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.

National Bike Week will take place from 10-18 July and there is a whole range of events taking place in Dublin.

All events (Cycling tours, free bike checks, etc) for Dublin are listed on the website below.

The UCD Festival is a whole day of free events on the UCD Campus. The day is filled with talks, interactive exhibits with UCD scientists and researchers, workshops, campus tours and family fun. I counted a total of 79 (!!) different events from Morning Dance Party via Poetry and Storytelling, Technology Demonstrations, Ageing Advice and a Philosopher’s Cafe to a Treasure Hunt, Dance and Choir Performances and Taiko Drumming.

All events are free, but most need pre-registration, so check out the website below and then get to the UCD Campus. :-) The timetable is here: festival.ucd.ie/timetable-3/

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
+ Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6

The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

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

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

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

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

The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.

Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition that you should definitely check out at some stage.

To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2017.

Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.

The Dublin Community Growers are inviting to a number of “Food Cycle” between Dublin Communty Gardens with a common end point in the Mud Island Community Gardens.

Find all details on the website below

Come to Dublin’s five main Georgian squares and associated parks and gardens at this yearly event and enjoy walking tours, discover the history of these magnificent urban gardens, their plants and wildlife, the people who once used them and the historic buildings that embrace them.

The five squares are Merrion Square, Fitzwilliam Square, Mountjoy Square, Parnell Square and St. Stephen’s Green.

Tours take place all day on a first-come basis, no booking is required and all events are free.

The programme on the day is:

10.30am
Merrion Square – Evolution and Design Significance
Geraldine Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Dublin Civic Trust
Meeting Point: Oscar Wilde Statue, inside the railings

10.30am
Mountjoy Square – Dublin’s ‘True’ Georgian Square
Karin O’Flanagan, Resident and Chair of The Mountjoy Square Society
Meeting Point: Steps of 54 Mountjoy Square West

12.00pm
Fitzwilliam Square – Dublin’s Pocket Square
Graham Hickey, Conservation Director, Dublin Civic Trust
Meeting Point: Dublin Bikes station on the Pembroke Street side
Directly followed at 1.00pm by a short tour of Fitzwilliam Square’s private central garden with Rebecca Jeffares, Landscape Historian

11.00am – 4.00pm
Take a rare opportunity to enjoy free access all day to
Fitzwilliam Square’s private central garden
Also traditional lawn bowling with Anne O’Herlihy from 1.00pm
Complemented with musical entertainment

2.15pm & 3.30pm
Natural History Museum, Merrion Square
‘Zoo in my Garden’ children’s tours with Catherine McGuinness, exploring critters in your garden!

2.30pm
Parnell Square – Dublin’s First Georgian Square
James Kelly, Conservation Architect & Chair, Dublin Civic Trust
Meeting Point: Gates to the Garden of Remembrance

3.00pm
St. Stephen’s Green – From Dublin’s Renaissance to Victoriana
Dr John A. McCullen, former Chief Superindendent, Phoenix Park
Meeting Point: Fusiliers’ Arch at the top of Grafton Street

MOUNTJOY SQUARE EVENTS
To mark recent improvements to Mountjoy Square, including clearance of fencing and vegetation that allows sweeping views of the square for the first time in decades, we have arranged music and children’s events right in the heart of Mountjoy Square Park. Take the opportunity to have a look at the ongoing pioneering restoration of the square’s original wrought-iron railings, now largely complete on the south-west corner.

12.30pm
Rousing music with the Blanchardstown Brass Band

2.00pm
Art in the Park with artist Jo Callanan
Meet at the hard surface football area

2.30pm
Afro-Eire rhythm music

3.00pm
Nature Detectives with Sara Rublaca
Meet at the hard surface football area

3.30pm
Green Fingers – planting workshop for children with Rebecca Jeffares

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At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, and Sundays: 12:00-17:30.

The St. PEter’s Special School in Rathgar needs your support to raise funds at their Summer Fête. There will be plants on sale, cakes, hog roast and garden equiment and admission is free.

The Terenure Bushy Park Market is taking place every weekk. The market has more than 30 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.

At this Family Day – Pastel Portraits, kids from 5-10 years can take part in drawing sessions:

After a look around the exhibition ‘School Portraits’ with our artists, we will learn more about what portraits are about, what stories they tell, before creating our own colourful portraits, while learning to blend and mix with pastels … maybe you’ll be the model … maybe you’ll be the artist … or try your hand at both!

