This lecture will be about “Frederic William Burton’s ‘The Meeting on the Turret Stairs'” with Dr Kathryn Milligan, National Gallery of Ireland. It is part of a free lecture series throughout the month of April looking at artist Frederic William Burton, who was born this month 200 years ago.

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.

The Franco-Irish Literary Festival will take place from 08-10 April at the Alliance Francaise (Fri+Sun) and for the main event at Dublin Castle on Saturday.

Organised by the Alliance Française and the French Embassy, 14 writers from France and Ireland will reflect on the theme “Food for thought / Les mots à la bouche / Lón anama” during panel discussions, interviews, readings and the Sunday literary brunch. Admission is free and details can be found on www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com/

The special performance “Boire pour me souvenir” with Emmanuel Giraud will open the event on Friday at the Alliance Française.

Admission is free, but booking is required via an e-mail to cweld@alliance-francaise.ie with subject “Boire pur me souvenir”.

Showcasing original contemporary Irish and Japanese music, Ongaku features Paul Roe on clarinet and Aileen Cahill on piano.

This performance will demonstrate the similarities between two ancient traditions. Works from composers such as Amanda Feery, Jane O’Leary, Ken Edge, Linda Buckley, Grainne Mulvey and Toru Takemitsu will be presented.

Admission is free. The concert will take place in the McCann Hall.

Rock band Scythian are playing a gig in Whelan’s.

Admission is free,

Youth wings from Fine Gael, Labour, Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein and Republican Sinn Fein will debate the future of the Irish Republic. The Young Ireland Forum has been established with the hope of finding a common mindset regarding issues relevant to the Republic.

The questions that will be discussed are:
+ The National Question: Is there a National question a anymore?
+ If we achieve a United Ireland how do we govern it?
+ What does Irish Democracy and Sovereignty mean in the current E.U?
+ Is Irish neutrality possible in the current E.U?
+ Irish Identity in the E.U, Is uncontrolled immigration good for our country?

Admission is free.

The Doors Tribute Band “The Back Doors” will be in the Harbour Gar for a gig.

Admission is free.

The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00 and also on Thursdays from 20:00

The line-up this weekend is:
+ Fr 08 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Sat 09 Apr: Mia Parsons & Charlie Moon
+ Sun 10 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Thu 14 Apr: Edel Meade & Scott Flanigan

Admission is free.

The Dublin Circus Festival is inviting to a Fire Show at Trinity College this Friday. Every year it is their main public event and an opening event to the festival. Admission is free and everybody is invited.

The Dublin Circus Festival will take place from 08-10 April in the Larkin Community Centre. There will be loads of workshops, performances and social networking. Weekend passes are EUR 25 and day passes are also 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.

Hard Core Blues Band with the outstanding blues musicians Ed Deane, Noel Bridgeman, John Quearney & Richie Buckley will perform in the Patriot’s Inn.

Admission is free.

The Dublin City Rounders are playing a gig in Mother Reilly’s.

Admission is free.

Classic Rock band Slipstream will play a gig in the Tivoli Backstage pub.

Admission is free.

Party Band Vegas Hustle will be in the Mezz for a midnight gig.Admission is free.

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.

Burrito restaurant Boojum are still looking for employees for their new restaurant in Abbey Street. If you are interested in working with them Front of House or kitchen, then pack your CV and to to this Recruitment Day.

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.

The Franco-Irish Literary Festival will take place from 08-10 April at the Alliance Francaise (Fri+Sun) and for the main event at Dublin Castle on Saturday.

Organised by the Alliance Française and the French Embassy, 14 writers from France and Ireland will reflect on the theme “Food for thought / Les mots à la bouche / Lón anama” during panel discussions, interviews, readings and the Sunday literary brunch. Admission is free and details can be found on www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com/

The main event will be on Saturday and it will take place in Dublin Castle (in Castle Hall of the Dublin Castle Conference Centre). From 10:15 until 18:15 there will be panel discussions, a live performance (16:00-17:00) and readings (17:15-18:15).

Admission to the event is free and is on first come, first served basis.

Join Dr. Patrick Roycroft to discover Ireland’s mineral heritage: past, present and future.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 6486316

Discover the beautiful restored Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden and learn about growing your own fruit and vegetables, herbs and lots more. Meet OPW professional gardeners Brian and Meeda at the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden. They have lots of advice to plan your perfect garden for the Spring/Summer 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 every month.

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.

A free Felt Making Workshop will take place on Saturday. The website talks about “Saturday 10th April”, but it is more likely that they got the day right but the date wrong. However, to be certain, you can ring 01-6770095.

An Intercultural Tour in Mandarin Language with Community Ambassador Vicky Wang will take place on Saturday. Admission is free.

