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Cork Jazz Festival Special: Saturday Line-up

Saturday listings for Cork Jazz Festival 2013…

Portico Quartet featuring Cornelia, Nile Rodgers & Chic and The Hot 8 Brass Band: just another day at the jazz. To read last year’s G-Man interview with Nile Rodgers click here.

Cork Jazz Festival (24th-28th October)

*Please make sure to check times/prices etc. prior to the event

Saturday, 26th October


10.30am
Arranging Special: In at the deep end with David O’Rourke in Doolan Room, Cork School of Music – FREE

11am
Singing in the Groove: Jazz vocals for everyone with Melanie O’Reilly in Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music – FREE
Bass is the Place: workshop for all bassists with Alex Davis in The Bass Room, Cork School of Music – FREE
Breakfast with the Inkspots in Electric – FREE
Record & CD Fair in Unitarian Church (until 6pm)

12pm
Exhibition: William Ellis Photo Exhibition in Camden Palace (12pm until late – FREE
Jazz & Blues dance classes Camden Palace (12pm-3pm)
– The Jazz Festival Choir in Everyman Palace Theatre – FREE
– AJ Brown Quartet in River Lee Hotel – FREE

1pm
– The Roaring Forties in The Boardwalk – FREE
Festival Club (Bar): East Coast Jazz Band in Metropole – FREE
– The Busquitos in The Old Oak – FREE
– Harry and Friends in The Shelbourne – FREE
– Paddy Cole, Joe Mac & The Cork City Jazz in The Briar Rose (Douglas) – FREE

1.10pm
The Art of improvisation & creative performance: with Berklee Global Institute Jazz Ensemble in Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music – FREE

2pm
– Paul Dunlea Quintet in The Bodega – FREE
Mark Mulcahy & Band in The Crane Lane Theatre – FREE
– Three’s Company in Electric – FREE
Jazz on the Plaza on Emmet Place – FREE
– Bobcat Billy’s Moonshine Mission in Imperial Hotel (South’s) – FREE
Tuxedo Junction in The Pavilion
– Karen Underwood & Erik Gullikson in The Sextant – FREE
– Dave Murphy Trio in The Woodford – FREE

2.30pm
Inside a Jazz Piano Trio: An intimate look and Q&A with Albert Sanz in Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music – FREE
– Early House in River Lee Hotel – FREE

3pm
– Swing Jazz with The Swinging Bluecats in An Bróg – FREE
– David Carroll in Bru Bar – FREE
Jazz at the Movies: From Montreux in Camden Palace – FREE (until 6pm)
– Fiona Kennedy in Clarion Hotel – FREE
– Mary Stokes Band in Counihan’s – FREE
– Cookie & The Vaudevilles in Gallagher’s – FREE
– The Voodoos in The Grafton – FREE
– Lee Hedley Blues Band in Long Valley – FREE
Festival Club (Ballroom): Donna Dunne in Metropole – FREE
– Cat Scratch Fever in The Shelbourne – FREE
– One Horse Pony in Sin É – FREE

3.30pm
Festival Club (Bar): Pat Elgart Dixieland Band in Metropole – FREE

4pm
– Pat Fitz in Clancy’s – FREE
The Rhythm Gym: a musical, mental and physical workout with Stephen Keogh in Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music – FREE
– AJ Brown in Hayfield Manor – FREE
– Chester City Orchestra in Imperial Hotel (South’s) – FREE
Festival Club (Rhythm Room): Lee Gibson All-stars in Metropole – FREE
– The Jabronis in The Old Oak – FREE
– Alex Hahn in The Oliver Plunkett (Downstairs) – FREE
– Rubber Soul in The Thomond – FREE
– The Busquitos in The Woodford – FREE

4.30pm
– Dave Duffy Quintet in The Bodega – FREE
Pete Molinari & Band in The Crane Lane Theatre – FREE
Festival Club (Ballroom): Son Yambu in Metropole – FREE

5pm
– Ronnie Costley in The Boardwalk – FREE
– Martin McInerney in Bru Bar – FREE
– Golddust Chain in Cavanagh’s – FREE
– Des Hopkins’ Dixieland Spectacular in Clarion Hotel – FREE
Great Jazz Guitar: with Garrison Fewell in Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music – FREE
– Rex & The River Rats in Electric – FREE
– Interskalactic in River Lee Hotel – FREE
– Blue Note Jazz in The Roundy – FREE

5.30pm
– The Naildrivers in An Bróg – FREE
New Orleans Jazz Funeral Procession from The English Market – FREE
Festival Club (Bar): Sean De Burca Band in Metropole – FREE

6pm
– Memphis Cats in Clancy’s – FREE
– Wise Guys in The Flying Enterprise – FREE
– John Connolly Band in Imperial Hotel (South’s) – FREE
– Blues Duo in Long Valley – FREE
– Tanya Louise in The LV – FREE
– The Cujo Family in The Oliver Plunkett (Upstairs) – FREE
– Harry and Friends in The Shelbourne – FREE
Collision Music Installation: live performance in Thompson’s Arcade – FREE

6.30pm
– Hermitage Green in Cyprus Avenue – €15
– Swingin’ Bluecats in The Woodford – FREE