Sessions Are Free, But Space Is Limited. Max 50 per workshop.
Session 1: 12pm-12.50pm
Session 2: 1pm-1.50pm
Session 3: 2pm-2.50pm
Pre Booking necessary, tel 01-8852622.
Dress for Mess/ Unless otherwise stated workshops are designed for children from 5-10 years, though younger and older siblings are welcome to take part/ Please be aware that Draíocht’s Family Days are not designed for groups/ All children must be accompanied by an adult… and all adults must be accompanied by a child!

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.

The exhibition “SOUND CHECK” (09 June – 24 September) in the Science Gallery is looking the influence sound has on our life. THe exhibition looks at lots of interesting ways to create sound.

It is highly interactive exhibition with lots of oppoertunities to create sound/make noise. Some of the main exhibits are a big sound pinball table, a synthesiser on a bike, musical swings, a room full of Moog Synthesiser equipment, a Uranium controlled Xylophone and there are fice “Sonic Bikes” that you cyn pre-book and loan out for a 1 hour guided tour in Dublin.

The exhibition is suitable for ALL ages, even younger children will be able to take part and nobody will be bored.

Use the help of the amazing mediators, who can explain everything you see, especially if you don’t want to read all the explanations that are next to every exhibit.

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.

The Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Bikefest in National Bike Week will take place in Cabinteely Park.

There will be lots of bike related activities, shows and performances in the park and to get there, four treasure trails with prizes will incentivise you leave the car at home.

Find out a lot more via the website below.

A protest “Freedom and Justice for Palestine” will take place at the Spire and is organised by the Irelan-Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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.

“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

There are some beautiful brooches to be seen at the National Museum of Ireland, from the famous ‘Tara’ Brooch of early Christian times, to brooches worn by Viking women, and even brooches given as love tokens in Medieval times. Learn about the people who wore these brilliant brooches and have a go at making your own to take home.

Admission is free and no booking required. Suitable for families with children 6+.

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.

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

Admission is free.

A weekly tour of the National War Memorial Gardens will take every Saturday from March until the end of October.

Admission is free. “Meet inside the gates” it says here.

The documentary film “The Boy who started the Syrian War” will be screened from 14:00-15:00. This will be followed by an interview and Q&A with director and producer.

Admission is free, donations are appreciated. The event is organised by the Irish Syria Solidarity Movement.

Come along to this drop-by demo and discover the miniature world of terrariums. From miniature rainforests to desert landscapes in a fishbowl, you’ll learn all you need to know about planting and maintaining your very own terrarium. (In the Erasmus Garden)

On Dublin Garden Squares Day, come to “Zoo in my Garden” with Catherine McGuinness.

Learn all about critters at the end of your garden at this talk/tour at 14:15 and again at 15:30.

Admission is free.

The Alliance Francaise Drama Club invites you to the performances of their new show “On joue ce soir ?”

Will the show be ready on time? Will the actors be set for the final call? Will the director have finished pulling her hair out trying to find solutions to the obstacles in her way? Will there be an audience to speak of? You can find out!

Admission is free, but booking is requried via the website below. The play will be performed on 09 and 10 June.

“Under one Tent” is a community initiative which wants to achieve social change by creating bridges between individuals, bringing together communities and fostering interfaith dialogue. They are inviting to an “Open Iftar” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (09-11 June). Iftar is the “breaking of the fast”, i.e. the meal Muslims have after sunset during Ramadan.

Everybody is invited to St. Patrick’s Park next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral to enjoy a free meal after sunset during Ramadan. Sharing the meal, conneting neighbours and learning a little more about Ramadan and the muslim traditions is suitable for everyone independent from your faith.

You don’t have to register, the Eventbrite Page is only used to share the information, but tickets are not required.

Daithí will play indie traditional electro math rock looped with a twist.

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.

Whelan’s Midnight Hour features Alt rock band “Long Tail”. Support comes from the “Huntings”.

Admission is free before 22:30 of via the guest list.

The J Tees are playing a gig in the Bowery.

Admission is free.

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

Admission for buyers is free.

National Bike Week will take place from 10-18 July and there is a whole range of events taking place in Dublin.

