Outdoor season is ON
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Culture Date in Dublin 8, Phizzfest, Ranelagh Arts Fest, National Bike Week
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Hi!!
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Here is another “Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)” for you and hopefully you will enjoy it.
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People tell me regularly that they love the Dublin Event Guide, that they love the content and that they love what it allows them to do.
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The goal is that with the information in this newsletter you will be able to experience and enjoy culture in our city in a completely different way because you have knowledge about all the free events that are there and that are often not well enough advertised.
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The Dublin Event Guide is a matchmaker! It brings hard working event organisers who run free events together with you, the appreciating audience, who enjoy culture and events and who enjoy it even more if it is free.
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But there is also something that people do not love at all about the Dublin Event Guide: It reaches you MUCH too late on a Saturday and is then only fully usable for the Sunday and weekday events.
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I know this and 100% agree! My problem is that the Dublin Event Guide is a spare time/hobby project. I work full time in other very busy jobs (more than one) and then use the time that is left over to gather the events and write this weekly newsletter now for nearly 18 years!
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I check well over 400 webpages every week, extract all the free events and gather them here, I use the essential information, turn it into a a readable but very short format and send the e-mail out to you as soon as I have it finished. I start working on it on a Friday evening as soon as I can and send it when done, working through the night, which means NO (planned) sleep on a Friday night for nearly 18 years. BUT often sleep grabs me against my will and that is a huge problem and is one of two or three reasons why the Dublin Event Guide is often so late. Another problem is that there are just tooooo many events.
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My biggest goal for the next few months is to find a way to send the Dublin Event Guide MUCH sooner, but tonight was NOT a good start. I had a busy week and could not keep my eyes open for hours on end. VERY frustrating!
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If you read this, another Event Guide got finished, but definitely not at a time I want it to go out. I will improve it! Thanks for your support.
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There are LOTS of events this week and the outdoor season has properly started. Try some of these events even if they are not your normal diet of cultural events, there is a lot of great things to be discovered. Don’t stay at home! ;-)
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If you have friends or family or colleagues that also enjoy cultural events in Dublin, let them know that they can sign up for the free weekly Dublin Event Guide newsletter at getthislink.com/DEGSignup
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The working title for my video series on YouTube is the “Better You” videos, they are all about 5-7 minute long about how to better your life. Check out this video series if you want to achieve more in life, but are talking yourself out of it. www.youtube.com/@JoergSteegmueller
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Donations in May:
EUR 92
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(By the end of the month, this number has to reach or exceed EUR 200 to guarantee the continuation of the Dublin Event Guide.)
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If the Dublin Event Guide helps you to find out about free events in Dublin, please help with a donation.
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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.
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There were NO donations for the Dublin Event Guide last week. The week before, a whole bunch of Dublin Event Guide supporters were super helpful in clearing the April balance, but keep in mind that the (extremely low) cost of EUR 200 need to be covered month after month. So if you are able to help, please do so!
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Donations keep the Dublin Event Guide alive and it is truly a wonderful group of people who help keeping the Dublin Event Guide going. Join this exclusive group! Without donations to pay the bills I will not be able to continue.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.)
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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
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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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Free events in Dublin this weekend…
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Saturday 10 May
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++ Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival (07-11 May) – Find all events here www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/saturday-10th-may
++ Ranelagh Arts Festival 2025 (08-11 May) – Find all events here: www.ranelagharts.ie/
++ Phizzfest (09-11 May) – Find all events here: www.phizzfest.ie/
++ National Bike Week (10-18 May) – Find all events here: www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/
++ Dublin Climate Action Week (12-18 May): Find all events here: dublinclimatechange.codema.ie/climate-action-week/events/
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+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Madison Padel Tournament – spectators welcome 09:00-22:00 Bushy Park Tennis & Padel Club, Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W www.bushytennispadel.ie/NewsItem.aspx?id=f90597287dd80a85073f72d1ee32204e
+ 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
+ Temple Bar Food Market 09:30-15:30 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.lovetemplebar.com/markets-events
