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Dublin Event Guide 820: Rain be gone! – Beach BBQ Festival Bray, Community Services Day in Tallaght, Skerries Wild Bee Festival, Malahide Family Fun Day, Summer in Dublin Festival

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Rain be gone!

Beach BBQ Festival Bray, Community Services Day in Tallaght, Skerries Wild Bee Festival, Malahide Family Fun Day, Summer in Dublin Festival

Hi!!

How is your “summer”? We had amazingly WONDERFUL days for about 2 weeks, but this daily often HEAVY, rain that we are having now is definitely a lot more than I remember from any previous years. Sure, really good weather doesn’t happen that often, but I remember water shortages, not daily rain from previous summers. :-o

Understandably, for outdoor events, low temperatures are less of a problem than wet weather. We can’t do anything about the rain and organisers will try as much as possible to prepare for all eventualities and if you want to help, then go to events no matter how the weather is. The right clothes always help! :-)

The good news is that the long term forecast suggests that in August rainfall will step by step go back to normal levels and temperatures will stay slightly above average. So no other heatwave, but at least normality.

Have you been on holidays already or do you still have them ahead of you? Or are you staying at home? I will be away for a whole 12 days (that is long for me!) in August and the reason for telling you is because there will be two weekends on which you might not get a Dublin Event Guide. For 12/13 August and 19/20 August you will at best get a VERY VERY short Dublin Event Guide, but there is a definite possibility that you will get none at all.

Let me know if you prefer a short Dublin Event Guide or rather none at all!

Donations in July: 
EUR 112

(By the end of the month, this number has to reach or exceed EUR 200 to guarantee the continuation of the Dublin Event Guide.)

If the Dublin Event Guide helps you to find out about free events in Dublin, please help with a donation.

The counter here shows the current donation status. By the end of the month EUR 200 will be subtracted to pay the bills. If more money has been donated, the rest will be carried forward. If donations have stopped below the EUR 200, the missing amount will be carried over.

Thank you soo much for helping again this week! This week the following wonderful person donated: Katie! Thank you! :-) Your donation will keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and will motivate me to continue week after week. I appreciate you and your support!

At the end of this coming week is 28 July, so the month is nearly over and in comparison to other months, the donation counter is at the lowest level ever. We need to reach EUR 200 so that I can pay the bills. Can you help? All help is very much appreciated!

With the above counter you know at all times where we stand and when donating is needed. Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and all donors will also get some additional bonuses.

Here are some more details about donations:
Any amount is appreciated, but if you are looking for a recommendation, then I suggest a donation of 12 Euro per year. – That’s just one Euro per month and you get FOUR Dublin Event Guides for that Euro! If your funds are limited, but you still want to help, you can buy a virtual coffee for just EUR 4. All donations will be used in full for the Dublin Event Guide.

To donate, use the Dublin Event Guide Donation Page here: gturl.eu/DEGdonate. It is really easy to use and uses Stripe’s trustworthy payment processing. You can even sign up for a yearly subscription on the donation page! Yearly subscriptions will give some important financial stability and reliability to the Dublin Event Guide and are therefore very much appreciated! (Look for the RED subscription buttons at the bottom of the Donation Page.)

In case the donation page doesn’t work for you, the old links are here: You can donate via www.paypal.me/DublinEventGuide or for Revolut users among you, just use @joergbrb or now also revolut.me/joergbrb
(If possible, please send your full name and e-mail address as a message with the payment via PayPal or Revolut so that I can tell you about bonuses for donors when available.)

To buy one or two or even three virtual coffees for the Dublin Event Guide, come to the “Buy Me a Coffee” page here www.buymeacoffee.com/DublinEventG

And there is one other way to help and it is even free: If you come to www.DublinEventGuide.com and check out some of the ads and click on the ones that you find interesting, that also helps with a few cent! ?

Thank you!!

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“EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum” (www.epicchq.com) are supporting 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.

