Dublin Event Guide 366: Pride Parade, Midsummer Festival, Flea Market, Dublin Peace Festival

June 28th, 2014
DEG Dublin Event Guide (for free events)

No. 367 | 27 June 2014

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Hi all!

**Apologies for the late arrival of this week’s Dublin Event Guide. I had some technical challenges that delayed me significantly!**

This week will be one of the quietest this summer (unless Dublin Pride is your thing!), but with the July weekends all will change. National Play Day, Street Performance World Championship (now called “City Spectacular”), Dublin City Soul Festival (now called “City Picnic”) and lots more events will come up in July and maybe it is a good thing that we have a slightly quieter week.

But don’t think there is nothing to do! Dublin Pride is big, but it might not be for everyone. But there is also a Summer Festival in Phoenix Park on Sunday. And the Dublin Flea Market. And the last chance to see the FAT exhibition in the Science Gallery. And a Classic Boat Rally. And an American Football Game. And a great music weekend and market in the Workman’s Club. Did somebody say “quiet”!?!? ;-)

Thanks a lot to the great Feargal O’R, Scott P, Jackie C, David F, Belinda B and Sibylle D! They read my appeal last week and immediately stood up to help with a donation and they were so generous that from just EUR 30 out of 3 weeks, the amount grew to EUR 170, which is exactly the amount I need every month, so June is saved. Thanks! I know July is already around the corner, but I trust you wonderful people. :-) Thanks for all your help!

If you wonder what the significance of the EUR 170 is, here is the explanation:

The sending of the weekly e-mail newsletter costs EUR 170 per month and for this I need your help. If four wonderful people can be found per week, then we usually make it exactly to that amount. You can help here: www.perfectresults.info/donate.htm I am also looking for some corporate sponsors. Maybe two or three companies that are prepared to help with a little more than the individual donations of around 12 Euro. If you know anybody, send them my way. :-) Recently the donations dropped significantly. Maybe it is the bad times, but EUR 12 is just 2 pints and for the equivalent of 2 pints you get 52 issues full of information about free cultural events. That’s DEFINITELY worth 2 pints! Please…and Thanks! :-)

And finally – I can’t say it often enough: Please help spreading the word about the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). Your friends can easily subscribe at www.dublineventguide.com and they will get a weekly e-mail magazine with all the free events in Dublin if they subscribe. They don’t have to pay a cent for that and their e-mail address is completely safe with me! More than 21,000 people receive the Dublin Event Guide every week and we are more than 47,000 people at the Dublin Event Guide Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/DublinEventGuide Check it out and click on LIKE when you are there.

And this is a great opportunity to help the Dublin Event Guide for absolutely no cost to you:

Without putting your hand in your pocket (for the Dublin Event Guide) at all you can help by ALWAYS using the ad links in the Dublin News Section and the ads in the Dublin Event Guides when you buy/order goods. If you buy goods immediately (in the same session) after clicking on a link/ad that you find in this e-zine/newsletter (Groupon, LivingSocial, Amazon, Book Depository, LastMinute etc), you help the Dublin Event Guide everytime. This is how it works: The company you buy from (Groupon, Amazon, Living Social, Book Depository etc) registers that you came to them via a link from the Dublin Event Guide and they show their appreciation by giving a small commission (5-8%) to the Dublin Event Guide. This might only be 30 cent a go, but if you did that for all online purchases and if lots of people used it, then it could make a big dent into the EUR 170 needed. Use these links as often as possible it doesn’t cost you a cent and you help big time!

Have an event-full weekend and week,

–Joerg

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Feel good slot

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-mail magazine? If your week was great, you might not need it, but most of us had some challenging moments in the last week and there could be more in the coming week and this section is for the people that want to overcome the hurdles, achieve more and remember that despite all, life is great!

Today’s Feel Good Slot is a quote from Elisabeth Elliot, an 87 year old author and speaker. She said

Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.

I don’t know exactly what Elisabeth Elliot meant when she said it, but I interpret it this way:

When we have a new plan, a goal, something we want to achieve in our lives, we eventually (should) come to a point when we plant a seed. This seed is planted because we believe in us being able to achieve what we want. It is planted in faith.

But along the way, there will be hurdles! Challenges will get us to doubt if we are able to achieve the goal and often we are tempted then to dig up the little plant because we doubt that it will be able to grow into a tree.

Faith (or trust in your abilities) is good nutrition for the little plant, but doubt is very bad nutrition. So don’t feed your little plant doubt and make sure that you don’t dig up the plant when you are temporarily short of good nutrition!

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Support

This part is important to “keep the show on the road”:

To cover the cost for the Dublin Event Guide I need your help and every week generous and nice Dublin Event Guide readers help with a donation.

Last week Feargal O’R, Scott P, Jackie C, David F, Belinda B and Sibylle D were the wonderful people who supported the Dublin Event Guide with a donation. And I sooo appreciate their help! Thanks! Without donations there won’t be a Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events): Your donation will ensure that the Dublin Event Guide will continue arriving in your Inbox every week and every donation will benefit EVERY Dublin Event Guide reader!

The cost for sending the weekly newsletter is approx. EUR 170 per month and a donation from you of just EUR 12 per year will ensure that I will be able to pay the bills.
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/donate.htm and give something back!

I appreciate ANY help: EUR 12 would be great (that’s just 25 cent per week!), but even if it is just the price of 2 pints it will help.

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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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Joergs Picks

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 weekend I will possibly go watch the Dublin Pride parade. It is a big event with thousands of participants. If you want to watch the parade, though, check the parade route in the event listing in this Dublin Event Guide. It is a completely different route than you might expect once the parade went down O’Connell Street.

Dublin Pride is a maybe for me, but the Midsummer Festival in Phoenix Park on Sunday and the Dublin Flea Market are definite destinations. I already went last week to the FAT exhibition in the Science Gallery, so I will leave it to you to go this week (it is the last week!!). Then there is a Classic Boat Rally in Clontarf with added music and entertainment.

Sport is your thing? Well, with all the football, you probably can’t complain that much and we will have more this week again. To change the scenery a little, you can watch an American Football Game this week.

And if music is more your area, then go to the Workman’s Club’s Wellington Weekender.

Enjoy Dublin!

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Competitions

Giselle – Ballet – Ticket Competition

28+29 June
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

Monica Loughman Ballet presents the quintessential romantic ballet, Giselle, at the National Concert Hall this June 28th and 29th. Marius Petipa’s classic is a tale of betrayal, the supernatural and a love that transcends death.

The role of Giselle will be danced by principal of the Lithuanian National Opera Ballet, Olga Konosenko and the part of Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis will be performed by Irish Ballet artist Leanne Se_ton (replace the “_” in her name here with a “x” to get the correct spelling. I am trying to outsmart Spam Filters).

First performed in Paris in 1841, Giselle is one of the most magnificent and enchanting of the classic ballets.

Giselle will be performed on Sat 28 and Sun 29 June and tickets are EUR 25 – EUR 35. They can be bought on www.nch.ie

For one Dublin Event Guide reader, the ballet company has made a pair of tickets available and the lucky winner is Martina Miller. Congratulations!

www.monicaloughmanballet.ie

“Festen” by David Eldridge – Play – Ticket Competition

01-05 July
Players Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2

The Dizzytails Theatre Company will perform “Festen” by David Eldridge from 01-05 July in the Players Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

Helge is sixty. It is a time of celebration. A time for the family to gather and smooth over the cracks left by the suicide of Linda, twin
sister of Christian. As Helge’s eldest son, Christian will raise the first toast. Confined within the family house. The guests are rocked by the revelations that pierce and destroy the veneer of middle – class respectability.

Tickets are EUR 12 and EUR 10 for concessions. And to order tickets, just send a mail to info@duplayers.com

The Dizzytails Theatre Company has made a pair of tickets available for the performance on Tues 01 July and the lucky winner is Raymond Lambert. Congratulations!

www.facebook.com/pages/Dizzy-Tails-Theatre-Company/585520618202438

Promote your product or (non-free) event through a competition!

If you want to reach more than 20,000 people with a product promotion or an event promotion for a non-free event, contact me on dublineventguide@gmail.com and we can discuss the options. In most cases there are no charges to you (apart from making some tickets or some of your products available for free).

