takes place from Monday until Friday (07-11 March) and it is exactly what it says in the name “LOCAL”. So there is no central event register, but every Local Enterprise Office does its own events etc. A lost opportunity some might say, but enterprise and enterprise support is VERY local-focused in Ireland.

A large amont of events take place over these 5 days (some free and some not free) and I won’t list them individually, instead I will give you a link to the event pages for the different localities:

Dublin City: www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
South Dublin: www.localenterprise.ie/SouthDublin/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
Fingal: www.localenterprise.ie/Fingal/Training-Events/Local-Enterprise-Week-7th-13th-March-2016/
Dun Laoghaire: www.localenterprise.ie/DLR/Training-Events/dlrLEW-2016/DLR-Enterprise-Week-2016.html

Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.

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.

It is Irish Language Week or Seachtain na Gaeilge (01-17 March) and the National Library is inviting to a talk in Irish about the involvement of NLI staff in 1916 with Gearoid O Luing (NLI historian).

Admission is free.

The Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) will hold a seminar entitled “An examination of tax shifting and harmful taxes” with Paul Sweeney from TASC (Think-tank for Action on Social Change).

There is a growing view that progressive taxes on personal and corporate incomes are “harmful,” that is, detrimental to growth and to employment. This “harmful taxes” view has developed into an intellectual argument to shift taxes from profits and incomes to consumption, based on a particular hierarchy of taxes.

This seminar will examine if taxes are indeed harmful or not. Find out more about the topic on the website below.

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

“Michael Adams, censorship and Catholic activism” is the next lecture by Dr Patrick Maume (Dictionary of Irish Biography, Royal Irish Academy) in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2015-16

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.

“Bildung and Spirit: An Important Counterpoint to Patient-Centredness” by Dr Geraldyn Hynes, School of Nursing, TCD is the next lecture in the Medical Humanities & Health Initiative Seminar Series 2015-16.

Admission is free.

Fourteen student poets and spoken word artists from eight colleges around Ireland will compete against each other at this Poetry Slam.

Spoken word artist Stephen Clare will also be the guest performer on the night.

Admission is free and no booking is required. It is a BYOB event.

Did you ever want to try your hand at programming a robot, controlling your house from your phone or simply flashing some lights? This workshop will give you taste of how inputs and outputs on small computers such as the Raspberry Pi and Arduino, can be used to create smart solutions to everyday problems.

Admission is free. but booking via the Eventbrite site here is required.

” St John Ambulance Brigade and Easter Week 1916″ is a talk by archivist Padraig Allen.

The St John Ambulance Brigade played a key role in helping the men and women injured in the 1916 Rising. Padraig Allen will outline how the 600 members of the Brigade who were on duty coped with the injured and dying rebels, civilians and British forces of Easter Week. Discover how the organisation operated across the city and how Brigade members mobilised the injured on motorised and horse drawn ambulances to various Dublin hospitals.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8344906 or finglaslibrary@dublincity.ie

Franco-Russian writer Andreï Makine left the Soviet Union at the age of 30 and moved to France as a political refugee, determined to make a living as a writer in French. In 1995 he won three major French literary prizes, the Goncourt, the Medici and the Goncourt des Lycéens. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde.

Makine will be interviewed by Jean-Philippe Imbert, Lecturer in DCU. The event will be in French.

Admission is free, but registration via email to rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with subject “Makine” is required.

“Éamonn Ceannt, The Piper: Cultural Politics in early 20th Century Ireland” is a bi-lingual talk about the history of the Dublin Pipers’ Club and Na Píobairí Uilleann and a performance of traditional airs and tunes by members of Na Píobairí Uilleann.

“Éamonn Ceannt was a skilled Uilleann Piper and founding member of the Dublin Pipers’ Club. The origins of the Dublin Pipers’ Club are tied up with the Literary Revival, which focused interest on all aspects of Irish culture including music. The National Literary Revival that began during the closing decade of the nineteenth century heralded the birth of the Gaelic League, the Feis Ceoil and the Dublin Pipers’ Club. Many members of the Pipers’ Club had dual membership of the Gaelic League and later of the Irish Volunteers.”

