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.

Are you interested in studying for an MBA?

The “MBA Experience Day” is an opportunity for you to get a real insight into the UCD Smurfit MBA. Attendees will have the chance to attend lectures, take a tour of the campus, participate in a leadership & development session, and network with the MBA team and faculty.

Admission is free. Booking is required, but when you see this, it is obviously too late for an advance booking. I would therefore suggest that you go to Blackrock anyway if you are seriously interested and ask if you can attend.

This Sat+Sun the Irish Confucius Cup Go Tournament and for the first time also a Chinese Chess Tournament will take place.

Participation in the Go event is EUR 25, but participation in the Chinese Chess event is free. So this event does fit in the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), but I didn’t realise that it starts already at 09:00 on Saturday. So unfortunately it is too late for you this year. The reason why I am mentioning it anyway is so that you can get in contact with the organisers if you are interested in Go or in Chinese Chess.

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.

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.

The Drumcondra Village Market is an arts and crafts fair in the centre of Drumcondra. Admission is free.

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 weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

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.

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.

Drop-in and discover what is going on in the animal kingdom in Spring. Try some hands-on investigation and talk to zoologist Geraldine Breen about how what happens in the Natural World during the season of spring.

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.

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.

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 egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

This is a screening of a documentary about Thomas MacGreevy called ‘Rivers of Words’. Thomas MacGreevy (1893-1967), who was born in Tarbert, Co. Kerry served in the First World War. MacGreevy was a poet, as well as a literary and art critic. In 1950 he became director of the National Gallery of Ireland. The film covers the life story of this historic figure.

Admission is free and no booking necessary.

‘Par amour Chocolate’ and the Olivier Cornet Gallery are inviting you to a French chocolate tasting weekend combined with a gallery visit. Enjoy the gallery’s winter group show “Reflections” while surrendering to the pleasure of tasting laits pralinés.

Admission is free and the event will be on Saturday and Sunday.

Tiger Deli is a new play by Robert McDowell and a playreading takes place in the New Theatre’s series of New Writing playreadings.

Tiger Deli is a drama about progress and tradition, success and failure, old Ireland and new Ireland.

Admission is free, but a donation of EUR 2 is suggested.

The Saturday Family Workshops provide a fun opportunity for families to enjoy creating and learning together through free activities exploring storytelling, music, art, poetry and drama.

Admission is free, but numbers are limited to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis. Suitable for ages 4-10. Children have to be accompanied.

Live in Sin É will feature a variety of bands and musicians at this weekly gig night on Saturdays. The event is presented by Super Happy Funtimes. Admission is free and the line-up is can be found on the Facebook Page below.

In short the line-up is Megacone, Mick Heslin Trio, Joe Lynch, Masterson

Every Saturday Robert Coyle will bring his One-man Comedy show “Robert Coyle’s is feeling Numinous; Comedy Attempting Transcendence – probably NOT a cult.” to Accents Cafe.

Admission is free.

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event 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 State Magazine are returning with their free “State Faces of February” gig night. The line-up is Buffalo Woman, Participant, Pockets.

The next Taste of Music event in Arthur’s Pub features Jona Xepha, Marion McEvoy and Jem Mitchell. 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.

Otis will perform in Whelan’s on Saturday. Admission 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 Merchants Market on East Wall Road is a weekly indoors flea market on Saturdays and Sundays with more than 80 stalls in a big industrial hall. There is everything from furniture and antiques to paintings and mirrors, electronics and hot food to bicycles and buns. It is just a few minutes walk away from the Point Theatre/O2 (walk in the direction of the Port Tunnel).

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.

A new market (flea/vintage/etc) with two cafés has opened in the same location in Thomas Street where the Ferocious Mingle Market was before their move to Camden Street.

The new market in 72 Thomas Street is called Stable Market and it is open from Thursday until Sunday from 10:00-18:00 every day. It seems there is neither a website nor a Facebook Page yet.

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) is inviting to their yearly visit to the hoards of winter feeding birds on Bull Island.

Led by Birdwatch Ireland’s, Seán Hogan, it is expected that you will see a wide variety of bird species from teal ducks to gannets, brent geese to lapwings – along with some other rarities that you can try to spot on the day.

Admission is free but you need to reserve your place via dublinbranch@iwt.ie

Oddly, the IWT struggles to keep their website AND their facebook page up to date, so don’t expect all events to be listed there.

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.

