Hi all!
The first full working week of the year is over and it wasn’t as bad as we had expected. :-)
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And with that in mind, we might as well try another week. What do you think? I know, I know, that’s pushing it a bit, but I am confident that you can do it!
The good news is, that the events are coming back. We already have a significant increase in comparison to last week and the trend will continue. And another good thing: A number of regular events ended with the New Year because the organiser wanted to try new things. But already this week, a number of gaps are filled by new events emerging. The Anseo Comedy Night is one of these new events despite the fact that it is not new at all. The Anseo Comedy event has been around for years, but from now on it is a free (donations appreciated) event. Show your support and go to events like that, the organisers need you!
And if you check the daily messages at www.facebook.com/DublinEventGuide, you know that the Dublin Event Guide needs you to: The Goal this year is to get from 54,000 Likes to 75,000 Likes and to increase the subscribers of the e-mail magazine by 5,000 to 28,000. These two goals are BIG goals and they are IMPOSSIBLE without your help! Can I count on you?
Tell your friends and colleagues about the Dublin Event Guide! Thanks!
Also, please remember that the bills continue arriving and your help is needed there:
The Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) only exists because you told other people about it and because a few generous people support it with donations. Keep doing exactly that, please! Tell all your friends and family and colleagues about it and – if you can – please also help with a donation.
The Sponsorship I was able to get helps hugely to take a certain amount of financial pressure off me, but it is not enough! I need to make some urgent changes to the system that I use and need someone who is good at CakePHP programming and SQL databases. That will cost! So please continue your financial support. You can help here: www.perfectresults.info/donate.htm I am also looking for some additional corporate sponsors as well, if you know someone, send them my way. :-)
Regarding your donation, I am suggesting the super low amount of just EUR 1 per month. These 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, isn’t it!? 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 22,000 people receive the Dublin Event Guide every week and we are more than 53,000 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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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 Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor from Year 161-180. He said:
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Have a good day!!
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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 Tony B, Tom O’D and Sueanne O’H supported the Dublin Event Guide with a donation. Thanks a lot!! I really really really appreciate all the help! 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 here 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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 The main sponsor is Eventbrite and their support is hugely appreciated! Eventbrite enables people all over the world to plan, promote, and sell out any event, and has sold over 200 million tickets and registrations worldwide, totalling more than $3 billion in gross ticket sales. Eventbrite is free for free events. The online event registration service makes it easy for everyone to discover events, and to share the events they are attending with the people they know. In this way, Eventbrite brings communities together by encouraging people to connect through live experiences.
All events listed in this Event Guide are free of any admission charges (or at least appear to be free) unless otherwise stated. I try to find confirmation in all cases and do my best to double-check the information. However errors can happen and therefore no promise for correctness can be given.
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This section is intended to provide some help in picking and choosing from the huge number of events by sharing with you what I will/might or would do. This is not a “best of…” list and if an event is not listed here, it by no means implies that the event is not interesting. Instead my “picks” are just based on my personal preferences. All events mentioned here are described in detail further down.
The list of events is increasing again. There are no amazing outstanding events at the moment, but lots of good events, so I have no must-go recommendations for you. Instead I suggest that you try something this week that you have never tried before. Get out of your comfort zone…just for one event! It is fun! :-)
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The doors are open for competitions again: If you are selling or promoting any product or event in 2015, contact me at dublineventguide@gmail,com so that we can discuss how the Dublin Event Guide can help you!
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Speed Dating – Ticket Competition
Fri 16 Dec – 19:00
The Mercantile, Dame Street, Dublin 2
The guys behind the SpeedFriending MeetUp events are using their experience in creating links between people and are venturing in the area of Speed Dating. There will be approx 30 people in the room, half of them male and the other half of them female. You have 5 minutes to talk to someone and decide afterwards if you would like to see him/her again before you move to the next person. If the other person wants to see you too, you will be sent the contact details the next day. Start the new year with a chance of romance!
Admission is EUR 10 (includes a complimentary drink + Finger Food) and you can get your ticket at the door. Please RSVP on the website below.
I got 5 tickets for Dublin Event Guide readers who want to leave singledom behind them in 2015. To have a chance to win, you just have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with SPEEDDATE in the subject of the mail and with your full name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your entry has to be with me by 15:00 on Tues 20 January.
More information about the event is here www.meetup.com/Speedfriending-Ireland/events/218613329/
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Promote your product or event through a competition!
If you want to reach more than 23,000 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. You provide the prize for the competition and the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) runs the competition for you. It couldn’t be simpler.
And if you want me to use/test a product you are selling and then share my assessment here in the Dublin Event Guide, we can talk about that too. I like testing out gear. ;-) [Currently I am looking to buy a high spec Android mobile phone and an action camera and would happily “test drive” some candidates.]
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Help the Dublin Event Guide! It won’t cost you a cent!
Do you enjoy free events? Does it help you to find out about all these free events simply in one e-mail magazine or on one website? Does the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) deliver all this for you and maybe even more? In that case, you probably also would want it to continue forever, right?
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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Regular Events in the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)
Some of Dublin’s event organisers and venues are so great that they don’t just every now and then invite you to free events, but they run weekly free events. I include these as Regular Events in the weekly e-mail magazine and because there are many of these weekly events, I can’t check them every week. As a consequence it does happen that an event has been paused or cancelled and I don’t know about it.
If you find out about such a change, PLEASE let me know so that I can update the listings and PLEASE don’t be upset with me for not knowing about it. (You can reach me at dublineventguide@gmail.com )
The only alternative would be NOT to include free weekly events unless I get a confirmation every week form the event organiser and I am not sure if that is the better solution. (I will go for that option, if an event organiser has proven to be repeatedly unreliable and keeps forgetting to notify me about cancellations and pauses in their event schedule.)
