Hi all!
This is an interesting weekend and upcoming week. The week is spookily quiet. There are a number of events, but definitely a lot less than normally. However, the weekend is probably one of the busiest of the year. The main event is the Street Performance World Championship in Merrion Square. The most popular event in Ireland behind the much more fragmented St. Patrick’s Day Festival, so as a single event, I would say the Street Performance World Championship is the single most popular festival. And despite that there is still a surprisingly large amount of people that have never heard of it. This is strange and I hope you – as a person “in the know” – will help spreading the word further. Tell your friends about the festival or even better, just bring them with you. Saturday and Sunday in Merrion Square, you will love it! See you there! :-)
The other festivals, on the same weekend are the Rose Festival (combined with the Viking Festival) in St. Anne’s Park, the Bray Summerfest with the great Bray Air Display and there is also the much smaller, but in its 42nd year very well established Liberties Festival.
So make the most out of the weekend! It will be a good one – as long as you go to the Street Performance World Chamiponship! :-)
After nearly finishing the Dublin Event Guide this week, I had an Internet outage for more than an hour, so I am running a little late again, but I will send it out soon, even if one or two (less relevant) events will be missing.
Because of that, I didn’t include the National Museum events (www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx) and the National Gallery events (www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson). I will again next week.
And again: Tell your friends (when you tell them about the Street Performance World Championship) about the Dublin Event Guide as well. They can easily subscribe on www.dublineventguide.com or on the Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/DublinEventGuide and people can (and should) also LIKE the Dublin Event Guide on the Facebook Page.
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The “Feel Good Slot” at this place in the Dublin Event Guide is to share some inspirational, motivational or thought provoking quotes, stories or video clips. You wonder why I added this section to this e-zine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and this section is for the people that want to remind that despite all, life is great and it is important to be alive!
Last week Stephen Covey died. He was an American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker. His best known book was “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People), which was sold 25 mio times worldwide! Covey was 79 and fell of his bike in April and it seems that his death had to do with the injuries he get when he fell. He was really a great teacher and in memory of Stephen Covey, today’s motivational video clip is Covey explaining the first of his 7 principles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8LM4C1l70U And after that you should watch this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLVg5ZKA3_I, which is a strong reminder of the importance of prioritising the important things in your life.
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This part is important to “keep the show on the road”:
Last week Susanne B, Lorraine F, Fionn O’D, Frances K were the wonderful people who helped the Dublin Event Guide by supporting it with a donation. Have you helped? Your help is absolutely needed to ensure that you all will continue to get the Dublin Event Guide every week. The cost for sending the weekly newsletter has more than doubled and I need your help! Has the Dublin Event Guide helped you to find events that you otherwise wouldn’t have known about, or have you saved money by finding great free events? Then go to www.perfectresults.info/donation.htm and help!
I appreciate ANY help: EUR 12 would be great, but even if it is just the price of 2 pints it will help me to cover the cost (I need about 4 donations every week for that) a or even to improve the Event Guide (anything above 4 donations).
I am giving 25-30 hours every week for no pay or reward, so that you get the Dublin Event Guide every week. And all I ask for is just 25 cent per week from you or EUR 12 per year. Where else can you get sooo much value for soo little money!? :-)
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All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges (or at least appear to be free) unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no promise for correctness can be given.
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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.
This week, I will keep this section short. You know already what I will hotly recommend to you. ;-) Go to the Street Performance World Championship! :-D But there are more events and I am torn! The Bray Summerfest will put a trump forward with the Bray Air Display and I like the relaxed atmopshere of the Rose Festival. So they are both also worth going. But in the end it will be Merrion Square for me on Saturday and Sunday and am soooo looking forward to it. See you there!
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The Dubliners Dilemma – Play – Ticket Competition
The Dubliners Dilemma is a high-energy adaption of James Joyce’s “Dubliners” and is currently running in the City Arts venue at 15 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin 1 as lunchtime theatre from 13:08 (sharp!) until 14:00. I only found positive reviews and since it is coming to an end soon, you better hurry if you want to see it. Tickets are normally EUR 12, but if you look around a bit on the website (Check out bachelorswalkdublin.com/tickets-and-booking/) you will find tickets for just EUR 9.
Four readers of the Dublin Event Guide will do even better and will get tickets for free. I have two pairs, one pair for Tues 24 July and one for Wed 25 July. If you want to win a pair of tickets, you have to send a mail to me with DILEMMA in the subject line and with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. In addition I need you to tell me if you want tickets for 24 or for 25 July and you also have to answer a question:
James Joyce first submitted ‘Dubliners’ to the publishing house of Grant Richards with the immortal words, ‘I do not think that any writer has yet presented Dublin to the world’. In what year did he write this? Hint … if you check out www.bachelorswalkdublin.com/ you might find a clue in the top right hand corner … and lots more info about the show. So make sure you write that answer in your mail as well and send it to me before 12:00 on Monday 23 July.
And just one critique for your information: The Metro Herald wrote “Gorman holds the audience enraptured throughout with a truly mesmerising performance. His adpatation is by no means exclusively for die-hard Joyce fans, making a brilliant introduction for newcomers.” So, send your entries to me!
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8 Week Creative Writing Course – Competition
Last chance if you are interested in writing:
What a great competition I have for you today: Creative writing teacher and Dublin Event Guide Subscriber Yvonne Cullen and her Writing Train workshops are offering you an exclusive opportunity to win one free place on her 8-week Start to Write course, starting on 31 July in the United Arts Centre, Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2. This free place has a value of EUR 215 and is only being offered to the Dublin Event Guide Community! To enter the competition, email Yvonne at writingtrain@gmail.com with the title of two recent posts on her Creative Writing Blog, www.yvonnecullen.wordpress.com and also add in your email in 40 words or less why you would enjoy this prize. Deadline for entry is Thursday 26 July at midnight and the winner will be notified by the morning of Sunday 29 July.
To be in with an extra chance to win, LIKE Yvonne Cullen’s Writing Train on facebook, the page where Yvonne posts tips straight from her classrooms, and share this link with your facebook friends:
yvonnecullen.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/writing-train-beginners-classes-tuesday-night-8-week-course-starts-31-july/
If you can LIKE and SHARE as above, Yvonne will put your name in the hat twice. :-). Yvonne’s popular writing classes and workshops at the National Library Cafe in Dublin are also accepting summer participants for 8,7 and even 6 weeks’ membership, if you would like to try out a creative writing class for a smaller than usual fee (EUR 185, EUR 165 and EUR150). Details are available on Yvonne’s blog where the Writing Train autumn schedule is also located. Autumn classes start from 05 September. And finally: If a writing holiday is what you’re looking for, Yvonne brings groups to Inishbofin Island in Connemara, to write, on 19 July and 13 September.
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More competitions
There are a few competitions in the pipeline, so there will be more next week, but if you know someone who would like to get the word out about a product they are selling, put them in contact with me. Ticket competitions are great, but it would be nice to have a few more product competitions too. You can reach me on dublineventguide@gmail.com
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Free Events in 2012 – More or Less?
