The International Literature Festival Dublin (ILFD) will run from 21-29 May and it is organised by the Dublin City Council Arts Office. There will be readings, discussions, debates, workshops, performance and screenings and poetry, fiction and non-fiction will be represented.

Some events will have an admission charge, but a large amount of events are free. The programme is here www.ilfdublin.com/programme/ or you can download the full programme here.

A number of free events will be listed individually in this and the next Dublin Event Guide, but I still suggest that you have a look at the full programme.

“Geat Ahead – Building the Future” is a careers events for students and graduates with disabilities.

There will be an exhibition area with 11 job seeking companies, workshops will take place and Walk-in CV Clinics and Mock Interviews (require pre-booking).

Admission is free, but booking before 23 May is required (via the Eventbrite link below).

This is a fun and informative guided tour of the Hugh Lane Gallery, led by the gallery’s art historian panel.

Tours will focus on the centenary programme of exhibitions which reflects on the role of Artist as Witness, and includes exhibitions “High Treason: Roger Casement”, “The Best of Decades”, “1960s” and a re-hang of the permanent collection.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Jenny Mitcalf uses the Fáilte Ireland Photographic Collection and the guide books of the period to explore how Dublin has been portrayed to visitors during the last century. The changes in emphasis in terms of places and activities through the decades are examined.

Admission is free,

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The Álftaneschoir is a mixed choir from Iceland and they sing sacred and secular music from Iceland, Ireland and other countries at a lunchtime recital in St. Ann’s Church.

Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.

The talk “Portraits of a Nation” with Mick O’Dea (President of the Royal Hibernian Academy) will take place in the Farmleigh Gallery.

Admission is free, but booking is required before Tuesday 24 May via artmanagement@opw.ie Only 20 places are available and if the event is oversubscribed, a lottery for tickets will take place, so you will only have a ticket if it has been confirmed to you.

Midwife of a Nation is a play about the women of 1916: the dispatchers, the doctors, the gunrunners, the nurses and the smugglers. It will be performed by the Carnation Theatre.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-6744888

From 12-14 August the Blue, Roots & Brass Festival will take place in Whelan’s, Opium Rooms, and The Warehouse and on Friday the launch event will take place. Grand and N.C. Lawlor will play a gig and admission is free. The launch and first tasting of a new beer from O’Hara’s will also happen at this event.

The Science Gallery invites to their pre-summer Summer Fest (Don’t they know that summer only starts at 01 June!?!?!). There will be live music (to be announced), food, experiments, workshops, talks, games, drinks and more.

“Learn how to build your own insect farms at home, release your inner urban farmer with Urban Farm, find out how to be a beekeeper from the Dublin Honey Project, enjoy BBQ foods of the future, and pick up endless green tips on a chilled summer evening where experiments, music and food collide.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below. The event is for over 18 year olds only.

Solve the crime at Casablanca airport! A life-size Cluedo game will take place at the Alliance Francaise. Find the culprit among the five suspects.

Sign up via rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with subject “Cluedo” (max 5 members per team and over 18s only). Admission is free. And if you come dressed up as a tourist, you could win a prize.

dRea will perform Alt Indie Pop in the Harbour Bar.

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.

The line-up this weekend is:
+ Fri 27 May: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Sat 28 May: Edel Meade (Vocals) with Cian Boylan

Admission is free.

The Brady’s Sessions is a monthly singer/songwriter night in Gub Dandy’s at Brady’s Pub Terenure. Admission is free and this month’s Line-Up is:

Whistle, Vic Stathopoulos, Gráinne Hunt, JOAN. Sarah Buckley

Find out more details via the Facebook Page below.

The Business Blues Band will play a gig in the Patriot’s Inn and admission is free.

Blues, Ska, Reggae, Gypsy Swing Band “Grand”will play in Whelan’s. Admission is free until 22:30.

Irish Rockabilly Band, with Swamp Boogie, Delta Punk & Voodoo sounds “Skinny Elvis” are playing a gig in Whelan’s.

