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Dublin Event Guide 762: Soooo many events! – Cruinniu na nOg, UCD Festival, Saoirse Music Festival, People’s Art Exhibition, Bloomsday Festival

Dublin Event Guide (for free events)

Soooo many events!

Cruinniu na nOg, UCD Festival, Saoirse Music Festival, People’s Art Exhibition, Bloomsday Festival

Hi all!

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Find all details about the Super Soul Sunday (Sat 19 June) in the bottom section of this newsletter.

You might wonder why I say “mad thing”? This is why: At the time of writing this it is 20:00 on Friday evening and I will be working now on searching for free events and writing about them for the next 12-14 hours. After the Easter weekend and the bank holiday weekend, this coming weekend and the one after that are SUPER busy with lots of events. So – like every Friday – there won’t be any sleep for me tonight, just events! That’s why I (and people around me) sometimes call it a mad thing! :-D

Cruinniu na nÓg, a day of free creativity for young people, will happen this weekend.

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“EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum” (www.epicchq.com) are currently sponsoring the Dublin Event Guide and this section of the weekly newsletter will contain relevant information about events in general or about EPIC-related news and happenings.

+++ Explorers: Code with Dad – Father’s Day Event (Age 7-12)
Sun 19 June 2022 – 11:30-13:00 – EPIC, chq Building, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: EUR 15 per computer
Have you ever coded a Father’s Day message? Now is your chance to try it out in this interactive workshop! We will cover the basics of coding using Scratch, HTML and CSS. Work together to create a fun museum game which you can save to play at home and create amazing memories to last a lifetime in the process. Each ticket covers use of one computer for a family (2 adults and up to 3 children) to share. epicchq.com/event/explorers-code-with-dad/ (Booking required)

+++ Tinier Tots: Father’s Day Workshop (Age: 0-3)
Sun 19 June 2022 – 10:00-10:45 – EPIC, chq Building, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 – Adm: EUR 15 (1 adult + 1 child)
Join us this Father’s Day for a fun bonding session with your tot. Hear the tale of all sorts of different dads around the world, from Hippos to Leprechauns! We’ll have a messy play session where we’ll create portraits of dad and tot to take home and share a few songs and stories together. epicchq.com/event/tinier-tots-fathers-day-workshop/ (Booking required)

Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 11 June

+ Car Boot Sales Tallaght 06:00-12:00 Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot
++ Cruinniú na nÓg – Day of free creativity for children and young people under 18 – 09:00-21:00 All over Ireland – cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/
++ People’s Art Exhibition 09:00-18:00 On the Rails around St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/716336316366551
+ Cruinniu na nOg Online – Chester Beatty Museum 09:45 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/cruinniu-na-nog-online-2/
+ Supernatural Food Market – Food & Farmer’s Market 09:00-15:00 St Andrew’s Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse St., Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thesupernaturalfoodmarket
+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 (lower car park) www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/
++ Dublin’s Heritage Buildings Show – Information Stands – and craftspeople will demonstrate the key traditional skills for the conservation and maintenance of old buildings 10:00-17:00 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.dublincity.ie/events/dublins-heritage-buildings-show-2022
+ Glasnevin Indoor Market 10:00-14:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/Glasnevin-Indoor-Market-107579840635438
+ Bushy Park Market – 30 stalls with hot food, artisan produce, crafters and makers 10:00-16:00 Bushy Park, Rathdown Avenue, Terenure, Dublin 6W www.facebook.com/bushyparkmarket
+ Drimnagh Summer Festival 11:00-17:00 Drimnagh, Dublin 12 www.facebook.com/DrimnaghF/photos/1378443869341037/
+ Naas Psychic & Holistic Fair 11:00-19:00 Osprey Hotel, Devoy Quarter, Naas, Co. Kildare www.facebook.com/events/osprey-hotel/free-entry-naas-psychic-holistic-fair/1614606625366944/
+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.templebarmarkets.com/foodmarket
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ Cruinniu na nOg: Dreamtrain – theatre experience for very young children – Axis 11:30 Axis Ballymun, Main Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 axisballymun.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173626190 (Booking required)
++ UCD Festival – Over 100 free events for everybody 12:00-18:00 UCD, Belfield Campus, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4 festival.ucd.ie/
++ Saoirse Music Festival – 20 acts on 2 stages 12:00-21:00 Liberty Park, Foley Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/Saoirsemusicfestival/photos/a.118140420900414/122559980458458/
+ Festival in a Van – mobile live arts event – National Museum 12:00+14:00+16:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/062022/FESTIVAL-IN-A-VAN
+ Nothing to lose but our chains: Revolutionary trade unions, women workers – The story of the Revolutionary Trade Union tradition – Seminar 12:00-17:00 Sean O’Casey Theatre, Saint Mary’s Road, Dublin 3 www.eventbrite.ie/e/344135527627 (Booking required)
+ March to a different beat – African Drumming Workshop – North Clondalkin Library 12:00-12:45 (Age 6-9) / 13:00-13:45 (Age 10+) North Clondalkin Library, 1 Liscarne Close, Dublin 22 www.eventbrite.ie/e/337444634987 (Booking required)
+ Umoja Linn Pop-up Market – Introducing Irish Fashion lovers to the African Fashion – with 7 designers 12:00-18:00 The Fumbally, Fumbally Lane, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/346772284237
+ Insects – Cruinniu na nOg Family Workshop (Age: 6-11) – Chester Beatty Museum 12:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/cruinniu-na-nog-onsite-insects-family-workshop/ (Booking required)
+ Cruinniu na nOg: I am Irish – Storytelling about a Black Irish experience (Age: 5-7) – Axis 12:30 Axis Ballymun, Main Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 axisballymun.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173626069 (Booking required)
+ Gallery Tour: National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Architecture – Themed Tour – National Gallery 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/themed-tour-architecture
+ Creative Lab for Teens: Isfahan in Mixed Media (Age 12-17) – Chester Beatty Museum 14:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/creative-lab-for-teens-isfahan-in-mixed-media/ (Booking required)
+ Skerries Traditional Music Weekend 14:00-23:00 Skerries, Co. Dublin skerriestraditionalmusic.com/
+ Public Tour – Chester Beatty Museum 14:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/ (Booking required)
+ Gallery Tour: National Gallery 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Breakdance Introduction Workshop (Age 14-18) – Workshop 1: 16:00-17:30 / Workshop 2: 17:30-19:00 The LAB, 1 Foley St, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/353877766927 (Booking required)
+ Philosophy for taking care of the soul – Talk – New Acropolis 17:00-18:30 New Acropolis, 43 Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.eventbrite.ie/e/345768682437 (Booking required)
+ WB Yeats: A Portrait of the Poet as a Joyce Critic – Lecture – Hugh Lane Gallery 18:00 Online nli.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173626888 (Booking required)
+ International Folk Session at Hartigan’s 18:00-23:00 Hartigan’s, 100 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/InternationalBalladGroup
++ Spivey Children Choir from Atlanta Georgia – Choral Performance 20:00 St Patrick’s Cathedral, Saint Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/335801069037
+ Krypton Bulb / Invaderband / Emily 7 / City Pets – Gigs 21:00-02:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell St, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/438709554481639/
+ Altered Lines – Rock – Gig – Harbour Bar Bray 21:00 Harbour Bar, 1 Dock Terrace, Strand Road, Bray, Co Wicklow www.facebook.com/theharbourbarbray/
+ The Algorhythms – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial
+ Strutter – Gig – Whelan’s Midnight Hour 23:30 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/midnight-hour-w-strutter-4/ (Free via guest list!)

