Going out or staying in? Here's your weekend guide for Cork
The Kates are Live at Coughlan's on Saturday, September 28, at 10.30pm.
- Bird On The Wire: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen, Cork Opera House, 8pm: A unique tribute to the icon, to mark what would have been his 90th birthday. Tickets €37, www.corkoperahouse.ie
- Icarus And The Man God, By Derry Cotter, Cork Arts Theatre, 8pm: Searing and topical tragicomedy that delves deep into the enigma that is Donald Trump. Tickets €18, corkartstheatre.com
- The Andrea Bocelli Experience, Cork Opera House, 8pm: Captivating line-up of Bocelli’s most beloved songs including the powerful Caruso, Il Mare Calmo Della Sera, and Fall On Me.
- The Kates, Live at Coughlan’s, Douglas St, 10.30pm: The West Cork 5-piece continue their Pictures Here Of Dreams EP launch tour.
- Big Country, Cyprus Avenue, 7pm: Formed in 1981 by guitar-playing founder members Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, of Dunfermline in Scotland, they were driven by a shared vision of widescreen guitar melody, harmony and lyric. Their classic debut album The Crossing was released in 1983.
- The Lee Sessions Trad Trail, Sin é, 6.30pm & 9pm: Extensive trail of free traditional Irish music sessions in Cork city, featuring masters of the genre.
- Triskel Arts Centre, 12pm: Will Heaven Fall Upon Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective. Season of films by Hungaran director Béla Tarr, starting with Sátántangó, his epic rendering of Laszlo Karsnahorkai’s novel, about the decline of Communism in eastern Europe, a unique and visionary masterpiece that defies classification and transcends genre. See triskelartscentre.ie
- Triskel Arts Centre, 4.15pm, Mrs Robinson: 2024 documentary portrait of Ireland’s first woman president, Mary Robinson.
- The Old Town Whiskey Bar at Bodega, off Cornmarket Street, Cork Speed Dating for ages 45-55, 3pm: For eligible singles aged 45-55.
- At Your Service, RTÉ1, 7.30pm: The Brennan brothers, John and Francis, are back for a new series, and in this first episode are in their kingdom of Kerry, advising a family who need help with their 26-bedroom hotel in Tralee.
- Paddy And Chris: Road Tripping, BBC1, 8pm: New series. Top Gear duo Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris head off on a road trip with a difference - touring Europe seeking the secrets of a long, happy and healthy life.
- Midnight Family, Apple TV+: Spanish-language drama inspired by an award-winning documentary. Marigaby Tamayo spends her days as a medical student and her nights working aboard her family’s private ambulance, saving the lives of those in need on the streets of Mexico City.
- Nobody Wants This, Netflix: Kristen Bell and Adam Brody star in this comedy, about an agnostic, outspoken podcaster who meets an unconventional rabbi, at a friend’s dinner party.
- To have an event included here next weekend, email elaine.whelan@theecho.ie