The Loughlinstown, Ballybrack and Shanganagh Men’s Shed will paint a 1916 themed mural in their premises highlighting the local connection between the area and the 1916 Rising by incorporating images of the four volunteers killed in the Rising who are buried in Deansgrange Cemetery.

The mural will be open to the public and the launch will be accompanied by traditional music, poetry and drama.

Admission is free.

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.

A brand new market is taking place the first time this Saturday. It is called “The Fabulous Market” and will be in the Goerge Bar in South Great George’s Street.

You will find all sorts of art and crafts at this market…and our friends from www.Paperbear.ie are there as well to sell their great greeting cards. Have a look at their 1916 card! So well done!

Admission is free.

Join artists Sven Anderson and Kathryn Maguire to explore how we experience and witness history and our everyday lives through sounds and materials.

Kathryn Maguire looks at a variety of materials, including sand, limestone,wood, plastic and much more. In this workshop you will consider the use of materials and their relationship to humans – past, present and future.

In Sven Anderson’s workshop, you will interact with radios and transmitters located around the gallery, to create and overlap live recordings with radio station transmissions and static. How can we become more aware of the sounds in our environment? What happens when other sounds, such as radio or static, interfere with that soundscape? And how can we manipulate or adjust the sounds around us?

As part of the MusicTown festival in Dublin, Hard Working Class Heroes and First Music Contact are showcasing Dublin as a thriving live music city with the “Dublin Live Music Trail” on Saturday and Sunday.

Acoustic performances will pop up all over the City and the schedule is below:

12:00 AikJ – Lighthouse Cinema
12:30 Bad Sea – Generator Hostel
13:00 Ailbhe Reddy – Urbanity Cafe
13:30 We Raise Bears – The Church
14:00 Nocturnes – Grand Social
14:30 Fergal O’Connor – Winding Stair Bookshop
15:00 Pine The Pilcrow – ILAC Centre
15:30 Atlas Moon – GPO
16:00 Me Auld Flower – Hugh Lane Gallery
16:30 Third Smoke – Tourist Info O’Connell Street

Admission is free.

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

From Farm Cyborgs (for example a Virtual Reality environment for chicken so that they can think they are free range), via odd, unique and forward looking foods (e.g. insects for improving your protein intake); growth houses for your home; very different seeds (e.g. beans that taste like beef) to the “LOCI Food Lab” (outside near the entrance to the Science Gallery) where you can get a customised snack, the exhibition has a lot of interesting exhibits that revealing, intriguing or surprising.

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, FIELD TEST is suitable for all ages with a particular focus on the age group of 15-25, but I would say that chilren from 10 years of age can understand the whole exhibition if they get some additional explanations and there are even some exhibits that would work for younger children.

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 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.

A celebration of Japan will take place: ‘Hello Japan’ is a talk with Yuichi Yamada and Rakugo is Japanese storytelling with Dr Till Weingärtner.

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 Bernard Shaw Flea Market is a weekly market (every Saturday) with approx 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.

Explore the Library’s rich architectural history and heritage. The tour begins in the main hall of the Library and will include an introduction to the Signatories exhibition (a selected display of key items relating to the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation). The tour also includes a visit to the Library’s iconic reading room.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

“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

Recreate.ie invites children to this “Create a Musical Instrument” workshop. Get creative and make your own musical instrument with reusable materials. Recreate artists will guide you through the making process.

Suitable for ages 2-10. Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

OFFSET, the conference for the design and creative industry, and Homebeat have teamed up to produce OFFBEAT, an outdoor music event at the Amphitheatre at Wood Quay (between Dublin City Offices and Christ Church).

There will be activities for the whole family family and a programme of live music.

The music line-up is Mossy Nolan, Orchid Collective, Ben Bix & FEATHER and Arjo Arkestra.

There will also be pop-up performances in Scout and Tamp & Stitch from Erin Fornoff, John Cummins, Sive and OutStraight.

The weather forecast unfortunately doesn’t look good and the Amphitheatre is quite exposed, so maybe watch the Facebook Page in case the plans have to get changed.

“History on screen: A Terrible Beauty” is the screening of the docu-drama “A Terrible Beauty”, which is set during Easter Week 1916. Using archival sources, historical footage, “character” interviews and interviews with relatives, this film focuses on the battle of Mount Street Bridge and the fighting around the Four Courts, including the killing of civilians in North King Street.

Followed by a Q&A with the film makers Dave and Colin Farrell of Tile Media who will discuss the making of A Terrible Beauty and the challenges of making historical documentaries.

There will be a number of screenings in different libraries in Dublin:

+ Sat 09 April at 14:00: Walkinstown Library. Booking required via 01-4558159
+ Wed 13 April at 14:30: Charleville Mall Library. No booking required. First come, first served basis.

