Featured Events in Dublin in April, 2025 (May Updated)

Erg Army are returning to BACK2BASICS with TWO opportunities for you to level up your Erg game. SIGN UP FOR OUR PRE-REGISTRATION NOW! FIRST 12 TICKETS TO OUR FULL DAY ONLY €99 Session 1 - Erg Army LEVEL 1: 9am - 11.45am This is for you if: You've never before attended an Erg Army WorkshopYou've ever felt like you're not as fast on the ergs as you should beYou're tired of holding up your team mates in relays / HYROXYou're ready to understand the DAMPER SETTINGYou think your size is the reason you're slow on the ergsYou believe you are faster on the rower when you don't strap your feet inYour back, triceps, quads, elbows ache when you row/skiIf the above resonates with you, please select LEVEL 1 on the ticketing page. Session 2- Erg Army LEVEL 2 (ADVANCED): 12pm- 3pm This is for you if: You HAVE attended an Erg Army Workshop in the pastYou are ready to PERFORM: In class, in comps, in HYROXYou have started to understand the DAMPER SETTING and now you want the next layer to help you row and ski FASTER for LESS EFFORTYou are ready for PACING: Go faster for longer / zone 2 your previous sprints and you're ready for your sprints to be something to brag about.You love learning and want to be your very best.If the above resonates with you, please select LEVEL 2 on the ticketing page. **PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MAY ONLY ATTEND LEVEL 2 IF LEVEL 1 HAS BEEN COMPLETED. OPTION 3: BUNDLE! Never attended a Erg Army Workshop before?Ready to level up?Select the bundle, pack some snacks and come along for the full day!APRIL 6, 2025 BACK2BASICS - DUBLIN 24 ALL WELCOME Level 1: 9am - 11.45am Level 2: 12pm - 3pm LOCATION: BACK2BASICS, TALLAGHT Turn your moments/HOURS of misery on the ergs to the highlight of your training. Go faster, for longer, with less fatigue. We have a strict limit on capacity. Please sign up early to avoid disppointment Information Source: Jane Erbacher | eventbrite

We are delighted to announce that the Royal Irish Academy of Music will host the Orff-Schulwerk Association Ireland (OSAI) Spring workshop on Sunday 6th April 2025, in the Vernon Studio, RIAM. This follows on from our highly successful workshop weekend in November 2024 in Portlaoise, where we launched the newly formed OSAI and had a brilliant weekend exploring ways in which traditional music and culture might be used in our practice. Carmen Dominguez Rodriguez, President of Orff Spain (https://de.orff-schulwerk-forum-salzburg.org/team/carmen-dominguez-rodriguez) will be our presenter for this workshop day. The workshop is particularly suitable for all teachers and musicians who work in education or community settings with children aged 4 to 8 but will also be invaluable to students, classroom teachers, instrumental teachers and anyone who works creatively with music, movement and arts education with children and young people. Information Source: Orff-Schulwerk Association Ireland | eventbrite

🎤 NO PEGUEN AL HUMORISTA 🎭 ¡Un show de stand-up imperdible con Jaime Caravaca directamente desde España y ahora nos visita en Dublín! 📍 The Wool Shed 📅 Domingo, 6 de abril de 2025 🕘 19:00 h ¡Prepárate para una noche llena de risas y buen humor! No te lo pierdas. 🎟️ Entradas disponibles ahora Information Source: La Clave Group | eventbrite

We are delighted to run a drama workshop for young people who stammer with Charlie Hughes along with ISA staff Jonathon Linklater, Aisling Keogh and Penny Farrell. ISAYiT! has been running for 15 years to support children who stammer through drama workshops and theatrical performances. Charlie Hughes runs drama workshop that help children find confidence with their stammer. No experience is needed - this is a fun workshop to explore drama games and group activities designed to boost confidence and encourage self-expression! This drama workshop is suitable for primary and secondary ages. We also welcome older teens and young adults who stammer to join as youth mentors! Please email Penny pf@stammeringireland.ie to register as a youth mentor. The workshop is in Dublin city - at the Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham. Whilst the drama workshop is running, there is a parents coffee meetup 11am-12pm for anyone who would like to have a cuppa and a chat with other parents! Information Source: Irish Stammering Association | eventbrite

