Events
Events
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
June First Fridays
2 June 2023 | 18.00 | MoLI
Join us on Friday, 2 June, from 6pm to 9pm for First Fridays. The museum will be open late with free admission and a range of programmed events, including a talk by artist Austin Hearne (who will be in conversation with Lily Cahill) and a reading by author Disha Bose. It is also a great opportunity to catch our new immersive installation, Claire-Louise Bennett's Nightflowers.
Please note all events are limited capacity and first come, first served. The Commons Café will also be open late.
In partnership with the Dublin Liberties Distillery.
Pride and the Pen
3 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.
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+
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).