Weekend guide: Our pick of the top events in Cork this Saturday and Sunday
Keith Barry brings his magic show to the Everyman on Saturday
: The magician is about to get inside your head like never before with his most unpredictable, jaw-dropping and hilarious live show yet.
: Four hour-long events on the final day of the festival, starting at 3pm with the Ó Faoláin Prize Reading, with Lucy Caldwell & Guy Ware at 4.30pm, Billy O’Callaghan & Simon Van Booy at 7.30pm, and Dermot Bolger & Liz McManus at 9pm.
A special concert bringing together some of Cork and Ireland’s leading musical talents across classical repertoire, opera, musical theatre, jazz, soul and popular music, to mark the arrival of a new Steinway Model B classic grand piano at the venue.
: Comedy show hosted by the stand-up and social media personality. Adult themes.
: First night of the festival, running to October 23.
: Step back in time with Jake Carter and relive the soundtrack of a generation, in a concert celebrating the songs that changed music forever.
: When Nanci Griffith called Frances Black “the sweetest voice of Ireland,” she was paying tribute to one of Ireland’s best-loved and most enduring artists since the late 1980s.
: A band of internationally renowned touring and recording musicians that perform a melancholic and punk jazz set of Tom Wait songs.
: Tribute act celebrating the music of one of the most successful English bands of all time.
: Tool Shed are the UK’s tribute to one of rock’s most unique and influential bands.
: Irish folk-rock band that evoke the golden age of hard-hitting melodicism, balancing early-70s swagger with an elevated folk sensibility.
: Come together, taste, dance and celebrate the Latin American and Spanish cultures in the heart of Cork.
: Live music by Daniel Viledo and Benjamín Becerra. All-new choreography and storytelling. Stunning re-mastered visuals. A vibrant tribute to Día de los Muertos.
