Following on from concerts with Thomas Zehetmair and Mezzo Soprano Paula Murrihy in October, the Irish Chamber Orchestra is back on the road touring in November for the first time since 2020. Renowned Grammy Award-winning German Violinist Florian Donderer makes his debut with the Irish Chamber Orchestra for three concerts, one […]
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The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival returns this September 10-19 for its 17th iteration, as organisers attempt to once again electrify the streets and crash the internet of the coastal town with the sweet sound of those six strings. “We can’t cram like sardines into every nook and cranny of Clonakilty […]
DeBarra’s Folk Club Clonakilty are back in business at last this month, hosting world-class live performances to audiences in their intimate outdoor setting, the beer garden and brand new yard garden. Over the coming weeks, DeBarra’s will welcome some of the country’s finest musicians, writers, and comedians to perform […]
A series of more than 120 live outdoor performances will take place across Cork county throughout August and September. Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan has just officially launched ‘Cork Co Co Pops’, an expansive programme of events provided by Cork County Council to support performers and […]
Les SalAmandas, a new singing song-writing act in the Irish music scene, Julie O’Sullivan (Ballydehob, West Cork) and Colyne Laverriere (Hostun, France), have just released their very first single ‘Now is The Time’, on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Youtube. Julie and Colyne met in late 2018 in Ballydehob, West Cork. Les SalAmandas […]
The West Cork Chamber Music Festival will run its virtual incarnation ‘Bantry and Beyond’ this year from Friday, May 28 to Sunday, July 25. As the Festival musicians could not come to Bantry, the Festival has gone to the musicians. Festival-goers will become virtual travellers to destinations around Europe and USA. They […]