Safeguarding 1 Online - Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness Course All Coaches, Children's Officers and Designated Liaison Persons (DLP) must first complete the 3 hour Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness Course. This is an on line workshop which educates participants on the implementation of best practice in protecting the welfare of children involved in sport. The Sport Ireland Code has been adopted and implemented by governing bodies of sports, clubs, local sports partnerships and community/voluntary groups on an ongoing basis since 2000. It has been encouraging to see the common sense approach to the adoption of the code at grass roots level, which has resulted in protection for young people and leaders. If young people are to stay involved in sport throughout their adult life, they need to be equipped with the fundamentals to remain involved with sport and physical activity. Equally we need to ensure that their early experiences are positive and enjoyable, irrespective of their ability, gender, social class, race, etc. It is encouraging to see adults, both volunteers and professionals, contribute to these positive experiences by acting as role models in all dealings with young people. In particular the work of Children's Officers at club and national level is instrumental in implementing the Code. We need to build on this valuable work to ensure that all young people see sport and physical activity as an important and valuable aspect of their lives that they will sustain throughout their adulthood. ON LINE INFORMATION This on line course will take place using Zoom video and audio conferencing service. If you do not have a Zoom account please download the free app from the internet prior to the course using the following address www.zoom.us . Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership will send you the link to the zoom meeting a few days prior to the course date for security reasons along with all the course material. Please do not share this link with another party. Only people booked onto the course will be admitted to the scheduled zoom meeting. GDPR By registering for this workshop your name, email and D.O.B will be shared with Sport Ireland. This information is required to produce your certificate of completion. Information Source: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership | eventbrite

TU Dublin Students' Union: DRAG RACE Get ready for an electrifying night of fierce performances and fabulous entertainment at the TU Dublin Students' Union: DRAG RACE event! Join us on Tuesday, 8 April 2024 at 6PM at WigWam (beside The Academy in Abbey Street) for a night you won't forget. From breathtaking lip-sync battles to jaw-dropping dance routines, this event promises to leave you in awe. Whether you're a drag enthusiast or new to the scene, this event welcomes everyone with open arms. Prepare to be dazzled by the incredible artistry, creativity, and confidence on display by your peers! Don't miss out on this unforgettable evening of glitz, glamour, and non-stop entertainment. Grab your friends, put on your most fabulous outfit, and join us at WigWam for the TU Dublin Students' Union: DRAG RACE event. Get ready to sashay, shantay, and have the time of your life! STRICTLY OVER 18s ONLY | I.D. Required | R.O.A.R | No Refund Policy Applies Your Welfare is Our PriorityWe want everyone to have a safe and enjoyable experience. Please drink responsibly, respect our volunteers/staff and adhere to venue policies. I.D. is essential, and venues reserve the right to refuse entry if necessary. WARNING: Strobe/Flashing Lights and Smoke/Fog Machine may be in use. Information Source: TU Dublin SU | eventbrite

Sunset Skate Meet-Up with Dublin Rollers! As the days grow longer and the Irish weather finally starts to cooperate, we're beyond excited to bring back our Sunset Skate Meet-Ups for another season! 📅 Tuesdays | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 📍 Location: TBC (check our WhatsApp & Telegram for updates!) This marks the start of our fourth Sunset Skate season, and we’re thrilled to be co-hosting with our friends from @dublinrollers! All wheels & styles welcome! Whether you're on #rollerskates, #inlines, #longboards, or #pennyboards, this is your space to skate, vibe, and connect. 🔗 Important Info: Check our Instagram for all the key details to make the most of your Sunset Skate experience. 🌦️ Stay Updated! Join our WhatsApp or Telegram groups for real-time updates on locations, times, and any weather-related changes. DM us for the link! Let’s roll into the sunset together! Follow us on Instagram for more info: https://www.instagram.com/skaterevolution.ie/ https://www.instagram.com/dublinrollers/ #SunsetSkate #DublinRollers #SkateCommunity Why Join Us? Skate Revolution is more than just a skating group—it’s a community that values inclusivity, diversity, and self-expression. Our meet-ups are designed to help you feel comfortable on skates while enjoying the energy and creativity of roller skating. Whether you’re looking to build confidence, make new friends, or just have fun, this session is for you! Information Source: Skate Revolution | eventbrite

Ready To Go Orienteering (RTGO) course trains and equips primary and post-primary school teachers, youth leaders, scout leaders, camp providers etc with the skills and ability to teach the fundamentals of the sport to beginners and young people, whilst providing them with the necessary resources to do this. RTGO teaches you how to: Introduce pupils and young people to the basic skills of orienteering in a fun and exciting way.Identify where orienteering can be introduced to your school curriculum or group activities.Use games and activities that progress pupils and young people from classroom lessons to participating in simple orienteering competitions and events.Prepare your pupils or group to participate in schools orienteering events in public parks and other orienteering fixtures in your area.Participants are provided with a resource pack including games cards, sample maps and controls, with further equipment available to purchase. Educational resources are also provided online, which can be downloaded and printed. DEIS schools participating in the 'Ready to Go Orienteering' training can receive a customised orienteering map of their school grounds at a nominal cost. The map will be given to the school in electronic format. Subsidies may be available for DEIS schools so get in touch with us at info@orienteering.ie before booking. Please include your role number. Information Source: Mark Stephens | eventbrite

