Cork Gig Guide
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June 2025
Monday 23rd June, Smithwicks Sessions (Trad & Folk) at Coughlan’s
Monday 23rd June, Jazz Improv at The Crane Lane
Tuesday 24th June, Neosupervital & Join Me In The Pines at Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Wednesday 25th June, Listen Back: Elaine Howley [The Distance Between Heart And Mouth] (11am), Cork City Library
Thursday 26th June, David Murphy and Niamh Dalton, Plugd Records
Thursday 26th June, Gig for Gaza: other mother, BABYRAT and Maya Libbey at Dali
Thursday 26th June, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich at Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Thursday 26th June, Mama’s Broke, Connolly’s (Leap)
Friday 27th June, Peggy Seeger Live at St. Luke’s
Friday 27th June, Paddy Casey at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 27th June, Swarmfest ’25: Random Animals, Big Sky, Pinwheel 2, Waterworks, Blue Wire, Magazine Cowboy & Orlaith (ALL AGES SHOW – 2pm), The Kino
Friday 27th June, Klieo, Fredz
Friday 27th June, Ways of Seeing at Coughlan’s
Friday 27th June, The Listening Project: FIXITY and Cormorant Tree Oh, Skibbereen Town Hall (Skibbereen)
Friday 27th June, Andy Irvine, Connollys (Leap)
Friday 27th June, Sweep Down To The Sea: Ultan Conlon, Eleanor Shanley & Jimmy Higgins, Briery Gap Theatre (Macroom)
Friday 27th June, Annette Buckley presents Under The Ivy, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Friday 27th June, NeoSupervital & Dave Geraghty at Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Saturday 28th June, Florist at Coughlan’s
Saturday 28th June, Christy Moore Live at the Marquee
Saturday 28th June, Phil Maguire at Maureen’s
Saturday 28th June, Deuce, Fredz
Saturday 28th June, Abbey Céilí Band at Cyprus Avenue
Saturday 28th, Andy Irvine, The White Horse (Ballincollig)
Saturday 28th June, The Quiet Club, Sirius Arts Centre (Cobh)
Sunday 29th June, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich at Coughlan’s
Sunday 29th June, Deuce, Fredz
Sunday 29th June, Florist at Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Monday 30th June, Smithwicks Sessions (Trad & Folk) at Coughlan’s
Monday 30th June, Jazz Improv at The Crane Lane
Monday 30th June, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich at Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
July 2025
Wednesday 2nd July, The Wailers at Cyprus Avenue
Wednesday 2nd July, Open Mic, Fredz
Wednesday 2nd July, All-Seeing Eyes at Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Thursday 3rd July, DOSE Weekender: Cork Improvised Music Club, Plugd Records
Friday 4th July, DOSE Weekender: Social (5pm), Plugd Records
Friday 4th July, DOSE Weekender: ELLLL, Capricorn and japhet santana (9pm) at Dali
Friday 4th July, Outside The Box: Basht, Theatre, Esmeralda Road, Sell Everything and Telebox at Coughlan’s
Saturday 5th July, DOSE Weekender: Mel Keane, GÉIS, Anenome and Alannah Dunford (3pm) @ Test Site
Saturday 5th July, DOSE Weekender: Async Figure, Reflekta and screenage dj (9pm) at Dali
Saturday 5th July, The Kates, Connollys (Leap)
Sunday 6th July, DOSE Weekender: closing party (7pm) at O’Sho
Thursday 10th July, The Waterboys Live at the Marquee
Thursday 10th July, Kinsale Arts Weekend: MacBóchra at Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Thursday 10th July, Gemma Hayes, Connollys (Leap)
Kinsale Arts Weekend (11th-14th July)
Friday 11th July, Crow Black Chicken at Coughlan’s
Friday 11th July, Kinsale Arts Weekend: Annette Buckley presents Under The Ivy, OHK (Kinsale)
Saturday 12th July, Kinsale Arts Weekend: Gemma Hayes, St. Catherine’s Cultural Centre (Kinsale)
Sunday 13th July, Kinsale Arts Weekend: Cardinals and The Guilteens, White Lady (Kinsale)
Sunday 13th July, Kinsale Arts Weekend: Nosferatu (Film) w live score, White Lady (Kinsale)
Tuesday 15th July, The Magic Numbers at Cyprus Avenue
Wednesday 16th July, Listen Back: Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis [Whose Woods These Are] (11am), Cork City Library
Thursday 17th July, Amble Live at the Marquee
