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Dublin Event Guide 431: Canalaphonic, BlueFire Street Fest, Dublin City Liffey Swim, Living History Weekend, Oktoberfest

DEG Dublin Event Guide (for free events)

No. 431 | 18 September 2015

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Hi all!

I hope you had a great Culture Night yesterday!

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Many think it is the best cultural event in Ireland and I would have to agree. Often there is a call for more than one Culture Night per year and I could imagine a second night in Spring, but many organisations put a huge amount of energy in that one evening and if it happened more than once per year, this could be diluted/reduced. So let’s make sure that this event stays with us. (It is in its 10th year already!!!) …and then maybe let’s add other events but not more Culture Nights.

Open House, a completely different, but also great event, is coming up in October where you can visit lots of buildings that are normally not accessible and learn about their architecture. Something else to look forward to! :-)

I really don’t like the begging, but I have to do it again: Nobody helped with a donation last week, so if you can find it in your heart to help the Dublin Event Guide, myself and all the other Dublin Event Guide readers will really appreciate your help!

Here is my weekly appeal to you: These are two areas the Dublin Event Guide needs your continued help with: Your donations help paying the bills for sending the Dublin Event Guide every week, so please help if you can. Just 1 Euro per month (12 Euro per year) would be great. Not very many subscribers are prepared to or able to help, so please don’t rely on others!

And without you spreading the word we would have never reached 24,000 subscribers and 60,000 Facebook Likes. But it is just the start!! The goals are MUCH bigger than that! :-) Imagine if everyone just got ONE additional person to subscribe to the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events). That would be an immediate increase by a few thousand subscribers. Can you help?

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Here is the explanation regarding donations: To send the Dublin Event Guide and for domain names and for web hosting, I have a monthly bill of EUR 190 to cover. This is not for me, but all that money goes directly to external service providers. I am working approx. 35 hours on the Dublin Event Guide every week and don’t make any cent, that’s why I ask you to help with the cost if you can. If you can spare EUR 1 per month (that’s just 25 cent per edition!!) please donate EUR 12 for the year (or more if you can …or even less if you can’t). You can make your donation at www.perfectresults.info/donate.htm using Paypal or CreditCard or send me a mail dublineventguide@gmail.com and I can suggest other ways. I am also looking for some corporate sponsors as well, if you know someone, send them my way. :-)

And 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 (but donations are very welcome!) for that and their e-mail address is completely safe with me! More than 24,000 people receive the Dublin Event Guide every week and we are more than 60,000 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, LivingSocial, 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 190 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 something funny and – in a way – beautiful if you like music and nice people:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqrvm2XDvpQ

It is video clip with American Late Late Show host James Corden doing a Carpool Karaoke with Stevie Wonder. There is no explicit “love life” or “feel good” message in it, but it is just fun. The clip is 11 minutes long, but it is definitely a feel good clip. :-)

It was only put on You Tube on Tuesday and has already been seen by nearly 5mio viewers!

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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 nobody was so wonderful to support the Dublin Event Guide with a donation. That’s not good! Please keep in mind that 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 190 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 please go to here and give something back if you can!

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.

You can donate online by following this link to the PayPal&CreditCard donation page. If you want to transfer your donation directly to my account, just send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com and I will send you the details.

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EventbriteThe 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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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.

Last week the power outage on Saturday morning that affected 20,000 homes in South Dublin meant that I couldn’t update the Joerg’s Picks before sending the e-mail magazine, but this week they are updated again:

For this weekend I definitely recommend the Canalaphonic Canal Bank Market (Saturday) and the Bluefire Streetfest also on Saturday. The Gorch Fock, the German Navy Sailing Ship is open for a visit on Sunday, the Ranelagh Arts Festival is happening over the whole weekend and don’t forget the current Science Gallery Exhibition “Secret”.

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Competitions

Sunday Soul with Danny G & the Major 7ths aand Pia Dunne & the Eleusians – Ticket Competition

Sun 27 Sept 2015 – 20:00-00:00
Bello Bar, Portobello Harbour, Dublin 8

Two of Dublin’s most soulful groups will be in the Bello Bar for a gig on Sunday 27 Sept. They are “Danny G & the Major 7ths” and “Pia Dunne and the Eleusians”.

Danny G is Daniel Groenland, a singer, flautist, guitarist and composer who was with the great funk band Mob Fandango and still performs with the African-trad fusion outfit Tig Linn and the Discovery Gospel Choir. His band, the Major 7ths, love harmonies and grooves and the 7-10 musicians in a line-up with four of them singing, will bring you the soulful sounds of Neo-Soul artists like D’Angelo and Dilla, as well as the old classics like Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield.

Pia Dunne is fronting the Elusians that consist of several backing singers and a lineup of jazzy musicians. Pia is a song writer and an outstanding soul, blues, jazz and folk singer with a smooth and melodic voice that makes you want to listen for hours.

Admission for this gig in the Bello Bar is EUR 8 on the door or EUR 6 on Eventbrite here.

Danny G, a good friend and supporter of the Dublin Event Guide, has made two pairs of tickets available for this gig and if you want to hear some of the best Soul in Dublin, you have to enter this competition: Send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with DANNYG in the subject line and with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your mail has to be with me by Tuesday 22 September at 15:00.

www.facebook.com/events/847697578677554/

Forro Ireland – Birthday Party – Ticket Competition

Sun 27 Sept 2015 – 19:30
Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1

Forró is a music and dance style that originally came from the northeast of Brazil and then became popular throughout whole Brazil. The Brazilian Community in Dublin, together with their friends. are regularly running Forró dance events and Forró Ireland, one of the organisers of these events, is celebrating their first birthday on Sunday.

At their anniversary party one of the best Forró bands from Brazil, Bastiao, will play. Support comes from “Trio Mais Um”, who also celebrate their first birthday and who will play in the Grand Social.

Admission is EUR 12 at the door (upstairs in the Grand Social).

For one Dublin Event Guide reader Forro Ireland has a pair of free tickets and if you want to win the tickets, you will have to send a mail to dublineventguide@gmail.com with FORRO in the subject line and with your name and mobile phone number in the body of the mail. Your mail has to be with me by 15:00 on Tuesday 22 September.

Ohh, and there is a bonus for ALL Dublin Event Guide readers: If you don’t win the tickets, just come along and mention at the door that you heard about this event in the “Dublin Event Guide” and you will get in for EUR 10.

Find more information about the Forro Ireland birthday here: www.facebook.com/events/899302136804124/

Promote your product or event through a competition!

If you want to reach more than 24,000 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 gear. ;-)

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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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Giving money for free! That’s how easy it is. ;-) THANK YOU!!!

And if you want to donate money directly, then you can do that here: www.perfectresults.info/donation.htm

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Good news for event organisers! Eventbrite lowers fees in Ireland & free remains free!

There is good news for organisers of non-free events, who need to sell tickets online: Eventbrite, the world’s largest self-service ticketing platform and sponsor of the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events), have announced that they will cut their fees for all tickets and registrations sold in Ireland.

The new fees are effective immediately and are 2% Eventbrite Payment Processing Fee (down from 3.5%), plus 2.5% Eventbrite Service Fee and EUR 0.75 per ticket sold. The total Eventbrite Service Fee is now capped at EUR 9.95 per ticket.

And the even better news:
Eventbrite’s service remains free for free events. The company’s full service is available to organisers of free events for no charge. Organisers only pay fees when they sell paid tickets.

If you are not using Eventbrite yet, check the details and sign up here.

Opportunities

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. Many events listed here will be free, but there will be a non-free event in the list as well and they will be marked as non-free. All information is supplied by Eventbrite.

== EVENTBRITE PICKS ==

A TOUR OF THE BRAIN – Friday
The human brain forms the basis of who we are and of how we perceive the world as well as decide how to live in the world. Given the central role that the brain plays in our life, Discover Research Ireland wants to bring you on a tour of the brain and show you the tools used to measure it. The tour sees you visiting the MRI facilities and seeing how brain activity is measured but also use 3D virtual reality visualisation techniques to see the different parts of the brain.
Book your free tickets here.

PURE M MUSIC AWARDS – Saturday 26 September
This event is not this weekend, but on Sat 26 Sept instead. However, to get (free) tickets you probably have to book them already now. Pure M is an Irish media entertainment news company, covering artistic creation and cultural topics and there awards ceremony takes place in the sumptuous surroundings of Opium Room, dress fancy and listen to: Nella, The Shades, The New Social, The Dyatonics, Black Svan, Mannequin Se x Drive, Chase The River and GlassGears.
Get your tickets here.

