Dublin Event Guide 449: TRAUMA exhibition, The Narration Station, Astronomy Lecture, Temple Bar Tradfest

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 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

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.

Four free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).

The sessions can be booked following these links:

+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced

Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.

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.

Claiming Our Future is a non-party-political network of individuals and organizations from community, environmental, global justice, cultural and trade union sectors. The main areas Claiming Our Future is interested in are Income equality, Developing an economy for society, Political reform.

A schedule of talks and discussions can be found on the website below.

Admission is free, but booking is required on the Eventbrite site here.

The Terenure Village Market has moved to Bushy Park and is from now on a weekly market.

The market has now grown to 40 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.

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.

Qigong is a traditional Chinese form of meditation coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm state of mind.

Come to this gentle Qigong practice outdoors on the Roof Top Garden of the Library (weather permitting) or indoors with a view of the roof garden. Suitable for all ages.

Admission is free and no booking required, but numbers are limited.

How does trauma affect the brain, the body, the national psyche or all three? How do buildings, bodies, artworks and stories record the traumas of our past? How do we bounce back after a trauma?

The exhibition “Trauma – Built to Break” (20 Nov – 21 Feb) in the Science Gallery is exploring the biological, psychological and societal aspects of trauma. As a sudden, violent, stressful event, trauma can be short-lived or long-lasting with impacts that range from deeply personal to universal.

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, TRAUMA is suitable for all ages and while younger children might need some further explanation, there are lots of exhibits that can easily explained.

The Science Gallery mediators are helpers (usually students or graduates) that know the whole exhibition inside out and are very happy to help with a lot more information than the little labels at the exhibits can provide. Use their excellent service!

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.

“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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

Every Saturday a kid’s book will be ead 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.

A national protest day against water charges is taking place, but going by the number of questions about the nationwide events and by the scarcity of details about the main events in Dublin, the organisations behind the protest are not doing a great job.

You have to piece together all details about the main events and it seems that there are two meeting points, one at Connolly Station and the other at Christ Church. From there the march will probably go to the GPO. It is not clear, though, if there is an event at the GPO or if the event ends there.

Come to the Natural History Museum and discover what is new to zoology including the many uses of an elephant’s trunk, how bats steal food from one another and the spider that smells.

The tour takes place at 14:15 and 15:30 and is suitable for Ages 7+.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“Countess Markievicz and the Women of 1916” is a talk by historian Lorcan Collins about the up to 90 women that participated in the citywide rebellion of Easter 1916. and the role played by and the role leading figures like Countess Constance Markievicz and Dr. Kathleen Lynn played.

Admission is free, but booking is required via ß1-8477781.

This week’s Saturday Workshop is themed “Winter Wilderness” with Jane Bowe and it is suitable for children aged 4-10.

Admission is free, but places are limited. Check the website below for all details.

“I’m not a painter, I’m a storyteller and the story is You” is the title of this event by painter Renata Ledzinska.

There will be Vegan and Vegetarian food inspired by her paintings and her paintings will be inspired by people and music. You can taste the food, have a drink, talk with the artists: foodmaker, musicmaker and picturemaker and see the painters work in progress of the last few years.

Admission is free, some food is free and the music is free.

The Beerhouse in Capel Street is inviting to their Beerfest 2016 which will run from 22-31 January. There will be guest brewers, free samples, pint specials, live music, swag giveaways and more.

The list of guest brewers is on the website below. Unfortuantely the live bands are not listed anywhere, it only says that they will perform on 23,26,30 and 31 January.

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event event downstairs in the Wine Cave of KC Peaches Cafe. Food will be served until 21:30 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 Calvinists are playing Gypsy Blue Folk Rock in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Andy Early is playing an acoustic gig in The Mezz.

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.

Pete Cummins, Grammy award winning songwriter will play with his band in the Leeson Lounge.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Robert Coyle is talking about “Being Wrong is Right with Robert Coyle” in Accents Cafe.