Citysong by Carys D. Coburnby arrangement with Nick Hern Books Directed by Charlotte Tiernan, with the first-year students of the B.A. (Hons) in Drama (Performance), TU Dublin Conservatoire Citysong is a play. It’s a poem. It’s a chorus of voices showing us three generations of a Dublin family on one day, and it turns out one day holds the entire past. There are teen discos, late night taxis, home nurses, Jewish launderettes, vigilantes, babies, immigrants, seagulls. It’s intimate and sweeping, it’s cerebral and compassionate, it’s joyous and ridiculous. It’s modern day Dublin’s Under Milk Wood via Metamorphoses. (Not the book about the cockroach.) It’s different things at different times, which makes sense seeing as it’s about change. Transformations. Births and deaths, sunderings and returns, time and love. ScheduleTU Dublin Black Box Theatre, East Quad, Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7 Wednesday 9th April at 7.00pm Thursday 10th April at 7.00pm Friday 11th April at 7.00pm General Admission €12.00 Carys D. Coburn is a trans writer from Dublin. Their work is political, playful, funny, angry, strange. They were the winner of the Verity Bargate Award 2017 for Citysong — co-produced by Soho Theatre, the Abbey Theatre, and Galway International Arts Festival. Other plays include Absent The Wrong (Best Production at Dublin Fringe 2022) and HOTHOUSE (Best Production at Dublin Fringe 2023). One of the founders of MALAPROP, their work together won acclaim for its distinctive blend of nerdiness and tenderness. Other work with MALAPROP includes Where Sat The Lovers, Before You Say Anything, and Everything Not Saved. Information Source: TU Dublin Conservatoire | eventbrite

Ready To Go Orienteering (RTGO) course trains and equips primary and post-primary school teachers, youth leaders, scout leaders, camp providers etc with the skills and ability to teach the fundamentals of the sport to beginners and young people, whilst providing them with the necessary resources to do this. RTGO teaches you how to: Introduce pupils and young people to the basic skills of orienteering in a fun and exciting way.Identify where orienteering can be introduced to your school curriculum or group activities.Use games and activities that progress pupils and young people from classroom lessons to participating in simple orienteering competitions and events.Prepare your pupils or group to participate in schools orienteering events in public parks and other orienteering fixtures in your area.Participants are provided with a resource pack including games cards, sample maps and controls, with further equipment available to purchase. Educational resources are also provided online, which can be downloaded and printed. DEIS schools participating in the 'Ready to Go Orienteering' training can receive a customised orienteering map of their school grounds at a nominal cost. The map will be given to the school in electronic format. Subsidies may be available for DEIS schools so get in touch with us at info@orienteering.ie before booking. Please include your role number. Information Source: Mark Stephens | eventbrite

Race Day Info: Join 1000s of Students in your best dress or suit! One of Ireland’s biggest student events is back! The SPIN1038 Student Race Day returns on Wednesday, 9th April 2022 and is set to attract over 10,000 students for a day of thrilling racing, fashion, and entertainment at Leopardstown Racecourse. As well as eight great races, students can enjoy a multitude of entertainment, a best dressed competition and live music from one of Ireland top music performers. The event is a sell out every year and will be hotly anticipated as Leopardstown Racecourse welcomes student back after two year’s off-campus. This ticket will include your transport to abd from the venue. The bus will leave DBS at 12:30 Information Source: Student Experience Team | eventbrite