Admission is free.

P.S. What are Vodoo sounds?!??!!?!? ;-)

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

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

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

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.

Battle for the Bay is a yearly Kitesurfing and SUP (Standup Paddleboard) competition on Saturday and Sunday that has been expanded to a popular festival on Dollymount Beach. It is a good atmosphere event for the whole family and admission is free. The organiser is Puremagic Water Sports.

In addition to the Kitesurfing and SUP competitions, there will be other watersports demonstrations. On land there will be Landyacht & Kite Buggy Demos, Kite introductions for newcomers, Fun on the beach including beach volleyball, a Beach Market and a Fun Fair, live music and DJs and a Food village, Kids zone and Biodiversity village.

The music line-up on the King Kong Beach Stage is on
+ Saturday (12:00-16:30): Rachel McCormack, Backroad Smokers Club, Roisin el Cherif, Dublin Ukulele Collective, Kevyn, WOB
+ Sunday (12:00-16:00): Anti One, Evil Empire, Silent Interlude, Dublin City Rounders, The Louisiana 6

It is a super event on a nice day and it is looking good for Sat+Sun if you can believe the forecast!

Find lots more details on the website below.

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.

“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!”

The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095 Check the map in the contacts section of the website to find the Meeting Point.

Emily has the tour newly revamped, so even if you did it before, maybe check it out again.

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.

Explore the weird and wonderful diversity of insects and mini beasts living in and around the pond at the Botanic Gardens. This workshop is suitable for children aged 8+

Admission is free, but booking is required via the – totally outdated – paper route: www.botanicgardens.ie/news/bookings2016.pdf

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.

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.

“Living history: Spanish Armada in Ireland” is a family event presenting the cultures of Ireland, England and Spain from the late 16th century at the time of the Armada, using fashion, weaponry and domestic items.

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.

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.

A protest march against the housing crisis from Custom House to the GPO will take place on Saturday.

Learn more about animals that are usually made into cuddly toys, but who are not all friendly in real life. And bring your own Teddy Bear to this event.

Admission is free and the 20 places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Lack of space shouldn’t stop you from growing your own vegetables and herbs. Learn the dos and don’ts of herb growing. Whether you have a window box or hanging basket or even just a patch of soil.

Admission is free.

“After the Easter Rising: The Executions” is a talk by author and historian Donal Fallon.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-8477781.

Did you ever want to learn Qi Gong or Tai Chi? But did not have enough time to learn it?

A Qi Walk is the most effective way to get the positive effects of the work with Qi in an easy way and you are invited to a free Qi Walk on Saturday. It will calm and relax you, to increase your physical well-being.

The walk will last about 20-30 minutes and is suitable for everyone who simply wants to find calmness, relaxation and harmony in their busy lives.

Admission is free, but registration is required. Contact Katharina via info@xiufengshui.com or ring 01 441 2387

Meeting point is the Blackrock Dart Station.

8-piece Soul and Funk band “Early House” will perform in the Harbour Bar,

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.

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.

The line-up this weekend is:
+ Fri 27 May: Ria Czerniak (Vocals) & Maurice Czerniak (Guitar)
+ Sat 28 May: Edel Meade (Vocals) with Cian Boylan

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 6-piece Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band “The Springsteens Live” will be in the Church.

Admission is free.

Grand, will play their mix of music from Blues to Ska, Reggae and Swing to Gypsy Folk.

Admission is free until 22:30

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.

Battle for the Bay is a yearly Kitesurfing and SUP (Standup Paddleboard) competition on Saturday and Sunday that has been expanded to a popular festival on Dollymount Beach. It is a good atmosphere event for the whole family and admission is free. The organiser is Puremagic Water Sports.

In addition to the Kitesurfing and SUP competitions, there will be other watersports demonstrations. On land there will be Landyacht & Kite Buggy Demos, Kite introductions for newcomers, Fun on the beach including beach volleyball, a Beach Market and a Fun Fair, live music and DJs and a Food village, Kids zone and Biodiversity village.