With 120-160 free events every single week, it is nearly impossible to keep track of everything and to compare the number of events year on year, but half way through the yeart, it seems that there are definitely less headline events this year than in previous years. The bigger events that I am missing are the Maritime Festival along the Liffey, the SOGO Festival in the Soth William Street area, the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Culture, Urban Garden at Smithfield and the differently named Summer Festivals that Temple Bar held every year. The Viking Festival at Wood Quay was merged with this week’s Rose Festival and Kings of Concrete will be merged with the Tall Ship Festival. There are a few new festivals too: The Ukulele Festival in Dun Laoghaire, DLR Fusion in Dun Laoghaire (a tiny “replacement” of the Festival of World Culture and in Dublin the once-off Tall Ship Festival. So the bottom line shows a loss, but luckily we still have the Street Performance World Championship and the Soul Festival and the Bray Summer Fest and the always busy Dun Laoghaire Events people, but it good amazingly quiet around the Dublin City Events department, in Temple Bar and in the Dublin Docklands.
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O2 Closed for a While
It really seems that the “summer” affects some of the businesses severely: The O2 (or Point Theatre) will be closed from now until the 19 Sept with one brief interrruption of a single concert (The Black Eyes) on 22 August. Closing for 2 months can’t be a profitable thing for a concert venue. theo2.ie/
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Let’s Walk & Talk – Weekly Walking Groups
In addition to the once-off Let’s Walk & Talk events, there are a number of weekly walks taking place in July (and in most months of the year). This Dublin City Council community initiative, is a great way for people to stay healthy, meet people and learn something new about Dublin. All Let’s Walk & Talk events are free and no advance booking is necessary and the walks last about 90 minutes. The weekly walks are:
+ Sun 14:00: Walk in the Phoenix or surrounding areas. Meet at Parkgate Street, entrance to the Phoenix Park, Dublin 7
+ Mon 11:00: Walks along the Royal Canal, in the Phoenix Park and many other places. Meet outside the Halfway House Pub, Ashtown, Navan Road, Dublin 7
+ Tues 14:00: Walks along the Grand Canal and within Dublin 2/4/6 areas. Meet outside The Barge Pub, Charlemont Street, Dublin 2
+ Wed 14:00: A walk to Dollymount Strand, through St. Anne’s Park or beyond. Meet outside Raheny DART Station, Raheny Village, Dublin 5
+ Wed 14:00: A walk along the canal or around this historic area. Meet outside Kilmainham Gaol, Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
+ Wed 14:00: A stroll through the city whilst talking in Spanish. Meet a the monument to William Conyngham, Kildare Place, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
+ Thurs 14:00: A stroll along Sandymount Strand or to neighbouring suburbs. Meet at the Sandymount Green, Sandymount Village, Dublin 4
+ Fri 11:00: Bimis ag Siul agus ag Caint – A walk in the city…whilst talking in Irish! Meet at Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
+ Fri 14:00: A stroll through the city whilst talking in French. Meet a the monument to William Conyngham, Kildare Place, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
www.letswalkandtalk.ie
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Textadeal.ie – New Discount Buying website
Discount or Group Buying websites are everywhere at the moment. Nearly all of us have heard about Groupon/City Deals or Living Social. In addition to these two big ones, there are smaller and local sites that offer similar services. Now another new company has entered the very crowded market and they realised that they need to do things differently to be successful.
The newest Discount Buying Website is Textadeal at www.textadeal.ie/afflink/dublineventguide and their approach is indeed very interesting. The need to provide BIG discounts and on top of that having to pay from the discounted prize a sizeable commission is the biggest problems for shops, restaurants etc So the discount has to be more realistic and the commission has to be more moderate. Textadeal is doing that by reducing their involvement in the deal somewhat: If you want to buy one of the offers presnted on their website, you just pay 10% to Textadeal, then then send you a text message with a code and with that code you go directly to the shop/restaurant/service provider and pay the rest of the money to them when you get your service or product.
A new approach that provides savings to the customers but leaves a fair amount of money with the service provider and therefore is a lot more sustainable and repeatable. If Textadeal gets interesting enough offers on their site, it could just work! An Irish company with a good new idea: Check it out at www.textadeal.ie/afflink/dublineventguide and if you buy by clicking on this link, they will support the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), so everybody wins.
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A number of companies have contacted me in recent weeks and I will start introducing a set of new companies here again from next week or so!
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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie . For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is visualartists.ie/category/listings/dublin/
On top of that I will every now and then include here a small selection of exhibitions that either are not mentioned in the Visual Artist listing or are note-worthy to be mentioned separately.
The first to mention here is the Dublin Sketchers exhibition and I have listed it in the main event section for the respective days. Check out Saturday and Sunday!
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Kings of the Craic!
18-31 July
St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
120,000 football fans visited the Polish city Poznan during Euro 2012 and 70,000 of them were Irish. In order to relive some of those unforgettable memories, the City of Poznan has organised an outdoor exhibition in Dublin consisting of 20 large format images which capture the best moments of the Irish invasion in Poznan during the tournament. The exhibition will also be presented in Rome, Zagreb and Berlin. There is a special website open for all fans where you can put their own photo memories: fotoportal.poznan.pl/galeria/wspomnieniaeuro And some more information about the exhibition in St. Stephen’s Green is here: www.visitdublin.com/event/Kings_of_the_Craic
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Where were you? – Youth in Dublin 1950-2000
08-22 July – 13:00-23:00
Light House Cinema, Market Square, Smithfield, Dublin 7
“Where were you?” is a book with more than 800 photographs of Dublin Youth Culture & Street Style from 1950-2000. It looks like a really interesting book showing 50 years of Dublin and fashion, style and attitude of Dublin’s youth. An exhibition with some of the photos is in the Light House Cinema and there is only this weekend left for you to check it out. The exhibition is part of PhotoIreland 2012 and admission is free.
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The Ferocious Mingle Market
 11:00 – 18:00, Fri 20 Jul
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.
www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt
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National Gallery Talks
11:30, Fri 20 Jul
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
As part of a programme of free talks+screenings focusing on highlights of the European and Irish Collection there are a whole range of events taking place in the National Gallery every day of the week. All events are free and booking is not required. There are a number of talks about the Gallery Collection, Irish Art and about different artists and there are also painting expolrations and screenings of art documentaries.
To check the detailed programme, just go to www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Street Performance World Championship
12:30 – 18:30, Fri 20 Jul
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
For the performers it is a nice warm-up, for you it is a great opportunity to catch the show early on if you are so lucky that you don’t need to work. On Thurs and Fri, the Street Performance World Championship will start on two pitches in Merrion Square (on Sat+Sun it will be 8!) with performances. 15 performances will take place each day and the schedule is here www.spwc.ie/dublin-programme Admission is free, but keep in mind that the performers make a living of their street art and they will ask you for a donation if you liked their show, so bring some money.