Welcome to Bite The Bullet Comedy Club in Ranelagh! Come join us at the The Tap House Bar & Kitchen for a evening of side-splitting laughter. A night filled with jokes, stories, and good vibes. After our last two sell out shows in Ranelagh we are delighted to annouce another cracking line up! On 10 April we are delighted to be joined by one of Ireland's best comedians, Martin Angolo (Amazon Prime, RTE). Also on the lineup are the brilliant: Colm McGlinchey (Paddy Power Comedy Fest, Edinburgh Fringe) Nghai Mai (Electric Picnic, Edinburgh Fringe) Hosted by the fantastic young and upcoming,Darren Gaffney (The Gaff Cast, Bray New Act Finalist 2025, SMTH Runner-Up 2025). Grab your friends and come on down for a night to remember! You won't wanna miss it! Book your place early and we'll see you there! (Our events tend to sell out in advance so we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment) ------------------------- Doors 8PM Show 8.30PM ------------------------- It promises to be a night of unforgettable stand-up comedy upstairs at The Tap House! ** Proudly sponsored by Beamish** ------------------------------------- Our previous acts include NEIL DELAMERE, AL PORTER, EMMA DORAN, DAVID MCSAVAGE, JOHN COLLEARY, MARTIN ANGOLO, KEVIN MCGAHERN, FRED COOKE, SHANE CLIFFORD, RICHIE BREE --------------------------------------- Martin Angolo Martin Angolo is an award winning Irish comedian who is a regular at comedy clubs and festivals all over Ireland, the UK, Europe and the United States. Martin recently appeared on LOL Last One Laughing Ireland on Amazon Prime and has gotten millions of views on his videos on Instagram. Other credits include judging the BBC New Comedy Awards for the BBC and acting in the Irish film Róise and Frank Martin Angolo is an award winning Irish comedian who is a regular at comedy clubs and festivals all over Ireland, the UK, Europe and the United States. Martin recently appeared on LOL Last One Laughing Ireland on Amazon Prime and has gotten millions of views on his videos on Instagram. Other credits include judging the BBC New Comedy Awards for the BBC and acting in the Irish film Róise and Frank Very funny - Graham Norton “Laser-sharp wit” - The Independent. “Martin is hilarious and is an Irish national treasure” – Eric Andre Colm McGlinchy McGlinchy is one of the most popular and talented comedians on the Irish comedy scene. He is part founder of the thriving 'Comedy Crunch' comedy club in The Stag's Head Bar in Dublin inner city, which runs up to 3 shows a week. He has performed all round Ireland, the UK and Europe including The Paddy Power Comedy Festival, Electric Picnic and Edinburgh Fringe. And we can't wait to have him in Ranelagh! Nghia Mai Nghia began doing Stand Up in Scotland and has performed his unique brand of racially-infused humour on numerous stages across the world, entertaining audiences with his colourful stories including the relentless mispronunciation of his name by Scotsmen and other nationalities. In his short time in Ireland, Nghia has already made it to the finals of a number of competitions including the Cherry Comedy Breakout Act of the Year and Dublin's Next Top Comic. He also hosts the brilliant 'Crash And Burn Comedy Club' in Sin E in Dublin city. ‘One of the most memorable lines of the night.’ The Skinny (Edinburgh) Darren Gaffney Darren is a comedian hailing from County Cavan - unlike most Cavan men he can attest he no longer has his Communion money. Darren is making his way up through the Irish comedy scene having performed at most of the top clubs in the country. He came third in the 2025 final of Ireland's biggest comedy competiton 'Show Me The Funny' meaning he will perfrom at Galway Comedy Festival 2025 with some of biggest names in Comedy. He also made it to the final of the other big compedy competiton in Ireland'Bray New Act of the Year' 2025. He has also performed in cities acoss the UK. You can find him gigging around the clubs in Dublin on a weekly basis, or in clubs all around the country. He attendedEdinburgh Fringe 2024 where he headlined gigs for the first time. He started his own comedy club 'Bite The Bullet Comedy' in 2024, which has gone from strength to strength since the first show in back in May '24. He is also the man behind the successful ‘The Gaff Cast’ podcast in which he discusses the issues of the day in a humorous and lighthearted tone. Information Source: Bite The Bullet Comedy | eventbrite

Active Bystander training is an effective way to empower people to address and prevent harassment and discrimination in a workspace. It equips workers with the right knowledge, tools and motivation to intervene safely and stop inappropriate behaviour before it rises to the level of unlawful harassment. This in-person workshop, designed for Box Office & Front of House team members in the arts and creative sectors in Ireland, is led by Professor Louise Crowley, Professor of Law at UCC and Director of the UCC Bystander Intervention Programme, and leading policy analyst and consultant Olwen Dawe, who has an established track record in developing and implementing equality, diversity and inclusion projects. Date & time: Thurs 10 April, 10am - 1pm Location: Camden Court Hotel, Dublin Duration: 3 hrs duration, with a tea/coffee break. Cost: Free of charge for anyone working in the arts and creative sectors in Ireland Travel Bursaries: A limited number of travel bursaries are available to cover the travel costs to attend this workshop, if you are based outside of the city of Dublin. To avail of a travel bursary, please send a short bio to info@safetocreate.ie. Travel bursaries will be awarded on a first-come first-served basis, and only upon completion of the course and on receipt of invoice and travel receipts. Participant feedback from past workshops: ‘It was excellent training. Clear and well delivered.’ ‘I felt positive about having a room full of people giving up their time to make the industry better. It felt hopeful.’ ‘It was thought provoking and engaging. The use of scenarios was particularly effective.’ ‘Clear strategies to deal with bullying/toxic behaviour, a frank and forthright presentation, and very useful real-world examples to interrogate how I feel I would have responded in the past versus what I could do in the future.’ ‘Great to do it in person. Very lively and informative’ Information Source: Safe to Create/ Irish Theatre Institute | eventbrite

Ready To Go Orienteering (RTGO) course trains and equips primary and post-primary school teachers, youth leaders, scout leaders, camp providers etc with the skills and ability to teach the fundamentals of the sport to beginners and young people, whilst providing them with the necessary resources to do this. RTGO teaches you how to: Introduce pupils and young people to the basic skills of orienteering in a fun and exciting way.Identify where orienteering can be introduced to your school curriculum or group activities.Use games and activities that progress pupils and young people from classroom lessons to participating in simple orienteering competitions and events.Prepare your pupils or group to participate in schools orienteering events in public parks and other orienteering fixtures in your area.Participants are provided with a resource pack including games cards, sample maps and controls, with further equipment available to purchase. Educational resources are also provided online, which can be downloaded and printed. DEIS schools participating in the 'Ready to Go Orienteering' training can receive a customised orienteering map of their school grounds at a nominal cost. The map will be given to the school in electronic format. Subsidies may be available for DEIS schools so get in touch with us at info@orienteering.ie before booking. Please include your role number. Information Source: Mark Stephens | eventbrite

