Cork Gig Guide 2026 – The Best Live Music Listings in Cork
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Madra Salach play Cyprus Avenue in December
Gigs in Cork throughout September 2026
Thursday 24th September, CLMF2026: Mick Flannery, Coughlan’s
Thursday 24th September, RNC Live: Podge Lane and guests, Fred Zeppelins
Thursday 24th September, Gorrila Gorrila, Rafters & Henosis, Crane Lane
Thursday 24th September, 115 Jazz Jam Sessions, 115 Café And Wine Bar
Friday 25th September, CLMF2026: Emma Langford, Jean Pack, Curtisy, Coughlan’s
Friday 25th September, Briars at Wavelength (Cyprus Avenue Rooftop)
Friday 25th September, Nova Dream, Fred Zeppelins
Friday 25th September, Paul Oakenfold at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 25th September, Source Music Festival: John Blek, Paddy Mac’s Bar (Coachford)
Friday 25th September, Driven Snow, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Friday 25th September, Katherine Priddy, Connolly’s (Leap)
Saturday 26th September, Eimear Reidy (3pm), Maureen’s
Saturday 26th September, CLMF: Jack O’Rourke, Marlene Enright, Maicín, Lisa O’Neill, Woah Mama, Silent Disco Coughlan’s
Saturday 26th September, BOTB Final, Fred’s
Saturday 26th September, Source Music Festival: Saoirse Casey, Paddy Mac’s Bar (Coachford)
Saturday 26th September, The Altered Hours, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Saturday 26th September, Tom Dunne, Fiachna Ó Braonáin & Alan Connor, Connolly’s (Leap)
Saturday 26th September, Pollyanna & Oaio, Richmond Revival (Fermoy)
Saturday 26th September, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Pauline Scanlon, Tom Morrow & John Doyle at St. Brendan’s Church (Bantry)
Sunday 27th September, CLMF2026: Lisa O’Neill, The Service, George Houston, Julie O’Sullivan, Coughlan’s
Sunday 27th September, Sounds From a Safe Harbour presents Sirens: Lisa Hannigan, Kate Stables, Anna Mieke, and more, Cork Opera House
Sunday 27th September, Dar Williams at Cyprus Avenue
Sunday 27th September, Source Music Festival: Síomha, Paddy Mac’s Bar (Coachford)
Sunday 27th September, The Altered Hours, Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Sunday 27th September, Tom Dunne, Fiachna Ó Braonáin & Alan Connor, Connolly’s (Leap)
Monday 28th September, CLMF2026: Paahto & The Bull w David Murphy, Coughlan’s
Monday 28th September, Jazz Improv, Crane Lane
Monday 28th September, A.S. Fanning & Band, Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Secret Song at Levis’, Ballydehob (4th October)
Gigs in Cork throughout October 2026
Thursday 1st October, Rhiannon Giddens at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 1st October, Jimmy MacCarthy – The Song of the Singing Horseman, Cork Opera House
Thursday 1st October, Irvine and Tulca, The Savoy
Thursday 1st October, Timeless Jazz, Briery Gap Theatre (Macroom)
Friday 2nd October, 5 Wizards in a Trenchrobe, The Roundy
Friday 2nd October, Huartan, The Savoy
Friday 2nd October, Ruairí Ó Baoighill, Fred’s
Friday 2nd October, Martin Hayes, De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Friday 2nd October, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Friday 2nd October, Freddie White, Briery Gap Theatre (Macroom)
Friday 2nd October, The Shruggs, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Saturday 3rd October, Hothouse Flowers, Cork Opera House
Saturday 3rd October, Bog Jazz and Muirgen, The Savoy
Saturday 3rd October, Secret Song Eve: ??? Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Saturday 3rd October, The Four of Us, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Sunday 4th October, Kate Nash, Coughlan’s
Sunday 4th October, Secret Song, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Sunday 4th October, Laurie Shaw, Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Tuesday 6th October, The Ollam at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 8th October, Declan O’Rourke, Cork Opera House
Thursday 8th October, Jake Xerxes Fussell at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 9th October, MDR, Coughlan’s
Friday 9th October, The Riptide Movement, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Friday 9th October, Rua Rí, De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Saturday 10th October, Grey DeLisle Griffin & The Blue Ribbon Boys, De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Saturday 10th October, Listening Project: Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O’Brien, Skibbereen Town Hall
Tuesday 13th October, Kristin Hersh at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 15th October, The Wran at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 15th October, DEAFKIDS, Coughlan’s
Thursday 15th October, Paul Brady, Cork Opera House
Friday 16th October, The Love Buzz, Dali
Friday 16th October, Paul Brady, Cork Opera House
Friday 16th October, Rua Rí October, The Savoy
Friday 16th October, Trainwreck and The WU, The Roundy
Friday 16th October, The Kates, De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Friday 16th October, Daoirí Farrell, Paddy Mac’s Bar (Coachford)
Saturday 17th October, Paahto & The Bull, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Sunday 18th October, The Fynches, The Savoy
Sunday 18th October, Kris Drever, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Tuesday 20th October, The Love Buzz, Dali