Doors open at 20:00, the show starts at 20:30 and finishes at 22:00.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

One of the best, possibly even THE best party and wedding band in Ireland will be in the Mint Bar on Saturday.

“The Ratzingers” will perform from 22:30.

Admission is free.

20 Seconds of Panic will play a gig in the midnight slot at the Mezz.

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.

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.

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.

Three free Yoga sessions take place in MVP in Dublin 8 every Saturday and every Sunday. The times are 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00 and the duration is 1 hour. At every session only 8 places are available, so get your bookings in early (you can book weeks in advance).

The sessions can be booked following these links:

+ 10:00-11:00 Beginner
+ 11:00-12:00 Intermediate
+ 12:00-13:00 Beginner
+ 13:00-14:00 Advanced

Classes are open level, so everyone is welcome.

Come to this dlr Biodiversity workshop to learn how plants are able to maximise their opportunities by flowering in early spring. What’s the best way to plant bulbs to create the best displays and how can you prolong their flowering?

Event leader is Aoife Munn (087 985 2858)

Admission is free, meet beside the car park notice board.

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 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 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 the Ficino Ensemble playing works from Schnittke and Beethoven.

How does trauma affect the brain, the body, the national psyche or all three? How do buildings, bodies, artworks and stories record the traumas of our past? How do we bounce back after a trauma?

The exhibition “Trauma – Built to Break” (20 Nov – 21 Feb) in the Science Gallery is exploring the biological, psychological and societal aspects of trauma. As a sudden, violent, stressful event, trauma can be short-lived or long-lasting with impacts that range from deeply personal to universal.

Like all Science Gallery exhibitions, TRAUMA is suitable for all ages and while younger children might need some further explanation, there are lots of exhibits that can easily explained.

The Science Gallery mediators are helpers (usually students or graduates) that know the whole exhibition inside out and are very happy to help with a lot more information than the little labels at the exhibits can provide. Use their excellent service!

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.

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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!

This documentary, by documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, explores the life of 93 year old fashion icon Iris Apfel, who, despite her advanced age, continues to inspire those around her to embrace life, love, creativity and fashion. (2015; PG-13; (79 min))

Admission is free and no booking required.

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

Take a stroll through the Museum on a tour of some of the highlights of the galleries.

Admission is free and no booking required, places allocated on a first-come first-served basis 15 minutes before the tour starts. The tour is suitable for adults.

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.

This week’s Sunday Talk is “JMW Turner – Master of 19th century British Painting” with Dr Philip MacEvansoneya, Trinity College Dublin.

It is part of a lecture series throughout the month of January themed around the J.M.W. Turner watercolours exhibition.

Admission is free.

Travel around European traditional dancing culture without a ticket at the Bal Folk Dance Sessions.

And if you don’t know how to dance, don’t worry! Workshops are provided and admission is free.

The event takes place every Sunday in the Cobblestone Pub. The time alternates a little: On 1st+2nd Sunday of the month it is from 16:00-19:00 and on 3rd and 4th Sunday from 18:00-22:00. And on every 4th Sunday there is also a Breton session from 15:00.

Two great events, a Christmas Gift Swap and the new Spoken Word Event “The Narration Station” will take place this Sunday in conjunction with each other. They are both organised by Alt Events and take place in the same venue.

For the Gift Swap bring all your unwanted Christmas presents (good quality but unwanted stuff!) and swap them for something better.

And while the Gift Swap is going on, the brand new spoken word event “The Narration Station” will get participants to pick a favourite passage from a book they have a connection to, explain why this particular passage means so much to them and then narrate the section to the audience. You can be audience or you can participate.

Admission is free, but the event is in aid of the homeless charity Focus Ireland and therefore a donation of EUR 5 per person is suggested.

Find all details about the event on the Facebook Page below.