++ MV John Paul DeJoria – On-board visits Anti-whaling ship by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sat+Sun) 10:00-17:00 Sir John Rogerson Quay, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/687228627033304
+ Makers Market in Dublin – by Pop Up Gallery 10:00-14:00 The Bernard Shaw, Cross Guns Bridge, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1350045425209
+ 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/
+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 11:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/
+ Temple Bar Food Market 11:00-16:00 Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 dublin.ie/live/things-to-do/markets/
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
++ Family Fun Day at St Audeon’s Park – Live Music, Bubble fun, Hula Hoop show, Circus skills, Puppet Performance – Culture Date with Dublin8 11:00-13:00 St. Audeon’s Park, Dublin 8 www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/family-fun-day-at-st-audoens-park
++ Bohemia Flea Market – with over 100 stalls 11:00-17:00 Kelly’s Yard, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/lezeitgeistfleamarket/
+ Dublin City Record & Tape Fair 12:00-17:00 The Circular, 538 South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/1964648220732763
+ Ranelagh Arts Festival Family Fun Day 12:00-16:00 Mount Pleasant Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6W www.ranelagharts.ie/
+ Traces of Classical Antiquity at Farmleigh House – Talk – Culture Date with Dublin8 12:30-13:30 Farmleigh Estate, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 farmleigh.ie/events/traces-of-classical-antiquity-at-farmleigh-house/
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+ Choral Busking – Phizzfest 13:00-15:30 Library Garden (next to Two Boys Brew), Phibsborough, Dublin 7 phizzfest.ie/event/choral-busking
+ The Long-Winded Lady, A Ranelagh Arts Documentary – Ranelagh Film Festival 13:30-14:00 The Stella Cinema Ranelagh (The Delvin Hotel),
117-119 Ranelagh Road, Dublin 6 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1322740856509 (Booking required)
+ Lacemaking Demonstrations with the Guild of Irish Lacemakers 14:00-16:00 Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham Road, Dublin 14 www.facebook.com/events/3202756999863773
+ Tour of the Irish National War Memorial Gardens 14:00 Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Island Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1312744928419 (Booking required)
+ Live Music at Lucan Library for Bealtaine 14:00-15:00 Lucan Library, Shopping Centre Newcastle Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin www.eventbrite.ie/e/1329714193949 (Booking required)
+ The Prehistoric Ireland Family Tour 14:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(1)
+ Neighbours Talk at Farmleigh House – Culture Date with Dublin 8 14:30-15:30 Farmleigh Estate, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1288304014989 (Booking required)
+ Pinbaile na mBan: Women’s Pinball Tournament 16:00-19:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1341317459629 (Booking required)
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(1)
+ No Green without the Red: on Sovereignty, Environment and Class – James Connolly Lecture 16:00-17:30 The New Theatre, 43 Essex Street East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1322094051899 (Booking required)
+ Treasure Hunt with TravelTrackie – Culture Date with Dublin8 17:00-19:00 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1338507815909 (Booking required)
+ EU&YOU: An Intergenerational Celebration of Art and European Identity – Launch 17:00-19:00 Unit 5, Charlemont Square, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1334083251919 (Booking required)
+ Huntings, Empty Spaces, Telekura, Daddee – Gigs 21:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1475481013316061/
+ 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 22:00 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial
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Sunday 11 May
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++ Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival – Find all events here www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/sunday-11th-may
++ Ranelagh Arts Festival 2025 (08-11 May) – Find all events here: www.ranelagharts.ie/
++ Phizzfest (09-11 May) – Find all events here: www.phizzfest.ie/
++ National Bike Week (10-18 May) – Find all events here: www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/
++ Dublin Climate Action Week (12-18 May): Find all events here: dublinclimatechange.codema.ie/climate-action-week/events/
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++ Bealtaine Festival – Arts & Creativity Featival bealtaine.ie/events-2/
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Madison Padel Tournament – specators welcome 09:00-16:00 Bushy Park Tennis & Padel Club, Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W www.bushytennispadel.ie/NewsItem.aspx?id=f90597287dd80a85073f72d1ee32204e
+ 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/
++ MV John Paul DeJoria – On-board visits Anti-whaling ship by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sat+Sun) 10:00-17:00 Sir John Rogerson Quay, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/events/687228627033304
+ 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)
+ 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/
+ Blackrock Market 11:00-17:30 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/BlackrockMarket/
++ Bohemia Flea Market – with over 100 stalls 11:00-17:00 Kelly’s Yard, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/lezeitgeistfleamarket/
++ We Love Markets – Market with 50+ stalls 11:00-17:00 The Digital Hub, Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/we-love-markets-at-the-digital-hub
+ PedalPower Cycle Parade 11:00 Eamonn Ceannt Park (Clogher Road entrance), Crumlin, Dublin 12 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1334114615729 (Booking required)
+ Kid’s Drop By Activities 11:00-12:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/kids-drop-by-activities-3/2025-05-11/
++ PedalPower – Family-Friendly Bike Festival 12:00-16:00 Sundrive Velodrome, Eamonn Ceannt Park, Crumlin, Dublin 12 www.dublincity.ie/events/pedalpower-dublin
+ Sundays at Noon : Matthias Lorenz, cello 12:00-13:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1332121042899 (Booking required)
