Dublin Event Guide 881: A super night! – Richmond Barracks Harvest Festival, Earth Rising Eco Festival, Dublin Mind Body Experience, Car Free Day on Customs House Quay, European Researchers’ Night

September 21st, 2024

A super night!

Richmond Barracks Harvest Festival, Earth Rising Eco Festival, Dublin Mind Body Experience, Car Free Day on Customs House Quay

Hi!!

How was your Culture Night? Did you make it out and join the tens of thousands of others or did you get stuck at home? Knowing that I will have to compile a Dublin Event Guide tonight, I was for a crazy second considering to stay home. But luckily that second was over really fast! ;-)

What did you experience? Did you enjoy the evening? I had a great night. I only had time for at tiny part of Culture Night, but it was good!

I started a the National Gallery, where a choir was singing and they projected art on the outside wall of the building. Then I went to Alliance Francaise to listen to some French songs and to discover that unfortunately the great cafe in there has gone. After that I stopped by the Royal College of Physicians and you will see their historic library on the Dublin Event Guide Facebook Page. Then onwards to the National Library. St. Mary’s choir were singing in the wonderful Reading Hall. The next stop was the National Museum where the “Irish Gold” exhibition is in the centre of the museum. On my way over in the direction of Mansion House I passed by the Freemason’s Hall with the usual long queue for the fascinating tour there. I only passed by Mansion House en route to Temple Bar. Mayhem (a sort of Culture Night rave) outside the former Central Bank, but I didn’t stay. I wanted to go to Meeting House Square, where there was music, but it was full and instead of queuing, I went onwards to the Amphitheatre at Wood Quay as my final stop and there I experienced the surreal experience of a Burlesque performance to promote the Irish language. Burlesque as gaeilge!? It was called “Cabáiste Cabaret” if you ever come across it.

A great Culture Night with a varied programme and at least the Burlesque as Gaeilge will be something I will not easily forget. LOL What did you do? What do you remember? What did you enjoy? Leave some comments about your night on the Dublin Event Guide Page on Facebook? Everything you say there helps to spread the word about the Dublin Event Guide!

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Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 21 September

+ 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

+ The Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival bleedingpig.ie/events-page/ from 12-22 Sept in Donabate & Portrane with a number of free events
+ 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

++ Dublin Mind Body Experience – 200 exhibitors, 150 Talks, Workshops & Classes (Fri,Sat,Sun) 10:00-19:00 RDS, Main Halls (Halls 1-4 & 6), Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.dublinmindbodyexperience.ie/pre-register
++ Earth Rising – Eco Festival – exhibitions, workshops, talks, performances, screenings, eco fair, food (Fri,Sat,Sun) 10:00-19:00 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8 imma.ie/whats-on/earth-rising-2024/

+ 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/

++ Richmond Barracks Harvest Fair – Workshops, Entertainment, Food & Stalls (Sat+Sun) 11:00-17:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 www.richmondbarracks.ie/whats-on/harvest-fair-2024/
+ Baggotonia Festival – Community – Culture – Celebration 11:00-17:00 various locations near Baggot Street Upper linktr.ee/baggotoniafestival

+ 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 dublin.ie/live/things-to-do/markets/

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

+ Baggotonia Festival Film Screening: Ghosts of Baggotonia 14:00-16:30 Lansdowne Hotel, 27-29 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1005399084727 (Booking required)
+ The Marriage with the Goddess – Myths To Live By – Talk 16:30-18:30 New Acropolis, 43 Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.eventbrite.ie/e/948410710967
+ Gotta Keep It Movin’ by Ger Prendergast – Book Launch – Discussion and Q&A 17:00 Trinity Comprehensive School, Ballymun, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/events/1065185291875284
+ Echoes of Baggotonia: Glimpses of the 1960s and early 70s 19:00-19:30 7 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1003281340497 (Booking required)
+ Jar Of Dirt – A Tribute to Alice In Chains – Live Gig – support from SixTooLate 21:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/883304997017237

+ 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

+ Donal Kirk Band – Gig 22:00 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

Sunday 22 September

+ 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

+ The Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival bleedingpig.ie/events-page/ from 12-22 Sept in Donabate & Portrane with a number of free events+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 08:00-13:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 irishcarboot.ie

+ 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)

+ 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/

++ Richmond Barracks Harvest Fair – Workshops, Entertainment, Food & Stalls (Sat+Sun) 11:00-17:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 www.richmondbarracks.ie/whats-on/harvest-fair-2024/
++ Car Free Day on Custom House Quay – Food, Fun and Entertainment – Outdoor Movies, Walking Tours 11:00-16:00 Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 www.dublincity.ie/events/car-free-day-custom-house-quay

+ Death in the Garden – Reading 14:00-15:30 Goldenbridge Cemetery, 47 St Vincent Street West, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1008309529947 (Booking required)

+ 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/

+ Searson’s Sunday Jazz with Stella Bass Quartet and Felim Gormley 17:30-20:30 Searson’s Pubm, Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4 searsonsbar.ie/jazz-nights-at-seasons/

+ Gospel Choir Mass – Gardiner Street Gospel Choir 19:30 St. Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner Street Upper, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/TheGSGC

+ 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….