The music line-up on the King Kong Beach Stage is on
+ Saturday (12:00-16:30): Rachel McCormack, Backroad Smokers Club, Roisin el Cherif, Dublin Ukulele Collective, Kevyn, WOB
+ Sunday (12:00-16:00): Anti One, Evil Empire, Silent Interlude, Dublin City Rounders, The Louisiana 6

It is a super event on a nice day and it is looking good for Sat+Sun if you can believe the forecast!

Find lots more details on the website below.

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.

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.

This year’s Africa Day event will take place again at Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park. Irish Aid and the embassies from seven African countries are organising this event. Admission is free.

There will be LOTS of music, food, an African Bazaar, a Dance Zone, Drumming Workshops and a Kids Zone with workshops and storytelling and games etc. .

On the main stage AE Mak, NC Grey, Feather, Sidiki Dembele, Ajo Arkestra and Kila (17:00-18:00) will perform. In addition there will be a stage with Rap, Hip-hop and R’n’ B and a third stage with up-and-coming African and African-influenced acts.

Farmleigh House & Estate will be buzzing!! There will be plenty of food on offer, but you can also bring a picnic if you prefer (alcohol is not permitted, though).

Very limited car parking is available and therefore it is strongly recommended that you arrive on public transport. A free shuttle bus will bring you from the bus stop on Parkgate Street to Farmleigh House.

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.

The next Dublin Flea Market is taking place in the Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket, just off Cork Street, Dublin 8 on Sun from 11:00-17:00. The flea market takes place every last Sunday of the month and admission is free. For more information or if you want to sell your own stuff, check out www.dublinflea.ie

“A bizarre bazaar of vintage clothing, bric-a-brac and what nots, old and new. Stalls include hand-made goods, art, jewelry, furniture, records and lots more unwanted items that may just be your treasure!”
The Co-op Hall is wheelchair accessible and lots of free parking spaces are right outside the door.

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.

Pets in the City is a free family event for all animal lovers. It is organised by Dublin City, the DSPCA and King of Paws.

There will be Dog Show and Dog Agility workshops, a Reptile Corner, a small animal farm, Children’s Talks & Entertainment, some stalls selling animal-related goods. The DSPCA will also microchip and provide pet health advice.

A schedule of the day’s events is here.

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.

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 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 Temenos with Laoise O’Brien, recorder and Paul Roe, clarinets. They will play works by Orlando di Lasso; Geminiani; Mozart; Derek Ball;Sebastian Adams; Kenneth Edge; Dylan Rynhart and Ultan O’Brien.

A remarkable event at London’s National Gallery assembled the largest ever collection of Leonardo’s surviving paintings for a unique exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan”.

The film captures the excitement of the opening night occasion and provides a fascinating exploration of Leonardo’s great works. Art historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow explains the great masterpieces. An biography and reflections on Leonardo’s influence since his death 500 years ago is also included in the film.

Admission is free.

The Irish National War Memorial Gardens is a really pretty garden that the mjority of Dubliners have never seen. It is situated between Kilmainham and the Liffey near Islandbridge. If you have never been there, then this weekend might be the perfect opportunity for you: A Family Day takes place at the Gardens.

There will be a Living History World War I re-enactment group, a guided tour of the gardens and Book Rooms and recitals of poetry from the war poets Thomas Kettle, Francis Ledwidge and more.

For children, there will be face painters and kids storytellers on site.

Admission is free.

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.

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

An animated story of a young African orphan’s journey to find his place in the world is the topic of this film. from 2012. (PG, 78min)

Admission is free.

Compadrito Tango, tango teachers in Ireland since 2004, will be at the Battle for the Bay with a

+ Tango Group Performance on stage at 14:30 and a
+ Tango Flashmob on the beach from 14:35–16:00

Admission is free and it is all part of the Battle for the Bay festival.