+ 03 March 2016 at 13:00 in Central Library. Book via 01-8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 07 March 2016 at 18:30 in Donaghmede Library. Book via 01-8482833 or donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 08 March 2016 at 18:30 in Raheny Library. Book via 01-8315521 or rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 09 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dolphin’s Barn Library. Book via 01-4540681 or dolphinsbarnlibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 10 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.

Admission is free.

An evening of Singing and Music during the Irish Language Week:

Bain taitneamh as Oíche Amhránaíocht agus Ceol . Tá fáilte roimh chách agus ní gá ait a chur in áirithe roimh ré. Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais déan teagmháil leis an leabharlann. (01-8315521)

Admission is free.

The next event in the RDS Library Speaker Series will be the lecture “Rebuilding Dublin After 1916” by Robin Mandal. Mandal is the outgoing President of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. In his talk he will show how Dublin was rebuilt in the aftermath of 1916 and the turbulent years which heralded the birth of Independent Ireland.

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

Vera Smyth presents an overview of important events, anniversaries and dates in the history of Russia with reference to prominent figures including famous writers, artists and composers.

Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01-4907035

This is a three part series about women and social justice in 1916. The series will reflect on women in the era of the 1916 Rising, how they lived and worked and what roles women played in society with topics to include living conditions in the tenements, the suffragettes and more.

Each event will feature a speaker and songs from the era performed by the An Góilín Singers Group. There will be an audience Q&A and the event will be recorded for broadcast on Near FM.

The dates and the presenters are:

+ 24 Feb: Ann Matthews, writer and historian
+ 02 Mar: Catriona Crowe, National Archives
+ 09 Mar: Rhona McCord, writer and historian

Admission is free, but booking is required. Contact Coolock Library via 01-8477781 or coolocklibrary@dublincity.ie

This is an open mic night every Wednesday. Arrive, sign up and play. Admission is free.

Dr Brian Hanley presents a three part lecture series which will examine in detail the lead up to the Rising, what really happened over those momentous days and its impact on future generations.

The lectures are
+ On the eve: Dublin before the Rising
+ Thank God we have lived to see this day
+ Who fears to speak

And the three lectures take place on these three days in these libraries:

* Tuesdays at Central Library: 23 February, 01, 08 March at 13:00. Book via 01-8734333
* Wednesdays at Rathmines Library: 24 February, 02, 09 March at 18:30. Book via 01-4973539

The lecture “Education under Occupation: Reflections from Al Quds University” by Dr Brendan Browne of the Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin, is organised by Academics for Palestine.

Al Quds University is the only Palestinian university in occupied East Jerusalem and a mix of local and international academic staff are providing third level education to Palestinian students (and international students) from within Jerusalem and across the West Bank.

Dr Brendan Browne was employed at the university and will provide an insight into life on campus with a focus on the daily challenges staff and students experience in trying to safeguard their right to education.

Admission is free.

Feminist & climate-change activist Jess Spear will be in Dublin at a this International Women’s Day event. She will talk about the fights for reproductive justice, for a $15 minimum salary, Bernie Sanders campaign and other US issues.

There will also be talks about the history of the Interntational Women’s Day and also the fight to repeal the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution.

Admission seems to be free.

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 Howth Gun Running” is a talk by Pat Murphy. He outlines the part played by Erskine and Molly Childers yacht ASGARD in landing the arms and ammunition for the Irish Volunteers in Howth in July 1914 and a week later the second part of the consignment being landed on the beach at Kilcoole in Co. Wicklow using Conor O’Brien’s yacht Kelpie, Sir Thomas Myles yacht Chotah and the McLoughlin’s boat Nugget from Howth.

Admission is free.

The Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Catch a Fire are a Wailers Tribute, playing Reggae.

“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.

Los Paradiso are playing Rockabilly, Tex Mex, Western Swing, Surf in the Leeson Lounge. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

The Jazz Pigs with a classic multi-brass front line play a mix of Lounge, lively sixties Jazz and driving Funk. Every Wednesday downstairs in 4 Dame Lane. 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).

The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).