Admission is free.

“Amazing Adventures!” is the theme of this week’s Family Workshop on Saturday (with Niamh Aherne).

It encourages families to enjoy creating and learning together as you explore the National Gallery collection and exhibitions through drawing, crafts and storytelling. All materials are provided. The workshops are for families with children aged 4-10.

Admission is free and no booking required. Check the website below for all other details.

FREE EVENT. SPACES LIMITED. BOOKING REQUIRED FROM WWW.CMC.IE. OR 01-673 1922
This is a public panel discussion about the role of the composer in contemporary concert programming. The event is organized by Dublin Sound Lab in association with the Contemporary Music Centre as part of the “Music Current 2016” festival.

Music Current festival composers (Gráinne Mulvey, Ann Cleare, Jennifer Walshe, Fergal Dowling) and festival participants, invited guest speakers, broadcasters, critics, musicologists and electronic music practitioners discuss “issues surrounding production, dissemination and reception of electronic music in current concert programming.” Moderated by Evonne Ferguson, director of CMC.

Admission is free.

This workshop builds on the basic introduction workshop (running on alternative Monday evenings) and introduces more technical tools for 3D modelling.

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

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.

The Burning Effigies are influenced by a mixture of 60s & 70s New Orleans funk, Motown with additional inspiration from African artists such as Fela Kuti, Franco Le and various West African highlife artists.

Admission is free.

The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00 and also on Thursdays from 20:00

The line-up this weekend is:
+ Fr 08 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Sat 09 Apr: Mia Parsons & Charlie Moon
+ Sun 10 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Thu 14 Apr: Edel Meade & Scott Flanigan

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.

The French-Irish Sacreblues band is launching their debut album this Saturday and you are invited. The band plays a mix of Swing and Country.

Admission is free.

Kate’s Party and Kevyn will perform in the Midnight Hour in Whelan’s. admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list via the website.

Surf & Drag music band will be in the Mezz for a gig.

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.

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.

Join author and Botanic Gardens Head Guide Glynn Anderson for a guided bird walk, uncovering the rich bird life of the Gardens. Bring binoculars to take a closer look if you have them.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 8040319 or botanicgardens@opw.ie

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.

This is a walk and talk event for adults and is part of the dlr biodiversity programme.

You will learn everything you need to know about hedges from choosing the best ones for wildlife to pruning and maintenance. We will take a good look at the importance role hedges provide as wildlife habitats and the beauty they can add to our gardens.

Admission is free and no booking required. Meeting point is beside the car park notice board.

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.

The Drumcondra Village Market is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. There will be Food Stalls, Flea Market, Vintage Clothing, Arts&Crafts and a Pop-Up Record Store.

Admission is free.

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 Franco-Irish Literary Festival will take place from 08-10 April at the Alliance Francaise (Fri+Sun) and for the main event at Dublin Castle on Saturday.

Organised by the Alliance Française and the French Embassy, 14 writers from France and Ireland will reflect on the theme “Food for thought / Les mots à la bouche / Lón anama” during panel discussions, interviews, readings and the Sunday literary brunch. Admission is free and details can be found on www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com/

The Literary Brunch in the Alliance Francaise on Sunday will close the Literary Festival and again admissionis free (first come, first served).

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.

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 Great Ireland Run, a 5k and 10k run in Phoenix Park, will take place this Sunday. Registration is closed and it wasn’t free anyway, but cheering on the runners is free. In addiiton it is important to know that large parts of Phoenix Park will be closed for traffic.

More than 6000 runners will take part. There are a number of bands on the course, but seemingly none at the Start or Finish line. Find more details via the link 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.

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.

As part of the MusicTown festival in Dublin, Hard Working Class Heroes and First Music Contact are showcasing Dublin as a thriving live music city with the “Dublin Live Music Trail” on Saturday and Sunday.

Acoustic performances will pop up all over the City and the schedule is below:

12:00:00 Participant – Gutter Bookshop
12:30:00 Frankenstein Bolts – Dublin Ink
13:00:00 Stay Gold – Crackbird
13:30:00 The Fontaines – Oxfam Georges Street
14:00:00 Comrade Hat – Honest to Goodness
14:30:00 Cult Called Man – Tourist Information Office Suffolk st
15:00:00 inni-k – Irish Design Shop
15:30:00 Exploding Eyes – Berlin Cafe
16:00:00 We, The Oceanographers – Urban Picnic
16:30:00 Moossmann – Powerscourt Centre

Admission is free.

