What’s on April 2021

One Dublin One Book is a Dublin City Council initiative, led by Dublin City Libraries, which encourages everyone to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

1st – 30th April
Online
Free

Fishamble’s Inside the GPO by Colin Murphy was a must-see cultural event at the heart of the 1916 commemorations. This unprecedented documentary drama, directed by Jim Culleton, was a once-in-a-century opportunity to experience the Easter Rising, in the main hall of the GPO itself.

1st – 5th April
Online
Tickets From € 5.00 – 10.00

Join artist Heather Gray and make your own ornamental paper to pack your gifts or use as personal stationery. Heather refers to traditional Japanese patterns to create this video on making potato stamps used to decorate paper.

1st – 5th April
Online
Free

For fun chats, interviews and features about adventurous music by and for children, download the first ever podcast made by our BIG BANG Ambassadors especially for our BIG BANG bubble 2021 online festival.

3rd April
Online
Free

Enjoy a unique audio-visual adventure co-created by children from St. Christopher’s National School and musicians from Crash Ensemble

3rd to 23rd April
Online
Free

A Piece of You is a live intimate and interactive performance for a tiny audience; a private online concert for one or two children and their family.

3rd-5th April
Online
From €10.00

Young imaginations will be captivated by this gorgeous music performance, created by singer Fiona Kelleher and composer Irene Buckley for children aged 2-5.

3rd April
Online
From €10.00

Tin Men and The Telephone are an Amsterdam-based music trio who perform hugely engaging and enormously fun interactive online shows. Their music blends jazz, classical, Balkan, hip hop and more through exciting improvisation which you, the audience, can influence during the concert by swiping, texting and shaking your phones at home.

5th April
Online
From €10.00

This workshop is designed to build awareness around people with disabilities participating in community sport and physical activity.

6th April
Online
Free

Looking for a special place for all of your keepsakes and memorabilia? Why not use this mid-term break and create one yourself? Follow the steps recorded by artist Jen O’Brien to make a container for your treasures.

7th April
Online
Free

On World Health Day, join a new campaign to build a fairer, healthier world. Our world is an unequal one.
As COVID-19 has highlighted, some people are able to live healthier lives and have better access to health services than others – entirely due to the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age.

7th April
Online
Free

Why not try some DIY this mid-term break and build your own kite? Follow artist Heather Gray and learn how to assemble a kite from recycled materials.

8th April
Online
Free

Dublin City Council are happy to announce a FREE Wildflowers Masterclass which is open to all residents in the Dublin North West area who would like to plant a wildflower area in their community. The class will cover everything Wildflowers including planting techniques, wildflower mixes, different planting methods, where to buy your seed and much more.

9th April
Online
Free

There is a wealth of opportunities at EU level for organisations working in the area of sport and physical activity, but navigating EU funding can be challenging. This session aims to demystify how EU programmes work, what opportunities are available, and how sporting organisations can start their EU funding journey.

9th April
Online
Free

Join Kaman Ryan in this Coffee Break Movements series to address problems caused by stationary work environments in the office and at home. It is believed, once you have a bad lower back you will have it for life. Prolonged sitting at desks adds pressure on the lower spine and bad posture can affect the back, hips and even your mood.

12th April
Online
Free

With Spring in the air and flowers starting to bloom, Joan Barnewell will focus on the beauty, history and symbolism of some Spring flowers featured in the Chester Beatty Collection.

14th April
Online
Free

Hugh Lane Gallery’s Coffee Conversation series continues with a talk on Thoroughbred Horse Walking by Edgar Degas with Aoife Convery.

14th April
Online
Free

The Franco-Irish Literary Festival is the result of the successful collaboration between Alliance Française Dublin, the French Embassy and a Franco-Irish committee composed of significant figures from the worlds of literature, publishing and academics. It has been supported to great effect by the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Literature Ireland, and various cultural and commercial sponsors from Ireland and France.

15th-17th April
Online
Free

Many teenage girls across Ireland are missing out on the benefits of sport and physical activity because they don’t think they are “sporty enough”, they don’t know where or how to get involved, and they don’t think there are opportunities for them to be involved in sport other than traditional team sports.

