Dublin Event Guide No. 313: Bloom’s Day, IFI Open Day, Bike Week, love:live Music

The European Science TV and New Media Festival and Awards bring together the best productions from across Europe featuring science and technology. They range from TV documentaries and drama, through innovative magazine shows to the growing range of Web and other new media output.

The Science Gallery will screen the nominated productions in Friday and admission is free. Pre-Registration is required, even if you only plan to come to one or two sessions. The full schedule is on the website below and you can register there as well.

This event continues on Saturday and Sunday.

The 2-day Symposium “Writing Home: Irish Culture and Wartime Europe, 1938-48” organised by the School of English, Trinity College Dublin will take place on Thurs and Fri.

It will start with a Poetry Reading on Thursday evening at 18:00, followed by a reception at 19:00. On Friday the talks start at 09:00 and continue until 18:00. The full programme is here.

Admission is free, but registration is required via writinghome2013@gmail.com

The decade between 1938 and 1948 was a time of immense revolutionary upheaval across Europe, but tends to have been characterised as a time of stagnation and isolation for Ireland. During these years, many Irish writers and artists travelled extensively across the continent, whilst several of their European counterparts arrived in Ireland. Taking these migrations as a starting point, the symposium will examine the history of this decade and its impact on Irish cultural memory.

Dublin City Council is inviting to a new series of Opera in the Park events in Merrion Square during June. The first two and the last Friday concert will be at 13:00 and on 21 June the performance will be at 20:00.

The remaining performances are Verdi’s Rigoletto, Mozarts Le Nozze di Figaro and Bizet’s Carmen and the dates are 14 June: Rigoletto, 21 June: Figaro and 28 June: Carmen.

This Lunchtime Talk at the NCH is entitled “Lessons from the Art School – The place of making /experiment in thinking about art.”

Artists are invited to present short talks which explore both professional and personal experiences of the art school. In this talk Des Ward (artist and lecturer at IADT) discusses the art school as an arena for experimental practices and the role of these practices in catalysing and making visible the hidden processes vital to community.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

“Jonathan Swift – A Giant In A Then Literary Lilliput” is the title of this Let’s Walk & Talk event and meeting point is the Bell Tower in TCD.

“Celebrate the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift becoming Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral with a tour taking in many places associated with this great man. En route, you’ll hear about his work, life and times in a Dublin that was divided by the excesses of wealth and poverty. The tour will conclude at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in time for ‘Swift in his own Words’, the story of Swift’s time at the cathedral told through music, recitals and readings which takes place as part of the ‘Swift 300’ programme of events. “

Admission is free,

Fitzgerald’s in Sandycove are running a Launch Night for their Bllomsday Festival on Friday 14 June with BBQ and live music with Jamie Duff (Brother of footballer Damien Duff).

On Saturday there is a Fireworks on Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire at some point (no time given) and live music & Entertainment throughout the day.

On Sunday, Fitzgerald’s will have live music from 12:00-23:00 and also readings and performances.

An evening of music, recitals and readings celebrating Jonathan Swift’s time as Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral featuring Lyric FM’s Éamonn Lawlor; entertainer June Rogers; Reverend Adrian Empey, and the DIT Irish traditional music ensemble. Admision is free. The event is part of the programme of events “Swift 300”, the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift becoming Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

KEMP is an Irish stencil art artist and after exhibitions in New York and Amsterdam he he will show his first exhibition in his home town on Friday evening. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

Sir Paul Nurse, President of The Royal Society, will give a discourse on “Making Science Work”. Admission is free, but booking is required and these type of events often “sell” out.

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

The Slovak Cultural Week takes place this week in the CFCP and there are plenty of free events:

Fri 14 Jun: 19:00 Closing event.

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.

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

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

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

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below.

Tied to Machines and guests Aggro-Culture are performing in Whelan’s “Midnight Hour” on Friday. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30

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.