And if you want me to do use your product and write an assessment here in the Dublin Event Guide, we can talk about that too. I like testing out gear. ;-)

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To achieve that some money is needed. Donations are a great help, but not everyone feels they can donate at the moment. So here is the solution: If you could help with a donation without having to pay a cent from your own money wouldn’t that be cool? You can!!

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Dublin Event Guide Smartphone App “Dublin For Free”

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New Advertiser for Dublin Bikes

Dublin Bikes will be renamed and will get a big ad sticker because Coca-Cola Zero will become the new advertisement partner and name sponsor. Some newspapers exitedly announced that the 500,000 that Coca-Cola will pay will result in a further extension of the bike scheme, but that is incorrect – at least for now. Dublin City was for some time looking for a company that would pay 500,000 to cover the running cost.

I can’t see myself calling dublinbikes ever “Coca-Cola Zero dublinbikes” and I would be surprised if any user ever did. But I guess a cooperation of the Dublin Bikes scheme with a non-sugar soft drink manufacturer is easier acceptable than the “Sports = beer” link that other advertisers want to create with their sports club and sports competition sponsorship.

Read also the This is Odd section for more Dublin Bikes analysis.

People of the Year Award – Open for Nomination

Many countries have a system (medals or titles) that allows them to show appreciation for extraordinary people. Ireland does not have such a system, so the People of the Year Awards filled that gap 40 years ago and every year since then deserving people will be honoured and celebrated through this award.

You can nominate the people that you think are deserving. That could be a sports person (and a certain retiring Rugby player did win the award previously) or it could just be a “nobody” who is doing extraordinary things. You choose!

The award ceremony will be on 06 December and from now until 05 September you can nominate people that you think are outstanding. Once the nominations are made, a panel of adjudicators will make the final decision.

So, if you know somebody who you would like to nominate, go to www.peopleoftheyear.com/ and click on “Nominate Now” at the top (right hand side) of the page.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown – Summer of Heritage

The The Dun Laoghaire Rathdown “Summer of Heritage” programme starts on 01 July, running over five days a week for ten weeks until 07 September.

Last year thousands of people visited the various heritage sites across the county and this year the programme has been expanded again. There are events for adults and for children and all are free. The full brochure that lists all events is here in PDF format for you to download.

There are guided tours at the Killiney + Seapoint Martello Towers, Monkstown Castle, Blackrock, The Metals, Cabinteely House, Killiney Hill Park, Historic Dun Laoghaire, a variety of cemeteries, Dundrum, and lots more.

www.dlrevents.ie/heritage14.html

Opportunities

This section is intended to feature new startup companies and projects. Opportunities that people saw and that they chose not to ignore. I am, however, experiencing a little technical problem with this section, so for now I won’t be able to use it. I will keep you posted.

Exhibitions

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 www.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.

Ulysses Cylinders by Dale Chihuly and Seaver Leslie

19 June – 23 August

Coach House, Dublin Castle Gardens, Dame Street, Dublin 2

Ulysses Cylinders by Dale Chihuly and Seaver Leslie with Flora C. Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick

Dale Chihuly’s vibrant coloured glass installations and opulent Chandeliers hang in many of the world’s most prestigious museums and public spaces including the Victoria and Albert museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Louvre in Paris.

A world premier of ‘Ulysses Cylinders’ inspired by James Joyces’s Ulysses will come to the Coach House of Dublin Castle. This collaborative exhibition combines the alchemic artistry of Dale Chihuly with painter Seaver Leslie’s pen and ink drawings to create a unique collection of golden glass Cylinders.

Working with Leslie’s drawings on paper, artists Mace and Kirkpatrick constructed fragile glass drawings, which Chihuly’s team studio amalgamated into individual Cylinders of glass wrapped in gold leaf. Each drawing offers a visual trigger into selected narratives of Ulysses as recounted by Joyce.

Admission is free. www.dublincastle.ie/NewsEvents/Title,31395,en.htm

Chihuly will also exhibit his signature work at Solomon Fine Art (Balfe Street, Dublin 2) from 19 June – 31 July. Admission is free.

Pic & Mix- An exhibition of Tantalising Illustrations

03-09 July

Culture Box, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

This is a weeklong exhibition by Adrienne Geoghegan’s Illustration & PictureBook Students showcasing their work: Original picturebooks from up and coming artists/writers and some stunning illustrations and artwork.

Admission is free.

www.adriennegeoghegan.com/site/2014/04/28/pic-mix-illustration-show/

Supernature – Linda Shevlin

Fri 20 June – 30 August (Mon-Sat 10:00-17:00)

The Lab Gallery, Foley Street, Dublin 1

This exhibition of sculptural works and a new three screen film work was developed during a residency at the Organic Centre Co. Leitrim last year. Shevlin researched and recreated a series of experiments, inspired by the cult novel Supernature, by Lyall Watson (1973), exploring the many and often astounding ways in which nature manifests itself and adapts to its environment including lunar cycles and Hashimoto’s experiments in giving voice to a cactus.

Admission is free.

Rhythms of a Port by Moira Sweeney

01-15 July – Daily 12:00-18:00 (Opening: 01 July 18:00)

Red Brick Shed on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay (at junction with Lime Street), Dublin 2

Set in an imposing redbrick warehouse beside the Samuel Beckett Bridge on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Rhythms of a Port brings to life personal reflections, stories and memories of dockworkers, boatmen and port managers. This former dry cargo store serves as a reminder of the working docks which were once close to the heart of the city. Multi-media descriptions of everyday reality on a contemporary working dock contrast with history, to reflect on of a transformed way of life.

Find more information here.

Breaking the Silence – Trocaire Palestine

Thurs 19 June – Sun 29 June (Mon-Sat 11:00-18:00, Sun 13:00-18:00)

Gallery of Phtography, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Former Israeli soldiers will launch a striking photography exhibition that reveals the reality of daily life for soldiers and Palestinian civilians living under occupation.

Breaking The Silence, an organisation of former Israel Defence Force (IDF) combatants present an exhibition of photographs taken by soldiers serving in the West Bank and Gaza. The photographs and the accompanying testimony offer an insight into the tactics used by the IDF to control and disrupt the daily lives of Palestinian civilians, and reveal the psychological and physical damage those tactics have on both the Palestinian people and the soldiers themselves.

Former Israeli soldiers will be at the gallery to engage directly with visitors and can provide guided tours for groups.

www.galleryofphotography.ie/

Summer Selection – Doorway Gallery

03 July – 28 August (Mon-Sat 10:30-18:00)

Doorway Gallery, 24 Frederick Street South, Dublin 2

A Summer Show opens on Thurs 03 July at The Doorway Gallery and runs until 28 August. “A Summer Selection” contains a diverse range of paintings and sculptures by new and established artists. The show features work from artists Lucy Doyle, Chris Wilson, Ken Browne, Kate Beagan, Shane Johnson, Christy Keeney, Seamus Connolly and many more.

Admission is free. www.thedoorwaygallery.com

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Car Boot Sales – Tallaght

08:00 – 12:00, Sat 28 Jun

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/

Honest2Goodness Food Market

09:30 – 16:00, Sat 28 Jun

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

Malahide Park Run (free)

09:30, Sat 28 Jun

Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin

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.

www.parkrun.ie/malahide/

SuperNatural Food Market

09:30 – 15:30, Sat 28 Jun

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

The Green Door Market

09:30 – 16:00, Sat 28 Jun

18 Newmarket, Dublin 8

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

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

www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin

Belgard Weekend Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 28 Jun

Belgard Road, Dublin 24

The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

www.facebook.com/belgardmarket

Jamestown Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 28 Jun

Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8

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.

www.jamestownmarket.com/

Merchants Market

10:00 – 16:30, Sat 28 Jun

Merchants Yard, East Wall Road, Dublin 3

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

www.merchantsmarket.ie/

Stables Market

10:00 – 18:00, Sat 28 Jun

72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8

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

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

Temple Bar Markets

10:00 – 16:30, Sat 28 Jun

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

Blackrock Market

11:00 – 17:30, Sat 28 Jun

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/

Irish Que er Youth – Guided exhibition tour

11:00, Sat 28 Jun

National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

The National Photographic Archive is currently showing the exhibition “Belonging: Irish Qu eer Youth”, a photographic exhibition featuring short films. BeLonG To, who are working towards a society where LGBT young people are respected, empowered and cared for, donated the content exhibition to the National Photographic Archive.