Ready To Go Orienteering (RTGO) course trains and equips primary and post-primary school teachers, youth leaders, scout leaders, camp providers etc with the skills and ability to teach the fundamentals of the sport to beginners and young people, whilst providing them with the necessary resources to do this. RTGO teaches you how to: Introduce pupils and young people to the basic skills of orienteering in a fun and exciting way.Identify where orienteering can be introduced to your school curriculum or group activities.Use games and activities that progress pupils and young people from classroom lessons to participating in simple orienteering competitions and events.Prepare your pupils or group to participate in schools orienteering events in public parks and other orienteering fixtures in your area.Participants are provided with a resource pack including games cards, sample maps and controls, with further equipment available to purchase. Educational resources are also provided online, which can be downloaded and printed. DEIS schools participating in the 'Ready to Go Orienteering' training can receive a customised orienteering map of their school grounds at a nominal cost. The map will be given to the school in electronic format. Subsidies may be available for DEIS schools so get in touch with us at info@orienteering.ie before booking. Please include your role number. Information Source: Mark Stephens | eventbrite

This event is open to everyone, bring a loved one, a friend or come alone. N o experience is needed and in under two hours you will create a painting of your very own Mexican Sugar Skull. What you get with your ticket? ☀ 1 x Canvas to keep ☀ All the painting materials necessary 🎨 ☀ Instructor to help guide you ☀ Patterns and designs to inspire you ☀ Custom playlist with feel good tunes ☀ Win prizes! FAQ: I'M NO GOOD AT ART AND HAVEN'T PAINTED SINCE SCHOOL? Drink & Draw is a super fun event designed so you can have a good time, we aren't about perfection we want you to relax and create. We have instructors who will help guide you to creating your own masterpiece. It doesn't matter if you can't paint this about relaxing. WHAT IF I GET PAINT ON MY CLOTHES? We use non-toxic paint that can be machine washed. Information Source: Alternative Dublin | eventbrite

In partnership with Boardmatch PLEASE NOTE: This training is intended for the CEO and chair of organisations to attend together. We cannot accept applications from individuals to attend without their respective CEO or Chair. The performance of any charity or not-for-profit is underpinned by the relationship that exists between the CEO/Manager and Chair. This training explores this critical Management/Governance dynamic and is relevant to both seasoned practitioners and those just stepping up to the top job. Particularly in challenging times, it is important to focus your board and organisation in moving forward. A strong CEO/Manager and Chair relationship will help achieve this. Main topics will include: The changing environment in which board members and charities have to operateEnsuring a deep understanding by Chair and CEO of the fundamentals of governanceRole and expectations of ChairEnsuring boards fulfil their governance roleThe three key strands of governance: corporate/fiduciary; strategic and impactMaking informed decisionsMaking sure your board is addressing the right issuesChair/CEO and CEO/board relationship: Behaviours that can damage the relationshipRefreshing the board and finding new board membersCase study exercisePROVIDER: Safe to Create in partnership with Boardmatch DATE: 11 April, 10am – 4pm FORMAT: Tutor-led, in-person VENUE:Camden Court Hotel, Dublin D02 W086 COST: €50 PER PERSON HOW TO APPLY: To secure a place, please email info@safetocreate.ie stating your current job title/organisation and a short paragraph stating why you are interested in participating in the workshop (200 words max). Travel Bursaries: If you are based outside Dublin City, a limited number of travel bursaries are available to cover the travel costs to attend this workshop. To avail of a travel bursary, please send a short bio to info@safetocreate.ie. Travel bursaries will be awarded on a first-come first-served basis, and only upon completion of the course and on receipt of invoice and travel receipts. Applicants must be resident on the island of Ireland. This workshop is subsidised by Safe to Create. Information Source: Safe to Create/ Irish Theatre Institute | eventbrite

Kerlin Gallery presents Saint Fairy Anne, a new exhibition by the internationally renowned French artist Nathalie Du Pasquier.For Saint Fairy Anne, Nathalie Du Pasquier presents recent paintings within a custom exhibition design of colourful painted zones. Blending still life with architectural forms, the artist's works on canvas present bold shapes and linear motifs, creating dynamic compositional arrangements that echo across the installation that houses them. Taking a fluid and porous approach to traditional distinctions between ‘fine’ and ‘decorative’ arts, Du Pasquier is interested in “how display changes perception, how coloured walls influence the paintings, [and] how the viewer enters a mood”.