Bike Week 2013 takes place from Sat 15 – Sun 23 June all over Ireland. There will be free bike checks, fun cycles, lunchtime city rides, heritage cycles, electric bike races, school cycling events, road races and much more. There’s something for every age and ability. All events are on www.bikeweek.ie/events

On Sat, the following events are a selection of free Bike Week events;

+ Free Bike Checks in various bike shops (10:00-17:00)
+ Food Cycle to Phoenix Park from various community gardens (Southside: Meet at Pearse College Allotments at 10:00, Northside: Meet at Millenium Park Walled Garden, Blanchardstown at 10:00)
+ National Sprocket Rocket Family Cycling Festival (St. Anne’s Park, Raheny – 10:00-13:00) with Skills zone, Mountain Bike zone, Strider Zone, Paracycling “Come and Try” Zone
+ 4 Mile Family Cycle: Deansgrange Linear Park to Kilbogget Park and back (12:15-15:15)

The event brochure is here: www.bikeweek.ie/sites/default/files/events/Dublin/Dublin%20Bike%20Week%20Events%202013.pdf

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

The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre.

Parkrun Ireland is organising free weekly runs in parks. It is a timed run over 5km and participation is completely free, but registration before your first parkrun is required.

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

A free Fitness Class is taking place in the Exchange. All are welcome.

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

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

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

The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.

At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, and Sundays: 12:00-17:30.

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

15 Jun: Come On, Daisy by Jane Simmons

The European Science TV and New Media Festival and Awards bring together the best productions from across Europe featuring science and technology. They range from TV documentaries and drama, through innovative magazine shows to the growing range of Web and other new media output.

On Saturday afternoon at 14:00, the Keynote Talk “Science, Medicine and Media” with Dr David Kirby will be screened.

The Science Gallery will screen the nominated productions in Friday and admission is free. Pre-Registration is required, even if you only plan to come to one or two sessions. The full schedule is on the website below and you can register there as well.

This event continues on Sunday.

The Irish Film Institute (IFI) is inviting to an Open Day, which is a day of free previews, classics, Irish and international films.

Tickets for all films will become available at 11:00 on Saturday morning at the IFI. Tickets will not be available online or by phone. There will be a maximum of four tickets per person, all allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early as tickets are expected to quickly. Film screenings start at 13:00 and will run until 22:00

The full programme is here: www.ifi.ie/wp-content/uploads/openday_2013_programme-2.pdf

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

The Donnycarney Traditional Music Festival takes place this weekend and there are some free events during Saturday and Sunday. Only the main gig on Sat evening is not free. Have a look at the Facebook Page below and click on the yellow poster for all detailed information.

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

The Book of Pottlerath (Leabhar na Rátha) begun by James, the 4th Earl of Ormond completed by scribes commissioned by his nephew Edmund Butler in 1454 in Co. Kilkenny. In 1636, it entered the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford where it has remained until the present day. Author Margery Brady will present her study of this important manuscript.

This is an event suitable for adults. Admission is free and booking is not required.

The Yearly “Legalise Can nabis” Protest will take place either in the Garden of Remembrance or from there. It is not completely clear if there is a march or not. Some speakers, musicians and DJs are mentioned.

“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

Please note: This week only, the tour starts at 13:00 instead of 11:00!

The Viking Festival in Dublin is pushed around a little. :-) Last year it was in St. Anne’s Park and the year before it was at Wood Quay (Amphitheatre). This year it is in Clontarf on the Promenade (near the Wooden Bridge) on Saturday. A Viking Village will be there and there will be battle re-enactments and other activities. Food, music and kids entertainment is also available.

Thai Dance Performance by the Thai Dance Academy, London will take place.

Admission is free and no booking required.

Tieranniesaur will be in Tower Records for live performance.

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings on three days every week in June. The theme for the whole month will be the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
01+22 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-progs-1-2-june-2013/
The Monday/Wednesday and non-double-bill Saturday programmes are here
03+19 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-1-june-2013/
05+17 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-2-june-2013/
08+12+24+29 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-3-june-2013/
10+26 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-4-june-2013/
Dr. Harvey O’Brien (Film Studies Lecturer, UCD) will give an illustrated talk looking at the representations on film of the JFK visit to Ireland in 1963 in the free IFI Afternoon Talk on 27 June at 16.30, You need to book for this free event. Check the details.

Fitzgerald’s in Sandycove are running a Launch Night for their Bllomsday Festival on Friday 14 June with BBQ and live music with Jamie Duff (Brother of footballer Damien Duff).

On Saturday there is a Fireworks on Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire at some point (no time given) and live music & Entertainment throughout the day.