Please note: To speed up the creation of the weekday section of the Dublin Event Guide, I am experimenting with a few minor changes. One is that I am not adding the full address of the venue to all events anymore (for now). If you don’t know where the venue is, you will find it by checking the event link.

Monday 23 September

++ Trinity Arts & Humanities Research Festival (23-27 Sep) www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events/trinity-arts-and-humanities-research-festival/
++ Start Talking About Research www.start-ern.org/programme

+ 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

+ Understanding Autism and Neurodiversity – Talk 18:15 Walkinstown Library www.dublincity.ie/events/understanding-autism-and-neurodiversity (Booking required)

+ Fáilte Swing Dancing – Social Dance with Swing DJs 21:30-22:30 Dublin Studio, 11 Montague Lane, Dublin 2 www.failteswing.ie/classes

+ Stand up Comedy Night – Raiders Comedy 20:30 Pillar Bar, 22-25 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2 (Booking link not working, so just go there) www.facebook.com/events/1160345211634964

+ Downtown Blues Dancing – Social Dancing with DJs 21:00-23:00 Mind the Step Cafe, 24 Strand Street Great, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1281472632925726

+ Song Cycle – Singer Songwriter Night – Open Night with special guests Little Whelan’s 21:00 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/song-cycle/

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

Tuesday 24 September

+ 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

+ ISL Interpreted Tour: More Power to You – Hugh Lane Gallery 14:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/tour24-sept/ (Booking required)

+ Songs In The Long Room – Acoustic Open Mic Session 20:00-23:00 Hynes Bar, 79 Prussia Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/472368905228630

+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 19:00-22:30 Darkey Kelly’s, Harding Hotel, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/groups/915434861959818

+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/

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

Wednesday 25 September

+ 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

+ Little Museum of Dublin – Free Tour 10:00 Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 littlemuseum.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173601013

+ Cleaner Greener Home and Garden with Aoife Munn 11:00 Pearse Street Library www.dublincity.ie/events/cleaner-greener-home-and-garden-aoife-munn (Booking required)
+ Loved Clothes Last with the Sustainable Life School 13:00 Kevin Street Library www.dublincity.ie/events/loved-clothes-last-sustainable-life-school (Booking required)
+ Child Health Research Festival 2024 – Exhibits, Talks 15:00-19:00 Trinity College Front Square, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/nursing-midwifery/news/2024/child-health-research-festival/
+ Did Ireland have an empire? – Talk with Trinity 16:00-17:00 Trinity Enterprise Centre, Unit 18, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/event/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D177454625
+ Theology after Gaza: Decolonizing the Bible 18:00-18:30 Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/event/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D177631046 (Booking required)

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 26 September

+ 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

+ Sing For Fun – Choir Workshop (Thursdays 12 Sept – 24 Oct) 11:00-12:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173633651 (Booking required)

+ Printmaking – A Broad Perspective – In Focus Tour 13:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/dcc-culture-club-tour-printmaking-a-broad-perspective/
+ Business Matters: What you need to know before starting a start-up – Talk 17:30 Central Library www.dublincity.ie/events/business-matters-what-you-need-know-starting-start (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – Hugh Lane Gallery Collections 18:00 hughlane.ie/whats_on/free-expert-art-tour-hugh-lane-gallery-collections-26sep2024/ (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – MORE POWER TO YOU: Sarah Purser – A Force for Irish Art 18:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/expert-art-tour-sp-26sep2024/ (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – Francis Bacon Studio 19:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/free-expert-art-tour-francis-bacon-studio-26sep2024/ (Booking required)

Friday 27 September

+ 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

+ Winter Gardening with Aoife Munn 11:00 Ringsend Library www.dublincity.ie/events/winter-gardening-aoife-munn (Booking required)
++ Start Talking about Research – European Researchers’ Night – Talks, Tours, Demonstrations 14:00-20:00 various locations www.start-ern.org/programme-friday
+ Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland (Fri-Sun) 16:00-20:00 Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2 iicdublino.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/fiili-festival-della-letteratura-italiana-e-irlandese-in-irlanda-2024/
+ Dublin Festival of History (27 Sep – 13 Oct) dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/ starting with two talks:
1) New Perspectives on the Irish Civil War 18:00-19:00
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/new-perspectives-on-the-irish-civil-war/
2) The Last Disco: The Story of the Stardust Tragedy 20:00-21:00 dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/the-last-disco-the-story-of-the-stardust-tragedy-2/

And there is more…

+++ Trinity College Festivals
NExt week the Trinity Arts & Humanities Research Festival (23-27 Sep) will take place (www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events/trinity-arts-and-humanities-research-festival/) and at the same time the Start Talking About Research Festival (www.start-ern.org/programme) that will on Friday culminante in the European Researcher’s Day will also happen. Three very interesting events or event components and the public, i.e. you and me are explicitly invited. So this is not just for TCD students!

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+++ 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:

+ 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

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