+++ Homecoming: JKF in Ireland

This is a new, temporary exhibition that brings you back to to 1963 when John F Kennedy, the President of the USA, was in Ireland for 4 days. This was the first visit to Ireland by a US President, while in power.
The exhibition will be on show until September 2023 and admission is included in the normal ticket price.
epicchq.com/homecoming-jfk-in-ireland/

Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 22 July

+ Car Boot Sales Tallaght 06:00-12:00 Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot

+ Airfield Estate Farmers’ Market 09:00-14:30 Airfield Estate, Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14 www.airfield.ie/farmers-market-at-airfield-estate
+ 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

+ St Audeon’s Church – Visit this medieval church – no admission charge 09:30-17:30 St. Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre, Corn Market, Dublin 8 heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/st-audoens-church/

+ Honest2Goodness Market – Food & Farmers’ Market – 09:30-15:00 – 136a Slaney Close, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 www.facebook.com/GlasnevinMarket/

+ 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

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

++ Skerries Wild Bee Festival – Nature themed events and walks for the whole family (22+23 July) 10:30-15:30 Skerries Mills, Skerries, Co. Dublin www.fingal.ie/wildbeefestival/agenda (Booking required)
+ Fontana Residency: Open Studio Session – Drop-in Open Studio 10:30-16:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/

+ Pop Up Chats at the Wonder Cabinet 10:30-11:15+11:45-12:30 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2023/202307/Pop-Up-Chats-at-the-Wonder-Cabinet

++ Beach BBQ Festival Bray – Funfair, live music, games, DJ sets, BBQs & food trucks (22+23 July) 11:00-19:00 Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow bbq.bray.ie/ (Adm is free, but funfair, some games and food are not)
++ Community Services Fun Day – Fire Brigade, Ambulance Services – Bouncy castle, DJ, face painting and games zone 11:00-15:00 (Quiet hour from 11:00-12:00) The Square, East Car Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.thesquare.ie/community-services-day-22nd-july/
++ Tallaght Garda Station Open Day – Station Tour, Garda Band, Vehicles etc 11:00-15:00 (Quiet hour from 11:00-12:00) Belgard Road East, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.sdcc.ie/en/services/community/community-events/

+ 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/
+ Themed Gallery Tour – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Viking Ireland Family Tour (Age7+) 12:00 National Museum Archaeology, Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour

+ Qigong at the Rooftop Garden – Chester Beatty Museum 12:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/qigong-at-the-rooftop-garden-3/

+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Hands-on History: Come Back to Erin 13:00-15:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/072023/Hands-on-History-Come-Back-to-Erin

+ Tours at National Museum Collins Barracks – Decorative Arts & History: “From Barracks to Museum: An Introduction to Collins Barracks” 13:00 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/072023/July-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 14:30-15:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum – Irish Sign Language (ISL) – Archaeology in Kildare Street – Age 8+ 14:00 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)
+ Tours at National Museum Collins Barracks – Decorative Arts & History: “Recovered Voices: Stories and Experiences of the Irish during World War One
” 14:00 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/072023/July-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum – Archaeology in Kildare Street – Age 8+ 15:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)

+ Fenix Park (The Ultimate Linkin Park Tribute) – Supported by Idle Discourse, Pain In Vain and Faint Memory – Gig 20:00 Fibber Magees, 80 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/856505779232119/

+ Latin Fever – Dublin’s Latin Club with reggaeton, merengue, funk, electrolatino, pachangueo, dembow & more 21:00-02:30 River Bar, 1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (Adm free before midnight) www.facebook.com/LatinFeverDublin

+ The Cazettes – Gig 22:30 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

Sunday 23 July

+ Car Boot Sale Ballymun 07:00-12:00 Ballymun Comprehensive School, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/irishcarboot

+ St Audeon’s Church – Visit this medieval church – no admission charge 09:30-17:30 St. Audoen’s Church Visitor Centre, Corn Market, Dublin 8 heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/st-audoens-church/

+ St. Anne’s City Farm – Visit this community farm, run by volunteers 10:00-15:00 St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin 5 www.facebook.com/Stannescityfarm/

+ Run Talk Run – Phoenix Park Run of Mental Health Peer Support Group for adults 10:50 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 bit.ly/RTRDublin (Booking required)

++ Skerries Wild Bee Festival – Nature themed events and walks for the whole family (22+23 July) 10:30-15:30 Skerries Mills, Skerries, Co. Dublin www.fingal.ie/wildbeefestival/agenda (Booking required)
++ Beach BBQ Festival Bray – Funfair, live music, games, DJ sets, BBQs & food trucks (22+23 July) 11:00-19:00 Seafront, Bray, Co. Wicklow bbq.bray.ie/ (Adm is free, but funfair, some games and food are not)