On Sunday, Fitzgerald’s will have live music from 12:00-23:00 and also readings and performances.

If you read this Dublin Event Guide regularly you have definitely seen events taking place in the Exchange Dublin. It is a great space and most events taking place there are free. But, as you can imagine, running a space like that in Temple Bar is not free. So, on Saturday the Exchange is running an “Art Auction for Exchange” with pieces that were generously donated by artists that have exhibited in the Exchange. I can’t donate a piece of art, but I can show my support by spreading the word.

You can donate or even better, you can buy art at the auction on Saturday.

The Eskies are performing in the “Live from the Window” slot. Admission is free.

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

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

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are listed on the website below.

Booka Brass are performing in the “Midnight Hour” slot. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30.

The James Joyce Museum in the Martello Tower in Sandycove is open all day for readings and commemorations in context with Bllom’s Day.

+09:00-12:00 + 13:30-16:00: Readings by Peter Gaynor from the ‘Telemachus’, ‘Proteus’ and ‘Calypso’ episodes of Ulysses.
Throughout the day: Readings by other guests, including members of the Friends of the Joyce Tower Society.

Admission is free according to the visitdublin.com website.

Bike Week 2013 takes place from Sat 15 – Sun 23 June all over Ireland. There will be free bike checks, fun cycles, lunchtime city rides, heritage cycles, electric bike races, school cycling events, road races and much more. There’s something for every age and ability. All events are on www.bikeweek.ie/events

On Sunday, the following events are a selection of free Bike Week events;

+ Family Cycle Deansgrange to Kilbogget Park (15:00-17:00) – Pre-Registration required.
www.bikeweek.ie/events/dublin/deans-grange-fun-family-6km-cycle
+ Heritage Talk & Cycle to Rathfarnham Castle (12:00-14:00)
+ Cargo Bike Championship in Phoenix Park (12:30-15:00)

The event brochure is here: www.bikeweek.ie/sites/default/files/events/Dublin/Dublin%20Bike%20Week%20Events%202013.pdf

Jamestown Flea Market + Car Boot Sale takes place every Sat+Sun from 10:00-17:00. You can reach it from Tyrconnell Road and from Kylemore Road and it is within 3 min from Black Horse stop on the red Luas line. There is free parking.

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

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

Every Sunday, the Merrion Square Open Air Art Gallery takes place. Up to 200 artists exhibit their paintings on the railings on three sides (West, North and East) of Merrion Square and you can just enjoy the exhibition or even buy.

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

The themes are:
16 June: Summer in the Walled Garden
23 June: Cycling in the Park
30 June: Deer in the Park
07 July: Summer flowers of the Park
14 July: Badges to wear

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

The European Science TV and New Media Festival and Awards bring together the best productions from across Europe featuring science and technology. They range from TV documentaries and drama, through innovative magazine shows to the growing range of Web and other new media output.

At 14:00, the Keynote Talk “The Future of New Media – a Ten Year Forward Look” with Dr. Charis Xinari will be screened.

The Science Gallery will screen the nominated productions in Friday and admission is free. Pre-Registration is required, even if you only plan to come to one or two sessions. The full schedule is on the website below and you can register there as well.

This event continues on Saturday and Sunday.

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

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

The Donnycarney Traditional Music Festival takes place this weekend and there are some free events during Saturday and Sunday. Only the main gig on Sat evening is not free. Have a look at the Facebook Page below and click on the yellow poster for all detailed information.

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.

Visit the National Library on Bloom’s Day to celebrate James Joyce in the library where he studied, wrote and set part of Ulysses.

14:00: Dr Gerard Dineen talks about “Our Continental Writer: James Joyce and the literature of Europe”
Enjoy performances of Joycean music performed in the Front Hall and listen to extracts of Ulysses.

Admission is free and no booking required.

“From midday on Sunday the 16th June, the literary mile from Glasthule to Sandycove will be brought alive by Joycean festivities. The village invites everyone who comes on the day to dress up in period costume to truly experience this historical day and go back in time in style. There will be fantastic prizes up for grabs on the day for best costume.”

Dun Laoghaire Harbour Music Festival is back on 16 June on the Harbour Plaza with VANN Music, CRASH, Robert Delaney and special guest Stina O’Neill.

