It was recently announced that Cork Opera House is to close for three months starting next week in a bid to cut costs. We’d like to pass on a message from the Cork-based Cyclone Repertory about a gathering in front of the Opera House tomorrow afternoon: It has been put forth that when it re-opens [...]
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Show your support for Cork Opera House — Friday 4pm
Published by July 1st, 2010 in art, cork, culture, events, ireland, news, special events and theatre. 0 CommentsIndiependence — Mitchelstown July 31st – August 1st
Published by June 30th, 2010 in Irish Music, Mitchelstown, concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, music, news and special events. 0 CommentsIndiependence 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 Irish Music, Skibbereen, concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, music, news and special events. 0 CommentsMurphy’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 Irish Music, concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, music, news and special events. 0 CommentsNew 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 [...]
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ Kinsale Arts Week 2010
Published by April 27th, 2010 in Irish Music, art, concerts, cork, culture, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, 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 [...]
Boa Morte – release ‘The Dial Waltz’
Published by April 21st, 2010 in Irish Music, concerts, cork, events, gigs, music, news and releases. 0 CommentsCork 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. 0 CommentsThe 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 [...]
Christmas FM song contest
Published by November 5th, 2009 in Irish Music, charity, christmas, contest, cork, ireland, news, radio and seasonal. ClosedChristmas FM have announced details of a nationwide competition to discover the next great Irish Christmas song. The charity radio station, which aims to raise €35,000 for the Simon Communities Dublin and Cork this year, has launched an appeal to Irish bands and songwriters to write a yuletide masterpiece that could appear on the station’s [...]
Freakscene hits 15
Published by March 3rd, 2009 in Irish Music, artists, club nights, concerts, cork, events, gigs, 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 [...]
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2008
Published by October 14th, 2008 in Irish Music, concerts, cork, events, festivals, gigs, ireland, 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 [...]