+ St. Patrick’s Park Market – Books, gifts and crafts 11:00-17:30 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/stpatricksparkmarket/

+ St Mary’s Hospital Guided Tour (formerly the Royal Hibernian Military School) 11:00 Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf
+ Gardening for Kids – Children’s Erasmus Education Garden Drop By Activity – 20min session (Age 4 and up) 11:00/11:40/15:30/16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/events/
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/

+ Gallery Tour – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

++ Malahide Family Fun Day – Vintage Games, Magic Acts, Live Music, Vikings Re-enactment, Carnival Acts & more 12:00-17:00 Malahide, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=656184886538949

+ Family Tour – National Gallery 12:30-13:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

++ Summer In Dublin: Family Fun on Sundays – stalls, face painting, giant board games, costumed characters, arts & crafts 13:00-17:00 Suffolk Street Dublin 2 www.dublintown.ie/whats-on-events/summer-in-dublin-free-family-fun-on-sundays/
+ Drop-in-Drawing Workshop with Roxana Manouchehri – Learn line drawing, shading, perspective and decoration – Chester Beatty Museum 13:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/onsite-drop-in-drawing/ (Booking required)

+ National Print Museum – Guided Tour 13:00 National Print Museum, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/event-calendar/ (Adm. free)

+ Lavinia Fontana Inspiration Tour – Gallery Tour – National Gallery 13:30-14:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Tours at National Museum Collins Barracks – Decorative Arts & History: “From Barracks to Museum: An Introduction to Collins Barracks” 14:00 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/072023/July-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History

+ Hugh Lane Gallery Public Tour 14:15 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-public-tours-2/ (No booking required, but limited places)

+ Themed Gallery Tour – National Gallery 11:30-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on

+ Tours at National Museum Collins Barracks – Decorative Arts & History: “Food & Drink in the NMI’s Collections” 15:00 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/072023/July-Tours-at-NMI-Decorative-Arts-History
+ Sunday Sketching – Family Workshop (Age 6-12) – Hugh Lane Gallery 15:00-16:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/explore_learn/sunday-sketching/

+ Aidan Greene & Stephen Mullan Comedy Preview – In Stitches Comedy 19:30-22:00 Peader Kearney’s, 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/671619069717 (Booking required)

+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

And the free events for next week….

Please note: To speed up the creation of the weekday section of the Dublin Event Guide, I am experimenting with a few minor changes. One is that I am not adding the full address of the venue to all events anymore (for now). If you don’t know where the venue is, you will find it by checking the event link.

Monday 24 July

++ Liberties Festival 24-30 July thelibertiesfestival.com
+ Lots of Dublin City Library events for kids. Find them here www.dublincity.ie/events?type=All&event_date_end=1&keys=&page=0
+ Mistakes in Clinical Neuropsychology – Talk 11:00-12:00 Jonathon Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/event/mistakes-in-clinical-neuropsychology.php
+ Sensory-friendly Family Workshop – National Gallery 11:15-12:15 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/sensory-friendly-family-workshop-0
+ Curator’s Introductory Talk: It Took a Century – National Gallery 13:00-14:00 Online www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/online-talk-curators-introductory-talk-it-took-century (Booking required)
+ Learning from C0V1D-I9 in order to inform future pandemic strategies – Talk 16:30-18:00 Robert Emmet Theater, Trinity College, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/event/learning-from-covid-19-in-order-to-inform-future-pandemic-strategies.php (That word that refers to the health issue with the No 19 is still banned on some Social Media platforms, so to ensure that this e-mail will not get blocked, I am misspelling it intentionally.)

