Bank Holidays rock!

Teddy Bear’s Picnic, Dalkey Vintage and Classic Car Festival, Skerries Midsummer Festival, Balbriggan SummerFest

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Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 01 June

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket

+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Balbriggan SummerFest 10:00-20:00 Balbriggan, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/balbriggan.summerfest/
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Tour 10:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/April-June/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(2)
+ Learn about….Fossils – Pop-up Chat 10:30-11:15 & 11:45-12:30 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2024/202406-(1)/Pop-Up-Chats-at-the-Wonder-Cabinet

+ Skerries Midsummer Festival – Sand Castle Competition, Ukulele, Mama Mia – Abba Movie, Abba Tribute (31 May-03 Jun) 11:00-21:00 Skerries, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/visitskerries

+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 11:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/

+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.templebarmarkets.com/foodmarket

+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

+ Viking Ireland Family Tour 12:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/April-June/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour-(3)
+ Community Multi Cultural Family Day – Islamic Cultural Centre – indoor bazaar, outdoor food court and BBQ, face painting, balloon modelling 12:00 19 Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 www.facebook.com/events/975562840588392
++ Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Arts & Crafts, Magic 12:00-16:00 Wolfe Tone Park, Jervis Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=900339152137113

+ The Saints and Scholars of Ireland Tour 14:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/April-June/Guided-Tour-The-Saints-and-Scholars-of-Ireland-(3)
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Tour 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/April-June/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(2)
+ Green Diesel (Ultimate Party Rock) – Gig 20:00 Fibber Magees, 79 Parnell Street, Dublin 1  www.facebook.com/events/267119313089848/

+ Latin Fever – Dublin’s Latin Club with reggaeton, merengue, funk, electrolatino, pachangueo, dembow & more 21:00-02:30 River Bar, 1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (Adm free before midnight) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin

+ Jimmy Rabbitte Trio – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar

+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 08:00-13:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 irishcarboot.ie

+ Balbriggan SummerFest 10:00-20:00 Balbriggan, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/balbriggan.summerfest/

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Run Talk Run – Phoenix Park Run of Mental Health Peer Support Group for adults 10:50 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 bit.ly/RTRDublin (Booking required)

+ Skerries Midsummer Festival – Ukulele, Grease – Outdoor Movie, Live Music  (31 May-03 Jun) 11:00-21:00 Skerries, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/visitskerries

+ Kids’ Drop By Activities: Children’s Erasmus Education Garden (Age 4+) 11:00/11:30/15:30/16:00 (20min) National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/kids-drop-by-activities-5/2024-03-24/

+ St. Patrick’s Park Market – Books, gifts and crafts 11:00-17:30 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/stpatricksparkmarket/

+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

+ Sandymount Green Street Entertainment – Chess Challenge Blitz with Chess Grandmaster Alexander Baburini & Music 13:00-16:00 Sandymount Green, Sandymount, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=902958988541796
++ Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Arts & Crafts, Magic 13:00-16:00 Wolfe Tone Park, Jervis Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=900339152137113
+ Ireland, Then and Now: Irish Symbolism in the Museum’s Collections – Tours at NMI – Decorative Arts & History 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/062024/June-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Vintage Boom Box – Gig 14:00 Cafe en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/390912437102388
+ The Deadlians – Gig 14:00 The Foggy Dew, 1 Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/326009443678685
+  A Taste of the Past: The History of Food & Drink in the Museum’s Collections – Tours at NMI – Decorative Arts & History 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2024/062024/June-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History

+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-public-tours-2/ (No booking required, but limited spaces)

+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 15:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/

+ Sunday Sketching – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-sketching/

+ Workman’s June Bank Holiday Show with Scattered Ashes / Blue Slate / HannahBella – Gigs 20:00 Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 theworkmansclub.com/events/scattered-ashes-blue-state-hannahbella/
+ The Night Before Larry Got Stretched – with Gabriel McArdle – Traditional Singing Session 20:00 The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/841320474682685

+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

And the free events for next week….