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

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. Now in its 36th year, 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 Guy Johnston (cello), Maxim Rysanov (viola) and Finghin Collins (piano) performing pieces from Benjamin Britten.

This is one of these events that doesn’t really fit into an Event Guide for Free Events because you are expected to donate money, that’s the whole purpose. But YOU don’t have to pay the money, you can ask others to donate and support you. So, I will include it. ;-)

The event is a Men Against Cancer Fundraising Walk in Clontarf and it starts at the Clontarf DART Station and will end at Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club.

Men Against Cancer (MAC) is a support group that provides both men and women with an opportunity to speak with others who have been affected by prostate cancer through their Peer to Peer Support Service.They are hoping to raise EUR 5,000 for its information and support services.

You can download the sponsorship card here No prior registration is required and you are invited to take part in the walk even if you can’t donate anything.

O Emperor will be in Tower Records for a live performance.

The Chester Beatty Library regularly runs foreign language tours in Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic etc and this week they return back to home and run a Tour in Irish. And at the same time (14:00) there is also a tour in Japanese.

Admission is free.

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of typically hobby artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches. There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!

Afternoon Jazz in Café en Seine. The Stella Bass Jazz Trio play every Sunday from 14:00-16:00 in Café en Seine in Dawson Street. Admission is free. A video is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aKqtOB5S8

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 public tour “250 years Architectural Tour of Charlemont House” with Ciaran Woods will take place in the Hugh Lane Gallery. Admission is free.

On Bloomsday, Museum educator Eimir O’Brien will bring you on a journey around the Museum exploring objects that have a connection with James Joyce, his protagonist Leopold Bloom and Dublin life in the early 20th century. The tour is entitled “Blooming Lovely: Life in Joycean Dublin”.

Admission is free and no booking required. Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis 15 minutes before tour the starts.

Jennifer O’Mahony, Museum educator, will trace the steps of Leopold Bloom at this Bloomsday Special Tour at the National Museum in Kildare Street. Discover what the museum would have looked like when James Joyce visited it at the turn of the last century.

Admission is free and no booking required. Meet at the Reception Desk.

Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.

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

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) and here: Dem Fools, The Tracks, Les Cynges, Red Moon Bayonets, The Ragmen, Lines, Richard Farrell & The Last Tribe, Nature Studies.

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

Fitzgerald’s in Sandycove are running a Launch Night for their Bllomsday Festival on Friday 14 June with BBQ and live music with Jamie Duff (Brother of footballer Damien Duff).

On Saturday there is a Fireworks on Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire at some point (no time given) and live music & Entertainment throughout the day.

On Sunday, Fitzgerald’s will have live music from 12:00-23:00 and also readings and performances.

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

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

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

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy downstairs in Stag’s Head, Dame Lane from 21:00 every week on Sun+Mon. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of that there is some free ice cream. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

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

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

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

The weekly Sunday Roast is a free event in the Mercantile where live music is combined with free roast potatoes. The line-up for the upcoming Sunday Roast is available via the Sunday Roast Facebook Page (see link below) or here: Red Moon Bayonets. The Midnight Union Band, The Jigsaw Jam, Clover Coast.

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 Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

Bike Week 2013 takes place from Sat 15 – Sun 23 June all over Ireland. There will be free bike checks, fun cycles, lunchtime city rides, heritage cycles, electric bike races, school cycling events, road races and much more. There’s something for every age and ability. All events are on www.bikeweek.ie/events

On Monday, the following events are a selection of free Bike Week events;

+ Tolka Valley Cycle Route launch (11:00-13:00)
+ Two cycling events for schools and special needs kids.

The event brochure is here: www.bikeweek.ie/sites/default/files/events/Dublin/Dublin%20Bike%20Week%20Events%202013.pdf

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

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings on three days every week in June. The theme for the whole month will be the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
01+22 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-progs-1-2-june-2013/
The Monday/Wednesday and non-double-bill Saturday programmes are here
03+19 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-1-june-2013/
05+17 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-2-june-2013/
08+12+24+29 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-3-june-2013/
10+26 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-4-june-2013/
Dr. Harvey O’Brien (Film Studies Lecturer, UCD) will give an illustrated talk looking at the representations on film of the JFK visit to Ireland in 1963 in the free IFI Afternoon Talk on 27 June at 16.30, You need to book for this free event. Check the details.

