Dublin Event Guide 301: Vintage & Classic Car Fair, Brocante Market, Circus Workshops

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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.

An In-Store event with the Dirty Epics will take place.

David’s current novel The Light of Amsterdam was shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year at the 2012 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards and his novel The Truth Commissioner was awarded the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize. David Park has written one collection of short stories and seven novels.

This reading is part of a series of Lunchtime Readings at the Irish Writers’ Centre. Organised in association with Poetry Ireland, these readings offer even the busiest of book-lovers a bite-sized opportunity to experience the best in contemporary Irish writing.

The Back Loft in the La Catedral Studios building is celebrating its seven year anniversary and to celebrate this in style, there are two events taking place on Friday 22 March.

“Seven Year Itch” is a one of event rejoicing the fun and frolics of the past seven years of the Back Loft as well as looking forward the next seven years. It is a day of celebration with artists & friends who have supported, joined, played, exhibited, performed and been part of the Back Loft community over the years.
At this one day mini festival there will be a bell tent indoors, La Catedral Studio artists works on the walls, projections of the building through the years, nibbles and a café style set up.

For the “Feel free to Jam” part musicians and friends of the Back Loft are invited to come play and sing in old seisún style. Come dressed up in Vaudeville, Cabaret & Circus themes to celebrate or just come dressed as yourself.

Pipeworks continues its organ recital programme with a concert by Colm Carey. He will play pieces from Hindemith, Mozart and Mendelssohn.

Admission is free, but booking is required. To get tickets, go to www.nch.ie or call 01 417 0000

A free Greek and European Folk Dance class open to all. Contact Katerini Papathanasiou on papath.kat@gmail.com

Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3)

A drop in class, with newcomers welcome.

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.

Astronomy Ireland’s weekly free telescope nights are beginning again, and will take place each Friday night at 20:00 if the weather permits. Check the website below for a weather forecast and to find out what you will be able to see at the telescope night. The focus will be on Jupiter and Moon.

“Dublin Tribal Spirit” is a weekly event that gives you the great experience of a drumming circle with african drums and authentic tribal rhythms. Tom and Sinead, who run that event are providing lots of drums for it and teach you the rhythms.

There is no formal admission charge for this event, but donations are expected. The organisers bring their own 20-30 drums to it every week, so they are looking for donations to keep the event going.

The Addison Lodge are inviting local bands, musicians, poets, comedians and performers to share their talents at the new Addison Lodge Open Mic Nights in Glasnevin (opposite the Botanic Gardens). The event will take place every week. Admission is free.

The Dublin Circus Festival is taking place from 22-24 March. The Festival is not free, but if you want to learn any circus art or just see some amazing performances you might be interested. Admission is EUR 25/20 for a weekend pass and you can find out more here www.dublincircusfestival.com/ and here www.facebook.com/events/432529486820822/

Thereason why I mention the Festival here is because there are are three free events as well that might/should interest you:

On Fri 22 March there will be juggling for charity from 12:00-14:00 at Temple Bar Square but one of the hightlights is taking place that evening.

From 21:00 there will be a free Fire Show in the Court Yard of Trinitiy College organise dby TCD and the TCD Circus Arts Society.

On Saturday at Filmbase in Temple Bar free workshops for everybody take place from 13:00-15:00.

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are Fri 22 March: Rob Strong & the Ringers and Sat 23 March: U2 Tribute Band “Rattle & Hum”

Private Underground Resistance will launch their album at the “Midnight Hour” and they will be supported by Guitly Optics. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30. Seemingly you can also get in for free at 23:30 if you join the “guest list” at www.facebook.com/events/458105210922973/

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

The Dublin Food Co-op is open every Saturday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc. The Co-op is also open on Thursdays 12:00-20:00.

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.

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

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 Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket

An indoor market in Coolock with over 40 traders with a wide range of goods and a café on site as well.

