First Fortnight is a great arts festival that wants to raise awareness for mental health issues. At the perfect time at the beginning of the year, First Fortnight will invite to a large variety of events and most of them are free (tickets are usually required, though).

The festival runs from 01-20 January and all events can be found at www.firstfortnight.ie/2017-event-calendar/

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.

The Geek Mart is a monthly Market place for all geeky things Geek. It is hosted by Comicbooks.ie and you will find there Comics, Manga, Art, Crafts & Games.

Admission is free.

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.

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.

An Intercultural Tour in Madnarin Language with Community Ambassador Vicky Wang will take place.

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 “Design and Violence” (14 Oct – 22 Jan) in the Science Gallery is an exhibition of objects and systems at the intersection of design and violence. Violence in this context has different faces. It is deliberate harm caused to a person or thing, but also an unintended consequence in other scenarios. Design is the intended creation of things, but also the unintended consequence.

It is a very very interesting exhibition! A good bit darker than other Science Gallery exhibitions because every exhibit has some form of threat inherent in it, but definitely an exhibition I recommend. Some exhibits are self-explanatory, but all come with descriptive and explanatory labels. In addition there are the amazing mediators, who explain and help through the exhibition. I was so lucky to get a guided tour of the whole exhibition by lead mediator Ryan and he is absolutely outstanding. Hugely knowledgeable, interested and interesting and extremely friendly and helpful. Don’t hesitate to ask the mediators they are there to help!

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, “Design and Violence” is suitable for all ages with a particular focus on the age group of 15-25, but due to the topic, I would say that younger children need parental guidance and you could decide to go into less detail about some objects.

From a chair that has to be created by the buyer through bashing a steel cube into shape with a sledgehammer, via all sort of violence that was shown in children’s cartoons “Looney Toons” or pressure sensitive clothing for wheel-chair users to show injury and trauma to an AK-47 rifle and instructions how to torture, the ground floor area sets the scene for a varied way of looking at violence and design. But it gets even more interesting upstairs: A printed gun, a drone survival guide, hacked protest objects, an interesting race and skin colour photo archive, Desert War simulation, a virtual reality installation about the threats refugees need to navigate through and a landmine display….are just some of the exhibits

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.

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.

I have to admit that I am a little surprised that this is a free event, but the website says it is, so let’s hope they are not lying!

“Follow in the footsteps of Bowie’s Dublin sujourns as we revisit the key places in Dublin where Bowie played, rehearsed, stayed etc over the years. Dublin holds a special place in Bowies heart and was the location for the live recording of his Reality tour and where he rehearsed and performed many times.”

Admission is free. The event is part of the David Bowie Festival.

OutStraight is a combination of spoken word theatre with visual art graffiti. The poets share stories on urban experience and youth culture, bringing to light social and economic situations that the youth of our day face, including gentrification, session culture and mental health.

OutStraight invites you to have an interactive role, in painting words and images, of what mental health means to you.

It is a free Drop-in event and no tickets are required and it will take place at 13:00 and at 15:00.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs every Saturday. It is 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

Every Saturday a kid’s book will be read in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below). Suitable for age 0-6 with their parents.

Admission is free.

The exhibition “Jonathan Swift and Dublin – Celebrating the 350th anniversary of his birth” will be launched on Saturday with short presentations by Dr Moyra Haslett (Wood’s halfpence in song) and Brendan Twomey (Anecdotes associated with Swift).

Refreshments will be served.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Imagine trying to stuff an animal you have never seen before? Join this tour to learn more about taxidermy and to see up close the good, the bad and the ugly. Suitable from Age 8.

Admission is free. The tour will take place at 14:15 and a t 15:30.

“Treasures of the National Museum” is a tour of the iconic treasures in the National Museum in Kildare Street, including the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice.

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

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers meet in Clontarf on the seafront car park, on Clontarf Road, opposite the Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club for a public star-gazing. Members bring along their telescopes and share the wonders of the night-sky with you. Admission is free.

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

Rockband Pharao Trade are playing a gig in the International Bar on Saturday.

Admission is free.

This event is just advertised as “David Bowie 70th Birthday Bash” no further information. So it is not clear if that is DJ event or if it is a live music event with a David Bowie Tribute Band. Since the Harbour Bar is a live music venue, however, I would expect and hope that it is live.