TECH NOIR – TERMINATOR SCREENING AND AFTER PARTY IN 1980s LAZER DYSTOPIA – Sat 26 Sept
The Generator Hostel is transformed into Tech Noir, the infamous night club from Terminator and after a screening of “Terminator”, the After party will will be set in a 1980s Lazer Dystopia: It’s been 31 years since the civilised world was all but obliterated. There is one sanctuary however, where citizens can escape the harsh city plains and dance to the banned music of the halcyon days that they know only through stories and secret drawings: TECH NOIR.
Tickets for EUR 8 or EUR 10 are available here.

In the meantime you can find more events at www.eventbrite.ie or download the Eventbrite app to find events around you.

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.

Sculpture in Context – National Botanic Gardens

03 Sept – 16 Oct

National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Sculpture in Context is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and it is a brilliant exhibition in the beautiful surroundings of the National Botanic Gardens, Some of Ireland’s best artists are showing new work and the sculptures are displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the in the gallery in the Visitors Centre.

On Saturdays you will have the opportunity to join the artists for a guided tour through the exhibits.

The exhibition runs from 03 Sept until Fri 16 October.

www.sculptureincontext.com/

David Claerbout Exhibition

14 Aug – 11 Oct (11:00-20:00)

Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

The exhibition consists of a number of video installations by Belgian artist David Claerbout, but reading the description of the exhibition doesn’t explain anything at all, so you better just go and look at it.

Who writes that stuff? “Claerbout’s multiple video installation at Project Arts Centre will challenge conventions of exhibition-making, attempting to further our efforts to perceive what it is to exhibit while exhibiting.” Or this “His is a practice where burgeoning awareness creeps up on you as a viewer, nagging questions of authenticity start to haunt, and our idea of scale based on a fixed position in space becomes unsettled, destabilised, set adrift.”

www.projectartscentre.ie/event/david-claerbout/

A World to Win – Political Poster Exhibition

17 Sept – 08 Nov (Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00, Sat+Sun: 14:00-17:00)

National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4

To celebrate the year of design, Irish Design 2015 and the National Print Museum host exhibition “A World to Win – Posters of Protest and Revolution”, organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

The exhibition explores a century of posters agitating for political change. From the “Votes of Women” campaigns of the early twentieth century to the recent occupy movements, political activists around the world have used posters to mobilise, educate and organise. The exhibition contains seventy posters drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection and will feature a diverse array of artists, graphic designers and print collectives.

Admission is free. www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/

El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State

30 Jul – 18 Oct

Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

“El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State” reflects on the artistic and cultural community who gave voice to a new image for the emerging Irish state after the Easter Rising and a visual language for its politics.

The exhibition brings together a significant body of works from the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, by El Lizzitsky (1890 – 1941), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century who is shown here for the first time in Ireland.

www.imma.ie/en/page_237015.htm

Saturday 19 Sep

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Car Boot Sales – Tallaght

08:00 – 12:00, Sat 19 Sep

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/

German Navy Sail Training Ship “Gorch Fock”

09:00, Sat 19 Sep

Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2

The Sail Training Ship “Gorch Fock” of the German Navy will be in Dublin from 04-21 September. It is anchored at Sir Rogerson’s Quay and you can visit the ship on 13+20 Sept. Until then, the soldiers on boards will be trained for their next cruise, but you can certainly admire the pretty ship from the quays.

A lot of information about the ship can be found on the website below.

www.dublin.diplo.de/Vertretung/dublin/en/02/Botschafter__und__Abteilungen/Events/Gorch-Fock-Press-Kit.html

Honest2Goodness Food Market

09:30 – 16:00, Sat 19 Sep

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

Park Runs: Malahide, Cabinteely, Shanganah, Marlay

09:30 – 13:00, Sat 19 Sep

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.

A whole range of Parkruns take place every week (and if you know some more, please tell me):
+ Malahide Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
+ Cabinteely Park, Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
+ Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin
+ Marlay Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Co. Dublin

www.parkrun.ie/

SuperNatural Food Market

09:30 – 15:30, Sat 19 Sep

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 19 Sep

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 19 Sep

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

Clean Coasts Big Clean

10:00, Sat 19 Sep

Dublin (various locations)

Coastal clean ups will be taking place in over 92 countries over the weekend as part of the International Coastal Clean Up run by the Ocean Conservancy for which An Taisce is the national coordinator for Ireland.

In the Greater Dublin area, the following clean ups are organised on Saturday and Sunday:

+ Portmarnock: 19 Sept at 10:00 – Meet at the kiosk on Portmarnock seafront
+ Dollymount Strand: 19 Sept at 11:00 – Meet at the Wooden Bridge to Bull Island
+ Sandycove Beach: 19 Sept at 11:00 – Meet at the Sandycove Park
+ Killiney Beach South: 19 Sept at 14:00 – Meet beside the metal bridge over the Deansgrange River
+ Sandymount Beach: 20 Sept at 14:00 – Meet at the car park

Find the map with all events and their details here.

cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/big-beach-clean/

Dublin Half Marathon

10:00, Sat 19 Sep

Phoenix Park, Dublin 8

If you wanted to participate, you would already know about this event, so I am only telling you in case you want to watch (which is free) or in case you had planned to drive through Phoenix Park on Saturday. Don’t!

The lead up to the Dublin Marathon on the Oktober Bank Holiday weekend includes a Half Marathon this weekend. It starts at 10:00 in Chesterfield Avenue and finishes on Furze Road. Parts of Phoenix Park will be closed from 09:45 until 11:30/13:00 or 14:00.

www.theaa.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Event-Guide/Sports-Events/The-Dublin-Half-Marathon.aspx

Jamestown Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Sep

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/

Living History Weekend – Phoenix Park

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Sep

Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8

There will be a ‘Living History’ weekend at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on Saturday 19 + Sunday 20 September.

Military Life from the Viking Era, Age of Chivalry, Napoleonic War, American Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam will all be featured.

Admission is free.

www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,35121,en.html

Marlay Park Market

10:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Sep

Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.

www.dlrcoco.ie/markets

Sculpture in Context – Exhibition

10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19 Sep

National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Sculpture in Context is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and it is a brilliant exhibition in the beautiful surroundings of the National Botanic Gardens, Some of Ireland’s best artists are showing new work and the sculptures are displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the in the gallery in the Visitors Centre.

On Saturdays you will have the opportunity to join the artists for a guided tour through the exhibits.

The exhibition opened on 03 Sept and will run until Fri 16 October.

www.sculptureincontext.com/

Temple Bar Markets

10:00 – 16:30, Sat 19 Sep

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 19 Sep

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/

Canalaphonic End of Summer Party

11:00 – 00:00, Sat 19 Sep

Dublin (various locations)

The Canalaphonic Music and Culture Festival in May was so successful that it will happen a second time this year.

The Canalaphonic End of Summer Party will happen on Saturday and consists of the
+ Canal Bank Market in Portobello Harbour (11:00-18:00) with Vintage Clothing, Vinyl Records, Arts & Crafts, Jewellery, Books
+ Live Music with some of Dublin’s best buskers (13:00-17:00) and
+ gigs in the evening in a number of venues in Portobello and Rathmines. Admission is free.

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These gigs and events are all free:

+ Rathmines Library: Rathmines Writers Workshop from 14:30
+ Alan Hanna’s Book Shop Rathmines: Neev Kennedy, Stephen James Smith, Taylor’s Lane from 18:00
+ Toast, Rathmines: Mother Mooch (Fuzz Rock), The Witch Trials (Psychadelic Rock/Trip Hop), Not Monsters (Alternative/Indie Rock), Solid Sun (Rock) from 21:00
+ Mother Reilly’s, Rathmines: i am niamh, Participant, Almost Ghosts from 21:00
+ Rody Bolands, Rathmines: Mongrel State, Kicking Bird, Aaron Anthony from 21:00
+ Copan, Rathmines: Lady Vegas from 22:00
+ Whelan’s, Wexford Street: The Dodgy Few from 22:00

www.facebook.com/events/1128358203846077/

De Paul Raft Race – Family Day

11:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Sep

Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2

De Paul Ireland has organised a “Raft Race against Homelessness” in Grand Canal Dock. Teams of 4 have raised money to take part and are provided with rafts and all other gear and will compete against each other and it shoukd be good fun to watch them.