Guided tours will be provided by the people behind BeLonG To on the following dates:

+ Sat 28 June – 11:00 with Michael Barron
+ Wed 02 July – 14:30 with David Carroll
+ Sat 05 July – 12:00 with Michael Barron
more tours are listed on the website below.

Admission is free.

www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Sat 28 Jun

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

Yoga in Phoenix Park

11:00 – 12:00, Sat 28 Jun

Bandstand (behind the Tea Room, near the Zoo), Phoenix Park, Dublin 8

This is the fifth year for “Yoga in the Park”, a brilliant initiative for a very worthy cause: From May until September, Tine from www.aditiyoga.org/ and her team of teachers invite to an hour of Yoga in Phoenix Park every Saturday. No booking is required.

The class is donation based, but all proceeds go to the Dublin Simon Community, a charity that does invaluable work for the homeless people in Dublin and the suggested donation for this very good cause is EUR 5.

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/AditiYogaDublin

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Sat 28 Jun

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

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.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Daytime Sun Watch

12:00 – 14:00, Sat 28 Jun

Scopes & Space, Unit A8 Airside Enterprise Park, Swords, Co Dublin

Scopes and Space invite to a special Daytime Sun Watch where you will see the Sun in a very special way through telescopes that use special filters to reveal intricate detail on the sun’s surface.

Admission is free.

www.scopesandspace.ie

FAT – Science Gallery Exhibition

12:00 – 18:00, Sat 28 Jun

Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2

Last two days of this exhibition:

The newest Science Gallery exhibition has the theme “FAT – It’s Delicious” and it will run from 16 May – 29 Jun. The exhibition is a “lab in the gallery” event, which means that it is not just an exhibition to watch, but there are some interaction and real research elements to the exhibition.

The exhibition will show you the good and and the bad sides of fat. There will be soap that has been made from human fat (gained during a liposuction), animal fat is being cured in alcohol and a delicious meal will be made from it at one of the events, the benefits of plant oils are mentioned and the risks of obesity are pointed out. In addition you can contribute to research through tests and experiments about BMI, agility, body image and blood quality.

I like lab in the gallery events because it is not “just” an exhibition but you also are invited (you don’t have to!) to contribute to research. Kids will get the exhibition, but need some help from the parents with it. You should definitely bring them! However, kids will not be able to do the research elements and might get bored, so plan your trip well.

As always I strongly recommend to have a look at the exhibition, but you only have until 29 June!

Admission is free and opening hours are Tues-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

www.sciencegallery.com/fat

Ha’penny Flea Market

12:00 – 18:00, Sat 28 Jun

Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

The weekly Ha’penny Flea Market is an indoor market in the Grand Social Pub, which offers vintage Men and Women’s clothing, contemporary crafts, books, DVDs, vinyl records, vintage and handmade jewellery, vintage hair styles, art, photography and much more. Grand Social’s Bar and Gourmet Coffee options are available.

www.thegrandsocial.ie/

Paul James Kearney – Artist Talk

12:00, Sat 28 Jun

Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15

The Races is an exhibition of a series of works by recent graduate Paul James Kearney, who has completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Centre for Creative Arts and Media at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. Kearney’s series of paintings parodies Irish and British drinking culture, centred around the event of Horse Racing.

The works will be on display from Wednesday 25 June until Wednesday 09 July at The Cow Shed Theatre at Farmleigh House and the artist will speak about his work on Saturday 28 June at 12:00 in the Cow Shed Theatre.

Admission is free. For more information check the website below.

www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,31479,en.html

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Sat 28 Jun

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

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

www.ifi.ie/

Battle of Clontarf Traditional Boat Rally

13:00 – 19:00, Sat 28 Jun

Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club, Clontarf Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3

The Battle of Clontarf Millennium Classic Boat Rally will take place on Saturday and Sunday and the events will take place in the area between the Clontarf Promenade and the Ferrry Terminal.

On Saturday the Flotilla of classic wooden boats will commence at 13:00 from the North Bank. On land on the promenade there will be music from the HX Brass Band from 13:00 to 15:00 and the sail by of the Flotilla at the start finish line will be commentated on by Ian Sargent. Afterwards on in the Club grounds, there will be BBQ burgers from 1500 to 1900, a bouncy castle and live music in the marquee from 1500 onwards.

Sunday will be similar to Saturday plus a club race from 13:00.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

www.cybc.ie/2014/06/itinerary-battle-clontarf-millenium-classic-boat-rally/

Gravitation 2014 – Skateboarding, BMX, Blades & Hip Hop

13:00 – 17:00, Sat 28 Jun

dlr Leisure Services, Monkstown Avenue, Monkstown, Co. Dublin

The Skate Park at dlr Leisure Services Monkstown will host Gravitation 2014.

Gravitation 2014 will showcase urban culture and the huge selection of alternative sports and in Ireland: Check out the power and skill of skateboarding and BMX displays and marvel at the speed and agility of expert bladers, cool hip hop beats with teams from Boarderco, Kaltik and MBW.

Gravitation 2014, from dlr events, will feature demonstrations by experts at the state of the art Skate Park at dlr Leisure Services Monkstown. Admission to the skate park will be free on the day and experts will be there to show tips and tricks. There is limited availability of helmets at the venue so if possible please bring your own helmets.

DLR Leisure Services Monkstown has a 25m swimming pool, learner pool and sauna and a fully equipped gymnasium. A floodlit pitch facility with four ‘7-a-side pitches’, three of which are suitable for soccer and one multi-surface pitch can also be used for basketball, tennis and hockey.

www.dlrevents.ie/gravitation14.html

Intercultural Tour in Mandarin – Chester Beatty Library

13:00, Sat 28 Jun

Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

An intercultural tour and family-friendly activities in Mandarin language with Community Ambassador Tiedong Yang will take place.
Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. Admission is free and no booking required.

www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

Wellington Weekender – Workman’s Club

13:00, Sat 28 Jun

Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2

On Fri/Sat/Sun (27-29 June), the Workman’s Club will host a three day festival of Live Bands, DJs, Markets, Food & Refreshments. It is called the “Wellington Weekender” and it started on Friday with the bands Girls Names and Women’s Christmas.

On Saturday a Roof Top Market (13:00-18:00) with tapes and vinyl, books and magazines, vintage clothes, baked treats will take place.
A Firewing Eating Relay Team Challenge will burn a good few team members with 6.6 mio Scoville Units hot sauce.
From 20:00 the Delorentos supported by Kate’s Party and Colour/Sound will entertain you.

On Sunday Lisa O’Neill, Mossy Nolan and Ain’t St John will perform.

Admission is free,

theworkmansclub.com/index.php/events/the-wellington-weekender-terrace-market/

Young elephant learns important lessons – Film

13:30, Sat 28 Jun

Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

The Film Screening of “Khan Kluay 2”, the adventures of the Thai war elephant and his family. In this sequel to Khan Kluay learn about the importance of protecting one’s own family and country. PG (95min). Thai with English subtitles. Admission is free and no booking required.

www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

Dublin Pride Parade

13:45, Sat 28 Jun

Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1

The Dublin Pride Parade takes place today and it is one of the highlights of the Pride Week, a celebration of the LGBT community. The parade assembles from 12:00 on Parnell Square and leaves at 13:45.

The parade route is quite unusual: From Parnell Square the parade goes down O’Connell Street, then turns left onto the North Quays along the Liffey until Butt Bridge (the road bridge at Liberty Hall). After crossing the Liffey to the South Side, the parade continues on George’s Quay, then City Quay further East, then turns South into Lombard Street East, crosses Pearse Street into Westland Row. Via Lincoln Place and Merrion Square North, the parade will reach Merrion Square. (Route)

A number of speeches and musical entertainment will follow on the Parade Stage at Merrion Square. (Details)

After the parade a whole range of LGBT and LGBT-friendly venues (e.g. Outhouse, The George, The Dragon, Front Lounge, etc.) invite to free and non-free events. For details check www.dublinpride.ie/events/#28June

www.dublinpride.ie/

“My Favourites” – Walking Tour

14:00 – 16:30, Sat 28 Jun

Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

“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

Eason Story Time for children

14:00, Sat 28 Jun

Eason, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

“Sugarlump and the Unicorn” by Julia Donaldson will be read in 27 Eason’s stores all over Ireland. In O’Connell Street the reading takes place at 14:00. In the other Eason Stores, the times vary between 11:00 and 15:00 (see website below).