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 Black Pitts and Mr Sands will perform in Fibber Magees. This will be followed by Punk & Rock DJs and Karaoke.

Admission is free.

The second Dublin Bowie Festival takes place from 05-10 January (10 Jan is the first anniversary of David Bowies death.)

There will be live music, film screenings, discussions, literary event, fine art, pub quiz and many other events. The majority events is not free, but the daily Festival Club in the Mercantile from 05-10 Jan is one of the free events.

9-piece Ska Band “Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers” are playing a gig in the Bowery.

Admission is free.

Little One and Claire Z will perform a gig in the “Midnight Hour” slot in Whelan’s.

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

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.

First Fortnight is a great arts festival that wants to raise awareness for mental health issues. At the perfect time at the beginning of the year, First Fortnight will invite to a large variety of events and most of them are free (tickets are usually required, though).

The festival runs from 01-20 January and all events can be found at www.firstfortnight.ie/2017-event-calendar/

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 Magazine Fort in Phoenix Park is unusually neglected and at the same time unusually rich in history. Many have seen it as a barred off concrete fortress in a corner of Phoenix Park and even more don’t even know or have forgotten that it exists. The old Phoenix House, the home of the British Viceroy, was on the site where the fort was built from the early 17th century and then in 1734 the Fort was built and extended in 1801.

In 1916 the Fort was raided by the rebels who expected to find a lot of explosives there, but found the Fort nearly empty. In 1939 the IRA raided the Fort and stole more than a million rounds of ammunition, but most of it was recovered over the following weeks.

Since 1988, the Irish Army doesn’t use the Fort anymore and gave it back to the Office of Public Works (OPW), but not much good has happened to the Fort in the last 28 years (!!) and there were numerous speculations about the reasons for that.

Finally, this year, guided tours were provided and were meant to run for three months until end of October 2016. But the interest was so great that the OPW decided to continue the tours even through the winter months, They will take place every Sunday at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 and only 20 places are available on each tour.

Tickets are available at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on a first come, first served basis and can not be pre-booked. A shuttle bus will bring the ticket holders to the Fort.

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.

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 Kilkenny Shop Cafe is inviting to a Jazz Brunch Sunday every Sunday from 11:00-14:00 and from 14:30-16:30 a Bluegrass Band is taking over. Unfortuantely they don’t specify who the bands are.

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 National Gallery is running a series of free themed family drop-in workshops from 11:30-13:30 every Sunday.

Inspired by the collection and the exhibitions in the National Gallery, these workshops are suitable for all ages from approx. 18 months to age 8. You can choose to stay for as long or as short a time as works for you.

The space will be divided by age and ability, and each child will be encouraged by Artist and NGI Education Assistant Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire and the week’s guest artist to create their own work on the week’s theme.

Admission is free and no booking required. Numbers are limited to 40 people at any one time but you can drop in and out whenever it suits you and as long as there is still space. Children have to be supervised at all times. The event takes place in the Atrium.

This week’s theme is: Group of Cavalry in the Snow by Jean Louise Ernest Meissonier

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 “Design and Violence” (14 Oct – 22 Jan) in the Science Gallery is an exhibition of objects and systems at the intersection of design and violence. Violence in this context has different faces. It is deliberate harm caused to a person or thing, but also an unintended consequence in other scenarios. Design is the intended creation of things, but also the unintended consequence.

It is a very very interesting exhibition! A good bit darker than other Science Gallery exhibitions because every exhibit has some form of threat inherent in it, but definitely an exhibition I recommend. Some exhibits are self-explanatory, but all come with descriptive and explanatory labels. In addition there are the amazing mediators, who explain and help through the exhibition. I was so lucky to get a guided tour of the whole exhibition by lead mediator Ryan and he is absolutely outstanding. Hugely knowledgeable, interested and interesting and extremely friendly and helpful. Don’t hesitate to ask the mediators they are there to help!

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, “Design and Violence” is suitable for all ages with a particular focus on the age group of 15-25, but due to the topic, I would say that younger children need parental guidance and you could decide to go into less detail about some objects.