The races will run from 11:00-13:30, but there is lots of entertainment on land for all the specators as well. There will be music with a DJ, s Samba Band, a diving demonstration by the IUSRU and children’s entertainment until 16:00. It’s also ‘International Talk Like a Pirate Day’ so I’d say attending some water based activity on that day is mandatory! ;-)

Admission for all spectators is free

www.depaulireland.org/our-services/who-we-work-with/your-support/depaul-raft-race-2015/

Intercultural Tour in Mandarin – Chester Beatty Library

11:00, Sat 19 Sep

Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

This is an Intercultural Tour in Mandarin Language with Community Ambassador Vicky Wang.

Meeting point is in the atrium of the Library. Admission is free and no booking required.

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

Terenure Village Market

11:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Sep

Bushy Park, Tempelogue Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W

The Terenure Village Market has moved to Bushy Park and is from now on a weekly market.

The market has now grown to 40 stalls offering a whole variety of foods and crafts.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/terenurevillagemarket

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Sat 19 Sep

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

Biomimicry – What we can learn from nature? – Walk

12:00 – 14:00, Sat 19 Sep

Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

Join this walk through Marlay Park and discover the genius of the natural world. Learn about the innovative topic of Biomimicry and how we can look to nature for ideas for new sustainable designs and technologies.

Admission is free, but booking is required with activity leader Sophie Nicol (Earthwise Education) via 086 7743234.

events.dlrcoco.ie/event/exploring-nature-dlr-biodiversity-events

BlueFire Street Fest

12:00 – 22:00, Sat 19 Sep

Smithfield Plaza, Dublin 7

The BlueFire Street Fest is a one-day event with music, workshops, food, stalls and a lot more. It is a great event and you should check it out. Bring the whole family!

The line-up on the Music Stage is Kila, Manden Express, Ajo Arkestra, Kiruu, Rhythm Africana, Ayodele, SuperTonic Orchestra, The Bionic Rats.
The workshosp are Tai Chi(Ross Cousen), Mandala (Vedic Art), Forro Ireland, Compadrito Tango, Capoeira, SAmba, Bollywood Fusion, Yoga, Pilates, DJ Workshop, Djembe/Drums, Flamenco Indalo.
There will also be a children’s area, Live Street Art, Street Performers, YouthTalks, food vendors, market stalls.

A timetable for all these events and also the stage times is here.
Admission is free.

www.bluefiredublin.ie/bluefire-street-fest-bfsf15.html

Guided Forest Ecotherapy Walks

12:00 – 15:00, Sat 19 Sep

Carrickgollogan Wood, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Join this relaxing stroll through woodland and learn about trees and the health benefits gained from reconnecting with nature. Sturdy footwear recommended. Leaders: Shirley Gleeson and Diarmuid McAree, Crann ‘Trees for Ireland’

Admission is free and no booking required. Meet at the Carrickgollogan Wood Car Park.

events.dlrcoco.ie/event/exploring-nature-dlr-biodiversity-events

Ha’penny Flea Market

12:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Sep

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/

Oktoberfest 2015

12:00, Sat 19 Sep

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 17 Sept – 04 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that, but have we heard of any other events or pubs where you need to buy meal vouchers?

I get my yearly fix of Bavarian food at the Oktoberfest. The Schweinshaxn (pigs trotter) is a must for me, but just once a year. ;-)

www.oktoberfest-dublin.de/

Ranelagh Arts Festival

12:00, Sat 19 Sep

Ranelagh (various locations)

The Ranelagh Arts Festival continues with a mixture of free and non-free events and the complete list is here: www.ranelagharts.org/upcoming-events/4588261656

SECRET – Nothing To See Here – Science Gallery Exhibition

12:00 – 18:00, Sat 19 Sep

Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2

The current exhibition in the Science Gallery (08 Aug – 01 Nov) is called “SECRET – Nothing To See Here” and explores Privacy, Surveillance and Espionage.

Once again it is a really interesting exhibition, that has some intriguing, fascinating and revealing exhibits. Be prepared to do a good bit of reading to understand the background of the exhibits OR get one of the well informed and extremely helpful mediators to explain the details to you.

I would say that SECRET is for a slightly older audience (maybe 16+), but there are plenty of things that younger children will get as well if you make the effort to explain it to them.

From an airport-style security conveyor belt that records what you have in your pocket; via a Wifi traffic eavesdropping device (Transparency Grenade); a secret handshake training device; books full of stolen passwords (you might find yours!?); a Crypto Bar where you can download cryptographic software, a privacy wall that hides your identity to an installation with notepads where the lines are microprinted lists of Iraqi civilian victims of the Iraq war, you will find lots of interesting secrets.

The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00, so there are no excuses! ;-) Admission is free.

dublin.sciencegallery.com/secret/

Anderson – Live Album Launch

13:00, Sat 19 Sep

Tower Records Ireland, 7 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Tower Records are launching the live album “Patterns” of Irish singer songwriter Anderson on Saturday and Anderson will perform live in-store at 13:00.

www.towerrecords.ie/viewnews.asp?id=260

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Sat 19 Sep

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/

Hodges Figgis Book Festival

13:00, Sat 19 Sep

Hodges Figgis, 56-58 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

The Hodges Figgis Book Festival is running since Monday and today is the last day. There are a few more events today and all are free. Today you can experience:

+ 13:00 Take a trip around Dublin landmarks with Nicola Colton’s beautifully illustrated children’s book A Dublin Fairytale, combining colourful characters and creatures from the fairytale realm.
+ 14:00 Incorporate simple mindfulness practices into our everyday lives with Pádraig O’Moráin’s Mindfulness on the Go: Peace in your Pocket.
+ 15:30 Teen angst and madcap adventures from the Big Smoke Writing Factory, a workshop showcasing ‘The Inner & Outer Child’, including readings of original creative writing from Big Smoke’s brightest up-and-coming young authors.
+ 16:30 “Ireland’s Japanese Cuisine Queen” Fiona Uyema demonstrates Japanese cooking techniques from her forthcoming cookbook Japanese Food Made Easy.

www.hodgesfiggis.ie

Ranelagh Walking Trail

14:00, Sat 19 Sep

Ranelagh (various locations)

Part of the Ranelagh Arts Festival, the “The Ranelagh Walking Trail” is a Let’s Walk & Talk event on Saturday.

“Absorb the atmosphere of the Ranelagh Arts Festival as local historian, Sally Corcoran takes you on a tour through the heart of one of Dublin’s most charming and vibrant villages. Hear about the Ranelagh Pleasure Gardens, the notorious Massacre of Cullenswood and lots more!

Admission is free. Meet at Ranelagh Triangle, Ranelagh Village, Dublin 6.

www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-community-community-and-social-development-service/lets-walk-and-talk

“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour

14:30 – 16:30, Sat 19 Sep

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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/

Dublin City Liffey Swim

14:30 – 16:30, Sat 19 Sep

Victoria Quay, Dublin 8

The 96th Dublin City Liffey Swim, a swimming competition with a long history, takes place this Saturday.

More than 400 men and women will swim the 2200m long course from Watlin Bridge on the Victoria Quay side (near the Guinness Brewery) to Custom House. The men’s race starts at 14:30 and the women’s race at 15:30.

The swim is categorised as an Open Sea Swim because the swimmers have to deal with Salt Water, the tide (a very high 3.6m tide this year) and they are not allowed to wear Wet Suits.

Admission is free for supporters. You can cheer the swimmers on and even follow them from the Start to the Finish line if you wish.

Some of you might know the painting that depicts the Liffey Swim; In 1993 Jack B Yeats painted the Liffey Swim and his painting is now in the National Gallery.

leinsteropensea.ie/96th-dublin-city-liffey-swim-this-saturday-19th-september/

Sculpture in Chaos – Children’s Workshop

14:30 – 16:30, Sat 19 Sep

National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

A series of fun drop-in workshops will take place on Saturdays during the Sculpture in Context exhibition in the new Children’s Garden. Children from 6 years of age can make a dragonfly, butterfly or unique piece of their own, using simple, natural and recycled materials.