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

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

The Comedy Crunch is a free Stand Up comedy event every Sunday and Monday. Every week different comedians entertain and on top of good comedy you will get free ice cream. Admission is free. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

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

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

The Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

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 next G8 Summit takes place in the rather untypical location of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and like every time a G8 summit takes place, the ritual of unfocused but escalating protests and of relative heavy-handedness on the side of the police is a feature of this event.

In Dublin a Protest march takes place on Tuesday at 13:00. It starts at the Wolfe Tone Monument in St. Stephen’s Green and will go to the American Chamber of Commerce at 6 Wilton Place, Dublin 2. Unusual route!

If you are interested, also have a look at www.dubaltg8.org/ On Monday an “Alternative G8 Summit” takes place in the Teachers Club with talks and discussions.

“Football days / Días de fútbol” (2003) presented by the Director of the film David Serrano and the Producer Tomás Cimadevilla will be screened in the Instituto Cervantzes in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free.

Urban Knights is a series of talks that celebrates urban crusaders, innovators and those who are actively changing how we behave, think and engage with the city.

This month talks are about a working city farm in Manchester, urban tools developed in Copenhagen, changing cycling in Dublin and the design of Dublin’s drainage system.

Admission is free, but booking is required.

Are you passionate about design thinking and want to expand your knowledge? The Irish premiere of the “Design & Thinking” documentary and the panel discussion after the movie will help you. “Design & Thinking” is a documentary exploring the idea of “design thinking”. Inspired by design thinking, this documentary grabs businessman, designers, social change-makers and individuals to portrait what they have in common when facing this ambiguous 21st century.

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

“Ireland …timeless images” is the new book of Photographer Giles Norman and he will launch it on Tuesday with a book signing. Admission is free.

“The Real Story: The Challenges Facing New Authors and the Myths Surrounding Book Deals” with Paul Lynch, Gavin Corbett & Peter Murphy offering their perspectives. The three authors will read from their work and compare experiences to tease out the challenges facing new writers and a sense of the climate into which they, and their novels are facing into.

It seems that admission is free, but reserving your seat via 01-8721302 or via info@writerscentre.ie is strongly recommended.

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

The Plateau Sessions is an open mic night that features some special guest acts from all over Ireland and this week’s special guests are the Kapitals. Admission is free.

The weekly “Grand Folk Club” will feature Trad, Ballads, Americana, Folk, World Music & More. This Tuesday, the line-up is: Lynched (Urban / Folk /Ballads) and Vincent Doherty (Trad / Folk). Special guest musicians on the night are Helen Diamond, Catherine McEvoy, John Blake, Edel McWeeney, Paddy McEvoy and Mairead Hurley. Admission is free.

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

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

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

The Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

A guided walk “History of Dublin Zoo and Peoples Gardens” with Sonja Moore will take place in Phoenix Park. The meeting point is the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Participation 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.

Bike Week 2013 takes place from Sat 15 – Sun 23 June all over Ireland. There will be free bike checks, fun cycles, lunchtime city rides, heritage cycles, electric bike races, school cycling events, road races and much more. There’s something for every age and ability. All events are on www.bikeweek.ie/events

On Wednesday the National Bike to Work day takes place. A selection of free Bike Week events for that day:

+Lunchtime City Centre Bike Ride (12:30-14:00 – Meet at Grand Canal Dock)
+ Family Cycle Fun Day in Poppintree Park, Ballymun (16:00-18:30)

The event brochure is here: www.bikeweek.ie/sites/default/files/events/Dublin/Dublin%20Bike%20Week%20Events%202013.pdf

Thomas Putnam, Director of the JFK Library, will discuss “At the Height of His Presidency: John F. Kennedy – June 1963”

The IFI continues with its free “Archive at Lunchtime” screenings on three days every week in June. The theme for the whole month will be the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.
The Double Bill on Saturdays is described here:
01+22 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-progs-1-2-june-2013/
The Monday/Wednesday and non-double-bill Saturday programmes are here
03+19 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-1-june-2013/
05+17 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-2-june-2013/
08+12+24+29 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-3-june-2013/
10+26 June: www.ifi.ie/film/archive-at-lunchtime-prog-4-june-2013/
Dr. Harvey O’Brien (Film Studies Lecturer, UCD) will give an illustrated talk looking at the representations on film of the JFK visit to Ireland in 1963 in the free IFI Afternoon Talk on 27 June at 16.30, You need to book for this free event. Check the details.