The full festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday and I will tell you lots more in next week’s Dublin Event Guide.
www.spwc.ie
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Exploring Scientific Instruments
13:00 – 16:00, Fri 20 Jul
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
Join the CALMAST (Centre for the Advancement of Learning of Maths, Science and Technology) team of Waterford Institute of Technology in exploring and handling scientific instruments such as astrolabes and astronomy tools. This event will run from Monday to Friday, admission is free and no booking required.
www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:10, Fri 20 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Bray Summerfest 2012 – Gigs
18:00 – 23:00, Fri 20 Jul
Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow
The performing bands on the bandstand on Friday are: Cold 100 (18:00-19:30), The Animators (19:30-21:30) and the headliner the Cujo Family (21:30-23:00).
www.braysummerfest.com/events/
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Purpose of Life: Life as Work of Art
18:30 – 19:30, Fri 20 Jul
South William Space, 27 South William Street, Dublin 2
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Sahaja Yoga Meditation
19:30, Fri 20 Jul
4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3)
Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Friday at 19:30 at 4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (next to IFI, ring bell no. 3)
A drop in class, with newcomers welcome.
www.sahajayoga.ie
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Cornucopia – Live Music
19:30 – 21:30, Fri 20 Jul
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.cornucopia.ie
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Spoke #6
19:30, Fri 20 Jul
Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Spoke is the an open mic night at the Irish Writers Centre, taking place on the third Friday of every month. Writers, spoken word artists and musicians are all welcome to perform. Doors open at 19:30. Free admission. If you’d like to perform, please be prompt, so that oyu can signed up when the doors open. writerscentre.ie/spoke/ Every Spoke will feature a guest performer. This month’s guest will be Stephen Murray.
www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html
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ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship – Closing Ceremony
21:00 – 23:00, Fri 20 Jul
Harbour Plaza, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
The week long event will come to a close on Friday with a ceremony at Dún Laoghaire Harbour
Plaza:
+ Speeches by the president of the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship Committee Fiona Kidd and Michael Holland, Chairman of Four Star Pizza.
+ Medal ceremony
+ Event flag is lowered and presented to Cyprus, who will host this event in 2013.
+ Concert with U2 tribute band “The Joshua Tree”
+ Fireworks display
www.dlrevents.ie/pdf/ISAF%20programme.pdf
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Fri 20 Jul
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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Rigby’s – Jazz Entertainment
22:30, Fri 20 Jul
Rigby’s Deli & Dining Room, 65 Dame Street, Dublin 2
Chef James Rigby who opened the first Rigby’s at 126 Upper Leeson Street last year, has in recent weeks opened a “Bigger Brother” on Dame Street. And from 20 July you will have the opportunity to experience his cooking with the added bonus of live jazz entertainment every Friday night.
The line-up for the coming weeks is 20 July: Lucille Blue Duo, 27 July: Dorota Konczewska Duo, 03 Aug: Emilie Conway Duo, 10 Aug: Kevin Morrow Duo, 17 Aug: Cormac McCann Duo, 24 Aug: Cary Posavitz Duo, 31 Aug: Meadhbh O’Rourke Duo. No cover charge.
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The Candidates
23:00 – 02:30, Fri 20 Jul
Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
The Candidates, a 9-piece funk band with brass section, will play their last Dublin gig. Admission is free.
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Car Boot Sales – Tallaght
08:00 – 12:00, Sat 21 Jul
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
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.
www.irishcarboot.ie/
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Dublin Food Co-op
09:30 – 16:30, Sat 21 Jul
Dublin Food Co-op, Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Dublin Food Co-op is open every Saturday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc. The Co-op is also open on Thursdays 12:00-20:00.
www.dublinfood.coop
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Honest2Goodness Food Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 21 Jul
Honest2goodness, 136 Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
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.
www.honest2goodness.ie
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SuperNatural Food Market
09:30 – 15:30, Sat 21 Jul
St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
www.supernatural.ie
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 21 Jul
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00 the Jamestown Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line.
www.jamestownmarket.com/
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Liberties Festival
10:00 – 17:30, Sat 21 Jul
Liberties area, Dublin 8
I don’t know where exactly the boundaries are of the Liberties area in Dublin 8, but you could roughly say it starts a Christchurch and extends nearly to Kilmainham with the main area along Thomas Street, Cork Street and Meath Street. The Liberties Festival is one of the oldest Community festivals in Ireland. It started in 1970 and celebrates its 42nd year this year. The main day is Sunday, but there are two exhibitions in Saturday and some non-free events taking place.
The exhibitions are “Taking Liberties” by Shane McCarthy in The Gallery Zozimus, 56 Francis Street, Dublin 8. McCarthy’s photography exhibition shows the people and places of today’s Liberties. And the second exhibition is by graffiti artist Maser. He created a large scale outdoor portrait of Robert Emmet’s housekeeper, Anne Devlin. The portrait was created duringt he week and is being finished on Fri 20 July. It can be seen on the corner of Meath Street and Carman’s Hall.
For the remainign events (mostly non-free), like Liberties Cinema, Pool Competition and Music, COmedy and Literature in the Guinness Storehouse, check the Events Schedule at libertiesfestivaldublin.com/events/events-saturday-21-07-2012/
libertiesfestivaldublin.com
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Mother Redcap’s Indoor Market
10:00 – 17:30, Sat 21 Jul
Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
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St Anne’s Park – Rose Festival /Viking Festival
10:00 – 18:00, Sat 21 Jul
St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
The Rose Festival in St. Anne’s Park is taking place again this weekend and it is a great festival with beautiful roses (if the weather was playing ball in the run up to the festival) in the Rose Garden with 25,000 rose plants and in addition to that there is the Red Stables Food Market, Live Music, Stalls/Tents for plants, equipment and arts&crafts, and food stalls.
This year the Viking Festival will also coincide again with the Rose Festival in the park. A Viking village will be set up with Viking crafts and life style being demonstrated. There will be falconry displays and battle re-enactments.
A new feature this year will be “HerbBis”. The HerbBís project (www.herbbisireland.ie) educates and provides information on the use of herbs and plants for their medicinal and therapeutic application in modern times. There will be medicinal plant displays, free talks and demonstrations by herbalists.
Sunday is Family Activity Day with children’s entertainment, face painting, puppet shows and T-Shirt workshop for Teens, Outdoor climbing wall and Giant Garden Games.
The Live Music on both days will start at 13:00 and the performers are Comhaltas Ceoltoiri, Prairie Dawgs, and Ballet Fusion.