Admission is free.

www.easonedition.com/eason-story-time/

Progressive Film Club – Venezuela

14:00, Sat 28 Jun

New Theatre, 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

The Progressive Film Club is inviting to their next film screening. The theme is “Venezuela” and the films are

+ El Chico que Miente at 14:00
+ La Hora Cero at 15:50

Admission is free. Donations are welcome.

www.progressivefilmclub.ie/

Sandymount Repair Cafe

14:00 – 17:00, Sat 28 Jun

Christchurch Hall, Sandymount Green, Sandymount, Dublin 4

The Sandymount Repair Cafe is back for their second event:

Bring your broken garden furniture and tools, weather beaten BBQs, saggy clothes, bunged bicycles, had-it headphones and more to Dublin’s Repair Café in Sandymount. Everyone is invited to come along with broken possessions (from furniture to bicycles, jewellery to crockery and more) and learn how to repair them alongside expert volunteers in a café environment. You can find out how easy and satisfying it is to repair instead of buying new and save money in the process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee or share your skills and lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. There will be plenty for kids to do too.

Admission is free. www.facebook.com/SandymountRepairCafe

www.repaircafe.ie

Summer Anniversary Party – National Gallery

14:00 – 17:30, Sat 28 Jun

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

The National Gallery is inviting to a Summer Anniversary Party, celebrating the Gallery’s 150th Anniversary in 2014 on this Saturday. All are welcome and admission is free.

The afternoon starts with art workshops, competitions, paintings coming to life and family tours and ends with lots of cake. For more detailed information check here: www.nationalgallery.ie/en/whatson/Special_Events/Summer-Party.aspx

The anniversary celebrations continue throughout the year with a programme of special exhibitions, children’s activities and a 150th Anniversary Trail.

www.nationalgallery.ie

Speaking with Plants – Talk/Show

14:30 – 15:30, Sat 28 Jun

National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Dr Niamh Shaw, scientist turned performer & Prof Bruce Osborne, Plant Ecophysiology Research Group, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science and UCD Earth Institute in association with EuroScience present ‘Speaking with Plants’.

Dublin hosts The Plant Biology Europe FESPB/EPSO Congress 2014, which takes place in The Convention Centre Dublin from 23-29 June. The Congress will see delegates from over 50 countriescome to Dublin to engage in scientific debate and exchange on plant science.

Prof Bruce Osborne is President of The Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) and he asked Dr Niamh Shaw to develop a short show about plants. Sadly Niamh can’t keep a plant alive. So a challenge was set, Niamh was going to find her ‘green thumb’ and Bruce was going to guide her journey.

Find out if Niamh has succeeded in keeping her plants alive and even resurrect dead ones under the watchful eye of a leading plant biologist.

Other contributors to the discussion will include Mathew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens, Thomas P. Shaw, Secretary of County Louth Beekeepers Association (Niamh’s green fingered Dad) and horticulturist, garden writer and garden designer, Fionnuala Fallon the gardening correspondent for The Irish Times.

Admission to this event is free, but you have to book on the website below.

www.eventbrite.com/e/speaking-with-plants-tickets-11900810645?ref=devg

Cornucopia – Live Music

19:30 – 21:30, Sat 28 Jun

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

Chew Your Own Fat Records presents…. Gigs

20:00 – 23:00, Sat 28 Jun

Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2

Chew your own Fat Records are inviting to a band showcase with this line-up: Radio Room, My Mind Races and Kinds. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/chewyourownfat

Saturday Night Live

20:00 – 22:30, Sat 28 Jun

KC Peaches (Wine Cave), 28/29 Nassau St., Dublin 2

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

www.facebook.com/KCPeachesWineCave

The Devils Jukebox – Gigs + DJs

20:00, Sat 28 Jun

Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1

The Devils Jukebox is live music from 20:00-23:00 and DJs with Alternative, Punk, Rock, Metal & Garage after that. Every Saturday! Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/Sin.E.Pub

Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard

21:00, Sat 28 Jun

Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

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

www.stillorganorchard.com/live_music.html

One Horse Pony – Gig

21:00, Sat 28 Jun

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

One Horse Pony will perform in the “Live From the Window” slot in Whelan’s. Admission is free.

www.whelanslive.com/index.php/live-from-the-window-w-one-horse-pony-3/

Jazz at Fire Cocktail Bar

22:00 – 00:30, Sat 28 Jun

Round Room, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Robert Deering is a pianist and singer and she will entertain you in the Cocktail Bar of the Fire Restaurant in Mansion House. Admission is free.

www.mansionhouse.ie/

Half of Me // Let’s Set Sail // Oak Hollow – Gigs

22:30, Sat 28 Jun

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

The Midnight Hour this week will feature the three bands Half of Me, Let’s Set Sail and Oak Hollows. The gig will start at midnight and will finish at 02:00. Admission is free if you arrive before 22:30 OR if you sign up for the guest list on the website below.

www.whelanslive.com/index.php/midnight-hour-w-half-of-me-lets-set-sail-oak-hollow/

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Belgard Weekend Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 29 Jun

Belgard Road, Dublin 24

The Belgard Weekend Market is an indoor market with stalls with handcraft (incl. designer jewellery, aran jumpers and wool, christening robes and shawls, cards and cross stitch), household items, bric and brac, furniture, flowers, make-up, clothes, shoes, showers, upholstery, toys, kitchens, cafe, army memorabilia, collectors items, sweets, handbags books, blinds, party shop, tools and more.

It is open every Saturday and Sunday and is located in the Glen Abbey complex (opposite Jacobs) on Belgard Road.

www.facebook.com/belgardmarket

Jamestown Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 29 Jun

Jamestown Market, 90 Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8

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.

www.jamestownmarket.com

Merchants Market

10:00 – 16:30, Sun 29 Jun

Merchants Yard, East Wall Road, Dublin 3

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

www.merchantsmarket.ie/

Merrion Square Open Air Gallery

10:00 – 18:30, Sun 29 Jun

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/

Stables Market

10:00 – 18:00, Sun 29 Jun

72 Thomas Street (between the Vicar St venue & Cafe Notto), Dublin 8

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

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

Dublin Flea Market

11:00 – 17:00, Sun 29 Jun

Dublin Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8

The next Dublin Flea Market is taking place in the Food Co-op, 12 Newmarket, just off Cork Street, Dublin 8 on Sun from 11:00-17:00. The flea market takes place every last Sunday of the month and admission is free. For more information or if you want to sell your own stuff, check out www.dublinflea.ie

“A bizarre bazaar of vintage clothing, bric-a-brac and what nots, old and new. Stalls include hand-made goods, art, jewelry, furniture, records and lots more unwanted items that may just be your treasure!”
The Co-op Hall is wheelchair accessible and lots of free parking spaces are right outside the door.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dublin-Flea-Market/144081015625205

Dun Laoghaire Market

11:00 – 16:00, Sun 29 Jun

People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

A weekly market with lots of food, but also many other products (art & crafts, books, etc) takes place every Sunday in the beautiful People’s Park in Dun Laoghaire. It is a very popular market and with around 50 vendors also one of the bigger markets.

www.dlrcoco.ie/aboutus/councildepartments/environment/findit/markets/

Heritage Walk for Peace

11:00, Sun 29 Jun

Heuston Station, St. John’s Road West, Dublin 8

A Walk for Peace from Heuston Station (Meet on the Forecourt) through Phoenix Park via Peoples Gardens and Wellington Monument to War Memorial Park, Islandbridge. Then return via Kilmainham Jail and Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.

The event is part of the Dublin Peace Festival.

The distance is approx 6km on good footpaths and the time required is approx. 2.5 hours.

