Cork Gig Guide (July 16th – July 22nd)

Little xs for eyes – The Roundy, 19th July

It’s finally here! The very first The G-Man Presents… showcase takes a bow on Castle Street as The David Nelligan Thing and little xs for eyes mix up a potent concoction of melodious ear candy in The Roundy.
The double-header takes place on Thursday, 19th July with tickets – priced at €6 – available on the door that night.

The rest of the week is pretty manic from start to finish beginning with the popular KC Sessions pays its monthly visit to The Crane Lane Theatre with another half dozen up and coming artists taking to the Phoenix Street stage.

The same venue welcomes travelling tunesmith Myles Manley and his little people on the following night (Tuesday) with support from one of the newest acts on the Cork live music scene, rock and roll drag demons The Vincents. On the other side of Oliver Plunkett Street, local practitioners of pop The Hard Ground officially crack open the bottle of champagne on the release of debut record Broken Conversations with a launch gig taking place in The Pavilion.

Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux’s new-wave bossanova covers machine, Nouvelle Vague, returns to Cyprus Avenue on Friday sure to raise a couple of temperatures with their take on 80’s punk and pop classics while Donal Dineen brings special guest Patrick Kelleher to the Half Moon Theatre as part of his travelling Something, Something, Something shows.

The rock ‘n’ roll train pulls into clash-central on Saturday night with Lodgefest 2012 hosting some of Cork’s finest musicians out in Myrtleville, taking over from the legendary yet now defunct Party in the Pines get-togethers which have taken place in Pine Lodge over the past few years. Buses are heading from the city so link on over to the FB event here for more info on that particular situation. For those not travelling at the weekend, there is still a plethora of talent on show with The Fall – plus support from the amazing Trumpets of Jericho – in The Pav and one of Ireland’s brightest shining lights Katie Kim performing in the rejuvenated Half Moon Theatre.

And……rest. Until next week begins of course.

Festivals incoming:
Liss Ard (Skibbereen) with Chic, Toots & The Maytals, Paul Buchanan and more August 4th-5th

Monday, 16th July
– Petit Chanteurs de Monaco in Triskel Arts Centre (1pm)
– The KC Sessions in The Crane Lane Theatre (8.30pm)
– Za Ucha in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– Glitter & Trauma (DJ) in The Pavilion (Bar)

Tuesday, 17th July
– Candle Sessions with Hank Wedel & Edel Curtin in The Pavilion (Bar)
– Myles Manley & The Little People and The Vincents in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)

Wednesday, 18th July
– Fireside Sessions with Los Paddys de las Pampas in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Jericho in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– BalconyTV Cork presents: in The Sextant
– Vita and Stuart Wilde in The Roundy
– Sitting Room Session with Gentry Morris and Ghosthead Revival in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
– Jawbone in The Pavilion (Bar)
– The Hard Ground in The Pavilion

Thursday, 19th July
– The G-Man presents… little xs for eyes and The David Nelligan Thing in The Roundy
– Deluces Patent in The Pavilion (4pm)
– Pulses of Tradition in Triskel Arts Centre
– LOWmountain in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Friday, 20th July
– Nouvelle Vague in Cyprus Avenue
– Donal Dineen’s Something Something Something with Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands in Half Moon Theatre
– Aisling Quinn in The Roundy

Saturday, 21st July
– Time Is A Thief in Bru
– Katie Kim in Half Moon Theatre

– The Fall and Trumpets of Jericho in The Pavilion
– Pulses of Tradition in Triskel Arts Centre
– Declan O’Rourke in The White Horse (Ballincollig)
– Lodgefest 2012 with Hope Is Noise, Terriers, Terror Pop and Lamp in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville) (Buses from Cork)

Sunday, 22nd July
– Brian Deady in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– Beardy Boy in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Festivals incoming:
Liss Ard (Skibbereen) with Chic, Toots & The Maytals, Paul Buchanan and more August 4th-5th