Sunday 12 June

+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 08:00-13:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot
+ Bloomsday Festival 12-18 June www.bloomsdayfestival.ie
++ People’s Art Exhibition 09:00-18:00 On the Rails around St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/716336316366551
+ Drimnagh Summer Festival 10:00-17:00 Drimnagh, Dublin 12 www.facebook.com/DrimnaghF/photos/1378443869341037/
++ Dublin’s Heritage Buildings Show – Information Stands – and craftspeople will demonstrate the key traditional skills for the conservation and maintenance of old buildings 10:00-17:00 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.dublincity.ie/events/dublins-heritage-buildings-show-2022
+ Let’s Get Creative! Art Workshop for Kids – National Gallery 10:00-11:00 Online www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/lets-get-creative-live-online-art-workshop-kids (Booking required)
+ parkHIIT Phoenix Park – Resistance Training 10:00-10:30 DASH Container Cafe, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7, D07 V663 Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/parkhiit-phoenix-park-tickets-357718133567 (Booking required)
+ Glasnevin Indoor Market 10:00-16:00 Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Ballyboggan Rd, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/Glasnevin-Indoor-Market-107579840635438
+ Kids’ Drop by Activities @ National Botanic Gardens – Gardening activities for kids aged 4 and older 11:00/11:30/15:30/16:00 Natioal Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 botanicgardens.ie/calendar/
+ Herbert Park Market – Food & Farmers’ Market 11:00-16:00 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/Herbert-Park-Market-405930226496273
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
+ St. Catherine’s Park Urban Market 11:00-17:00 St. Catherine’s Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/St.CatherinesParkUrbanMarket
+ Eatyard Pride Market – Bernard Shaw Pub 12:00-17:00 Bernard Shaw, Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 thebernardshaw.com/markets/
+ Dinosaur Day Live – Dinosaur Meet & Greet sessions – 12:00/14:00/16:00 The Square Tallaght, Belgard Square, Dublin 24 www.thesquare.ie/ourevents/
+ Family Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/family-tour

+ Skerries Traditional Music Weekend 13:00-22:00 Skerries, Co. Dublin skerriestraditionalmusic.com/
+ Gallery Tour: National Gallery 13:30-14:15 + 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Explorer Family Art Workshop – for children and their grown-ups – Irish Museum of Modern Art 14:00 IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8 imma.ie/whats-on/explorer-art-workshops (Booking required)
+ Public Tour – Chester Beatty Museum 14:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/ (Booking required)
+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3525-sunday-tour-29-may-2022
+ Sunday Sketching: “Fantastical Fashion and Eva Gonzales” – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/childrens-workshops/forthcoming/3595-sunday-sketchingg-12-june-2022
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy with Rory O’Hanlon & more 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch
+ Dublin Blues Cartel – Gig – Whelan’s Front Bar 22:30 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford St, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/dublin-blues-cartel/ (Adm free before 22:30)

And the free events for next week….

Monday 13 June

+ Bloomsday Festival 12-18 June www.bloomsdayfestival.ie

+ Yeats: the Life and Works of William Butler Yeats – Exhibition Tour – National Library 13:00 Online nli.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173605868 (Booking required)
+ New Parents’ Tour – National Gallery 14:00-14:45 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/new-parents-tour
+ The Irish Civil War Part 1: From Treaty Talks to Fire at the Four Courts – Talk 18:30-19:30 Ballyfermot Library, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10 www.eventbrite.ie/e/348185541327 (Booking required)
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy with Kevin McGahern & more 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

Tuesday 14 June

+ Bloomsday Festival 12-18 June www.bloomsdayfestival.ie

+ Performance Art: Possession by Amanda Coogan – Hugh Lane Gallery 12:00-15:00 from 14-18 June Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3638-possession
+ Staying Productive: Tips to Maintain & Improve Focus – Workshop – Iconic Offices & Natalia Sanders 12:30-13:10 Online iconicoffices.ie/events/staying-productive-tips-to-maintain-improve-focus/ (Booking required)
+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/

Wednesday 15 June

+ Bloomsday Festival 12-18 June www.bloomsdayfestival.ie

+ Meet a Geologist in person – Q&A with a Geologist at the National Museum 10:00-17:00 National Museum Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/062022/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-(4)
+ Performance Art: Possession by Amanda Coogan – Hugh Lane Gallery 12:00-15:00 from 14-18 June Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3638-possession
+ Guided Tour at Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge 14:30 National War Memorial Gardens, off South Circular Road, Dublin 8 (Meeting point is inside the main gates) phoenixpark.ie/event/irish-national-war-memorial-gardens-islandbridge-free-wednesday-guided-tours/?instance_id=4189
+ Public Tour – Chester Beatty Museum 17:30 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/ (Booking required)
+ Isfahan and the World: Safavid Ceramics in a Global Context – Lecture – Chester Beatty Museum 18:00 Online and In-Person at Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/online-and-onsite-talk-isfahan-and-the-world-safavid-ceramics-in-a-global-context/ (Booking required)
+ Collage Making – Culture Connects 18:30 Richomnd Barracks, Off Bulfin Rd, Inchicore, Dublin 8 richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173624684
+ Letterpress Celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses – Exhibition Launch 18:30-20:30 National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Harcourt Road, Dublin 4 www.facebook.com/NationalPrintMuseum (Booking required)