The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.

A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well! I had planned to include all free events, but there are sooo many (that’s a good thing!) that I wasn’t able to, so please please spend some time looking at the full programme via the link above.

Local Enterprise Week takes place from Monday until Friday (07-11 March) and it is exactly what it says in the name “LOCAL”. So there is no central event register, but every Local Enterprise Office does its own events etc. A lost opportunity some might say, but enterprise and enterprise support is VERY local-focused in Ireland.

A large amont of events take place over these 5 days (some free and some not free) and I won’t list them individually, instead I will give you a link to the event pages for the different localities:

Dublin City: www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
South Dublin: www.localenterprise.ie/SouthDublin/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
Fingal: www.localenterprise.ie/Fingal/Training-Events/Local-Enterprise-Week-7th-13th-March-2016/
Dun Laoghaire: www.localenterprise.ie/DLR/Training-Events/dlrLEW-2016/DLR-Enterprise-Week-2016.html

Every Thursday a free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome. Ring 01-6770095 for more information and to check if the tour is going ahead.

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 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 next talk in the “Political & Social Life In Dublin In 1916 Series” of Lunchtime Talks is “Women in work, trade unions and the Irish Citizens Army” with Mary Muldowney.

This talk will give an overview of the activities and ideas of the women of the Irish Citizens Army in 1913-1916 as they challenged the restrictions placed on them because of class and gender. Many of the ICA’s female members, who were accepted as equals by their male comrades, were experienced activists and came from a range of backgrounds including trade unionism, suffragism and nationalist politics. Of the 220 ICA members who took part in the Easter Rising, 28 were women.

Admission is free.

The Music Library in the Central Library invites to a talk and recital about two of Russia’s greatest composers “The lives and works of Prokofiev and Shostakovich”. Olga Lopala and Katerina Speranskaya present this talk and recital.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 8734333 or musiclibrary@dublincity.ie

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Spend an afternoon the German way, with “Kaffee und Kuchen”(coffee & cake) and conversation in German at the cafeteria of the Goethe-Institut. Kaffeklatsch will take place every second Thursday of each month.

Admission is free and you are welcome even if your German is a bit rusty.

This is a public tour of the exhibition “WWI Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience” in 2-3 Kildare Street. The tour will take place in the second Thursday of each month during 2016 and it will show case material from the library’s collections and will focus on the Irish experience of this total war.

Admissionis free and booking is not required, but places are limited.

Artist Hong-An Truong discusses a range of projects that draws on the life and work of writer Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking (1998), which brought international attention to the military atrocities committed by Japan against China during World War II.

Hong-An Truong is an artist based in New York and North Carolina and in 2015 she was an artist-in-residence at IMMA.

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

A weekly Forro Night (Brazilian Dance) with a Forro Live Band takes place in the D-One Bar & Brazilian Grill every Thursday.

Admission is free.

A series of 8 free life drawing workshops on Thursdays from 21 Jan until 10 March takes place in the National Gallery.

The workshops are suitable for adults and teens and will explore aspects of life drawing. They will be led by artist Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire.

Admission is free and no booking required, but there is a limited number of places and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

FIELD TEST is the newest exhibition at the Science Gallery. It is curated by the Centre for Genomic Gastronomy, that explores radical adventures in the future of farming. And at the event you can meet the scientists, farmers, designers and inventors breaking ground on the farm of tomorrow with new technologies, species and systems.

How will the future farms look like? What species will they farm? What technologies will they use?

Admission is free, but registration is required via rsvp@sciencegallery.com

On Thursdays from 18:00-20:00, the Little Museum of Dublin waives all admission charges thanks to sponsor Guinness.

Visit the museum and find out lots more about Dublin.

Perennial is an exhibition that showcases a variety of new work from eight emerging Dublin based visual artists. They use Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Video and installation to express their art.

The exhibition runs from 10-13 March and is open from 12:00-18:00 every day. On Thursday evening a preview will take place and some drinks will be available at that.

Admission is free.

The next film in the Film Series “CineCafe Club” is “Loreak (flores)”, a basque film in basque language with English subtitles, about three women and the arrival of mysterious weekly flower bouquets.