From a chair that has to be created by the buyer through bashing a steel cube into shape with a sledgehammer, via all sort of violence that was shown in children’s cartoons “Looney Toons” or pressure sensitive clothing for wheel-chair users to show injury and trauma to an AK-47 rifle and instructions how to torture, the ground floor area sets the scene for a varied way of looking at violence and design. But it gets even more interesting upstairs: A printed gun, a drone survival guide, hacked protest objects, an interesting race and skin colour photo archive, Desert War simulation, a virtual reality installation about the threats refugees need to navigate through and a landmine display….are just some of the exhibits

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 Soo Jung Ann on piano in this Royal Irish Academy of Music performance. Works from Beethoven and Chopin will be performed.

A brunch with Today FM’s Ed Smith of Ed’s Songs Of Praise playing David Bowie songs will take place in the Woollen Mills.

Admission is free. This event is part of the David Bowie Festival.

I have to admit that I am a little surprised that this is a free event, but the website says it is, so let’s hope they are not lying!

“Follow in the footsteps of Bowie’s Dublin sujourns as we revisit the key places in Dublin where Bowie played, rehearsed, stayed etc over the years. Dublin holds a special place in Bowies heart and was the location for the live recording of his Reality tour and where he rehearsed and performed many times.”

Admission is free. The event is part of the David Bowie Festival.

Co-Motion is a great idea for an outdoors walking event that will uplift you and it will happen at 12:00 and again at 14:00 on Sunday.

Everyone has songs that lift us up when we’re feeling down. However, plugging in our headphones often isolates us from the world around us. At Co-Motion the opportunities is created to break down the barriers created by our headphones.

Come with your playlist of uplifting songs to St. Stephen’s Green. You will then be randomly assigned a walking partner and given a headphone splitter so that you both can enjoy each others playlist during a stroll around St Stephen’s Green.

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

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.

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 Bagots Hutton Jazz Brunch takes place on Sundays from 12:00 with Jazz music from 14:30. The Noel Dumont Trio will perform a mix of jazz, soul and lounge music.

Admission is free.

Every Sunday two free guided tours will take place in the Chester Betty Library. The first one is at 15:00 and the second one at 16:00.

In addition there is another free tour every Wednesday at 13:00.

Artist Gerry Davis, winner of the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016, will give a talk on his work.

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.

The Queen Bitch Quiz at the David Bowie Festival will test even the most knowledgeable Bowiephile on their knowledge of all things Bowie.

Admission is free. This event is part of the David Bowie Festival.

Pat, Billy, Mick & Bert will play Folk, Country, Jazz, Blues, Ragtime and Irish Traditional Songs & Ballads.

Admission is free.

Blues Got Soul, a four-piece blues band from Dublin is performing the music of the founding fathers of blues and blues masters in the International Bar every Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

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 Dixeland Jazzmen play a weekly gig in Sin E. Admission is free.

Pop Scar, Albert Mann and Molly Sterling will play a cosy gig of Bowie’s music in Barber Shop “Abner Brown”.

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! ;-)

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.

“A Secret Life: Sounds & Vision of David Bowie”

The essence of Bowie’s work was as a voice for freedom, for expression and for the voiceless, the exploited and the oppressed, liberally sprinkled with songs of celebration, wit, charm and magic.

Secret Life, an 8 piece collective from Wexford, use visuals while performing some of Bowie’s more obscure album tracks along with the classics from Space Oddity to Lazarus.

Admission is free. This event is part of the David Bowie Festival.

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).

Every Sunday a Open Mic Night is happening in Gilbert & Wright’s. It is hosted by Joanne Byford.

Admission is free.

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe with live music (Rockabilly) and DJs. Admission is free.

The second Dublin Bowie Festival takes place from 05-10 January (10 Jan is the first anniversary of David Bowies death.)

There will be live music, film screenings, discussions, literary event, fine art, pub quiz and many other events. The majority events is not free, but the daily Festival Club in the Mercantile from 05-10 Jan is one of the free events.

The Rock ‘n’ Rock and Swing Band “The Jive Cats” will perform in the Mercantile every Sunday from 22:00.

Admission is free.

The Workman’s Club runs their weekly Sunday evening Karaoke as a “Bowie Oke” as part of the David Bowie Festival. Admission is free.