Thanks for your understanding and your help!
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Bewley’s Cafe in Grafton Street closed!
It is sad news, but Bewley’s Cafe in Grafton Street, a Dublin institution, has closed. I wanted to tell you today that you should hurry to experience it one last time, but unfortunately it too late. I understand the Cafe has closed already and has made all 140 workers there redundant.
Initially the Cafe is just closing for a six month period for renovations, but when you read what is planned, you realise that the Bewley’s Cafe that we know has closed for good and will be replaced by a sad shadow of itself when/if it reopens.
The new Cafe will operate on the ground floor only and all the many upstairs areas will be closed, there won’t be any hot food anymore and the number of employees will be halved.
Considering that the new cafe only has half the seating capacity but still needs to bring in enough money to pay the crazy rent of EUR 1.5m per year and with additional renovation cost of approx. EUR 1m, there are people that wonder if this is just the beginning of the end which could result in a complete closure.
Find more information here: www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/bewley-s-on-grafton-street-closing-until-autumn-1.2055724 and here businessetc.thejournal.ie/bewleys-cafe-grafton-street-close-job-losses-1866523-Jan2015/
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Iveagh Markets will be redeveloped
Great News about Iveagh Markets, which is was a food and clothes market near in Francis Street from 1906 until the early 1990s (or late 1980s?). After several attempts since 1993, 2015 seems to be the year when it finally will be redeveloped and it could open in 2017. The site includes the big market hall, Mother Redcaps, a pub that closed a few years ago, and seemingly some other adjacent buildings.
It is great news that something is done about this historic building and the whole site because currently it is completely unused!
But there are some downsides as well: The redevelopment will cost around EUR 90m and you can imagine that that money has to come back somehow, so instead of a super market similar to, for example, some Spanish markets in Madrid (www.mercadodesanmiguel.es/) or Barcelona (www.boqueria.info/), the emphasis for Iveagh Markets might be much more on the hotels that will also be built.
Martin Keane, who will re-develop the site, is the owner of Blooms Hotel and the pub St. Oliver John Gogarty, both in Temple Bar.
More details are here www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/work-to-begin-on-90m-redevelopment-of-iveagh-markets-1.2056798 and here is a short video that shows the great but now derelict market hall: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAW9TqBa6jQ
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Comedy Music Panel Show – Audience Seats available
A new Comedy Music Panel Show for RTE2 is called ‘Hey-Ho Let’s Go’ and will be filmed from 18 January. Currently there are still some audience seats available (over 18 years only) and you could be in a TV audience and enjoy also the wine/soft drink reception beforehand.
RTE writes: “Presented by comedy impresario and air guitar fanatic Dermot Whelan, with two teams led by John Colleary, funny man and forgotten rockstar and Colin Murphy frustrated frontman and comic genius (their words not ours), this show is packed full of gags about gigs. How well do you know your musical trivia? Probably more than them! – Each week, they are joined by luminaries from the world of comedy and music – the perfect marriage of soundtrack and silliness as they go head to head to win the quiz – Hey Ho let’s go!”
If you want to be in the audience, send an e-mail to the production company at studioaudience@moondog.co.uk
The dates for the show are Sun 18 + Mon 19 January, Sun 01 + Mon 02 + Sun 08 + Mon 09 February.
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The former “Opportunities” section is now Eventbrite’s section to highlight some of the events they – as the main sponsor of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) would particularly like to bring to your attention. The vast majority of the events listed here will be free, but if it is a really good event, there might sometimes be a non-free event in the list as well.
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TUESDAY: USER NOT FOUND
Next Tuesday, Arts & Disability Ireland and Axis Ballymun are presenting a rehearsed reading of “User Not Found”, a new play by screenwriter Stefanie Preissner. Admission is free, with only a few tickets left. Grab one here.
WEDNESDAY: MUSIC FOR BABIES
The musical duo Classical Kids plays Classical music concerts for grandparents, parents and babies in a relaxed, local setting. Parents can enjoy chamber music as their baby feeds, sleeps, plays and absorbs all the benefits of the music. Tickets are EUR 13, get them here.
THURSDAY: 100 VOICES @ THE BUTTON FACTOY
100 Voices will present great up and coming acts, followed by DJs from all corners of Dublin’s nightlife. All proceeds are going to two great causes – Bernardos and Blossom. Tickets from EUR 6, get them here.
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Find more events at www.eventbrite.ie or download the Eventbrite app to find events around you.
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Based on your feedback, I have decided to do the following with the Exhibition section in this newsletter from now on: I will provide you with a link to a near-comprehensive listing of exhibitions provided by www.visualartists.ie . For me to list all exhibitions would only be doubling their good work and would be an inefficient use of my resources. The link is 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.
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J.M.W. Turner – The Vaughan Bequest – National Gallery
01-31 January
National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2
The “Vaughan Bequest” is a collection of 31 watercolours and drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). The collection spans Turner’s early topographical scenes and expressive images from his later European tours.
Henry Vaughan, the English collector who bequeathed these works, died unmarried in 1899, aged 90. He divided his Turner watercolours between the national galleries in London, Dublin and Edinburgh.