My fourth poetry collection, Lake's End is launching, and I invite you to an evening of poetry, performance, and music. We'll be gathering in the Winding Stair Bookshop to hear the beautiful voices of Jemma Curran, Breda Hegarty, and Ian Anthony Lawless perform some of the pieces from this new book. I will also be reading. There will be copies for sale on the night. Information Source: Ronika Merl | eventbrite

Join us for the 80th Anniversary of Our Lady's Choral as we perform Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross at the Church of the Immaculate Conception - Adam and Eve's. It's going to be an afternoon filled with beautiful music and celebration. Don't miss out on this special event with soloists: Katy Kelly (sop); Raphael Mangan (Alto) ; Andrew Gavin (Tenor); John Molloy (Bass)! Every Lent, the tradition in the Spanish Cathedral in Cádiz was for the Bishop to deliver from the pulpit, a discourse on each of the Seven Last Words of Our Saviour. After each discourse, music was performed to allow meditation. In 1786 Fr. José Sáenz de Santa Maria, who had reconditioned the Oratorio de la Santa Cueva, invited Haydn to compose music for the service. The challenge for Haydn was to compose seven suitable, contrasting, slow movements while holding the attention of the listener. He was so successful that the priest sent him a cake as payment. Inside the cake, however, were gold coins. Some eight years later, on his way to London for the second time, Haydn heard a revised version of his work made by the Music Director in Passau, Joseph Friebert. He included a chorus. The composer was much impressed but decided to improve on it, preparing his own choral version. Apart from the seven meditations, or sonatas, there are three orchestral movements - an introduction, an Interlude (between Numbers four and five) and a final movement Il Terromoto, representing theearthquake that happened when Christ died Information Source: Our Lady's Choral Society | eventbrite

Join Guest Curator Marysia Więckiewicz-Carroll and artist Katarzyna Perlak for a short gallery tour and conversation about the exhibition Better a bare foot than none. Better a bare foot than none see’s Katarzyna Perlak’s 'tender crafts’ series explore how heritage and traditional handwork practices can be re-imagined from contemporary feminist, queer and migrant perspectives. Perlak’s Pajaki sculptures, a starting point for the exhibition, are a material manifestation of Polish tradition. The paper chandeliers, also known as 'spiders', are hung to protect the home, and are historically crafted for Christian, Pagan and folk celebrations. Considering the contradictions within problematic social movements in Poland, as well as her own longing for home, Perlak utilises the feeling of nostalgia to imagine new possibilities for the future. Katarzyna Perlak’s exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial (2025); V&A Museum, London (2024); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2023); B3 Biennial of Moving Image, Frankfurt (2023); Brent Biennial, London (2022); Jerwood Arts, London (2021); Detroit Art Week (2019); BALTIC, Gateshead (2017); Diaspora Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (2017) Marysia Więckiewicz-Carroll has organised and curated numerous exhibitions and projects in Ireland and abroad, independently and in partnership with various institutions and local authorities, including Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane and Irish Museum of Modern Art. She was a co-editor of Paper Visual Art Journal, and the founding director of Berlin Opticians Gallery. This exhibition is supported by an Arts Council Project Award. Event location Information: This event will be held in the ground floor gallery. The space will be fully lit with free hanging sculptures and coloured walls. For further accessibility information please contact Learning + Public Engagement Curator Orla Goodwin at orla@templebargallery.com or phone 01 6710073. Image: Katarzyna Perlak, darning and other times, 2022. Installation view, Brent Biennial. Courtesy of the artist. Image description: A beauty face mask is suspended from string alongside a number of red, orange and yellow straw plaits. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is a leading artists’ studio complex and contemporary art gallery in Dublin City Centre. A centre for creativity in the capital, we provide a place for artists to thrive and ways for you to experience contemporary art. For free. For everybody. Founded in 1983 - by artists, for artists. Information Source: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios | eventbrite

This event is open to everyone, bring a loved one, a friend or come alone. N o experience is needed and in under two hours you will create a painting of your very own Mexican Sugar Skull. What you get with your ticket? ☀ 1 x Canvas to keep ☀ All the painting materials necessary 🎨 ☀ Instructor to help guide you ☀ Patterns and designs to inspire you ☀ Custom playlist with feel good tunes ☀ Win prizes! FAQ: I'M NO GOOD AT ART AND HAVEN'T PAINTED SINCE SCHOOL? Drink & Draw is a super fun event designed so you can have a good time, we aren't about perfection we want you to relax and create. We have instructors who will help guide you to creating your own masterpiece. It doesn't matter if you can't paint this about relaxing. WHAT IF I GET PAINT ON MY CLOTHES? We use non-toxic paint that can be machine washed. Information Source: Alternative Dublin | eventbrite

