This week saw the annual IMRO live music venue of the year awards ceremony take place at IMRO headquarters in Dublin. Cork had a strong showing with the Opera House and Cyprus Avenue picking up awards. Both venues have played a part in bringing quality acts to the city over the past year, despite what [...]
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Opera House and Cyprus Avenue win at IMRO awards
Published by March 2nd, 2012 in awards, cork, ireland, Irish Music, music, news and venues. 0 CommentsGoldsoundz returns – relaunch this Saturday at Liquid Lounge
Published by September 2nd, 2008 in club nights, cork, events, music, news and venues. ClosedGoldsoundz returns to the Cork clubbing scene once again but with greater fanfare, self assurance and even more grandiose claims than ever before! Goldsoundz Music and Cocktail Club promises style, decadence, eclectic tasteful music and cocktail waitresses providing table service in the luxurious setting of the Liquid Lounge on a Saturday night! Goldsoundz is named [...]
GAS – new comedy night, Tuesdays @ Liquid Lounge
Published by September 21st, 2007 in comedy, cork, events, news, venues and weekly. ClosedThe Liquid lounge in association with Craichouse promotions is proud to announce the creation of a brand new comedy night for Cork city. This comedy night will be called “GAS” and will be on every Tuesday from the 18th of September in the Liquid Lounge, Marlboro Street, Cork. GAS will primarily be aimed at the [...]
Cork Midsummer Festival 2007 – Spiegeltent & more…
Published by May 24th, 2007 in artists, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, music, news and venues. ClosedThe programme for the Cork Midsummer Festival was launched on Tuesday last in the Bodega. The festival, which runs from Tuesday 19th – Saturday 30th June, will this year feature, among other highlights, the biggest Spiegeltent line-up yet. Our interest is mostly in the live music events during the festival and again this year a [...]
Elton John & 50 Cent complete Live at the Marquee line up
Published by May 16th, 2007 in cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, music, news and venues. 12 CommentsAiken Promotions have finally confirmed the latest two acts to fill the Marquee bill for this year. Elton John will perform on July 9th, while 50 Cent appears on July 4th. This is great news for the thousands of music lovers who are great fans of both artists; no doubt there will be a significant [...]
Beale Street Blues Bar events for March
Published by March 13th, 2007 in blues, cork, events, gigs, Irish Music, music, pubs, venues and weekly. 1 CommentBeale Street Blues Bar has been open almost a year now and was previously mentioned here. They’ve got some great weekly bands/sessions and the odd visiting act. Right now we don’t list weekly events on the main page to keep it clear and concise, but I wanted to put these somewhere they would be seen. [...]
New venue/bar — Sláinte
Published by March 11th, 2007 in club nights, cork, gigs, ireland, monthly, music, news, pubs, venues and weekly. 1 CommentSláinte (formerly known as The Vineyard) Market Lane, Patrick Street, Cork — [map location] 021 4274793 No pictures or reviews of this place yet, but we’ll update here when we have something. Meanwhile, here’s their events schedule… Paddys Weekend line up Fri 16th Carnevale featuring The Sunbeams with BBQ. doors 8pm Admission FREE Sat 17th [...]
New comedy nights in Cork
Published by February 20th, 2007 in comedy, cork, gigs, monthly, news, venues and weekly. 2 CommentsGood news for fans of stand-up comedy, as regular comedy nights are becoming more established in Cork. Stand Up And Be Counted Comedy Club will set up residency in the Tikki Lounge on Little Hanover St. on the 27th of February, and continues every Tuesday with no cover charge. The Craichouse comedy night at Eddies [...]
Live at the Marquee, Cork, 2007 — The Who & Slayer confirmed
Published by February 9th, 2007 in artists, cork, festivals, gigs, ireland, music, news and venues. 12 CommentsJust a quick update for now (and a bit late as it happens). The Who & Slayer were today (yesterday?) confirmed to perform at the Marquee in June. Here’s that map link again for those looking for the Marquee location: Marquee site Aiken Promotions presents… THE WHO Live at the Marquee Cork, Saturday 30th June [...]
Live at the Marquee, Cork 2007 — Bell X1 first act to be announced
Published by December 22nd, 2006 in cork, festivals, gigs, ireland, Irish Music, news and venues. 9 CommentsFollowing the success of previous news articles that began with “Following the success of…”, we could hardly break from tradition. But instead of actually writing anything about the event, and without such a thing as a press release, I’m just going to copy and paste from the Aiken Promotions website: Aiken Promotions are proud to [...]