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 Sweeney’s Dixeland Jazzmen play their weekly gig on the ground floor in Sweeney’s. 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

“A-Musing” is a new Comedy Club in the Mercantile. It will feature some of Ireland’s best up and coming comedians every Sunday night.

Admission is free.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.

Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)

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

Feel The Pinch are playing Rock with a hint of Blues in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

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).

“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe. Admission is free.

The Pavement Kings play Rockabilly from 21:00 and
DJs Popocorn Peete and Little Dakota follow from 23:00-01:30 with a white variety of styles (Rockabilly, Calypso, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll, etc).

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

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 bands Land Lovers and Slouch are playing in the Midnight Slot at Whelan’s. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:§0 or if you sign up for the guest list.

The Dublin Blues Cartel will be in Whelan’s again and will perform mostly a version of New Orleans R’n’B with a classic rock twist, sandwiched with swing, Rock’n’Roll, Soul, Funk, Blues and rap of all eras. Admission is free.

Weedway will play their Reggae in The Mezz on Sunday.

Admission is free.

Emily Gallagher will run a weekly “just for fun” photo trail where you get instructions to hunt for specific snaps around the city centre. Afterwards the symbolic significance to the snaps will be shared. The overall theme is “Get a glimpse of directions you may wish your life to take and discover decisions you may desire to make.”

Meeting point is the Meeting House Square.

Participation in the photo trails is free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 0852725095

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.

Andrew Sneddon (University of Ulster) will talk about “The devil in the room: writing the history of Irish witchcraft and magic” in the next lecture of the Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series 2015-16.

Admission is free.

A Robert Burns Commemoration “Burns Night Out” will take place in Rathmines on Monday to celebrate the birth of Robert Burns (Scotland’s National Poet) in 1759.

Corrigan’s Pub (Mountpleasant Inn) in Rathmines will host a reading aloud of poems by ‘Rabbie’ Burns along with a discussion of his life and works. You will also hear some of the works by other poets who influenced Burns and works by later poets who were influenced by his poetry.

Some local eateries will also participate by putting a Scottish traditional dish on their menu that night. An Bhialann and The Cinnamon will partake.

The event is organised by Howard Linnane.

Admission is free. Check further details on the Facebook Page below.

“Dreaming without sleep 2” is an evening with Dublin poet & writer Kenneth Nolan, plus guest poets Rob Buchanan, Alice Kinsella, Sean Ruane, Daniel Wade & Michael J Whelan.

The event takes place in the Portrait Gallery. Admission is free, but booking is required by sending an e-mail to DublinCastle@opw.ie
with ‘Dreaming without sleep 2’ in the subject line.

Organised by Engage Education Ireland, the event description says:

“We’re taking our Social Media skills offline and applying them to Irish teachers. Join the Irish Engage Education team as we share Social Media Best Practice and help you develop a professional personal brand. Not only will you develop a new and improved online presence but learn how to effectively grow your teacher network.”

There seems to be a little disconnect between the event title “How Social Media can get you a teaching job!” and the event description, but the event seems to be free (Registration via the Eventbrite site here required.) so you can give it a go and find out what it’s all about.

This is a workshop in the LexIcon Library that will give a basic introduction to 3D printing and will get you started with your first 3D printed object.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.

“How to Tell The Time” with Dr David Malone (Hamilton Institute and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Maynooth Universit) is the next lecture of the Irish Astronomical Society.

It will probe the concept of time “Knowing the date and time is a question that is tightly tied up with astronomy, combined with some history, politics and a bit of physics.”

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

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

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

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

Admission is free.

“WeBloom” is a platform for upcoming bands & singer/songwriters to introduce themselves into the Dublin music scene and the featured band in January is

Vameel (+ guests).

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 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).

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

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

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

Donal Kirk and Jimmy Smith are playing music from Lowell George Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Free, Bad Company, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Bobby Bland, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Etta James, Elvis, Ry Cooder, Dobie Gray, Guy Clarke, early ZZ Top, Dave Edmunds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson.

Admission is free.

