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NON-TICKETED EVENTS

With the Culture Date with Dublin 8 fast approaching we decided to help you in your plans for the weekend by highlighting some of the events and activities that you can enjoy at your leisure without any ticket booking requirements.

 

Drop in to any of these activities throughout the weekend and discover something new and unique in D8

IMMA - IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Image from Irish Gothic by Patricia Hurl

Visit Exhibitions for free at IMMA

Sat 13 May 10am to 5.30pm
Sun 14 May 12noon – 5.30pm


Over the festival weekend there are four exhibitions to visit at IMMA.

Irish Gothic explores the work of one of Ireland’s most accomplished artists, Patricia Hurl.

Championing Irish Art from the Mary and Alan Hobart Collection featuring the work of prominent Irish artists including Jack B. Yeats, John Lavery, William Orpen & Mary Swanzy.

Scene of the Myth an expansive solo exhibition of the work of Sarah Pierce, featuring performances, videos, installations, and archives.

Unseeing Traces in collaboration with New Communities Partnership presents artefacts from the Kingdom of Kongo to explore displacement, colonialism, race and representation. 

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Check in at IMMA Reception on arrival

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There will also be speciality guided tours of Irish Gothic at 2.30pm both days (meet at IMMA reception)

MARSH'S LIBRARY

FREE ENTRY +
LEGO Hunt - featuring significant Irish figures from the library's past

Saturday 13th May 
10am - 5pm

 

Marsh's Library is happy to welcome visitors to participate in its Irish Writers themed Lego Hunt! Track down James Joyce, Bram Stoker and many more as you browse through the bays of Ireland's first public library. Staff will be available to tell you stories of the famous readers, book theft and Maurice the Mummy. All ages are welcome!

Visit St Audoen's Church & Enjoy St Georges Brass Band with some Live Music in the Park!

 

St. Audoen's Church Visitor Centre Open Saturday and Sunday from

9.30am - 5.30pm

 

Guided Tours available throughout the weekend. Learn about the medieval history of Dublin, and the medieval architecture of St. Audoen’s.

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SATURDAY 13TH MAY 

2.30PM

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Join St George’s Brass Band for an afternoon of musical entertainment in the park featuring some classics, music from the movies and some popular favourites.

WE LOVE MARKETS AT
THE DIGITAL HUB

SATURDAY 13TH MAY
11am - 5pm

We Love Markets at The Digital Hub are thrilled to be a part of the Culture Date with Dublin 8 programme this year. The Market will host up to 50 eclectic stalls, showcasing a mixture of local design and locally made artisan food, homemade crafts, clothes, furniture, bric-a-brac, vintage wares, artisan goods and plenty of hidden gems.

 

The market will support local enterprises, organisations, designers and creatives in Dublin 8.

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PERFORMANCE

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Dublin 8 based drumming school MaSamba Samba will feature with a pop up performance in the afternoon.

RICHMOND BARRACKS

Teddy Bear Picnic in the Garden
Saturday 13th May
12.30pm - 3pm

Join us for a picnic in Richmond Barracks on Saturday the 13th of May from 12:30-3 pm. Bring your sambos and your picnic blanket and chill out in the beautiful surroundings of the Richmond Barracks garden.

We'll be starting at 12.30 pm with a Teddy Bear's Picnic with Inchicore Library (make sure to bring your teddy!) Then afterwards we will be relaxing, playing some games, having some music and serving tea, orange squash and buns. We look forward to seeing you! (please note the picnic is weather dependent and won't take place if it is raining)

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No Booking Required

VISIT EXHIBITIONS AT BLOCK T/FLUX,
THE MAGNET & PALLAS PROJECTS - SAT & SUN
BLOCK T is now FLUX - celebrate their rebranding with a launch of a new members exhibition at a former bank on James's street.
Visit the debut solo exhibition of Sorcha Frances Ryder 'Days That Last Forever + Friends Who Never Have To Go Home' at The Magnet
Visit the exhibition 'Monsters of the Apocalypse' by local artist Venus Patel at Pallas Projects

IRISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL GARDENS

Guided Visit of The Irish National War Memorial Gardens


Friday 12th May

2pm & 3pm

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Saturday 13th May

12pm, 2pm & 3.30pm

Meeting point in the car park nearest the edge of the formal gardens.

Duration: approx 1 hr

 

Enjoy the historic sunken rose gardens, herbaceous borders and extensive tree-planting with staff of OPW. Hear the history of this Sir Edward Lutyens designed commemorative garden with architectural features. Picturesque setting on the south bank of the River Liffey at Islandbridge.

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The Trinity Regatta will also be viewable from the gardens on Saturday 13th May from 7am - 6pm

ENJOY SOME MUSIC AT ALL MY FRIENDS, HEN'S TEETH & RASCALS BREWERY

Sassy J

​Saturday 13th May

7pm - late

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Hail­ing from the de fac­to beau­ti­ful Swiss cap­i­tal of Bern, Sassy J has a colour­ful and charm­ing sound informed by her sim­ple and hon­est love of music and emo­tion. She runs her own Patch­work night, does the art for each par­ty and has a pas­sion for sewing one off pieces of cloth­ing that mar­ry many dif­fer­ent tex­tures and styles in com­pelling ways, much like when she mix­es records.

Fintan Warfield

​Sunday 14th May

5pm-7pm

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Fintan is a Dublin based singer, guitar and violin player. He is first and foremost a performer of Irish ballads, while his wider repertoire spans folk, country along with modern and contemporary pop. Fintan's performances  and playlist epitomise the spirit of diversity in All My Friends.

All Vinyl DJ Set with Paula Lahiff

Thursday 11th May

8pm

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All Vinyl DJ Set with David Corway

Friday 12th May

8.30pm

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DJ Wax Evening Party

Sunday 14th May

6pm

Inchicore College of Further Education

Saturday 13th May

 

Graduate Show: 10am - 3pm 

Architectural Tour: 3pm
 

Enjoy the Inchicore College of Further Education Creative Arts Courses Showcase & join an architectural tour of their building!

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THE VINTAGE MARKET AT THE CIRCULAR

Saturday 13th May 12pm - 4pm
 

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Come browse an eclectic selection of women's and men's vintage fashions, jewellery and other bits and bobs at bargain prices 

The bar will be open and we'll have local DJ's spinning some chilled out tunes

Facebook Event Page:  https://fb.me/e/2Ll6kThTl

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