Thursday 17th July, Biig Piig at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 17th July, Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis and Roslyn Steer, UCC Boole Library
Thursday 17th July, The Mary Wallopers, De Barra’s Folk Club (Clonakilty)
Friday 18th July, The Mary Wallopers Live at the Marquee
Friday 18th July, Mundy, De Barra’s Folk Club (Clonakilty)
Friday 18th July, Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis at Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Saturday 19th July, Cian Ducrot Live at the Marquee
Sunday 20th July, Cian Ducrot Live at the Marquee
Monday 21st July, Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis at Prim’s Bookshop (Kinsale)
Thursday 24th July, Kingfsher Live at the Marquee
Thursday 24th July, Kíla, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Friday 25th July, Kíla, Connollys (Leap)
Monday 28th July, Skib Arts Festival: Richard Thompson, Skibbereen Town Hall (Skibbereen)
Tuesday 29th July, Skib Arts Festival: Anna Mieke x Crash Ensemble, Skibbereen Town Hall (Skibbereen)
Tuesday 29th July, Aoife O’Donovan, De Barra’s Folk Club (Clonakilty)
Wednesday 30th July, Skib Arts Festival: RÓIS, Skibbereen Community Hall, O’Donovan Rossa GAA (Skibbereen)
Thursday 31st July, Skib Arts Festival: Cormac Begley & Liam O’Connor and Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, Abbeystrewry Church (Skibbereen)
August 2025
Saturday 2nd August, Skib Arts Festival: Villagers, Skibbereen Town Hall (Skibbereen)
Tuesday 5th August, Tan & Sober Gentlemen at Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob)
Thursday 7th August, Fanny Lumsden at Coughlan’s
Thursday 7th August, Mick Flannery, Connollys (Leap)
Friday 8th August, The Frank & Walters (acoustic), Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Saturday 9th August, The Raja Quartet, Triskel Arts Centre
Saturday 9th August, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Connollys (Leap)
Thursday 14th August, Harry Gorski-Brown & Alasdair Roberts, UCC Boole Library
Thursday 14th August, Luka Bloom, De Barra’s Folk Club (Clonakilty)
Friday 15th August, PiL at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 15th August, Mundy, The White Horse (Ballincollig)
Friday 15th August, The Scratch, Connollys (Leap)
Saturday 16th August, Love Is A Stranger: Elaine Howley, Niamh Regan, David Murphy & more, Ballyvolane House
Saturday 16th August, Hot House Flowers, Connollys (Leap)
Sunday 17th August, Hot House Flowers, Connollys (Leap)
Tuesday 19th August, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Cork Opera House
Wednesday 20th August, Mannequin Pussy at Cyprus Avenue
Masters of Tradition (20th-24th August)
Thursday 21st August, The Lemonheads at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 21st August, Paul Noonan, De Barra’s Folk Club (Clonakilty)
Sunday 24th August, Cormac O Caoimh & Justin Cullen at Coughlan’s
Thursday 26th August, Father John Misty at Cork City Hall
September 2025
Friday 5th September, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Connolly’s (Leap)
Wednesday 10th September, Martin Hayes, Cork Opera House
Sounds From a Safe Harbour (11th-14th September)
Thursday 11th September, SFSH x 37d03d Opening Ritual (8pm), Elizabeth Fort
Thursday 11th September, SFSH: Remembering Talos tribute at Cork Opera House
Thursday 11th September, SFSH: Bantum & Arveene at The Pav (11pm)
Friday 12th September, Tinnitus Promotions: Agriculture, Human Leather and Machukha, Nudes Craft and Cocktails
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Villagers at The Everyman
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Gemma Doherty (12.30pm) at Coughlan’s
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Charlotte Cornfield (5.30pm) at Coughlan’s
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Beth Orton (5pm) at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Junior Brother (5:30 PM) at The Pav
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Lisa Hannigan (8pm) Live at St. Luke’s
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Will Butler (9pm) at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Fionn Regan (6:00 PM) at Triskel Arts Centre