“Portraiture Today” with Colin Davidson RUA, artist, is the Tuesday lecture. It is part of a free lecture series throughout the month of January themed around the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs on Tuesdays now as well. 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

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.

This is a guitar recital of World Dance Music arranged for two guitars. The musicians are Luke Tobin and Gerard Boyle.

Admission is free.

Sports-related concussions are dangerous at professional and amateur levels, with potential long-term effects. Head injuries can happen playing most sports, but some sports pose a higher risk. How can players protect themselves against concussion? What are the consequences of injuries of this kind? How can we make high-contact sports safer?

Join Eoin McDevitt of RTE show Second Captains to tackle the issue of concussion in sport head-on in a discussion which will examine current research being conducted in the field, featuring Engineer Ciaran Simms, Researcher Fiona Wilson, Neurologist Colin Doherty, and Dublin footballer Michael Darragh Macauley.

Update: This event is now booked out, but a live stream will be available via the Science Gallery website.

Do you have an idea but need some help figuring out where to get started or what creative technologies might help bring the idea to life? Maybe you just want to bounce your idea off someone else?

Drop in to the Dún Laoghaire LexIcon Lab where Creative Technology Curator, Dr. Jake Rowan Byrne, other “makers” and
members of the community will be there and keen to help out.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.

The talk “Instant History: 1912, 1916, 1918” with Prof David Fitzpatrick (TCD) as part of the Europe’s Violent Memories Lecture Series 2015-16.

At this event a direct link between the study of events and their historic connecition will be looked at. Ulster Day (1912), Easter Week (1916), and Anti-Conscription Day (1918), were all ‘historic’ moments for contemporaries as well as for later generations.

Admission is free, but booking via the Eventbrite website here is required.

Australia Day, the National Day of Australia is taking place on 26 January and the Woolshed Baa and Grill is inviting to an “‘Straya Day Party” with Aussie DJs from 16:00, Live Music from 20:00, Rock Paper Scissor Championship, Mick Dundees Shooting Range, Bush Tucker Trials and a Wet-T Competition at midnight.

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.

Every Tuesday an informal sing along with Ukulele and Toy Musical Instruments takes place in the Stag’s Head. Just bring your instrument and come along. Beginners are welcome. Admission is free and further details (and a big book of songs) are available on the Facebook Page below. The get-together meets in the “snug” in Stag’s Head.

Live sessions with the Blue Moon Folk and Blues Collective are taking place every Tuesday at the Beerhouse. Admission is free.

The Folk Club in Whelan’s will bring you the best in Trad, Ballads, Americana & World Music every Tuesday. The line-up this week is on the Facebook Page below. Admission is free.

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and 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 Phoenix Big Band is a 16 piece band playing songs of the 1930s, 1940s and other big band arrangements and they are playing every Tuesday in the Tara Tower Hotel (since 2012!) for adult dancing. If you like to waltz, cha cha or foxtrot, come and enjoy their performance.

Admission is free.

The band plays in the main function room which is occasionally booked, so to confirm that they are playing, please ring the hotel on the day: Phone 01-2694666

Every week there is a free pub quiz in Sober Lane, the new-ish pub in Irishtown. There are lots of other weekly events happening there too, check them out here.

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.

A totally unplugged Singer/Songwriter night (no PA, no microphones) with original music is taking place upstairs in Anseo every Tuesday from 21:30.

Please check on the Facebook Page below if the event is going ahead as it seems to get cancelled every now and then and if you want to play a 15-30 min set or just want to play one song make yourself heard via the same Facebook Page.

Admission is free.

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.

Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00.

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

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

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Every recipient of social welfare in Ireland under 25yrs of age automatically gets a reduced payment simply based on their age. This is neither fair nor just and is discrimination on age grounds.

A protest against this practice will take place on Wednesday.

The lecture “Leaves: How plants feed themselves” by Colin Kelleher will take place in the Botanic Gardens.

