Is this the summer?

Summer Solstice Sun Observation, Skerries Wild Bee Festival,

Lusk Summer Festival, Vintage Block Market

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Free events in Dublin this weekend…

Saturday 21 June

+ 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

++ Skerries Annual Wild Bee Festival 2025 – Walks, Talks, Entertainment 09:00-16:00 Skerries Mills, Millers Lane, Skerries, Co. Dublin www.fingal.ie/wildbeefestival/agenda

+ 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
+ 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/

+ Makers Market in Dublin – by Pop Up Gallery 10:00-14:00 Bernard Shaw Pub, Cross Guns Bridge, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1376200575969
++ National Sandcastle & Sculpture Competition Bettystown 10:00-16:00 Beach, Bettystown, Co. Dublin www.sandcastlesbettystown.com/ (free admin for Spectators)
+ Early Medieval Ireland; Ireland to St. Gallen – Tour – National Museum 10:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)
+ Rialto Community Arts Festival 10:30-21:30 Rialto, Dublin 8 rialtocommunityarts.com/event-schedule-2025/
+ Cactus and Succulent Show and Competition 10:30-17:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.botanicgardens.ie/event/cactus-and-succulent-show-and-competition/

+ 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/

+ Lusk Summer Festival – Music Stage, Market, Food, Penalty SHoot out, Scouting, Yoga, Zumba and a lot more 11:00-20:00 Orlynn Park Green, Lusk, Co. Dublin www.facebook.com/lusksummerfestival/
+ Matinée Screening: Un Monstre à Paris 11:30 Alliance Française, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.alliance-francaise.ie/event-details/?eventId=1522 (Booking required)
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology – Tour 11:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)

+ Early Medieval Ireland; Ireland to St. Gallen – Tour 13:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)
++ Solar Observation for the Summer Solstice – Irish Astronomical Society 14:00-16:00 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/events/3947514448846254
+ A Taste of the Past – The History of Food and Drink – Tour 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/June-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Day of Art & Philosophy – Workshops & Talks – New Acropolis 14:00-17:30 New Acropolis, 43 Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1390579854779 (Booking required)
+ Viking Ireland Family Tour – 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-(2)
+ A Queer Eye on the Collection – LGBT* Tour 14:30 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Military Road, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/1234939024748779
+ Welcome to the world of Cacti and Succulents – Talk 14:30 National Botanic Gardens, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/events/1025754703086311
+ Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology – Tour 15:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)
+ Recovered Voices: Stories and Experiences of the Irish during World War One – Tour 15:30 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/June-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Bikers of Eire Memorial Run 18:00-22:00 Meeting: Maxol Long Mile Road www.facebook.com/events/689252917134691
+ Dublin Choral Festival 2025 – Concert 20:00 St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.facebook.com/events/1069398505110887 (Booking required)
+ Georgia Symphony Chorus & Uzee Brown Society of Choralier and Cuore Chamber Choir – Concert 20:00 Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 8 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1329872898639 (Booking required)
+ Master of Pulpits (Tribute to Metallica) – support from Mudskipper and Nonelected 21:00 Fibber Magees, 80-81 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.facebook.com/events/29617568311223060

+ 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 Shift – Gig 22:00 Tolka House Pub, 9a Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 www.facebook.com/TolkaHousePubOfficial

+ 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

+ Skerries Annual Wild Bee Festival 2025 – Walks, Talks, Entertainment 09:00-16:00 Skerries Mills, Millers Lane, Skerries, Co. Dublin www.fingal.ie/wildbeefestival/agenda

+ 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)

+ Rialto Community Arts Festival 10:30-19:00 Rialto, Dublin 8 rialtocommunityarts.com/event-schedule-2025/

+ 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/

+ 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-3/2025-06-22/
++ Vintage Block Market – Vintage, Vinyl, Homeware, Food & Music – 70 stalls 11:00-17:00 Charlemont Square, Dublin 2 www.facebook.com/WeLovePopUpMarkets

+ Outdoor Concert with Joe Monks – Performing Sinatra, Buble, George Michael and more 14:00-16:00 Farmleigh Estate, Bandstand, Castleknock end of Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 farmleigh.ie/events/outdoor-concert-with-joe-monks/
+ The Way We Wore: Representations of Social Change through Clothing – Tour 14:00 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/June-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)

+ 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)
+ 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-4/2025-06-22/
+ Jazz Jam – play Jazz Standards 15:30-18:30 International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/jam-session/6245-jazz-jam-at-the-international-bar.html
+ Game, Set, Match: The History of Sports in Irish Society – Tour – ISL Interpreted 15:30 National Museum, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/June-Tours-at-Collins-Barracks
+ Sunday Funday – Board Games Night 16:00-18:00 Beckett Locke, Point Square Village, Dublin 1 www.eventbrite.ie/e/847081713207 (Booking required)

+ Organ Freeman – Weekly Jazz Sundays – Gig 18:00-20:30 The Big Romance, 98 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/residency/organ-freeman-weekly-jazz-sundays-11.html

+ 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

And the free events for next week….

Monday 23 June

Tuesday 24 June

Wednesday 25 June

Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events)

Thursday 26 June

+ 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)

+ Early Medieval Ireland; Ireland to St. Gallen 12:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)
+ The History of Irish Art – Tour 13:30 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)
+ Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Guided Tour 14:00 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 (Meet at the gate) www.phoenixpark.ie/tours/

+ Early Medieval Ireland; Ireland to St. Gallen – Tour 15:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)
+ The Richie Buckley Quartet – Jazz Gig 20:30-23:30 Frank Ryans, 5 Queen Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7 www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/residency/the-richie-buckley-quartet-12.html

Friday 27 June

+ 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

+ Early Medieval Ireland; Ireland to St. Gallen – Tour 12:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)
+ Early Medieval Ireland; Ireland to St. Gallen – Tour 13:00 National Museum – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2025/Q2/February-Tours-at-NMI-Archaeology-(2)

+ Arbour Hill Cemetery – Guided Tour 14:00 Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 (Meeting point: at the cemetery gates) www.phoenixpark.ie/tours/

And there is more…

+++ The Ballsbridge Beetle
The first Volkswagen Beetle that was manufactured outside of Germany was assembled 75 years ago in Ballsbridge. It was a green Beetle Type 1 and that car is today in the Zeithaus Museum in Wolfsburg, Germany, where the Volkswagen headquarter is.
For three days this Beetle will be shown in Dublin but only is the weather is absolutely perfect with 100% guarantee that there will be no rain.
The location where the beetle will be shown is in the courtyard of Collins Barracks and originally it was meant to be on show on the first Saturday of June, July and August. But the weather wasn’t good enough on the last two Saturdays, so now the first display will happen this Saturday 21 June (10:00-17:00). www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/The-Ballsbridge-Beetle

+++ Pride Parade and Pride Village
Next Saturday on 28 June the Pride Parade celebrates the LBBT* community and culture. The parade starts at 12:00 in O’Connell Street and will then go along Eden Quay, Custom House Quay across the Liffey on Talbot Memorial Bridge, the along City Quay, Lombard Street, Westland Row to Merrion Square. dublinpride.ie/parade/
At Merrion Square the Pride Village is a full day festival event. dublinpride.ie/pride-village/

+++ 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.)

+++ 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! :-)

+++ 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/

+++ 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

+++ 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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