First Fortnight is a great arts festival that wants to raise awareness for mental health issues. At the perfect time at the beginning of the year, First Fortnight will invite to a large variety of events and most of them are free (tickets are usually required, though).

The festival runs from 01-20 January and all events can be found at www.firstfortnight.ie/2017-event-calendar/

Milena Matejko’s

Public Diary is a participatory installation by Milena Matejko and it explores public practice for catharsis and relief through self-expression.

A notebook, the Public Diary, is installed in Smock Alley Theatre and people can express their feelings which otherwise might not be heard through a diary entry, an opportunity to share our thoughts and troubles with one another openly, addressing the stigma around keeping quiet about our problems.

Admission is free to this Drop-in event and no tickets ae required. The Public Diary will be available from 09-14 January.

Enjoy music, song, rhyme and movement with your toddler at this Musical Movements event with Carla Fazio.

It will take place on 09, 16, 23, 30 January, 06, 13 February and 06, 13, 20, 27 March in Blackrock Library.

The time is 10:15-11:00 for Ages 2-3 and 11:15-11:45 for Ages 18 months – 2 years.

Admission is free and no booking required, but there are only 15 places and they will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

TEN is a study of pure movement that was distilled from ten independent sections and has been developed into a duet. It was created by Liv O’Donoghue with sound designer Tom Lane. Liv will be resident in the space from Monday (09 Jan) until the performance on Wednesday 11 Jan at 18:30.

Admission is free before the performance and to the performance.

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.

Get advice and guidance on researching the rich and varied collections of the National Library. The workshop will draw on case studies of personalities from the NLI’s collections and is suitable for anyone looking to embark on a research project or to enhance research skills in navigating the catalogue, accessing the various collections and interpreting the sources.

Admission is free, but places are limited and booking is required via learning@nli.ie or 01 6030 259

The Paperback Edition of “David Bowie: Critical Perspectives” edited by Eoin Devereux, Aileen Dillane and Martin J. Power will be launched at this event.

The editors organised the first ever academic conference about David Bowie in October 2012 at the University of Limerick, Ireland and have assembled an impressive collection of essays about Bowie for this book.

Admission is free. The event is part of the David Bowie Festival.

Based on Kevin Macdonald’s concept for “Life in a Day”, Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores has created a mosaic of life in Italy during one day: 26 October 2013. Italians were asked to record and send in videos via their smartphones or video cameras. The result is a collage of 632 videos selected among the 44,197 sent from all over Italy exposing everyday Italians’ hopes and fears.

The screening is in Italian with English subtitles.

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

This is a weekly gig with authentic old-time fiddle tunes and Appalachian music.

Admission is free.

Dr. Paul Corcoran (Chairperson of the Dublin Cycling Campaign) and Dr. Damien Ó Tuama (National Cycling Coordinator) will talk about the beauty of cycling in Iceland and will show pictures of the amazing views of the Western Icelandic FJords at this Dublin Cycling Campaign Meeting.

Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

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 second Dublin Bowie Festival takes place from 05-10 January (10 Jan is the first anniversary of David Bowies death.)

There will be live music, film screenings, discussions, literary event, fine art, pub quiz and many other events. The majority events is not free, but the daily Festival Club in the Mercantile from 05-10 Jan is one of the free events.

First Fortnight is a great arts festival that wants to raise awareness for mental health issues. At the perfect time at the beginning of the year, First Fortnight will invite to a large variety of events and most of them are free (tickets are usually required, though).

The festival runs from 01-20 January and all events can be found at www.firstfortnight.ie/2017-event-calendar/

Milena Matejko’s

Public Diary is a participatory installation by Milena Matejko and it explores public practice for catharsis and relief through self-expression.

A notebook, the Public Diary, is installed in Smock Alley Theatre and people can express their feelings which otherwise might not be heard through a diary entry, an opportunity to share our thoughts and troubles with one another openly, addressing the stigma around keeping quiet about our problems.

Admission is free to this Drop-in event and no tickets ae required. The Public Diary will be available from 09-14 January.

TEN is a study of pure movement that was distilled from ten independent sections and has been developed into a duet. It was created by Liv O’Donoghue with sound designer Tom Lane. Liv will be resident in the space from Monday (09 Jan) until the performance on Wednesday 11 Jan at 18:30.