Admission is free. The event takes place in the Education Garden.

www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm

Family Workshop – National Gallery

15:00 – 16:00, Sat 19 Sep

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

“Happy Land” is the theme of the free family workshop for 4-10 year olds in the National Gallery. Admission is free and booking is not required but places are limited.

nationalgallery.ie/en/whatson/Families/Family_Programme/19-September.aspx

Through Sculpture in Context – Guided Walk

15:00, Sat 19 Sep

National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Every Saturday for the duration of the Sculpture in Context exhibition, you will have the opportunity to join one of the artists for a guided tour and gain an insight into this contemporary art form.

www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm

Plant Partners – Guided Walk

16:00, Sat 19 Sep

National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Plant Partners is a Guided Walk and the National Botanic Gardens describes it like this:

“Plants support the life of all animals on Earth. From our native creatures such as the pine marten, to tropical apes such as the orangutan, learn about the surprising and intriguing partnerships that exist between plants and animals. This walk and talk will illustrate intricate interdependencies of both exotic and native species. – The tour is also available in trail form, which can be picked up daily at the Visitor Centre desk.”

www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm

Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers – Star Gazing

20:00, Sat 19 Sep

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

The Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers meet in Clontarf on the seafront car park, on Clontarf Road, opposite the Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club for a public star-gazing. Members bring along their telescopes and share the wonders of the night-sky with you. Admission is free.

The event is weather dependent, so check www.irishastrosoc.org/events/events.htm after 18:00 on the night in the case of poor weather, to check if it is going ahead.

www.irishastrosoc.org/events/events.htm

Gangsters – Gig

20:00, Sat 19 Sep

Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

The Harbour Bar writes: “The Gangsters play a solid, 2-Tone influenced brand of ska, tastefully accented with bright horns, smooth keys, and blue-eyed-soulful vocals.”

Admission is free.

www.theharbourbar.ie/whats-on/event/gangsters-event

Saturday Night Live – The Wine Cave

20:00 – 22:30, Sat 19 Sep

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

This is a weekly Saturday night live music event event downstairs in the Wine Cave of KC Peaches Cafe. Food will be served until 21:30 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

Being Wrong is Right with Robert Coyle – Comedy

20:30 – 21:30, Sat 19 Sep

Accents Coffee & Tea Lounge, 23 Stephen Street Lower, Dublin 2

Robert Coyle is performing his new show “Being Wrong is Right with Robert Coyle” in Accents Cafe.

Doors open at 20:00, the show starts at 20:30 and finishes at 22:00.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

www.facebook.com/events/1485701661750466/

Jazz at Flanagan’s

21:00, Sat 19 Sep

Flanagan’s Piano Bar (Basement), 61 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

Flanagan’s are opening a new live music venue this week and it is a piano bar that will have live jazz every Friday and Saturday.

On Saturday Adrian Dazz (vocals) will perform.

Admission is free.

www.flanagansdublin.com/

Jazz on the Green

21:00 – 23:30, Sat 19 Sep

The Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin, St. Stephen’s Green

Jazz on the Green is now provided every Saturday in the bar of the Fitzwilliam Hotel. Admission is free.

This week Liza Nelson (vocals) will perform.

www.fitzwilliamhoteldublin.com/

Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard

21:00, Sat 19 Sep

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

The Dodgy Few – Gig

22:30, Sat 19 Sep

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

The Dodgy Few (ska & rocksteady) are playing in Whelan’s as part of the Canalaphonic Festival. Admission is free before 22:30

www.whelanslive.com/index.php/live-from-the-window-canalaphonic-special-w-the-dodgy-few/

Delorean – Back to the Eighties – Gig

23:55, Sat 19 Sep

The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

80s Tribute Band “Delorean” will be in the Mezz for a gig. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/mezzdublin

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Belgard Weekend Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

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

Farmleigh House Food Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

Farmleigh House, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15

The Farmleigh House Food Market takes place on Sunday and from 14:00-16:00 there will also be Country & Western music on the bandstand with Matt & Paul Leavy.

www.farmleigh.ie/events/Title,34471,en.html

Jamestown Market

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

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

Living History Weekend – Phoenix Park

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8

There will be a ‘Living History’ weekend at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on Saturday 19 + Sunday 20 September.

Military Life from the Viking Era, Age of Chivalry, Napoleonic War, American Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam will all be featured.

Admission is free.

www.phoenixpark.ie/newsevents/title,35121,en.html

Marlay Park Market

10:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Sep

Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

The County Council Market (CoCo) in Marlay Park is taking place every Saturday and Sunday. You will find a wide range of products. There will be food to eat there and food to cook at home but also crafts and arts and books and lots more.

www.dlrcoco.ie/markets

Merrion Square Open Air Gallery

10:00 – 18:30, Sun 20 Sep

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/

Sculpture in Context – Exhibition

10:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Sculpture in Context is Ireland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and it is a brilliant exhibition in the beautiful surroundings of the National Botanic Gardens, Some of Ireland’s best artists are showing new work and the sculptures are displayed throughout the gardens, ponds, Great Palm House and Curvilinear Range, with the smaller works exhibited in the in the gallery in the Visitors Centre.

On Saturdays you will have the opportunity to join the artists for a guided tour through the exhibits.

The exhibition opened on 03 Sept and will run until Fri 16 October.

www.sculptureincontext.com/

Brocante Furniture & Vintage Market

11:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

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

The Brocante Market will take place on Sun. It is a collection of antiques, furniture, vintage jewellery, collectables and curiosities from the past and present, second-hand, refurbished, antique and hand-crafted stuff for your house and garden.

If you are an interior designer or just have and eye for style and are looking for a special piece or maybe a bargain then this is the market for you. The market is held every 3rd Sunday of the month.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/thebrocantemarket

Dun Laoghaire Market

11:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Sep

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/

Mateada Colectiva em Dublin – Drink Mate in Dublin

11:00 – 18:00, Sun 20 Sep

Bandstand, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

Mate is the caffeine-rich South American tea-like drink that is consumed through a silver “straw” from a calabash gourd and – as far as I understand – a “mateada colectiva” is a Mass-Mate-Drinking session. It is a meeting of South American Mate drinkers in Stephen’s Green and everybody is welcome. However, you need to bring your Mate and all implements yourself.

I think the Mate drinking is just an “excuse/justification” for the South Americans in Dublin to meet-up on a Sunday afternoon, so don’t worry too much if you just want to meet nice people and Mate is not your thing. ;-)

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/402968116578383/

Model Engineering – Exhibition

11:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

The Dublin Society of Model And Experimental Engineers (DSMEE) will be running an exhibition of model engineering in the Orangery, Marlay Park on Sunday.

The exhibition will feature a variety of aspects of model engineering including trains, steam engines, clocks and boats. Members of the Society will explain the models and answer your queries. The Orangery is located in the walled Garden of Marlay Park and can be accessed through the café in the Park. It will also be signposted. Admission is free.

www.dsmee.ie/

Palestrina Choir

11:00, Sun 20 Sep

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

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Sun 20 Sep

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 20 Sep

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/

Oktoberfest 2015

12:00, Sun 20 Sep

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 17 Sept – 04 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that, but have we heard of any other events or pubs where you need to buy meal vouchers?

I get my yearly fix of Bavarian food at the Oktoberfest. The Schweinshaxn (pigs trotter) is a must for me, but just once a year. ;-)

www.oktoberfest-dublin.de/

Ranelagh Arts Festival

12:00, Sun 20 Sep

Ranelagh (various locations)

The Ranelagh Arts Festival continues with a mixture of free and non-free events and the complete list is here: www.ranelagharts.org/upcoming-events/4588261656

SECRET – Nothing To See Here – Science Gallery Exhibition

12:00 – 18:00, Sun 20 Sep

Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2

The current exhibition in the Science Gallery (08 Aug – 01 Nov) is called “SECRET – Nothing To See Here” and explores Privacy, Surveillance and Espionage.

Once again it is a really interesting exhibition, that has some intriguing, fascinating and revealing exhibits. Be prepared to do a good bit of reading to understand the background of the exhibits OR get one of the well informed and extremely helpful mediators to explain the details to you.

I would say that SECRET is for a slightly older audience (maybe 16+), but there are plenty of things that younger children will get as well if you make the effort to explain it to them.

From an airport-style security conveyor belt that records what you have in your pocket; via a Wifi traffic eavesdropping device (Transparency Grenade); a secret handshake training device; books full of stolen passwords (you might find yours!?); a Crypto Bar where you can download cryptographic software, a privacy wall that hides your identity to an installation with notepads where the lines are microprinted lists of Iraqi civilian victims of the Iraq war, you will find lots of interesting secrets.

The Science Gallery has very visitor friendly opening hours of Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00 and Sat+Sun 12:00-18:00, so there are no excuses! ;-) Admission is free.

dublin.sciencegallery.com/secret/

Sunday at Noon – Classical Concerts

12:00 – 13:00, Sun 20 Sep

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 will feature Elizabeth Cooney (violin) and, Finghin Collins (piano) performing pieces from Schubert and Szymanowski.