His bequest to the National Gallery of Ireland stipulated that the drawings should be exhibited to the public, free of charge, each January when the light is at its lowest level. The Gallery continues to adhere to the conditions of Vaughan’s bequest by showing these luminous watercolours for one month only. The exhibition this year will display the watercolours and drawings in their original frames.
nationalgallery.ie/en/Exhibitions/Turner.aspx
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Alliance Française Photography Award Exhibition
until 06 February
Alliance Francaise, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
A panel of judges has selected photographs from Sean Breithaupt, Tommy Burke, Ruth Le Gear and Jenny Lowe for the Alliance Francaise Dublin Photography Award. The theme is “Climate: State of Emergency”. Until 09 January you can still vote for the best picture/favourite artist and the winner will get a big prize (incl. a 2 week trip to Paris).
Admission to the exhibition is free.
alliance-francaise.ie/photo/
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Studies on Shivering
21 Nov – 24 Jan
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2
“Studies on Shivering” is a part of a wider project by the artist Damir O?ko (HR). In this project, the artist creates a dialogue between film, poetry, musical scores, objects and drawing to explore a central theme; the shivering body as a metaphor for resistance and unrest. The title of the film in this exhibition, “TK”, comes from the phonetic description of the sound of teeth or stones clashing together. These types of sounds create a visceral, psycho-acoustic response in the listener and the effect is one of O?ko’s central concerns.
“Studies on Shivering” combines elements such as scores, collages, architectural intervention and collaborations to extend the normal cinematic space and to create a hybrid work in which film, research and poetry are equally weighted.
www.templebar.ie/calendar/event/studies-on-shivering
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The Amulet – Exhibition by Marie Brett
16 January – 28 March
The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin 1
The Amulet is a an exhibition exploring the hidden world of infant loss with artist Marie Brett. You’ll feel and think differently about loss after seeing this show. Admission is free. www.amulets.ie
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Car Boot Sales – Tallaght
 08:00 – 12:00, Sat 10 Jan
Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
A weekly car boot sale, one of less than a handful that is still reliably taking place, has up to 200 cars/sellers. The stadium is just a few minutes walk from the Red LUAS line stop and numerous bus stops. For traders the Car Boot Sale opens at 06:30 for buyers from 08:00. If you are interested in selling, check the details and register on their website.
www.irishcarboot.ie/
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Honest2Goodness Food Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 10 Jan
Honest2goodness, 136 Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
The weekly Honest2goodness food market in Glasnevin has fresh meat, vegetables, fish, baked goods, and wines. It is open from 09:30-16:00. It is behind Lidl in the Industrial Estate just after the Glasnevin Cemetary coming from the City Centre.
www.honest2goodness.ie
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Malahide Park Run (free)
09:30, Sat 10 Jan
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/
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SuperNatural Food Market
09:30 – 15:30, Sat 10 Jan
St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
The SuperNatural Food Market is taking place every Saturday from 09:30-15:30 in St. Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
www.supernatural.ie
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The Green Door Market
09:30 – 16:00, Sat 10 Jan
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
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 10 Jan
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
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Drumcondra Village Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 10 Jan
Arts and Business Campus, 40 Drumcondra Road Lower
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sat 10 Jan
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/
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Merchants Market
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 10 Jan
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/
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Stables Market
10:00 – 18:00, Sat 10 Jan
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.
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Temple Bar Markets
10:00 – 16:30, Sat 10 Jan
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The Temple Bar Markets (Food Market on Meeting House Square, Book Market on Temple Bar Square and the Designer Mart near Cow’s Lane) are taking place every Saturday from 10:00-16:30.
www.templebar.ie
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Meet the Phoenix Park Gardeners
10:30 – 12:30, Sat 10 Jan
Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
Discover the beautiful restored Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden and learn about growing your own fruit and vegetables, herbs and lots more. Meet OPW professional gardeners Brian and Meeda at the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden. They have lots of advice to plan your perfect garden for the Spring months ahead. Please bring suitable footwear. Admission is free and car parking is available.
The Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden is located next to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, and the Phoenix Café. The OPW professional gardeners are on site on the second Saturday of the month.
www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,13312,en.html
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Blackrock Market
11:00 – 17:30, Sat 10 Jan
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30, and Sundays: 12:00-17:30.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Family Day at LexIcon
11:00 – 16:30, Sat 10 Jan
dlr LexIcon – Library and Cultural Centre, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
LexIcon is Dun Laoghaire’s new Library and Cultural Centre near the Pavillion Theatre. On Saturday a Family Day will take place with lots of events and entertainment for the kids:
+ Music workshop with Èamon Sweeney
+ Puppet show with Niamh Lawlor
+ Yoga Storytelling with Nicola Foxe
+ Book Clinic
+ Illustration Workshop with Colm Keegan
+ Poetry Picnic
+ Walkabout Entertainment
All events are free, but most need pre-booking so you might be out of luck, but you could also give it a try and hope for the best. Have a lok at the full schedule and programme in this downloadable brochure in PDF.
libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/library-blog/family-day-dlr-lexicon
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sat 10 Jan
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
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Blood – Science Gallery Exhibition
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 10 Jan
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
BLOOD is the title of the new Science Gallery exhibition that will run from 24 Oct – 25 Jan.
25 exhibits explore the symbolic, scientific and strange nature of blood and there are certainly some “out there” contributions. For example the video and relics from a bio-art performance where an artist had a blood transfusion form a horse. Or a spoof brand that uses bloodstain-formed fashion accessories addressing the stigma about men strual blood.
But there are quirky things as well, like the Jukebox that will guess your age by taking your pulse rate and playing a song from your teenage years. And there are some practical aspects: You can take a test that will determine your blood type and you can find out what happens to to donated blood in Ireland.
An interesting exhibition, but different than what you have seen before in the Science Gallery and that is reflected by the recommendation that the exhibition is only suitable for over 15 year olds.