Wednesday 21st October, Kris Drever, Coughlan’s
Wednesday 21st October, The Love Buzz, Dali
Cork Jazz Festival (22nd-26th October)
Thursday 22nd October, Yussef Dayes, Cork Opera House
Thursday 22nd October, Annie Mac, Cork Opera House
Thursday 22nd October, Maya Libbey, Ezra Williams, Mirrors and Tyra-Lee Spry, Live at St. Luke’s
Thursday 22nd October, Cereal Milk, Doctor Congo and Chris Isaccs, The Roundy
Thursday 22nd October, Kris Drever, Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Thursday 22nd October, Tolü McKay, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Friday 23rd October, St. Paul & The Broken Bones at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 23rd October, Masters At Work, Cork Opera House
Friday 23rd October, The Stunning and Mundy Cork City Hall
Friday 23rd October, Boolaboom, The Savoy
Friday 23rd October, Cutouts and Moldboy, The Roundy
Friday 23rd October, Paddy Casey, Paddy Mac’s Bar (Coachford)
Saturday 24th October, The Boomtown Rats, Cork City Hall
Saturday 24th October, Boney M feat Maizie Williams, Cork Opera House
Saturday 24th October, Muireann Bradley, Live at St. Luke’s
Saturday 24th October, Bill Laurance (2.30pm) at Triskel Arts Centre
Sunday 25th October, Berlioz, Cork Opera House
Sunday 25th October, Mary Coughlan, Coughlan’s
Sunday 25th October, Susan O’Neill (3pm), De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Sunday 25th October, Tolü McKay, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Sunday 25th October, Paahto & The Bull, Connolly’s (Leap)
Monday 26th October, Margaret Glaspy at Cyprus Avenue
Tuesday 27th October, Seamus Fogarty, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Thursday 29th October, Boa Morte, Coughlan’s
Thursday 29th October, The Whileaways, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Friday 30th October, Swarmfest V, The Savoy
Saturday 31st October, Pebbledash Live at St. Lukes
Saturday 31st October, The Frank & Walters, Cork Opera House
Saturday 31st October, SexyTadhg, Connolly’s (Leap)
Gigs in Cork throughout November 2026
Thursday 5th November, The Undertones at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 6th November, Diveboy, Coughlan’s
Friday 6th November, Intricate, The Roundy
Friday 6th November, Joachim Cooder with Adriano Viterbini, Connolly’s (Leap)
Sunday 8th November, Sorcha Richardson, The Savoy
Sunday 8th November, Nerina Pallot at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 12th November, Therapy Horse, The Savoy
Friday 13th November, Andy Irvine & Quilty, The Savoy
Friday 13th November, Khakikid at Cyprus Avenue
Saturday 14th November, ØXN and Crevice, The Savoy
Saturday 14th November, Andy Irvine & Quilty, De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Thursday 19th November, Jeff Tweedy Live at St. Lukes
Friday 20th November, Clare Sands, Live at St. Luke’s
Friday 20th November, Electric Eel Shock, Connolly’s (Leap)
Sunday 22nd November, Seamus Fogarty, Coughlan’s
Friday 27th November, Florence Road at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 27th November, Bandon Folk Club: How I Became a Wave, Bandon Town Hall
Friday 27th November, Seamus Fogarty, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Sunday 29th November, Ash at Cyprus Avenue
Monday 30th November, Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders at Cyprus Avenue
Gigs in Cork throughout December 2026
Friday 4th December, Jinx Lennon, Coughlan’s
Thursday 10th December, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Coughlan’s
Friday 11th December, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Coughlan’s
Saturday 12th December, The Altered Hours, The Savoy
Saturday 12th December, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Sunday 13th December, Really Good Time, Coughlan’s
Wednesday 16th December, Junior Brother, Coughlan’s
Thursday 17th December, Just Mustard, The Savoy
Thursday 17th December, Bleech 9:3 at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 17th December, Junior Brother, Coughlan’s
Friday 18th December, Madra Salach at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 18th December, Morgana, The Savoy
Friday 18th December, Todd Terje, The Savoy
Friday 18th December, Junior Brother, Coughlan’s
Saturday 19th December, Madra Salach at Cyprus Avenue
Saturday 19th December, David Kitt, The Savoy
Saturday 19th December, Briars, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Sunda 20th December, Trá Pháidín le aoi-boscadóir Seamas Hyland, UCC Library
Sunday 20th December, Robert Arkin’s Commitments Live at Cyprus Avenue
Tuesday 29th December, Kíla, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Gigs in Cork throughout February 2027
Monday 8th February, Kate Nash at Cyprus Avenue
Sunday 14th February, Doireann NÍ Ghlacáin at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 26th February, Babyrat, The Savoy
FAQ
What are the best live music venues in Cork?
Cork Opera House, Cyprus Avenue, Triskel Arts Centre, Live at St. Luke’s are just some of the great music venues in Cork City. For more information on Cork’s live music options, read A Guide to Cork Music Venues.
What are the best record shops in Cork?
Plugd’d Records and Bunker Vinyl are just two of a half-dozen excellent record shops in Cork.
See A Guide to Cork Record Shops for more.