Cork gig guide: 22nd December-11th January

Lynched (22nd Live at St. Luke’s)

This Christmas in Cork: Lynched, Mick Flannery and more.

It’s incredibly close now so I’ll make the last gig guide of 2015 a quick one. Lynched in St. Luke’s should be something special right before Christmas. For more info on that one check out a recent chat I had with Daragh Lynch for Cork’s Evening Echo here.

Le Galaxie bring the dance on the 28th so sign up to work off the selection box damage in Cyprus Avenue while local hardcore heroes Horse will be doing lots of damage to eardrums in Fred Zeppelin’s on the following night. There are a number of shows happening in the recently reopened Connolly’s of Leap including Ajo Arkestra (28th Dec) and Jófríður (New Year’s Day). Mick Flannery‘s annual New Year’s Eve show is happening again in Cork Opera House whilst Cork shoegazers Elastic Sleep shake off the party effects for a roadtrip to Myrtleville for a Pine Lodge show on 2nd.

LATE ADDITION:
Morning Veils performing their brand new debut cassette, Her Kind, live from the altar in St. Luke’s Church on 30th December.

Also going down around town this week:

• Hothouse Flowers in St. Luke’s Church (Monday 28th)
• The Calvinists and The Deans in Coughlan’s (Wednesday 30th)

For a day-by-day breakdown of gigs taking place in both Cork city and county over the next three weeks see below.

Tuesday, 22nd December
– Bluegrass Tuesday in Callanan’s
– Hot Blooded Animals and The Watermelons in Coughlan’s
– The Roaring Forties (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Live At St. Luke’s: Lynched & Buille in St. Luke’s Church
– Acoustic Session in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Wednesday, 23rd December 
– Soothsayer in Fred Zeppelin’s
– Russian Songwriters Night in The Roundy
– Sitting Room in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Thursday, 24th December 
– The Church in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Friday, 25th December 
– Selection box promotions present: Santa & The Sleighrockers

Saturday, 26th December
– The Service in Coughlan’s
– She Said (9pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Audible Joes and The Grunts in Fred Zeppelin’s
– Bluez Crew in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville)

Sunday, 27th December
– Niall McCabe Band in Coughlan’s
– Kila in Cyprus Avenue
– Here We Stand and more in Fred Zeppelin’s
– Dyin’ Breed in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville)

Monday, 28th December
– The Americanics in Coughlan’s
– Le Galaxie in Cyprus Avenue
– Live At St. Luke’s: Hothouse Flowers in St. Luke’s Church
– Ajo Arkestra in Connolly’s (Leap)
– Vinnie’s TV in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville)

Tuesday, 29th December
– Horse in Fred Zeppelin’s
– Cian Finn in Minus
– Acoustic Session in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Wednesday, 30th December
– The Calvinists and The Deans in Coughlan’s
– MKAI in Cyprus Avenue
– Live from the altar: Morning Veils in St. Luke’s Church
– Backstory: Stevie G and Donal Dineen in Connolly’s (Leap)

Thursday, 31st December
– Mick Flannery in Cork Opera House
– The Lads New Year’s Eve Party in Coughlan’s
– Smells Like Nirvana w/ Paradox and Screenreader (8.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– New Year’s Eve Bash in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

January
1st – Wiggle (9pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
1st – Jófríður in Connolly’s (Leap)
2nd – The Grunts and Spacecake in Fred Zeppelin’s
2nd – Daithí in Connolly’s (Leap)
2nd – Elastic Sleep in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville)
3rd – Art Crimes Band (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
3rd – Crow Black Chicken in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville)
3rd – Danny O’Reilly (Coronas) in De Barra’s (Clonakilty) SOLD OUT
3rd – Stevie G in Connolly’s (Leap)
4th – The Americanics in Coughlan’s

– For more gigs and dates see the overall gig guide here
– For those more interested in independent cinema visit the Triskel cinema listings here