Elizabeth Cooney, violin

Finghin Collins, piano

www.hughlane.ie

Low priced books with free delivery!

13:00, Sun 20 Sep

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!

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!

The September Bernard Shaw Flea

13:00 – 19:00, Sun 20 Sep

The Bernard Shaw, 12 Richmond Street South, Dublin 8

The Bernard Shaw Flea Market will have stalls inside and outside (covered). There will be bargains, new and second hand items on sale, music will entertain you and you can get your food from the Big Blue Bus.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/812790112170112/

Clean Coasts Big Clean

14:00, Sun 20 Sep

Dublin (various locations)

Coastal clean ups will be taking place in over 92 countries over the weekend as part of the International Coastal Clean Up run by the Ocean Conservancy for which An Taisce is the national coordinator for Ireland.

In the Greater Dublin area, the following clean ups are organised on Saturday and Sunday:

+ Portmarnock: 19 Sept at 10:00 – Meet at the kiosk on Portmarnock seafront
+ Dollymount Strand: 19 Sept at 11:00 – Meet at the Wooden Bridge to Bull Island
+ Sandycove Beach: 19 Sept at 11:00 – Meet at the Sandycove Park
+ Killiney Beach South: 19 Sept at 14:00 – Meet beside the metal bridge over the Deansgrange River
+ Sandymount Beach: 20 Sept at 14:00 – Meet at the car park

Find the map with all events and their details here.

cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/big-beach-clean/

Dublin Sketchers – Sunday Meet-up

14:00, Sun 20 Sep

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/

German Navy Sail Training Ship “Gorch Fock”

14:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2

The Sail Training Ship “Gorch Fock” of the German Navy will be in Dublin from 04-21 September. It is anchored at Sir Rogerson’s Quay and you can visit the ship on Sunday 20 Sept from 14:00-17:00. Admission is free and booking is not required.

All relevant information about the ship can be found on the website below.

www.dublin.diplo.de/Vertretung/dublin/en/02/Botschafter__und__Abteilungen/Events/Gorch-Fock-Press-Kit.html

Stella Bass Jazz Trio

14:00 – 16:00, Sun 20 Sep

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 20 Sep

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

80: A Memoir – Pauline Bewick – Book Signing

15:00, Sun 20 Sep

Dubray Books, 36 Grafton Street, Dublin 2

“80: A Memoir” by Pauline Bewick is a memoir by one of Ireland’s most remarkable artists. Pauline Bewick will be signing copies of her book in Dubray Books.

Admission is free.

www.dubraybooks.ie/news-and-events

Museum Tour – National Print Museum

15:00 – 16:30, Sun 20 Sep

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

National Gallery Sunday Lecture

15:00 – 15:45, Sun 20 Sep

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

“Conservation of the Italian gilded frame for Tintoretto’s ‘Venice'” with Monika Nowocinskia, National Gallery of Ireland Conservation Department, is the Sunday lecture in the National Gallery.

Admission is free.

nationalgallery.ie/en/whatson/Talks/Sunday_Talks/September20.aspx

Brian Keary plays Classical Guitar

16:00 – 17:00, Sun 20 Sep

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

Proteus Jazz Band – Gig

17:00, Sun 20 Sep

The Hot Spot Music Club, Beach House, Cliff Rd, Greystones, Co. Wicklow

The Proteus Jazz Band, a 6 piece band with Aran McMahon on vocals will be playing music from Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Oliver Nelson and Herbie Hancock and from the boss nova era.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

thehotspot.ie/

Sweeney’s Dixieland Jazzmen

18:30 – 20:30, Sun 20 Sep

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

Jawbone – Acoustic Folk & Blues Night

19:00 – 21:00, Sun 20 Sep

Arthur’s Pub, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8

At the Jawbone Gig night in Arthur’s Pub, Acoustic Folk & Blues will be performed every Sunday. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/pages/Jawbone-Dublin-Acoustic-Folk-Blues-Commune/724102984268967

www.facebook.com/ArthursPub

Gardiner Street Gospel Choir Mass

19:30 – 20:30, Sun 20 Sep

St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street, Dublin 1

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir sings every Sunday from September to June at their “Gig in God’s Gaff”, a Mass in St. Francis Xavier Church at the top of Gardiner Street near the junction with Dorset Street.

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 or your relationship with the Catholic Church in other contexts.

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

The Song Room – Gig Night

20:00, Sun 20 Sep

Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

The Song Room will bring some of the best unsigned acoustic artists to Bray. Admission is free,

www.theharbourbar.ie/whats-on/event/the-song-room-presents4

Apollo Sessions

20:30, Sun 20 Sep

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

Comedy Crunch

21:00 – 00:00, Sun 20 Sep

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

Rhythm Rocker

21:00, Sun 20 Sep

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 20 Sep

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/

Cool Hand Dukes

22:00, Sun 20 Sep

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

The Dublin Blues Cartel – Gig

22:30, Sun 20 Sep

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-32/

Weedway – Gig

23:00, Sun 20 Sep

The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Weedway will be playing Reggae in the Mezz. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/mezzdublin

Monday 21 Sep

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Public Meditation and Group Hug for World Peace Day

08:00, Mon 21 Sep

Bandstand, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

For World Peace Day, a public 10 minute meditation followed by a Group Hug will take place at the Bandstand in St. Stephen’s Green.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/515041792004921/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Mon 21 Sep

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

Oktoberfest 2015

12:00, Mon 21 Sep

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 17 Sept – 04 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

www.oktoberfest-dublin.de/

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Mon 21 Sep

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/

Idea to Invention – Talk

13:00 – 14:00, Mon 21 Sep

Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1

“Idea to Invention – What you need to know to Cash In on Your Inspiration” with Patricia Nolan (US Inventor / Entrepreneur) is the next lecture in the Business Library of the Central Library. Admission is free and booking is not necessary.

www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/september-business

ISIS, the Caliphate and History – Talk

18:30, Mon 21 Sep

Swords Library, Rathbeale Road, Swords

“ISIS, the Caliphate and History” is a talk by Ronan Stewart about the history of the caliphate in a balanced way, examining myths of western and Islamic history in the process.

Admission is free.

Candlelit Tales – Storytelling

19:00, Mon 21 Sep

Stag’s Head, Dame Lane, Dublin 2

Candlelit Tales is a monthly Storytelling event that focuses on Irish legend, mythology and folk tales. It is organised by Aron and Sorcha Hegarty and takes place in the Stag’s Head (upstairs). The next event is on Monday and has the theme “Educating Heroes”.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

www.facebook.com/events/1492452724382947/

Song Cycle

20:00, Mon 21 Sep

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

Al Porter’s Comedy Shed

20:30, Mon 21 Sep

Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1

Every Monday the Woolshed Bad hosts “Al Porter’s Comedy Shed”. Admission is free.

www.woolshedbaa.com/dublin/

Comedy Crunch

21:00 – 23:00, Mon 21 Sep

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

Jazz Jam Session – Grand Social

21:00, Mon 21 Sep

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

Trad Sessions

21:00 – 23:30, Mon 21 Sep

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

An Open Trad Music Session is taking place every Monday in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

dublinsessions.ie/mother-reillys/

Donal Kirk & Anto Drennan – Gig

21:30, Mon 21 Sep

JJ Smith’s Jazz & Blues Club, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2

Donal Kirk and Anto Drennan are playing music from Lowell George Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Free, Bad Company, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Beatles, Bobby Bland, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Etta James, Elvis, Ry Cooder, Dobie Gray, Guy Clarke, early ZZ Top, Dave Edmunds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson.

Admission is free.

www.jjsmyths.com/gigs/mondays/760-donal-kirk-and-jimmy-smyth-2.html?month=8&year=2015

Tuesday 22 Sep

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National Gallery Tuesday Lecture

10:30 – 11:15, Tue 22 Sep

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

“Advancing towards 2016: refurbishment & rehanging of the NGI” with Sean Rainbird, Director, National Gallery of Ireland, is the topic of the Tuesday Lecture.

Admission is free and no booking is required.

nationalgallery.ie/en/whatson/Talks/Tuesday_Talks/September22.aspx

“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour

11:30 – 13:30, Tue 22 Sep

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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Tue 22 Sep

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

Oktoberfest 2015

12:00, Tue 22 Sep

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 17 Sept – 04 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

www.oktoberfest-dublin.de/

Genealogy at Lunchtime – Talks

13:00, Tue 22 Sep

National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

In August and September a series of talks introducing a broad range of topics in Irish family history will take place in the National Library every Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13:00-14:00. Booking is not required and admission is free.