It seems participation is free, but registration is required via the website below.

www.dublinpeacefestival.com/heritage-walk-for-peace.html

Longmile Road Markets

11:00 – 17:00, Sun 29 Jun

Long Mile Road, Dublin 12

There seem to be TWO weekly markets on Long Mile Road and both are very close to each other. One is behind Wigoders on Long Mile Road (across the road from Aldi). It hosts more than 50 stalls and there is also a Cafe on site. www.facebook.com/WigodersLongmileMarket And the other one is just on the other side of the road, next to Aldi. www.facebook.com/TheLongMileRdMarket

Palestrina Choir

11:00, Sun 29 Jun

St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 83 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1

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.

www.procathedral.ie/music/this-week

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Sun 29 Jun

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Sun 29 Jun

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

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.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Blackrock Market

12:00 – 17:30, Sun 29 Jun

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/

FAT – Science Gallery Exhibition

12:00 – 18:00, Sun 29 Jun

Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2

This is the very last day of this exhibition, so if you haven’t been, you have to go today:

The newest Science Gallery exhibition has the theme “FAT – It’s Delicious” and it will run from 16 May – 29 Jun. The exhibition is a “lab in the gallery” event, which means that it is not just an exhibition to watch, but there are some interaction and real research elements to the exhibition.

The exhibition will show you the good and and the bad sides of fat. There will be soap that has been made from human fat (gained during a liposuction), animal fat is being cured in alcohol and a delicious meal will be made from it at one of the events, the benefits of plant oils are mentioned and the risks of obesity are pointed out. In addition you can contribute to research through tests and experiments about BMI, agility, body image and blood quality.

I like lab in the gallery events because it is not “just” an exhibition but you also are invited (you don’t have to!) to contribute to research. Kids will get the exhibition, but need some help from the parents with it. You should definitely bring them! However, kids will not be able to do the research elements and might get bored, so plan your trip well.

As always I strongly recommend to have a look at the exhibition, but you only have until 29 June!

Admission is free and opening hours are Tues-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00.

www.sciencegallery.com/fat

Made by Hand – Market

12:00 – 17:00, Sun 29 Jun

Viva, 27 South Richmond Street, Portobello

“Made by Hand” or “Hecho a manos” is a new Sunday weekly market in Viva, Portobello with most things made by hand and some vintage clothing and curiosities too. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/623874574328582

Mother Redcap’s Indoor Market

12:00 – 17:30, Sun 29 Jun

Unit 95, Malahide Road Industrial Park, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17

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

www.facebook.com/MotherRedcaps.Market

Sunday at Noon – Concert

12:00 – 13:00, Sun 29 Jun

Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1

The Sundays at Noon Concert Series continues in the Sculpture Gallery at the Hugh Lane Gallery. This series of free (mainly classical) concerts continues to present the best of Irish and International music and musicians. Concerts run from September to June.

The next concert is the last one for this season and it will feature Thérèse Fahy, piano and Donal O’Kelly, readings. They will present “Handprint 3”, which is a recital programme for pianists with smaller hands! Interesting concept! Find more information on the website below.

After this concert, Sunday at Noon will be on a summer break until September.

www.hughlane.ie/past-sunday-concerts/1137-sundaysnoon-handprint-3

Battle of Clontarf Traditional Boat Rally

13:00 – 19:00, Sun 29 Jun

Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club, Clontarf Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3

The Battle of Clontarf Millennium Classic Boat Rally will take place on Saturday and Sunday and the events will take place in the area between the Clontarf Promenade and the Ferrry Terminal.

On Saturday the Flotilla of classic wooden boats will commence at 13:00 from the North Bank. On land on the promenade there will be music from the HX Brass Band from 13:00 to 15:00 and the sail by of the Flotilla at the start finish line will be commentated on by Ian Sargent. Afterwards on in the Club grounds, there will be BBQ burgers from 1500 to 1900, a bouncy castle and live music in the marquee from 1500 onwards.

Sunday will be similar to Saturday plus a club race from 13:00.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

www.cybc.ie/2014/06/itinerary-battle-clontarf-millenium-classic-boat-rally/

Irish Contemporary Art – Public Tour

14:00, Sun 29 Jun

Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1

A public tour about Irish Contemporary Art will take place in the Hugh Lane Gallery. Admission is free, but places are limited.

www.hughlane.ie/lectures/lectures-past/1155-public-tour-irish-contemporary-art

American Football – Dublin Dragons vs. Dublin Rebels

14:00, Sun 29 Jun

Westmanstown Sports & Conference Centre, Clonsilla, Dublin 15.

This weekend the two American Football teams Dublin Dragons and Dublin Rebels meet for their second match of the season. At the last game the Rebels won 26-0 and this time, the Dragons will do whatever they can not to lose on their home ground.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/408221349315865/

Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up

14:00, Sun 29 Jun

Dublin (various locations)

The “Dublin Sketchers” is an informal group of (hobby) artists who go somewhere different in Dublin every Sunday (e.g. National Museum, Maritime Museum, Dublin Flea Market, Farmleigh, Botanic Gardens, Dublin Castle, Science Gallery, …), sketch for one to two hours and then meet up for coffee afterwards and discuss their sketches.

There are some hugely talented people among them and it is a great idea to meet up with others who have the same hobby. Find out on their website below or on their Facebook Page where they will meet and join them if you do some sketching/drawing yourself. I know that the Dublin Sketchers often use the Dublin Event Guide to find interesting free events and I am delighted to be able to help!

www.dublinsketchers.blogspot.com/

Featuring X – In-Store Event

14:00, Sun 29 Jun

HMV Grafton Street, 65 Grafton Street, Dublin 2

Featuring X will be playing at hmv Grafton Street. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/HMVIreland/events

Phoenix Park Midsummer Festival

14:00 – 17:00, Sun 29 Jun

Chesterfield Avenue in Phoenix Park

The Phoenix Park Midsummer Festival is a free family day featuring a Craft Village, Farmers Market, Face Painting, Music, Theatre etc. Chesterfield Avenue will be closed for traffic on Sunday. Admission to the festival is free.

www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,31471,en.html

Stella Bass Jazz Trio

14:00 – 16:00, Sun 29 Jun

Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

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

www.stellabass.com

Family Drawing Sundays

14:30 – 16:30, Sun 29 Jun

Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2

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

www.rhagallery.ie/html/educate/educate_family.html

Museum Tour – National Print Museum

15:00 – 16:30, Sun 29 Jun

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

Sunshine Cafe – Sunday Jazz

15:00 – 18:00, Sun 29 Jun

Sunshine Cafe, 107 Lower George’s St, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

A weekly Jazz gig will take place in the Sunshine Cafe for your Sunday afternoon entertainment. The Jazzwise Duo (piano and double bass) play classic jazz including Broadway standards, Bossa Nova, Blues etc

Brian Keary plays Classical Guitar

16:00 – 17:00, Sun 29 Jun

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

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

www.sweeneysdublin.ie/gigs.php

Camembert Quartet – House Dublin

17:00 – 19:00, Sun 29 Jun

House Dublin, 27 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2

House Dublin is a restaurant and bar in Leeson Street. On Sundays the Camembert Quartet is playing in their garden from 17:00-19:00. Admission is free.

housedublin.ie/

Dublin Bluegrass Collective – Gig

17:00 – 18:00, Sun 29 Jun

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

The Dublin Bluegrass Collective, an international 5-piece band from Dublin, will play bluegrass in Sweeney’s. Admission is free.

www.sweeneysdublin.ie/gigs.php

LJJ Band – Cafe en Seine

18:00 – 20:00, Sun 29 Jun

Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

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

www.longjohnjumpband.com/

Sweeney’s Dixieland Jazzmen

18:30 – 20:30, Sun 29 Jun

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

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

www.dublinsessions.ie/sweeneys.html

Saucy Sundays

19:00 – 23:00, Sun 29 Jun

Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

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). In short, the line-up is The Ragmen, Jet Set Radio, Fauve, Matt Woosey, Grande Royal.

www.facebook.com/saucy.sundays

Trinity Latino Party

19:00, Sun 29 Jun

Trinity Bar, 46-49 Dame Street, Dublin 2

This weekly Latin Music event will take place every Sunday. You will be able to dance salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia and reggeaton. Live music, food tasting and free admission, what more could you want?

www.facebook.com/TrinityLatino

Sunday Roast

20:00, Sun 29 Jun

Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2

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 The Rattling Kind, The Black Pitts, The Temps, Davina Brady and Band, Riona Sally Hartman, Red Kid.

www.facebook.com/thesundayroast

Wellington Weekender – Workman’s Club

20:00, Sun 29 Jun

Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2

On Fri/Sat/Sun (27-29 June), the Workman’s Club will host a three day festival of Live Bands, DJs, Markets, Food & Refreshments. It is called the “Wellington Weekender” and it started on Friday with the bands Girls Names and Women’s Christmas.

