Going out or staying in? Your weekend guide to what's happening in Cork
Jenny Greene is at Cyprus Avenue this weekend. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
: This Ronan Collins Showband Show has been a smash hit for the past 15 years, and returns to Cork this weekend. Tickets €32.
: Hunters Moon Theatre brings a new Irish play by Philip O’Byrne, to The Everyman stage. Never Going Back There depicts the story of a powerful Irish woman who would not allow religion, or the Magdalene laundries, to define her. Tickets €26.
: The story, by Abi Morgan of one couple, told from two different points in their lives, as young lovers in their thirties and as worldly companions looking back on their relationship. Their past and present selves collide in this beautiful tale of togetherness. Tickets €19.
: Pinotphile follows the runaway success of Joanne’s smash hit The Prosecco Express – a show that set off on its maiden voyage in initial previews back in 2019 before becoming a critically acclaimed global riot. Ticketmaster.ie crowned the show its ‘Comedy Event of the Year’ following an unprecedented 78- show run at Dublin’s Vicar Street. Tickets €45.90
: Ireland’s number one Depeche Mode tribute. This homage to the English band spans everything from the electro-pop of New Life right through to I Feel Loved and beyond. Tickets €19.26.
: The Skybar comes alive this Saturday with house, techno and garage tunes from Keefe, Jazelle, Leezur, Block A and Andrew McCarthy. Tickets €12.
: Jenny has been at the forefront of the Irish dance music scene for almost 20 years. Her long-running RTÉ 2FM show Electric Disco has been the soundtrack to countless weekends, cementing her as a defining voice of Irish club culture. Tickets €24.
: Live music every Sunday from local and international artists, both original work and covers, often rock’n’roll, always good. Free.
: Discover the beauty and rhythm of Mexican folk dance while exploring its rich roots in European, African, and Indigenous traditions. Tickets €8.55
: Ready to shake things up? Join this in-person bartender and barback course to learn the ropes behind the bar. Tickets €70.
1. : Devastating and beautiful, this story is a five star must see.
2. : The infamous showdown between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy.
3. : Timothée Chalamet shines as an upstart in this electric underdog tale.
4. : Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor play ill-fated lovers in the early 1900s.
5. : Brendan Fraser stars as an out of work actor in Japan who gets an unusual gig.
: A selection of archive appearances by the country superstar, who has just turned 80.
: The story of how dentist Colin Howell walked into a police station in Coleraine, Co. Antrim, in 2009, and confessed to killing two people 18 years earlier.
: The U.S talent show ran from 1983 to 1995 and was resurrected briefly in 2003. Now it’s been dusted down for a third time.
: Six-part thriller about an ordinary officer worker who is the victim of a heist at work.
