Cork Gig Guide: 24th-30th January
Elsewhere, James Vincent McMorrow shows his soaring popularity by playing a couple of nights at Cork Opera House (Wednesday and Thursday) with Wallis Bird back in Cork for a second week running with a Coughlan’s-hosted Oliver Plunkett gig set for Friday following a venue move (from AMP.)
The delayed EP launch for gypsy folk foursome Sillk is officially unveiled on Friday evening in The Village Hall on St. Patrick’s Quay with the €12 entry fee gaining you access on the night and a copy of Time is a Clock. Elaine Malone supports on the night.
Also going down around town this week:
- James McMurtry in Coughlan’s (Thursday)
- Divan in De Barra’s/Sirius Arts Centre (Friday/Saturday)
- January edition of BYOB electronic meet-up Diffract in The Kino (Saturday)
- Laura Ní Carthaigh‘s Gan Ainm EP launch in The Roundy (Sunday)
For a day-by-day breakdown of gigs taking place in both Cork city and county over the next three weeks see below.
– Winter Music Festival: Sara Jarosz and John Blek, The White Horse (Ballincollig), 8.30pm, €20
Wednesday 25th January
– James Vincent McMorrow, Cork Opera House, 8pm, €32.50
– Winter Music Festival: Mick Flannery, The White Horse (Ballincollig), 8.30pm, SOLD OUT
Thursday 26th January
– James Vincent McMorrow, Cork Opera House, 8pm, €32.50
– James McMurtry, Coughlan’s, 9pm, €20
– Winter Music Festival: Dirk Powell, The White Horse (Ballincollig), 8.30pm, €20
– Martin Hayes & David Power, Connolly’s (Leap), 8.30pm, €20
Friday 27th January
– The High Kings, Cork Opera House,8pm, €31
– Wallis Bird, The Oliver Plunkett (Moved from Amp), 8.30pm, €24
– Ejeca, Cyprus Avenue, 10pm, SOLD OUT
– Sillk EP launch, The Village Hall, 8.30pm, €12
– Fionnuala Moynihan performs Mozart’s Piano Sonatas, Triskel, 1pm, €10
– Divan, De Barra’s (Clonakilty), 9pm, FREE
Saturday 28th January
– Reeling in the Showband Years, Cork Opera House, 8pm, €28.50-€33.50
– Winter Music Festival: The Frank & Walters, The White Horse (Ballincollig), 8.30pm, €22
– Diffract: ooSe, Lambdancer, Hames & more, The Kino, 8.30pm, €10 (8 before 10pm) BYOB
– Divan, Sirius Arts Centre (Cobh), 8.30pm, €12
– Your Guilty Pleasures, De Barra’s (Clonakilty), 10.30pm, FREE
Sunday 29th January
– Reeling in the Showband Years, Cork Opera House, 8pm, €28.50-€33.50
– Laura Ní Carthaigh Gan Ainm (EP launch), The Roundy, 8pm, €5
– Open Mic at The Friary, The Friary, 9pm, FREE
– Winter Music Festival: Máirtín O’Connor, Zoe Conway & Dónal Lunny, The White Horse, (Ballincollig), 8.30pm, €20
Monday 30th January
– Full Moon Club, The Abbey Tavern, 9.30pm, FREE
– Hank Wedel & Ray Barron, Charlie’s Bar, 9.30pm, FREE
– The Americhanics, Coughlan’s, 9pm, FREE
– Ó Bhéal – Poetry, Films and Music, The Long Valley, 8.30pm, FREE
If I have forgotten a show or listed a gig incorrectly feel free to let me know! Please make sure to confirm gig details with the official site in advance.
– For those more interested in independent cinema visit the Triskel cinema listings here
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