If you are ok with the focus on this red substance that makes some of us a bit queasy when we think about it, you should definitely go to the exhibition (and bring an open mind ;-) ). But if blood makes your knees wobbly, then it might not be for you.
Admission to the exhibition is free
dublin.sciencegallery.com/blood
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Ha’penny Flea Market
12:00 – 18:00, Sat 10 Jan
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/
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Sat 10 Jan
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/
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Chester Beatty – Arabic Tour
13:00, Sat 10 Jan
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
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“My Favourites” – Walking Tour
14:00 – 16:00, Sat 10 Jan
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
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Live in Sin É – Gigs
20:00, Sat 10 Jan
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
Live in Sin É will feature a variety of bands and musicians. The Gig Night is presented by Super Happy Funtimes.
This week’s line-up is: Tongue Bundle, Vernon Jane, Phazam Haze.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/shftimes
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Robert Coyle’s is feeling Numinous
20:00 – 21:30, Sat 10 Jan
Accents Coffee & Tea Lounge, 23 Stephen Street Lower, Dublin 2
Every Saturday Robert Coyle will bring his One-man Comedy show “Robert Coyle’s is feeling Numinous; Comedy Attempting Transcendence – probably NOT a cult.” to Accents Cafe.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/events/1402444760048937
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Saturday Night Live
20:00 – 22:30, Sat 10 Jan
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
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The Devils Jukebox – Gigs + DJs
20:00, Sat 10 Jan
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
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D-Riculous All Stars – Gig
21:00, Sat 10 Jan
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Sat 10 Jan
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
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Santoria – Gig
22:00, Sat 10 Jan
The Inn, Main Street, Raheny, Dublin 5
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Belgard Weekend Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 11 Jan
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
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Jamestown Market
10:00 – 17:00, Sun 11 Jan
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
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Merchants Market
10:00 – 16:30, Sun 11 Jan
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/
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Merrion Square Open Air Gallery
10:00 – 18:30, Sun 11 Jan
Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Every Sunday, the Merrion Square Open Air Art Gallery takes place. Up to 200 artists exhibit their paintings on the railings on three sides (West, North and East) of Merrion Square and you can just enjoy the exhibition or even buy.
www.merrionsquareart.com/
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Stables Market
10:00 – 18:00, Sun 11 Jan
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.
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Dun Laoghaire Market
11:00 – 16:00, Sun 11 Jan
People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
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Palestrina Choir
11:00, Sun 11 Jan
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
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Sun 11 Jan
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
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Blackrock Market
12:00 – 17:30, Sun 11 Jan
Blackrock Market, 19 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
At the Blackrock Market in the centre of Blackrock, you’ll find 50 stalls selling collectibles, antiques, handmade goods, books, food & there’s free popcorn, ballons & facepainting for the kids.
Open on Sundays: 12:00-17:30. Open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays: 11:00-17:30.
www.blackrockmarket.com/
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Blood – Science Gallery Exhibition
12:00 – 18:00, Sun 11 Jan
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
BLOOD is the title of the new Science Gallery exhibition that will run from 24 Oct – 25 Jan.
25 exhibits explore the symbolic, scientific and strange nature of blood and there are certainly some “out there” contributions. For example the video and relics from a bio-art performance where an artist had a blood transfusion form a horse. Or a spoof brand that uses bloodstain-formed fashion accessories addressing the stigma about men strual blood.
But there are quirky things as well, like the Jukebox that will guess your age by taking your pulse rate and playing a song from your teenage years. And there are some practical aspects: You can take a test that will determine your blood type and you can find out what happens to to donated blood in Ireland.
An interesting exhibition, but different than what you have seen before in the Science Gallery and that is reflected by the recommendation that the exhibition is only suitable for over 15 year olds.
If you are ok with the focus on this red substance that makes some of us a bit queasy when we think about it, you should definitely go to the exhibition (and bring an open mind ;-) ). But if blood makes your knees wobbly, then it might not be for you.
Admission to the exhibition is free
dublin.sciencegallery.com/blood
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Low priced books with free delivery!
13:00, Sun 11 Jan
Dublin (various locations)
 
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!
www.bookdepository.com?a_aid=dubevg
If you prefer Amazon to buy your books (for free postage you need to order a minimum of GBP 25), then use this Amazon link to help the Dublin Event Guide. Thanks!
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Chester Beatty Library – Japanese Tour
14:00, Sun 11 Jan
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
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Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up
14:00, Sun 11 Jan
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/
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Stella Bass Jazz Trio
14:00 – 16:00, Sun 11 Jan
Café en Seine, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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Family Drawing Sundays
14:30 – 16:30, Sun 11 Jan
Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2
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Museum Tour – National Print Museum
15:00 – 16:30, Sun 11 Jan
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
Unlike the three branches of the National Museum, the National Print Museum is normally not free, but every Sunday there is a free public tour for the next few weeks. Every visit begins with a short audio-visual presentation where the audience can observe active retired printers providing practical demonstrations of machines from the Museum’s collection.
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/guided-tours.html
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Brian Keary plays Classical Guitar
16:00 – 17:00, Sun 11 Jan
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
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LJJ Band – Cafe en Seine
18:00 – 20:00, Sun 11 Jan
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/
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Sweeney’s Dixieland Jazzmen
18:30 – 20:30, Sun 11 Jan
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Saucy Sundays
19:00 – 23:00, Sun 11 Jan
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: We, the Oceanographers; Sarah Something; Boom Child; Kiruu plus special guests.
www.facebook.com/saucy.sundays
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Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass
19:30 – 20:30, Sun 11 Jan
St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass is back after the summer break and invites you to a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street every Sunday at 19:30.