Admission to the park and also car parking are free.
www.dublincity.ie/RECREATIONANDCULTURE/DUBLINCITYPARKS/NEWSEVENTS/Pages/NewsEvents.aspx
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Temple Bar Food Market
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 21 Jul
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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.
www.templebar.ie
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Zumba Class – Dun Laoghaire Pier
10:30 – 12:00, Sat 21 Jul
East Pier, Dun Laoghaire
Every Saturday until 25 Aug, Colette Burke, a Zumba fitness instructor, is running free Zumba fitness classes on the East Pier in Dun Laoghaire from 10:30-12:30 (weather permitting). If you want to take part you can contact Colette on 087-2476673 and find more information on her website.
www.zumbafantasy.com
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Blackrock Market
11:00 – 17:30, Sat 21 Jul
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
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.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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The Ferocious Mingle Market
11:00 – 18:00, Sat 21 Jul
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.
www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt
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Yoga in Phoenix Park
11:00 – 12:00, Sat 21 Jul
Bandstand (behind the Tea Room, near the Zoo), Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
This will be the third year for “Yoga in the Park” and I think it is a brilliant initiative for a very worthy cause. From June until September, Fiona from www.twopalmsyoga.com invites to an hour of Yoga in Phoenix Park. No booking is required and you decide how much you give, the class is donation based. All proceeds go to the Dublin Simon Community, a charity that does invaluable work for the homeless people in Dublin. Just bring a mat or a towel, some water and (hopefully) even some sun protection to the class. Should the weather be bad, the bandstand will be shelter or even training location. The training is suitable for all levels, so even total beginners are very welcome.
www.facebook.com/pages/Two-Palms-Yoga/129726813245
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Bray Summerfest 2012 – Bray Air Display – Practice Day
12:00, Sat 21 Jul
Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow
On Sunday the Bray Air Display is the highlight of the weekend and on Saturday from 12:00 a practice day takes place. In addition there is the Funfair and the Live Music in the evening on the bandstand. Check out all details at www.brayairdisplay.com
www.braysummerfest.com/events/
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Farmleigh House – Children’s Art Workshop
12:00 – 17:00, Sat 21 Jul
Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15
Children’s Art workshops take place in Farmleigh House this Saturday. One is for children Age 5-7yrs and the other one for Ages 8yrs+ The locations for the workshops are the Motor House and the Arkle Room.
www.farmleigh.ie/Events/Title,18755,en.html
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Jim Kay at Botanical Gardens
12:00, Sat 21 Jul
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Award-winning illustrator Jim Kay comes to the Gardens to talk about his fascination with the Green Man and the role of green things in his children’s’ books, especially his extraordinary illustrations for Patrick Ness’ A Monster Calls (2011). The event takes place in the Education and Visitor Centre.
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
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South Ann Street Summer Party
12:00 – 16:00, Sat 21 Jul
South Ann Street Businesses, Dublin 2
To be honest, I am not too sure if I should mention this “event” here. The avalable information is sketchy and apart from shop discounts and competitions it is not clear what else will take place. The announcement says “Fashion, Food & Family Fun”, but is that really an event? I am not sure. Check it out yourself! :-)
dublintown.ie/whatson/south-anne-street-festival/
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Street Performance World Championship
12:00 – 19:45, Sat 21 Jul
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The Street Performance World Championship (this year sponsored by Laya Healthcare) is – in my opinion – the best festival in Dublin. A full weekend of the best Street Performers from all over the world in Merrion Square with 16 performers doing their 45 minute shows numerous times throughout the day on 8 pitches, you have the opportunity to see 100 shows over two days and there are some AMAZING shows.
You will see Juggling, Sword Swallowing, Acrobatics, Magic, Beat Boxing and even a Human Cannonball. You will be wow-ed, amazed and you will laugh as much as you have never done before! So, whatever your plans were for this weekend, CHANGE THEM and make sure you will go to Merrion Square at least for a little while.
I have been a fan of the Street Performance World Championship from the first year and every year try to see as many shows as possible, but if you want to see all of them, it is 16 shows and unless you start already on Thursday and Friday, when the “warm-up” round takes place, the Saturday and Sunday will not be enough to see them all. So you have to choose. I can’t tell you who are the best, but I can tell you who I think you should definitely see.
If you only have 45 minutes, see the Space Cowboy. He is an outstanding performer who won the Championship every time he was in Dublin as far as I remember. If you have a bit more time, add Mario, the Queen of the Circus and the Piano Juggler to your plan. Of the performers I know, the fourth one would be the Magician Charlie Caper. But I have never seen the Human Cannonball and hear that Scott Jackson (Beat Box) and The Lizardman are well worth watching as well. This is my (long) shortlist for the moment, but the best is to try it out yourself!
The event is free, but the performers do this as their job, so they will invite you to reward them after their show when they hold their hat out for you to donate money if you liked the show. So, bring some money with you, they are definitely worth it!
You can download the timetable here www.spwc.ie/sites/default/files/timetable_Dublin.pdf or check it online at www.spwc.ie/dublin-programme
The festival is totally suitable for children and there will be a play area for children, food stalls and face painting and balloon modelling. Before you leave Merrion Square, vote for the best performance, your vote decides who will be the Street Performance World Champion 2012.
www.spwc.ie
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Sun Show
13:00, Sat 21 Jul
Astronomy Ireland, Unit A8 Airside Enterprise Park, Swords, Co Dublin
Astronomy Ireland are continuing their weekly Sun Shows at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Swords. Each Saturday, the staff of the Astronomy Ireland Shop will be showing you amazing views of our nearest star. Using special filters and some of the largest telescopes in Ireland you will get to see sunspots bigger than Earth and huge solar flare bursting from our nearest star. If it’s cloudy, there will be a telescope demonstration and you will find out how you can safely observe the Sun and undertake some daytime astronomy using your own telescope.
astronomy.ie/sunwatch2011.php
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Turn the City Green
13:00 – 16:30, Sat 21 Jul
Whitefriars Community Centre, 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Seed Bomb, Co-Cook & Mobile Garden Workshop with talks from urban gardeners and music and event coordination by Radical Growth!
This is an event for all growers, cooks and radical gardeners. Admission is free and it will take place as part of the Hack the City Festival.
CoCook is a collaborative global movement that involves cooking and eating in urban public spaces.
Seedbombah uses seed bombing to unite communities old and new to transform their city into an urban orchard.
Radical Growth explores garden and land share in the city and how we can co-grow food together.
One element (Mobile Garden) requires booking, the rest are drop-in events. Check the details and timings on the website!
sciencegallery.com/events/2012/07/turn-city-green-workshop-aungier-st
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:10, Sat 21 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Creative Writing Hour
13:30, Sat 21 Jul
Irish Writers’ Centre, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
The Ink Slingers Creative Writing Hour takes place every Saturday at the Irish Writers’ Centre. It is a free creative writing session that is organised and led by the Centre’s voluntary arts administrators. The hour includes writing exercises and prompts to get ideas flowing. It is open to everyone and is suitable for all levels of experience.
