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Celebrating all things brilliant about Irish Rock & Pop music, this programme will present new arrangements of beloved songs by artists and bands such as Sinéad O’Connor, The Cranberries, The Pogues, Enya, Thin Lizzy and many, many more.

This is a night to be proud of Ireland’s incredible musical legacy and to celebrate the best music this country has produced from the 1960’s through to the modern day.

Joining the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra, conducted by John O’Brien, will be soloists Jack O’Rourke, MayKay, Lucia Evans, Laoise Leahy and Niall McCabe.

Avail of a €75 SPECIAL (20% saving) if you purchase a ticket to all three of The Cork Proms 2024 shows!

To purchase your three show ticket bundle for €75, please add a ticket from each Cork Proms show to your cart separately. The discount will be applied automatically at checkout. 

Following the success of our previous Musical Theatre Proms, Cork Opera House will once again present a Proms celebrating the very best this genre has to offer.

From Wicked to The Sound of Music, Dear Evan Hansen to The Phantom of the Opera – this evening of music will feature all the hits from Broadway and the West End, with some surprises along the way!

Starring some of Ireland’s greatest voices, soloists Killian Donnelly (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Kinky Boots), Majella Cullagh (Puccini’s La bohème, Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda), Molly Lynch (The Last Five Years, Sunset Boulevard), Shane O’Riordan (Miss Saigon, Back to the Future), and Claire O’Leary (Les Misérables, The Wizard Of Oz and Hairspray) alongside the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra conducted by Colm O’Regan, this evening of music and song will explore some of musical theatre’s best known and best loved works.

Avail of a €75 SPECIAL (20% saving) if you purchase a ticket to all three of The Cork Proms 2024 shows!

To purchase your three show ticket bundle for €75, please add a ticket from each Cork Proms show to your cart separately. The discount will be applied automatically at checkout. 

Paul Brady, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is one of Ireland’s most highly regarded and successful artists. He crosses musical boundaries again and again, incorporating folk, rock, blues traditional Irish & classic pop styles into his songwriting. His live performances, whether solo or with a full band, include songs from his extensive catalog of 40 years. Often classified as a musicians’ musician, Paul Brady’s songs have been covered by a huge array of major artists.

An evening with Paul Brady on stage is a captivating experience, as he invites you into his world of songs and music in a way that will surprise in its intimacy, sense of fun and raw power. By now a well-loved ‘elder statesman’ of the Irish musical community, he continues to garner respect and admiration from today’s younger writers and performers. Glen Hansard, Imelda May, Wallis Bird, Declan O’Rourke and new kid on the block Hozier are among the many that hold him in high regard. In November 2015 Paul was awarded a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from The National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland which was presented by The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.

2024 bodes to be a year to remember for Amble. Their four-track EP Of Land and Sea was released on all streaming platforms on Friday, 16th February. This release coincided with their sold-out tour of Ireland and the UK.

Amble are Robbie Cunningham, Oisin Mc Caffrey and Ross Mc Nerney, a 3-piece ensemble of songwriters hailing from the midlands and west of Ireland. In only ten months, Amble have garnered over 135k monthly Spotify listeners and is fast approaching the 4,000,000-stream total, averaging over 30,000 streams a day.

To date, Amble have sold out all shows, The Workman’s Cellar (April 2023), The Sugar Club (November 2023) (selling out five months in advance) and now sold out their entire debut Irish Tour five months in advance. They have also sold out their debut London headliner, adding a second sold-out date and upgrading and selling out their Glasgow debut in King Tuts. If Amble’s debut EP, 2023’s Amble (Live), introduced a new musing, trad-tinged trio of songwriters to the Irish music scene, 2024’s highly distinctive Of Land and Sea finds the group expanding their sound to an ever-more global audience.

The unique perspective of three individual songwriters creates a peerless body of work that only enhances the now familiar ruminative observations on the world and, more pertinently – the stories unfolding each day within it.

Mamasongue is a celebration of songs from distant lands, and just around the corner, brought to the stage by Camilla Griehsel, one of Ireland’s most versatile and passionate singers. Camilla sings songs from around the world that transcend the constraints of culture, time and place to show that a song’s true meaning can be deeply felt, regardless of its language.

“I am drawn to the universal emotions in performance,” says Camilla. “As we travel from culture to culture, we’ll find parallels in the way music resolves into nurture, love and joy from keening laments to the comfort of a lullaby. From a mother’s tongue comes the primordial language of song beyond words.”

During the show, Camilla sings of love, loss and longing, passion, desire and joy. She reaches out and reminds us of the undeniable connection between us all.

Camilla Griehsel, born in Sweden, has over thirty years professional experience from pop recording artist to avant-garde opera, from traditional jazz to South American folk. She is dedicated to bringing people together and connecting hearts through the power and universality of song. Backed by world-class musicians, Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbo, South African Bassist Concord Nkabinde, Irish Percussionist Éamonn Cagney and Johnny Taylor of the Johnny Taylor Trio.

Blending a lifetime of eclectic influences, including artists such as Esperanza Spaulding, Laura Mvula, Beady Belle, Jazzmeia Horn, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse, Al Jerreau, Herbie Hancock, and many others, Laoise’s music weaves strands of jazz, soul, pop, blues, rock, and electro driven by lyrics concerned with human circumstances and experience, always approached with a spirit of realism, empathy, humour, and hope.

Throughout Laoise’s residency, she has been accompanied by a variety of world class jazz musicians and artists such as her band The Johnny Taylor Trio – Johnny Taylor (piano), Barry Donohue (bass), and Dominic Mullan (drums), she has also performed intimate duo concerts with artists such as Cormac McCarthy (piano, composer, arranger) & Jack O’ Rourke (piano & voice).