All events (Cycling tours, free bike checks, etc) for Dublin are listed on the website below.

Street Feast is a neighbourhood festival all over Ireland. It can take place in your street, in a park or in your front garden and it is organised by people like you and me for people like you and me.

The Street Feast website (see below) gives some suggestions and has a list of all events that were submitted to them. More than 900 events are listed of which well over 400 are in Dublin. So check out the website here www.streetfeast.ie/my-events/ and click on GO TO ONE if you want to join a Street Feast somewhere in Dublin. And if you run your own, submit the details also via the website.

Admission is free, but it is not unusual that you are asked to bring your own food when you join a Street Feast somewhere.

Dublin City Council invites to “StreetVelodrome Dublin City”, as part of National Bike Week 2017, on Sunday 11 June and Monday 12 June. At this 2-day family friendly event there will be bike racing, live entertainment, music, kids activities, special guest appearances.

On Sunday 11 June, Dublin will host the first round of the Viking StreetVelodrome Series, a touring competition where professional bicyle riders compete for gold, silver and bronze medals at events in the UK and Ireland. Team Dublin will race at 14:00 and your support is particularly needed at that time. Amateur cyclists of all ages are also invited to participate in competitions running throughout the day. These races are free to participate in, but spaces must be booked in advance.

In addition to the races there will be family entertainment with face painting, balloon modelling and a cycling village where cyclists can pick up bike care tips. The Wobbly Circus’ colourful street performers will also show off their cycling skills on penny farthings and unicycles.

On Monday 12 June, StreetVelodrome Dublin City will continue and cycling enthusiasts are invited to come along and test out their skills on the velodrome which will be open from 15:00-18:00 – no booking required! Bikes, helmets and professional coaching will all be provided.

Admission is free and a full schedule is 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 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 since last 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 with a reduced schedule over the winter. And since 02 April there will be tours again every Friday and Sunday at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 + 15:00 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.

Every Sunday (with a few exceptions) an art workshop takes place for children from 6-11 years of age. Admission is free and children must be accompanied by an adult.

The themes for the workshop are:
11 June Medieval Life
25 June Farmer Ann
09 July Felt Making with Gabi
16 July Explore the Walled Garden
23 July Draw Flowers from the Walled Garden
30 July Farmer Ann

The full list can be found here phoenixpark.ie/media/phoenix-park-programme-of-events-2017.pdf

A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.

The next Fusion Sundays Market will take place this Sunday in the Dublin Food Co-op.

It is a world culture market, an ethnic Bazaar, that focuses on the diverse ethnic culture present in Ireland today. The Market features a huge array of International stalls, ethnic food, live music and entertainment for kids. You can buy handmade goods, arts and crafts, recycled products, jewellery, clothes and food. The market is held every second Sunday of the month.

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

Admission is free.

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 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.

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 exhibition “SOUND CHECK” (09 June – 24 September) in the Science Gallery is looking the influence sound has on our life. THe exhibition looks at lots of interesting ways to create sound.

It is highly interactive exhibition with lots of oppoertunities to create sound/make noise. Some of the main exhibits are a big sound pinball table, a synthesiser on a bike, musical swings, a room full of Moog Synthesiser equipment, a Uranium controlled Xylophone and there are fice “Sonic Bikes” that you cyn pre-book and loan out for a 1 hour guided tour in Dublin.

The exhibition is suitable for ALL ages, even younger children will be able to take part and nobody will be bored.

Use the help of the amazing mediators, who can explain everything you see, especially if you don’t want to read all the explanations that are next to every exhibit.

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.

Cycling Ireland’s Family Cycling Festival BIKE FEST will take place in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny. It is a yearly family cycling festival during National Bike Week where children of all ages (from 18 months!) can learn and enjoy activities on their bike with a good balance between the learning of new skills in a coached skills zones featuring Sprocket Rocket, Gearing Up off Road, road cycling skills and balance bikes along with providing a relaxed atmosphere in a picnic area.

A family cycle will take place at 15:00.

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 “John F. Larchet Remembered – The Complete Songs and Music for Violin and Piano2

with Raphaela Mangan (mezzo-soprano), Gavan Ring (baritone), Lynda O’Connor (violin), Niall Kinsella (piano)

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The cemetery at Arbour Hill is the last resting place of 14 of the leaders of the 1916 Rising. Among those buried there are Pádraig Pearse, James Connolly and Thomas Clarke. This tour every Sunday will focus on the context of the Rising and explore in detail the wording of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

No booking necessary. The meeting point is inside the cemetery gates.

