This Wednesday sees Roesy take to the stage at Cyprus Avenue on the Cork city leg of a tour launching his latest album ‘Fable’, released this week. Joining him on stage on the night will be Albert Niland. Having received massive success with his last album Colour Me Colourful and a huge amount of airplay [...]
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Win tickets to see Roesy @ Cyprus Avenue
Published by April 25th, 2010 in competitions, concerts, contest, cork, events, gigs, Irish Music, music and releases. ClosedBoa Morte – release ‘The Dial Waltz’
Published by April 21st, 2010 in concerts, cork, events, gigs, Irish Music, music, news and releases. ClosedCork band Boa Morte release their long awaited second album, The Dial Waltz, on Friday May 21st this year. Beautifully recorded in an analogue studio on 2 inch tape by US producer Daniel Presley (Spain, The Breeders) this collection of songs is arguably even more sparse and evocative than their debut which attracted so many [...]
Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Blondie for Marquee
Published by April 15th, 2010 in concerts, cork, events, gigs, marquee, music and news. ClosedThe line-up for this year’s Live at the Marquee series looks to be more or less complete now with the recent announcements of shows by Snoop Dogg (July 5th) , Chris Brown (June 15th) and Blondie (June 24th). Live At The Marquee 2010: Mon 14 Jun Megadeth €40 Tue 15 Jun Chris Brown €55 Wed [...]
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 [...]
Freakscene hits 15
Published by March 3rd, 2009 in artists, club nights, concerts, cork, events, gigs, Irish Music, news and special events. ClosedI’m lazy so this is almost word for word a copy & paste of the press release. Fair play to Freakscene, 15 years is some achievement! Freakscene will set a new record for Ireland’s longest running club-night when it celebrates its 15th Birthday on March 11th. Six up-and-coming bands have been invited to perform on [...]
Hectic Halloween weekender in Cork
Published by October 27th, 2008 in club nights, cork, events, gigs, halloween, seasonal and special events. 1 CommentSo the Jazz is finished for another year, there’s no more bank holidays between now and Christmas and it’s gonna be a long, dark winter. If you thought a lull follows the jazz, then check out what’s on over this weekend… Thursday sees the first night of a new series of weekly gigs at the [...]
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 [...]
Ensemble ICC October tour
Published by October 9th, 2008 in acoustic, classical, composers, concerts, cork, culture, events, gigs, Irish Music and music. Closed‘…the group’s progress will be watched with great interest.’ Michael Dervan, The Irish Times ‘If these pieces are representative, then the future of composition from Ireland looks bright indeed.’ JMI: Journal of Music in Ireland ENSEMBLE ICC Cora Venus Lunny | Viola Kate Ellis | Cello & Musical Director Daniel Bodwell | Bass Karl Rooney [...]
Stet Lab – monthly improvised music event
Published by October 5th, 2008 in concerts, cork, culture, events, gigs, improvisation, Irish Music, jam, monthly, music and open mic. 1 CommentStet Lab Returns Cork’s monthly improvised music event returns on Thursday, 9th October, at the Ó Riada Hall, UCC Department of Music, Sundays Well. Stet Lab is an onstage meeting of improvisers, and this month features guitarist Han-earl Park, double bass player Jesse Ronneau, vocalist Veronica Tadman and guests. Stet Lab is a curated jam [...]
Rock with your Cork out
Published by October 4th, 2008 in artists, concerts, cork, culture, events, film, gigs, ireland and Irish Music. ClosedOctober 16th will see the Pavilion on Careys Lane return to its cinematic origins for a unique Corona Cork Film Festival screening of the film which takes the temperature of the Cork rock scene by talking to the people who make it happen. The film lasts 90 minutes and is followed by live performances. Rock [...]