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

From Farm Cyborgs (for example a Virtual Reality environment for chicken so that they can think they are free range), via odd, unique and forward looking foods (e.g. insects for improving your protein intake); growth houses for your home; very different seeds (e.g. beans that taste like beef) to the “LOCI Food Lab” (outside near the entrance to the Science Gallery) where you can get a customised snack, the exhibition has a lot of interesting exhibits that revealing, intriguing or surprising.

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, FIELD TEST is suitable for all ages with a particular focus on the age group of 15-25, but I would say that chilren from 10 years of age can understand the whole exhibition if they get some additional explanations and there are even some exhibits that would work for younger children.

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.

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 two choirs “Lassus Scholars” & “Piccolo Lasso” will perform irish songs from the last century in several locations around Dublin.

The schedule is

Jervis Street Shopping Centre 12:00-12:10
Wolftone Square 12:15-12:25
Barnardos Square 12:35-12:45
Dame Court 13:30-13:40
George’s Street Arcade 13:45-13:55
Grafton Street 14:05-14:15
St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre 14:20-14:30

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 Mihkel Poll on piano.

As part of the 1916-2016 Centenary Commemorations, a free tour will take at Arbour Hill Cemetery every Sunday at 14:00. (from March until end of October).

No booking necessary. The meeting point is at the 1916 Memorial Wall towards the back of the cemetery.

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.

An Intercultural Tour in Japanese Language with Community Ambassador Hiromi Anzai will take place on Sunday.

Admission is free.

Come to the Family Drawing every Sunday 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.

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

The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00 and also on Thursdays from 20:00

The line-up this weekend is:
+ Fr 08 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Sat 09 Apr: Mia Parsons & Charlie Moon
+ Sun 10 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Thu 14 Apr: Edel Meade & Scott Flanigan

Admission is free.

Hands on History is a Drop-in activity where you have a chance to explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum educators. Suitable for all ages.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Sean Nós composer and singer Lorcán Mac Mathúna takes inspirations from the texts and artefacts of the Chester Beatty’s Eastern catalogue, to reveal stories of the ancient Irish cycles of Collmcille, An Táin, and the Battle of Contarf in musical form.

Performers are Lorcán Mac Mathúna (voice); Daire Bracken (fiddle); Seán Mac Erlaine (bass clarinet).

Admission is free.

“James Stephens and the Irish Revival” with Professor Declan Kiberd (University of Notre Dame) is the Sunday lecture in the National Conert Hall.

It is part of a free lecture series throughout April about the theme of ‘Visualising Commemoration’, in association with the current exhibition “James Stephens, the National Gallery of Ireland and the 1916 Rising”.

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.

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.

There is definitely a “board game revival” happening in Dublin! Jump on the train and (re-)discover the enjoyment that playing board games with like minded people is.

“Game Night” is a monthly event (organised by Alt Events) and admission is free.

You can bring your own board game to play with others or play one of the many many board games that ALT Events have available.

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.

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

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 Tiny Quartet will play instrumental Jazz/Pop Covers.

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 with live music (Rockabilly) and DJs. 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 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.

Pete Pamf is back in the Mezz for a gig on Sunday at 23:00.

Admission is free.

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting Trinity Week this year and the theme for this week-long programme (Mon-Fri) of talks and other events in 2016 is “Memory”.

We (the public) are explicitly invited to Trinity Week, so check out the programme. All events are free, but some require booking. I will list the key events in this Dublin Event Guide and will mark them with “Trinity Week”, but there are more events, so have a look here:

The full programme is on the website below and the downloadable brochure can be found here: www.tcd.ie/trinityweek/assets/documents/TrinityWeek16-brochure.pdf

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.

A Memorial Discourse by Professor Anne Dolan, F.T.C.D., will discuss “Patrick Pearse (1879-1916)”. This event is part of Trinity Week and 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.

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This is a conversation between actress/creator Aisling O’Mara and director Louise Lowe about the history, research and making of the currently touring theatre production “REBEL REBEL”, which is based on documents and testimonies of actors Helena Moloney and Seán Connolly who abandoned a matinee of Yeats’s Kathleen Ní Houlihan at the Abbey Theatre to play in the real-life drama of the 1916 Rising. The event will feature clips from the film version of the show.

Admission is free.

Classical Guitarists Luke Tobin and Gerard Boyle will perform world and classical music arranged for guitar.

Admissionis free and booking is not required.

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

“Two Cities, Two Irelands? Belfast and Dublin in 1916” is a talk by Dr Brian Hanley.

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

“1916 Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition” is the title of a book by Kieran Allen and People Before Profit are inviting to the launch of this book and a public meeting.

Admission is free.

“A Thin Wall” is a documentary film about the partition of India in 1947 and it was shot in both India and Pakistan. The film is a personal take on partition and is rooted in stories passed down from one generation to the next. It was written and directed by Mara Ahmed and co-produced by Surbhi Dewan (both are descendants of families divided by the partition).