“Ultimately all life on earth is dependent upon the process of photosynthesis for fixing energy from the sun; creating both the food and oxygen which we are all dependent upon. Colin Kelleher will explain some of the inner workings of the most important biological process on the planet.”

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 Instituto Cervantes and the UCD Centre for War Studies invite to the Round Table Discussion “History, memory and the trauma of the Spanish Civil War” (in English!)

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) is the most traumatic event in the recent history of Spain. The war was triggered by a partially successful military coup and was then fought between Nationalists (right-wing pro-Francoists) and Republicans (government supporters and socialists, communists and anarchists).

The panel will debate debate the interaction between history and memory, the combatants’ personal stories, how democratic Spain has dealt with the remnants and reminders of Franco’s regime and the mass graves throughout the peninsula, where the tens of thousands of Republican victims of summary execution still lie in, how the experience of the civil war was different or similar to other civil wars across Europe, and finally, how this war has impacted on the production of films, fiction and art.

Admission is free.

In the talk “Shot at Dawn: Moral Witness”, Prof. Alex Danchev (School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK) draws on his teachings of art and war and art and violence, to discuss how aftermath photography and the power of the imagination can best serve historical, political and ethical enquiry today.

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

“Powers of Redemption: The Irish Famine as a Crisis of Governmentality” is a lecture by Dr David Nally (Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge) for this Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland event. The Society promotes research into nineteenth-century Ireland.

Admission is free and everbody is welcome.

The screening of the Italian film “Binario 21” about the holocaust and the concentration camp in Auschwitz will take place in the Italian Institute of Culture. The screening will be in Italian and the complete information about it on the website below is in Italian only.

Admission is free, but booking is required (see the website for details).

“Before they were our neighbours – Dublin 7 and the 1916 Rising” is a talk by historian and author Donal Fallon. He will profile some of the participants in the Irish Revolution from the Dublin 7 area and others who later lived there. From Christopher Brady, printer of the Proclamation, to Boer War fighter and 1916 rebel Thomas Byrne, and many more.

Admission is free, but registration is required via 01-8304341.

UPDATE: This talk is now booked out!

Manoj Chawla from www.reeinvent.me will teach you about Willpower at this event of the “Everything Coaching” Meetup Group.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.

This is an open mic night every Wednesday. Arrive, sign up and play. Admission is free.

“Can there be Education after Auschwitz? Adorno, Nussbaum, Levinas” is a public lecture by Prof Claire Elise Katz (Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University) organised by the Trinity Research Centre for Cultures, Academic Values and Education.

In his 1966 radio interview, “Education after Auschwitz”, Theodor Adorno declared, “the premier demand upon all education is that Auschwitz not happen again….”. The lecture discusses this and later opinions to ensure that atrocities like the Holocaust won’t happen again.

Admission seems to be free.

The talk “Mining Conflicts in Cajamarca (Peru)” by Lynda Sullivan is a Wednesday Talk of LASC (Latin American Solidarity Campaign).

“In the northern highlands of Peru, in the region Cajamarca, indigenous-campesino communities are struggling to protect their land and their water supply from destruction. A multinational mining corporation, backed up by the World Bank, wants to turn the mountain lakes, the source of water for tens of thousands of subsistence farmers, into immense open pits. This would be the biggest extractive project that Latin America has ever seen.”

Lynda Sullivan is an Irish activist and freelance journalist who has been living in Cajamarca for the past three years.

Admission is free.

The Temple Bar Tradfest runs from Wed 28 January until Sunday 31 January. Many of the free events required tickets (the Frontrow programme) and are booked out now, the Headline programme is not free and contains the main gigs. And then there the Music Trail that is taking place in pubs in Temple Bar and the gigs there are all free and you can find the times and locations here: www.templebartrad.com/event/tradfest-music-trail-2/

An in-between are the Tradfringe events here www.templebartrad.com/category/tradfringe/ some are free, others are not. Some Trad Showcases are taking place on Thursday and Friday: www.templebartrad.com/event/live-at-the-hub-showcases/ and many other of the Tradfringe events are at the fringe between Trad and other art forms.