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.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher will run every Saturday. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”

Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

The monthly art market “Alt Market” normally takes place on the last saturday of the month. But surprisingly the calender of the Excahnge Dublin suggests that this event will take place this Saturday (which is the second last Saturday in March). So I am not absolutely sure if it will take place this weekend or not. You might want to check with newartmarket@gmail.com The same address is also for everyone who wants to book a stall.

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.

Eason Story Time is back. As part of Eason’s “Get Into Reading” campaign, a specially selected children’s book will be read at 11:00 each Saturday in every Eason store in the country. On the website below are the dates and book titles from now until mid-June and for the next two months I have them included here:

09 Mar: My Mum by Anthony Browne
16 Mar: Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
23 Mar: Brave Beast by Chris Judge
30 Mar: Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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.

“Stop the Bully” is a new programme by martial art instructor Pat Forde to help tackle the problem of bullying in today’s society. The programme empowers people at all ages with the tools to effectively deal with bullying. The event is suitable for families, children and teenagers and they will learn key skills required to counteract bullying. It will take place in the Donaghmede Shopping Centre in Unit 74 on the ground floor. It seems that the event is free. The website is not life yet, but there is a Facebook Page below.

Yé K.R.I.K. (Kréyol Ireland Konexion), is a group of young French Caribbean people living in Dublin, Ireland. And Francophonie is a week long festival of French Speakers.

As part of Francophonie, Yé KRIK is inviting to two days of French Caribbean events. The first day is on Friday, when a live concert with Ines Khai and the Ziloka Band will take place. The music genre on the night is “Gwoka” and there will be singing, dance and drumming. This concert take place in the Village in Wexford Street on Fri 22 Mar from 19:30, but it is not free (EUR 7).

The events on Saturday are all free:
Members of the Ziloka band will tell Kreyol traditional stories from 11:30-12:00 and from 12:15-12:45 and this will be followed by a Traditional Gwoka Dance workshop where you can learn some new moves from Salsa to traditional dance from Martinique and Guadeloupe. (From 13:00-13:30)

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. Dux & Co will offer food and the Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

Irish Record Fairs is running a new market at a new venue. The Pint Bar on Eden Quay will be the venue for the Metal & Rock Music Fair. All other music genres are welcome as well, but there is a bit of a focus in Metal & Rock.

The Dublin Circus Festival is taking place from 22-24 March. The Festival is not free, but if you want to learn any circus art or just see some amazing performances you might be interested. Admission is EUR 25/20 for a weekend pass and you can find out more here www.dublincircusfestival.com/ and here www.facebook.com/events/432529486820822/

Thereason why I mention the Festival here is because there are are three free events as well that might/should interest you:

On Fri 22 March there will be juggling for charity from 12:00-14:00 at Temple Bar Square but one of the hightlights is taking place that evening.

From 21:00 there will be a free Fire Show in the Court Yard of Trinitiy College organise dby TCD and the TCD Circus Arts Society.

On Saturday at Filmbase in Temple Bar free workshops for everybody take place from 13:00-15:00.

The next meeting of the new Exchange Film Works group at at the Exchange Dublin takes place.
This project is open to camera people, sound, make up, lighting, editors, vfx people, scriptwriters, actors and directors and the goal, is to make pictures. If you want to get working on films and you have something to bring to the table, then contact stuartsavino@gmail.com

Shoctopus will perform at an In-Store event in Tower Records. Admission is free.

Astronomy Ireland are continuing their weekly Sun Shows at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Swords. Each Saturday, the staff of the Astronomy Ireland Shop will be showing you amazing views of our nearest star. Using special filters and some of the largest telescopes in Ireland you will get to see sunspots bigger than Earth and huge solar flare bursting from our nearest star. If it’s cloudy, there will be a telescope demonstration and you will find out how you can safely observe the Sun and undertake some daytime astronomy using your own telescope.