+ 22 Sept: “Sport and the Everyday in Ireland” with Speaker Paul Rouse (NUI Dublin)

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

James Franklin Fuller – architect or genealogist? – Lecture

13:15 – 14:00, Tue 22 Sep

Irish Architectural Archives, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

James Franklin Fuller (1835-1924) was an outstanding architect. He was responsible for some of Ireland’s best-known buildings – Kylemore Abbey, Ashford Castle, Parknasilla and Farmleigh are all his, but while many Irish people would recognise one or more of these, very few indeed could name their architect.

To mark the 180th anniversary of his birth, the Irish Architectural Archive are showing an exhibition and will host a lecture about the life and legacy of this prominent Irish Architect.

The lecture is on 22 Sept. Admission is free and no booking required, but places are limited.

The exhibition will be on show from 11 Sept-31 Oct. Admission is free as well.

www.pivotdublin.com/event/james-franklin-fuller-architect-or-genealogist/

The Winning Mindset for Jobseekers – Workshop

14:00 – 15:00, Tue 22 Sep

Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1

“The Winning Mindset – a Workshop for Jobseekers” with Ebun Joseph (Training and Employment Officer, BITC) will take place on Tuesday. Admission is free and no booking required.

www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-events/september-business

Saving Lives with Data – The potential of big data in Irish medicine

18:00 – 19:15, Tue 22 Sep

Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2

To launch Discover Research Dublin 2015, Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute will host a discussion on the huge potential of big data in medicine.

From DNA sequence data to recovery rates to hospital records, an integrated data-driven approach could revolutionise the Irish healthcare system.

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

dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2015/08/savinglivesdatapotentialbigdatairishmedicine

Italian Poet Valerio Magrelli – In conversation

18:30, Tue 22 Sep

Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2

Italian Poet Valerio Magrelli will be in conversation with Clarissa Botsford. Admission is free. Readings will be in English and Italian.

Valerio Magrelli is the author of six poetry collections, for which he has won the Mondello Prize, the Viareggio Prize for poetry, and the prestigious Montale Prize.

Clarissa Botsford studied Italian at Cambridge and Comparative Education in London before moving to Rome, Italy. She teaches English and Translation Studies at Rome University and translates contemporary Italian fiction and poetry.

www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=650&citta=Dublino

Dublin Bluegrass Collective – Gig

20:00, Tue 22 Sep

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

Ukulele Tuesday

20:00 – 22:00, Tue 22 Sep

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

Blue Moon Folk and Blues – Gig

20:30, Tue 22 Sep

The Beerhouse, 84.5 Capel Street, Dublin 1

Live sessions with the Blue Moon Folk and Blues Collective are taking place every Tuesday at the Beerhouse. Admission is free.

www.beerhousedublin.com/

The Folk Club

20:30, Tue 22 Sep

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

Comedy Crunch

21:00 – 23:00, Tue 22 Sep

Stag’s Head (downstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2

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

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

Pete Cummins – Gig

21:00, Tue 22 Sep

Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4

Pete Cummins, Grammy award winning songwriter will play songs from his album “Crooked Highways”. Every Monday he and his band will be in the Leeson Lounge. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Leeson-Lounge/114810058553792

Phoenix Big Band

21:00 – 23:00, Tue 22 Sep

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

Sober Lane Pub Quiz

21:00, Tue 22 Sep

Sober Lane D4, 82 Irishtown Road, Dublin 4

Every week there is a free pub quiz in Sober Lane, the new-ish pub in Irishtown. There are lots of other weekly events happening there too, check them out here.

www.soberlane.com/

The Lounge Quintet – Jazz Gig

21:00, Tue 22 Sep

Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4

The Lounge Quintet plays this gig every Tuesday: Jazz Standards, Latin and Bebop. Often guest musicians and singers join them. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Leeson-Lounge/114810058553792

Camden Sessions – Singer/Songwriter Night

21:30, Tue 22 Sep

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

International Bar Jazz Night

21:30, Tue 22 Sep

The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

www.international-bar.com/jazz/

Wednesday 23 Sep

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Cafe Drawing Session – Rua Red

11:00, Wed 23 Sep

Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, D24

Did you ever want to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? The Creative Den in Rua Red runs free weekly drawing sessions on Wednesdays at 11:00 (02, 09, 16, 23, 30 Sept).

ruared.ie/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Wed 23 Sep

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

Oktoberfest 2015

12:00, Wed 23 Sep

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 17 Sept – 04 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

www.oktoberfest-dublin.de/

Archive at Lunchtime – IFI

13:00, Wed 23 Sep

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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13:00, Wed 23 Sep

Dublin (various locations)

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Heroes or Traitors? Experiences of Southern Irish Soldiers Returning from the Great War 1919-1939 – Talk

16:00, Wed 23 Sep

Trinity Long Room Hub, Fellows’ Square, Trinity College, Dublin 2

The Centre for Contemporary Irish History Research Seminars series will begin the new university term at on Wednesday 23 September 2015 with a lecture by Dr Paul Taylor (Oxford) on “Heroes or Traitors? Experiences of Southern Irish Soldiers Returning from the Great War 1919-1939”.

Find out some more details on the website below.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events/details/2015/centreforcontemporaryirishhist2015_16.php

Havana International Language Exchange

16:30 – 19:30, Wed 23 Sep

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

The Waterford Municipal Art Collection -Talk

17:30, Wed 23 Sep

RHA Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin 2

The lecture “Sinclair’s Dream: The Waterford Municipal Art Collection” by Dr. Peter Jordan will give an account of how the Waterford Municipal Art Collection came about.

Admission to the lecture is free. A voluntasy donation of EUR 5 would be appreciated (in the glass box in the foyer).

www.rhagallery.ie/lectures/sinclairs-dream-the-waterford-municipal-art-collection/

Spanish theatre – Performance

18:30, Wed 23 Sep

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

“Contemporary scenes and classic monologues of Spanish theatre” is the title of this performance of the Dublin Cervantes Theatre Club.

dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha102243_16_2.htm

Back Door Sessions – Open Mic Night

19:00, Wed 23 Sep

Sweeney Mongrel’s, 32 Dame Street, Dublin 2

This is an open mic night every Wednesday. Arrive, sign up and play. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/sweeneysbar

Mervyn Wall: Appreciations and Reminiscences

19:00, Wed 23 Sep

National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Swan River Press hosts an appreciation of the work of Mervyn Wall. Mervyn Wall (1908-1997) was born in Rathmines, was secretary of the Arts Council from 1957-1975 and wrote plays and novels.

This event will include a discussion on the writings of Mervyn Wall with Maurice Harmon, Val Mulkerns, Patricia Craig, and Aileen Wall along with readings from his work.

Admission is free.

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

Brand New Switcheroo – Roots Gig

20:00, Wed 23 Sep

Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

The Roots Band “Brand New Switcharoo” will perform in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

www.theharbourbar.ie/whats-on/event/

Anseo Comedy Club

20:30, Wed 23 Sep

Anseo, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2

The Anseo Comedy Club, run by comedian Aidan Killian, takes place every Wednesday in Anseo (upstairs).

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

www.facebook.com/StandUpComedyClub

The Song Room (open mic)

20:30, Wed 23 Sep

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 23 Sep

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 23 Sep

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

Los Paradiso – Gig

21:00, Wed 23 Sep

Leeson Lounge, 148 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4

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

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Leeson-Lounge/114810058553792

Jazz Pigs – Gig

21:30, Wed 23 Sep

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

Trad Session

21:30, Wed 23 Sep

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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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Tour

11:00, Thu 24 Sep

Grangegorman Cemetery, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7

Every Thursday 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

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Thu 24 Sep

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

Oktoberfest 2015

12:00, Thu 24 Sep

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 17 Sept – 04 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

www.oktoberfest-dublin.de/

The Green Door Market

12:00 – 16:00, Thu 24 Sep

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

Genealogy at Lunchtime – Talks

13:00, Thu 24 Sep

National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

In August and September a series of talks introducing a broad range of topics in Irish family history will take place in the National Library every Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13:00-14:00. Booking is not required and admission is free.

+ 24 Sept: “Family history and its role in Irish culture”

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

18th Century Dublin Theatre – Talk

13:10, Thu 24 Sep

Chester Beatty Library, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

The Lunchtime Lecture “Entertainment as well to the Broom man as the Greatest Peer: 18th Century Dublin Theatre” with Professor Chris Morash (Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, Trinity College Dublin) will take place.

Admission is free and no booking required.