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

DTwo invites to a Sunday afternoon in their beer garden where you can taste some Spanish food. A Paellada is an event where Paella, the Spanish rice dish, is served.

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.

This is a chance to explore some of the artefacts from the Museum’s collection of objects for handling with Museum educators – a fascinating drop-in handling session for all ages. No booking required.

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 New Breadwinners are a 3-piece Bluegrass band and they are playing every Sunday in the Leeson Longe.

Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

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.

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! ;-)

A joint choir concert of The Boulder Chorale from Colorado, USA and Cuore from Dublin will take place.

Admission is free.

“Under one Tent” is a community initiative which wants to achieve social change by creating bridges between individuals, bringing together communities and fostering interfaith dialogue. They are inviting to an “Open Iftar” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (09-11 June). Iftar is the “breaking of the fast”, i.e. the meal Muslims have after sunset during Ramadan.

Everybody is invited to St. Patrick’s Park next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral to enjoy a free meal after sunset during Ramadan. Sharing the meal, conneting neighbours and learning a little more about Ramadan and the muslim traditions is suitable for everyone independent from your faith.

You don’t have to register, the Eventbrite Page is only used to share the information, but tickets are not required.

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.

Every Sunday night, a Blues Band will play a gig in the Bowery.

Admission is free.

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

Admission is free.

National Bike Week will take place from 10-18 July and there is a whole range of events taking place in Dublin.

All events (Cycling tours, free bike checks, etc) for Dublin are listed on the website below.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

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

Dublin City Council invites to “StreetVelodrome Dublin City”, as part of National Bike Week 2017, on Sunday 11 June and Monday 12 June. At this 2-day family friendly event there will be bike racing, live entertainment, music, kids activities, special guest appearances.

On Sunday 11 June, Dublin will host the first round of the Viking StreetVelodrome Series, a touring competition where professional bicyle riders compete for gold, silver and bronze medals at events in the UK and Ireland. Team Dublin will race at 14:00 and your support is particularly needed at that time. Amateur cyclists of all ages are also invited to participate in competitions running throughout the day. These races are free to participate in, but spaces must be booked in advance.

In addition to the races there will be family entertainment with face painting, balloon modelling and a cycling village where cyclists can pick up bike care tips. The Wobbly Circus’ colourful street performers will also show off their cycling skills on penny farthings and unicycles.

On Monday 12 June, StreetVelodrome Dublin City will continue and cycling enthusiasts are invited to come along and test out their skills on the velodrome which will be open from 15:00-18:00 – no booking required! Bikes, helmets and professional coaching will all be provided.

Admission is free and a full schedule is on the website below.

The Founder Institute Europe is bringing the “Startup Pitch Bootcamp: Learn How to Pitch” with Adeo Ressi to Whelan’s on Monday. You Will Learn: How to pitch your startup idea / Mistakes to avoid when pitching ideas / The components of a great startup pitch

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

An unusual event for Whelan’s but sounds very interesting!

The Italian Institute of Culture invites you to the encouter with contemporary Italian writer Andrea De Carlo, who will talk about his latest book L’imperfetta meraviglia and the art of novel writing. (in English)

Andrea De Carlo is an Italian writer, director and musician. After his journeys around the world, De Carlo wrote and published many bestselling novels, including Due di due (Two out of Two, 1989), Tecniche di seduzione (Techniques of Seduction, 1991) and Giro di vento (Windshift, 2004). As a director, De Carlo made a movie out of his novel Treno di panna (1981) and directed the documentary Le facce di Fellini (1983). During his career, he collaborated with great Italian artistic figures such as Italo Calvino and Federico Fellini.

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

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

Admission is free.

The Dublin Cycling Campaign invites to their next meeting and discussion. The topic will be “Quietways – A New Way to View Our City”. They are safe and quieter routes for school children to walk/cycle to and from school via quiet, residential streets through the use of a “Cycling Streets” where cars only enter as guests.

Admission is free.

Song Cycle is a weekly Singer/Songriter showcase. The line-up is not always easily findable on the Whelan’s website, but admission is always free.

