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Josh Ritter and The Royal City Band

Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band come to Cork Opera House as part of their Hello Starling 20th Anniversary Tour.

Renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author Josh Ritter, along with The Royal City Band, are coming to Cork Opera House on Monday October 23rd as part of their national tour celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his album Hello Starling.

One of today’s most thoughtful and prolific voices, Ritter will be performing the full album live alongside some of his live favourites.

Reeling in The Showband Years

The Ronan Collins Showband Show Reeling In the Showband Years has been a smash hit for the past 13 years, and we are delighted to have it return once again to Cork on Saturday, January 27, 2024.

And what a line-up it is again in 2024 – RTE’s Ronan Collins is host and compere, and sings his renowned tributes to the great Joe Dolan, Eurovision and much more! He is joined by Red Hurley, Gina from The Champions, Keith & Lorraine McDonald, Shaun O Dowd, Dave Lawlor, The Conquerors Showband, and much more to be announced . . .

The show’s exciting finale is an ALL cast salute to the Showband Era. All of the stars join in for a medley of songs from the unique Showband Years! Bringing you back in time to this magical musical period. It will send you home with great memories of wonderful and never to be repeated time in Irish popular music.

George Murphy and The Rising Sons

After a memorable run of sold out shows around the country in 2023, George and The Rising
Sons have decided that they want to tackle the biggest and best venues in the country for
their 2024 tour.

Combining stellar vocals with traditional Irish instrumentation and the classic rock n roll
sound, George and The Rising Sons treat their audience to some revamped old classics as well as
their much loved original material in a show that has everyone the length and breadth of
the country talking. You don’t want to miss their first show at Cork Opera House.

The Fureys

The Fureys make their eagerly awaited return to the stage of Cork Opera House on Sunday, February 25, 2024, when they will treat their audience to one of popular music’s richest legacies.

One of Ireland’s all-time most acclaimed and influential folk and traditional music bands, The Fureys classics like ‘I Will Love You’, ‘When You Were Sweet 16’, ‘Red Rose Café’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘The Old Man’, ‘From Clare to Here’ and ‘The Green Fields of France’ have become the soundtrack to the lives of fans all over the world.

The Fureys indelible musical footprint is rivalled only by their vast collection of personal stories of their musical experiences and friendships, gathered by Eddie and George Furey along an amazing 45-year journey which shows no signs of reaching a final destination.

 

Breathe – The Pink Floyd Experience 2024

Following last year’s sold out show Breathe – Pink Floyd Experience will return to Cork on Saturday, March 2 with playing music from the epic Dark Side of the Moon . Expect timeless classics such as ‘Money’, ‘Time’ and ‘The Great Gig in the Sky’. Not to be missed . . .

Flash Harry – A Celebration of Queen

Flash Harry presents a show that embraces the very essence of live music, talent, energy, enthusiasm, passion and pure showmanship. Audiences will see the band rocking out Queen’s greatest hits from ‘Radio Gaga’, to ‘We Are the Champions’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and everything in between. Quite simply it’s live music entertainment at its best.

The band Flash Harry has been celebrating the music of Queen for over 20 years. These days – to carve out a career of that length and sell more tickets now than at any time in their history – proves that this band can deliver. Their track record speaks volumes for the quality of the performances and the sheer entertainment value of their show.

After an amazing non-stop 20 years delivering unforgettable shows in top notch venues, the reason for Flash Harry’s success is simple, it’s a show of hit after hit, delivered with the very essence of live performance: energy, enthusiasm, talent, passion and pure showmanship. The music of Queen is universal in its appeal, and has been the soundtrack of the last 40 years. Rarely will a show reach across generations and deliver as much as Flash Harry – a Celebration of Queen.

Rebecca O’Connor – Simply the Best Tina Turner

This show is perfectly summed up by living legend Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, when he said after seeing the show, “Rebecca is way beyond a tribute act… she is an amazing singer and performer in her own right, I was mesmerised… a night you’ll never forget.”