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.

Testprep Dublin are inviting to a free information event. The event is for people who are considering doing an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) in Trinity College Dublin or in Smurfit Business School (UCD). You will get free advice on the application process, study tips and workshops on the entrance test (The GMAT) and there will be a Q&A with current MBA students.

Admission is free, but pre-booking via info@testprepdublin.com is required.

For under €100, you could have your genome sequenced today. Simply send some saliva in the post to a personal genetics company, and they’ll have a look at your DNA before telling you whether or not you’re genetically predisposed to certain conditions or diseases.

Jonathan McCrea – Presenter of Newstalk’s Futureproof and RTE’s The Science Squad – has had his own genome sequenced to find out what it says about his chances of poor health in the future. Come along to this live recording for Futureproof and Science Squad, entitled “Health Risk: The Personal Genomics Debate with Futureproof”, to find out the results and to have your say on some of the most pressing debates in personal genomics. Featuring a panel of experts including neurogeneticist Kevin Mitchell.

Admission is free. Booking is required via the website.

The King Kong Club is a weekly music game-show in the Mercantile. Each week 6-7 bands/solo artists play three songs each. At the end of all the performances a clap-off with the King Kong Club Clap-o-Meter takes place and the winner goes through to a semi-final and it all culminates after six months of competition with The Grand Final, held in front of a panel of celebrity judges.

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

The SCOOP Foundation, which supports children in poverty, are hosting a Launch Party for their Art Auction in July. The launch is free and you are welcome to preview 15 out of 50 of the artworks. All details are here www.facebook.com/events/393256164117006 and about the auction scoopart.org/

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

“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.

This month’s Inn Jokes line-up is a Special Guest and also Chris Kent, Danny O’Brien and Andrea Farrell. The Special Guest is “an Irish TV and Radio Star who has gigged all over the world, who has five-starred the Edinburgh festival on numerous occasions and is putting together what looks to be another great show this year.” Organised and run by comedian Colm O’Regan, the event is free, but donations are appreciated.

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 Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

Bike Week 2013 takes place from Sat 15 – Sun 23 June all over Ireland. There will be free bike checks, fun cycles, lunchtime city rides, heritage cycles, electric bike races, school cycling events, road races and much more. There’s something for every age and ability. All events are on www.bikeweek.ie/events

On Thursday the following events are a selection of free Bike Week events;

+ Talk “Lessons from Cycling Ciry Berlin” with Burkhard Horn from Berlin (Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College – 19:00-21:00)

The event brochure is here: www.bikeweek.ie/sites/default/files/events/Dublin/Dublin%20Bike%20Week%20Events%202013.pdf

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

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

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.

A Lunchtime Recital with Roisin O’Grady and Malcolm Proud will take place, but unfortunately the website doesn’t reveal any more information. Admission is free and donations are welcome.

Willie Doherty presents a talk on the conception and making of his film Secretion, 2012, to be presented in the Annex Space of IMMA’s temporary galleries located at the National Concert Hall . This is followed by a chaired discussion with Declan Long (Lecturer NCAD), exploring how the artist utilises inherent qualities of film to reveal hidden histories and perceptions of a place and site.

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

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

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

The Trinity Bar, nect to the Cetntral Bank on Dame Street, has live music four nights/afternoons every week and admission is free:
Tues – 20:00: Theo Red (Alternative Rock)
Wed – 20:00: Tara Hill (Folk Rock, Celtic and Traditional)
Thurs – 20:00: Pachino Brothers (cover versions, oldies and own material)
Sun – 17:00: Traditional LIve Music

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

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

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

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

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

The Good Rain play their unique acoustic alt folk and indie blues to promote their self-released debut album ‘Some Other Plan’. Admission is free.

The Zebra Club with live bands Delay (USA), Spoonboy (USA) and Kate’s Party (IRL) will take place. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30.

