Weekend guide: What's happening Leeside this Saturday and Sunday

JOHN DOLAN shares his top picks for events in Cork this weekend.
Weekend guide: What's happening Leeside this Saturday and Sunday

Folk legend Ralph McTell performs at the Everyman on Sunday. Picture: Gerard O'Loughlin

THEATRE

Saturday

Disco Pigs, Everyman, €19-25, 8pm: The start of the preview shows as the iconic play returns to Cork. Age rating 15+. Pig and Runt are Cork teens who share the same birthday, speak the same secret language, and whose joint inner world is about to be torn asunder by impending adulthood.

The Improv Halloween Murder Mystery, €18-15, 8pm: Final performance of the show billed as a whodunnit where the audience decide... it’s bound to be frightfully good fun.

Sunday

Cork Arts Theatre hosts Ó Bhéal’s 14th International Poetry Film Competition Festival, Cork Arts Theatre, free, 1pm, 3pm & 4.30pm: More than 45 performances over three screenings, with the winners announced at 5.30pm.

MUSIC

Saturday

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Triskel Arts Centre, €35-32, 8pm: Experience one of the world’s leading choirs in a programme of contemporary choral masterpieces. At its heart is music by Arvo Pärt, including the serene Magnificat and the powerful Kanon pokajanen, reflecting his signature minimalist style.

The Frank & Walters, Cork Opera House, €36, 8pm: Cork’s famous indie sons perform a home town gig on Halloween night.

Percy French Show, Sea Church, Ballycotton, €30, 8pm: Eleanor Shanley, Ultan Conlon, and Jimmy Higgins star in a spectacular celebration of one of Ireland’s most beloved cultural icons.

Narrow Doors Halloween Party, Fred Zeppelins, Cork city, €10, 8.30pm: A Halloween party with a great line-up of bands. There will be prizes for best costumes, sweeties and some other goodies on the night.

Sunday

Ralph McTell, Everyman, €37.50, 8pm: A true icon of the folk world, McTell brings more than five decades of timeless song-writing to the stage.

OTHER EVENTS

Saturday

Dragon Of Shandon, Church Street/Shandon Street junction, free, 7pm: In its 20th anniversary year, the popular halloween parade winds through the streets, accompanied by a lively entourage of skeletons, ghouls, and fantastical creatures.

Cork & Kerry Food Festival, Cork City Hall, 10am: One of Munster’s largest indoor local and artisan markets, the hall will be brimming with stalls, bringing together food producers, chefs, cooks and foodies from across both counties and beyond to showcase the very best of the region’s food and drink. Also Sunday.

Halloween Hooley, Bandon Town Hall, €10, 8pm: Let your hair down as part of the Bandon Banshee Festival.

Catrina Night, Levis, Ballydehob, €20, 8pm: A night celebrating art, music, dance and culture, inspired by the iconic Mexican figure La Catrina.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Mockie Ah!, The Pavillion, Cork city, €17, 8pm: Annual screening of iconic film, with pre-show cabaret, after-party and more.

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