Work with exhibiting artist Katarzyna Perlak to learn embroidery stitches and make a handkerchief like one from the artist's Bated Breath series, an ongoing series that form a stitched archive, using politcal moments or a proverbs that have personal significance. The handkerchief holds many symbolic meanings relating to both personal and communal codes. Often seen as a tool for containing bodily fluids and emotion, it has also been used through history as a method of communication, ritualistically in traditional folk dances, and as a code for sexual preference in the LGBTQ+ community. Participants can bring a handkerchief that belongs to them or a handkerchief can be provided. This is an adult workshop, no experience necessary. This workshop is for a small group and so confirmation of attendance will be required one week before the workshop. Bated Breaths (2020–ongoing) is a series of embroidered handkerchiefs with twenty five completed works and new ones in making. Each work presents a different proverb, saying or a quote citing a family, friend, lover, or a stranger. This series archives current and historical moments and is considering how the formation of these phrases reveal intersections of personal histories, collective memory and cultural etiquette. Better a bare foot than none presents Katarzyna Perlak’s tender crafts series, exploring how heritage and traditional handwork practices can be re-imagined from contemporary feminist, queer and migrant perspectives. Considering the contradictions within problematic social movements in Poland, as well as her own longing for home, Perlak utilises the feeling of nostalgia to imagine new possibilities for the future. Katarzyna Perlak’s exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial (2025); V&A Museum, London (2024); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2023); B3 Biennial of Moving Image, Frankfurt (2023); Brent Biennial, London (2022); Jerwood Arts, London (2021); Detroit Art Week (2019); BALTIC, Gateshead (2017); Diaspora Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (2017) Event location information: Studio 6 will be dimly lit for the presentations with theatre style seating. It is located on the first floor and is accessible by lift. There is a semi-accessible toilet on the ground floor. Please note there is currently construction outside our gallery. For accessibility information please contact Learning + Public Engagement Curator Órla Goodwin at orla@templebargallery.com or phone: 01 6710073 Image credit: Katarzyna Perlak, stills from Niolam Ja Se Kochaneczke (2016) Image description: A person dressed in blue and white traditional Polish garments sits and embroiders a black piece of fabric with red thread. Information Source: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios | eventbrite

★ CALLING ALL THE DIVAS! CALLING ALL THE DIVAS! ★ DUBLIN'S FAVOURITE AWARD WINNING QUEER CABARET IS BACK! Worship at the alter of the divas. Dust off your commerative Princess Diana mug, pop on your mammies questionable Cher wig and your finest second hand Diana Ross feather boa - IT'S DIVA EGG! Join your non-bin`ary host with the non-binary most Aoife Sweeney O'Connor as they bring you a night of pure divine diva worship. With the incredible Paul Piano Prior on keys, anddazzling line-up of drag, burlesque, music, comedy and more more more! DRESSCODE: DIVA DIVA DIVA! Come dressed as your favourite diva, or channel that inner diva! Who is she to you?? Your favourite Real Housewife? Claudia Winkleman? Elizabeth Sparkle? We want to see you dressed to the nines and ready to join us on stage for our infamous GOOD EGG PAGEANT! But wait, what is EGG? ★ EGG is a party ★ EGG is a community ★ EGG is a night of feral queer shenanigans Where: Bello Bar, Portobello Doors: 7:30pm Show: 8pm After the show, our resident DJ DIVA will be playing us into the wee hours! See you there EGGs x Information Source: EGG Cabaret | eventbrite

Discovery days are fantastic opportunities to finding out what the sport is all about and meet our wonderful community! You'll get to learn how to fight with Light Sabers, being taught by our instructors and champions of Ireland. It's a brilliant way to exercise and become part of a group of like minded individuals. Details: Saturday12th April 1:30pm-4pm Location:SEÁN O'CASEY COMMUNITY CENTRE, 18-26 St Mary's Rd, NORTH, East Wall, Dublin, D03 AY74 What you need: Just yourself! We'll supply the sabers for the day. We are looking forward to seeing you there! Information Source: Ludosport Ireland | eventbrite

This workshop will take place in Litton Hall, Wesley House, Ranelagh on Saturday 12th April and will be held by Susie Gibbons. Susie is a soprano who has worked with Wexford Fextival Opera, Irish National Opera, Garsington Opera and English National Opera. She is also a trained Vocal Habilitation Specialist and Vocal Health Coach who provides vocal health training and coaching to profesional voice users. This is Susie's first public Vocal Technique Workshop and she looks forward to sharing simple tips and tricks about voice use as well as educating on all things Vocal Health. Information Source: Susie Gibbons | eventbrite