The film will be screened aon Monday and the screening will be followed by a conversation with the director Mara Ahmed, Micheal MacDonncha and Betty Purcell.

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 Public Symposium for Trinity Week “A Science of Memory” takes place in the first half of Tuesday.

The talks will given by TCD researchers and the topics are:
+ Memory: How it works
+ Memory Science and Social Impact
+ Antibodies for Alzheimer’s Disease
+ How does the episodic memory work?
+ Functional anatomy of memory
+ Memory: beyond the brain

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

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting Trinity Week this year and the theme for this week-long programme (Mon-Fri) of talks and other events in 2016 is “Memory”.

We (the public) are explicitly invited to Trinity Week, so check out the programme. All events are free, but some require booking. I will list the key events in this Dublin Event Guide and will mark them with “Trinity Week”, but there are more events, so have a look here:

The full programme is on the website below and the downloadable brochure can be found here: www.tcd.ie/trinityweek/assets/documents/TrinityWeek16-brochure.pdf

“Irish Women and Art: 1916” with Sinéad McCoole (Writer, Historian, and member of the Decade of Centenaries Expert Advisory Group) is a talk that is part of the Dublin: One City, One Book Festival.

“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 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 City Hall lecture series is back and on every Tuesday in April a lecture about “Dublin City Council and the 1916 Rising” will take place. The lectures are:

+ 05 April: Sean Connolly, City Hall and the 1916 Rising. Lecture by Conor McNamara
+ 12 April: Dublin Fire Brigade and the 1916 Rising. Lecture by Las Fallon
+ 19 April: Major John McBride and Jacob’s Factory Garrison. Lecture by Séamas Ó Maitiú
+ 26 April: Songs of the 1916 Rising with Francis Devine and friends

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

A second Symposium will take place on Tuesday of Trinity Week and the topics are listed here. The list of speakers can be found on the website below

+ Historians, Memory and Commemoration
+ Language Homelands
+ Irish Diaspora
+ Memory in Early Irish Literature
+ Christian Forgetfulness and Ritual Remembering
+ Memory and History in Judaism
+ Memory, Lack of it, and the Irish Housing Bubble

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

“Irish-American dimensions to the 1916 Rising and its aftermath” with Dr Timothy Meagher (The Catholic University of America) will explore the position and place of Irish-American nationalism in the early twentieth century and, in particular, the impact the revived nationalist movement in Ireland may have had on Irish America. It will also locate both the Irish and Irish-American experiences within the wider context of war and revolution at the time.

Admission is free and no booking required. The event is part of Trinity Week.

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, and no booking required.

Michael Longley will read poems by other poets and poems from his own books.

Following the poetry reading, there will be a reception at The Atrium, Trinity College Dublin, from 19:!5-20:00

This event is part of Trinity Week,

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

Milk and Cookie Stories is a story telling event for for anyone who has a story to tell, or wants to hear a tale told well, in a relaxed, friendly environment – a place with tea, cookies and friends.

Admission is free, everyone is welcome and stories of all kinds are welcome. If you would like to tell a story, just come along and sign up on the night, or “if you feel inspired to share your own home-baked goods with Dublin’s friendliest audience, we’ll also be having our awesome Bake-Off.”

At the April event the theme is “Back in Action!”. www.facebook.com/events/969297309873212/

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.

“Midwife of a Nation” is a play written by Joe O’Byrne and performed by the Carnation Theatre.

It follows the women of 1916: the dispatchers, the doctors, the gunrunners, the nurses and the smugglers.

Admission is free, but booking via the link below is required,

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 Waldorf Barbershop will be the venue for a gig by the ukulele swing band “Minnie and the Illywhackers”.

Admission is free and you can bring your own bottle.

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 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.

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 Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting Trinity Week this year and the theme for this week-long programme (Mon-Fri) of talks and other events in 2016 is “Memory”.

We (the public) are explicitly invited to Trinity Week, so check out the programme. All events are free, but some require booking. I will list the key events in this Dublin Event Guide and will mark them with “Trinity Week”, but there are more events, so have a look here:

The full programme is on the website below and the downloadable brochure can be found here: www.tcd.ie/trinityweek/assets/documents/TrinityWeek16-brochure.pdf

“The Patient Voice in Cancer Research – Placing survivorship at the heart of the cancer research agenda” is a roundtable discussion and lab tour in the Conway Institute of UCD.

Cancer survivors and their familiesare invited to join researchers and health care professionals to discuss placing survivorship at the heart of the cancer research agenda.

For more information and to register (admission is free), follow the link below.

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.

“Literature and Memory” is a roundtable discussion with invited guests on the theme of literature and memory.

