Events
MAKE IT THE MET THIS JAZZ WEEKEND! Strictly an Over 23s Event The original home of jazz in Cork, The Metropole Hotel, returns in 2025 as the beating heart of the Guinness Cork...
Soul Driven- eight piece groove masters, Soul Driven have been kicking down venue doors all over the country with their hard-hitting, brass infused mixture of soul, funk, jazz...
Veteran Irish composer and jazz pianist Jim Doherty, with Dave Fleming (bass) and Miles Drennan (drums), are joined by legendary singer and interpreter of songs, Honor Heffernan,...
Westport’s own Max Zaska brings his electrifying 7-piece modern soul-jazz band to The Clock Tavern for a night of unstoppable grooves and uplifting energy. A guitarist,...
A night of swing dance and live music from the Lewis Barfoot Jazz Quintet feat. Julien Silvand on Trumpet. The Swingcopation Samhain Jazz Ball is Cork’s most exciting swing dance...
“Stella Bass is a storyteller.” So wrote Los Angeles’ Musical Memoirs, and at this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival she tells the story of the greatest jazz singer of them all:...
Following his headline performance at the Johnstown Jazz Festival this summer, drummer and educator Kevin Lawlor revisits a one-off fusion project from 2016 with a new line-up of...
Cymande (sah-man-day) is one of the most influential black British bands of the 1970s, known for blending jazz, funk, soul, and Caribbean rhythms into a sound that was political,...
Karen Underwood returns to the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival in the Cork Opera House Green Room celebrating the men that she has loved from birth until today. To All The Men I’ve...
Karen Underwood returns to the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival in the Cork Opera House Green Room celebrating the men that she has loved from birth until today. To All The Men I’ve...
The seven sons of jazz great Phil Cohran carry on his musical legacy. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are seven brothers from the south side of Chicago. Together they have toured...
All-day live jazz at The Glasshouse with Starlight Trio & The Underscore Orchestra. Celebrate Cork Jazz Festival in style. Join us at The Glasshouse Rooftop Bar at The Montenotte...
The Kevin O'Shea Quintet pay tribute to the vocal stylings of West Coast jazz icon, Chet Baker. While Chet is rightly renowned for his melodic trumpet playing, this concert will...
Soul music pours out of Lee Fields, as free and unstinting as God’s love. Hailed by Rolling Stone for “his classic American soul sound,” Lee Fields is arguably the greatest pure...
“Breathe In & Let Go” EP Launch with the Johnny Taylor Trio It seems fitting that Cork vocalist and composer Laoise Leahy will officially launch her ‘Breathe In & Let Go’ EP with...
Drummer and composer Diego Joaquin Ramirez brings his sonically adventurous trio Estratos to the Cork Jazz Festival 2025, sharing the stage with his brother, acclaimed...
MAKE IT THE MET THIS JAZZ WEEKEND! Strictly an Over 23s Event The original home of jazz in Cork, The Metropole Hotel, returns in 2025 as the beating heart of the Guinness Cork...
Paul Dunlea (Trombone) is joined by some of the best improvising musicians from UK & Ireland for one of the staples of the Cork JAzz Weekend Calendar. Expect high octane...
“A fabulous vocal talent" – Jools Holland "Kat's voice is like sexy toffee. Just gorgeous!" - Gaby Roslin, BBC Radio “Soul drenched and powerful. Bluesy, jazz-tinged and oozing...
Soul Driven- eight piece groove masters, Soul Driven have been kicking down venue doors all over the country with their hard-hitting, brass infused mixture of soul, funk, jazz...