The IFI continues with its free Archive at Lunchtime screenings on three days every week in February.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
02+9+16+13+30 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-9/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
04+13+18+27 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-25/
06+11+20+25 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-24/

The IFI is inviting to a talk by one of the world’s leading authorities on the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Professor Charles Barr of the University of East Anglia will give an illustrated lecture. Admission is free, but tickets need to be booked via the website below.

The next Progressive Film Club Film Screening with the theme “International Women’s Day” will take place on Sat from 14:30. Two films will be screened:
+ 14:30: Bas: Beyond the Red Light (2010)
+ 16:00: Generation M: Misogyny in Media and Culture (2008)
more details can be found on the website below.

Admission is free and donations are welcome.

Learn some ’egg-traordinary’ facts about the Museum collection, including the eel that choked on a frog and the bird that flew into a lighthouse. Admission is free and no booking required.

As part of the BBC Singer’s tour of Seven Last Words from the Cross, The Association of Irish Choirs will host a public interview with James MacMillan at the Mansion House, during which the composer will discuss his influences and approach to composition. Seating for this event is limited, but it seems admission is free. To book your place contact wideopenmusic1@gmail.com

A Talk and discussion with Jarek Dobrzanski (Poland) and Talie Mau (Germany) will take place in the Migrant Artists on Ireland series at the Centre for Creative Practices. Admission is free.

Following this talk, Jarek Dobrza?ski will perform TradScendence. TradScendence is a performance of partly written and partly improvised pieces employing sounds of acoustic, electric and lap-steel guitar, electronics as well as modern live looping and layering techniques. Admission to this concert is EUR 8.50/6 and more information can be found at www.cfcp.ie/events/435

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.

This is a weekly Saturday night jazz event in the basement Wine Cave of KC Peaches wholefood restaurant/café. Food will be served until 22:00 and wine, minerals & music will be available until later. Admission is free and a donation into a hat at the end of the evening is appreciated.

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are Fri 22 March: Rob Strong & the Ringers and Sat 23 March: U2 Tribute Band “Rattle & Hum”.

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 Long Mile Road Market behind Wigoders on Long MIle Road (across the road from Aldi) hosts more than 50 stalls and there is also a Cafe on site.

The Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a relatively new weekly market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. Sounds interesting and I will check it out over the coming weeks. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel). www.facebook.com/merchantsindoormarket

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.

Possibly the best and largest Vintage, Veteran and Classic Car Festivals held in Dublin this year will take place on Smithfield Plaza to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day and to raise awareness and funds for the Down Syndrome Centre.

Veteran / Vintage / Classic & Supercar Collectors and Car Owners will come together and will show their wonderful cars. Cars arrive from 07:00-09:00 and at 10:00 the festival opens.

It will be a Family Fun Day with bouncy castle, face painting and lots of other activities. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. (If you are a Vintage Car owner it is not free and you better check with the organisers if there is still room.)

The Children’s Art Cart Workshops will be held again in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (01-6770095) every Sunday from 24 March to 22 December 2013. Currently the workshop is still free, but there is a possibility that a fee will be introduced at some point. Children must be over 6 years of age and must be supervised by an adult.
You can’t pre-book, so early arrival is required because there are only 20 places per session.

The themes are:
24 March: Medieval Life – Includes a visit to Ashtown Castle
31 March: Make a Wallet ( Bring along empty clean cartons)
07 April: Creepy Crawlies in the Park
14 April: Animal Masks
21 April: What would we do without them
28 April: Make a surprise.

Gina Menzies, theologian and lecturer in medical ethics, will speak in the College Chapel. Her address is part of the Spiritual Capital’ series of Lenten speakers and the title of her address will be ‘Spiritual Capital: An Ethical Perspective’. The address is in the context of the Sunday morning Choral Eucharist (Church of Ireland). All are welcome.