On Saturday a Roof Top Market (13:00-18:00) with tapes and vinyl, books and magazines, vintage clothes, baked treats will take place.
A Firewing Eating Relay Team Challenge will burn a good few team members with 6.6 mio Scoville Units hot sauce.
From 20:00 the Delorentos supported by Kate’s Party and Colour/Sound will entertain you.

On Sunday Lisa O’Neill, Mossy Nolan and Ain’t St John will perform.

Admission is free,

theworkmansclub.com/index.php/events/the-wellington-weekender-terrace-market/

Apollo Sessions

20:30, Sun 29 Jun

Bleeding Horse, 24 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2

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.

www.facebook.com/apollosessions

Jawbone – Accoustic Folk & Blues Night

20:30, Sun 29 Jun

Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1

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

www.facebook.com/Sin.E.Pub

Comedy Crunch

21:00 – 00:00, Sun 29 Jun

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. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

On Sunday the headliner will be Chris Kent. Support comes from George Fox & Ryan Cullen.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

Forro de Lampiao – Brazilian Dance

21:00 – 23:00, Sun 29 Jun

Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

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.

www.facebook.com/groups/forrodelampiaodublin/

Rhythm Rocker

21:00, Sun 29 Jun

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. Admission is free.

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

www.facebook.com/rhythmrocker

Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads

21:30, Sun 29 Jun

Ha’Penny Bridge Inn, 42 Wellington Quay Temple Bar, Dublin 2

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

www.billytreacy.com/

The Dublin Blues Cartel – Gig

21:30, Sun 29 Jun

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

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

www.whelanslive.com/index.php/live-from-the-window-w-the-dublin-blues-cartel-28/

Cool Hand Dukes

22:00, Sun 29 Jun

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

Monday 30 Jun

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LUAS 10th Birthday

08:00, Mon 30 Jun

Dublin (various locations)

On 30 June 2004, the first LUAS on the Green Line started operating and with that it is an unbelievable 10 years since the LUAS service started. Where did the time go???

To celebrate the 10th Birthday, there will be some activities at a selection of LUAS stops throughout the day. The details are still top secret, but you will be able to find out all on Monday through the LUAS Twitter and Facebook channels.

So, keep your eyes peeled. ;-)

www.facebook.com/luas

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Mon 30 Jun

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

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.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Mon 30 Jun

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

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

www.ifi.ie/

Support the Dublin Event Guide – Buy your books here!

13:00, Mon 30 Jun

Dublin (various locations)

Free Delivery on all Books at the Book Depository

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

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

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Buddhism in the modern world – Talk

19:00, Mon 30 Jun

ICD Business School, Wicklow House, 84-88 South Great George’s St., Dublin 2

The lecture “Buddhism in the modern world” with Zsuzsa Koszegi (from Budapest, Hungary) is taking place and admission is free. The event is orgnaised by Diamondway Buddhism Ireland ( www.diamondway.ie )

www.diamondway.ie

Craft Beer Walking Tour

19:30, Mon 30 Jun

The Beerhouse, 84.5 Capel Street, Dublin 1

A weekly free Craft Beer Walking Tour started last Monday in Dublin. Meeting Point is in the Beerhouse and during the evening you will visit four Craft Beer Pubs. The tour is free and you pay for your own beer.

www.facebook.com/craftbeerdublin

Back Door Sessions – Open Mic Night

20:00, Mon 30 Jun

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

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

www.facebook.com/sweeneysbar

Song Cycle

20:00, Mon 30 Jun

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

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

www.whelanslive.com

The Monday Echo

20:00 – 22:30, Mon 30 Jun

The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

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.

www.facebook.com/themondayecho

Comedy Crunch

21:00 – 23:00, Mon 30 Jun

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. The line-up can be found via the Comedy Crunch Facebook Page (see link below).

This Monday the headliners will be Totally Wired and support comes from Trevor Browne & Donal Vaughan.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330

Crafty Mondays – Open Mic

21:00, Mon 30 Jun

Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1

The Crafty Monday Sessions is an Open Mic night for acoustic singer/songwriters and original bands. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/TheCraftyMondaySessions

Loose – Trad Sessions

21:00 – 23:30, Mon 30 Jun

Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6

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

www.facebook.com/motherreillysADMIN

Patrick Mahony sings Nostalgia

21:00 – 23:00, Mon 30 Jun

Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

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

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Early Morning Yoga

07:30, Tue 01 Jul

Berlin Cafe, Clarendon Street, Dublin 2

A group of trainee Yoga instructors got together and they are running free Yoga classes every Tuesday morning at 07:30 in Berlin Cafe (yes, it is in the Cafe!). You just need to bring a Yoga mat and wear suitablre clothing and then enjoy the Yoga to get you ready for the day.

www.facebook.com/events/580236135424743

“My Favourites” – Walking Tour

11:00 – 13:00, Tue 01 Jul

Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

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

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

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Tue 01 Jul

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

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.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Green Drinks Dublin – Fracking

18:30, Tue 01 Jul

J.W. Sweetman, 2 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2

The next Green Drinks Dublin event takes place on Tuesday and the topic this month is “Fracking”.

“Fracking has being hailed by the fossil fuel industry as one of great technical development in recent years, championed as the answer to energy independence for the US and Europe as well as the bridge fuel to the low carbon economy. But fracking has many dirty secrets, everything from water and air pollution, human and animal health impacts, to false economic of the how process works, to the negative impact it has on the climate change.
Richard Curtin from No Fracking Dublin will explore the dangers of fracking and how this could have the potential to come to Ireland very soon as part of our energy mix”

Admission to the event is free, but booking is requested via teh Facebook Page below or to dublinbranch@iwt.ie. It will take place on the top floor of Sweetman’s. – The event is organised by the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT).

www.facebook.com/events/788601037826038/

Indie Spirit Dublin

19:30, Tue 01 Jul

Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2

Indie Spirit Dublin is an evening of Music & Poetry Performances presented by Alan Doyle.

On Tuesday the line-up is: John Cummins, Deco Greene, Sinead White, Dimitra Xidous.

Admission is free.

theworkmansclub.com/index.php/events/2647/

Ukulele Tuesday

19:45 – 22:00, Tue 01 Jul

Stag’s Head, Dame Lane, Dublin 2

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

www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday

Ben Prevos Blue Tuesdays

20:00 – 23:30, Tue 01 Jul

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

Ben Prevo & friends play saucy Blues & soul every Tuesday

www.sweeneysdublin.ie

Dublin Bluegrass Collective – Gig

20:00, Tue 01 Jul

Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1

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

www.facebook.com/Sin.E.Pub

The Folk Club

20:30, Tue 01 Jul

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

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

www.facebook.com/TheGrandFolkClub

Jazz Jam Session – Grand Social

21:00, Tue 01 Jul

Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1

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

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

www.facebook.com/pages/Jazz-Jam-Session-at-The-Grand-Social/224553674385198

Phoenix Big Band

21:00 – 23:00, Tue 01 Jul

Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4

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

Admission is free.

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

Camden Sessions – Singer/Songwriter Night

21:30, Tue 01 Jul

Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2

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

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

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/TheCamdenSessions

Wednesday 02 Jul

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First Wednesday – Free Entrance to OPW Sites

09:00, Wed 02 Jul

Various OPW locations in Dublin

Entry charges at nearly all OPW sites are waived once a month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) wants to encourage people to visit the historic sites that it manages and has therfore started this initiative in 2011.

Most OPW owned sites can already be visited for free, but the sites that normally charge a fee will be free every first Wednesday as well. In the (extended) Greater Dublin Area this means you can visit the following sites for free:
+ The Casino, Marino
+ Dublin Castle, State Apartments
+ Kilmainham Gaol
+ Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre at Newgrange
+ Glendalough Visitor Centre in Wicklow

As you can imagine, this event is very popular and therfore it is strongly recommended to arrive early at the venues. Once the day’s tickets are given out, you will not get access anymore.

www.heritageireland.ie/en/media/Free%20Wednesdays.pdf

Phoenix Park Wednesday Walks

11:00 – 12:30, Wed 02 Jul

Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15

Wednesday Walks will take place in and around Phoenix Park from every Wednesday from June to December. Weather permitting, walkers will meet at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (VC) or Farmleigh House (F) at 11:00. Each walk takes about 90 minutes.

