The Nialler9 Weekly Cork Gig Guide
WEDNESDAY MAY 17TH
Nothing of note musically tonight (chuckle, chuckle), but those so inclined are encouraged to horse into the Friary on Shandon Street at 8pm for a table quiz to benefit Abortion Rights Campaign/The Repeal Project. Tenner for a table of four, a steal at twice the price.
THURSDAY MAY 18TH:
The Electronic Folk @ CIT Rory Gallagher Theatre (5.30pm, €12)
Annette Buckley, the MacHales and collaborators tread the boards of the newly-reopened Rory Gallagher Theatre on CIT’s Bishopstown campus.
FRIDAY MAY 19TH:
We Banjo 3 @ Live at St. Luke’s (7.30, €25)
A visit to the altar of St. Luke’s for genre-fusing “celt-grass” four-piece Galwegian globetrotters, We Banjo 3.
Sirene 1009 @ Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music (8pm, €16)
World-travelled improviser and former UCC Music improv facilitator Han-Earl Park is joined by collaborators for live improvised noise and free jazz.
This Side Up @ The Poor Relation (9pm, €7)
Sligo hip-hop messers headline a stacked bill co-presented by Cuttin’ Heads Collective and Dedbeats. Also on the line-up: Spekulativ Fiktion, Outsider Rapha, Amaron + Magic and Dedbeats.
Skream @ Cyprus Avenue (11pm, €20)
Oliver Jones continues criss-crossing the world as one of electronic music’s most in-demand figures, off the back of his own work and with Magnetic Man.
SATURDAY MAY 20TH:
Caoimhín O’Raghaillaigh & Cormac Begley @ Live at St. Luke’s (7.30pm, €20)
Trad duo return to the stage of the former church at St. Luke’s, bringing with them a set focused on the music of the Clare and Kerry regions.
Angel Olsen @ Cork Opera House (8pm, €22)
Singer-songwriter makes a triumphant return to Cork in her biggest run of gigs yet. Last few tickets going for this one, don’t sleep on ’em.
I Draw Slow @ Cyprus Avenue (8pm, €15)
Dublin folk outfit return home for a run of Irish dates inbetween bouts of conquering Nashville with alternative-tinged Americana.
DeepBlue @ Cyprus Avenue (11pm, €TBC)
Cork-based house performance and promotions outfit get a warm-up in for Life festival, with all the residents lined up.
SUNDAY MAY 21ST:
RINSED @ The Vicarstown Inn (5pm, free)
The Vinyl Below crew haul over to North Main St. for an evening-long session of all shades of house/tech, in the back.
Hibagon @ An Spailpín Fánach (9pm, €10)
Noisy, mathy space-heft from sci-fi duo describing themselves as “your daily cup of mud”. Support from local prog upstarts Aponym.
David Corley @ Coughlan’s Live (9pm, €12)
After releasing his debut album proper in 2015, following a 30-year run as a live musician, Corley travels to Coughlan’s as part of an Irish run before the release of its follow-up.