Admission is free.

“Michael O’Hanrahan: The Life and Times of an Irish Volunteer” is a talk by historian Conor Kostick.

“From a staunchly Republican family, Michael O’Hanrahan’s outwardly quiet and serious demeanour concealed a burning desire to see an independent Ireland. He was instrumental in setting up the first branch of the Gaelic League in Carlow. After moving to Dublin, he played important roles in both Sinn Fein and the Irish Volunteers. As quartermaster of the Volunteers, he was responsible for the procurement of many of the arms used in the Easter Rising.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8315521 or rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie

“Reviewing the Rising: Workshop on historical sources” is a hands-on workshops with historian Cecelia Hartsell, looking at the range of primary sources for the 1916 Rising.

Find out how to read and use a historical document and what it can tell us. Each workshop will begin with a lecture on the 1916 Rising by a historian.

+ 10 March at 18:30 in Ballyfermot Library. Lecture by Lorcan Collins. Booking via 01-6269324 or ballyfermotlibrary@dublincity.ie

Admission is free.

The lecture “Courting Favour & The Court of Criminal Appeal” with Sinead McCoole (Historian and Curator) will reflect on the life of the Irish born artist Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) who painted High Treason. It will cover his evolution from orphan to wealthy society painter and will explore the reasons for why he painted this work at the height of his fame.

Admission is free.

“Éamonn Ceannt, The Piper: Cultural Politics in early 20th Century Ireland” is a bi-lingual talk about the history of the Dublin Pipers’ Club and Na Píobairí Uilleann and a performance of traditional airs and tunes by members of Na Píobairí Uilleann.

“Éamonn Ceannt was a skilled Uilleann Piper and founding member of the Dublin Pipers’ Club. The origins of the Dublin Pipers’ Club are tied up with the Literary Revival, which focused interest on all aspects of Irish culture including music. The National Literary Revival that began during the closing decade of the nineteenth century heralded the birth of the Gaelic League, the Feis Ceoil and the Dublin Pipers’ Club. Many members of the Pipers’ Club had dual membership of the Gaelic League and later of the Irish Volunteers.”

+ 03 March 2016 at 13:00 in Central Library. Book via 01-8734333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 07 March 2016 at 18:30 in Donaghmede Library. Book via 01-8482833 or donaghmedelibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 08 March 2016 at 18:30 in Raheny Library. Book via 01-8315521 or rahenylibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 09 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dolphin’s Barn Library. Book via 01-4540681 or dolphinsbarnlibrary@dublincity.ie
+ 10 March 2016 at 18:30 in Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.

Admission is free.

“Reviewing the Rising: workshop on historical sources” is a series of hands-on workshops with historian Cecelia Hartsell, looking at the range of primary sources for the 1916 Rising. Find out how to read and use a historical document and what it can tell us. Each workshop will begin with a lecture on the 1916 Rising by a historian of the era (or should that maybe read “a historian of the area”???).

+ 20 February (14:00-16:30) at Rathmines Library. Lecture by Shane Kenna. Booking required via 01-4973539
+ 27 February (10:15-13:00) at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. No booking required.
+ 10 March (18:30-20:30)at Ballyfermot Library. Lecture by Lorcan Collins Booking required via 01-6269324

Admission is free.

“Wooden Lives” with Architect Maria Kiernan FRIAI, Director RICF (Russian Irish Cultural Foundation) is a free talk about the speaker’s journey to study the wooden architecture of Northern Russia, a journey that also allowed her to gain an in-depth knowledge of the people of the region, who live almost entirely self-sufficient lives in the middle of the Taiga forest.

This talk is part of the Festival of Russian Culture.

“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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

Brian Hughes will talk about Michael Mallin, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising.

In 1966 Dun Laoghaire Railway station was renamed Mallin Station in honour of Michael Mallin and in this talk Brian Hughes (author of Michael Mallin: 16 Lives) will tell the story of this former British soldier, who commanded the garrison of rebels in St Stephen’s Green and the College of Surgeons during Easter Week. He was Chief of Staff and second-in-command to James Connolly in the Irish Citizen Army.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Bitches Brew is an annual musical event in aid of White Ribbon Ireland to celebrate and raise awareness of International Women’s Day.