The Brocante Market will take place on Sun. It is a collection of antiques, furniture, vintage jewellery, collectables and curiosities from the past and present, second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for your house and garden. If you are an interior designer or just have and eye for style and are looking for a special piece or maybe a bargain then this is the market for you. The market is normally held every 3rd Sunday of the month, but due to the St. Patrick’s Day Festival last week, the Brocante Market is taking place one week later this month.

A new Car Boot Sale is taking place fortnightly at this location in South Dublin. Further dates: 07+21 April, 05+19 May. For more information call 087 701 6714

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 Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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 Contemporary Music Centre (CMC) will host a workshop on choral composition with internationally acclaimed composer James MacMillan and the BBC Singers in the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall. This workshop is open to everyone and is free of charge.

Irish composers Rhona Clarke, Anne Marie O’Farrell, Deirdre McKay and Karen Power have been selected to have their work featured and discussed at the event. Following the workshop, one of the featured Irish pieces will be selected for publication in Choir and Organ magazine and the sheet music made available for download with an accompanying studio recording by the BBC Singers.

The workshop is aimed for composers, choral directors and singers, as well as anyone with a general interest in music and composition. To book your free place, contact Karen Hennessy at khennessy@cmc.ie.

An indoor market in Coolock with over 40 traders with a wide range of goods and a café on site as well.

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), 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 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!

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 contemporary music ensemble Concorde present the third event in the 2013 series Up Close with Music at the RHA Gallery. Each concert gives you a chance to hear newly commissioned pieces from Irish composers alongside international repertoire and to meet with composers and performers during the interval.

Featured

The contemporary music ensemble Concorde present the third event in the 2013 series Up Close with Music at the RHA Gallery. Each concert gives you a chance to hear newly commissioned pieces from Irish composers alongside international repertoire and to meet with composers and performers during the interval.

Featured composer at the concert is Frank Lyons. His new work for bass clarinet, accordion and electronics will be played. All other featured composers and performers are listed here www.journalofmusic.com/listing/10-03-13/close-music-ii

The concert will consist of two parts and you are welcome to come for one or both parts. The first part will start at 14:30, the second part at 15:45. Admission is free.

Come to the Family Drawing Sundays in the RHA. All children are welcome to use the RHA Art Cart, in the RHA Atrium. Admission is free. For further information, contact Ruth Carroll on 01 6612558 or via ruth@rhagallery.ie

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 ’curse of the pharaohs’ refers to the superstition that all who disturb the mummy of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh will be placed under a curse. Join Caoimhe Leppard to learn about the curses found in ancient tombs and hear spooky tales of those who may have suffered under this sorcery! Meet at reception. Admission is free and no booking required. 20 places, first come first serve basis.

The public talk ‘Pilgrims at Clonmacnoise: George Petrie’ with Dr. Philip McEvansoneya, Trinity College Dublin will take place. Admission is free and no booking required.

The Public Lecture “Politics and Symbolism in Irish Art” with Lecturer Michelle Browne will take place. Admission is free, but places are limited.

The next Sunday Sketching for 7+ Year olds has the title “Night and Day”. No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended.

Dance Theatre of Ireland (DTI) will present CREATING SPACE, an informal showcase of local and emerging choreographers, at the Centre for Dance, Dún Laoghaire on Sunday, March 24.

Local choreographers Kathleen Doherty (Dalkey), Liadain Heriott (Dún Laoghaire) and Mariam Ribon (Dún Laoghaire- and DTI-based Dublin Youth Dance Company) as well as Selma Daniels, Olwen Grindley & Composer Fran Hegarty, Amy Kinlon & Dagmara Jerzak (Men in Dance), and Catherine O’ Reilly will take the stage to present their short works-in-progress.

Admission is free, but seating is limited and therefore booking via 01 280 3455 or email info@dancetheatreireland.com is required. (Donations are welcome.)

Saucy Sundays is a weekly free live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. The line-up and links to all bands/performers are available via the Saucy Sundays Facebook Page (see link below). The bands and performers this week are Mama Kasbah Band, Petcrafts, Edisons, Rob Walsh, Kevin Nolan, Juhn Echo, Will Bury.

