Dublin Pride listings

For this visiting Dublin Pride this weekend, here’s what’s going on in the capital!

SATURDAY 30TH JUNE

Outhouse Champagne Breakfast
What better way to kick start the day? Champagne, Strawberries & Cream. For further information contact Outhouse on 01 873 4999.
Venue: Outhouse, 105 Capel Street, D1
Time: 11-1:30pm
Admission: Free

Dublin Pride Parade 2012
Venue: Garden of Remembrance
Time: Assembly at 12pm and moving off at 2pm sharp
Admission: Free

Pride In The Park
With main stage performances from Brian Kennedy and Fierce Fitness pole dancing troupe as well as DJ Tonic spinning decks there’s something for everyone at our post parade event. Feel free to explore our dedicated family picnic zone, interact with our sponsors 98fm, Facebook, Barefoot Wines and Red Bull or simply chill out after walking the parade route in Merrion Square and its environs.
Venue: Merrion Square, D2
Time: 3.30pm
Admission: Free

Pantibar’s Pride Street Party
Venue: Pantibar, 7-8 Capel Street, D1

Pride Parade Day at the George
Pump Up The Jam at 6pm
6 DJ’s including the return of DJ Anto and Craic Out the Back
Venue: The George, 89 South Great George’s St., D2
Admission: €10

The Front Lounge: Dublin Pride 2012
Join us at the Front Lounge to celebrate Dublin Pride 2012. DJ’s from 5pm.
Venue: The Front Lounge, 33 Parliament Street, D2
Admission: Free

Gaydar.ie presents Gaydar Pride
Doors open at 4pm. Dragged Up with Victoria Secret & Guests. Pop Mezz with Regina George, DJ Ruth & DJ Patrick Scahill on the Main Floor and Gaydar Radio DJ Phil Marriot from Midnight.
Venue: The Dragon, 65 South Great George’s St., D2
Admission: Free before 9pm / €5 after (Doors at 5pm)

Bukkake Pride All Day Event
Thats right, this year for Dublin Pride Bukkake are at it all day. From 5pm to very very late, they're having a street party, with guest DJ's in the Bar. An all day roof top Party In The Sycamore, and the club will be cranking open from 9pm.
Venue: Purty Kitchen, Temple Bar, D2

Pride: Mothers’ Bloc Party!
Mother is throwing a Bloc Party & BBQ with FREE Admission to all! Join us for AL FRESCO ELECTRO with DJs Will St Leger, GhostBoy & Rocky T Delgado on the Decks from 3pm! ! ! ! ! In Mothers Underground Pride Party (Kicking off from 9pm): Join DJs GhostBoy & Rocky playing the finest in Synth, Electro & Disco ‘til the wee small hours!
Venue: Mother, Copper Alley off Dame Street, D2
Admission: Free admission to the block Party / €10 to the underground Party from 9.

Dublin Pride Presents Kaleidoscope: Pride True Colours!
Please support the OFFICIAL Dublin Pride night.
Venue: The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, D2
Time: 9pm
Admission: €13/€10 (early bird)

SUNDAY 1ST JULY

Ceremony of Love & Remembrance
This is an event which allows us to take time to remember our friends and loved ones who are no longer here with us to celebrate Pride. Guest speakers and singers.
Venue: Oscar Wilde statue, Merrion Square, D2
Time: 6pm
Admission: Free

Now that’s what I call Pride! Bingo with Shirley Temple Bar
Don’t let all that Pride go to your head. Join Shirley and the gang for the perfect way to end a great weekend.
Venue: The George, 89 South Great George’s St., D2
Time: 8.30pm
Admission: €5

Official Closing Party of Pride 2012
Boy George DJ set with support from DJ Sarah Lennox
Venue: Sauce @ The Kitchen Nightclub, The Clarence Hotel, D2
Time: 10.30pm
Admission: €20 (€50 wristbands as well and that includes entry and a free bar all night long on vodka splash ,whiskey splash and heniken all night long)

Dublin Pride

Dublin Pride will take place later this month and will attract people from all over Ireland including many from Waterford and the South East. The full line up can be found at www.DublinPride.ie and it looks like the event will be bigger than ever! We at sOUTh are certainly looking forward to it!

Family Day–Dublin 2012

Welcome to Family Day, Sunday 13 May 2012

What is Family Day?

Family Day is a big annual celebration of the diversity of families and family life in Ireland. As broadcaster Ian Dempsey explained at today’s launch, ‘Families come in all shapes and sizes and Family Day is a day for everyone to celebrate their family, no matter what its make-up, and to think about what family really means.’