Admission is free before the performance and to the performance.

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.

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The Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, Sean Rainbird, will give a public talk on the progress of the Master Development Plan, including the refurbishment of the Dargan and Milltown wings on Merrion Square, and preparation for a complete new presentation of the collection. He will also talk about plans for a new wing to accommodate Conservation, Education, Library & Archives.

Admission is free.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs on Tuesday and Saturday. It is 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

Step On Coding: 9-12 years is taking place on 10 January and on 28 February. It is an ideal session for beginning coders including Blockly and Scratch languages. The class will introduce the fundamentals of coding through games and activities.

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

This is a weekly event in Buskers on the Ball. They have 5 table tennis table and are now running a social league on Tuesdays. Free play at the tables and drinks specials are available.

EveryTuesday at 19:00, The Dublin Language Exchange takes place in the Czech Inn. It is the biggest free meeting of people from all around Dublin that are interested in learning languages and communicate with speakers of other languages.

Admission is free and the meetup is completely informal. No booking 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.

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.

This is a weelly acoustic roots and blues session every Tuesday in Arthur’s Pub.

Admision 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.

Salsa Dublin are inviting to a free week full of classes in Salsa, Kizomba and Bachata. The classes take place in the River Bar near O’Connel Bridge and the full schedule is listed below.

Tuesday 10 Jan:
– 20:30: Kizomba, beginners and improvers
– 22:00: Kizomba club

Wednesday 11 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Bachata club

Thursday 12 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Salsa & Bachata club

Sunday 15 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Salsa & Bachata club

All classes and clubs above are free and you can register here www.salsadublin.com/online-booking/

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.

Every Tuesday, a pub quiz is taking place in the Woolshed.

Admission is free. Max team size is 6 people.

The second Dublin Bowie Festival takes place from 05-10 January (10 Jan is the first anniversary of David Bowies death.)

There will be live music, film screenings, discussions, literary event, fine art, pub quiz and many other events. The majority events is not free, but the daily Festival Club in the Mercantile from 05-10 Jan is one of the free events.

Heroes from Mars are playing a David Bowie Tribute Gig.

Admission is free.

First Fortnight is a great arts festival that wants to raise awareness for mental health issues. At the perfect time at the beginning of the year, First Fortnight will invite to a large variety of events and most of them are free (tickets are usually required, though).

The festival runs from 01-20 January and all events can be found at www.firstfortnight.ie/2017-event-calendar/

Milena Matejko’s

Public Diary is a participatory installation by Milena Matejko and it explores public practice for catharsis and relief through self-expression.

A notebook, the Public Diary, is installed in Smock Alley Theatre and people can express their feelings which otherwise might not be heard through a diary entry, an opportunity to share our thoughts and troubles with one another openly, addressing the stigma around keeping quiet about our problems.

Admission is free to this Drop-in event and no tickets ae required. The Public Diary will be available from 09-14 January.

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.

Join John O’Malley and Friends (including the Bayside Writers) for an evening of Poetry and Song.

Admission is free. Light refreshments will be seved from 17:00.

A Business Networking Event is taking place in the Clayton Hotel near Sir Rogerson’s Quay and it organised by Paul Hurley. It will be a social and informal event in the Vertigo Bar of the hotel.

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

TEN is a study of pure movement that was distilled from ten independent sections and has been developed into a duet. It was created by Liv O’Donoghue with sound designer Tom Lane. Liv will be resident in the space from Monday (09 Jan) until the performance on Wednesday 11 Jan at 18:30.

Admission is free before the performance and to the performance.

Beyond Leaving is an exhibition from Mon 14 Nov to Mar 2017 in the National Photographic Archive and on Wednesday a panel discussion on migration and mental health will take place.

David Monahan’s “Beyond Leaving” is the documentation of the departures of over 120 people in 2010 as they left Ireland after the global financial crash. Now, some years later, Monahan has taken a closer look at a small group of these people working in collaboration with them through photography, Skype conversation and video. This show tries to describe and understand the distance between expectation and reality for the current Irish emigrants.

Admission to the exhibition is always free. For the discussion on Wednesday free tickets are required via the website below.

Are you tired of small talk and would love a real conversation?

