Cork Gig Guide (5th June – 9th June)

Neil Brogan‘s sun-drenched retro-rock project Sea Pinks makes its Triskel bow on Saturday evening with an appearance in the TDC. Brogan – who also happens to double as (drum)stick-slinger for lauded Belfast quartet Girls Names – and the surf-pop Sea Pinks sound could not have better timing with tracks from long players Dead Seas and the swell-seeking Freak Waves perfectly crafted to soundtrack the current Irish heatwave. Special guests Une Pipe – last seen live tearing up The Pavilion Bar as part of a G-Man Presents… showcase with a new EP on the way – are on opening duty.

Also going down around town this week:

• Anthrax axeman Scott Ian in Cyprus Avenue (Thursday)
• Rumble on Barrack Street #5 featuring Dublin garage-rockers The Revellions and more in Mr. Bradley’s (Friday)
• Porn For The Blind play one of the last ever Crowley’s Music Centre instores (Saturday – 5pm)
• Galwegian indie kids and Depravations-offshoot Oh Boland in Bradley’s of Barrack Street (Saturday)
• U.K. swing-kings Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra closing out the week with a late one in The Crane Lane Theatre (Sunday)

FREE GIG OF THE WEEK
Thursday: Superblondes downstairs in The Pavilion (Bar). Upbeat pop-rock to knock your socks off.

Wednesday, 5th June 
– Fireside Sessions Karl Glass and Sinead Gowan in Bradley’s of Barrack Street 
– Thomas Donoghue Band and Raffiki in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm) 
– Sundown Sessions in The Raven 
– Jazz Fusion in The Roundy 
– Sitting Room Session: Míde Houlihan and Tod Doyle in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)



Thursday, 6th June 
– Scott Ian (Anthrax) in Cyprus Avenue 
– Superblondes followed by Midnight Marauders DJs in The Pavilion (Bar) 
– Red Elephant Charity Gig in The Roundy



Friday, 7th June 
– Rumble on Barrack Street #5: The Revellions and The Faux in Bradley’s of Barrack Street 
– Cork Rocks for Rory in Cyprus Avenue 
– Immortal Technique, Sammy Dozens and Spekulativ Fiction in The Pavilion 
– The Shed in The Roundy 
– The Altered Hours in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Saturday, 8th June
– Crowley’s Instore: Porn For The Blind in Crowley’s Music Centre (5pm) 
– This Other Kingdom and Oh Boland in Bradley’s of Barrack Street 
– Cork Rocks for Rory in Cyprus Avenue 
– The Saxy Lady Boys in The Pavilion 
– Carried By Waves in Triskel Gardens (8pm)
– Sea Pinks and Une Pipe in Triskel TDC (9.30pm)
– The Altered Hours in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville)



Sunday, 9th June 
– Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm) 
– Shrine Sunday: The Lace in The Pavilion (6pm)

– For more gigs and dates see the overall gig guide here