www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html
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National Gallery – Family Programme
15:00 – 16:00, Sat 21 Jul
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The Family Programme on Sat is entitled “Bugs under the microscope” with Emma Finucane. Admission is free, no booking required.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Bray Summerfest 2012 – Gigs
18:00 – 23:00, Sat 21 Jul
Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow
The performing bands on the bandstand on Saturday are: Solar Taxi (18:00-19:30), The Shoos (19:30-21:00) and The Riptide Movement (21:30-23:00)
www.braysummerfest.com/events/
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The Bambir
19:00, Sat 21 Jul
Whelan’s Front Bar, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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Cornucopia – Live Music
19:30 – 21:30, Sat 21 Jul
Cornucopia Café & Restaurant, 19/20 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
www.cornucopia.ie
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Saturday Night Live Jazz
20:00 – 22:30, Sat 21 Jul
KC Peaches (Wine Cave), 28/29 Nassau St., Dublin 2
This is a weekly Saturday night residency of a Jazz Quartet, featuring Michael Nielsen (guitar), Sam Comerford (sax), Cormac O Brien (bass), James Mackin (drums) 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.
www.facebook.com/KCPeaches
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Sat 21 Jul
Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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Urban Mojo Blues Band
22:00 – 00:00, Sat 21 Jul
Oil Can Harry’s, 31 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 22 Jul
Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale. Every Sunday from 10:00-17:00 the Jamestown Market is taking place. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on red Luas line.
www.jamestownmarket.com
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Merrion Square Open Air Gallery
10:00 – 18:30, Sun 22 Jul
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
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.
www.merrionsquareart.com/
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St Anne’s Park – Rose Festival /Viking Festival
10:00 – 18:00, Sun 22 Jul
St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
The Rose Festival in St. Anne’s Park is taking place again this weekend and it is a great festival with beautiful roses (if the weather was playing ball in the run up to the festival) in the Rose Garden with 25,000 rose plants and in addition to that there is the Red Stables Food Market, Live Music, Stalls/Tents for plants, equipment and arts&crafts, and food stalls.
This year the Viking Festival will also coincide again with the Rose Festival in the park. A Viking village will be set up with Viking crafts and life style being demonstrated. There will be falconry displays and battle re-enactments.
A new feature this year will be “HerbBis”. The HerbBís project (www.herbbisireland.ie) educates and provides information on the use of herbs and plants for their medicinal and therapeutic application in modern times. There will be medicinal plant displays, free talks and demonstrations by herbalists.
Sunday is Family Activity Day with children’s entertainment, face painting, puppet shows and T-Shirt workshop for Teens, Outdoor climbing wall and Giant Garden Games.
The Live Music on both days will start at 13:00 and the performers are Comhaltas Ceoltoiri, Prairie Dawgs, and Ballet Fusion.
Admission to the park and also car parking are free.
www.dublincity.ie/RECREATIONANDCULTURE/DUBLINCITYPARKS/NEWSEVENTS/Pages/NewsEvents.aspx
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Guided Dublin Mountain Walk
11:00 – 13:00, Sun 22 Jul
Hell Fire Car Park, R115, Dublin Mountains
Only this week I found out about a great organisation with very enthusiastic volunteers who run extremely interesting outdoor events: The Dublin Mountain Partnership regularly provide free guided walks in the Dublin Mountains led by Volunteer Mountain Rangers. There are different walks with different degrees of difficulty and you can find all the information on their website. The next walk is an easy, introductory walk on this Sunday:
Walk No 4 Sun 22 July 2012 – Hell Fire Loop
This is an introductory walk, if you want to try out the Dublin mountains, around Hellfire Wood and Mountpelier hill with spectacular views of Dublin. Information will be given on different DMP walks and equipment that you should bring to enjoy the walks. You will also have the opportunity to try out the nearby Massy’s Wood loop walk if you so desire. Distance is 4km. and the Meeting point is the Hell Fire car park (about 6.5km south of Rathfarnham on R115 to Glencullen). Bring good walking boots, raingear, warm clothes, hot drink, water and food. Booking is essential for all walks. Contact Bill at dmprangers@gmail.com giving your name and mob number and the reference for booking: “Walk No 4 Sun 22 July”.
www.dublinmountains.ie/news/upcoming_events/event_information/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=220&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=46
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The Ferocious Mingle Market
11:00 – 18:00, Sun 22 Jul
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.
www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt
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Blackrock Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 22 Jul
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
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.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Liberties Festival
12:00 – 16:00, Sun 22 Jul
Liberties area, Dublin 8
I don’t know where exactly the boundaries are of the Liberties area in Dublin 8, but you could roughly say it starts a Christchurch and extends nearly to Kilmainham with the main area along Thomas Street, Cork Street and Meath Street. The Liberties Festival is one of the oldest Community festivals in Ireland. It started in 1970 and celebrates its 42nd year this year.
The main day is Sunday when a Community Fun Day Out will take place on Newmarket Square with Faceb Painting, Music, Car Boot Sale, Reptile Show and Petting Zoo. Enjoy an afternoon of free entertainment. libertiesfestivaldublin.com/events/events-sunday-21-07-2012/
libertiesfestivaldublin.com
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Mother Redcap’s Indoor Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 22 Jul
Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
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South Ann Street Summer Party
12:00 – 16:00, Sun 22 Jul
South Ann Street Businesses, Dublin 2
To be honest, I am not too sure if I should mention this “event” here. The avalable information is sketchy and apart from shop discounts and competitions it is not clear what else will take place. The announcement says “Fashion, Food & Family Fun”, but is that really an event? I am not sure. Check it out yourself! :-)
dublintown.ie/whatson/south-anne-street-festival/
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Street Performance World Championship
12:00 – 19:45, Sun 22 Jul
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The Street Performance World Championship (this year sponsored by Laya Healthcare) is – in my opinion – the best festival in Dublin. A full weekend of the best Street Performers from all over the world in Merrion Square with 16 performers doing their 45 minute shows numerous times throughout the day on 8 pitches, you have the opportunity to see 100 shows over two days and there are some AMAZING shows.
You will see Juggling, Sword Swallowing, Acrobatics, Magic, Beat Boxing and even a Human Cannonball. You will be wow-ed, amazed and you will laugh as much as you have never done before! So, whatever your plans were for this weekend, CHANGE THEM and make sure you will go to Merrion Square at least for a little while.
I have been a fan of the Street Performance World Championship from the first year and every year try to see as many shows as possible, but if you want to see all of them, it is 16 shows and unless you start already on Thursday and Friday, when the “warm-up” round takes place, the Saturday and Sunday will not be enough to see them all. So you have to choose. I can’t tell you who are the best, but I can tell you who I think you should definitely see.
If you only have 45 minutes, see the Space Cowboy. He is an outstanding performer who won the Championship every time he was in Dublin as far as I remember. If you have a bit more time, add Mario, the Queen of the Circus and the Piano Juggler to your plan. Of the performers I know, the fourth one would be the Magician Charlie Caper. But I have never seen the Human Cannonball and hear that Scott Jackson (Beat Box) and The Lizardman are well worth watching as well. This is my (long) shortlist for the moment, but the best is to try it out yourself!
The event is free, but the performers do this as their job, so they will invite you to reward them after their show when they hold their hat out for you to donate money if you liked the show. So, bring some money with you, they are definitely worth it!