The wedding and party band The Long John Jump Band play every Sunday evening in Café en Seine. Admission is free.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass invites to a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30. The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known choirs in Ireland will sing during the mass and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.

Every Sunday a band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes (from 18:00) are additional features. Admission is free.

Every Sunday this singer-songwriter night takes place in the Bleeding Horse in Camden St. from 8.30pm. It is an Open mic night and performers can just turn up and put their name on the list for that night.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. 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).

Rogério from the Brazilian dance project “Forró de Lampião” in Dublin tells me: Forró de Lampião is Brazilian music that has the same roots as Samba and there is a whole culture that has developed around “forro”. Every Sunday, free dance classes take place in the Grand Social (new loation!) and if you are interested, just turn up one Sunday.

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with alternating (week by week) live bands Pavement Kings, Donna & The Sazzy Catz, The Mosquitoes and The Pacifics from 21:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free.

Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads are playing Ballads, Folk, Trad and Classic Country every Sunday. Featuring Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle and Banjo.

The weekly Sunday Roast is a free event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The line-up for the upcoming Sunday Roast is available via the Sunday Roast Facebook Page (see link below). The perfomers this Sunday are Bleach Dogs, Sinead White, The Ourz, Legion of Ape, Taylor’s Lane.

Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.

The 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 IFI continues with its free Archive at Lunchtime screenings on three days every week in February.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
02+9+16+13+30 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-9/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
04+13+18+27 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-25/
06+11+20+25 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-24/

‘Europe in search of Itself, in search of The Other’ is a lecture by Prof Joep Leerssen (Amsterdam), which is part of the Euro-Visions Public Lecture Series on Europe.

Nation-states have a much more robust presence in citizens’ identities and allegiances than “Europe”, which, as a result, is often represented as crisis-prone, faceless and infirm. But this might not be a correct representation as the lecture discusses. Find more information on the website below.

Admission is free.

At this event there will be readings and songs from James Plunkett’s Strumpet City, the classic novel of Dublin city life in the 1900s, through the words of the irrepressible Rashers Tierney. Admission is free, but booking is required on 01 677 7510.

Every Monday, starting on 25 February, the SCOOP Foundation will be hosting Jurassic Paradiso, a free Classic Cinema Night for the community. The event, which will be held at the Generator Hostel and will help raise money for The SCOOP Foundation, a locally based charity that helps support children out of poverty in Cambodia and India.

During the event, attendees can watch a classic blockbuster such as Back To The Future, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Terminator 2, etc. The movie of the week will be voted on before hand on the Facebook page and there will also be featured themed nights.

Free popcorn will be available and low priced food and drinks can be provided by the Generator Hostel. After the movie there will be a brief movie discussion if you are interested and 2 hours of tunes focused around the movie, it’s genre, and the decade it was made.

The SCOOP (Supporting Children Out Of Poverty) Foundation is an innovative and dedicated charity and endeavors to raise funds through their own unique events and ideas to build schools and opportunities for children caught in the poverty trap in Cambodia and India.

The Monday Echo is a weekly songwriter and poetry live showcase held on Mondays in the basement of The International Bar. Usually, the show has 3 songwriters and 3 poets who perform for roughly 20 minutes each. Admission is free.
The weekly line-up can be found via the Facebook Page below.

Exchange Focus is a collective photography group. They act as a forum and meeting point for Dublin photographers to share techniques and collaborate on projects and they regularly exhibit their work and run free workshops in all aspects of photography. The group meets every second week on Monday nights and is open to everyone. All levels of experience are catered for.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday. 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 4-piece band Loose Trad are performing every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. www.loosetrad.com/ Admission is free.

Every Monday, a mix of musicians from bands like The Seven Deadly Skins / Animal Cracker / Upbeat Generation / Crete Boom & more come together to play a free night of Rock & Reggae.

