Press Release: Cork Opera House Proudly Presents THE REICH EFFECT A Five Day Festival Marking the 75th Year of Pulitzer Prize Winning Composer, Steve Reich Wednesday 27 – Sunday 31 July 2011 FESTIVAL HOT TICKET ALERT Cork Opera House is proud to present The Reich Effect a five day festival marking the 75th year of [...]
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The Reich Effect — 27-31 July
Published by June 20th, 2011 in artists, composers, concerts, cork, culture, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, music, news and special events. ClosedIndiependence 2011: Editors, Ash, Therapy?
Published by June 17th, 2011 in concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, Mitchelstown, music and news. ClosedIndiependence is back for its 6th year and promises to be bigger and better than ever. The festival takes place over 3 days and nights, July 29th – 31st, at Deer Farm just outside Mitchelstown in north Cork, with highlight acts including Editors, Ash, Therapy?, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, And So I Watch [...]
A Call for The Reich Remix
Published by June 2nd, 2011 in art, competitions, composers, contest, cork, culture, events, festivals, music, news and special events. ClosedCork Opera House is inviting submissions from budding electronic artists for the experimental Reich Remix Competition. If you are a musician, DJ, music producer, remixer or Reich aficionado and want to create your own original Reich Effect, then this is for you. The finalists will be judged and selected by none other than Steve Reich, [...]
Indiependence — Mitchelstown July 31st – August 1st
Published by June 30th, 2010 in concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, Mitchelstown, music, news and special events. ClosedIndiependence 2010 returns this August bank holiday weekend at Deer Park on the old Dublin road just outside Mitchelstown. The new location hosts on-site camping & parking facilities, and will feature 4 covered stages. See the Indiependence website for the latest full lineup; meanwhile some highlights include: Bavaria Main Stage Headliners include White Lies, Alabama [...]
Cork X Southwest — Skibbereen July 31st
Published by June 30th, 2010 in concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, music, news, Skibbereen and special events. ClosedMurphy’s presents Cork X Southwest, in its fourth year taking place at The Showgrounds in Skibbereen on Saturday July 31st. Headliners announced to date include Bonnie Prince Billy and Martha Wainwright. This year’s one day festival sees acts performing over 4 stages: The Blue Tent MARTHA WAINWRIGHT BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY AND THE CAIRO GANG HOTHOUSE [...]
LiveStock — Schull, July 3rd
Published by June 23rd, 2010 in concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, music, news and special events. ClosedNew mini-festival taking place in Schull on July 3rd, featuring: Ian Whitty & The Exchange, O Emperor, Setmaker, John Blek & The Rats, Travega, 21 Demands, Novella Hermosa, Martin Staunton & The Lost Parade, Jill D. & Gill. Livestock is a one day music festival which aims to support Irish artists through local festivals concentrating [...]
Southern Gothic week @ the Crane Lane
Published by April 29th, 2010 in concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, music and special events. ClosedBandicoot promotions’ Southern Gothic week got underway last night at the Crane Lane Theatre with a late night show featuring Reverend Deadeye. Featuring 10 performers in 5 days, the event is billed as a week of blues, country, rockabilly, post punk, antifolk, swing jazz and hillbilly punk. Read more about it in this article from [...]
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ Kinsale Arts Week 2010
Published by April 27th, 2010 in art, concerts, cork, culture, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, kinsale, music, news and special events. 7 CommentsKinsale Arts Week takes place from July 10th to 18th this year. Musical highlights from the line-up announced last week include concerts at Charles Fort with Camille O’Sullivan, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and The Bootleg Beatls. Camille O’Sullivan with support by Maria Doyle Kennedy at Charles Fort Saturday 10 July 2010 7:00 PM Expect fire [...]
Beamish Cork Folk Festival 2009
Published by September 25th, 2009 in concerts, cork, culture, events, festivals, folk, gigs, Irish Music, music and special events. ClosedThe 30th Beamish Cork Folk Festival will take place between Thursday 1st October and Sunday 4th October 2009 at venues all over Cork City. From the festival website: Highlights of the festival so far include; • MÃcheál ó Súilleabháin & Mel Mercier, MáirtÃn O’Connor, Cathal Hayden and Garry O’Briain in concert with the backing of [...]
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2008
Published by October 14th, 2008 in concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, jazz, music and news. 1 CommentOctober 24th – 27th —- www.corkjazzfestival.com The main gig list can’t accommodate everything that’s happening over the course of the Jazz weekend, so here’s a few things happening around town, listed by venue… (This will be updated as further listings come in) Savoy Theatre, Patrick St www.savoycork.com Fri Oct 24th 10pm — Dimitri From Paris [...]