On Sunday a Wikipedia editathon will take place in the Engineers Ireland premises from 11:15-14:00.

Experienced editors will guide you through your first Wikipedia edits, so no editing experience is necessary.

The aim is to improve and expand articles relating to Women in engineering and History of women in engineering, especially those from Ireland and the UK.

This event is organised by Wikimedia Ireland Community and admission is free. You will need to bring a laptop or tablet and you need to register on the Eventbrite website here.

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

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

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

Admission is free.

The well known Palestrina Choir sing every Sunday at the mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. They sing complete masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak, Palestrina, de Victoria, usually accompanied by Prof. Gerard Gillen on the organ, who often also plays a solo piece.

WARDROBE WILDERNESS is a Fashion Boutique Pop-Up on Sunday. Offering on trend fashion, hand-picked vintage, customised pieces and one-off designs and accessories, all at affordable prices…

Admission is free.

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

At 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.

Printfest at the National Print Museum gives you the opportunity to see the ‘engineering’ behind the traditional craft of letterpress printing. Retired printers and typesetters will demonstrate highlights of the Museum’s collection and share stories of their time in the print industry.

Printfest is suitable for all ages, with many printing activities for all the family to enjoy. Admission is free.

The Smithfield Market Fair will take place again in the Generator Hostel at Smithfield Plaza.

Over 40 market stalls will be selling Vintage Clothes, Food, Vinyl records, Contemporary Arts, Jewellery pieces and much more and there will be Live Music throughout the day.

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 Matthew Barley (cello) and his “On the Road” concert. All details are on the website below.

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An Intercultural Tour in Japanese with Community Ambassador Hiromi Anzai takes place on Sunday. Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. Admission is free and no booking required.

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!

Lisa Lambe will be in HMV in Dundrum for a performance and signing. Admission is free.

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 next Sunday Sketching for kids has the title “Danger is Everywhere”. During these workshops your child will explore paintings, sculpture and some of the architectural features of Charlemont house through discussion and drawing.

No booking necessary. Admission is free and early arrival is recommended.

‘Par amour Chocolate’ and the Olivier Cornet Gallery are inviting you to a French chocolate tasting weekend combined with a gallery visit. Enjoy the gallery’s winter group show “Reflections” while surrendering to the pleasure of tasting laits pralinés.

Admission is free and the event will be on Saturday and Sunday.

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

The Sunday lecture in the NGI is “The Impact of War and Conflict on Modernism” with Dr Sabine Kriebel, UCC.

This talk is part of a series organised by the Education Department on the theme of History Revisited and the Reshaping of Public Memory. Admission is free and no booking necessary.

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.

Join Lar Joye, curator of Military History, on a special ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour of the armoury at Collins Barracks, where the Museum’s Arms Collection is stored. Select objects from this Collection are presented in the exhibition “Trove” at the IMMA. Suitable for adults.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-6777444.

Brian Keary is a classically trained guitar player who also has experience of different styles / genres of music ranging from ragtime and folk to baroque and contemporary. He will perform in Sweeney’s (Ground Floor) on Sunday afternoon.

The Beerhouse is inviting to the first beerfest in 2015. From Thursday 29 Jan until Sunday 08 Feb, they will have live bands, beer sampling and other special events, night after night. Admission is free.

The focus is on guest brewers and on sampling their products.
The brewers in the Beerhouse for the last day are White Gypsy Brewing

Ray Scully will be on stage on Sunday at 19:00.

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

The Sweeney’s Dixeland Jazzmen play their weekly gig on the ground floor in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

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 Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass is back after the summer break and invites you 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 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.

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.

At the Jawbone Gig night in Sin É, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free. For the line-up check here www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

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 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.

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

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

The DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble perform a lunchtime concert in the Rathmines Library every Monday in February (02, 09, 16, 23 February).

Admission is free, but booking is required via conservatory@dit.ie

The enxt talk in the Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series 2014-15 is “From Field to Plate: Livestock Markets and Economic Cultures in Britain’s Atlantic World Before 1783” with Emma Hart (St. Andrews).

Admission is free.

The talk “From Sinai to the Skelligs: evidence for cultural contact between the Insular and Near Eastern Churches, including new material from St Catherine’s Monastery” by Prof Michelle P Brown (University of London) takes place on Monday and admission seems to be free.

“On the peak of darkness – From the Abyss to the Light with Dante” is a one-hour jorney with Alessandro Scafi through the complete Divine Comedy by Dante to celebrate the 750th Anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri.