The Irish ME/CFS Association invites to a free screenings of the documentary on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) “Forgotten Plague” in the Crowne Plaza in Blanchardstown.

Around 12,000 people in Ireland are thought to suffer from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), now often diagnosed under the name Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Symptoms include overwhelming flu-like exhaustion made worse by exertion (physical or mental exertion), muscle and joint pains, sore throats, swollen glands, disturbed sleep, impaired concentration & memory, dizziness and headaches. A particular feature of the disease is that the condition waxes and wanes over time and symptoms can fluctuate a great deal from day to day, or even within a day.

“Leonardo’s Cities – Florence, Milan, Rome” with Dr Lynda Mulvin, University College Dublin is part of a free lecture series looking at the theme of ‘Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Inventor, Renaissance Man’,

Admission is free.

Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.

Join this tour of the new ‘Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising’ exhibition, looking at some of the highlights of the Museum’s extensive Easter Week collection.

Admission is free and no booking required, places allocated on a first come basis 15 minutes before tour starts.

Sonora is a 35-strong choir with a repertoire that reaches from modern pop/rock via traditional Swedish choir lyrics to sacred music.

They will perform a concert in the Unitarian Church and admission is free. www.sonora.nu

A reading by Dermot Bolger to mark the official launch of his new novel The Lonely Sea and the Sky.

Based on a true incident in Irish history, the book is a coming-of-age novel, charting the maiden voyage of a 14 year old Jack Roche. Having lost his father when another neutral Irish ship was sunk by a U-boat on this treacherous Lisbon route, Jack takes his father’s place to earn a seaman’s wage and feed his family.

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

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.

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! ;-)

Dark Country, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Blues will be played by Bob Spring & the Calling Sirens at this 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 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.

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 chooseyourowntracksphototrail@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.

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 weekly workshop in the LexIcon Library that will give a basic introduction to 3D printing and will get you started with your first 3D printed object.

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

Patricia Clough (Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at the Graduate Center and Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY)) will ….

…..”make use of her childhood memory of praying to take up the recent turn in philosophy to aesthetics and engagement with the liveliness of objects, their affective force, both attractive and repulsive. Once thought to be the realm of evil, aesthetics today is a resource for rethinking practices of knowing and being, from the intimate to the cosmological, from the human to the more than human.”

Got it? :-O

Admission os free, but registration is required via CONLONCE@TCD.IE

Joan Collins (TD) and Luke Flanagan (MEP) are inviting to a meeting that will inform people about the secretly negotiated TTIP agreement between the USA and Europe. The intention is to launch an automonous local Anti TTIP group.

Admission is free.

The venue is a sports facility in Crumlin.

A support group for patients with Raynaud’s condition and Scleroderma (rare diseases) is meeting on Monday 30 May in Bray opposite the Kilruddery Estate.

It’s an informal get-together over a coffee/tea or drink where support and information is provided to anyone affected by these diseases. Everyone is welcome, patients, family members, friends.

Admission is free.

The Lazy Band are an ensemble of musicians who come together to play in a relaxed and free flowing environment. The set-list is never certain but often includes americana, folk, roots, trad, country and even a bit of soul from time to time.

Special guest on Monday will be Keith Burke.

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 Hot House Big Band is a 17-piece Swing Orchestra with some of the best jazz and brass musicians in Ireland.

They performed every week in the Mercantile for 6 years (an event that was not free) and re now starting their new residency in Bad Bob’s. And the great news is that from now admission to their performance every Monday (apart from bank holidays) will be 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 Jimmy Smyth 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.

Conflict + The City is a free 2-day conference on Tuesday and Wednesday organised by Dublin City Council and the School of Architecture in UCD. Admission is free, but at the time of writing this, there were only 58 tickets remaining. So hurry to the Eventbrite link to book tickets if you are interested,

1916 is over, now we need to move on to the next historical period and it doesn’t get necessarily easier to explain what happened afterwards. This conference focuses on the architectural development of Dublin after the destructions in 1916 and in the following years.