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

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

Admission is free.

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

Admission is free.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

Every Monday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.

Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).

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

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

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

Admission is free.

That’s It Recordings is an open mic every Monday at Sin E. Just turn up and play. Sign up before 22:00 to ensure you get a slot. Bring a USB stick along and you will get a recording of your music to take home.

Admission is free.

National Bike Week will take place from 10-18 July and there is a whole range of events taking place in Dublin.

All events (Cycling tours, free bike checks, etc) for Dublin are listed on the website below.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

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“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

At the All Together in Dignity (ATD) Quart Monde workshop “The Joseph Wresinski Legacy” you will find out about Joseph Wresinski, who first introduced the concept of social exclusion and who initiated the United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty and is the inspirational figure behind the 2012 UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty.

Admission is free and the workshop will be run in French and English. Booking is required via the link below.

“Shoe Shredding” is an artist talk with Alexandra Murray-Leslie from Chicks on Speed in connection with the current Science Gallerz exhibiton “Sound Check”.

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

Whelan’s never had a regular Trad Session, but this is about to change:

From 04 April until 27 June a new Trad Session called “Call the Dancers” will take place and no other than well known musicians Ronan Ó Snodaigh, Eoin Dillon & friends will perform.

Admission is free.

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.

To mark the birth of William Butler Yeats on 13 June 1865, Bernard O’Donoghue (Emeritus Fellow, Waldham College) will deliver The Joseph Hassett Yeats lecture ‘Yeats the political mystic’

Admission is free.

Rumours have it that the Bluegrass Collective will perform in Sin É on Tuesday and there might even be an open Bluegrass Jam! Admission is free.

The Shipstern Open Session is the Open Mic night in the Bowery in Rathmines. A weekly event where everyone is invited to take part, sing, play an instrument of even tell some jokes. And anybody who will perform on stage will get a cocktail voucher. Sometimes even big names come in to try out their new material.

The night is hosted by Cian from the tband MKAI.

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 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.

National Bike Week will take place from 10-18 July and there is a whole range of events taking place in Dublin.

All events (Cycling tours, free bike checks, etc) for Dublin are listed on the website below.

One of the world’s oldest and largest tall ships, the “Juan Sebastián de Elcano” will make a five-day visit to Dublin Port, arriving on Saturday 10 June and departing on Thursday 15 June. The 370-foot long, four-masted schooner is the world’s third largest tall ship and one of the oldest tall ships still sailing.

The ship will be open for you to visit it on Wednesday from 10.00-13.00 and 15.30-19.00 next to the Toll Bridge (Berth 18 (beside Tom Clarke Bridge)

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.

This week’s Phoenix Park “Walk” is a Cycle Trail around Phoenix Park to look at the Biodiversity in the park.

Admission is free.

The full list of all walks for the next few months is here: phoenixpark.ie/media/phoenix-park-programme-of-events-2017.pdf

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

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 Film “Silence” will be screened in the library. It is the latest film directed by Martin Scorsese. Set during a time when Christianity was punishable by death and facing the ultimate test of faith, two missionaries travel to Japan to find their mentor. English. 2016, 15A (161 min).

Admission is free.

The Temple Bar “Night” Market is more an afternoon and evening market (14:00-20:00) and it takes place every Wednesday until September.

You can buy Arts & Crafts at this market.

In previous years the missing food and drink stalls (probably to protect the pubs and restaurants in Temple Bar) was mentioned by visitors as a critique.

n her book “Greta’s Herbs”, Greta McCarthy O’Brien will share her knowledge gathered from 20 years’ experience growing herbs on the Dingle Peninsula. Equipped with a keen eye for design, she will describe how a variety of herbs can be grown to blend in beautifully with your ornamental garden, and how herbs and edible flowers can be used to add flair to food presentation.

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 Law & Technology research group at the School of Law at TCD will host a roundtable discussion on State aid, national tax policies and the future of European integration in digital markets: the 2016 ‘Apple’ decision and beyond.

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

Mind Blow is a series of interactive Philosophy lectures/sessions suitable for everyone. Get to understand what Philosophy is all about in a simple and understandable way.

The Mond Blow talks will happen on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month in Jigsaw.

Admission is free, but a donation of between EUR 0 and EUR 5 is suggested. Tickets are available here.