+ Open Mic Comedy “Cheeky Monkey Comedy Clubl” 19:00 The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/cheekymonkeyclubopenmic

+ Cross Guns Ukulele Club 20:00 Bernard Shaw Pub, Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 thebernardshaw.com/whats-on/

+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch

+ Song Cycle – Singer Songwriter Night 21:00 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/song-cycle-2/

Tuesday 25 July

++ Liberties Festival 24-30 July thelibertiesfestival.com
+ Lots of Dublin City Library events for kids. Find them here www.dublincity.ie/events?type=All&event_date_end=1&keys=&page=0

+ Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again – Exhibition Tour – National Library 11:00 Bank Of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street entrance, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/may-person-tours-seamus-heaney-listen-now-again

+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 19:15-22:30 Darkey Kelly’s, Harding Hotel, Fishamble Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/groups/915434861959818

+ Ukulele Tuesday – Weekly Ukulele Meetup 20:00 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/UkuleleTuesday/

+ Bits & Pints – Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic Night 20:00-23:00 The Black Sheep, 61 Capel Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/554328053530817

Wednesday 26 July

++ Liberties Festival 24-30 July thelibertiesfestival.com
+ Lots of Dublin City Library events for kids. Find them here www.dublincity.ie/events?type=All&event_date_end=1&keys=&page=0

+ Little Museum of Dublin – Free Tour 10:00 Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 littlemuseum.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173601013

+ Sillibilly Classes for kids 0-4 with their parents/minders – Music, Singing, Bubbles, Stories, Drama, Balloons and Magic 10:00+11:00 Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 sillybillyparties.ie/#price

+ Meet a Geologist in person – Get answers for all your geology questions 10:00-17:00 national Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/072023/Meet-a-Geologist-in-person-December-2022
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum – Archaeology in Kildare Street – Age 8+ 10:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)
+ Viking Ireland Family Tour (Age7+) 12:00 National Museum Archaeology, Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour
+ Ireland vs Canada – Big Screen for Women Football World Cup Group Stage Games 13:00 Dalymount Park, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/277252128233949/ (Like for all events in this list, admission is free.)
+ Hands-on History: 1916/Easter Rising in 16 Objects – Drop-in Workshop 14:00-16:00 National Museum, Benburb Street, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2023/072023/Hands-on-History-1916-in-16-Objects
+ Drop-In: The Saints, Scholars and Scribes of Ireland – Early Medieval Handling Workshop 14:00-16:00 National Museum, Archaeology, Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Drop-In-Workshop-The-Saints,-Scholars,-and-Scribes
+ Samaat: Notes of Public Reading in the Arabic Manuscripts – Talk 18:00 Online and at Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/samaat-notes-of-public-reading-in-the-arabic-manuscripts-of-the-chester-beatty/ (Booking required)
+ Fringe FUSE: Fragile Edition by Dafe Orugbo 19:30-22:00 Whelan’s 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/675135427237 (Booking required)

+ Stitches Comedy Club – Free Comedy every Wednesday 19:30-22:00 Cassidy’s Bar, 27 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/501104385707
+ Danado De Bom Forró – Dance Social 19:30-22:30 Hill 16 Pub, 30 Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085927031035

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 27 July

++ Liberties Festival 24-30 July thelibertiesfestival.com
+ Lots of Dublin City Library events for kids. Find them here www.dublincity.ie/events?type=All&event_date_end=1&keys=&page=0

+ Sillibilly Classes for kids 0-4 with their parents/minders – Music, Singing, Bubbles, Stories, Drama, Balloons and Magic 10:00+11:00 The Square Tallaght, Tallaght, Dublin 24 sillybillyparties.ie/

+ Pop Up Chats at the Wonder Cabinet 10:30-11:15+11:45-12:30 Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Natural-History/Events/2023/202307/Pop-Up-Chats-at-the-Wonder-Cabinet
+ Drop-In Workshop: Secrets in Stone – Awesome Ogham Stones 10:30-12:30 National Museum, Archaeology, Kildare St,
Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Drop-In-Workshop-Secrets-in-Stone,-Awesome-Ogham-S
+ Sing for Fun! Choir Workshop at Richmond Barracks 11:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873648650 (Booking required)

+ Guided Tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery 11:00 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf

+ Drawing on the lawn – National Gallery Outdoor drawing event 13:00-19:00 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/

+ National Gallery Director’s Tour 13:15-14:00 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/directors-tour (Booking required)

+ Viking Ireland Family Tour (Age7+) 14:00 National Museum Archaeology, Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum – Archaeology in Kildare Street – Age 8+ 15:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)
++ Moore Street Market: Summer Nights Entertainment & Street Food  17:00-22:00 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=232021119668488+ Whelan’s Summer Watch Gigs: Clay Pigeon Shooting / Peer Pleasure / The Drive 20:00 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/clay-pigeon-shooting-peer-pleasure-the-drive/ (Adm free, no booking required)