+ Mother Reilly’s Record & CD Fair 12:00-16:00 Mother Reilly’s, 32 Rathmines Road Upper, Dublin 6 www.facebook.com/events/1588436388485103
++ Lá Mór na Gaeilge – Irish Language Festival 12:00-17:00 Smithfield Plaza, Smithfield, Dublin 7 baclegaeilge.ie/la-mor-na-gaeilge/
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+ Phizzfest Classic Car Parade 13:00 Broadstone Plaza, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/4104873069793414
+ Facere Craft Market 13:00-18:00 The Turks Head, 27 Parliament Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1343048216369
++ Phizzfest Family Fun Day – music, raft race, duck race, picnic area 13:30-18:00 one lock from Phibsborough Bridge along phizzfest.ie/event/phizzfest-community-and-family-day
+ 1913 – 1923: A Decade of Military Conflict – Tour 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/May-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ St. Mary’s Hospital (formerly Royal Hibernian Military School) – Guided Tour 14:00 St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 (Meeting point: Left of the main hospital gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/tours/
+ 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 spaces)
+ Rhythms of Light Tour – discover and reflect on the illuminating patterns of real and artificial light in Farmleigh House 14:30-15:30 Farmleigh Estate, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 farmleigh.ie/events/rhythms-of-light-tour/ (Booking required)
+ Chester Beatty Museum Tour 15:00 Chester Beatty Museum, Gardens of Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2 chesterbeatty.ie/whats-on/free-public-tours/
+ 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/
+ Tour of the Irish National War Memorial Gardens 15:30 Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Island Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1312744928419 (Booking required)
+ Revolutionary Women: Exploring Women’s Roles in Conflict in Ireland – Tour 15:30 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/May-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Kid’s Drop By Activities 15:30-16:30 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/kids-drop-by-activities-4/2025-05-11/
+ Sunday Funday – Board Games Night 16:00-18:00 Beckett Locke, Point Square Village, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/847081713207 (Booking required)
+ Treasure Hunt with TravelTrackie – Culture Date with Dublin8 17:00-19:00 St. Patrick’s Park, next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1338507815909 (Booking required)
+ Icarus Comedy@ Bruxelles 20:00-22:00 Bruxelles, 8 Harry Street, Dublin 2 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1358456412699 (Booking required)
+ Jawbone: Acoustic Blues & Folk Commune 20:00 Arthur’s Blues & Jazz Club, 28 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/2884885621692568/2884885678359229
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch
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And the free events for next week….
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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.
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Monday 12 May
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++ National Bike Week (10-18 May) – Find all events here: www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/
++ Dublin Climate Action Week (12-18 May): Find all events here: dublinclimatechange.codema.ie/climate-action-week/events/
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++ Bealtaine Festival – Arts & Creativity Featival bealtaine.ie/events-2/
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ RIAM Violoncello Masterclass with Andrew Shulman 14:00-16:00 Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row, Dublin 2 riam-tickets.riam.ie/ticketbooth/shows/1173661474 (Booking required)
+ Behind the records: Who holds the truth? – Talk 16:00-17:30 Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events-calendar/events/2025/behind-the-records-who-holds-the-truth.php
+ Behind the story: Can ‘The News’ survive the times? – Talk 16:00-17:30 Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events-calendar/events/2025/behind-the-story-can-the-news-survive-the-times.php
+ Downtown Blues Dancing – Social Dancing with DJs 21:00-23:00 Mind the Step Cafe, 24 Strand Street Great, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/1281472632925726
+ Song Cycle – Singer Songwriter Night – Open Night with special guests – Little Whelan’s 21:00 Whelan’s, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 www.whelanslive.com/event/song-cycle/
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch
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Tuesday 13 May
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++ National Bike Week (10-18 May) – Find all events here: www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/
++ Dublin Climate Action Week (12-18 May): Find all events here: dublinclimatechange.codema.ie/climate-action-week/events/
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++ Bealtaine Festival – Arts & Creativity Featival bealtaine.ie/events-2/
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Suicide in Dublin during the Great Famine – Talk 12:00-13:00 Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events-calendar/events/2025/suicide-in-dublin-during-the-great-famine.php
+ Networking in a New Key: An evening of speed networking, food, drink and culture 18:30-20:00 Bartley’s Lounge at the Grafton Hotel, 31/32 Stephen Street Lower, Dublin 2 www.irishnationalopera.ie/whats-on/current-upcoming/networking-in-a-new-key (Booking required)
+ The Limerick Boycott 1094 in Context – Talk 18:30-20:00 Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD Campus, Dublin 2 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events-calendar/events/2025/the-limerick-boycott-in-context.php
+ Songs In The Long Room – Acoustic Open Mic Session 20:00-23:00 Hynes Bar, 79 Prussia Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 www.facebook.com/events/472368905228630
+ Darkey Kelly’s Tuesday Singer Songwriter Night 19:00-22:30 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/
+ The Comedy Crunch – Comedy 21:00-22:45 Stag’s Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/thecomedycrunch
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Thursday 15 May