The event is showcasing and celebrating women in music and also raising funds. White Ribbon is the world’s largest male-led movement to end men’s violence against women.

Funds will be raised through a suggested donation at the door.

The line-up is: Fox E & The Good Hands, Spines, Buzz Cagney, Sarah Red, Queeva, Brona Keogh, Farah Elle, Laura Anne Brady.

Every Thursday, the Xchange invites to a Language Exchange (19:00-20:30). Admission is free.

Donal Magner, author, forester and journalist charts the history of trees and woodlands in Irish poetry from the medieval epic Buile Suibhne to contemporary works. More recent poetry includes the real and imagined trees and forests of Patrick Kavanagh and Eavan Boland, while Seamus Heaney was inspired by Glenmore and the Devil’s Glen Wood where he reconnected with Buile Suibhne.

Admission is free.

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 Oxfam Music Festival is a fundraiser for Oxfam. Funds are raised through donations not through admission charges, which is a great approach.

The line-up at the gig in The Mezz is Echoes from Mars, The Rattle-shakes, Audio-R, The Dublin City Rounders, Late City Edition, Jem Mitchell and more.

Admission is free.

A new weekly Table Quiz takes place in the Grand Social. Every Thursdayteams of 4 people (or at least 2 people) will compete against each other over questions from the areas of General Knowledge, Music, Film, Sports & Entertainment.

Admission is free.

Bluegrass and Blues band The Whipper Wills will perform in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Every Thursday 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.

A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.

There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)

Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

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

A weekly Trad Music Night is taking place in McLoughlin’s in Dun Laoghaire. It is an acoustic night and all musicians are welcome. Admission is free.

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

The Woolshed Karaoke is happening every Thursday from 21:30. Anyone can participate! Admission is free.

The Five Lamps Arts Festival is a creative arts festival in the North Inner City that is packed with events and many of them are free events. With a wide variety and of events, it is one of the most popular arts festivals in Dublin. It has its name from the area where it is initiated in: The Five Lamps is a street lamp with – you guessed it! – 5 lamps and it is located on Amiens Street not too far from Connelly Station at a junction with four other streets (North Strand Road, Portland Row, Seville Place and Killarney Street).

The full programme is here www.fivelampsarts.ie/new/2016-festival-programme/ Unfortuantely there is no PDF version of the programme.

A number of free events are in the daily listings, but have a look at the full programme as well! I had planned to include all free events, but there are sooo many (that’s a good thing!) that I wasn’t able to, so please please spend some time looking at the full programme via the link above.

Local Enterprise Week takes place from Monday until Friday (07-11 March) and it is exactly what it says in the name “LOCAL”. So there is no central event register, but every Local Enterprise Office does its own events etc. A lost opportunity some might say, but enterprise and enterprise support is VERY local-focused in Ireland.

A large amont of events take place over these 5 days (some free and some not free) and I won’t list them individually, instead I will give you a link to the event pages for the different localities:

Dublin City: www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
South Dublin: www.localenterprise.ie/SouthDublin/Training-Events/Enterprise-Week-2016/
Fingal: www.localenterprise.ie/Fingal/Training-Events/Local-Enterprise-Week-7th-13th-March-2016/
Dun Laoghaire: www.localenterprise.ie/DLR/Training-Events/dlrLEW-2016/DLR-Enterprise-Week-2016.html

“The Meaning of the Holy Icons in the Orthodox Church” with Fr Nikolay Ozolin (Professor of Orthodox Iconography, Paris, Institute of Theology) is a free talk that is part of the Festival of Russian Culture.

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 exhibition “Field Test – Radical Adventures in Future Farming” (11 Mar – 05 Jun 2016) in the Science Gallery is exploring how farms will look like in the future and what new developments will change farming so that we can deal with the global food challenges.

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, FIELD TEST is suitable for all ages with a particular focus on the age group up to 16. At the time of writing this, the exhibition is not yet open and I haven’t seen the final list/description of the exhibits, but I would imagine that with a bit of further explanation, even younger kids will understand most of it.