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

Brazilian Dance – Forró

18:00, Thu 24 Sep

D-One Bar, 89 Capel Street, Dublin 1

A weekly Forro Night (Brazilian Dance) with a Forro Live Band takes place in the D-One Bar & Brazilian Grill every Thursday.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/donebardublin

Girl Geek Dinner

18:00 – 20:00, Thu 24 Sep

Science Gallery, Pearse Street, TCD, Dublin 2

Girl Geek Dinners are a chance for ladies in technology to get together, enjoy some nice food and drinks and have fun meeting other women in their field.

Admission is free, but you need to register for this free event here. Men are allowed to come but only when invited by a woman, check the rules on the website below.

This month Fiona Swan from Riot Games will be speaking at the event, which is sponsored by SAP.

dublin.sciencegallery.com/events/2015/09/girlgeekdinners

Little Museum of Dublin – Free Admission Thursday

18:00 – 20:00, Thu 24 Sep

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

On Thursdays from 18:00-20:00, the Little Museum of Dublin waives all admission charges thanks to sponsor Guinness.

Visit the museum and find out lots more about Dublin.

www.littlemuseum.ie/

NC Lawlor – Gig

18:00 – 20:00, Thu 24 Sep

The Palace Nightclub, 84 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 8

NC Lawlor will be in the Planet Murphy Beer Garden in the Palace Nightclub for a monthly gig. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/planetmurphys

Spanish Film Screening: Un Gran Desorden Bajo El Cielo

18:00, Thu 24 Sep

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

The Spanish Film “Un Gran Desorden Bajo El Cielo / A great disorder under heaven” will be screened in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free.

dublin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha99693_16_2.htm

In Focus – The Renaissance –

18:30 – 19:30, Thu 24 Sep

National Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin 2

At this free public event in the National Gallery, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Junior Minister for New Communities, Culture, Equality and Drugs Strategy will launch the online learning resources on the Renaissance in the National Gallery.

This will be followed by an introduction to the online resources, the first screening of a specially-commissioned short animation on the Renaissance, and an illustrated talk on the Italian Renaissance by Dr Philip Cottrell, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, UCD.

nationalgallery.ie/en/whatson/Talks/24_September.aspx

Start or Grow your Business – Business Lectures

18:30 – 20:00, Thu 24 Sep

Central Library, Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1

Twice every year, the Central Library together with the Local Enterprise Office in Dublin City are running a series of six free Business Lectures for everybody who wants to start or grow a business. The lectures will cover subjects such as the characteristics needed to run and fund your business. Digital marketing strategies and writing business plans will also be included.

They will take place on Thursdays from 18:30-20:00 between 24 September and 29 October.

Admission is free, but booking is required here. All topics and speakers are listed on that same website, but to make it easier for you, they are also here:

24 Sept: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur – How You Can Create and Produce Ideas
01 Oct: Creating the best Business Plan for your Business
08 Oct: Market Research Skills – What You Need To Do To Be Successful
15 Oct: Business Online – Having A Digital Plan To Help You Increase Sales
22 Oct: Financial Grants, Supports and ServicesTo Assist Your Start Up Business
29 Oct: Essential Supports for Entrepreneurs – Who’s Out There To Help You

www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/Start-or-Grow-your-Business/Starting-a-Business/Library-Talks/

Stephen McKenna and Richard Demarco – In conversation

18:45, Thu 24 Sep

Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1

Artists Stephen McKenna (who currenly exhibits “Perspectives of Europe” in the Hugh Lane Gallery) and Richard Demarco (Visual and Performing Arts artist from Scotland) will talk about Stephen McKenna’s exhibition that features a group of McKenna’s portraits of cities and landscapes from the last thirty five years.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/854555561297375/

Moon Watch – Astronomy Ireland

19:00, Thu 24 Sep

Astronomy Ireland, Unit H4 Centrepoint, Rosemount Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

Some of the most powerful telescopes in Ireland will be set up to give you and your family and friends the chance to view the Moon in spectacular close-up detail. There will also be free posters, back issues of the Astronomy Ireland magazine and great offers.

If cloudy, a telescope exhibition and workshop will be held demonstrating how to use telescopes.

Admission is free.

www.astronomy.ie/moonwatchsept2015.php

The Xchange – Language Exchange

19:00, Thu 24 Sep

Czech Inn, Essex Gate, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Every Thursday, the Xchange invites to a Language Exchange (19:00-20:30). Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Xchange/1472043553072435

“My Favourites” – Dublin City Walking Tour – Night Walk

19:30 – 21:30, Thu 24 Sep

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 myfavouritesdublincitywalktour@gmail.com or 085-2725095

www.dublincitywalkingtours.com/

Ben Reel – Gig

20:00, Thu 24 Sep

Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

Ben Reel, one of Northern Ireland’s best American Roots musicians is playing Acoustic/Rock/Blues/Soul/Roots in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

www.theharbourbar.ie/whats-on/event/ben-reel-event

Dimestore Recordings presents

20:00, Thu 24 Sep

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

Table Quiz Thursday – Grand Social

20:00 – 23:00, Thu 24 Sep

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

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

Admission is free.

www.thegrandsocial.ie/event/table-quiz-thursdays/2015-02-12/

Singer Songwriter Night – Mother Reilly’s

21:00, Thu 24 Sep

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

Every Thursday 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

Brady’s Fun Pub Quiz

21:30, Thu 24 Sep

Brady’s Pub, 5 Terenure Place, Terenure, Dublin 6

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

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

www.facebook.com/pages/Bradys-Pub-Terenure/138965189474826

Cabin Sessions – Dundrum – Gig

21:30, Thu 24 Sep

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Rosemount, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14

The Cabin Sessions are a monthly gig night in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Dundrum, Dublin 14.

The Cabin Crew (Spats Davenport, Con Butler, Gerry Fitzpatrick, Enda O’Connor), featuring Cathy McEvoy (fdl), Christian Volkmann (hca), Richard Hawkins (bjo), Dave Hardy (sax/clt.

Special guests this month are Mark Lysaght & Joe Toolan (trad), Emma Butler (contemporary), Jak Jones (contemporary).

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cabin-Sessions-Acoustic-Music-at-its-Finest/172602396180287

International Bar Jazz Night

21:30, Thu 24 Sep

The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2

Every Tuesday and Thursday the International Bar invites to a Jazz night in the Lounge.

Groups led by Cote Calmet, Sean Maynard Smith, Dominic Mullan, Paddy Groenland, Georgia Cusack & Alex Mathias are performing regularly with occasional guest players, but there are also other bands from all over.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of EUR 5. The website clearly says that there is no entry fee, but – and that makes a lot of sense – that your donations are very much appreciated (Musicians need to pay for rent and food too!) Be generous after the gig if you liked it, but if someone wants to charge an admission charge, please point out that the “rules” as described on their website are like I have explained.

www.international-bar.com/jazz/

Left, Right & Centre – Blues+Soul

21:30, Thu 24 Sep

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

McLoughlin’s Trad Night

21:30, Thu 24 Sep

McLoughlin’s Bar, 73 Upper George’s Street, Dun Laoghaire

A weekly Trad Music Night is taking place in McLoughlin’s in Dun Laoghaire. It is an acoustic night and all musicians are welcome. Admission is free.

www.mcloughlinsbar.ie

McNeills Trad Music Pub Sessions

21:30, Thu 24 Sep

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

Woolshed Karaoke

21:30, Thu 24 Sep

Woolshed Bar & Grill, Parnell Street, Dublin 1

The Woolshed Karaoke is happening every Thursday from 21:30. Anyone can participate! Admission is free.

www.woolshedbaa.com/dublin/

State Lights – Gig

22:30, Thu 24 Sep

Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

“State Lights” are performing a gig in Whelan’s on Thursday and admission is free before 22:30.

www.whelanslive.com/index.php/midnight-hour-w-state-lights/

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People’s Art Exhibition

11:00 – 17:00, Fri 25 Sep

St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

Five times this year the “People’s Art 2015″ exhibition will take place. It is an art exhibition on the rails/fence of St. Stephen’s Green.

(If you want to exhibit at one of the events in the future, check the website for cost and conditions.)

Visiting the People’s Art Exhibition is free and you will be able to admire (and buy) a huge amount of art works. The event starts close to 11:00 and typically finishes around 17:00, it runs from Friday until Sunday with the main activity on Saturday and Sunday.