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, one of the best known gospel choirs in Ireland will give you a chance to experience a mass with a difference. It is uplifting and inspiring and everybody is welcome independent from your level of religiousness.
Disclaimer: I am involved with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, so the description above MIGHT not be totally unbiased. But just take it from me, they are brilliant! ;-)
www.gardinerstreetgospelchoir.com
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Sunday Roast
20:00, Sun 11 Jan
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 available via the Sunday Roast Facebook Page (see link below).
At the time of writing it was not yet announced if Sunday Roast takes place this week, so please check the Facebook Page below before you put your good clothes on. ;-)
www.facebook.com/thesundayroast
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Apollo Sessions
20:30, Sun 11 Jan
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
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Jawbone – Accoustic Folk & Blues Night
20:30, Sun 11 Jan
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 00:00, Sun 11 Jan
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).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Forro de Lampiao – Brazilian Dance
21:00 – 23:00, Sun 11 Jan
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/
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Rhythm Rocker
21:00, Sun 11 Jan
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
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Billy Treacy & The Ha’Penny Heads
21:30, Sun 11 Jan
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/
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Cool Hand Dukes
22:00, Sun 11 Jan
Porterhouse Central, 45-47 Nassau Street, Dublin 2
Every Sunday (except at Bank Holiday weekends), the Ragtime, Roots and Country Blues Band “Cool Hand Dukes” play in the Porterhouse near Grafton Street.
www.facebook.com/coolhand.dukes.1
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Mon 12 Jan
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
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Mon 12 Jan
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/
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Russian Language Classes
18:00, Mon 12 Jan
YMCA, 53 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
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Buying counterfeit products? Morality vs. Emotion – Talk
18:30, Mon 12 Jan
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
The public lecture “Why do consumers buy counterfeit brands? Morality vs. Emotion” by Prof Rosa Chun (Chair in Global Leadership, Reputation and Responsibility at UCD) takes place and more details can be found on the website below. The event is part of the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies Public Lecture Series.
Admission seems to be free.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events/details/2015/2014-15asian_studies_series.php
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Super Happy Fun Times – Open Mic
19:00, Mon 12 Jan
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
Super Happy Fun Times are running an Open Mic night for Music and Spoken Word every Monday in Sin É.
Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/shftimes
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Pleasing Features – Gig Night
19:30, Mon 12 Jan
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
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Back Door Sessions – Open Mic Night
20:00, Mon 12 Jan
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.
There is a high propbability that this event is not taking place anymore, please check!
www.facebook.com/sweeneysbar
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Dublin Cycling Campaign – Public Meeting
20:00, Mon 12 Jan
Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2
The first meeting of the Dublin Cycling Campaign in 2015 will be a World Café style brainstorming session to plan out the campaigns and events for 2015. Come along to share your ideas or just to find out more about cycling in Dublin. All cyclists are welcome.
Admission is free.
www.dublincycling.ie/events
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Song Cycle
20:00, Mon 12 Jan
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
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Comedy Crunch
21:00 – 23:00, Mon 12 Jan
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).
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Comedy-Crunch/83791357330
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Jazz Jam Session – Grand Social
21:00, Mon 12 Jan
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
Every Monday a Jazz Jam Session will take place in the Grand Social and you are invited to listen or even to participate. Admission is free for musicians and audience.
Instruments are supplied (drums (no cymbals), double bass, guitar amp, bass amp, PA system) and ideas and themes will be proposed prior to the session to the musicians who join the event on Facebook (see Facebook Page below).
www.facebook.com/pages/Jazz-Jam-Session-at-The-Grand-Social/224553674385198
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Loose – Trad Sessions
21:00 – 23:30, Mon 12 Jan
Mother Reillys, 26/28 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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Patrick Mahony sings Nostalgia
21:00 – 23:00, Mon 12 Jan
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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The Pyro Blues Executive – Gig
21:00, Mon 12 Jan
Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
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“My Favourites” – Walking Tour
11:00 – 13:00, Tue 13 Jan
Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
“These Are a Few of My Favourite Things” is the title of a Walking Tour that Emily Gallagher runs on Tuesdays now as well. It will be an Alternative Arts and Culture Trail and she will bring you to “Dublin’s Best Cafes, Bars, Markets, Unusual Stores, Galleries, Theatres, Arts Spaces, and more! And hear some tales you’ve never heard before!”
Meeting point is at the Spire. The tours are free but donations are welcome and booking is required via egaldog@gmail.com or 085-2725095
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Tue 13 Jan
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
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Horizons Contemporary Music Series – Concert
12:30, Tue 13 Jan
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra are inviting to the Horizons Contemporary Music Series 2015, a yearly concert series that features contemporary composers. The composer on Tuesday is Grainne Mulvey and there concert will start at 13:00. There will be a conversation between the director of the Contemporary Music Centre (Evonne Ferguson) and Grainne Mulvey before the concert at 12:30.
Admission is free, but booking is required via the website below or directly with the National Concert Hall (01-4170000 or online).
www.rte.ie/orchestras/2015/0113/nso13jan.html
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Suicide amongst migrants – First Fortnight Mental Health Festival
13:00, Tue 13 Jan
City Assembly House, 58 South William Street, Dublin 2
First Fortnight is an Arts Festival that wants to challenge mental health prejudices through creative arts so that people find it easier to start a conversation about mental health.
The festival will run from 01-14 Jan in Dublin and lots of different events are planned. Some of the events are free, others not. I will list here the free events, but I strongly suggest that you also have a look at the non-free events, if mental health and arts is of interest to you.
