Weekly Gig Guide: 4th-10th November

The time is nigh…

It’s shaky knees/waggly tail time for myself and Lisa Lemur as the excitement reaches critical point with both Dott and French For Rabbits set to visit the Triskel this weekend. Word has it limited handmade tickets (by the wonderful Lisa Lemur) for the show featuring Dott and French For Rabbits are still available from Plugd Records so move the bum pronto if you’d like one all for yourself. For all other info on The G-Man presents… #9 please see here.

Elsewhere this weekend, Bouts and Bantum bombard Bradley’s of Barrack Street in a streak of indie pop, electronica and chronic alliteration (Saturday) whilst folk fanatics should head east for the album launch of possibly the country’s most gifted songwriter as Ger Wolfe visits Cobh’s Sirius Arts Centre (Friday).

If you thought Friday was bad, Saturday is an unapologetic catastrophe for clashes with Thrill Jockey troubadour Glenn Jones in The Black Mariah (Triskel Arts Centre) (interview with the man himself here), an all-day fundraising festival in Everyman Palace Theatre from 2pm on MacCurtain Street, the launch of the Cork Film Festival club in Gulpd Café (for a full breakdown of all music-related events visit here) and the Cork-leg of the First Music Contact tour – featuring newly crowned festival heavyweight champs Le Galaxie – in The Pavilion and fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes with long-time partner in crime Dennis Cahill in Triskel Christchurch.

For those who make it through that assault course of audio joy, Rest are set to make an appearance on Barrack Street as part of a souped up support line for grindcore foursome Slave Zero on Sunday evening.

Also going down around town this week:

• An early evening all ages show in The Kino headlined by electro upstarts Cove (Wednesday)
• Philanthropists of all that is folk Jukebox Gypsy in The Roundy (Thursday)
• Indie rockers The Shaker Hymn and Tandem Felix in Coughlan’s (Friday)
• Americana and Appalachian folk courtesy of Cincinatti trio The Tillers in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm) (Sunday)

Monday, 4th November
– Leo Sayer in Cork Opera House
– Wandering Eyes in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)

Tuesday, 5th November
– Jazz Improv in The Crane Lane Theatre (9pm)
– Naymedici in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)

Wednesday, 6th November 
– All ages: Cove, Lennoko and more in The Kino (7pm)
– Fireside Sessions: in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Cold Draw in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– Leaders of Men, Shane Power and Kate Twohig in Cyprus Avenue
– Sundown Sessions in The Raven
– UCC Capricio Society: Clare Sands and Pierre Morrissey in The Roundy

Thursday, 7th November 
– Big September in Cyprus Avenue
– Jukebox Gypsy in The Roundy

Friday, 8th November 
– The G-Man & Lisa Lemur present: Dott and French For Rabbits in Triskel Arts Centre TDC
– The Shaker Hymn and Tandem Felix in Coughlan’s
– Miss Kate & The Higher State in The Crane Lane Theatre (9pm)
– W!ld and Vegans in Furs in Cyprus Avenue
– Later with The Grunts in The Roundy
– Bouts and Elastic Sleep in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
– Ger Wolfe in Sirius Arts Centre (Cobh)

Saturday, 9th November
– Dead Cool (12pm-6pm) in Mother Jones Flea Market
– Cork Rocks For Abbey (ALL AGES): Aoife Crockett, Jaded, The Legionaires, High Wire, Broken Remnants, Exit Fire, The Japans and Crystal Swing in Everyman Palace Theatre (2pm)
– Glenn Jones in Black Mariah (Triskel Arts Centre)
– Bouts and Bantum in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Cork Rocks For Abbey: The Bradley Sisters, The Reverse, Ruby & the Night Hawks, Jericho, Emerson, Lynda Cullen, Cormac O’Caoimh & more in Everyman Palace Theatre (6.30pm)
– Discodrome – Festival Club: Keep On Jumpin’ with Gilbert Steele, Dean Feeney and Cack Jollins in Gulpd Café (10pm-1am)
– First Music Contact tour: Le Galaxie, Daithi and Funeral Suits in The Pavilion
– Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill in Triskel Christchurch

Sunday, 10th November 
– Songwriting Group in The Roundy (3pm)
– Slave Zero, Five Will Die and Rest in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– The Tillers in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– Laura Elizabeth Hughes in Cyprus Avenue
– Discodrome – Festival Club: Fractured Air DJ set in Gulpd Café (10pm-1am)
– Glenn Jones in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

– For more gigs and dates see the overall gig guide here