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 Wednesday and admission is free.

The Dwarf Jar House Trio (Daniel Rorke (sax), Cormac O’Brien (bass) and Matthew Jacobson(drums)) will play a weekly Jazz gig every Wednesday in Dwarf Jar Cafe and they usually have one or more guest musicians or singers supporting them.

Admission is free.

Jesters is a weekly open mic comedy event where a lot of comedians do 5 minutes of material.

Admission is free. If you would like to perform then send a message to the Jesters Facebook Page via the link below.

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

The Resident Open Mic is a new weekly open mic on Wednesdays with a bit of a difference: Each week a different established artist will go back to their roots by not just playing at the open mic but by hosting it. This gives the artists a chance to try out new songs, play some of their classics and most importantly it gives a chance for new songwriters to play their music in front of some of their favorite songwriters.

Admission is free.

Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).

The Harleys are a popular coverband and they will be in the Mezz every Wednesday at midnight.

Admission is free.

National Bike Week will take place from 10-18 July and there is a whole range of events taking place in Dublin.

All events (Cycling tours, free bike checks, etc) for Dublin are listed on the website below.

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.

This Let’s Walk & Talk event is a stroll through St. Stephen’s Green with Éanna NÍ Lamhna on the day before Bloomsday.

Meet at the Triumphal Arch, St. Stephen’s Green, at the top of Grafton Street.

The National Gallery has an extensive programme of free talks, public tours and Art Documentary screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection every day of the week. Check their website for details.

The Green Door Market is a new indoor food/Farmer’s Market that takes place just a few doors down from the Dublin Food Co-op at Newmarket in Dublin 8. Admission is free.

Opening hours are Thu-Fri 12:00-19:00 and Sat 09:30-16:00.

The noticeable increase on the success of Spanish teams at an international level, clubs as well as the national team, requires an analysis beyond purely sport related factors.

Ángel López Perez, with 10 years’ experience as a professional coach in First Division and having brought the Spanish football methodology to a variety of countries such as China, United Arab Emirates, Romania and England, will share his international experience which has made him aware of the worldwide allure of having a Spanish coach train your team.

In Spanish with simultaneus interpreting available. Admission is free, but booking is required via bookings.dublin@cervantes.es

Every Thursday the Little Museum of Dublin waives their admission charges for two guided tours thanks to sponsorship from Guinness. The first tour is at 18:00 and the second tour is at 19:00. Make sure that you are there at least 10 minutes before the start of the tour to get one of the limited places.

The Little Museum of Dublin has a fascinating collection of artefacts from the last 100 years Dublin’s history.

On other days and other times, admission is EUR 7 for adults and admission is by guided tour only.

At this Organ Plus Recital, David Leigh: organ and Alan Smale: violin will perform works by Leighton, Rutti and Rheinberge.

Admission is free.

“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

“Come West along the Road: A Retrospective” with Nicholas Carolan is a reflection on his work as presenter and researcher of Come West along the Road, the RTÉ archival television series. Including the TG4 Irish-language version Siar an Bóthar, a total of 28 series were broadcast between 1994 and 2014. This, the longest-running ever Irish traditional music television series, featured over 3,000 musicians, singers and dancers ranging in time from 1929 to 1994.

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

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.

THe Thursday Night Board Gaming event is running for more than 10 years already and it is a weekly event for all Board Game enthusiasts. But even if you are a Board Game newbie, you are welcome. Just come along!

Admission is free.

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

Admission is free.

I thought the recent Crystal Skull Winners Night was the final, but it seems I was wrong. The final is taking place this week. Crystal Skull is a band competition where the crowd voted for the acts.

Admission is free

Fans of Adventure are playing a gig in the Leeson Lounge. Unfortunately I don’t know their style or genre, but maybe a Google search will help. ;-)

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.

The Luna Boys are in the Mercantile for a gig every Thursday night.

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.

16 June is Bloomsday and it is the biggest imaginable holiday for James Joyce fans. Non-fans on the other hand don’t really get the Bloomsday craze at all. The celebration is based on an imaginary account in the James Joyce novel Ulysses of what happened on 16 June. If Star Trek fans (or similar) celebrated a random imaginary day like Joyce fans do, we would declare them as crazy. ;-)

Joyce Fans dress up in “fancy dress” from the era, eat the breakfast that is described in Ulysses and go for walks along the routes that the Ulysses characters took.