You can download the timetable here www.spwc.ie/sites/default/files/timetable_Dublin.pdf or check it online at www.spwc.ie/dublin-programme
The festival is totally suitable for children and there will be a play area for children, food stalls and face painting and balloon modelling. Before you leave Merrion Square, vote for the best performance, your vote decides who will be the Street Performance World Champion 2012.
www.spwc.ie
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Jazz Brunch at Brasserie Sixty6
12:30 – 15:00, Sun 22 Jul
Brasserie Sixty6, 66-67 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2
Brasserie Sixty6 is inviting to a Jazz Brunch every Sunday. The line-up for the next few Sundays is 22 Jul: Michael Lennan, 29 Jul: Kevin Morrow Duo. As you can imagine food and drinks are not free, but there is no cover or admission charge for the music.
www.brasseriesixty6.com/menu.html#section-5
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:10, Sun 22 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up
14:00, Sun 22 Jul
varies
The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches. There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!
www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/
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Lucan Brass Band – Farmleigh House
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 22 Jul
Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15
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Stella Bass Jazz Trio
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 22 Jul
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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Museum Tour – National Print Museum
15:00 – 16:30, Sun 22 Jul
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
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.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/guided-tours.html
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National Gallery Lecture
15:00 – 15:45, Sun 22 Jul
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The talk “An Introduction to James Joyce” with Terence Killeen, Research Scholar, James Joyce Centre will take place and admission is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Bray Summerfest 2012 – Bray Air Display
15:30, Sun 22 Jul
Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow
This week the Bray Air Display is the highlight of the weekend in Bray. It is Ireland’s only free air display. Spectacular Aerobatics, Parachute Routines, Military and Aviation Displays in addition to the Live MUisc and Foof Markets are the attractions in Bray.
The Practice Day for the Air Display will be on Saturday from 12:00.
Check out all details at www.brayairdisplay.com
www.braysummerfest.com/events/
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Bray Summerfest 2012 – Gigs
15:30 – 23:00, Sun 22 Jul
Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow
The performing bands on the bandstand on Sunday are Route 66 (18:00-19:30), The Gypsy’s (19:30-21:00) and J90 (21:00-22:30).
www.braysummerfest.com/events/
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Focus on Pat Murphy
16:00, Sun 22 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Pat Murphy will discuss her career in film with IFI Curator Sunniva O’Flynn in a session which will include screenings of some of her short works. This event is free but ticketed, book your seat when visiting or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477.
www.ifi.ie/whatson/season/
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Saucy Sundays
17:00 – 23:00, Sun 22 Jul
Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
Saucy Sundays is a weekly live music afternoon and evening in the Grand Social. This week’s line up is The Yips, Little Black Wren, Declan McQuickan, The City Apples, Mr Sands, Shonal Quadri, Greg Clifford, Kellie & The Scruffs, Gary Yeahman
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001494016795&v=wall
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Latin Ireland
20:00 – 02:00, Sun 22 Jul
4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
Every Sunday a band will play from 21:00-22:30, a Latin Beat Club, Brazilian DJs and Salsa Classes (from 18:00) are additional features. Admission is free.
www.4damelane.ie/
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 00:00, Sun 22 Jul
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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. This Sunday’s line up is not yet announced, so make sure you check the Facebook Page before you go if you want to know who is performing or just go for a “lucky dip”. ;-)
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Forro de Lampiao – Brazilian Dance
21:00 – 02:30, Sun 22 Jul
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
Rogério from the Brazilian dance project “Forró de Lampião” in Dublin tells me: Forró de Lampião is Brazilian music that has the same roots as Samba and there is a whole culture that has developed around “forro”. Every Sunday, free dance classes take place in Sweeney’s Bar on Dame Street and if you are interested, just turn up one Sunday.
www.facebook.com/groups/forrodelampiaodublin/
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Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys
21:00, Sun 22 Jul
Whelan’s Front Bar, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
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Rhythm Rocker
21:00, Sun 22 Jul
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“Rhythm Rocker at The Globe” is a weekly event on Sunday night in The Globe in Sth Great Georges Street, Dublin 2. It is a Rockabilly, R’n’R, Roots night with alternating (week by week) live bands Pavement Kings, Donna & The Sazzy Catz, The Mosquitoes and The Pacifics from 21:00 and with DJs from 23:00-01:30. Admission is free.
www.globe.ie/events.php
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Sunday Roast
21:30, Sun 22 Jul
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
The weekly Sunday Roast is an event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The next Sunday Roast line up is VoxPossible, 24 Broken Amps, Violet Roadkills, Sharon Reid and the Attic Knights, Eamon Bret
www.facebook.com/thesundayroast
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Cool Hand Dukes
22:00, Sun 22 Jul
Porterhouse Central, 45-47 Nassau Street, Dublin 2
Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.
www.facebook.com/coolhand.dukes.1
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:10, Mon 23 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Sahaja Yoga Meditation
19:00, Mon 23 Jul
Blakestown Community Resource Centre (next to Lidl), Blakestown Way, Dublin 15
Need to wind down after a tiring week? Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation (not physical yoga, but “yoga meditation”!) classes every Monday from 19:00 in Blakestown Community Resource Centre (next to Lidl).
This is a drop in class, with newcomers are welcome.
www.sahajayoga.ie
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Mon 23 Jul
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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. This Monday’s line up is not yet up on the Facebook Page, but I am sure it won’t take TOOO much longer.
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Rock & Reggae Night – Hangover Club
21:45 – 02:30, Mon 23 Jul
Fibber Magee’s, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
Every Monday, a mix of musicians from bands like The Seven Deadly Skins / Animal Cracker / Upbeat Generation / Crete Boom & more come together to play a free night of Rock & Reggae.
www.facebook.com/TheHangoverClub
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National Gallery Lecture
10:30 – 11:15, Tue 24 Jul
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The talk “Drawings of Dublin Architecture at the Turn of the 20th Century” with Simon Lincoln, Exhibitions Officer, Irish Architectural Archive will take place and admission is free.
www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:10, Tue 24 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Film Screening – Instituto Cervantes
18:00, Tue 24 Jul
Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2
“On the Line” (2008) by director Jon Garano is the first film screening in the “The limits of the frontiers” film series on that evening. At 18:20 the second film will be “Day Night” (2009) by Director Marcos Miján. This documentary follows over a year the lives of a Danish biker, a student from Northern Ireland, a man from Alaska and a Spanish journalist who all live in China. More information about the films is here: dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha80965_16_2.htm and dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha80966_16_2.htm Both films will be in English with Spanish subtitles.
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The Last Tycoons (open mic)
20:00, Tue 24 Jul
O’Donoghue’s, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
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Comedy Crunch – Edinburgh Preview
21:00, Tue 24 Jul
Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2
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White Chocolate
23:30, Tue 24 Jul
The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
White Chocolate is playing Rock Covers from 23:30 in The Mezz in Temple Bar.