People’s Art Dublin is a voluntary, part time, non profit making group, brought together by Dublin City Council to promote the visual arts to the public of Dublin. A huge variety of art/paintings are displayed and if the weather is nice it is a great art-filled stroll around Stephen’s Green. Definitely recommended!

www.peoplesart.ie/

National Gallery Talks

11:30 – 16:50, Fri 25 Sep

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

Oktoberfest 2015

12:00, Fri 25 Sep

George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1

The hugely popular Oktoberfest in Dublin takes place from 17 Sept – 04 Oct again. It is a German Beer Festival with Erdinger Weissbräu Beer (including alcohol-free wheat beer), lots of German Bavarian Food and authentic Bavarian music.

Opening hours are Mon-Thurs 12:00-23:30, Fri+Sat: 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-22:30.

The best place to experience the festival is in the Festival Tent on the platform in George’s Dock. But because the yearly festival is soo popular, there are at times long queues due to severe admission restrictions (quantity of people). Last year the queues already started at 17:30. Luckily around George’s Dock are more food and drink stalls so that you don’t HAVE to be in the Festival tent to enjoy the event.

Admission is free, but after 22:00 an odd meal voucher system kicks in: You will have to buy a wristband for EUR 6 that gives you a EUR 5 food voucher (and 1 Euro goes to charity). Allegedly licensing rules force them to do that.

www.oktoberfest-dublin.de/

The Green Door Market

12:00 – 19:00, Fri 25 Sep

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

Discover Research Dublin – Festival

16:00 – 22:00, Fri 25 Sep

Trinity College, Dublin 2

“Discover Research Dublin” is like a Culture Night for Science. Trinity College Dublin is inviting you to come to the campus and to take part in tours, talks, demos and chats.

There will be 66 separate events with backgrounds as diverse as biotechnology, history, robotics, theatre, civil rights, gender studies and linguistics. The general themes are Human, Tech, World and Society.

There are already 45 events/talks listed on the Facebook Event Page here and admission to all talks is free. Booking is however requried and you can that via the Facebook Page above or directly on the Eventbrite Page here. More events will be added to that list.

discoverresearchdublin.com/

The Dublin Festival of History – Talks

18:00, Fri 25 Sep

Dublin (various locations)

The Dublin Festival of History 2015 takes place from 25 Sept until 11 October. A large number of talks will be in the Printworks building in the lower court yard of Dublin Castle (former Revenue Commissioner), some other events will be in Dublin’s Libraries, in City Hall, Mansion House and a few other venues.

The talks on Friday are

+ COMMEMORATING 1916 with Diarmaid Ferriter, Anne Dolan, John A. Murphy & Eamon Phoenix. Moderator Jane Ohlmeyer
+ THE BEAUTIFUL GAME OR THE GARRISON GAME? A HISTORY OF LEAGUE OF IRELAND FOOTBALL

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

The full progranme can be downloaded here.

dublinfestivalofhistory.ie

Kriya Yoga Information Evening

19:00 – 21:00, Fri 25 Sep

The Wisdom Centre, 25 Cork Street, Dublin 8

Kriya Yoga is a powerful yoga that leads to finding Peace and Self-realization. Join Yogacharya Claudia Cremers to find out more. She will openly discuss Kriya Yoga prior to her weekend initiation program. Details about the Kriya yoga program can be found on the website below.

Admission to this Information Evening is free,

www.kriyaclubireland.com/

Takin’ The Mic Open-Mic Night

19:00 – 21:00, Fri 25 Sep

Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square North, Dublin 1

Takin’ The Mic Open-Mic Night is an open mic night at the Irish Writers’ Centre, taking place one Friday every month. Writers, spoken-word artists and musicians are all welcome to perform. If you want to perform (5 min per performer) register via this link.

Guest host is writer and performance poet Colm Keegan.

Admission is free with a suggested donation of EUR 5. BYOB

irishwriterscentre.ie/collections/whats-on-at-the-centre/products/takin-the-mic-1

Cornucopia – Live Music

19:30 – 21:30, Fri 25 Sep

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

Bal Folk – European Folk Dance Session

20:00, Fri 25 Sep

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

The Reggulators – Gig

20:00, Fri 25 Sep

Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow

The Reggulators will play Reggae at their gig in the Harbour Bar. Admission is free.

www.theharbourbar.ie/whats-on/event/the-reggulators-event1

The Rothar Sessions

20:00, Fri 25 Sep

Cafe Rothar, 16 Fade Street, Dublin 2

The Rothar Sessions is a monthly unplugged acoustic singer/songwriter night on the last Friday of the month and the line-up this month is Maria McCormack, Christian Collins, Grainne Hunt, Owen Vahey.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/TheRotharSessions/

Liadan – Album Launch

20:30, Fri 25 Sep

The Cobblestone, 77 North King Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Líadan will launch their third album “In Am Tratha: Well Times” in the Cobblestone. Liadan is a six-member, all female band from Limerick who blend traditional with new material.

Admission is free.

www.liadan.ie

Ben Prevo Band – Gig

21:00, Fri 25 Sep

The Palace Nightclub, 84 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 8

The Planet Murphy Beergarden in the Palace Nightclub will host the Ben Prevo Band on Friday. Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/planetmurphys

Jazz at Flanagan’s

21:00, Fri 25 Sep

Flanagan’s Piano Bar (Basement), 61 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

Flanagan’s are opening a new live music venue this week and it is a piano bar that will have live jazz every Friday and Saturday.

On Friday Lisa Jameson (vocals) will perform.

Admission is free.

www.flanagansdublin.com/

Live Music – Stillorgan Orchard

21:00, Fri 25 Sep

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

Psychotic Reaction Presents – Gig Night

21:00, Fri 25 Sep

The Mezz, 24/25 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Psychotic Reaction Presents is a gig night in the Mezz and the line-up this week will be September Girls, Autumns, New Gods, Brass Phantoms.

Admission is free.

www.facebook.com/events/1611108752466051/

Ska ‘n’ Reggae with The Bionic Rats

21:00 – 02:30, Fri 25 Sep

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

Bree Harris Band

21:30, Fri 25 Sep

Patriot’s Inn, 760 South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8

The Patriot’s Inn will welcome Bree Harris with her band for a gig on Friday. Bree Harris is a legendary Blues/Rock singer.
It seems that admission is free.

dublinsessions.ie/the-patriots-inn/

The Mojo Witnesses – Gig

21:30, Fri 25 Sep

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

The Mojo Witnesses will be playing Classic Rock and Blues in Mother Reilly’s. Admission is free.

dublinsessions.ie/mother-reillys/

Events Coming Up

Dublin Mountains Partnership – Guided Walks

06+13+16 September

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 13+16 September.

All walks are free, but pre-registration is required.

Not free, but interesting nevertheless:

Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival: 07-20 Sept

Wellfest: 19 Sept

Indian Film Festival; 24-27 Sept

Dublin Theatre Festival 24 Sept – 11 Oct

 

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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 and I am VERY serious about that!

What’s in a name? Eircom rebranding nonsense

On Wednesday it was announced that telecommunications company Eircom will be rebranded with the new name….wait for it …. Eir. Yes, you read that right, the whole name change is the dropping of the “com” which stood for “communications”.maybe Eircom wants to express that communications is not that relevant to them anymore. Maybe they were afraid that people wouldn’t recognise them anymore if they called themselves something completely different.

UPC wasn’t too worried about that and will rename to “Virgin Media” and when you read that Eircom is the fifth least popular brand in Ireland (after Irish Water, Bank of Ireland, AIB and Ladbrokes) then you would expect even more that the new Eircom would try to distance itself from the old Eircom.

After 15 years of Eircom, some sprucing up is not necessarily a bad thing, but what Eircom’s branding company suggested (allegedly it was “Moving Brands” in London) and what Eircom management signed off is a ridiculous name and a similarly amateurish logo.

I was looking for a logo recently for a website I am putting together and found a brilliant Indian company on fiverr.com who created a perfect logo for me for $5. Do you think Eircom paid a little more than that? But the logo is not even worth half of it. It has been reported that the complete renaming will cost 16 mio!! Crazy!

Ohh and how much do you think will the new name change the seriously bad reputation that Eircom has? It won’t change it in the slightest. Eircom inherited the bad reputation from Telecom Eireann and Eir will inherit it from Eircom.

You might wonder why I called the company continuously Eircom in this article? Well, it might surprise you, but interestingly the company will continue to be called Eircom Limited. The only thing that is changing is that they registered the trading name “Eir”. So strictly speaking it will be Eircom Limited trading as Eir. Consequently you can continue calling them Eircom, because that is actually the registered company name.

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Have an event-full weekend and week,

–Joerg

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