7pm
– East Coast Jazz Band in The Boardwalk – FREE
– Jack O’Rourke in The Bodega – FREE
– Blue Steel in Canty’s – FREE
– The Rivets in Clarion Hotel – FREE
– Karma Parking in The Crane Lane Theatre – FREE
– Cookie & The Vaudevilles in Gallagher’s – FREE
– The Roaring Forties in The Parnell – FREE
– Romanza Guitar Duo in Sin É – FREE

7.30pm
– Collage in SOHO – FREE
– Jabronis in East Village (Douglas) – FREE

8pm
Chic in Cork Opera House – SOLD OUT
Double Bill: Saluzzi, Lechner and Saluzzi/Perico Sambeat’s International All Stars in Triskel Arts Centre – €26
Festival Club (Bar): Dixie Ticklers in Metropole – €15
Cork Jazz Ball Camden Palace – €10
– Stink! in The Pavilion – €5 (FREE before 8.30pm)
– The Minutes in An Bróg – FREE
– Andy Dunne in Clancy’s – FREE
– Late Synnott’s Sins in Electric – FREE
– Conor O’Shea in Hayfield Manor – FREE
– Chester City Orchestra in Imperial Hotel (South’s) – FREE
– Papa Zitas in The Old Oak – FREE
– The Big Band in The Oliver Plunkett (Downstairs) – FREE
– Alchemy in The Raven – FREE
– Jazz Freaks in River Lee Hotel – FREE
– Big Band Special in SOHO – FREE

8.30pm
– Billy Cobham & Spectrum 40/Portico Quartet & Cornelia in Everyman Palace Theatre – €30
Boxset: Butter in Triskel Auditorium – €16
– Idol Bones in Clarion Hotel – FREE
– Skazz in Sober Lane – FREE

9pm
– Sirocco, Brigantia and Ctulu (9pm) in Fred Zeppelin’s – €8
– Zatokrev Galvano and From the Bogs of Aughiska in Bradley’s of Barrack Street – €5
– Dissolutes in An Bróg – FREE
– Golddust Chain in Cavanagh’s – FREE
– Rebel Rebel: A David Bowie Tribute in The Crane Lane Theatre – FREE
– Rob Strong in The Oliver Plunkett (Upstairs) – FREE
– Karen Underwood & The Booty Band in The Sextant – FREE
– Cat Scratch Fever in The Shelbourne – FREE
– Horace & Friends in An Spailpín Fánach – FREE
– Son Yambu in The Woodford – FREE
– Ricky Lynch & The Lynch Mob in The Briar Rose (Douglas) – FREE

9.30pm
The Hot 8 Brass Band in The Bodega – FREE
– Gravity in The Flying Enterprise – FREE


9.45pm
– The Darktown Strutters in Gallagher’s – FREE

10pm
Festival Club (Ballroom): A470 Band in Metropole – €15
Festival Club (Rhythm Room): New York Brass Band in Metropole – €15
– Razzberry Jam in Imperial Hotel (Ballroom) – €10
– The Roaring Forties in The Boardwalk – FREE
The Vincent(s) in An Bróg – FREE
– Ricky Lynch in Canty’s – FREE
– The Retronauts in Costigan’s – FREE
– Inner City Blues Band in Coughlan’s – FREE
– Mary Stokes Band in Counihan’s – FREE
– Paula Gomez Band in The Grafton – FREE
– Buck Taylor in The Idle Hour – FREE
– Skazz in Imperial Hotel (South’s) – FREE
– Lee Hedley Blues Band in Long Valley – FREE
– Homegrown in The LV – FREE
Festival Club: Son Yambu in Metropole – FREE
– The Clubmen in The Montenotte Hotel – FREE
– Sean De Burca Band in The Ovens Bar – FREE
– Rattlesnake in The Parnell – FREE
– Bad Girls Groove in Reardens – FREE
– Don Baker in The Rob Roy – FREE
– Ben Reel Band in Sin É – FREE
– Rubber Soul in The Thomond – FREE
– The Planted in O’Driscoll’s (Douglas) – FREE
– East Coast Jazz Band in Silver Springs Moran Hotel (Tivoli) – FREE

10.30pm
Second show: Hermitage Green in Cyprus Avenue – €15
Festival Club (Bar): Collage in Metropole – €15
– Clodagh Kearney Band in Bru Bar – FREE
– Hot Blooded Animals in Charlie’s – FREE
– Memphis Cats in Clancy’s – FREE
– Des Hopkins’ Dixieland Spectacular in Clarion Hotel – FREE
– Emil Nerstrand/Neil O’Loghlen/Dan Walsh in Gulpd Café – FREE
– The Papa Zitas in Barry’s (Douglas) – FREE

11pm
– The Revenge & Gilbert Steele in The Pavilion – €12
– UV5 in The Old Oak – FREE
– Donna Dunne in The Oliver Plunkett (Downstairs) – FREE
– Early House in River Lee Hotel – FREE
– Proudfoot in SOHO – FREE

11.30pm
Boxset: Omen III in Triskel Auditorium – €16

12am
Festival Club (Ballroom): Swingin’ Bluecats in Metropole – €15
– Zoot Serious & The Bellyful of Bop in Imperial Hotel (Ballroom) – €10
– Stereo Heroes in Imperial Hotel (South’s) – FREE

12.30am
Festival Club (Rhythm Room): POD featuring Niwel Tsumbu & Cora Venus Lunny in Metropole – €15
Festival Club (Bar): The Busquitos in Metropole – €15

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Cork Jazz Festival 2013 takes place in various venues from 24th-28th October

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