Weekly Cork Gig Guide: 9th-15th December

Little Green Cars

This week in Cork: OOAL, Halves, Little Green Cars and more…

Cathedral-like quiet and boring-as-shit, just two descriptions of what Friday night’s Out On A Limb Records‘ 2013 Xmas bash most certainly will NOT be. To be held in The Crane Lane on Friday, the early starting shindig (doors at 8pm, first band at 8.30pm) will feature a trio of the Limerick label’s live heavyweights: Rest, Ten Past Seven and Windings. Check back later in the week for an interview with label co-head Ciarán Ryan.

The week ahead is quite a celebration and exhibition of how good our homegrown crop is these days as both Halves (Friday) and Little Green Cars (Saturday) visit the Triskel and The Pavilion (Saturday) respectively, although the latter has been sold out for a long time. For a 2011 interview with Little Green Cars on this very blog, click here.

Also going down around town this week:

• The next batch of Ten Past Sevens from Colaiste Stiofain Naofa take part in the latest Live & Gigging event in Cyprus Avenue (Wednesday)
• Another intimate Coughlan’s session, this time featuring the songwriting talents of Rhob Cunningham and Coughlan’s (Friday)
• Classically-trained quirk-queen Julie Feeney in Triskel Christchurch (Saturday)
• Declan O’Rourke in Cork Opera House (Sunday)

Monday, 9th December
– Monday Night Music Club in Coughlan’s

Tuesday, 10th December
– Modemusic in Brú
– Jazz Improv in The Crane Lane Theatre (9pm)
– Leading Armies in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)

Wednesday, 11th December 
– Fireside Sessions: in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Colaiste Stiofain Naofa Live & Gigging in Cyprus Avenue
– Hudson Taylor in The Pavilion

Thursday, 12th December 
– Edisons and Fiach Moriarty in Coughlan’s

Friday, 13th December 
– Jinx Lennon, Wasps V Humans and News For The Deaf in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Rhob Cunningham and Anna Mitchell in Coughlan’s
– Out On A Limb Records Christmas Party: Rest, Ten Past Seven and windings in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Floating Points in The Pavilion
– Halves in Triskel Arts Centre
– Fred in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Saturday, 14th December
– Greenshine and Mick Pyro (Republic of Loose) in Coughlan’s
– Little Green Cars in The Pavilion SOLD OUT
– Julie Feeney in Triskel Christchurch

Sunday, 15th December 
– Sunday Sessions in The Roundy (6pm)
– Foxglove in L’Attitude 51
– Sunday Sounds with: Art Crimes Band & DJ Ian Richards in The Slate
– The Original Rudeboys in Cyprus Avenue
– Declan O’Rourke in Cork Opera House
– The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow in Triskel Christchurch (8pm)
– Yearning Curve in An Bodhrán (Mitchelstown)

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