The public talk “The Baptism of the King of Cashel by Saint Patrick, c.1800-1801” with Dr. Audrey Nicholls, University College Dublin will take place. Admission is free and no booking required.

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.

“Between Cosmopolitanism and Autochthony – Richard Wagner and the concept of the German National Theatre” is a lecture by Prof. Friedemann Kreuder, Head of the Department for Theatre Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, organised by the School of Drama, Film and Music.

Find more information about this free lecture on the website below.

The next talk in the SFI Speaker Series and in connection with the Science Gallery exhibition “Oscillator”, TCD Lecturer Constantin Gurdgiev will talk about “Fiscal Cycle: From Nanosecond Trading to Generational Oscillations”. More details are available on the website below. Admission is free, but booking is required.

For about two years, Broadsheet.ie is irregularly publishing pictures of items that look like Ireland. That could be a toast, or a cloud or a chicken nugget or ANYTHING else. And the mad ;-) broadsheet readers supplied so many pictures that the it became a book. The book launch is taking place on Tuesday and admission is free.

Amplify – The Business of Music is running their second event entitled “Forward Thinking” with four speakers from the music world. The speakers are Reamonn Barrett (Royseven), Roisin Dwyer (Hotpress), Marty Miller (Radio Nova), Pete Murphy (EMI Ireland). “Amplify provides valuable information for bands/musicians/entertainers of all genres regarding the ever-changing music industry.”

Admission is free

Unit 1 is a monthly night of Performance Art in the Exchange. On Tuesday, Unit 1 presents an exhibition of live performance by students of IADT; Molly Burns, John Drumm, Tara Carroll, Patricia Melo, Aine O Hara, Janna Kemperman and Siobh Mcgrane.

Admission is free and more details are available on the events page below.

A DIT Chamber Brass Concert, featuring the DIT Brass Quintet, DIT Trumpet Ensemble, DIT Trombone Quartet and DIT Brass Ensemble, will take place. Admission is free.

This is an open mic night with Special Guests. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play and if you are a performer you get a free beer. Admission is free.

Open Mic Night with The Last Tycoons in O’Donoghue’s on Suffolk Street every Tues from 20:00. It’s free and anyone can get up, sing a song or do whatever they like.

The weekly “Grand Folk Club” will feature Trad, Ballads, Americana, Folk, World Music & More. This Tuesday, the line-up is: Jimmy Crowley (Folk). Admission is free.

White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 23:30 in The Mezz in Temple Bar.

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 IFI continues with its free Archive at Lunchtime screenings on three days every week in February.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
02+9+16+13+30 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-double-bill-9/
The Monday/Wednesday programmes are here
04+13+18+27 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-1-25/
06+11+20+25 March: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-programme-2-24/

Find out how artefacts are conserved for the future at the National Museum. The tour includes a look at furniture and textile conservation and archaeological conservation. This is a free adult event and booking is essential: 01-6486453

How much DNA does each sunflower cell have? Does an oak cell have more DNA because it is a large complex tree? This lecture by Colin Kelleher will introduce the variation and complexity in DNA content in plant species and show how it is being investigated. It will include a demonstration of how DNA is isolated from plant tissue.

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 3rd Chilean Cinema Season – Cinema and Literature – will start on 27 March and runs until 17 April. The first film to be screened will be “For Rent / Se arrienda” (2005) by Alberto Fuguet (in Spanish with English subtitles). The screening will be followed by a wine reception, compliment of the Embassy of Chile in Ireland.

Emu Ink is Ireland’s newest self publishing company and it intends to help authors to publish their work in print and online. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan will launch Emu Ink. Also speaking on the night will be Founder, Emer Cleary, Eamonn Maloney TD, award-winning Crime Writer Louise Phillips and 9-year-old Joe Prendergast who will be reading an extract from his book.