Next weekend, there will also be some free events for children and you already can check them out here: www.templebartrad.com/category/tradkids/ (on this page there are free and non-free events)

Have a loot around on the website below to get a full picture.

JCI (Junior Chamber International) are inviting you to their Grand Opening of the New Year. Bring along your ideas and even your New Year’s resolutions. There will also be some networking afterwards. JCI Dublin is the Dublin branch of Junior Chamber International (www.jci.cc) the world’s largest network for young Leaders and Entrepreneurs.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.

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.

Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.

The Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, 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.

The Roots Band “Brand New Switcharoo” will perform in the Harbour Bar to launch the “Banjo & Bovril Trad Festival”.

Admission is free.

Los Paradiso are playing Rockabilly, Tex Mex, Western Swing, Surf in the Leeson Lounge. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

The Jazz Pigs with a classic multi-brass front line play a mix of Lounge, lively sixties Jazz and driving Funk. Every Wednesday downstairs in 4 Dame Lane. Admission is free.

John Spillane is an outstanding musician, songwriter and performer, a storyteller and a dreamer and he will be in the Harbour Bar for a gig on Wednesday. I really like his performance and it looks like I am going! :-)

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).

Ireland has no Hate Crime Legislation to protect people against hate-motivated attacks and the European Netwok Against Racism (ENAR) wants to change that. A “Love not Hate” campaign will be launched at this event and its goal is to fight for the introduction of Hate Crime Legislation.

Admission is free, but booking is required on the Eventbrite website here.

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Isn’t it interesting that Ireland managed to very recently create Blasphemie Laws, but not laws against Hate Crime!?

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.

To mark Data Protection Day 2016, the Science Gallery has teamed up with Trinity College Dublin’s Information Compliance Office, Information Technology Services and the School of Computer Science and Statistics to create a programme of events that explore our online private lives.

Come to the Arts Block for a free drop-in lock-picking workshop, as well as an encryption tutorial to keep your online data safe. Learn how to encrypt your emails, chat securely and avoid surveillance and censorship online using tools and technologies trusted by journalists, activists, spies with Fionn Fitzmaurice

Admission is free and no booking necessary.

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.

How are artists revealing new and future issues for online privacy? How are technologists safeguarding our digital private lives? How will the internet adapt to our increasingly data-private culture?

To mark Data Protection Day 2016, Science Gallery has teamed up with Trinity College Dublin’s Information Compliance Office, Information Technology Services and the School of Computer Science and Statistics to create a programme of events that explore our online private lives.

Come to this lunchtime discussion with Skype-connected contributors from around the world. The discussion is hosted by Jonathan McCrea from Newstalk’s Futureproof and features artist Matt Kenyon and technology experts who are testing the limits of online security.

Admission is free, but booking is required via the Eventbrite site here.

The lecture “WB Yeats: Public man – Private death” will happen on the 77th anniversary of the death of William Butler Yeats.

Dr. Emma Edwards, of the National Library will examine the private ritual and public reaction that marked the passing of Ireland’s most celebrated poet. The talk will reference the library’s collection of Yeats material including the award winning exhibition “Yeats: The life and work of William Butler Yeats”.

Admission is free an booking is not required.

The lunchtime lecture “The present improved taste of finishing rooms: neoclassicism and the domestic interior, 1770-1800” with Dr Conor Lucey (Irish Research Council Elevate (Marie Curie Co-Fund) Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin).

Admission is free and no booking required.

Historian and author Liz Gillis, who wrote the book “Women of the Irish Revolution” among other books, will talk about “The Role of Women in the 1916 Rising on Thursday.