“The two-day public conference will explore the street conflicts in Dublin from 1916 to 1922, as key moments and aspects in pursuit of Irish independence, which led to major architectural destruction, and which in turn brought about significant urban rebuilding schemes. Thinking about the physical make-up of the city, especially the commercial spaces of Dublin’s north city centre, much of how we move through, spend time in and experience the city comes out of these 1920s reconstruction projects. So then, the scars of conflict and the efforts towards rebuilding resonate through Dublin’s architecture today, almost 100 years later.”

But since destruction and reconstruction was not unique to Dublin in the first half of the last century, it will be compared to other cities: from contemporary Beirut to Blitz-time London; from Cold War bunkers to Belfast’s peace-lines.

www.conflictandthecity.ie/

Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/conflict-the-city-tickets-22649969669?ref=devg

“Treasured Sheets – Drawings in the Renaissance” with Anne Hodge (Curator of Prints & Drawings, National Gallery of Ireland) is part of a free lecture series looking at the theme of ‘Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Inventor, Renaissance Man’,

Admission is free.

“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!”

The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095 Check the map in the contacts section of the website to find the Meeting Point.

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.

Tom Mitchell (Consultant with JobNet Programme, Jobcare (as part of the Career and Development Programme)) will talk about “Networking for Success”.

Admission is free.

Guitarists Gerard Boyle and Luke Tobin will perform well known world music selections arranged for two Spanish guitars.

Admission is free.

On the night of 30/31 May 1941, four bombs were dropped by German aircraft on the North Strand area of Dublin, killing 28, injuring over 90, and destroying 300 houses. To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of this tragedyhistorian and archivist of St John Ambulance Brigade Padraig Allen will outline how the Brigade coped with the injured and dying in North Strand.

The North Strand Bombing Exhibition will be on display and extracts from the Dublin City Archives Oral History Project with survivors of the bombing will also be played.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01 8749619

Artist and filmmaker Declan Clarke will talk with artist Gerard Byrne about Clarke’s exhibition “The Hopeless End of a Great Dream” at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

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

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 below.

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.

The talk “The Invention of Italy – Garibaldi and the Expedition of the Thousand” is the next event in the “Invention of Italy” series.

The Expedition of the Thousand (Italian Spedizione dei Mille) was an event of the Italian Risorgimento that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi landed in Sicily in order to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ruled by the Bourbons. It is a story of passion and courage, of heroic deeds, of idealism and of sacrifice.

Lucy Riall will speak about thie Expedition.

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

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.

A new weekly gig night for new bands is running in Arthur’s Pub. It is called “Anocht” and happens every Tuesday. At the next event the line-up will be Aaron Bowden and Butterfly Cloud Club.

In addition to the music, there will be a visual show.

Admission is free.

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

Entry charges at some OPW Heritage sites are waived once a month, on the “Free Wednesday”, the first Wednesday of the month. The Office of Public Works (OPW), who looks after the state owned heritage sites, wants to encourage people to visit the historic sites that it manages and has therefore started this great initiative in 2011.

Most OPW managed sites can already be visited for free (e.g. Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, National Botanic Gardens, Pearse Museum, etc), but some sites that normally charge a fee will be free every first Wednesday as well. In the (extended) Greater Dublin Area this means you can visit the following sites for free:
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments
+ The Casino, Marino
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow

In the past Kilmainham Gaol (the most popular site) and Rathfarnham Castle were also on that list, but it seems that they both have been removed. Which is a big loss. With that in mind, there is a high risk that worse will happen to the Free Wednesday in coming months. Use it as long as it lasts.

Last month, things changed half-way through the Tuesday before the Free Wednesday, so I strongly recommend that you check the “Free Wednesday” link on the left of www.heritageireland.ie to find out if more got changed. …and in case the link is gone, that is a bad bad sign.

As you can imagine, this event is very popular and therefore it is strongly recommended to arrive early at the venues. Once the day’s tickets are given out, you will not get access anymore.

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.