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Children’s ‘Coat of Arms’ Workshop
11:30 – 13:00, Wed 25 Jul
National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Come to this art-based family workshop inspired by the ancient art of heraldry. An opportunity to design your own imagined coat of arms! Suitable for children aged 7 – 14 years. Booking is essential as places are limited. To book a place, call (01) 603 0346 or contact learning@nli.ie.
www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
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LinkedIn for your job search – Career Direction and Development
13:00 – 14:00, Wed 25 Jul
Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
“The Importance of LinkedIn for Your Job Search” is the title of the next talk in the Dublin City Public Libraries’ Career Direction and Development Programme. The Career Direction and Development Programme is a key Dublin City Council employment support initiative. Through a range of events, including lectures, workshops, information stands, helpdesks, displays and user education programmes, it provides concentrated support to the city’s residents, workers and visitors in sourcing employment opportunities, developing job-hunting skills, and adapting to career changes in the current dynamic environment.
The workshop/lecture about the importance of LinkedIn will be delivered by Caroline Matthews, Career Coach with www.careersource.ie. Admission is free, but booking is required via (01) 873 3996 or businesslibrary@dublincity.ie.
Hmm, “Importance of LinkedIn”? Interesting topic, but what if the answer is “It is not really important!”, which I think is the only correct answer in most cases? Amazing how many social media “experts” are of the opinion that their area of expertise is amazingly important for the world.
www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Events/Pages/career_direction_development_2012.aspx
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:10, Wed 25 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Hack the “Green” Economy
14:00 – 15:00, Wed 25 Jul
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
Business in the Community Ireland invites you to an environment/sustainability briefing session entitled “Hack the Green Economy”. It will examine some of the emerging trends in sustainability and ask how they will affect Irish business. The event will explore some of the next steps on the sustainability agenda, in particular, future developments in the area of integrated sustainability reporting and environmental legislation.
The brochure about the event can be found here www.bitc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Hack-the-Green-Economy-Brochure.pdf
The event will be chaired by Gabriel D’Arcy, Managing Director of Bord na Móna and speakers are Dr. Matt Crowe ( Director, Environmental Protection Agency), Lois Guthrie (Technical Director, The International Integrated Reporting Council) and Justin Kilcullen (Director of Trócaire). This event targets green business leaders, sustainability managers, corporate responsibility managers, corporate green teams, environmental managers, environmental NGOs, development NGOs, state agencies and business associations. Admission is free and to attend send a mail to Nicholas Fekete at nfekete@bitc.ie by Fri 20 July. For more information check:
sciencegallery.com/events/2012/07/hack-%E2%80%9Cgreen%E2%80%9D-economy
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Havana International Language Exchange
16:30 – 19:30, Wed 25 Jul
Havana Tapas Bar, Georges St, Dublin 2
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.
www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821
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Interactivos ’12 Exhibition – Science Gallery
18:00 – 20:00, Wed 25 Jul
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
Come and visit an exhibition of collaborative work by thirty architects, artists, scientists, hackers and engineers from across Europe. Taking a creative approach to solving real world problems, Interactivos ’12 is a two-week workshop that has seen participants from all over Europe collaborate in developing ideas that range from planting guerilla gardens with “seed bombs” to turning recycling bins into public art. Come along to the Science Gallery this Wednesday to see the results of the workshop, and to meet the scientists and artists behind them. Admission is free, but booking is required on the Science Gallery website where you also find more information.
sciencegallery.com/events/2012/07/interactivos-12-exhibition
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Crafthouse Meeting
18:30, Wed 25 Jul
The Warehouse, Engine Yard, 35 Barrow Street, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
This is what the Crafthous epeople say about themselves: Crafthouse revolves around a set of regular meet-ups for those designing for the web. We are looking to bring members of the Dublin web community together to meet new people, to chat, to discuss, to problem-solve, to make friends and to participate with a collective of people who share a passion for good design.
At the first event on Wednesday, this will take place:
18:30 Doors open
19:00 Talk – Doc Parsons – An introduction to Crafthouse and Designing for today’s web
19:20 Talk – Kilian McMahon – Foundations
19:40 Video – Wilson Miner – When We Build
20:20 Talk – Andy McMillan – Ready to Build
20:40 Open discussion – next steps
Admission is free and there will be some food as well.
crafthou.se/
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Traditional shops in Ireland – Book Launch
19:30, Wed 25 Jul
Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
“High Shelves and Long Counters” is the book by Winifred Nulty & Heike Thiele that will be lauched on Wedensday. “For over 3 years, photographer Heike Thiele and writer Winifred McNulty have captured images and stories from the last traditional shops in the North West of Ireland. Their journey across Donegal, Leitrim, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Sligo and Cavan has taken them through an Aladdin’s Cave of drapery and hardware, to abandoned creameries and shops where empty shelves are filled only with the stories of different times. Based on a series of highly successful exhibitions across the North West, this book is a highly visual record of the stories of changing face of rural Ireland. “
www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html
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4 Dame Lane Movie Club
20:00, Wed 25 Jul
4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The 4 Dame Lane Movie Club will feature a movie every Wednesday from 20:00. The upcoming movies are: 25 July: Back to the Future; 01 Aug: Drive.Admission is free.
4damelane.ie/category/events/movie-club/
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The Song Room (open mic)
20:30, Wed 25 Jul
The Globe, 11 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2
“The Song Room” is another open mic event. It takes place in The Globe in George’s Street at 20:30 every Wednesday.
www.hamletsweeney.com/events/
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The Zodiac Sessions (open mic)
20:30, Wed 25 Jul
Bruxelles, Harry Street, Dublin 2
“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.
www.thezodiacsessions.com/
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Bad Boy Jake
21:00, Wed 25 Jul
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Bad Boy Jake, a band from Dublin that draws influences from all over the music spectrum including Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, Deep Purple, blues rock and classic rock, is playing every Wednesday in Mother Reilly’s.
www.dublinsessions.ie/motherreillys.html
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Trad Session
21:30, Wed 25 Jul
Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru), 4 Prospect Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 11
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).
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The Ferocious Mingle Market
11:00 – 18:00, Thu 26 Jul
72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8
The Ferocious Mingle Market takes place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. On Sunday it is a fancy dress market. It’s a flea-market type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders. The Oscar Verne Café and (at least at the weekends) live music adds even more character.
The location of the new indoor market is 72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto) an opening hours are 11:00-18:00. There is also a Café, the Oscar Verne Café, open for business at the market.
www.facebook.com/mingle.mkt
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Dublin Food Co-op
12:00 – 20:00, Thu 26 Jul
Dublin Food Co-op, Newmarket, Dublin 8
The Dublin Food Co-op is open every Thursday at Newmarket for organic wholefoods and sustainable household products, plus over a dozen producer stalls offering organic fruit and veg., baked goods, dairy produce, wines, hot and cold food, etc.