Admission seems to be free, but no clear statement could be found! Booking is required via 085-1335946 or ds1916centenary@gmail.com

The organisers only invite “people of Rathfarnham, Churchtown, Ballinteer, Sandyford and Dundrum” on the Facebook Page, but I doubt that your have to bring two household bills as proof. ;-)

Going by this week’s list of events in Dublin, the role of the 90 women in the 1916 Rising seems to be the most fascinating topic at this time. I know of at least 4 or 5 talks by different people in different parts of Dublin that cover this topic!

“The ‘Pre-History’ of Industrial Trawling, and their Impact on the Coastal Fisheries of the U.K. and Ireland: A Brief Discussion” is a lecture by Dr Peter Jones (University of Strathclyde) organised by The Irish Environmental History Network, in the Department of History.

Dr Peter Jones has mapped the spread of beam trawling around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland between ca. 1550 and 1850 and in his talk he discusses the reasons for that spread and the success (or otherwise) of local and national measures to block it.

Admission seems to be free.

A weekly Forro Night (Brazilian Dance) with a Forro Live Band takes place in the D-One Bar & Brazilian Grill every Thursday.

Admission is free.

A series of 8 free life drawing workshops on Thursdays from 21 Jan until 10 March takes place in the National Gallery.

The workshops are suitable for adults and teens and will explore aspects of life drawing. They will be led by artist Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire.

Admission is free and no booking required, but there is a limited number of places and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

On Thursdays from 18:00-20:00, the Little Museum of Dublin waives all admission charges thanks to sponsor Guinness.

Visit the museum and find out lots more about Dublin.

Please note: This arrangement could change at any time without prior notice, so please check first (01-6611000).

How can the internet adapt to a more privacy-aware culture? How can we address the risks of online life, but still seize business, social, and cultural opportunities? With the rise of AdBlock, Ghostery, and a general frustration with online advertising, how can businesses continue to reach new customers?

To mark Data Protection Day 2016, Science Gallery has teamed up with Trinity College Dublin’s Information Compliance Office, Information Technology Services and the School of Computer Science and Statistics to create a programme of events that explore our online private lives.

Come to this discussion about the opportunities to innovate online, and the privacy risks that need to be traversed to do so. Hosted by Newstalk’s Jess Kelly, and featuring contributors from law, advertising, and technology.

Admission is free, but booking via the Eventbrite site here is required.

The launch of the Irish translation of “Cahier d’un retour au pays natal” by Aimé Césaire will take place. This French poet from Martinique was one of the founders of the negritude literature movement. The book, considered by most as his masterpiece, mixes poetry and prose to express his thoughts on the cultural identity of black Africans in a colonial setting.

Admission is free, but booking is required via rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with subject “Cesaire”

“The Pearse family of 27 Great Brunswick Street” is a talk by Teresa O’Donnell. It will focus on the childhood memories of Margaret, Patrick, Willie and Mary Brigid Pearse growing up over their father’s sculptor studio at 27 Great Brunswick Street.

Admission is free and no booking required.

From October until February, the Italian Institute of Culture is running eight screenings of Italian Opera. The screenings starts at 18:30 and admission is free, but booking is required via iicdublino@esteri.it

The next screening is “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi.

Introduction to the screening is by Deirdre O’Grady (Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies, UCD)

“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

Jamie Moran is the author of “Deansgrange Cemetery: Stories from Beyond the Grave”. He will outline some of the stories of people associated with the Rising who are buried in Deansgrange Cemetery.

Admission is free.

“Where The Heart Is” is a pop up art exhibition/sale on Thursday to raise awareness homelessness crisis in Dublin and to raise much-needed funds for the Irish Housing Network.

Where The Heart Is is an exhibition for anyone who feels they can contribute an artwork towards this social cause. Everyone is encouraged to contribute, not only professional artists, but also students, amateurs, dabblers etc. The only requirement is that you work to the best of your ability. All artworks in the main exhibition will be on sale for between EUR 10-40.

Admission to the exhibition and sale is free.