Laoise will perform a variety of musical programmes to include original compositions and interpretations of jazz standards and much loved songs with some surprises in the mix! With the spotlight on her rich, soulful, tones in these relaxed evenings of music, Laoise is sure to have audiences entranced.

Cork Opera House’s Jazz Artist-in-Residence is supported by The Arts Council.

Every so often when a combination of the right people come together something magical happens, well this is the only way to describe these guys!! Each performer is an established artist in their own right having carved a victorious path for themselves in the music business. Their debut tour completely sold out back in November 2018 and since then word about the exciting new show has spread throughout the country and has created a lot of excitement.

Johnny Brady, one of the most distinctive voices on the Irish music scene is known for his powerful vocals, energetic performances and charismatic personality. Johnny has a unique sound and is continually pushing the boundaries in a new generation of Irish music Artists.

Simon Casey hit the headlines back in 2003 when he became a superstar after appearing on one of the most popular TV shows ever in Ireland, You’re A Star. Simon performed live on the show every Sunday evening and subsequently his first single “A Better Plan” spent three weeks at number one in the Irish Top 30 and is now certified triple platinum. Simon was also enlisted to record the famous Irish Rugby World Cup Anthem penned by Phil Coulter, “Ireland’s Call” which has also been certified platinum.

Nigel Connell started singing before he could talk and at the age of only 13 performed his first gig with his family band. Fast forward 25 years and already he has achieved what most musicians could only dream of. Once the drummer with Daniel O’Donnell, he toured the world before setting his sights on the Irish music scene. In 2016 he entered The Voice Of Ireland where he became a household name, delighting audiences with his powerful vocals and energetic drumming ability.

The Sheerin Family Band are the guys that bind all this together. Comprising of 6 brothers; Paul, Des, Danny, Kieran, Tom & Simon, they are known for their tight crisp harmonies and attention to detail. From Carnegie Hall to The London Palladium to the 3 Arena these guys have performed with some of the biggest names in the music world including Billy Ocean, Mel C, Curtis Stigers, Colin Raye, Larry Gatlin, Paul Carrack, Phil Vassar, Charlie Pride, Nathan Carter…the list is endless.

This unique ten piece ensemble of top class musicians will be performing hits like “Hotel California”, “Take It Easy”, “New Kid In Town”, “Desperado” and many more.

Known for bringing African gospel into the hearts of audiences worldwide, the London African Gospel Choir have announced an exhilarating performance of Paul Simon’s classic Graceland, which will be performed by 16 members of the choir.

On the night the audience can expect unforgettable arrangements of Paul Simon songs such as ‘The Boy In The Bubble’, ‘Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes’ and ‘You Can Call Me Al’. The renowned choir frequently headline their own tours around the world, with dates regularly selling out, along with appearing on festival bills around the UK and Europe. In 2018, they performed at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in Belfast and on the All Together Now main stage.

It’s the meaning of the words that counts and Paul Simon’s Graceland – acclaimed as one of the most iconic records in rock and roll history upon its release in 1986 – is a perfect fit with its uplifting lyrics and South African rhythms and melodies. In the wake of Graceland‘s 30th anniversary, Camden’s Jazz Café commissioned the London African Gospel Choir to perform the album in its entirety for one night only. Tickets sold out within hours and so five more nights were added which all sold out thus confirming the enduring appeal of Paul Simon’s masterpiece and also the growing excitement generated by the Choir’s string of notable stage and television appearances.

Over the years the choir has performed on stage and television with stars like Emile Sande, Mumford & Sons, Tom Jones and The Soweto Gospel Choir, with whom they made a triumphant appearance at London’s 02 Arena in front of 17,000 people. Annie Lennox also invited them to perform at a number of prestigious events including the MIT Awards. The choir has worked with actor/director Idris Elba, star of Mandela: Long Road To Freedom, who recruited them for an album celebrating South African music which was recorded in tribute to Nelson Mandela.

Grammy-winning singer Prine was one of America’s greatest songwriters and combined literary genius with a common touch – for five decades, he wrote rich, plain-spoken songs that chronicled the struggles and stories of everyday working people and changed the face of modern American roots music. When he passed away in 2020, John Prine left behind an extraordinary body of folk-country classics.

Boasting some of Ireland most experienced musicians, the Bruised Orange band is made up of Michael ‘Mike Mack’ McGarry (Rhythm Guitar & Vocals), Anthony Toby Cregan (Lead Guitar, Vocals), Derek Matthews (Bass & Vocals) James Quinn (Keyboards) and Shay Carry (Percussion). Each member brings a unique set of talents and abilities to the group which provides for a unique live John Prine experience. The show is fronted by Mike Mack McGarry who accurately reflects John’s vocal range with similar ease of delivery, an affected twang and drawl, which thrive of a peculiar, domestic relation to country, folk, rhythm and blues. His storytelling and short anecdotes are also a testament to a Bruised Orange live show.

Lead guitarist Anthony Toby Cregan is one of Irelands most revered guitarists, His style and playing reflects that of Jason Wilbur, Prine’s go-to guy from the early 1990’s up until John’s death. Bassist Derek Matthews is known from one of Irelands top wedding bands ‘Stop the Clock’. His double bass and look again reflects that of Prine’s bass man Dave Jacques. Drummer Shay Carry is the backbone of the band with his unique style. Shay has toured extensively with some of Irelands top country artists.