Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Posted in: Jazz & Blues | What's On in Ireland
This is Ireland’s biggest and longest established jazz event and has taken place annually since 1978. Each year the festival attracts hundreds of musicians and thousands of music fans to the city for a feast of jazz of all kinds.
It’s a friendly event, with much local involvement in it’s organisation and in addition to the official programme there is always a lively fringe with lots of events – jazz and otherwise – taking place at pubs and other locations across the city.
In the pas the festival has seen many internatinal jazz greats perform in Cork, among them Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Mel Tormé, Cleo Laine, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey and Stéphane Grappelli.
The breadth and variety of this festival is stunning, and there truly is something there for everyone. In 2009 there were 148 acts performing, and over 20,000 people attended the festival.
The programme for 2010 is not yet available.
Location Map for Cork Jazz
Events take place in more the 60 different venues – see website for details.
Leave a comment!