16th-30th April
Online
Free

Cornaleena began as a collaboration between David Kitt and author Kevin Barry and video artist Claireban Coffey set in a fictional town in the west of Ireland, a bit inland, a bit spooked, everyone there is bit rattled. The air is heavy with a long-gone lonesome blues but there’s a magic too, and an unusual amount of floatation tanks.

16th April
Online
Free

A night of connection, collaboration, and intimacy. In this 45-minute show, Fears will perform her debut album, Oíche, in its entirety, guiding the audience through four stages of night-time – dusk, midnight, 3am, and sunrise. Filmed in Protein Studios, London, Fears will be joined by two musical guests, in custom handmade costumes, bringing the world of Oíche to life.

17th April
Online
Free

The Electric Kazoo is a family music show presented by Paul, Sam and Aislinn Noonan. There will be well known children’s songs, a children’s book set to music, tunes written in reposnse to artwork sent by the small people and lots of Kazoo.

17th April
Online
Free

Dear Ireland was originally conceived as a rapid response to the pandemic, to support artists during the early days of lockdown. It soon evolved into a project where the national theatre could communicate directly with their audience and the citizens of Ireland. Three editions later, and with over 250,000 views, the national theatre are thrilled to partner with Culture Ireland to present Dear Ireland: Reflections on a Pandemic.

18th April
Online
Free

In the mid-20th century a secret society of distinguished traditional Irish musicians and singers began experimenting with time travel. Members journeyed through centuries; some, to the past, to study with the great bards of early Gaelic Ireland; others, to the dark expanses of the future, to witness the music of an Ireland not yet known.

18th April
Online
Free

Through the medium of spoken word, music, videography, ULYSSES 2021 will tell the story of a modern Dublin.

21st April
Online
Free

Hugh Lane Gallery’s Coffee Conversation series continues with a talk on Warrior Cock by Elizabeth Frink with Tony Suttle.

21st April
Online
Free

Earth Day aims to “build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and the planet.” The movement’s mission is “to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.”

22nd April
Online
Free

Axis Ballymun and Viral Comedy Club are delighted to present a night of comedy in celebration of Earth Day as part of #AxisGreenArts.Viral Comedy Club is an organisation that set-up virtual stand-up gigs featuring great acts from around Dublin coming straight from their living room to yours.

22nd April
Online
From € 5.00

A Gap in the Clouds, A New Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (Dedalus Press) ‘These beautiful poems have endured because their themes are universal and readily understood by contemporary readers’.

22nd April
Online
Free

Celebrating International Sculpture Day an illustrated talk exploring highlights of 20th century sculpture in the Hugh Lane Gallery’s collection with Tony Suttle.

24th April
Online
Free

On Saturday 24th April 2021 from 10am to 2pm you can find all the information you need about studying at Maynooth University – at your fingertips! Usually they welcome their prospective students, their family and friends to their beautiful campus during Open Days. This time they are coming to you as it all takes place online.

24th April
Online
Free

The Irish Startup Conference 2021 is the second annual conference for Irish Startups, gathering founders, VCs, executives, seed fund partners, general partners, journalists and bloggers from diverse backgrounds and industries. Time is your most valuable resource, and it’s scarce – they want to give you the best selection of Startup Growth Practices in ninety minutes. This is a pitch-free, no-nonsense, practical event where you will get ideas you can implement in your Startup tomorrow.

27th April
Online
Free

Hugh Lane Gallery’s Coffee Conversation series continues with a talk on First Design for a Proposed Gallery of Modern Art, St Stephen’s Green by Edwin Lutyens with Renata Pekowska.

28th April
Online
Free

Do you like playing with colours and patterns? Are you interested in design and fashion? Then why not join for an afternoon of drawing. The workshop will start with short drawing warm-ups, followed by a close look at some costume prints from the Chester Beatty’s collection to create your own fashion drawing. No drawing background is required

29th April
Online
Free