Family... Day is brought to you by One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, in association with EBS. It is One Family’s 40th anniversary this year, so we want your support to make Family Day 2012 bigger and better than ever.
On Sunday 13 May 2012 One Family and EBS will host a wonderful family event with free entertainment, family sports activities, face painting and arts and crafts workshops in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens – come and join us and bring your own picnic to celebrate family day. If you don’t have time to prepare your own picnic, visit our food village for a range of quality refreshments. Or if you are not based in Dublin – why not hold your own event? Just register and tell us all about it. The type of family event you hold is entirely up to you and can be held any time during the week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 May. If you are an organisation, you may want to organise a family-themed arts and crafts project, or a storytelling hour or even a formal talk – if you are a family you may prefer to have a family outing such as a treasure-hunt, or a family X-Factor competition. See here for loads of ideas.

This year you could win €500 in our art competition by drawing or painting your family portrait and dropping it into any EBS office – or by posting it to One Family, 2 Lower Pembroke St, Dublin 2. The closing date for portraits is 31 May.

Why not turn your event into a fundraiser for One Family?

One Family is the national organisation for people who parent alone or share parenting, because sometimes it isn’t easy being mum and dad. Monies raised will go to our askonefamily national helpline which gives support, information and a listening ear to lone parents going through a difficult time. See here for details on how to hold a fundraiser.

Why Celebrate?

We believe all families matter, and that individuals who feel cared for and supported by those around them – whether families or others in their lives – help to make stronger communities for us all. We know that families are not all the same. We define a family as two or more people, related by blood, marriage, adoption or commitment to care for one another. We celebrate all types of family – blended, extended, adoptive and foster families, and those with one-parent or same-sex parents.

Who supports Family Day?

Family Day is brought to you by One Family in association with EBS, with media support from Today FM and The Evening Herald. It is supported by community and voluntary groups, schools and charities around the country, see partners and supporters for how to sign up your group’s participation or add your support.

Next steps…

Register your own Family Day event

Enter our art competition to win €500*

Attend our Family Day Picnic.

“Like” our Facebook Page and mark yourself as attending the Family Day Picnic on our Facebook Event page

See which individuals and organisations are supporting Family Day 2012.

Watch the One Family Stories video to see why we support one-parent families.

Tell us your story – what family means to you and why family is important to you.

Exhibition for The Kasey Kelly Trust Fund

Exhibition in aid of The Kasey Kelly Trust Fund in The Front Lounge, Thursday April 5th, hosted by Brendan Courtney. It's sure to be a great night, for a great cause, make sure to come check it out (artwork will be available to preview in The Front Lounge from Sunday the 1st of April).

Kasey Collective is an exhibition of work in aid of The Kasey Kelly Trust Fund. Kasey Kelly is a one year old girl who has been diagnosed with AT/RT Cancer (Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor). She is currently in Crumlin Hospital, but the life s...aving treatment she needs to survive is not available to her here in Ireland. As a result her family need to raise €500,000 to send her to Boston to get the care she requires. Kasey Collective brings together the work of dozens of artists from many different backgrounds, who between them have many different styles, but who do have one thing in common - they all wanted to help raise the vital funds for Kasey's treatment. The exhibition is sure to have something for everyone - from the street art style of Maser's work, Adrian and Shane's skillful stencil-work, Will St. Leger's always comical commentary on Irish society and many more.

The audience is offered two different ways of purchasing works. The first way is a guaranteed-to-win raffle. Raffle tickets will be sold on the night, which guarantees the purchaser a piece of work, they just don't know which work. At the end of the night numbers will be pulled and purchasers will be informed which piece they have won. All works not in this category will be priced, but will also have an option to 'make an offer'.

This is an event not to be missed, come have a great night, check out the artwork and help a great cause at the same time.

Other participating artists include Solus, Fink, Emma Blake, Jess Szepsy, Donna Kelly, Claire McCluskey, Orla McNally, Kate Stitt, Maeve O'Flaherty, Aine O'Flaherty, Mark O'Toole, Emma Ray, Mason McMillen, Jennifer Quigley, Cats Byrne, Hannah McMillen, Thomas Moran, Sarah Murphy, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Derbhla Leddy, Doug Barratt, Emma Brown, Nicola Carragher, Aisling Ní Chlaonadh, Alan O Reilly, Paul Bailey, Debbie Hopkins, Adrian Langtry, Keith Kavanagh, Dona Stankune, Steph Gallagher, Paul McGrane, Marc Guinan, Marie Cowley, Maria Quigley, Aisling McKenna, Rosslyn Cowley, Linda Byrne, Bridie Farrell, Sarah Carney, Melinda Kugyelka, Chris Dicker, Martin Baker, Lucie Pacovska, Aurélie Montfrond, Deirdre Spain, Caroline Sweeney, Paul Aherne and Anto Ross (of Spilled Ink Tattoo Studio).
The exhibition will be open for the public to preview the work from Sunday the 1st of April.

If you would like to know more about The Kasey Kelly Trust Fund, or how you can help Kasey get her treatment go to her website www.kare4kasey.com or Facebook page www.facebook.com/kaseykellytrustfund