What's on: Wednesday, June 19

LIVE MUSIC

The Welcome Inn, Parnell Place Welcome Inn Sessions 9.30pm, adm free

Cork's finest Trad & Folk session in one of the city's few remaining traditional Irish pubs The Oliver Plunkett, Oliver Plunkett St.

Traditional Irish Dinner and Show 6pm and 8pm, adm free

Upstairs at The Oliver Plunkett! Welcome to The Traditional Irish and Dinner Show at The Oliver Plunkett!  Book on email info@theoliverplunkett.com

The Gables, Douglas St. Traditional Irish Music Session 9.30pm, adm free

The Gables is home to the 'Trad Session' for over 30 years. The session has been visited by travelling musicians from far and wide with many diverse cultures.

Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St. Magic Numbers 8pm, adm €17.50

The Magic Numbers have sold over a million albums worldwide across their career and scored a slew of hit singles. The band quickly shot to media attention after selling out London's Kentish Town Forum solely on the strength of their loyal fanbase prior to the release of their 2005 self-titled debut - an album that would later go on to pick up a Mercury Music Prize nomination and break into the UK Top 10 Charts. Hit singles  including Forever Lost?, Love Me Like You, Love's A Game and Take A Chance and three hit albums followed. 

Franciscan Well Brew Pub, North Mall Mochua - Trad Session 9pm, adm free

Cork-based band, Mochua are establishing a reputation for quality performance of trad and contemporary folk on the Cork music scene and beyond.

Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St. Pak Animal 11.50pm, adm free 

Pak Animal are an improvised collective lead by rapper 0phelia. 

Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St. Gaelic Brew 8pm, adm free

Cork-based band Gaelic Brew are a modern Irish band, putting their own stamp on some of the best Irish folk songs ever written.

Franciscan Well Brew Pub, North Mall Storyteller & Seancai Teddy Black 8pm, adm free

Teddy is a well known Irish storyteller steeped in folklore handed down orally for generations, he is a repository of intimate local history and characters - a seanacai in the venerable Irish tradition. 

Franciscan Well Brew Pub, North Mall Trad Session 3pm, adm free

A daily trad session with a mix of jigs and reels and great Irish songs in both Irish and English. With a bit of gypsy jazz and hillbilly thrown in the mix.

Dwyers Of Cork, 28 Washington St. The Lee Sessions 7pm, adm free

Get a taste of real authentic trad music at one of Dwyers Sessions. The best of Irish musicians accompanied from time to time by talented Irish dancers.

The Corner House, Coburg St. The Lee Sessions 9.30pm, adm free

Features world-renowned masters of trad music - The Four Star Trio.

An Spailpín Fánach, South Main St The Lee Sessions 9.30pm, adm free

The Lee Sessions is the umbrella term for all authentic, traditional Irish music sessions in Cork city. 

Sin É, Coburg St The Lee Sessions 6.30pm and 8pm, adm free

Supported by Cork City Council, this trad session series runs all year round, and features world-class musicians and singers, in Cork's most iconic bars.

THEATRE

An Spailpín Fánach, South Main St. Hysterical Histories - All Ages Dinner Theatre 7pm, adm €28/€25 adults, €20 children

Hysterical Histories is a unique dinner theatre experience that is suitable for all the family. www.buytickets.at/chattybooproductions