On three Saturday afternoons – 12th April, 24th May, and 14th June – the IPFF and DCU Centre for Possibility Studies will host a special series of films, 'WItches', 'Nomadland' and 'In the Real', respectively, examining the theme of the subjectivity of the contemporary nomad through the lens of psychoanalysis. Each screening will be presented by a scholar/psychoanalyst/filmmaker, followed by a Q&A and discussion. All welcome. Presenters/scholars will include Professor Valerie Heffernan (Maynooth University), psychotherapist and scholar Dr Angie Voela and psychotherapist(UEL), scholar and film-maker Conor McCormack (CFAR, Bristol) From the Greek nemo (pasture) the term ‘nomad’ originally described pastoral people as well as groups without permanent abode. As such nomadic groups have been defined in relation to absolute or irregular mobility. The Nomad in the philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s thought is a symbol of freedom, fluidity, and non-conformity to rigid structures or territories. Rather than being defined by stable identities or fixed points (as “sedentary” people or societies often are), the nomad represents movement, multiplicity, and ‘becoming’. In our time, large groups of people still have to move themselves to flee war, famine, and torture; what we think of as the migrant diaspora of the discontents of our so-called civilisations. At the level of the singular we see and hear the accounts of those who are deemed to ‘belong’ outside/outwith the social order, what Lacan called the Symbolic. Thus evicted from the Symbolic order, the residue of their eviction leaves a trace in the Imaginary and in the Real. Information Source: The Irish Psychoanalytic Film Forum | eventbrite

EXACT TIMES TBA SOON. Secure your place today. Participants will take daily Martha Graham Dance Technique class in the morning, Improvisation and Choreography in the afternoon, with two invited master teachers: Penny Diamantopoulou and Rafael Molina. Technical level is aimed at dancers of Intermediate or above standard in ballet, contemporary or other dance techniques.Work created will be performed in Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow on Sunday April 20th (note: Easter Su nday) therefore participants should make themselves available for a full -day and evening at the theatre on Sunday. Other side-events will take place during the Intensive, including an opening event at Inchicore College on Saturday April 12th (early evening) and Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow on Friday, April 18th and will be included in the ticket price. Information Source: East Coast Dance Arts (formerly WSL) | eventbrite

Join Guest Curator Marysia Więckiewicz-Carroll and artist Katarzyna Perlak for a short gallery tour and conversation about the exhibition Better a bare foot than none. Better a bare foot than none see’s Katarzyna Perlak’s 'tender crafts’ series explore how heritage and traditional handwork practices can be re-imagined from contemporary feminist, queer and migrant perspectives. Perlak’s Pajaki sculptures, a starting point for the exhibition, are a material manifestation of Polish tradition. The paper chandeliers, also known as 'spiders', are hung to protect the home, and are historically crafted for Christian, Pagan and folk celebrations. Considering the contradictions within problematic social movements in Poland, as well as her own longing for home, Perlak utilises the feeling of nostalgia to imagine new possibilities for the future. Katarzyna Perlak’s exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial (2025); V&A Museum, London (2024); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2023); B3 Biennial of Moving Image, Frankfurt (2023); Brent Biennial, London (2022); Jerwood Arts, London (2021); Detroit Art Week (2019); BALTIC, Gateshead (2017); Diaspora Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (2017) Marysia Więckiewicz-Carroll has organised and curated numerous exhibitions and projects in Ireland and abroad, independently and in partnership with various institutions and local authorities, including Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane and Irish Museum of Modern Art. She was a co-editor of Paper Visual Art Journal, and the founding director of Berlin Opticians Gallery. This exhibition is supported by an Arts Council Project Award. Event location Information: This event will be held in the ground floor gallery. The space will be fully lit with free hanging sculptures and coloured walls. For further accessibility information please contact Learning + Public Engagement Curator Orla Goodwin at orla@templebargallery.com or phone 01 6710073. Image: Katarzyna Perlak, darning and other times, 2022. Installation view, Brent Biennial. Courtesy of the artist. Image description: A beauty face mask is suspended from string alongside a number of red, orange and yellow straw plaits. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is a leading artists’ studio complex and contemporary art gallery in Dublin City Centre. A centre for creativity in the capital, we provide a place for artists to thrive and ways for you to experience contemporary art. For free. For everybody. Founded in 1983 - by artists, for artists. Information Source: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios | eventbrite

Paint A Canvas Using Florescent Paint With Music And Prizes. Our team will take each person step by step into creating a masterpiece with no experience necessary. Create a painting under UV Lights and do something very different. WHAT TO EXPECT? Artist (to help you paint) Themed Painting Prizes Music UV Lights DO YOU DO PRIVATE EVENTS? Yes, we host private events, brand events, hen parties, and work parties. Contact us on alternativedublincity@gmail.com WHERE IS THE VENUE LOCATED? The new space is located in Pawn Shop on Dame Street. IS THERE ALCOHOL? Yes, the bar has alcohol for sale. There is no BYOB option. IS IT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE? Unfortunately not, this venue is not wheelchair accessible but we do events in other venues which are. DO YOU DO KIDS EVENTS? Nope, all events are 18+. We are very strict on ID. HOW DO I FIND OUT ABOUT EVENTS? Signup to our weekly newsletter. LOCATION: Pawn Shop, 15 Dame St, Dublin 2, D02 KD74 Information Source: Alternative Dublin | eventbrite