Alessandro Scafi is Lecture in Medieval and Renaissance Cultural history at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Admission is free.

This talk by Sheila de Butler at Phibsboro Library is based on “The Four Agreements: A practical guide to personal freedom” by Miguel Ruiz.

The Toltec author don Miguel Ruiz offers his readers four simple yet profound agreements as important tools on the path to personal freedom. Anyone can use these tools to break their self-limiting beliefs from the past and transform their lives. These new agreements have the potential to help you move your attention from what the world thinks you should do or be to what you know is right for you and open up to a new experience of freedom and happiness.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-830 4341 or phibsborolibrary@dublincity.ie

“Poet Catherine Anne Cullen will look at the importance of memorising poetry to keep our brains active and at poems that put life’s challenges and choices into words. Catherine will recite a selection of her own poems, some of which have been described as ‘poems of domestic happiness.’ There will be poems of love, loss and failure too – all human life is in poetry, and knowing that someone has put into words what you are feeling can be a comfort in itself.”

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-869 1414 or cabralibrary@dublincity.ie

Super Happy Fun Times are running an Open Mic night for Music and Spoken Word every Monday in Sin É.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/1568326486744192

The Pleasing Features Gig Night in the Workman’s Club has the following line-up this week: Donal Quinn, Brass Phantoms, VOXX, The Journals.

Admission is free.

This is an open mic night with Special Guests every Monday. Arrive, sign in (from 19:00) and play. Admission is free.

The next montly meeting of the Dublin Cycling Campaign will discuss the topic of bike theft: “Here today – gone tomorrow! The latest research on bike theft in Dublin”

The Dublin Cycling Campaign outlines:
“Do you worry every time you lock your bike that it won’t be there when you get back? If so come along to the February public meeting of the Dublin Cycling Campaign to hear the results of our bike theft survey and an update on our campaign against bicycle theft. All welcome. For more details see: www.dublincycling.ie/events/here-today-gone-tomorrow-latest-research-bike-theft-Dublin ”

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 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).

The 4-piece band Loose Trad are performing every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. www.loosetrad.com/ Admission is free.

The Marcas Carcas Band will play a free gig in Sweeney’s. They are a high energy, guitar focused band.

Patrick Mahony sings songs from Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Matt Monro and many more every Monday in the Cafe en Seine. Admission is free.

“The Wartime Experiences of German Artists” with Sean Rainbird, National Gallery of Ireland is this week’s Tuesday lecture in the National Gallery. It is part of a series of talks organised by the Education Department on the theme of History Revisited and Reshaping of Public Memory.

Admission is free.

“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 egaldog@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.

If you regularly or occasionally buy books online, you can help the Dublin Event Guide hugely even without having to pay cent directly. In fact you even save money this way:

Buy your books from The Book Depository and get better prices and free (!!) delivery for all orders independent from the volume and when you click on the picture here before you buy, then 5% of what normally The Book Depository would get, they give back to the Dublin Event Guide. Everybody wins!

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If you prefer Amazon to buy your books (for free postage you need to order a minimum of GBP 25), then use this Amazon link to help the Dublin Event Guide. Thanks!

Milk and Cookie Stories is a story telling event for for anyone who has a story to tell, or wants to hear a tale told well, in a relaxed, friendly environment.

Admission is free, everyone is welcome and stories of all kinds are welcome. If you would like to tell a story, just come along and sign up on the night, or “if you feel inspired to share your own home-baked goods with Dublin’s friendliest audience, we’ll also be having our awesome Bake-Off.”

At the February event the theme is “Games of Love and Loss”. www.facebook.com/events/1400211990282029

The first talk in the “Remembering the Spanish Civil War” series of talks is entitled “The National and Personal Dimension of the Suffering”. In it, Chiara Tedaldi will look at this event that has affected every family in Spain. The Civil War has left a mark not only through the violence suffered by many in the national and republican sides, but also in the way history has been transmitted generation after generation. It will explore the reasons why this event has encouraged many to join associations such as Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory and the Memory Forum.

The 45 minute talk will be followed by a 30 minute Q&A and discussion.
Admission is free, but booking is required via reservas.dublin@cervantes.es

The Trinity Journal of Literary Translation, in association with the Irish Translators’ and Interpreters’ Association, invite to the launch of “Centrifugal: Contemporary Poetry from Dublin and Guadalajara” – a bilingual anthology of reciprocal translations / re-interpretations / versions of the work of 7 pairs of poets from the two cities.

