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Go See Free Shows at Sounds From a Safe Harbour

Peter Broderick, Niamh Regan, David Murphy and more just a taste of the free shows available as part of Sound From A Safe Harbour 2025’s Free Music Trail.


Free Music Trail

The daylight is growing ever more reclusive but is there a sweeter spot than the dancing dream that is the inbetween of summer and autumn? And that’s where you’ll find Sounds From a Safe Harbour, taking place across multiple locations in Cork City this weekend. Focus of course will be on the big concerts happening at Cork Opera House, Cyprus Avenue and more, but dive into the detail and you’ll find a weekend’s worth of budget-friendly shows, courtesy of SFSH’s Free Music Trail.

Highlights include multi-instrumentalist and regular SFSH frequenter Shahzad Ismaili‘s appearance at O’Sho (Thursday); Tjara (a new Reykjavík-based collaboration between Francesco Fabris, Kjartan Holm, and Sin Fang) & guests presented by Icelandic label INNI at The Kino (Friday); Niamh Regan‘s instore appearance at MusicZone and Peter Broderick‘s intimate visit to Maureen’s (both Saturday); and David Kitt’s Sunday Surprise at The Pav (Sunday).

For a full list of Sounds From a Safe Harbour gigs, see here.


Thursday

7pm | O’Sho | Shahzad Ismaili
7pm | Callanan’s | SFSH Official Ring’s Tournament


Friday

6pm | The Kino| Tjara
8pm | Plug’d Records | Charles Spearin


Saturday

12pm | Music Zone | Niamh Regan
12pm | Callanan’s | David Murphy
3pm | Coughlan’s | Hánt EP Launch
3pm | Impala | Dot Never
3pm | Sonflour | Rita Lynn
7pm | Maureen’s | Peter Broderick
7pm | The Nest at Coughlan’s | Ben Lanz
7pm | Impala | How I Became A Wave


Sunday

12pm | Long Valley Bar | Goldbug
12:30pm | The Pav | David Kitt’s Sunday Surprise
3pm | Cork School of Music | IME with guests
3pm | Plugd Records | Michael McGovern
3pm | Long Valley Bar | Sarah Hickey
6pm | Plugd Records | Éist Radio Pop Up


Sounds From a Safe Harbour takes place across various locations in Cork City from 11th-14th September.

For more see:

soundsfromasafeharbour.com


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