The first free events is on Fri 02 Jan and will take place in the Octagonal Gallery of the City Assembly House, South William Street, Dublin 2.
“I Have To Say, I Have To Say” explores suicide amongst migrants. The work stemmed from the death of the artist’s former housemate, a Polish woman living in Ireland. Told through sculptural installation, video and performances, the work looks at the connections between Poland and Ireland,
It was performed at the festival opening on 02 Jan and on 09 Jan and a last lunchtime performance (30 mins) is on 13 Jan at 13:00. Admission is free.
All events of the First Fortnight Festival are listed here.
firstfortnight.ie/whats-on/say-say/
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Support the Dublin Event Guide – Buy your books here!
13:00, Tue 13 Jan
Dublin (various locations)
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!
www.bookdepository.com?a_aid=dubevg
If you prefer Amazon to buy your books (for free postage you need to order a minimum of GBP 25), then use this Amazon link to help the Dublin Event Guide. Thanks!
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Americanised modernism in Irish architecture – Talk
13:15, Tue 13 Jan
Irish Architectural Archives, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The public lecture “The Promised Land of prairie and mall: Americanised modernism in Irish architecture, 1940 – 70” by Dr Ellen Rowley (Trinity College Dublin) will take place on Tuesday. It is inspired by the 50th anniversary of the US Embassy.
Admission is free (donationsa re appreciated), but places are limited to 50 and therefore booking is required via 01 6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie
A second lecture in that series will be on 20 January and information about both can be downloaded here.
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Role of the Arts for Older Patients in Hospital – Talk
16:00, Tue 13 Jan
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
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Milk and Cookies Stories @ First Fortnight
18:00 – 22:00, Tue 13 Jan
Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square North, Dublin 1
Milk and Cookie Stories is a story telling event for for anyone who has a story to tell, or wants to hear a tale told well, in a relaxed, friendly environment – a place with tea, cushions, cookies and friends.
Admission is free, everyone is welcome and stories of all kinds are welcome. If you would like to tell a story, just come along and sign up on the night, or “if you feel inspired to share your own home-baked goods with Dublin’s friendliest audience, we’ll also be having our awesome Bake-Off.”
The January event is on conjunction with the First Fortnight Mental Health Festival and the theme is “With a Little Help from My Friends”. Stephen James Smith, acclaimed spoken word artist, will be the night’s featured storyteller.
www.firstfortnight.ie/whats-on/milk-cookies-stories/
www.facebook.com/milkandcookiestories
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Battle of the Paddles – Table Tennis Competition
19:00, Tue 13 Jan
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
The Workman’s Club Table Tennis Competition “Battle of the Paddles” is back and runs on 13,14 and 15 January.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the qualification rounds take place. Arrive from 19:00 and put your name on the list. The tournament starts at 20:00 and will continue until a winner is determined. The winners from each night will compete in the “Super Smash Final” on Thursday.
You can come to participate or to spectate, if you want to participate make sure that you come early enough because places are limited.
Admission is free
theworkmansclub.com/index.php/events/battle-for-the-paddle-table-tennis-comp/
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User Not Found – Playreading – First Fortnight
19:00, Tue 13 Jan
Axis Arts Centre, Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9
User Not Found is a work in development by Stefanie Preissner, an accomplished screenwriter, playwright and actor, and will be performed in the festival as a reading. It is part of the First Fortnight Festival.
“Is social media destroying us all? When people go missing or some kind of tragedy takes place, it often plays a part in the cause and the solution. This is what Rachel’s friends found out when she went missing. Trying to make sense of what has happened they attempt to piece together her last statuses and tweets.”
Admission is free, but to reserve your seats, you have to call (01) 883 2100.
firstfortnight.ie/whats-on/user-found/
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Ukulele Tuesday
19:45 – 22:00, Tue 13 Jan
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
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Ben Prevos Blue Tuesdays
20:00 – 23:30, Tue 13 Jan
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Dublin Bluegrass Collective – Gig
20:00, Tue 13 Jan
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
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The Folk Club
20:30, Tue 13 Jan
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
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Phoenix Big Band
21:00 – 23:00, Tue 13 Jan
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
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Camden Sessions – Singer/Songwriter Night
21:30, Tue 13 Jan
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
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Jazz at the International
21:30, Tue 13 Jan
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday and every Thursday there is Jazz at the International Bar. Check the Facebook Page below for an update and to see if it is happening this week because occasionally the event is cancelled. Admission is free, but a EUR 5 donations is suggested.
www.facebook.com/internationaljazz
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Wed 14 Jan
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
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Archive at Lunchtime – IFI
13:00, Wed 14 Jan
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/
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Cracking the College Code for Parents – Talk
13:00, Wed 14 Jan
Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
This is an information talk for Senior Cycle Parents on preparing for a successful transition from second level to third level.
The talk is designed to empower and prepare parents by informing them about the many issues that influence success in the first year of study after the Leaving Certificate. Developed from a third level perspective, it looks at the changing relationships between students, teachers, parents and schools and addresses the many challenges faced by students making this transition.
Presented by Catherine O’Connor, Education Consultant and Author of ‘Cracking the College Code, A practical guide to making the most of the first year college experience’
Admission is free, but booking is recommended via 01-873 4333 or centrallibrary@dublincity.ie
www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/cracking-college-code
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First Up: Aisling Rogerson – Science Gallery Talk
13:00 – 14:00, Wed 14 Jan
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2
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Tracing the genetic origins of the Irish flora – Talk
15:00, Wed 14 Jan
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
The afternoon Lecture “Immigrants and an Irish Diaspora? – Tracing the genetic origins of the Irish flora” with Colin Kelleher takes place on Wednesday.