Monday 03 June

Bank Holiday

Tuesday 04 June

Wednesday 05 June

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 06 June

+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Tour 11:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/April-June/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(2)
+ The Saints and Scholars of Ireland Tour 12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/April-June/Guided-Tour-The-Saints-and-Scholars-of-Ireland-(3)
+ Shira Brady (mezzo-soprano) – Lunchtime Recital 13:00 Central Library, ILAC Centre www.dublincity.ie/events/music-library-presents-lunchtime-recital (Booking required)
+ Highlights Tour of the 194th Annual Exhibition with RHA Director Patrick T. Murphy 13:00 Royal Hibernian Academy Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873660617 (Booking required)
+ Live Demonstration – National Print Museum – for First-Time Visitors at the 14:00 National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Harcourt Street, Dublin 4 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873660620 (Booking required)
+ Director’s Tour of the National Library of Ireland 18:00-19:00 National Library, 7 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/directors-tour-national-library-ireland-0 (Booking required)
+ Fleapits, Palaces and Multiplexes: a history of cinemas in Dublin 18:30 Coolock Library www.dublincity.ie/events/fleapits-palaces-and-multiplexes-history-cinemas-dublin (Booking required)
+ Ma Thursdays Open Mic – Mother Reilly’s Bar 21:00-23:30 Mother Reilly’s Bar & Restaurant, 26 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.facebook.com/events/762459318527294

Friday 07 June

+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar

+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Basic Talks – Artist Jennie Moran 13:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/basic-talks-jennie-moran/
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Tour 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2024/April-June/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(2)
+ Skerries Traditional Music Weekend – Concerts, Recitals, Workshops, Sessions and Street Music (Fri-Sun) 19:00-23:00 skerriestraditionalmusic.com/

And there is more…

+++ Wingsuit flight through ESB chimneys a “serious safety incident”
Something spectacular happened over our heads on Friday: Three Red Bull Wingsuit pilots jumped out of a helicopter over Dublin and subsequently flew towards and then through the gap between the iconic ESB chimneys at Poolbeg. It seems to be part of a series of flights through landmarks and just three weeks ago wingsuit pilots flew through the gap at the Tower Bridge in London.
Nobody thinks that wingsuiting is a safe sport, Red Bull themselves say “Wingsuit flying is the most dangerous extreme sport in the world”, but it is still laughable that the ESB felt they had to release a statement calling the event a “serious safety incident”. Sometimes it is just better to say nothing. Have a look at the great flight here: www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0531/1452382-dublin-skydive/
Red Bull is known for usually getting all necessary permissions and since the ESB probably doesn’t own the airspace above their buildings or between their chimneys they probably didn’t need to be asked.
The City of London took a different stance when the pilots flew during a much more spectacular stunt “through” the Tower Bridge. They didn’t complain about a safety incident, instead they supported the event by closing the Tower Bridge. In London UK air traffic control also kept the airspace clear for the event on 12 May and a pontoon was installed in the Thames for the landing of the pilots. In Dublin ESB complains about a “serious safety incident”. Interesting!

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The lowest price most of the time is EUR 12.99. Sometimes it even goes down further to EUR 9.99 and when that happens (about once or twice a year), I will tell you. But even 12.99 is definitely a good price for what you get! – Check out the website at www.getthislink.com/Udemy22 And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)

+++ UCD FESTIVAL 2024 Cancelled!
The UCD Festival is normally a great one-day event for everyone, filled with talks and events on the UCD Campus. This year the UCD Festival was planned for Saturday 08 June.
But on Friday I received a mail that told me that the Festival has been cancelled for 2024. No reasons were given and the Festival website also didn’t explain why it got cancelled.
As you possibly can imagine, my curiosity was triggered by the lack of reasons so I searched until I found what was going on and the UCD Student Newspaper “University Observer” had all the answers: It seems that the current UCD Palestine Liberation Encampment on UCD campus was the reason for the cancellation. Organisers maybe feared that the protesters would use the festival to promote their campaign. universityobserver.ie/ucd-festival-cancelled-for-operational-reasons-amid-ongoing-palestinian-solidarity-encampment/
It seems that the UCD Management was in discussions with the protesting students, but no consensus was found despite very long negotiations. (universityobserver.ie/president-orla-feely-issues-second-statement-on-ucd-palestinian-solidarity-encampment-claiming-messages-of-hatred-and-violence/)

+++ IKEA Crafting / Music / Cooking Workshops
Ikea in Ballymun runs a variety of crafting, music and cooking workshops it is always worh checking out. The workshops are free and usually go for 45 minutes. They are always for children, but the age is often not fixed. There are specific Toddler and baby workshops at times as well. Check them out on www.ikea.com/ie/en/stores/events/ikea-ballymun/

+++ Some more events:
Find Library events here www.dublincity.ie/events
and Trinity College Events here www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?day=18&month=03&year=2024&search=week

+++ Storytelling and Toddler Groups at Dublin City Libraries
The Dublin City Libraries have published a list of Storytelling and Toddler groups for age 0-4 across the Dublin City Libraries. You can find it here www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/storytelling-and-toddler-groups-dublin-city-libraries

And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.

Take care,

–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)