The Co-op is also opened on Saturdays 09:30 – 16:30. 12:00-20:00.
www.dublinfood.coop
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Lunchtime Market
12:00 – 15:00, Thu 26 Jul
Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8
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Lunch Beat Dublin
13:00 – 14:00, Thu 26 Jul
Maldron Hotel, Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2
The first Lunch Beat event in Dublin will take place this week in the Vertigo Bar in the Maldron Hotel near the Grand Canal Theatre. Lunch Beat is an hour of dancing in your lunchtime and it is an event that is inspired by the international Lunch Beat movement. So if you work in the IFSC, in the Sir Rogerson Quay area or in the Pearse Street area (including Google in Barrow Street), this location is perfect for you. For the rest? You might have to extend your lunch break a little. :-) Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/250763451701938/
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:10, Thu 26 Jul
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Lunchtime Recital – Damien Kelly (Guitar)
13:15, Thu 26 Jul
St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Damien Kelly will perform works for guitar by Ciaran Farrell, Francisco Tarrega, Leo Brouwer, Augusta Barrios Mongore, Andrew York and Roland Dyens. Admission is free, donations are welcome.
stann.dublin.anglican.org/concerts/index.php
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Thursday Tales – Writing/Reading/Drawing Stories
14:30 – 15:30, Thu 26 Jul
National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Come along on Thursday afternoons for some story-based fun. The afternoon will begin with storytelling followed by an art activity. Suitable for children 4 – 8 years. No booking required.
www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
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Bray Summerfest 2012 – Italian Street Party
18:00 – 22:00, Thu 26 Jul
Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow
The yearly Italian Street Party at the Bray Summerfest will take place again. With food, wine, live music and a pasta eating competition. It will take place in Strand Road & Albert Avenue.
www.braysummerfest.com/events/
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Employment Law Seminar
18:00 – 20:00, Thu 26 Jul
Red Cow Moran Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin 22
ISME/Skillnet are running a free Employment Law Seminar to help companies stay on top of their employment law obligations. This seminar is for SME owner managers and provides practical and relevant information in the areas of Contracts of Employment, Terms & Conditions of Employment, Correct Procedures for Sick Pay, Discipline, Short-time, Redundancy, etc. To register, contact Shauna Golden at ISME via info@isme.ie or 01 6622755
www.dceb.ie/News/Free-Employment-Law-Seminar-on-July-26
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Dublin WordPress Meetup
18:30, Thu 26 Jul
Clarence Hotel, 6-8 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
This meet-up is to bring together the community of WordPress business user/entrepreneur, bloggers and developers. It is an informal relaxed networking opportunity with like minded people. Admission is free.
www.meetup.com/Dublin-WordPress/events/71014842/
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Dimestore Recordings presents
20:00, Thu 26 Jul
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Songs from a Café
20:00 – 22:00, Thu 26 Jul
Brick Alley Cafe, 25 Essex Street East, Dublin 2
Songs from a Café is a Dublin singer-songwriter showcase session, dedicated to the art of contemporary songwriting. 20:00-22:00 at Brick Alley Cafe in Temple Bar.
www.facebook.com/songsfromacafe
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Jaime Nanci & The Blue Boys
21:00, Thu 26 Jul
Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Max Zaska / Patrick Groenland
21:00, Thu 26 Jul
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
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.
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Thirsty Thursday (open mic)
21:00, Thu 26 Jul
The Bridge Inn, 22 Temple Hill, Chapelizod, Dublin 20
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Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul
21:30, Thu 26 Jul
Frank Ryan’s Bar, Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.
www.frankryans.com
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The Bionic Rats
22:00, Thu 26 Jul
The Turk’s Head, Parliament Street, Dublin 2
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Bray Summerfest 2012 – Olympic Party
18:00 – 22:00, Fri 27 Jul
Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow
The Bray Olympic Comittee are inviting to a family street party with live music form a 16 piece brass band “Route 66”, food from the BBQ and “Pig on the Spit”. You can also watch the opening ceremony from the London Olympics on a giant LED screen.
www.braysummerfest.com/events/
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The Blue Choir
20:00, Fri 27 Jul
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
The band “The Blue Choir” will perform and admission is free. Unfortunately Whelan’s website neither explains what type of music they play nor does it specify who will be the supporting act. But there is bandcamp.com link so that you can listen to a song or a few.
www.whelanslive.com/index.php/archives/12664
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Dead Cat Bounce
22:30, Fri 27 Jul
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2
I remember hearing great reports about “Dead Cat Bounce” and it seems that after a while in Australia, they are home for just one solo Dublin show. Admission is free if you are in the door before 22:30, but there is a request on the website to confirm your attendance on Facebook. Check it out!
www.whelanslive.com/index.php/archives/12512
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Restoration of the Bamboo Cutter
13:10, Sat 28 Jul
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
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Wildlife Photography Workshop
28 July – 10:15-13:00
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Improve your photography skills with a masterclass from one of Ireland’s best wildlife photographers – Andrew Kelly (www.akellyphoto.com). This workshop is for anyone with an interest in photography and you will learn tips on equipment, light and field craft. The event will take place in the main auditorium of the Botanic Gardens and participation is free but you must register here iwt.ie/rsvpmaker/wildlife-photography-workshop-dublin/
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Please note: This section contains observations taken from the world I live in that strike me as odd. I express my personal opinion and you might not share it. If you are easily offended by opinions that are not identical with your own, please don’t read this section. ;-)
Do not smuggle Kinder Surprise Eggs into the USA!
I picked up a story in The Journal.ie during the week that made me chuckle in disbelief: Two men from Seattle were held in a detention centre for two hours because they tried to smuggled extremely dangerous goods into the USA. It was not drugs or guns, no, it was the highly dangerous Kinder Surprise Eggs that caused the arrest. The two men were in Canada and bought Kinder Surprise Eggs to bring back to their families and friends. Border Agents found them in their car and because they are illegal in the USA, the two men got into trouble. Luckily they were let go with a warning after the two hours, but I am sure they were not too happy when they were detained. Amazingly the US Customs and Border Agency has released information that says that in 2011 the massive number of more than 60,000 Kinder Surprise Eggs was seized from traveller’s baggage and from international shipments. www.thejournal.ie/border-agents-bust-seattle-pair-for-smuggling-kinder-surprise-eggs-525509-Jul2012/ Sounds a little over the top, doesn’t it? The fear, by the way, is that young children could choke on the small plastic toys in the Kinder Surprise eggs and therefore it is illegal to import them. Crazy? Definitely from our European point of view! The eggs carry a warning that they are unsuitable (like MANY toys) for children under 3, but they are not illegal.
Now, can we throw stones or are we sitting in the proverbial glass house? Well, if you look at the once valid EU Quality Standards for Bananas, the rule that allegedly (but this is an incorrect interpretation) made bend bananas illegal ( eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31994R2257:EN:HTML ) from 1994-2008 you realise that we do very odd things as well on this side of the Atlantic. But, let’s face it, one oddness doesn’t make another oddness any better! ;-)
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With this possibly being the busiest weekend of the year, make sure that you do NOT stay at home. Get out and enjoy the wonderful events Dublin has on offer. The weather might not be what we would prefer, but dress accordingly and make the most of life. Every day counts and this weekend you could enrich your life with the Street Performance World Championship or any other of the events. :-)
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