Admission seems to be 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.

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

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

The 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

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.

A series of free Green Living Programme Workshops with Global Action Plan (GAP) Ireland will take place at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre. The workshops will run on Wednesdays (04+11+25 Feb) in February and will help you to reduce your impact on the environment and save money.

The programme is built on the principle “Think Globally – Act Locally” and will lead to improvements in the local and global environment.

The course is free, but booking is required and it is expected that it will be very popular, so book on 01 677 0095 as soon as possible. More information is on the website below.

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

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

The next talk in the series “First Up: Creative entrepreneurs on breaking through”, a series of lunchtime talks from the creative minds at the forefront of Irish culture, science and the arts, will take place on Wednesday.

Cathal Gaffney, the co-founder of Brown Bag Films will tell his story from the beginning, how they developed their ideas and will share their plans for the future.

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

This informative and fun workshop will introduce you to lots of mindfulness tips and techniques for the whole family. Develop techniques to better meet the challenges of family life and help create a greater sense of family wellbeing, connection, calm, focus and optimism.

Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-873 4333 centrallibrary@dublincity.ie

Join Eamonn P. Kelly, former Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland, for an insight into these unique artefacts. The event is part of a series of talks to mark the ’Trove’ exhibition by artist Dorothy Cross at IMMA.

Admission is free, but booking required via 01-6486339 or educationarch@museum.ie.

At this event in the Fairview DART Depot, a presentation will be followed by a visit to the depot to view the DART trains.

The participants are encouraged to bring their own steel-toe-cap safety shoes, hard hats and a high visibility vest, if possible as the DART Depot only has a limited number of these items available.

Admission is free, but booking is required by contacting Richard Morgan via richard.morgan@irishrail.ie or 087-4192338

The afternoon lecture “The Importance of Dots on Maps – How do we know where our wild plants are?” with Maria Long (Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland) will take place.

Maria Long “will look at how voluntary organisations such as the BSBI toil away in the background to gather, provide and update this valuable information. Come along to learn more about how it all works, and find out about their exciting plans for a new Plant Atlas in 2020.”

Admission is free.

The next lecture in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series 2014-15 is “A new Irish Free State – a regional reaction” by Dr Una Newell (Humanities Institute of Ireland, UCD). Admission seems to be 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 discussion “The Afterlife of Punk” will examine the musical energy and resistance of punk in relation to the changing cultural and political conditions of 1970s to now.

Dr. Colin Coulter (Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Maynooth University, Ireland) will lead the discussion and special guests are Gina Birch (Founding member/ singer of feminist punk band -The Raincoats, UK), Dr. Kieran Cashell (Author of Aftershock: The Ethics of Contemporary Transgressive Art and Lecturer at L.I.T, Ireland), Vivienne Dick (Feminist experimental and documentary filmmaker from the ‘No Wave’ scene, Ireland/US) and Niall Mc Guirk (Founding Member of Hope Collective, Ireland).

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

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 Parlour Sessions is a new Gig night in the Stag’s Head on Wednesdays. It will bring you a mix of cover and original songs performed live. The line-up is Darren Hardiman, Ger Kelly, John Applehead and more and admission is free.

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.

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

Every Wednesday 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 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.

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 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 Value of Uncertainty” with Prof Luciano Floridi (Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford) takes place in Room Q013 of the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business.

There are many things in life that we value, but uncertainty is not usually one of them. We value information because it is power: power to understand what happened, forecast what will happen, and to choose among the things that could happen between the past and the future. We value information because it reduces uncertainty and uncertainty makes us uncomfortable. So if you like one you dislike the other, it seems a zero-sum game.
In this talk Luciano Floridi will explain that this is a mistake. A liberal, tolerant, and fair society is one in which a healthy degree of uncertainty is both welcomed and fostered.

Admission is free. To find more information and to register go to the Eventbrite website here.

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.

Joanna Vidal will perform a selection of Richard Strauss songs, followed by a selection of 20th century English songs, including some songs by Michael Head, Gurney and Quilter. She will be accompanied by Adela Simickova (piano)

Joanna is currently on the Professional Singers’ Scheme with The Philharmonia Chorus, London, and most recently performed Bruckner’s Te Deum at The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. She has sung with them at prestigious venues including The Royal Festival Hall (London), The Laeiszhalle (Hamburg), Palau de la Música (Valencia) and Auditorium de Lyon (Lyon).