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 16 June

+ Bloomsday – Bloomsday Festival 12-18 June www.bloomsdayfestival.ie

+ Meet a Geologist in person – Q&A with a Geologist at the National Museum 10:00-17:00 National Museum Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/062022/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-(5)
+ Pride in Research – Showcasing the research carried out by LGBTQ+ researchers in Trinity College Dublin – Symposium 10:00-16:30 Stanley Quek Lecture Theatre, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute. Pearse Street, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D160155340 (Registration required via the LINK link)
+ Bloomsday Tour of ‘Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again’ Exhibition 11:00 Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, College Green, Dublin 2 (entrance via Westmoreland Street) www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx
+ Guided Tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery 11:00 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) phoenixpark.ie/event/arbour-hill-cemetery-free-friday-guided-tours/?instance_id=4188
+ Performance Art: Possession by Amanda Coogan – Hugh Lane Gallery 12:00-15:00 from 14-18 June Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3638-possession
+ Bloomsday Tour: Celebrating Ulysses – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 + 13:30+14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/bloomsday-tour-celebrating-ulysses
+ Dublin in Art at the Time of James Joyce – Talk – Hugh Lane Gallery 13:00-14:00 Online www.eventbrite.ie/e/348735987727 (Booking required)
+ Joyce, Ulysses and the National Library of Ireland – Talk – National Library 13:00 Online nli.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173621082 (Booking required)
+ A James Joyce Bestiary – Animals in Ulysses – Family Workshop (Age: 6-11) – Chester Beatty Museum 16:15 Online chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/live-online-workshop-for-families-a-james-joyce-bestiary/ (Booking required)
+ Crash & Burn Comedy – Hysteria Comedy Club – Sin E 20:00-22:00 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/269577001067 (Booking required)
+ Ma Thursdays Open Mic – Mother Reilly’s Bar 21:00-23:30 Mother Reilly’s Bar & Restaurant, 26 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.facebook.com/mathursdaysopenmi

Friday 17 June

+ Stoneybatter Festival – Neighbourhood & Street festival 17-19 June www.stoneybatterfestival.ie/

+ Bloomsday Festival 12-18 June www.bloomsdayfestival.ie

+ Meet a Geologist in person – Q&A with a Geologist at the National Museum 10:00-17:00 National Museum Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2022/062022/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-(6)
+ Exploration of the feminine in work of non-Western female artists – Talk – Hugh Lane Gallery 10:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3511-culture-club-17-june-2022 (Booking required)
+ Performance Art: Possession by Amanda Coogan – Hugh Lane Gallery 12:00-15:00 from 14-18 June Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.hughlane.ie/lectures/forthcoming-lectures/3638-possession
+ Place and Displacement: Seamus Heaney’s Poetic Engagement with his Home Place and Adopted Home – Talk 13:00 Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, College Green, Dublin 2 (entrance via Westmoreland Street) www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx (Booking required)
+ Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery 14:30 Arbour Hill Cemetery, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) phoenixpark.ie/event/arbour-hill-cemetery-free-friday-guided-tours/?instance_id=4188
+ Lauren Gault’s exhibition “Galalith” – Introduction – Temple Bar Gallery 15:00 Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873635074
+ Colm Lynch + Special Guests – Gig – Soft Rock Classics 19:00-21:00 Hard Rock Hotel, 18 Exchange Street Upper, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/1086498125259577

And there is more…

+++ Cruinniú na nÓg – Day of creative activities for children and teenagers 
Cruinniú na nÓg is a national day of free creative activities for children and young people under the age of 18. This year, it will take place on Saturday 11 June and there will be lots of free events in the four parts of Dublin: Dublin City, Fingal (North Dublin), South Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. Check all events here:
Dublin City: cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/events/location/dublin%20city/
Fingal: cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/events/location/fingal/
South Dublin: cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/events/location/south%20dublin/
Dun Laoghaire: cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/events/location/d%c3%ban%20laoghaire%20rathdown/
The day is organised by Creative Ireland, which is a 5-year programme of the Irish Government that connects people, creativity and wellbeing.