“The Irish flora is composed of a combination of species assumed to have migrated from diverse geographical origins. Questions about these origins have intrigued naturalists for centuries. In this lecture Colin Kelleher of the National Botanic Gardens will present some recent evidence from genetic analysis, which is providing surprising insight into the origins of our flora.”
Admission is free.
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
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Role and effect of violence on the Ulster Defence Regiment – Talk
16:00, Wed 14 Jan
Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2
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Havana International Language Exchange
16:30 – 19:30, Wed 14 Jan
Havana Tapas Bar, Georges St, Dublin 2
The “Havana International Language Exchange” is taking place every Wed from 16:30-19:30 in Havana Tapas Bar in George’s Street. There are many Spanish speakers and English-speakers are explicitly invited, but everyone else is certainly very welcome too, to meet for a chat to improve your Spanish or English.
www.facebook.com/pages/Havana-Tapas-Bar/10503361821
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Crack the Content Code – Digital Marketing Talk
18:00 – 19:00, Wed 14 Jan
National College of Ireland, IFSC, Mayor Street, Dublin 1
“Crack the Content Code” is a talk by Lorraine Griffin (Associate Lecturer on NCI’s Certificate in Digital Marketing course) about how to create quality digital content.
Find all details and book via the website below. Admission is free, but booking is required.
www.ncirl.ie/Events/eventid/111
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Battle of the Paddles – Table Tennis Competition
19:00, Wed 14 Jan
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
The Workman’s Club Table Tennis Competition “Battle of the Paddles” is back and runs on 13,14 and 15 January.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the qualification rounds take place. Arrive from 19:00 and put your name on the list. The tournament starts at 20:00 and will continue until a winner is determined. The winners from each night will compete in the “Super Smash Final” on Thursday.
You can come to participate or to spectate, if you want to participate make sure that you come early enough because places are limited.
Admission is free
theworkmansclub.com/index.php/events/battle-for-the-paddle-table-tennis-comp/
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King Kong Club
20:00, Wed 14 Jan
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.
Check the Facebook Page below for the line-up.
www.facebook.com/TheKingKongClubDublin
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Anseo Comedy Club
20:30, Wed 14 Jan
Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
The Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, has decided to remove the admission charges. Great news!! It takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs). Donations are welcome.
The line-up this week will be Patrick McDonnell aka Eoin McLove
www.facebook.com/StandUpComedyClub
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The Song Room (open mic)
20:30, Wed 14 Jan
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
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The Zodiac Sessions (open mic)
20:30, Wed 14 Jan
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
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Bad Boy Jake
21:00, Wed 14 Jan
Gypsy Rose Blues & Rock Bar, 5 Aston Quay, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Singer Songwriter Night – Mother Reilly’s
21:00, Wed 14 Jan
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
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Jazz Pigs – Gig
21:30, Wed 14 Jan
4 Dame Lane, Dame Lane, Dublin 2
The Jazz Pigs with a classic multi-brass front line play a mix of Lounge, lively sixties Jazz and driving Funk. Every Wednesday downstairs in 4 Dame Lane. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/dublinjazzpigs
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Trad Session
21:30, Wed 14 Jan
Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru), 4 Prospect Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 11
Traditional Irish Music Session in Hedigan’s (The Brian Boru) in Phibsborough from 21:30 every Wednesday. If you play an instrument you are especially welcome (all levels are welcome).
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The Green Door Market
09:30 – 16:00, Thu 15 Jan
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
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Thu 15 Jan
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
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Marys and Martyrs in the Coëtivy Hours – Talk
13:10, Thu 15 Jan
Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
The lunchtime lecture “Marys and Martyrs in the Coëtivy Hours” with Dr Jill Unkel (Curator of the Western Collections, Chester Beatty Library) will take place.
Unfortunately there is no explanation as to what that title means or refers to, so maybe the lecture is mainly for insiders? ;-) But a little bit of research explained that the Book of Hours by the Coëtivy Masters is a 15th century manuscript from France. Maybe that helps!
Admission is free and no booking required.
www.cbl.ie/Programme—Events/Events-Schedule.aspx
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History of architecture in Ireland – 17th century – Talk
13:15, Thu 15 Jan
Irish Architectural Archives, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The first lecture in the ‘Reflections and Insights’ series of free lunchtime lectures by the five editors of Volume IV: Architecture of the Royal Irish Academy’s “Art and Architecture of Ireland” is
“The Royal Irish Academy project on the history of architecture in Ireland: part 1, the seventeenth century” by Professor Rolf Loeber.
Admission is free (donations are welcome), but booking is required via 01 6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie
www.iarc.ie/iaa-lecture-series/
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“Censored” – Print Museum Talks
18:30, Thu 15 Jan
National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
‘Censored’ is a series of eight free evening lectures, one each month, from September 2014 to August 2015.
The fifth lecture in this series is “Censorship and deception in the printing of Jonathan Swift’s works 1690-1758” with Prof Andrew Carpenter (UCD).
Admission is free to all lectures, but booking is required via info@nationalprintmuseum.ie
www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/
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“My Favourites” – Walking Tour – Night Walk
19:00 – 21:00, Thu 15 Jan
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
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Battle of the Paddles – Table Tennis Competition
19:00, Thu 15 Jan
Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
The Workman’s Club Table Tennis Competition “Battle of the Paddles” is back and runs on 13,14 and 15 January.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the qualification rounds take place. Arrive from 19:00 and put your name on the list. The tournament starts at 20:00 and will continue until a winner is determined. The winners from each night will compete in the “Super Smash Final” on Thursday.