There are lots of different events and they are all listed on www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/ However, the majority of events is not free so I picked some free ones for you and you find them in the list below. Some are Bloomsday events and the other are BloomFringe events.

+ Tues 13 June – 23:30-00:30: Yeats’ Birthday to Joyce’s Bloomsday (Really at that time??)
+ Wed 14 June – 19:00-21:00: Bloomsday – The Hungarian Connection – Film Screening and Play
+ Fri 16 June – 08:00-16:00: Bloomsday at the James Joyce Tower & Museum in Sandycove
+ Fri 16 June – 10:30-13:30: Wandering Rocks: Journey Inside Ulysses
+ Fri 16 June – 11:00-11:45: Joycean Music Hall Meanderings
+ Fri 16 June – 15:00-18:00: Bloomsday Reading & Songs
+ Fri 16 June – 17:00-17:30: Bloomsday performance – Telemachus
+ Fri 16 June – 17:00-20:00: Moments of Joyce Festival – song, poetry, art, story telling and screenings
+ Fri 16 June – 18:00-19:00: A Play on Ulysses: Bloomsday in Blackrock

National Bike Week will take place from 10-18 July and there is a whole range of events taking place in Dublin.

All events (Cycling tours, free bike checks, etc) for Dublin are listed on the website below.

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 since last 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 with a reduced schedule over the winter. And since 02 April there will be tours again every Friday and Sunday at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 + 15:00 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.

Dublin City Hall has a museum/exhibition in the basement, called “The Story of the Capital”, it is an exhibition about Dublin’s History and you should definitely check it out at some stage.

To celebrate the Easter Rising Anniversary, admission to that exhibititon was free in 2016, but lucky for us, Dublin City decided to also waive the admission charge for 2017.

Opening hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:15.

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.

Join Jennifer Keane, National Museum of Ireland, to trace the steps of Leopold Bloom and discover what the Museum would have looked like at the beginning of the 20th century. Feel free to bring your copy of Ulysses.

Admission is free, but booking required via 01-6486 334 or email educationarch@museum.ie

Joyce at the Opera is a concert featuring music that was central to Joyce’s life and writings. Trieste-based artists Ilaria Zanetti (soprano), Riccardo Rados (tenor) and Alessandra Sagelli Caoduro (piano) will be joined by Irish singers Owen Gilhooly (tenor) and Noel O’Grady (tenor).

Insights into the importance of the performed works to Joyce will be provided by Professor John McCourt (University of Macerata). 13 pieces will be performed, with an emphasis on the lyric opera so loved by Joyce as well as some popular melodies and music-hall songs. Songs by composer Antonio Smareglia, (a friend of Joyce in Trieste, best known for Le Nozze Istriane), and rarely heard Italian versions of arias from Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl, which Balfe conducted in Trieste in 1854, will also be performed.

Admission is free.

The Choristers of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral invite you to attend their summer concert in aid of the recording fund.

The programme includes many choral classics including Hubert Parry’s Blest pair of sirens which featured in the wedding of Prince William & Kate Middleton alongside other works by Walton & Vaughan Williams and arrangements of well-known spirituals ‘How can I keep from singing?’ & ‘Ev’ry time I feel the spirit’.

Admission is free, donations after the concert will be very much appreciated. Pre-booking is possible via the link 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 Lake Houston Chamber SIngers from Texas, USA are on a concert tour in Ireland and will perform a concert in the Unitarian Church on Friday.

Admission is free.

The Wellington Weekender will take place in the Workman’s Club from Friday until Sunday and it will start with a gig with Katie Kim (a.k.a Katie Sullivan) who performs slowcore, ethereal, ambient folk/pop.

Admission is free.

“Just Mikey” is not just Mikey anymore, but is a 7 piece band from Dublin that crosses all genres, but is influenced by Hip Hop, Rock, Disco, Punk, Trad and more.

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.

Reverend JM’s Panic Worship + Poison Hearts will perform in the Patriot’s Inn in Kilmainham.

The Love Tailors are playing the gig in the Midnight Hour on Friday.

Admission is free before 22:30 or via the guest list on the website below.

“The Goods” are a really great soul/funk/80s band and they will be in the Bowery for a gig on Friday.

Admission is free.