+++ UCD Festival
On Saturday from 12:00-18:00 the UCD Festival 2022 will take place. It is a day of “thinking, creating, innovating and fun making” with lots of really interesting events. One of the highlights is an hour long talk with Astronaut Chris Hadfield, but unsurprisingly it is booked out. Nevertheless, there are many other events taking place that are not booked out yet and you can find them all in the events list at festival.ucd.ie/events-timetable/ I counted more than 100 (!) events. There are 8 different Festival Zones from Family Fun Zone via Mind Body Zone and Engineering & Technology Zone to a Sports Zone. So you can see that there is something for everybody. Admission to all events is free and the festival will take place on the UCD Campus at Belfield along the Stillorgan Road/N11. festival.ucd.ie/

+++ Super Soul Sunday – Gospel Rising Music Festival 19 June 2022
Super Soul Sunday, a Gospel Rising Music Festival event is back with lots of Gospel Choirs from all over Ireland performing in Mountjoy Square, Dublin’s North East Inner City Georgian park on Saturday 19 June from 12:30 to 18:00.

I will definitely be there and I hope to see many of you for this great day with really good music. ;-) The last Super Soul Sunday was in 2019 and this video shows how great it was www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dkGyaJKfbg

Supported by the North East Inner City Initiative of Dublin City, the outdoor concert is free and will feature live performances from many of Ireland’s best, upbeat and gospel style choirs. Food trucks, children’s entertainment, picnic tables & necessary facilities are all available in the park for the festival. There are also gospel choir music workshops being run (supported by the Dublin City Council Arts Office) including an experienced singer’s workshop with Audrey Mattis and a workshop specifically designed for those living with dementia, their families, friends, supporters and carers. More details are on www.gospelrising.com

+++ Low Priced Books with free delivery
Book Depository is the place where you can buy low priced books, usually for better prices than on Amazon and Book Depository always delivers for free. And by buying books from Book Depository you will also help the Dublin Event Guide for no additional cost to you. Use this link: shor.by/BookDepository
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+++ Bloomsday Festival
From 1914-1921 James Joyce wrote the novel Ulysses and it describes a day that fictional characters experienced in Dublin. The day is 16 June 1904 and the characters in the book had a busy day visiting lots of locations and venues across Dublin and down to Sandycove. Leopold Bloom was the main character and because of him the day is called “Bloomsday”.

James Joyce fans across the globe celebrate this day with readings, performances, re-enactments and lots of other events. They dress up in Edwardian costume, have breakfast like the people in the novel had and gather at all the locations that are described in the novel. If what I just described was about “Trekkies”, re-enacting a Star Trek episode, many would shake their head and would mumble “Weirdos!”. ;-) Strangely the weirdness of re-enacting the similarly fictional Ulysses is seen as a high-quality cultural event. ;-)

In the end both Trekkies and Joyceans LOVE what they do and there is no harm done whatsoever, so if you want to celebrate Bloomsday Festival, find all the events at www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/ The festival takes place from 12-18 June. An interesting “feature” of Bloomsday Festival is that MANY events are NOT free! :-( But if you search a little, you will still find a number of free events.

+++ Soapbox Science (Sat 18 June)
Soapbox Science brings 12 female scientists to the streets of Dublin to speak with the public about their research. It will take place at South King Street from 11:00-14:00 and you can find out more about the speakers and their topics here www.soapboxsciencedublin.com/team-4-1

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The lowest price most of the time is EUR 12.99, so definitely do-able. Occasionally it goes even below that and I will mention it here when I find out. Check out the website at shor.by/GqCk And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)

And this is it for another week! Have a great weekend and good new week.

Take care,

–Joerg (dublineventguide@gmail.com)

 

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