Cork Gig Guide (1st July – 7th July)
So long wonderful June, hello beautiful July…
Despite losing half a dozen members over the years, Cuban legends the essence of Buena Vista Social Club is still alive and kicking. Touring the world as Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, the thirteen-strong salsa sensations open July on Leeside with a shimmy and a bang on Emmet Place. Tickets are still available from the Cork Opera House box office.
Also going down around town this week:
- Latest Kino all-ager on Washington Street with U.K. hardcore heavies Brutality Will Prevail the latest visitors following the former arthouse hangout’s grande reopening (Thursday, 6.30pm)
- Bell X1 top an impressive all-Irish bill also featuring guerilla-psych troupe The Altered Hours and dancefloor devils Le Galaxie Live At The Marquee (Thursday)
- Bob Geldof and his Boomtown Rats boys down at The Marquee (Friday)
- An Art For Blind all-dayer on Barrack Street in Mr. Bradley’s (Saturday)
- Outstanding Americana courtesy of the capital’s I Draw Slow in The Pavilion (Saturday)
- Various events down by the sea as Kinsale Arts Festival blooms into life on Saturday 6th until the 14th July
FREE GIG OF THE WEEK
Thursday: Celebrate the 4th July with Virginian guitar guru Daniel Bachman in Gulpd Café.
Monday, 1st July
– Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club in Cork Opera House
– Sting in The Marquee
Tuesday, 2nd July
– Songwriter Sessions with Paula Gomez in L’Attitude 51
– Jazz Improv in The Crane Lane Theatre (9pm)
– The Niall McCabe Band in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– Fred’s Open Mic: in Fred Zeppelin’s
Wednesday, 3rd July
– Fireside Sessions in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Waking Up Sunday in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– Sundown Sessions in The Raven
– Jazz Fusion in The Roundy
– Sitting Room Session: in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Thursday, 4th July
– Rooftop gig: The Art Crimes Band in The Bowery
– Goldfish Syndrome, Momma Robertson, Yearning Curve, Audible Joes and NewGrange in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– This Club in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– Daniel Bachman and Gary Meyler in Gulpd Café (Triskel Arts Centre)
– Brutality Will Prevail in The Kino (6.30pm – all ages)
– Le Galaxie (DJ set) in The Pavilion
– Bell X1, Le Galaxie and The Altered Hours in The Marquee
– Pulses of Tradition in Triskel Christchurch
– John Spillane in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Friday, 5th July
– Kort Door de Bocht, Found on the Floor and Amp in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Castero (album launch) in Fred Zeppelin’s
– The Boomtown Rats in The Marquee
– Aware Charity gig: Jetson & The Diabetics in The Roundy
– Pulses of Tradition in Triskel Christchurch
– The Latchikos in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
Saturday, 6th July
– Art for the Blind all-dayer: Slomatics, Comply Or Die, Ommadon, Wild Rocket, Siorai Geimhreadh and Kawtiks in Bradley’s of Barrack Street (6pm)
– Appian Way and Audible Joes in Fred Zeppelins
– I Draw Slow in The Pavilion
– Kinsale Arts Festival: Pádraig Rynne, Sylvain Barou & Dónal Lunny in Acton’s Hotel (Kinsale)
Sunday, 7th July
– Niamh Dunne in Coughlan’s
– Protobaby and Nexo Shape in The Crane Lane Theatre (9pm)
– Ghost Mice in Fred Zeppelin’s
– David Nelligan (solo) in Gallagher’s
– Jim Murray & Seamus Begley in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
– Kinsale Arts Festival: The Good Rain (5.45pm), Sinéad White (4.45pm), My Fellow Sponges (3.45pm) and The Reverse (1.45pm) on Short Quay (Kinsale)
– The Vintage Session: Bean Dolan (Jukebox Gypsy) & guests in The Mariner (Bantry)
– For more gigs and dates see the overall gig guide here