You can come to participate or to spectate, if you want to participate make sure that you come early enough because places are limited.
Admission is free
theworkmansclub.com/index.php/events/battle-for-the-paddle-table-tennis-comp/
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Chinese and Himalayan Plants for the Irish Garden – Talk
20:00, Thu 15 Jan
National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
The Lecture “Chinese and Himalayan Plants for the Irish Garden” with Martin Walsh takes place on Thursday in the Visitor Centre and is organised by the Irish Garden Plant Society and the Alpine Garden Society.
“Garden designer, plant collector, and regular expedition member Martin Walsh, well known for his excellent pictures, will share his alpine and woody plant choices for our temperate conditions, particularly for woodland.”
Admission is free.
www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
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Dimestore Recordings presents
20:00, Thu 15 Jan
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
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New Natives – Gig Night
20:00, Thu 15 Jan
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street (near Ha’Penny Bridge), Dublin 1
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Max Zaska / Patrick Groenland
21:00, Thu 15 Jan
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
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Brady’s Fun Pub Quiz
21:30, Thu 15 Jan
Brady’s Pub, 5 Terenure Place, Terenure, Dublin 6
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Jazz at the International
21:30, Thu 15 Jan
The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
Every Tuesday and every Thursday there is Jazz at the International Bar. Check the Facebook Page below for an update and to see if it is happening this week because occasionally the event is cancelled. Admission is free, but a EUR 5 donations is suggested.
www.facebook.com/internationaljazz
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Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul
21:30, Thu 15 Jan
Frank Ryan’s Bar, Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Every Thursday “Left Right & Centre” play a mix of blues & soul with a bit of rock&roll.
www.frankryans.com
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McNeills Trad Music Pub Sessions
21:30, Thu 15 Jan
J. McNeills, 140 Capel Street, Dublin 7
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The Green Door Market
09:30 – 16:00, Fri 16 Jan
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
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National Gallery Talks
11:30 – 16:50, Fri 16 Jan
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
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Bal Folk – European Folk Dance Session
20:00, Fri 16 Jan
Tap Bar, 44 North King Street, Dublin 7
The weekly European Folk Dance Workshop/Session takes place in the Tap Bar every Friday.
The dances are French, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese folk and traditional dances and everybody interested to join in or to learn is welcome. Admission is free, but donations (suggested: EUR 3) are very welcome
www.facebook.com/pages/Njoy-Dancing-Dublin/251213698276941
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Live in Sin É – Gigs
20:00, Fri 16 Jan
Sin É, 14 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1
A weekly Gig Night in Sin É, organised and presented by Super Happy Fun Times takes place every Friday and admission is free. The line-up can be found on the Facebook Page below.
www.facebook.com/shftimes
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The Cravingz – Gig
20:00, Fri 16 Jan
Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2
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Electric Fridays – Open Mic
21:00, Fri 16 Jan
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
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Hendicks Quearney Bridgeman Delaney – Gig
21:00, Fri 16 Jan
Arthur’s Pub, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
Gerry Hendrix (guitar/vocals), John Quearney (bass/vocals), Noel Bridgeman (drums/vocals) and James Delaney (keyboard) will play the best of Rhythm ‘n’ Blues and Boogie in Arthur’s Pub. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/ArthursPub
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Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard
21:00, Fri 16 Jan
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
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Piano Jazz in Candlelight Bar
21:00, Fri 16 Jan
Candlelight Bar, Siam Thai, Dundrum Town Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
Piano Jazz and vocals, performed by Robert Deering.
Admission is free,
www.siamthai.ie/
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Ska ‘n’ Reggae with The Bionic Rats
21:00 – 02:30, Fri 16 Jan
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, followed by DJs until late. Admission is free.
www.facebook.com/TURKSHEADDUBLIN
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What is Performance Art? – Talk
Sat 17 Jan – 12:00-13:00
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Amanda Coogan (artist) presents “What is Performance Art?” and considers the role of the archive in relations to Irish performance art during the 70s and 80s.
(This talk is programmed in conjunction with the presentation – Mobile Encounters – Documenting the Early Years of Performance Art in Ireland in the IMMA Project Spaces.)
The talk will be followed by a Master Class/Talk about the history of Performance Art in Ireland from 14:00-15:00.
Admission is free, but booking is required here: www.imma.ie/en/page_236920.htm
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Performance Art in Ireland – Master Class/Talk
Sat 17 Jan – 14:00-15:00
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Aine Phillips (writer, curator and multi-media performance artist) presents a talk on her research findings for the publication “Performance Art in Ireland: A History”.
This talk follows on from a talk by Amanda Coogan entitled “What is Performance Art..?” on the same day at 12:00-13:15.
Admission is free, but booking is required here: www.imma.ie/en/page_236932.htm
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Dublin Mountains Partnership – Guided Walks
17+18+24 January + 01 February
Every month the Dublin Mountain Partnership runs free guided walks in the Dublin Mountains on some Saturdays or Sundays during the month. The walks have varying difficulty and duration and the details can be found on the Dublin Mountain Partnership website: www.dublinmountains.ie/news/upcoming_events/?no_cache=1
The next walks take place on 17, 18, 24 January and on 01 February.
All walks are free, but pre-registration is required.
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Not free, but interesting nevertheless:
First Fortnight – Mental Health Festival
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Please note: The Dublin Event Guide (for Free Event) is not related or connected to the long gone fortnightly printed publication “the event guide” that you found until December 2008 in pubs and other venues.
Copyright 2015 by Joerg Steegmueller.
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