Weekly Cork Gig Guide: 30th September – 7th October

The Necks – Triskel Christchuch

This week in Cork: The Necks, Cork Folk Festival, The Young Folk, Trash Culture Revue and more..

Be it garbed as ghoul or ghost, lederhosen-clad for extreme drinking or more sophisticatedly styled in black tie or cocktail dress, October is the month for folks who like to play dress up. From Halloween and Oktoberfest to the Cork Jazz festival itself, the next 31 days define a den for the decadent.
For those eager to get their jazz hands on early, cult Oz legends The Necks serve up a little pre-Jazz weekend treat when they visit Triskel Christchurch on the 2nd, the perfect taster of what’s to come at the end of the month.

Serenading the other end of the spectrum will be the many faces flitting about Cork for the 2014 Cork Folk Festival. Taking place from 2nd-5th, highlights include legendary local Jimmy Crowley’s stop-off at l’Attitude for the official opening (1st), rowdy bluegrass revellers We Banjo 3 with Buille in The Oliver Plunkett (3rd), Scottish songsmith Dick Gaughan in The Oliver Plunkett and Mozaik with Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny in Cork School of Music (both on the 4th), not to mention a number of talks and workshops being held across the four days. See www.corkfolkfestival.com for the full line-up.*

Also: DIY arts and culture spectacular Trash Culture Revue takes place across several locations from 2nd-5th.

*Originally published in the September edition of Cork monthly culture magazine: Insert Title

Also going down around town this week:

• The Young Folk in Cyprus Avenue (Tuesday)
• UCC Live Music Showcase in Cyprus Avenue (Wednesday)
• The Boxer Rebellion in Cyprus Avenue (Friday)

For a day-by-day breakdown of gigs taking place in both Cork city and county over the next seven days see below.

Tuesday, 30th September 
– Jazz Improv (9pm), Hank Wedel (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– The Young Folk in Cyprus Avenue

Wednesday, 1st October 
– Cork Folk Festival: Jimmy Crowley in l’Attitude
– The Grunts (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– UCC Live Music Showcase in Cyprus Avenue
– Plug ‘n’ Play in The Roundy
– Sitting Room Session: in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Thursday, 2nd October 
– Trash Culture Revue: in various venues
– Cork Orchestral Society: Julian Bliss in Curtis Auditorium, Cork School of Music (8pm)
– The Necks in Triskel Christchurch (8pm)
– Guinness Amplify: in Various Venues

Friday, 3rd October
– Amazing Apples in Coughlan’s
– Noel Brazil Songwriting Competition (7pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Boxer Rebellion in Cyprus Avenue
– Cork Folk Festival: Buille and We Banjo 3 (10.30pm) in The Oliver Plunkett
– Trash Culture Revue: in various venues
– Cork Folk Festival: Sturgill Simpson in Triskel Christchurch (8pm)
– Guinness Amplify: in Various Venues
– Ger Wolfe in The Mariner (Bantry)
– Heavy Billy in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Saturday, 4th October 
– Trash Culture Revue: in various venues
– Cork Folk Festival: Mozaik featuring Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Bruce Molsky & more in Cork School of Music
– Prosumer and Murat Tepeli in Cyprus Avenue
– Cork Folk Festival: Dick Gaughan and Cormac O’Caoimh (4pm) in The Oliver Plunkett
– Cork Folk Festival: Thea Gilmore in Triskel Christchurch (8pm)
– Guinness Amplify: in Various Venues
– Joey Ryan Band in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Sunday, 5th October
– The Folly Brothers (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Sunday Sessions (6pm) in The Roundy
– Trash Culture Revue: in various venues
– Guinness Amplify: in Various Venues

Monday, 6th October 
Zilch

Tuesday, 7th October 
Nada

Coming in October:
9th – Spires That in the Sunset Rise in Gulpd Café
11th – Sean Nicholas Savage in The Black Mariah (Triskel)
18th – Girl Band in Triskel TDC
19th – Peter Broderick in Half Moon Theatre
26th – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings w/ Lee Fields & The Expressions in Cork Opera House
26th – Sleep Thieves and Slow Skies (11pm) in Triskel TDC
30th – USA NAILS and Terriers in Fred Zeppelin’s

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