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++ National Bike Week (10-18 May) – Find all events here: www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/
++ Dublin Climate Action Week (12-18 May): Find all events here: dublinclimatechange.codema.ie/climate-action-week/events/
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++ Bealtaine Festival – Arts & Creativity Featival bealtaine.ie/events-2/
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
+ Sing For Fun! Choir Workshop (weekly) 11:00-12:00 Richmond Barracks, off Bulfin Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173633651 (Booking required)
+ Lunchtime Tour at The Douglas Hyde 12:00 The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873672724 (Booking required)
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 13:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(1)
+ Self-Employment: Is it for me? – Talk 13:00 Central Library www.dublincity.ie/events/self-employment-it-me (Booking required)
+ Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Guided Tour 14:00 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 (Meet at the gate) www.phoenixpark.ie/tours/
+ Revisiting the Yes Equality Campaign: A Decade of Marriage Equality – Talk 18:15-20:00 National Library, 7 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/revisiting-yes-equality-campaign-decade-marriage-equality (Booking required)
+ Encounters with Jellett – Artists in-conversation event with Susan Connolly and Brian Fay – Talk 18:30 National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873672853 (Booking required)
+ Scavenger Hunting: Phoenix Park Bike Challenge – Bike Week 18:30-20:30 Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1329951874859 (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – Brian Maguire: La Grande Illusion 18:00 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/brian-maguire-la-grande-illusion-8may2025/ (Booking required)
+ Expert Art Tour – Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: The Dream Pool Intervals 18:30 Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1 hughlane.ie/whats_on/free-expert-art-tour-ailbhe-ni-bhriain-the-dream-pool-intervals-15may2025/ (Booking required)
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+++ Culture Date with Dublin 8
Culture Date with Dublin 8 is a celebration of the cultural, historical and architectural features that Dublin 8 has. There will be tours and talks and other events from Wednesday 07 May until Sunday 11 May. All details are at www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/
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+++ Phizzfest
Phizzfest is the Phibsborough Community & Arts Festival and it will run from Friday 09 May until Sunday 11 May. There are a few free events and you can find the full programme at phizzfest.ie/programme-flipbook as a brochure or the event list at phizzfest.ie/phizzfest-2025
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++ Marlay Park is 50
marlay Park is 50 years in public ownership and to celebrate this birthday, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are inviting to a whole range of events starting with music events and workshops between 05 and 25 May www.dlrcoco.ie/dlr-events/event/feile-nasc-childrens-events-music-nights-more
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+++ Bealtaine: Celebrating Creativity as we age
The Bealtaine festival is a month long national celebration of the “arts and creativity as we age”. The festival is nearly 30 years old and initially it was described as “Celebrating Creativity in Older Age”. But what is “older age”? Is it pension age? Over 65? Or over 70 or maybe later? Nobody really knows.
At some point, a few years ago, the website said from Age 55. But most 55 year olds wouldn’t see themselves as “older age”.
The description was changed to “celebration of the arts and creativity as we age”, but does that help? We all age from birth, no? So the exact target group remains unclear, but the goal of the organisation behind the festival “Age & Opportunity” is to get people who normally are reluctant, to get engaged with culture. Who cares about the exact age!
Get involved and find the brochure at bealtaine.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bealtaine-2025-Programme.pdf and the events at bealtaine.ie/events-2/
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+++ Dublin City Council Culture Company
Every week, the Dublin City Council Culture Company organises cultural events in venues in Dublin. They are events in addition to the normal events in museums, galleries and other venues. All events are free, but access is by registration only. And these events are POPULAR!! So when I get to checking them out on the Friday before they take place, the most interesting ones are usually already booked out. If you are interested, check them out here cultureclubdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows (This week you only see a few, because every month a new batch is uploaded not in a rolling way, but in a month by month way.)
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+++ 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! :-)
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+++ IKEA Crafting / Music / Cooking Workshops
Ikea in Ballymun runs a variety of crafting, music and cooking workshops it is always worh checking out. The workshops are free and usually go for 45 minutes. They are always for children, but the age is often not fixed. There are specific Toddler and baby workshops at times as well. Check them out on www.ikea.com/ie/en/stores/events/ikea-ballymun/
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+++ Some more events:
+ Variety of Tours and talks at the National Museums in Kildare Street and at Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-ie/eventcalendar
+ Variety of Public Tours at the National Gallery www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on
Find Library events here www.dublincity.ie/events
and Trinity College Events here www.tcd.ie/news_events/events/?day=18&month=03&year=2024&search=week
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+++ 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
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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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