Speakers are Dr Julie Bates (School of English, TCD), Dr Amanda Piesse (School of English, TCD), Dr Sam Slote (School of English, TCD), Prof Jürgen Barkhoff (School of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies, TCD) and Dr Miriam Haughton (School of Humanities, NUI Galway). The discussion is chaired by Dr Philip Coleman (School of English, TCD).

Admission is free and booking is not required.

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.

Our Lady’s Choral Society and soloists with the Dublin Handelian Orchestra sing choruses from Handel’s Messiah on the site where it was first performed on 13 April 1742.

Admission is free and all are welcome. This is an outdoor performance so prepare.

Gilbert and Sullivan were hugely popular in 1916 and “Step Back in Time with Gilbert and Sullivan” is a live performance of their music by Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada (Soprano) and Kevin Corcoran (Tenor/Pianist) in the Music Library of the Central Library.

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

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“History on screen: A Terrible Beauty” is the screening of the docu-drama “A Terrible Beauty”, which is set during Easter Week 1916. Using archival sources, historical footage, “character” interviews and interviews with relatives, this film focuses on the battle of Mount Street Bridge and the fighting around the Four Courts, including the killing of civilians in North King Street.

Followed by a Q&A with the film makers Dave and Colin Farrell of Tile Media who will discuss the making of A Terrible Beauty and the challenges of making historical documentaries.

There will be a number of screenings in different libraries in Dublin:

+ Sat 09 April at 14:00: Walkinstown Library. Booking required via 01-4558159
+ Wed 13 April at 14:30: Charleville Mall Library. No booking required. First come, first served basis.

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.

“Did I already tell you that?: Memory, dementia and communication” with Dr Tammy Hopper (Professor and Vice Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta. Department of Communication Disorders)

She has conducted research with individuals who have dementia for 20 years, with a focus on interventions to improve communication, social engagement, and well-being.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“Did I already tell you that?”: Memory, dementia and communication

Dr Tammy Hopper, Professor and Vice Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta

Tammy Hopper, PhD is a professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. She has been conducting research with individuals who have dementia for 20 years, with a focus on interventions to improve communication, social engagement, and well-being. Dr. Hopper has received funding from several national funding agencies and has more than 75 presentations and has more than 50 publications on the topic of dementia and communication.

As part of the Eventbrite exhibition about free events in Ireland’s history and hosted by the Banter series of talks, a panel of event experts will give insights into how organisers of free public events can win and keep vital sponsorship.

Colin Hart, the founder & creative director of The Public House will provide the sponsor’s point of view, while Sam Bishop, the manager of Happenings and founder of Street Feast + Granby Park and Aine O’Mahony, a marketing and event management consultant who supported events like The Galway Oyster Festival, Volvo Ocean Race and Dublin’s St. Patricks’s Festival will give advise from the organiser’s perspective.

Admission is free, but registration via the link below is advised.

Learning Tech Labs invites to their 5th event “Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality: The Next Steps in Learning?”

At this event you will learn more about the world of Virtual Reality and Augmented Realand you can find out about and discuss ideas and plans for the future of learning using VR and Augmented Reality.

The list of speakers is not published on the website below, so check back closer to the date.

Admission is free, but registration required via www.meetup.com/Learning-Tech-Labs/events/229510940/

Learning Tech Lab is a community of technologists, designers, educators and entrepreneurs who come together to share knowledge.

“Two Cities, Two Irelands? Belfast and Dublin in 1916” is a talk by Dr Brian Hanley.

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

The Alzheimer Cafe in Bllomfield Hospital invites every month to Alzheimer related talks. On Wednesday the topic is “Facilitating conversations in Families following a diagnosis of Dementia/Alzheimer’s” with speaker Claire Kearney ( Mediator, Later Life Mediation).

Admission is free.

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

The Roots Band “Brand New Switcharoo” will perform in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in Whelan’s.

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. Admission is free.

Phonica is poetry and music night that is hosted by Christodoulos Makris and Olesya Zdorovetska as an outlet for the exploration and presentation of new ideas, collaboration and improvisation.

Contributors at the second Phonica event are Fergus Kelly, James King, Paul Roe and Catherine Walsh.

Admission is free.

This is an illustrated lecture with Head Gardener of Kilmacurragh, Seamus O’Brien.

Travelling through the Estate’s wildflower meadows, bulb lawns, herbaceous borders and the tree and shrub collection throughout the year, Seamus will also look at the re-planting and restoration of the gardens and demesne.

Admission is free.

The Anseo Comedy Club takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Funkilicious District Daze are playing a gig in this barber shop in Temple Bar.

Admission is free. BYOB

“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.