The launch of Emma Radley and Claire Bracken’s edited collection “Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts” takes place. Diane Negra will open the launch. Admission is free but you have to book your place via corkuniversitypress@ucc.ie.

The Critical Take is a free monhtly event in the IFI. It is a panel debate about movies that were in the IFI programme of the current month. This month the Critical Take panellists are Tony Tracy, Lecturer in Film at The Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway; filmmaker and producer Rachel Lysaght; and Thomas McGraw Lewis, researcher, educator and filmmaker.

They will discuss South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s first English language feature, Stoker (March 1st – 21st ) starring Mia Wasikowska; the Sundance Festival prize-winning Robot & Frank (March 8th– 21st ) with Frank Langella and a domestic robot voiced by Peter Sarsgaard in the two central roles; and Beyond the Hills (March 15th – 28th), the Romanian entry for this year’s Best Foreign Language Oscar and the follow up to director Cristian Mungiu’s Palme-d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.

Admission is free, but you need to book your seat by contacting the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477 or emailing boxoffice@irishfilm.ie to request tickets. Demand is huge and if you got tickets, a confirmation will be sent to you.

‘Hanoi 1967-8: A View from the Ground’ is a talk by Brian Stewart, Former British Consul General, organised by the Department of History at Trinity College Dublin.

As Britain’s sole official in Hanoi in 1967-8, at the height of the Vietnam War, Brian Stewart CMG witnessed the American bombing campaign against North Vietnam from the perspective of those at the receiving end, and observed the life of a city and people at war. His informal talk will explore the Vietnam War and its legacy from his unique vantage point that combines the perspective of an eye witness with that of an Asia specialist who devoted his entire career to fostering a better understanding of this region in Europe.

Admission is free.

Book launch and Lecture for “Us and Them? The dangerous politics of Immigration Controls” with Professor Bridget Anderson, Deputy Director, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), Oxford University. For further information contact dlandy@tcd.ie

“At the Praetorium” is an Easter Play written by Sean Walsh and directed by Breffni McGuinness. It’s not a passion play in the traditional sense, but instead focuses on the dungeon, where prisoners Barrabas, Dismas and Gestas await their fate and Pontius Pilate’s Headquarters where Pilate, his centurion, his wife and her servant try to make sense of events as they unfold. There is a crucifixion but Jesus is not involved. The play is performed by The Church Theatre Group. It is suitable for ages 14+ and admission is free (donations are optional).

It will take place in three locations over three evenings:
– 25 March: St. Anthony’s Church, Clontarf
– 26 March: St. Brigid’s Church, Killester
– 27 March: All Hallows Church , Drumcondra

The Groove Festival ‘Whelan’s Stage’ Band Comeptition (Heat 2) with
Empire Saints, Cash is King, Third Smoke, Attic Knights
will take place.

The Groove Festival is taking place on 06-07 July at Killruddery Estate between Bray and Greystones and will have an extensive line-up across Soul, Funk, Roots, R&B and Rock & Roll. Whelan’s will be hosting one of the stages at the festival and are running a competition for up and coming Irish bands to play at Groove Festival. The band that shows the most promise in the heats will go on to the final in June where they will get the chance to fill a slot at the festival.

The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. 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.

The list of performers is not yet announced on their Facebook Page and I am not sure if it will be put up there, but check it anyway.

“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.

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 Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

Babies on Board Tours are explicitly for guardians (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nannies) with babies. You will hear about Irish traditions around the Easter period, with Museum educator Mary Greene. Admission is free and booking required: 01-6486453

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 Dublin Food Co-op is open every Thursday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc.
The Co-op is also opened on Saturdays 09:30 – 16:30. 12:00-20:00.

The public lecture “Barbizonism: from artistic friendships to marketing and collecting the school of Fontainebleau” with Prof Ségolène Le Men, Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre La Défense, Institut universitaire de France will take place on Thursday. Admission is free.