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

The Health Research Board discusses the threat that antibiotic resistance poses to global public health.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the use and misuse of antibiotics accelerates the emergence of drug-resistant bacterial strains. If these new strains of bacteria cause an infection, there will be no immediate treatment and the patient may die. In the U.S., 700,000 deaths occur every year due to antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotics are not just used to treat human infections, but are also being misused in animal agriculture. 80% of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are for animal agriculture.

Wired and National Geographic journalist and author of SUPERBUG, Maryn McKenna, Andrew Murphy (GP and Director of the HRB Primary Care Clinical Trial Network Ireland) and Fidelma Fitzpatrick (Senior Lecturer at RCSI and Consultant Microbiologist at Beaumont Hospital) will discuss this problem.

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

Jean Echenoz is a famous French writer who has won many prizes. His last book “Envoyee Speciale” will bring you on a journey from Paris through the French countryside to Korea.

He will be interviewed by Emer O’Beirne (Senior Lecturer in UCD).

Admission is free, but booking is required via rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie

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

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

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

“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).

National Gallery Curators appraise paintings, prints and drawings brought into the Gallery. The Picture Clinic takes place on the first Thursday of every month (except August and January). No appointments necessary.

Admission is free.

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.

This is a 3-day conference about the encounters soldiers had in the many wars of the 19th century and how this created a cultural mapping.

All detail are in the downloadable PDF brochure here. Admission is free, but pre-booking is required (See bottom of page 3 of the PDF.)

In the series “Music at the Unitarian Church 2016”, Patrice Keegan will perform an organ concert.

Admission is free.

The In Focus Tour “The Vegetal, the Cursive and the Geometric Three Aspects of Islamic Art” will take place with Nateghe Moane. Guide, Chester Beatty Library.

Admission is free.

This is a tour of the exhibition “Yeats: THe Life and Works of William Butler Yeats”, which takes place on every first Thursday of the month. The tour will introduce the life and work of W.B.Yeats and after the tour you can listen to a selection of voices speaking some of his best loved poems, including Easter 1916.

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.

The Irish Cancer Society presents the first in a series of talks around cancer and they will ask the questions: Is it part genes, part luck, or part lifestyle? And can you stack the odds against getting cancer?

Annie Anderson (Co-director of the Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening at the School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Scotland) believes you cannot change what you’re born with but you can make changes to reduce your risk of cancer.

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

“Inspired by Leonardo: Drop-in Drawing” with Fintan Mahon is a series of eight, free life-drawing workshops looking at the influence of Leonardo da Vinci that will be led by professional artists and tutors. The workshops are for adults and teens and all materials will be provided. Places are limited to 25 participants on a first come first served basis. Arrive early to secure a place.

Admission is free and no booking required, places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Workshops take place Thursday evenings from 18:00-19;00 from 12 May to 30 June 2016

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.

“Casement and the Lawyers: Hanged by a Comma, Throttled by a Semicolon?” with Donal O’Donnell

Donal O’Donnell is a judge of the Supreme Court. He will discuss legal aspects of the trial and appeal, the lawyers involved and the manner in which the proceedings are portrayed in Lavery’s painting.

Admission is free.

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

And this is the third (!) Board Gaming night in Dublin! They are taking over! ;-)

It is a weekly event and on Thursday the focus is on Introductory Board Games, so if you haven’t for a while (or ever) played Board Games, this is for you.

Admission is free.

The Des Hopkins Jazz Band will play finest Dixieland Jazz and mainstream standards.

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.

On 02 June and then every first Thursday of the month, Fresh Meat will present new Irish acts to you.

The line-up is Bodies, Just Mustard, Kevin Lacey and at 20:00 there will be an Open Slot.

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.

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.

Honey Beard is an Irish/Canadian Electronic Dark-Pop duo from Toronto, Canada. They will play a gig in Whelan’s MIdnight Hour and admission is free before 22:30 or if you sign up for the guest list.

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.

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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 Track Dogs will play Americana 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.