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Bizhiki (10pm) at The Kino
Friday 12th September, SFSH: Festival Club hosted by Sally Cinnamon at The Pavilion (10:30pm)
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: The Vernon Spring & Gwilym Gold (12pm) at Stack Theatre (UCC)
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Ye Vagabonds at The Everyman
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Amanda Bergman (1.30pm) at Coughlan’s
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Angie McMahon & Leif Vollebekk (2pm) Live at St. Luke’s
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: I Dreamed I Dream (5.30pm) at Coughlan’s
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Cork Opera House
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Ben Howard & Kate Stables (8pm) Live at St. Luke’s
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Caroline Rose and La Force (9.30pm) at Coughlan’s
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: The Barr Brothers & Memorial (11:30 AM) at The Pavilion
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: The Staves (3pm) at Cyprus Avenue
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Jon Hopkins & S. Carey (5pm) at Stack Theatre (UCC)
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Joshua Idehen (6pm) at The Kino
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Daithí (11pm) at Cyprus Avenue
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Crash Ensemble X Rachael Lavelle X RÓIS (9pm) at The Pav
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: S. Carey (8:00 PM) at Triskel Arts Centre
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Festival Club hosted by Sally Cinnamon at The Pavilion (10:30pm)
Saturday 13th September, SFSH: Vanishing Arcs (11.30pm) at The Kino
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Victoria Canal and Christof Van Der Ven (11.30am) at Coughlan’s
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Earth On A Good Day by The Vernon Spring (2pm) Live at St. Luke’s
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Gordi & Soak (2pm) at The Kino
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Eve Owen and Rosie Carney (3.30pm) at Coughlan’s
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Nick Mulvey (6pm) Live at St. Luke’s
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Sam Amidon & Niamh Regan (6pm) at The Kino
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: DakhaBrakha (4pm) at The Everyman
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Elaine Howley (4pm) at Stack Theatre (UCC)
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Donnacha Dennehy x Crash Ensemble “Land of Winter” Irish Premiere (12:30 PM) at Triskel Arts Centre
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Mina Tindle X Kate Stables featuring Conor O’Brien (5:30pm) at The Pavilion
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Festival Finale hosted by Efterklang, Cork Opera House
Sunday 14th September, SFSH: Black Country, New Road (9pm) at Cyprus Avenue
Culture Night (Friday 19th September)
Saturday 20th September, Paddy Casey, Seachurch (Ballycotton)
Wednesday 24th September, The Delines at Cyprus Avenue
Thursday 25th September, The Wedding Present at Cyprus Avenue
September, Clonakilty International Guitar Festival: & more.
October 2025
Saturday 18th October, Gemma Hayes at Cyprus Avenue
Wednesday 22nd October, Chris Smither at Coughlan’s
Saturday 25th October, The Sultans of Ping, Cork City Hall
Saturday 25th October, Daniel Herskedal Trio, Triskel Arts Centre
Friday 31st October, Willy Mason at Coughlan’s
October, Cork Jazz Festival: TBC.
November 2025
Satureday 8th November, The Fynches, Connolly’s (Leap)
Thursday 13th November, Shame at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 14th November, Beoga at Cyprus Avenue
Friday 14th November, The Fynches at Coughlan’s
Friday 28th November, Sleeper at Cyprus Avenue
For more information on Cork’s live music options, read A Guide to Cork Music Venues