These Meditation and Relaxation sessions at Pearse Street Library will combine mindfulness meditation, relaxation and breathing techniques.

Workshop facilitator Carolyn Sinnott practices as a Humanistic and Integrative Counsellor, Psychotherapist and clinical Supervisor. Carolyn will emphasis why it’s so important we purposefully relax and replenish our energy levels. The sessions will show you how to reconnect with yourself and leave you feeling more relaxed, rested and nourished.

Admission is free, but booking is required:
+ Thurs 05 Feb at 13:00 – Quieten the Mind and Relax the Body
+ Thurs 12 Feb at 13:00 – Cultivate Calm using guided Relaxation Techniques
Contact Pearse Street Library on 01-674 4888 or pearsestreetlibrary@dublincity.ie

The choral ensemble “Peregryne” specialises on music of the 15th and 16th centuries and has performed as part pf the monastic Compline in churches and cathedrals around Dublin.

Admission to this performance is free and no booking is required. It will be in the atrium of the Library.

The Spanish film “Yo Tambien / Me Too” will be screened (in Spanish with English subtitles) in the Pearse Street Library and admission is 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.

“Marked Off” by Don Cameron, a new crime novel, will be launched on Thursday. Admission to the launch is free, but booking is requested via info@newisland.ie

“Stop. Breathe. Flourish – Practical tips for everyday wellbeing” is a workshop in Pembroke Library on Tues 03 Feb and Drumcondra Library on Thurs 12 Feb.

The workshop will offer lots of great tips and techniques from the fields of mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which give us powerful ways to renew our sense of optimism, enhance health and boost personal well-being. Some of the key ideas to be discussed will include ways to identify our mental health boosters, discover our true potential and how to bring about positive change in our lives.

Admission is free, but booking is required:
+ Pembroke Library: Tues 03 Feb at 18:30. Phone 01-668 9575 or pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie
+ Drumcondra Library: Thurs 12 Feb at 18:30. Phone 01-837 7206 or drumcondralibrary@dublincity.ie

A “Speech Dating” in French takes place at the Alliance Fancaise just before Valentine’s Day.

Each participant assumes a false identity and then the race is on to find your soul mate by asking and answering simple questions. The three best-matched couples will win prizes. The Alliance Francaise says “You may not find love, but you will definitely enjoy yourself!”

Admission is free and you also get a free glass of wine, but booking is required by sending a mail to rsvp@alliance-francaise.ie with the subject “RSVP: Speech Dating”

“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 egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095

A weekly live music gig of the genres Blues/Roots/Rock/Soul will take place in Arthur’s Pub with weekly changing performers:

+ 1st Thursday: Ben Prevo
+ 2nd Thursday: Declan Kennedy
+ 3rd Thursday: Dermot Byrne
+ 4th Thursday: Mick Pyro

Admission is free.

A weekly live music gig of the genres Blues/Roots/Rock/Soul will take place in Arthur’s Pub with weekly changing performers:

+ 1st Thursday: Ben Prevo
+ 2nd Thursday: Declan Kennedy
+ 3rd Thursday: Dermot Byrne
+ 4th Thursday: Mick Pyro

Admission is free.

Prof. Pete Coxon (Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin) will give the annual Darwin Day Lecture arranged by the Humanist Association of Ireland. The title of the lecture is “The Ice Age and its Discovery: Darwin, Controversies, 200 years of research and what we now know…”

Admission is free.

Every Thursday, the Xchange invites to a Language Exchange (19:00-20:30), followed by live music (21:00-23:30) by up and coming local and international artists.

Admission is free before 20:00 and free finger food is provided.

This is an evening with short talks and demonstrations (i.e. aroma samplings) around love, love life and bedroom with a particular focus on the essential oils from manufacturer doTerra.

Admission is free, but you have to book via the Eventbrite website here.

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.

LOQ Thursday is an event with spoken word/poetry followed by Hip-Hop. Poetry acts on Thursday will be Sean Ruane and Ailish Kerr, and the music headliners are Dublin hip-hop duo Fifth Element (Ger Kellett and Linco).

Admission is free.

Paddy Tobin will talk about “Snowdrops in an Irish Garden” and about his experience of growing this popular spring-indicator in our gardens. Paddy Tobin is the Chairman of the Irish Garden Plant Society.

Admission is free.

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

Admission is free.