The Living Room describes itself as a Centre for Silence and Contemplative Arts (and has nothing to do with the pub with the same name!). The Centre is open to all with a contemplative attitude coming from any spiritual tradition or background. There are lots of free events and also other workshops (check the website). The daily free events are taking place Mondays -Fridays
+ 08:00-08:45: Common Early Morning Meditation
+ 13:00-14:00 Lunchtime Guided Meditation (Mon: John Main, Tue: Carmelite Wisdom, Wed: Centering in Love, Thurs: Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fri: Insight Meditation for Beginners)
+ 15:00-15:30: Accompanied Silence (also Mon+Wed+Thurs from 11:00-11:30)

Ireland celebrates National Music Day with love:live music 2013. It is a whole day and night with over 300 free live music events all over Ireland. Nearly 50 events take place in Dublin and the list is just too long to include here. But the website shows everything on one page if you follow this link.

A selection of events is:

11:00-12:00 (Stephen’s Green Bandstand): Liberties Samba Percussion Orchestra
11:30-13:00 (National Concert Hall): RTE National Smphony Orchestra – Open Rehearsal
12:00-14:00 (DIT Music Conservatory, Chatham Row): Music at Lunchtime – Recital
12:30-13:30 (Meeting House Sq): Choral Gathering of Irish Songs. All choral singers invited.
12:30-18:00: Pop-up performances and Sweet Serenades by DIT Music Ensembles throughout the City
12:30-18:30: Dublin Street Music Programme (North Earl Street, South King Street, Barnardo Square)
17:30-18:15 (Stephen’s Green Bandstand): Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Ensemble
18:00-19:00 (Meeting House Sq): Sun Ra Lives. Bring your instrument and join in. 50 musicians needed.
19:00-23:00: Noisy Plug Sessions (Mercantile) with Susan O’Neill, Nella Dwyer, Eamonn Barrett, Davina Brady, Empire Saints
20:00-00:00 (Workman’s Club): Mixtapes from the Underground & Toby Kaar
20:00-23:00 (Merrion Square): Opera in the Park – Marriage of Figaro

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

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

Cassia & Milo will perform live in Tower Records.

Dublin City Council is inviting to a new series of Opera in the Park events in Merrion Square during June. The first two and the last Friday concert will be at 13:00 and on 21 June the performance will be at 20:00.

The remaining performances are Mozarts Le Nozze di Figaro and Bizet’s Carmen and the dates are 21 June: Figaro and 28 June: Carmen.

Soprano Elizabeth Hilliard and composer Grainne Mulvey present a concert of vocal and electronic works by Grainne Mulvey. Works include The Gift of Freedom and The Seafarer – both written for Elizabeth Hilliard’s voice and tape.

Admission is free.

The new Flea Friday, a Flea Market in the Dark Hose Inn on Fridays will start from 19 April. You will find clothes, jewellery, cake, records, art, etc at the market. Admission is free.

The “La Route des Princes” sailing boat race from Valencia via Portugal, around Ireland and onwards to Plymouth takes place and the race stops over in Dun Laoghaire. From Fri 21 – Sun 23 June a variety events take place on the East Pier in Dun Laoghaire.

It all kicks off with a Food Market and Family Amusement from 17:00-21:00 on Friday and Comháltas Ceoltoirí Eireann performing on the Bandstand between 17:00-20:00.

On Sat+Sun the Food Market will run from 11:00-21:00 and there will be a variety of bands performing on the bandstand. You will also be able to watch the Multihull Boat Races with Live commentary. More about all that next week!

Canadian band “Backyard Devils” will play country, rockabilly and bluegrass. Admission is free.

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

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

This play from 2011 by Julia Holewi?ska describes and explains the sensations of communist and post-communist Poland. Admission is free. The performance takes place on Fri and Sat from 20:00-22:00.

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

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

Let’s French… the French music festival is organised since 2006 by the Alliance Française to promote French culture through the repertoire of its rich music: traditional chansons, pop, rock, folk, indie, rap, electro, house, techno, dj set or jazz.

On Friday the Hip Hop Band “Soul Square” from Nantes will be in The Village with support from “Street Literature” and DJ Workin Class Records.

Admission is free.

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

The Stillorgan Orchard provides regular live music. The upcoming gigs are detailed on the website below.

The Urban Mojo Blues Band are influenced by Chicago blues styles, rock and funk and perform a blend of grooving blues music. On Friday they perform in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

The Talkcha Compilation will be launched in Whelan’s “Midnight Hour” Slot and there will be live performances of Riastradh and :Hounds:. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30.