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 half-day seminar “Memory in a Digital Age: Collecting, Accessing and Forgetting” will take place on Thursday as part of the Trinity Week events. For more detail check the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is required here.

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting Trinity Week this year and the theme for this week-long programme (Mon-Fri) of talks and other events in 2016 is “Memory”.

We (the public) are explicitly invited to Trinity Week, so check out the programme. All events are free, but some require booking. I will list the key events in this Dublin Event Guide and will mark them with “Trinity Week”, but there are more events, so have a look here:

The full programme is on the website below and the downloadable brochure can be found here: www.tcd.ie/trinityweek/assets/documents/TrinityWeek16-brochure.pdf

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.

“How are developed economy employment structures changing – polarising? upgrading? downgrading?” with John Hurley (Research Manager, Employment and Change at Eurofound) is a lunchtime seminar at TASC (Think Tank for Action on Social Change).

The idea of the lunchtime seminars is that you can bring your own ‘brown bag’ lunch to eat during the seminar. Tea and coffee will be available.

Admission is free, but booking via Sylvia Byrne on 01 6169050 or sbyrne@tasc.ie is required.

The series “Music at the Unitarian Church 2016” continues with Organ Students from the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama.

Admission is free.

This is a lecture for adults in the Archaeology of a Decade of War Lecture Series: “Frongach camp and the archaeology of internment” by Dr. Joanne Brück (University of Bristol).

The talk will be about the Frongach internment camp in North Wales. After the Easter Rising 1916, some 1800 Irish men were interned at Frongach, North Wales This talk will explore the potential of an archaeological approach to the camp and its material culture, ranging from research on the craftwork made by internees to recent archaeological survey at the site itself.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-6486334 or email educationarch@museum.ie The talk will be in the Ceramics Room, 1st floor.

DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama is inviting to a series of concert over the next two months,

The next concert on 14 Apr is a Traditional Concert with ‘The Boxty Gang’ and Fionn O h’Almhain uileann pipes, Josh O’ Loughlin Banjo, Michael Martin: guitar, Kevin Meehan: Bodhran/whistle, Rory Costello: Bass guitar

Admission is free.

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.

Join this public tour of the exhibition “WWI Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience” on the second Thursday of each month in 2016.
The tour will showcase material from the library’s collections and will focus on the Irish experience of this war.

The exhibition is located at No 2/3 Kildare Street.

Admission is free, booking is not required, but places are limited.

The Spanish Film “Todos estan muerte / They are all dead” will be screened in Spanish with English subtitles.

Admission is free.

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.

Continuous Drift is a public sound installation where you can your phone to control different compositions that play back from eight loudspeakers integrated into umbrellas covering Meeting House Square.

Admission is free.

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.

The launch of artist Brian Palm’s “Myths of the Helga” exhibition will take place on Thursday. The exhibition will officially be opened by the Flag Officer Commanding Naval Service, Commodore Hugh Tully.

The Exhibition will run from 14 April – 01 May.

The Farmette Cookbook by Imen McDonnell will be launched in Hodges & Figgis and you are invited to the launch. It contains “recipes and adventures from my life on an Irish farm”.

Admission is free.

The Essence of My Roots recital was performed for the first time as part of the Mayan International Festival of Culture in 2013. The soprano Claudia Rodriguez was born in the Yucatan and her voice expresses both concert music and popular Mexican and Latin American songs and folk music. Her accompanying guitarist Cecilio Perera, lives in Salzburg and works as a teacher at the Mozarteum in that city.

The show is composed of 15 Mayan, Spanish and mestizo songs. Each song is accompanied by an animated projection.

Admission is free.

The Auqitaine region in the south-west ern corner of France would like you to know more about its features and characteristics as a holiday destination. Come to this evening to enjoy the culture and traditions of the Aquitaine region. The programme includes food and wine, a special menu, music and a screening.

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

Twice every year, the Central Library together with the Local Enterprise Office in Dublin City are running a series of six free Business Lectures for everybody who wants to start or grow a business. The lectures will cover subjects such as the characteristics needed to run and fund your business. Digital marketing strategies and writing business plans will also be included.

They will take place on Thursdays from 18:30-20:00 between 24 March and 28 April.

Admission is free, but booking is required here. All topics and speakers are listed on that same website, but to make it easier for you, they are also here:

24 March: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur – How You Can Create and Produce Ideas
31 March: Creating the best Business Plan for your Business
07 April: Market Research Skills – What You Need To Do To Be Successful
14 April: Business Online – Having A Digital Plan To Help You Increase Sales
21 April: Essential Supports and Services for Entrepreneurs – Who’s Out There To Help You
28 April: Financial Support and Grants for Entrepreneurs

In the Casement Evening Lecture Series in the Hugh Lane Gallery, the next talk is “One Bold Deed of Open Treason’: The Appalling Vista of Roger Casement’s Trial” with Angus Mitchell

For over twenty years, Sir John Lavery’s great history painting of Casement’s appeal was propped up against a wall in the artist’s studio. The troubled history of the painting in various ways mirrors the contorted agonies of the subject matter. By digging beneath the surface of the painting, historian Angus Mitchell will excavate some of the key fault lines in Lavery’s rendering of this sacred drama.