Sean Scully will talk about his exhibition “Doric” at this free public lecture. Admission is free.

Sound Devices is a new way for both artists and audiences to explore the connection between sound, acousmatic music and literature. Rathmines Library is hosting a series of curated monthly events in the form of imaginative journeys through sound. All events are free and open to everybody.

The next event (Sound Device n.3) is on Thursday and to book your place you have to contact sounddevicesdublin [at] gmail.com

The Centre for Creative Practices invites to the “Migrant Artists on Ireland” Series of events and the next event will be a discussion entitled “Societies on the crossroad between Multiculturalism and Interculturalism? Why is it relevant?”

Moderator is Chinedu Onyejelem (Editor and Publisher of Ireland’s multicultural weekly Metro Eireann. Director of Concern Worldwide, and a member of Irish Department of Foreign Affairs /NGO Standing Committee, which advises the Irish Government on Human Rights issues overseas) and the panel is David O’Donnovan (Office of Integration, Dublin City Council), Dr. Eloise Tan (Teaching and Learning Developer, Learning Innovation Unit, DCU), Helena Clarke (Director of Public Affairs, Integration Centre), Kirsti Kotilainen (Finish Visual Artist based in Ireland).

Admission is free.

The Dublin Writers’ Forum welcomes writers of all genres, of all ages and all levels of experience. DWF is an open group of writers who share a common passion for all things literary. It is a safe ‘working space’ where on a weekly basis writers can bring their work to be critiqued by other writers.

Dimestore Recordings run a weekly event in Sweeney Mongrel’s, Dame Street (formerly Le Cirk) with a variety of bands and performers. It starts at 20:00, follow the link for the line up.

Bad Boy Jake are every Thursday until the end of February in the newly re-opened Rathmines Inn, playing their rock, blues and Americana.

Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys are playing a weekly gig in the Mercantile Hotel on Thursdays. Their music is swing, blues, bebop and doo wop. Admission is free.

The Max Zaska group and the Patrick Groenland group will perform on alternating Thursdays from 21:00 in the International Bar on 23 Wicklow Street.

“Thirsty Thursday” Open Mic Night from 21:00 in the Bridge Inn in Chapelizod Village.

The next Cabin Session with the McGrane Family, Con Butler (bass), Gerry Fitzpatrick (dobro), Cathy McEvoy (fiddle) and special guests the Hot Dots (Hawaiian), Zuppa Mista (Latin/Folk), Dave Hardy (clarinet/sax wil take place on Thurs. Admission is free.

Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.

There is nothing particularly good about this Friday in comparison to other Fridays, unless you are of Christian faith. But considering that (officially) around 93% of Irish people are meant to be catholic and because it is the case in less catholic countries, many are under the impression that Good Friday is a public holiday in Ireland. This is NOT the case. Many schools are closed on that day and some employers give their employees the day off too. However it is not a public holiday and therefore you do not have entitlement to get either the day off or to get higher pay. For most people it is just a normal Friday before a long weekend – and that is not the worst thing! :-)

Due to a distinct lack of separation between church and state (that is my opinion and you don’t have to agree!) in Ireland, pubs are not allowed to open on Good Friday and selling alcohol is forbidden. Different to the people that form the queues outside off-licenses on Thursday evening, many don’t think it is a disaster if there is no alcohol and no pub for a whole day, nevertheless many still think that the laws around Good Friday are out of sync with a multicultural and pluralistic society.

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café on site and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.

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.

Pulled Apart will perform in Tower Records at an In-Store event. Admission is free.

A free Greek and European Folk Dance class open to all. Contact Katerini Papathanasiou on papath.kat@gmail.com

Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3). This is a srop in class and newcomers are welcome.

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.

Astronomy Ireland’s weekly free telescope nights are beginning again, and will take place each Friday night at 20:00 if the weather permits. Check the website below for a weather forecast and to find out what you will be able to see at the telescope night. The focus will be on Jupiter and Moon.