Heineken Greenlight’s Cork edition runs Thursday May 28th to Sunday May 31st across nine venues in the city.
Following the sold-out May bank holiday Dublin weekend, Cork gets its own run of intimate shows with acts that would normally be playing festival stages. Tickets at heinekengreenlight.ie.
Thursday May 28th @ Voodoo Rooms
Le Boom
Le Boom are one of Ireland’s most reliably euphoric live acts – their blend of synth-pop, disco, house pure dancefloor energy and recent years – spoken word and Gaeilge, and that makes them the right call for a Thursday night that needs to set the tone. A Le Boom show is always a sweaty rave buzz.
Friday May 29th @ South Gate Complex
Inhaler
Inhaler headline the biggest gig of the weekend. Elijah Hewson and the band have been on a steady upward trajectory since their 2021 debut and their third album has seen them step into a bigger, more confident sound. The South Gate Complex is a cool spot for this one.
Friday May 29th @ The Bodega
Nightmares on Wax, Boola Boom, Jusme
George Evelyn’s Nightmares on Wax project has been one of the most consistent names in UK electronic music since the early 1990s – deep, warm, soulful and rooted in a genuine love of hip-hop, house and the spaces between. A DJ set in a room like the Bodega is exactly what this series was built for.
Boolaboom are a big swelling brass and samba percussion big-band playing jazzy house music and are on support alongside Cuttin Heads DJ Jusme.
Friday May 29th @ The Woodford
Grooveline and Bantum
Ruairi Lynch aka Bantum is one of Ireland’s most interesting electronic producers – The Corkman is a Nialler9 regular because he’s consistently released some of the best electronic music to come out of Ireland whether it’s his collaborations with Loah and God Knows, or his French Touch-inspired recent work.
Grooveline meanwhile are a Cavan 6-piece style bending band rooted in funk grooves with influences from hip-hop, rock, jazz and trad with a growing rep as a festival band.
Saturday May 30th @ The Savoy
Men I Trust, Cliffords
Two of the best bands in their respective lanes sharing a night at The newly reopened Savoy. Montreal trio Men I Trust make some of the most beautifully melancholic synth-dream pop jams around. A Cork debut is long overdue.
On the same bill, Cliffords – one of Cork’s own and one of the Irish bands with the most momentum going right now. The pop-rock band playing their home city on a Saturday night of a bank holiday weekend should be something special.
Saturday May 30th @ Cyprus Avenue
Florence Road, KhakiKid
Florence Road are one of the most remarkable Irish breakthrough stories of recent years – BBC Sound of 2026, a sold-out North American tour supporting The Last Dinner Party, their Dublin 3Olympia already sold out. Cyprus Avenue on a Saturday night is the right room – intimate enough that it’ll feel personal. KhakiKid as special guest is a serious addition – the Crumlin-born rapper’s Elevator Music EP established him as one of the most interesting voices in Irish hip-hop.
Saturday May 30th @ Reardens Le Cabaret
Jazzy
Fresh from her first Coachella appearance, Dublin DJ and producer Jazzy brings her club-ready sets to Reardens. She has become one of Ireland’s most in-demand selectors at home and internationally, with a sound that moves fluidly across house and electronic music without ever losing the thread. A Saturday night in a venue called Le Cabaret is precisely the right context.
Support from Kayleigh Glynn and Glen Corcoran.
Tickets only via competition.
Sunday May 31st @ Seventy Seven
Huey Morgan
Fun Lovin Criminals frontman Huey Morgan has been DJing alongside his music career for years and spent 17 years choosing tunes for his BBC Six Music show, with sets rooted in hip-hop, soul and the kind of broad musical knowledge that comes from a genuinely eclectic career.
A Sunday closer with that warmth and range suits the end-of-weekend energy perfectly.
Sunday May 31st @ Sky Bar
Jenny Greene, Stevie G and Friends
Jenny Greene has been one of Ireland’s most respected DJs for over two decades – RTÉ 2FM, Electric Picnic, a broad and devoted audience. Her sets have a warmth and musicality that suits a Bank Holiday Sunday evening perfectly. Local legend Stevie G and Friends join her for what should be a most joyful close to the weekend.
Tickets on sale now at heinekengreenlight.ie. Over 18s only. Enjoy Heineken responsibly – drinkaware.ie.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