Ireland’s own International success story, Rebecca O’Connor, is returning to touring following the pandemic and will kick off her new world tour in her homeland in 2023 With sold out shows throughout Australia, South Africa and Europe over the past 12 years, Rebecca just loves to perform and can’t wait to bring her new and exciting show to audiences around the world along with her amazing band and dancers.

Be prepared to stand in your seats as Rebecca delivers her flawless rendition of Tina Turner’s greatest hits including, ‘Nutbush City Limits’, ‘Proud Mary’, ‘River Deep’, ‘Private Dancer’, ‘When the Heartache is Over’, ‘Better Be Good To Me’, and of course her anthem, ‘Simply the Best’.

 

Quarter 2023: Craic Boi Mental, Raja Baal, An Cárthach

STRICTLY OVER 18s

Quarter Block Party returns to The Green Room at Cork Opera House in 2023.

Craic Boi Mental – rapper, producer and activist from Cork City, with a knack for lo-fi production and an innate ear for an inescapable hook. His relentless work ethic and deeply idiosyncratic style have built him a Cult following worldwide. Now he’s fresh off the back of his sold Out US tour & looking forward to performing once again for his Irish fans.

Raja Baal is the alternative hip hop project of Cork-based artist/producer Brendan Fennessy. The project came into being when Fennessy sent stream-of-consciousness drum recordings to friends with the single instruction to record whatever they wanted on top. The results were a striking palette of fuzzy, blown-out funk, baroque pop, jazz, afrobeat and psychedelic soul. Fennessy’s vocal approach alternates between rapping, singing and spoken word, with lyrics that set out to deconstruct the limiting security blanket of coolness which often surrounds male artists/bands – instead pushing toward presenting a bright, connective and inviting energy.

Quarter 2023: Róis, His Father’s Voice

STRICTLY OVER 18s

Quarter Block Party returns to The Green Room at Cork Opera House in 2023.

Róis (Rose Connolly) is a composer, performer and multi-instrumentalist, from County Fermanagh. Her body of work includes ensemble, large-scale and small-scale works, solo pieces, electronic solo/ensemble pieces and short film/multimedia works also. Her unique sound is an idiosyncratic combination of modernist and contemporary music with inflections of Irish traditional music, folk and
Jazz. Rose maintains a busy performance schedule in Ireland, performing with an array of professional musicians in both Jazz, traditional and classical contexts.

His Father’s Voice are a four piece outfit from Limerick City. The band effortlessly blur the lines between new wave, post-punk and shoegaze through soaring melodies, unflinching guitars and moody muscular rhythms. Broodingly introspective yet danceable, the band is in constant negotiation with a well-yielded tension as shown in their debut EP ‘Context and Perspective’ and follow-up single
‘In the Shade’. These releases garnered a new found reputation which led to a number of opportunities; including a set on the Rankin’s Wood stage at Electric Picnic 2019 and support slots with high-profile acts such as Viagra Boys and Cherry Glazerr.

Ben Portsmouth – This Is Elvis

Ben, from Berkshire, is a singer, songwriter, musician and actor (Autopsy: The Last Hours of Elvis, 2014 and Elvis: Are You Lonesome Tonight, 2020) and most notably an internationally renowned Elvis Tribute Artist. Ben had Elvis’s DNA in his blood from an early age.

After winning many prestigious awards, it was in August 2012 when Ben made history, winning the Elvis Presley Enterprises ‘Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest’ in Memphis, crowning Ben as the ‘Worldwide Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist’, the first artist from outside the USA to ever win this prestigious title.

Celebrating the life of an iconic showman and telling the story of the King through the show, Ben and the band will take you on a trip down memory lane with barnstorming sets of many of Elvis’ most loved songs from all eras such as the 1950s, the iconic ’68 Comeback Special, and Ben’s personal favourite, the 1970s Vegas concerts.

As a versatile guitarist, Ben can seamlessly switch from rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, and soul and there promises to be plenty of fabulous costume changes and lots of interaction with the audience along the way!