Please check the website below for updates or ring the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (01 677 0095) or Farmleigh House (01 815 5914) for further information. Admission is free,

The upcoming walks are:
02 July: History of the Clock Tower at Farmleigh (F)
09 July: Guided Walk to Knockmaree Cist/Cromlech (F)
16 July Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery (A)

www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,31298,en.html

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Wed 02 Jul

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

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.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Little Museum – Big J Wednesday

12:00 – 17:00, Wed 02 Jul

Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

The Little Museum of Dublin secured sponsorship from Johnston, Mooney & O’Brien until October 2014 and will therefore be able to continue the Big J Wednesday: Every Wednesday from 12:00-17:00 admission into the museum is free thanks to the bread company. There are free guided tours every hour.

www.littlemuseum.ie/

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Wed 02 Jul

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

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

www.ifi.ie/

Irish Que er Youth – Guided exhibition tour

14:30, Wed 02 Jul

National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

The National Photographic Archive is currently showing the exhibition “Belonging: Irish Qu eer Youth”, a photographic exhibition featuring short films. BeLonG To, who are working towards a society where LGBT young people are respected, empowered and cared for, donated the content exhibition to the National Photographic Archive.

Guided tours will be provided by the people behind BeLonG To on the following dates:

+ Sat 28 June – 11:00 with Michael Barron
+ Wed 02 July – 14:30 with David Carroll
+ Sat 05 July – 12:00 with Michael Barron
more tours are listed on the website below.

Admission is free.

www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

Havana International Language Exchange

16:30 – 19:30, Wed 02 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

In Praise of Plants – Talk

18:00, Wed 02 Jul

The Lab, 1 Foley Street, Dublin 1

“In Praise of Plants” is a talk by Matthew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens.

Most people think that plants are dull and simple forms of life, but they are biologically more complex than animals – even the humble tomato has 40% more genes than a human being! Matthew Jebb will talk about the extraordinary lives that plants lead, how we overlook their ability to feel, see, smell and even talk to one another. This talk explores some of the hidden wonders of the plant world and will ensure you never think of plants in the same way again.

Admission is free, but registration is required here.

www.facebook.com/thelabgallerydublin

Portraits – Leopoldo Pomés + Carlos Saura

18:00, Wed 02 Jul

Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2

The exhibition “Portraits” by Leopoldo Pomés and Carlos Saura is part of the PhotoIreland Festival and the opening takes place on Wednesday. Admission is free and Spanish wine will be served.

The exhibition will run from 02-31 July.

dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha95540_16_2.htm

Dublin Peace Pod Launch

19:00, Wed 02 Jul

Doyle’s Bar, 9 College Street, Dublin 2

The Dublin Peace POD Launch “Creating a Culture of Peace” takes place and admission is free.

The Dublin Peace POD is a newly-forming peace discussion and action forum that will be launched to mark the Dublin Peace Festival week of events June 28-July 4. Some of Ireland’s most experienced peacebuilders will share experiences & challenges of peacebuilding in Ireland and around the world.

For more details please see the Facebook Page below.

www.facebook.com/events/275175349331036/

King Kong Club

20:00, Wed 02 Jul

Mercantile, 28 Dame Street, Dublin 2

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.

www.facebook.com/TheKingKongClubDublin

The Song Room (open mic)

20:30, Wed 02 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.theglobe.ie/events

The Zodiac Sessions (open mic)

20:30, Wed 02 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.facebook.com/zodiacsessions

Bad Boy Jake

21:00, Wed 02 Jul

Gypsy Rose Blues & Rock Bar, 5 Aston Quay, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Bad Boy Jake are every Wednesday in the Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar playing their rock, blues and American.

www.dublinsessions.ie/gypsy.html

Singer Songwriter Night – Mother Reilly’s

21:00, Wed 02 Jul

Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Every Wednesday a Singer Songwriter Night will take place in Mother Reilly’s in Rathmines. This is YOUR chance to show everyone what you can do, alternatively you can just listen to the talented Singer/Songwriters. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/motherreillysADMIN

Peace Beats – Music, Spoken Word, Performance

21:30, Wed 02 Jul

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

Peace Beats’ goal is to promote Peace to young people through music, spoken word, performance and film.

The line-up on Sweeney’s is Dem Fools with support from Harley, The Yes Crowd and more.

Admission is free. www.facebook.com/events/1500305386867524/ The event is part of the Dublin Peace Festival.

www.sweeneysdublin.ie/gigs.php

Trad Session

21:30, Wed 02 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).

Thursday 03 Jul

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The Green Door Market

09:30 – 16:00, Thu 03 Jul

18 Newmarket, Dublin 8

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

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

www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin

Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Tour

11:00, Thu 03 Jul

Grangegorman Cemetery, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7

Every first Thursday of the month, a free tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue takes place. Meet inside the Cemetery Gates. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.

www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,24861,en.html

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Thu 03 Jul

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

Children’s Coat of Arms Workshop

11:30 – 13:00, Thu 03 Jul

National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

At this “Children’s Coat of Arms Workshop”, learn about the ancient art of heraldry and look at the ways coats of arms are used today. Children can design their own imagined coat of arms at this fun workshop. Suitable for age group: 7 – 12 years.

Admission is free, but booking is required via learning@nli.ie

www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Thu 03 Jul

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

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.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Burmese Collection: Dealing with a Sticky Situation

13:00, Thu 03 Jul

Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

The talk “The Chester Beatty Burmese Collection: Dealing with a Sticky Situation” with Sinead Ward & Julia Poirier from the Chester Beatty Library will take place. Admission is free, no booking required.

www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

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Tower Records Live Irish Indie Showcase Night

17:00 – 20:00, Thu 03 Jul

Tower Records Ireland, 7 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Tower Records will host an Indie Showcase Night and performers will be Kaytee Behan, Simon Bird and Ben Bix.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/TowerRecordsDublin

12 times more salary is enough! – Talk

18:00 – 20:00, Thu 03 Jul

The Ark, 11a Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

“Close the gap between rich and poor: 12 times more salary is enough!” is an introduction to and discussion about the Swiss campaign for a 1:12 ratio on salaries.

Speakers are Florian Vock (Former international secretary of JUSO) and Fabian Molina (President JUSO) from the Swiss 1:12 campaign and giving an overview of Irish Income Inequalities: Nat O’Connor, TASC

Admission to the event is free, but registration is required here.

The gap between the salaries of the highest and the lowest paid workers around the world is getting bigger and bigger. In Switzerland the ratio between lowest and highest paid worker in one company is nowadays 1:56 and was in 1984 1:6. The young Socialists have tried to tackle this problem politically: They campaigned for a 1:12 ratio which means, that no one in a company should earn more in one month than the lowest paid employee in one year.

www.claimingourfuture.ie/events/2014/07/03/close-the-gap-between-rich-and-poor-12-times-more/

Spanish Film Screening: Elisa My Life

18:00, Thu 03 Jul

Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place (near National Gallery), Dublin 2

The film “Elisa ma vida” (1977) by Director Carlos Saura will be screened in the new “Saura Cinema Film Series”. (In Spanish with English subtitles.)

Admission is free.

dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha95660_16_2.htm

Temple Bar Night Market

18:00 – 22:00, Thu 03 Jul

Temple Bar, Dublin 2

After a successful first year, the Temple Bar Night Market is back this year and thist time there will not just be a few sporadic events, but it will take place every Thursday from 05 June until 28 August.

It is an Arts & Craft Market (and not more – see below!) that will will feature the work of artists & craft makers and street entertainment from music to painting & from dance to workshops.