We all know how good it feels when we have a truly satisfying conversation with someone.

Conversation Salons are bringing people together to have interesting and uplifting conversation on lots of different topics. In a relaxed café style setting over tea and coffee, you can choose from an enticing conversation menu of thought-provoking questions so that you feel energised, inspired and understood.

Hosted by Life Coach Heather Bourke.

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

gorse is a twice-yearly print journal edited & published by Susan Tomaselli, featuring longform narrative essays, original fiction & interviews.

The first edition of 2017 will be launched on Wednesday in the Liquor Rooms with readings from the newest issue by Michael Naghten Shanks, Chris Beausang, Anthony McGuinness, and Sheila Mannix.

Admission is free.

Salsa Dublin are inviting to a free week full of classes in Salsa, Kizomba and Bachata. The classes take place in the River Bar near O’Connel Bridge and the full schedule is listed below.

Tuesday 10 Jan:
– 20:30: Kizomba, beginners and improvers
– 22:00: Kizomba club

Wednesday 11 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Bachata club

Thursday 12 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Salsa & Bachata club

Sunday 15 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Salsa & Bachata club

All classes and clubs above are free and you can register here www.salsadublin.com/online-booking/

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

Dublin Aikikai Aikido are inviting to a free Aikido taster class on Wednesday.

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).

First Fortnight is a great arts festival that wants to raise awareness for mental health issues. At the perfect time at the beginning of the year, First Fortnight will invite to a large variety of events and most of them are free (tickets are usually required, though).

The festival runs from 01-20 January and all events can be found at www.firstfortnight.ie/2017-event-calendar/

Milena Matejko’s

Public Diary is a participatory installation by Milena Matejko and it explores public practice for catharsis and relief through self-expression.

A notebook, the Public Diary, is installed in Smock Alley Theatre and people can express their feelings which otherwise might not be heard through a diary entry, an opportunity to share our thoughts and troubles with one another openly, addressing the stigma around keeping quiet about our problems.

Admission is free to this Drop-in event and no tickets ae required. The Public Diary will be available from 09-14 January.

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.

Professor James Stewart and Cillian Doyle from Trinity College Dublin, will give a talk on the topic of “Section 110 Special Purpose Vehicles – Regulation and Tax Payments”.

You are invited to bring your own brown bag lunch and eat it during the seminar, tea and coffee will be provided.

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

18 months ago, artists and facilitators Maisie Lee, Marie Ruane and Adrienne Lee began working with the Twilight Programme in St. Patrick’s Hospital to conceptualise a Radio Documentary that captured real life stories of recovery from mental ill-health. The result is a 40 minute programme of stories and recovery journeys full of deep humanity, hope, positivity, warmth and humour, which highlights that every person has mental health experience and that mental illness does not discriminate.

At this event the documentary will be aired, followed by a post show discussion.

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

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Come to this free tour of the exhibition “World War Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience”. Find out about the Irish experience overseas and on the home front during WWI through the National Library’s collections of letters, diaries, recruiting posters, newspaper reports, cartoons, and leaflets.

WWIreland is at 2/3 Kildare Street.

Admission is free.

“Out of Step – the Art of Michael Kane” with Roisin Kennedy, looks at the work and ideas of Michael Kane from both an art and a social perspective and assesses its major contribution to modern Irish culture.

Admission is free.

Rossini’s opera La Gazza Ladra will be screened and all details can be found on the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is requried 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

An expatriate or expat is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship.

And this is a weekly meeting for all Expats in Dublin (new and old!). If you are new to the city, this is an excellent way to meet people.

Admission is free (no booking required!), but you are asked to give the same kind of welcoming to new members as is given to you.

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 Dublin Jam Session is an open Jam with full back line. It is open to all levels of musicians and singers and all genres of music and the only rule is that you must jam with others (not all your own band).

It takes place every Thursday and admission is free.

Salsa Dublin are inviting to a free week full of classes in Salsa, Kizomba and Bachata. The classes take place in the River Bar near O’Connel Bridge and the full schedule is listed below.