When you go to see the exhibition, get help from the Science Gallery mediators! They are helpers (usually students or graduates) that know the whole exhibition inside out and are very happy to help with a lot more information than the little labels at the exhibits can provide. Use their excellent service!

The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.
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.

Pedigree and Whiskas have teamed up to bring “PawsitiveLiving” to Dublin. It is an event for pet owners and pet lovers and suitable for the whole family.

There will be snacks for pets and owners and other visitors. The ISPCA will have pets there that are looking for a home and pet vet, pet groomers and pet experts will provide their services.

The event will run from Friday until Sunday with opening hours of 12:30-14:30 on Friday and 12:00-16:00 on Saturday and Sunday.

The DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama presents “A Terrible Beauty – Echoes of Easter 1916” and event with readings, songs and poetry exploring the role of women in 1916. The performance is directed by Mary Moynihan and will feature First-Year Students of the BA in Drama (Performance). There will be two performances on Friday, the first one at 13:00 and the second one at 19:00.

The production places a special focus on remembering and acknowledging the role that women played in 1916, particularly as revolutionaries and insurgents fighting on an equal basis with their male counterparts.

Admission is free, but booking is required via this Eventbrite link.

The newest Science Gallery exhibition is “Field Test: Radical Adventures in Future Farming” and at this event the artists and contributors will present their work in short talks. What will the farms of tomorrow look like? What new technologies, species and systems will they use?

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

“Interesting Times: New Directions for Academic Libraries” is a lunchtime lecture with John Cox, University Librarian, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Admission is free.

How well do you think you know French? Play with words at the Alliance Francaise and listen to Prof. Bernard Cerquiglini’s explanations. Cerquiglini is one of France’s most distinguished and popular linguists. Beside his academic career he also presents the iconic short program called Merci professeur! on TV5, the French-language global television network.

Admission is free, but booking is required via rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with subject “Cerquiglini”

Join Oron Catts (Artist and Researcher in biological arts), Austin Stewart (Artist) and Emily Robyn Archer (Environmental Artist and Educator) for an evening discussion on how their work relates to environmental, agricultural, and biological activism. This event is part of the TCD Students’ Union Activism Festival.

What role do arts play in activism? How are artists contributing to contemporary debates on everything from climate change to land use?

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

Books Ireland is Ireland’s only magazine devoted to reviewing and assessing Irish-published, Irish-authored and Irish-interest books. They are celebrating their 40th birthday during the Mountain to Sea Festival in Dun Laoghaire with some refreshments and you are invited.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“Post Colony” is an exhibition in the National Botanic Gardens until 13 March and on Friday a screening and launch event of the artist’s publication ‘Post Colony’ will take place. Gareth Kennedy is the author of the book and it includes an interview with Matthew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens.

The DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama presents “A Terrible Beauty – Echoes of Easter 1916” and event with readings, songs and poetry exploring the role of women in 1916. The performance is directed by Mary Moynihan and will feature First-Year Students of the BA in Drama (Performance). There will be two performances on Friday, the first one at 13:00 and the second one at 19:00.

The production places a special focus on remembering and acknowledging the role that women played in 1916, particularly as revolutionaries and insurgents fighting on an equal basis with their male counterparts.

Admission is free, but booking is required via this Eventbrite link.

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.

Amazing Apples are a 5-piece Indie/Folk band from Galway and they are performing in the Harbour Bar,

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.

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live. followed by DJs until late. Admission is free.

Cover Band “Million Days” will play pop and rock.

Admission is free.

“Gavin Povey and The Fabulous Oke She Moke She Pops” will play New Orleans style Piano Rhythm & Blues, Boogie Woogie and Rock’n’ Roll.

Gavin Povey has played piano with Van Morrison, Finbar Wright, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Cropper, Shakin’ Stevens and many more.

This gig will take place on 04+11+18 March and 01 April.

Admission is free.

The line-up at this State Magazine Faces Gig Night at midnight is: Beach, Slow Motion Heroes, Tuath.

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