Weekend Guide: Upstart Festival, Creedon's play, and plenty of comedy in Cork

Weekend plans? John Dolan shares his top picks for the weekend. 
Weekend Guide: Upstart Festival, Creedon's play, and plenty of comedy in Cork

The Upstart Festival takes place in Glounthaune on Saturday

THEATRE

Saturday

I Fall Down: A Restoration Comedy, Dance Cork Firkin Crane, €20-18, 7.30pm: Inflamed by women’s erasure in the prescribed history of art and the omission of female genitalia in classical statuary, Gina Moxley enlists the audience in a bid to right wrongs. Also Sunday, 2pm & 7.30pm.

An Evening With The Legendary Mr Pussy And Friends, Everyman, €28.50, 8pm: A night of outrageous comedy, dazzling drag and unforgettable entertainment.

Rock Rising, Cork Opera House, €31, 8pm: A full-throttle classic rock experience, with a powerhouse seven-piece band performing hits from the soaring soundscapes of Pink Floyd to the thunder of AC/DC, plus Journey, Queen and Thin Lizzy.

When I Was God, Cork Arts Theatre, €20-18, 2.30pm & 8pm: Last performances of Cónal Creedon’s play. It’s FAI Cup Final day. Ref Dino Keegan is retiring. At half-time the spotlight of self-doubt shines directly down on Dino as the ghosts of his past visit him in his dressing room.

MUSIC

Saturday

Paul Dunlea Quintet, Triskel Arts Centre, €18-16, 1pm:Part of the venue’s Lunchtime Jazz Series, trombonist/composer/arranger Dunlea concentrates primarily on jazz and improvisation.

John Spillane, The White Horse, Ballincollig, €27.19, 8.30pm: The Cork musician, songwriter, performer, and dreamer performs his brilliant set.

Upstart Festival, Craig’s Field, Glounthaune, tickets €25, 4-10pm: The festival is back, featuring six of Cork and Ireland’s best emerging artists, including Trainwreck, Serial Mom, Jean Pack & The Slay Babies, Maicín, and Adore. Over 16s.

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Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy. Two Legendary Live Albums. One Night Live, The Pavilion, Cork city, €22.50, 6pm: Experience Live After Death and Live and Dangerous performed live in full.

The Lemonheads, Cyprus Avenue, €32.50, 7pm: The 1990s alt rockers return to Ireland, and this upcoming tour represents a significant new chapter for them, rooted in a commitment to their music and the community that surrounds it.

Handel’s Band Off Duty - Irish Baroque Orchestra, St Catherine’s Cultural Centre, Kinsale Co. Cork, €26, 7.30pm: The orchestra move away from the traditional recital format. Instead, creating an immersive, high-energy session that imagines the music Handel and his contemporaries would have heard in the informal settings of the 1740s.

Sunday

DUG, DeBarra’s Folk club, Clonakilty, €20, 9.45pm: The folk duo perform on the final day of Clonakilty International Guitar Festival.

OTHER EVENTS

Saturday

Macroom Food Festival, free: A host of events all weekend. On Saturday, there is a Meet the Producers and Tastings event at Pop Crowleys, and an Evening of East European Cuisine. On Sunday, a Monster Street Food & Craft Market opens at 11am.

Sunday

Scéalta Ón Sorn – Stories from the Stove , Gormu Puball Allais, Castlehaven, Co. Cork, €69, 8pm: Fire performer and storyteller Aidan Ring, aka Tornaido, leads a Wild Atlantic Baraois Swim in the bioluminescent waters, followed by a fire performance and storytelling session.

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