Tuesday 10 Jan:
– 20:30: Kizomba, beginners and improvers
– 22:00: Kizomba club

Wednesday 11 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Bachata club

Thursday 12 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Salsa & Bachata club

Sunday 15 Jan:
– 19:30: Salsa, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 20:30: Bachata, beginner, beginners+, improvers and intermediate
– 22:00: Salsa & Bachata club

All classes and clubs above are free and you can register here www.salsadublin.com/online-booking/

Acoustic Rock Band “Raising Jupiter” will play a gig in the Hard Rock Cafe.

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.

First Fortnight is a great arts festival that wants to raise awareness for mental health issues. At the perfect time at the beginning of the year, First Fortnight will invite to a large variety of events and most of them are free (tickets are usually required, though).

The festival runs from 01-20 January and all events can be found at www.firstfortnight.ie/2017-event-calendar/

Milena Matejko’s

Public Diary is a participatory installation by Milena Matejko and it explores public practice for catharsis and relief through self-expression.

A notebook, the Public Diary, is installed in Smock Alley Theatre and people can express their feelings which otherwise might not be heard through a diary entry, an opportunity to share our thoughts and troubles with one another openly, addressing the stigma around keeping quiet about our problems.

Admission is free to this Drop-in event and no tickets ae required. The Public Diary will be available from 09-14 January.

A 6-week “Tai Chi for arthritis” class with osteopath Marion O’Connor and physiotherapist Barbara Mullan will take place in dlr LexIcon. It starts on 13 January and the other dates are (20 Jan, 3+10+17+24 Feb). The time is either 10:00-11:00 or 11:15-12:15.

Admission is free, but booking is required via email to marionoconnor358@gmail.com or phone 086 844 1359. There are only 12 places and minimum age is 60.

Every Friday the chq will run a market in the building with a whole range of stalls. There will be food and arts & craft. Some stalls are there every week, others change regularly.

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 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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Writer Nathan O’Donnell will talk about some of his current research and publishing activities. Find more information about Nathan O’Donnell on the website below.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“History: Reading the Easter Rising” is written and directed by Eamon Grennan and performed by Tegolin Knowland and Seán Coyne of Curlew Theatre.

Drawing from many sources, Eamon Grennan has written this play looking at the Rising and at its violent aftermaths-the Anglo-Irish War and the Civil War.

Admission is free and booking is not required.

Are you tired of small talk and would love a real conversation?

We all know how good it feels when we have a truly satisfying conversation with someone.

Conversation Salons are bringing people together to have interesting and uplifting conversation on lots of different topics. In a relaxed café style setting over tea and coffee, you can choose from an enticing conversation menu of thought-provoking questions so that you feel energised, inspired and understood.

Hosted by Life Coach Heather Bourke.

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

The Italian Institute is inviting to the launch of the third volume of the Italian translation of Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.

At 18:00, after an introduction by a representative of Edizioni Mondadori, the two translators and curators, Enrico Terrinoni and Fabio Pedone, will be joined by journalist and presenter Edoardo Camurri (Radio 3 and Rai 3) for a conversation in Italian on Joyce and on how to translate the untranslatable. The conversation will continue at 20:00 in English with the participation of John McCourt and Declan Kiberd.

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

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 Military History Society of Ireland invites to the talk

“Unshaken loyalty: the Catholic Irish Brigade in British service, 1793-1798”

by Dr Ciarán McDonnell.

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

A double header with Irish bands “Hot Topic” and “Harlequin” is happening in the Hard Rock Cafe.

Admission is free.

The Good Times Band will be in the Liquor Rooms for a showcase gig.

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.

Leo O’Kelly, well known singer/songwriter of Tir Na N’Og will together with Garvan Gallagher play a gig on Friday.

Admission is free.

Writing Train is the Creative Writing School run by hugely experienced writing teacher Yvonne Cullen. Her new Creative Writing Workshops are starting soon and she runs a number of taster sessions on 14+21 January at 11:30 (in the Cafe of the National Library) and also on 21 January at 13:30 (in Buswell’s Hotel).

For each of the classes Yvonne has reserved 4 spaces for Dublin Event Guide readers, so if you are interested in trying out her Creative Writing Classes, send a mail to yvonnesworkshops@gmail.com with the subject “Dublin Event Guide” and book a place with her. You should mention in your mail which of the classes you would like to attend.

All upcoming Writing Train writing classes are listed and explained in this PDF document.