Admission is free.

Join Joe Duffy (RTÉ), author Patricia Murphy and historian Pádraig Yeates at this talk about the forgotten casualties of the Easter Rising. Admission is free, but booking is required via 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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

’16 in 16

Four prominent people from the worlds of the arts, social justice, heritage and sport speak for 16 minutes on all things 1916-related.

The speakers are: The Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Emily Logan; Lia Mills, author of Fallen; Pat Cooke, Director of UCD MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management and Amina Moustafa of the SARI ‘Hijabs and Hat-tricks’ programme.

Admission is free. This event is part of the One City One Book Festival.

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

Buckshot Amber are a Hardrock / Blues / Funk band and they will be in Bray for a gig.

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.

Dr Robert O’Connor is the Head of Research of the Irish Cancer Society and he will talk about the big question “Our food – Is it nourishing us or killing us?”

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.

The Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday from 14:30-17:00 and also on Thursdays from 20:00

The line-up this weekend is:
+ Fr 08 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Sat 09 Apr: Mia Parsons & Charlie Moon
+ Sun 10 Apr: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Thu 14 Apr: Edel Meade & Scott Flanigan

Admission is free.

Arbours is a group that combines vocal harmonies with strings to arrive somewhere between folk and chamber pop.

Admission is free. BYOB

At the JJ’s Open House two bands will perform and they have brought great guests:

+ Tommy Halferty Trio with guest Richie Buckley
+ The C.E.O. Experiment feat. Michael Buckley

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.

One of the best Soul&Funk bands in Ireland will be in Harry’s on the Green for a gig. I know them and love them! Recommended!!

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.

Admission is free.

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.

Field Trip will perform in the Midnight Hours lost in Whelan’s and they are bringing some guests. Admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting Trinity Week this year and the theme for this week-long programme (Mon-Fri) of talks and other events in 2016 is “Memory”.

We (the public) are explicitly invited to Trinity Week, so check out the programme. All events are free, but some require booking. I will list the key events in this Dublin Event Guide and will mark them with “Trinity Week”, but there are more events, so have a look here:

The full programme is on the website below and the downloadable brochure can be found here: www.tcd.ie/trinityweek/assets/documents/TrinityWeek16-brochure.pdf

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.

“Who Fears to Sing of 1916? – A Search for the Songs of the Rising” is a lunchtime talk that will examine the dichotomy between the 1798 Rebellion and the 1916 Rising and why one is more ‘singable’ than the other. It will explore common themes and focus on Dublin composers from the time of the Easter Rising.

Admission is free.

The book “James Joyce and Italo Svevo: The Story of a Friendship” by Stanley Price will be launched in the Italian Institute of Culture. It tells the story of the friendship between Joyce and Svevo from 1907, where they met when Joyce was teaching English and Svevo was one of his students.

Admission is free, but booking is required via iicdublino@esteri.it

More detail can be found on the website below.

Rock band Scythian are playing a gig in Whelan’s.

Admission is free,

The yearly Anarchist Book Fair will take place this Saturday in the Generator Hostel at Smithfield Plaza (from 10:00) and the night before an event will happen in the Teacher’s Club as part of the Book Fair programme. There will be more talks on Saturday around Smithfield Plaza.

The link to the Friday evening event “Eyewitness accounts of the Rojava Revolution with Janet Biehl” is here: www.facebook.com/events/173832189658154/

Admission is free.

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

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers meet at the Martello Tower car park in Sandymount for a public star-gazing. Members bring along their telescopes and share the wonders of the night-sky with you. Admission is free.

This event happens regularly on a Friday and is followed by a similar evening in Clontarf on Saturday.

The Public Star Party is weather dependent, so check www.irishastrosoc.org/events/events.htm after 18:00 on the night in the case of poor weather, to see if it is going ahead.

Mongrel State is a four-piece band from Dublin with a sound that incorporates Rockabilly to Rock, Latin-American grooves to Cinematic Western Scores.

Admission is free.

David Furey combines traditional roots with folk and rock. He will be in Mother Reilly’s for a gig and 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.

Rev JM’s Panic Worship and Poison Hearts will be in the Patriot Inn for a gig.

Admission is free.

Race the FLux with guests Pranks are playing gigs in the Midnight Hour. Admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.