+ Comedy at Bar Rua – Stand-Up Comedy Open-Mic Night 19:30-22:00 Bar Rua, 32 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/1305978656619452
+ Crash & Burn Comedy – Stand-up Comedy – Hysteria Comedy Club 19:30-22:30 Sin E, 15 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 www.eventbrite.ie/e/269577001067
+ Rock’n’Rollover in Sin E with Sam Clifford and Altered Lines – Gig 21:00 Sin E, 14 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/1243071373208574

+ 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/events/762459318527294

Friday 28 July

++ Liberties Festival 24-30 July thelibertiesfestival.com

+ Guided Tour of Arbour Hill Cemetery 11:00 Arbour Hill Cemetery, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 (Meeting point is inside the cemetery gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event-programme-2023-03-30.pdf

+ Viking Ireland Family Tour (Age7+) 12:00 National Museum Archaeology, Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Tour-Viking-Ireland-Family-Tour
+ Highlight Tours of the National Museum – Archaeology in Kildare Street – Age 8+ 13:30 National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/July-Sept-2023/Public-Tour-of-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland-(3)

+ Big Bang Festival – A night of live West African & Indian percussion 19:45 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/big-bang-festival/

And there is more…

+++ Summer In Dublin: Family Fun on Sundays
From 23 July until 13 August, every Sunday a “Summer in Dublin” event will take place somewhere in Dublin City. There will be stalls, face painting, giant board games, costumed characters, arts & crafts and on 06 Aug there will also be an outdoors movie. The event will take place from 13:00-17:00 and the first one is in Suffolk Street Dublin 2. After that the locations will be North Earl Street, Dublin 1 on 30 July, Capel Street, Dublin 1 on 06 July and then finally on 13 Aug the event will be in South King Street, Dublin 2. www.dublintown.ie/whats-on-events/summer-in-dublin-free-family-fun-on-sundays/

+++ LEARN A NEW SKILL WITH ONLINE COURSES
Is there ever a wrong time for learning a new skill or enhancing what you are already interested in? Maybe it is a language or an instrument or some technical skills? Or something completely different? Nearly every subject is there! Check out Udemy via the link below, they have thousands of courses and there is good chance that what you are looking for is available. Nearly all the courses are REALLY affordable!
The lowest price most of the time is EUR 12.99. Sometimes it even goes down further to EUR 9.99 and when that happens (about once or twice a year), I will tell you. But even 12.99 is definitely a good price for what you get! – Check out the website at www.getthislink.com/Udemy22 And if you buy through that link, you also help the Dublin Event Guide! :-)

+++ Dublin Events & Food Blog on Instagram
Under @i_come_undone, a good friend and great supporter of the Dublin Event Guide, Sarah Hanrahan, posts lots of interesting things about Dublin on Instagram. Sarah writes about hidden spaces, Cocktail Experiences, Restaurants and also about events and last week she posted “Thirty more unique things happening in this “Kip” over the next few weeks”. Read that together with the post “There’s NOTHING to do in Dublin” and you have a good list (approx. 60) of (mainly non-free) events that are happening in July, August and September. Sarah has 113,000 followers, so she is a lot more successful than me! ;-) You should follow her!
So go to instagram.com and use the user name @i_come_undone

+++ Liberties Festival
This year’s Liberties Festival will be from 24-30 July. It is one of the oldest festivals of a suburb/area of Dublin and lots of events are planned. All events are listed on the website, but they are sorted by type, which makes it unnecessary complicated to get an overview of what is happening. The events are there, but it will take time to get through the seven categories. thelibertiesfestival.com

+++ Some more events:
Find Library events here www.dublincity.ie/events
and Trinity College Events here www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?day=17&month=07&year=2023&search=week

+++ Storytelling and Toddler Groups at Dublin City Libraries
The Dublin City Libraries have published a list of Storytelling and Toddler groups for age 0-4 across the Dublin City Libraries. You can find it here www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/storytelling-and-toddler-groups-dublin-city-libraries

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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