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MoLI hosts a programme of events across the museum, including performances, readings, talks and workshops. Join our newsletter below to hear about upcoming events, or become a member to benefit from advance booking.

Upcoming events at MoLI

Go Wild in the City with Ashwin Chacko

10 June 2023 | 11.00 12.30 | The LitLab

On Saturday, 10 June, join us for 2 family workshops at 11am and 12.30pm!
Bright Sparks presents Go Wild in the City with Ashwin Chacko – an interactive reading and draw-along workshop for all the family! For the event, Ashwin Chacko will be reading from his new book Wild City.
Suitable for ages 4+

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Pride and the Pen

10 June 2023 | 15.00 | MoLI

Book now for Pride and the Pen – An LGBTQ+ tour of MoLI. Running on Saturdays at 3pm, the tour looks at Ireland’s storied queer heritage, from censorship to celebration.

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MoLI Bloomsday Garden Party

16 June 2023 | 19.00 | MoLI

Performances by Sweetlemondae | KhakiKid | DJ Big Cheeks

Join us for the party of the summer in MoLI’s beautiful gardens! Celebrate Bloomsday with cocktails in the sunshine and live music from Ireland’s most exciting contemporary musicians – performing underneath MoLI’s Strawberry Tree. The Commons Café will also be open all evening, serving a selection of drinks and light bites.

One free drink with every ticket.
Tickets €24
€12 for MoLI Members (See MoLI Members' Bulletin for discount code)
€59 One Ticket + MoLI Individual Membership
€69 One Ticket + MoLI Family Membership

In partnership with the Dublin Liberties Distillery.

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Dedalus Lecture: Belinda McKeon

16 June 2023 | 18.00 | MoLI

For the Bloomsday Dedalus Lecture, on 16 June at 6pm, author Belinda McKeon (Solace, Tender) will deliver the museum’s annual lecture inspired by James Joyce’s Ulysses. Tickets €12 (€6 for MoLI Members – code in members' bulletin).


Belinda McKeon is a novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is the author of the novels Solace (2011) and Tender 2015), and has had short fiction and non-fiction published in The Paris Review, Granta, Winter Papers, A Public Space, The Stinging Fly and elsewhere. Her plays have been produced in Dublin and New York, most recently at the 2017 Dublin Theatre Festival, with Nora (Corn Exchange). After almost two decades in the US, where she taught at Rutgers University, she is now an Associate Professor in the English Department at Maynooth University, where she directs the MA in Creative Writing.   

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Ulysses, Forested

16 June 2023 | 12.30 | MoLI Courtyard

Artist Katie Holten joins Frank McNally (The Irish Times) in MoLI’s Courtyard Garden to speak about publishing James Joyce’s Ulysses in her Irish Tree Alphabet. (Ticket includes admission to the museum).

Book now

Pride and the Pen

17 June 2023 | 15.00 | MoLI

Book now for Pride and the Pen – An LGBTQ+ tour of MoLI. Running on Saturdays at 3pm, the tour looks at Ireland’s storied queer heritage, from censorship to celebration.

Book now

Pride and the Pen

24 June 2023 | 15.00 | MoLI

Book now for Pride and the Pen – An LGBTQ+ tour of MoLI. Running on Saturdays at 3pm, the tour looks at Ireland’s storied queer heritage, from censorship to celebration.

Book now

Previous events at MoLI

Pride and the Pen

24 June 2023 | 15.00 | MoLI

Book now for Pride and the Pen – An LGBTQ+ tour of MoLI. Running on Saturdays at 3pm, the tour looks at Ireland’s storied queer heritage, from censorship to celebration.

Pride and the Pen

17 June 2023 | 15.00 | MoLI

Book now for Pride and the Pen – An LGBTQ+ tour of MoLI. Running on Saturdays at 3pm, the tour looks at Ireland’s storied queer heritage, from censorship to celebration.

MoLI Bloomsday Garden Party

16 June 2023 | 19.00 | MoLI

Performances by Sweetlemondae | KhakiKid | DJ Big Cheeks

Join us for the party of the summer in MoLI’s beautiful gardens! Celebrate Bloomsday with cocktails in the sunshine and live music from Ireland’s most exciting contemporary musicians – performing underneath MoLI’s Strawberry Tree. The Commons Café will also be open all evening, serving a selection of drinks and light bites.

One free drink with every ticket.
Tickets €24
€12 for MoLI Members (See MoLI Members' Bulletin for discount code)
€59 One Ticket + MoLI Individual Membership
€69 One Ticket + MoLI Family Membership

In partnership with the Dublin Liberties Distillery.

Dedalus Lecture: Belinda McKeon

16 June 2023 | 18.00 | MoLI

For the Bloomsday Dedalus Lecture, on 16 June at 6pm, author Belinda McKeon (Solace, Tender) will deliver the museum’s annual lecture inspired by James Joyce’s Ulysses. Tickets €12 (€6 for MoLI Members – code in members' bulletin).


Belinda McKeon is a novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is the author of the novels Solace (2011) and Tender 2015), and has had short fiction and non-fiction published in The Paris Review, Granta, Winter Papers, A Public Space, The Stinging Fly and elsewhere. Her plays have been produced in Dublin and New York, most recently at the 2017 Dublin Theatre Festival, with Nora (Corn Exchange). After almost two decades in the US, where she taught at Rutgers University, she is now an Associate Professor in the English Department at Maynooth University, where she directs the MA in Creative Writing.   

Ulysses, Forested

16 June 2023 | 12.30 | MoLI Courtyard

Artist Katie Holten joins Frank McNally (The Irish Times) in MoLI’s Courtyard Garden to speak about publishing James Joyce’s Ulysses in her Irish Tree Alphabet. (Ticket includes admission to the museum).

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