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THIS CONCERT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE GRANARY THEATRE, UCC

Experience the magic that is vocalist Laoise Leahy and her band – the Johnny Taylor Trio – when they bring their experimental and beautiful Jazz programme to The Granary Theatre in UCC as part of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

Laoise and her band will explore the darker corners of contemporary jazz music, evocatively journeying through life, love, loss, time, space and hope.

As Jazz Artist-in-Residence at Cork Opera House, Leahy is ready to unveil the fruits of her labour in an unforgettable performance that will include stunning original compositions weaved in with gems from vocal artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Cécile Mc Lorin Salvant, Jazzmeia Horn, Laura Mvula and Aretha Franklin.

Join us for an evening of jazz that is as distinctive as it is captivating, live at the Granary Theatre during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

Vocalist: Laoise Leahy
Piano: Johnny Taylor
Bass: Barry Donohue
Drums: Dominic Mullan

The concert will run for 70 minutes with no interval

THIS CONCERT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE GRANARY THEATRE, UCC

Mike Denver, one of Galway’s favourite sons is riding the crest of a wave. His audience is vast throughout Ireland, North and South and he is now making inroads in the UK with some sell-out concerts in England and Scotland over the past couple of years.

With his excellent backing band Mike presents a two and a half hour high energy concert show which features all his hits including ‘Tommy K’, ‘Wasn’t That A Party’, ‘Galway Girl’, “Blown Away’, plus hits from the 60’s and 70’S.

Mike is always joined on stage for his shows by some of Ireland’s top singers. For this concert his guests are Brendan Shine and Dominic Kirwan.

The annual Cork Opera House Christmas Concert returns this December, featuring some of the brightest rising stars of Irish opera singing seasonal classics accompanied by the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra and Cork Opera House Jazz Artist-in-Residence Laoise Leahy!

A selection of the Cork Opera House Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artists will perform at the Christmas Concert, with bass-baritone Rory Dunne, soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson and tenor Dean Power performing alongside Cork Opera House Jazz Artist-in-Residence, Laoise Leahy.

The Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra will perform with arrangements by John O’Brien, joined by the MTU Glór Choral Society, who recently won the Choir of the Year Competition at the Cork Choral Festival. On Monday night we will also have very special guests from St Killian’s School in Mayfield.

This year the programme will feature a number of popular Christmas hit songs as well as choral numbers and carols, with some ‘fairy tale’ duets from the Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artists! Patrons can expect to hear classics such as ‘A Spaceman Came Travelling’, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ and ‘All I want for Christmas is You’.

Join us at Cork Opera House for a wonderful evening of sublime festive fare.

projective, a new collaborative and creative force, comes together for their debut gig in The Green Room, Cork Opera House.

This 7-piece group is a diverse pool of musicians and writers that have crafted an original repertoire of RnB, Neo-soul, Jazz and Hip-hop.

Having previously collaborated individually with various artists and projects such as Neubrí, SAL, Negro Impacto, Salamay, and many more, projective are now excited to embark on their new journey in original music.

projective includes:
Ciara Stacey
Diamond Nzekwe
Leanne Curtin
Daniel Brazil
Abdul Saidi
Michael Riordan
Cian Harris

Support from Hánt, the moniker of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Dylan Howe.

Singer Karen Underwood is synonymous with great live music in Cork, not only during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, but as a result of many years enthralling audiences with a variety of styles and shows, making Karen one of the city’s most loved musical icons of the last couple of decades.

For this year’s Jazz Festival, Karen herself turns to some of her own icons, both past and present, as she and her band give their unique take on artists such as Gregory Porter, Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone and Nat King Cole, amongst many others. “I want to bring images from the past and present to the stage,” says Karen, “not only to sing a song from these amazing people, but to tell a story too.”

STRICTLY OVER 18s

South Central legends, The Pharcyde, emerged from the bustling LA hip hop scene of the early ‘90s. Their album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, was heralded as a new and fresh departure from their gangster rap predecessors on the West Coast, bringing some welcome humour and eccentricity that paved the way for the likes of Jurassic 5 and the Hieroglyphics collective.

The Pharcyde, featuring Imani, Fatlip and Slimkid3, will be joined on the night by Souls of Mischief, another West Coast outfit who continued a legacy of alternative US hip hop and make this a rare double bill in Cork of true instigators.

Ireland’s unique experimental music group Quiet Music Ensemble performs music by Irish and international composers including Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, Anna Murray, Irene Murphy and the world premiere of a new work by dancer Inma Pavon.

Throughout this performance patrons are encouraged to move between the various spaces of Cork Opera House, our Foyer, Main Bar, and Blue Angel Hospitality Suite.

Patron’s who wish to attend both this event and the premiere screening of Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros as part of Sonic Vigil XI may avail of a discounted combination ticket when booking directly from our Box Office.

STRICTLY OVER 18s

Dublin quartet The Scratch are set to release their James Vincent McMorrow produced album, Mind Yourself, on November 3. The first taste of this diverse and thrilling collection, Trom II- A Slip in the Wind, can be heard now.

The Scratch are a four-piece band that sound like no one else you’ve ever heard before, featuring Conor Dockery (guitar, backing vocals), Cathal McKenna (bass/backing vocals), Daniel Lang (cajón, percussion, lead vocals), and Jordan O’Leary (guitar, lead vocals). Like all the great progressive musicians, they turn music on its head and pour their hearts and souls into their art to forge something original and new.

Musicians making the time-honoured leap from acoustic to electric are well-documented, but The Scratch did it the other way round. Prior to The Scratch, they were a “full-blown metal band” called Red Enemy, who released an album and toured the UK and US. After Red Enemy fizzled out, they swapped the electric axes and amps for acoustics. The fledgling band found their feet jamming in their kitchen, creating freewheeling, intrepid music, which is laced with humour, honesty, devilment, and an overwhelmingly positive spirit, refreshingly free from the constraints of a recording studio or rehearsal room.

STRICTLY OVER 18s

Pretty Happy is a 3-piece sister-brother-best friend art-punk band from Cork known for intense theatrical live performances and embracing the idioms and energy of their home city. Off stage, Pretty Happy like to engage in other artforms including directing their own music videos, curating festivals, running their own venue and directing and producing feature length documentaries. In late 2022 they released their debut vinyl EP Echo Boy on the Foggy Notions label to great acclaim with intensive airplay on UK radio, a European tour supporting Kim Gordon, UK tour dates with Preoccupations and various other creative projects. At the end of the year The Irish Times voted Pretty Happy number 8 best Irish Group and number 9 Best Song for ‘Boots’. The band are currently working on their debut album due for release in 2024 and running the Seanie Buttons Presents… nights at Cork Opera House.

Special guests are Spit, a punk band from somewhere in Ireland, fronted by all three members and backed into a corner. They made music both screeching and soft from serrated notation and apocalyptic drumming. Their music is an atonal affront on the well trodden ground we’ve all paid enough admission to hear. Where most music soars, Spit wallows.