Last year many people criticised that they missed food stalls at the market and I expect that this won’t change: The market is organised by the Temple Bar Company, an association of the traders in Temple Bar, so it is not in their interest to have competing traders at this market. If you know what to expect, you will hopefully not be disappointed.

www.templebarnightmarket.com/

“My Favourites” – Walking Tour – Night Walk

19:00 – 21:00, Thu 03 Jul

Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

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

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

Bal Folk – European Folk Dance Session

20:00, Thu 03 Jul

Tap Bar, 44 North King Street, Dublin 7

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

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

www.facebook.com/pages/Njoy-Dancing-Dublin/251213698276941

Dimestore Recordings presents

20:00, Thu 03 Jul

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

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

www.facebook.com/DimeStoreRecords

Max Zaska / Patrick Groenland

21:00, Thu 03 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.

www.international-bar.com/music.html

The Bonny Men – Gig

21:00, Thu 03 Jul

Mother Reilly’s, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Trad/Follk band The Bonny Men will perform in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

www.dublinsessions.ie/motherreillys.html

Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul

21:30, Thu 03 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

McNeills Trad Music Pub Sessions

21:30, Thu 03 Jul

J. McNeills, 140 Capel Street, Dublin 7

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

www.facebook.com/McNeillsPubSessions

Friday 04 Jul

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Pop-up Opera Performances – “Things we throw away”

09:00, Fri 04 Jul

Dublin (various locations)

The Dublin City Public Art Programme presents the performance of 5 new operas as pop-up operas in Dublin on 04+05 July. Wide Open Opera will run the events (music by Brian Irvine and text by John McIlduff). The operas are inspired by lives of real people in Dublin.

The performances will take place in public places on Friday and Saturday, but exact performance locations will only be posted on Wide Open Opera website (www.wideopenopera.ie) on the morning of each performance. Each opera will be performed 4 times with 20 short performances in total over the two days.

The performers will sing live and will be accompanied by a specially recorded soundtrack, performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Fergus Sheil, and one will feature a specially convened community choir.

After the first 15 performances in surprise locations, all five operas will be performed as a cycle in Dame Court, Dublin 2 at 19:00 on Saturday 05 July.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/WideOpenOpera

The Green Door Market

09:30 – 16:00, Fri 04 Jul

18 Newmarket, Dublin 8

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

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

www.facebook.com/thegreendoordublin

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade

11:00 – 18:00, Fri 04 Jul

60 Camden Street, Dublin 2

The Ferocious Mingle Marcade (Market and Arcade) is back in a new location. The Marcade is now in Camden Street next to Daintree Paper and opposite the Centra and off-license there. It takes place every Thurs-Sun and is a flea-market-type permanent market with stalls and “chalets” for traders.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ferocious-Mingle-Marcade/232446616822953

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Fri 04 Jul

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

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.

nationalgallery.ie/whatson

Tell No Foxx – In-store Event

13:00, Fri 04 Jul

HMV Grafton Street, 65 Grafton Street, Dublin 2

Tell No Foxx will be playing in HMV in the basement. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/HMVIreland/events

Classical Summer Music at Sandford

13:10 – 14:00, Fri 04 Jul

Sandford Parish Church, Ranelagh, Dublin 6

Sandford Parish Church in Ranelagh is inviting to Classical Music Summer Concerts from every Friday from June to September.

The next concert is Sinéad ní Mhurchú (soprano) and Niall Kinsella (piano) – songs by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss and others.

Admission is free.

www.sandford.dublin.anglican.org/

Lunchtime Recital – Salvatore Vaccarella (piano)

13:15, Fri 04 Jul

St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Salvatore Vaccarella (piano) will perform a Lunchtime Recital. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

stann.dublin.anglican.org/concerts/index.php

Chester Beatty – Arabic Tour

15:00, Fri 04 Jul

Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

An Intercultural Tour in Arabic with Community Ambassador Karma El Shawa will take place. Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. Admission is free, no booking required.

www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx

Independence Day Celebrations at Ely Bar

16:00 – 20:00, Fri 04 Jul

Ely Bar & Brasserie, CHQ Building, IFSC, Dublin 1

The Ely Bar & Brasserie will celebrate the US Independence Day 04 July with a BBQ on their terrace at George’s Dock.

And the free element of the celebrations is a free Kentucky craft beer and bourbon tasting bx Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling between 16:00 and 20:00.

www.elywinebar.ie/restaurants/ely-bar-brasserie

Independence Day Organ Recital

18:15, Fri 04 Jul

St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8

St. Patrick’s Cathedral will host a special star spangled organ recital as part of their ongoing outreach programme for the Choir School – and to coincide with the United States of America’s Independence Day.

The programme will include music by John Williams, Leonard Bernstein and John Philip Sousa, which will be performed by Master of Choristers Stuart Nicholson and Organ Scholar Harry Meehan.

Admission is free of charge, donations for the Choir School are welcome.

www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/index.aspx

Cornucopia – Live Music

19:30 – 21:30, Fri 04 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

The Peace Concert

19:30, Fri 04 Jul

Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

The Peace Concert is part of the Dublin Peace Week and it will take place on Meeting House Square with the following line-up:

Donal Lunny and Paddy Glackin, Omagh Community Youth Choir with Daryl Simpson, The Lung Ying Academy, Bairbre Anne, Choro Hy Brazil, Sive & Her Band, The Young Folk.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/323962301092590

Electric Fridays – Open Mic

21:00, Fri 04 Jul

The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

“Electric Fridays with DUB” is a weekly gig/open mic night in the basement of The International Bar. Admission is free.

Musicians, artists, bands who want to play a 25 min set should contact the organisers via the Facebook page below. A PA and some equipment is available.

www.facebook.com/dubgoeselectric

Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard

21:00, Fri 04 Jul

Stillorgan Orchard, The Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

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

www.stillorganorchard.com/live_music.html

Ska ‘n’ Reggae with The Bionic Rats

21:00 – 02:30, Fri 04 Jul

Turks Head, 27 Parliament St, Dublin 2

“Ska ‘n’ Reggae” is the theme in the Dive Bar (downstairs in Turks Head) every Friday. The Bionic Rats play live and the DJs Tommy Rash and Fukszy are on the decks until late. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152000572877753

Tetratonic Quartet – Gig

22:00, Fri 04 Jul

Mother Reilly’s, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6

The Tetratonic Quartet, a four piece group from Dublin, will play jazz, from standards to free form, elements of rock and funk and original material. Admission is free.

www.dublinsessions.ie/motherreillys.html

Events Coming Up

Bull Island Wildflower Walk

Sat 12 July – 14:00

Bull Island Interprative Centre, Dollymount Strand, Clontarf, Dublin 3

Join Niall Mac Coitir of the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) Dublin Branch to look at the amazing range of wildflowers to be seen on Bull Island in the summertime. Dublin’s only UNESCO biosphere reserve boasts a wide range of colourful orchids, trefoils, wild peas and many more. Book a place via dublinbranch@iwt.ie

Dublin Mountains Partnership – Guided Walks

07+21+29 June

The guided walks with the Dublin Mountain Partnership take place on 07+21+29 June. The walks are are free and are all of varying difficulty.

Have a look at the Dublin Mountain Partnership website for all details and make sure you register in time if you want to take part.
All details can be found on www.dublinmountains.ie/news/upcoming_events/?no_cache=1 All walks are free, but pre-registration is required.

Not free, but interesting nevertheless:

Summer Nights at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham: 24-28 June

Flavours of Fingal: 28+29 June

Paws in the Park 2014: 28+29 June

Marlay Park 2014: 29 June/02 July/04 July/10 July/12 July

Bulmers Live at Leopardstown: 12 June – 14 Aug

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This is odd

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. ;-)

Mrs Brown’s Boys

Yes, this is my “This is Odd!” this week: Mrs Brown’s Boys. It is such an odd TV programme and it is even odder that there is a film now. Interestingly people either find it VERY funny or they are left COMPLETELY cold, it seems there is only black or white and not much in between. Someone compared it last week to Marmite: You either love or hate it. Very true! In what “camp” do you belong?

I am left cold, unfortunately. Brendan O’Carroll has never managed to make me laugh and it seems that won’t change. I will go back to the good old “Father Ted”, which still makes me laugh every time. :-)

It seems in the UK, people who love the programme – the incredible number of 10 mio people watch it there. WHY!? – did get some serious shock last week when Brendan Carroll was on the Graham Norton show. They didn’t realise that “Mrs Brown” is a man. Ooops. www.dailyedge.ie/british-people-mrs-brown-man-1530026-Jun2014/

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