Indie-rock band The Statics will perform in Whelan’s. Admission is free.

The Dive Bar Open Mic Night is a weekly Open Mic night where no performers are prearranged. Just arrive between 20:30 and 21:00 and ask for Conor or Alan to get your name down. The first performance is at 21:00.

Singer songwriters, poets, instrumentalists and comedy and sometimes even bands are invited to perform. All levels of experience welcome.

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.

A Fun Pub Quiz takes place in Brady’s in Terenure on Thurs. The quiz will be on every Thursday night in the Lounge at Brady’s. Keith McLoughlin is the Quiz Master.

There will be six rounds of the quiz with picture questions, audio questions and general knowledge questions. Admission to the quiz is free and therr will be free drink vouchers for the winning and runner up teams. (No phones to get answers allowed.)

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

Every Thursday a free Trad Session takes place in McNeills and often there are high profile Trad musicians performing.

Mongooz and the magnet is a pop-blues-funk playing trio from Hungary and they will perform a free gig in Sweeney’s.

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 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.

“Lifelogging – Do you count?” is the title of the nnext Science Gallery exhibition, which starts on Friday 13 Feb and will run until 12 April.

Lifelogging is part exhibition, part Science Gallery Lab where you can take part in research projects and it deals with us tracking ourselves, measuring things we do and logging everything from heartbeat to heartbreak.

Get a taste for tracking as you play games with your emotions, use your brainwaves to sort files, generate music wearing sensors, and explore a virtual world filled with real dreams and memories.

Admission is free.

During the current Lifelogging exhibition in the Science Gallery, every week the focus is on another aspect of lifelogging.

In the first week the focus is on what your emotions look like:

Sensum, ‘the emotional company of the future’, has created a platform that captures your emotional data in real-time, using wearable technology. When this data is combined with traditional market research, it provides a unique insight into how we feel, what drives us and what we connect with most. Sensum will test their newest technologies on you and you’ll get a first look at how the movies, entertainment, and advertising of the future will connect with your emotions.

Admission is free.

“Bridges over the Liffey” is a talk by Michael Phillips, Dublin City Engineer. The talk focuses on the history of Dublin’s bridges right up to the construction of the City’s newest addition, The Rosie Hackett Bridge. Admission is free, but booking is required via 01-873 4333.

“Artists Nigel Rolfe and Alastair MacLennan revisit previous conversations and statements published in the Irish art magazine Circa in 1980s and 1990s. Guided by recent critical interest in writing about performance art, the conversation looks at the changes in thinking past and present. This discussion is moderated by Catherine Marshall (Art Historian, Curator and Editor of the RIA publication – Art and Architecture of Ireland (AAI).”

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

A lunchtime recital by the Exmouth Community College from East Devon will feature classical and popular music. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Juxtaposemotion by Sensum is a short screening of video clips to test group emotional responses. Sensum, one of the partners at the new Lifelogging exhibition in the Science Gallery, will hook you up to wireless sensors as you absorb visuals designed to get your emotions juxtaposing.

Sensum provides a “platform that captures, consolidates and analyses data streams from wearable technology. When this data is combined with traditional market research, it provides a 360 degree understanding of people, how they feel, what drives them and what they connect with.”

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

Cornucopia Café & Restaurant host live music three evenings a week (Thurs, Fri and Sat). The restaurant is a Wholefood & Vegetarian Restaurant and is open until 22:15.
+ Every second Thursday N.C Lawlor, a songwriter, session player and troubadour plays a mix of country, bluegrass & blues from 19:30-21:30.
+ Every Friday (19:30-21:30) Junshi Murakami plays Irish Harp.
+ Every Saturday (19:30-21:30) Nollaig Mann plays a collection of popular and jazz classics.

The weekly European Folk Dance Workshop/Session takes place in the Tap Bar every Friday.

The dances are French, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese folk and traditional dances and everybody interested to join in or to learn is welcome. Admission is free, but donations (suggested: EUR 3) are very welcome

A weekly Gig Night in Sin É, organised and presented by Super Happy Fun Times takes place every Friday and admission is free. The line-up can be found on the Facebook Page below.

In short the line-up is: The Eskies, Sarah Red, Gstar Sharpe, Wilbury

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.

The Dublin City Rounders are in Mother Reilly’s for a free gig. Their music style is Old Time, Western Swing, Blues, Folk, Rockabilly.

Deja Boo are performing in the Live from the Window slot. Admission is free.