The Temple Bar Tradfest runs from Wed 28 January until Sunday 31 January. Many of the free events required tickets (the Frontrow programme) and are booked out now, the Headline programme is not free and contains the main gigs. And then there the Music Trail that is taking place in pubs in Temple Bar and the gigs there are all free and you can find the times and locations here: www.templebartrad.com/event/tradfest-music-trail-2/

An in-between are the Tradfringe events here www.templebartrad.com/category/tradfringe/ some are free, others are not. Some Trad Showcases are taking place on Thursday and Friday: www.templebartrad.com/event/live-at-the-hub-showcases/ and many other of the Tradfringe events are at the fringe between Trad and other art forms.

Next weekend, there will also be some free events for children and you already can check them out here: www.templebartrad.com/category/tradkids/ (on this page there are free and non-free events)

Have a loot around on the website below to get a full picture.

Every Thursday, the Xchange invites to a Language Exchange (19:00-20:30). Admission is free.

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

Good Name have invited singer/songwriter Sally O Dunlaing, who will perform her Odu music with her band. Moot DJs will follow.

Admission is free.

Sheila Garry & Elaine Hogan are playing a gig as part of the Banjo and Bovril Festival in the Harbour Bar. They are playing harp and fiddle and only recently launched their trad album “The Shores of Lough Breda”.

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 Spiritriders will play alternative country in the Leeson Lounge.

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.)

The next Cabin Sessions takes place with the Cabin Crew and with special guests Tom Horan (country/folk) and We Went Down (contemporary). Con Butler features his own compositions.

Expect trad/folk/americana/roots.

Admission is free.

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.

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.

Pete Cummins, Grammy Award winner and folk and americana legend will play during the Banjo and Bovril Trad Festival in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Trad Folk Band “Rake The Ashes” will play at the Banjo and Bovril Festival in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

The Woolshed Karaoke is happening every Thursday from 21:30. Anyone can participate! Admission is free.

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

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

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

Takin’ The Mic Open-Mic Night is an open mic night at the Irish Writers’ Centre, taking place on the last Friday every month. Writers, spoken-word artists, comedians and musicians are all welcome to perform. Every performer has 5 minutes and you should sign up if you want to perform (details on website below).

Guest MC for the evening is Michelle Read.

Admission is free, but a donation of EUR 5 is suggested. BYOB

The Temple Bar Tradfest runs from Wed 28 January until Sunday 31 January. Many of the free events required tickets (the Frontrow programme) and are booked out now, the Headline programme is not free and contains the main gigs. And then there the Music Trail that is taking place in pubs in Temple Bar and the gigs there are all free and you can find the times and locations here: www.templebartrad.com/event/tradfest-music-trail-2/

An in-between are the Tradfringe events here www.templebartrad.com/category/tradfringe/ some are free, others are not. Some Trad Showcases are taking place on Thursday and Friday: www.templebartrad.com/event/live-at-the-hub-showcases/ and many other of the Tradfringe events are at the fringe between Trad and other art forms.

Next weekend, there will also be some free events for children and you already can check them out here: www.templebartrad.com/category/tradkids/ (on this page there are free and non-free events)

Have a loot around on the website below to get a full picture.

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 Jazz Cafe has live Jazz, Blues and Soul music performances every Friday and Saturday from 20:00-22:30 and every Sunday afternoon and on Friday 29 Jan a special performance will take place: Outstanding Jazz Singer Stella Bass will come to the Jazz Cafe for a rare performance. Don’t miss this amazing singer!

Admission is free. You can book a table via 01-6427251

“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.

This gig will take place on 08+15+22+29 January and 05 February.

Admission is free.

The Stillorgan Orchard has live music every Friday and Saturday. Many of the performers are established and very good bands. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below. Admission is always free.

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live. followed by DJs until late. Admission is free.

Buniscionn are playing at the Banjo and Bovril Trad Festival in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.

Popular Irish Singer/Songwriter Mundy will play a gig at the Banjo and Bovril Festival in the Harbour Bar.

Admission is free.