Award-winning photographer Anna Groniecka has brought a piece of Ireland to her hometown of Bytom with the exhibition “Kocham Cię jak Irlandię” (I Love You Like Ireland). The exhibition, held at the Palace in Miechowice and open through November, offers a personal and captivating view of Ireland, where Groniecka has made her home for the past 18…
The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has once again been a phenomenal success, with businesses reporting a 12% increase in sales compared to last year. The headline performances may be over for another year but the festival continues today with the Guinness Music Trail in 72 pubs across the city, Douglas and Kinsale. The festival, which…
The 46th annual Guinness Cork Jazz Festival officially kicked off in style this evening, with an electrifying opening event at the 85 Years of Blue Note Exhibition at St Peters. Attended by 150 festival supporters, the evening marked the start of Ireland’s biggest jazz celebration, promising five days of world-class music, soul, and exciting performances. The Guinness…
Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery has acquired two more paintings by one of Ireland’s best-known painters, Seán Keating. The Keating paintings are amongst four artworks recently acquired at auction by Crawford Art Gallery for the National Collection. Sean Keating’s Elijah with the Ravens, Version II (1930) and his self-portrait, c.1961, along with Winter Evening, Calary (1964) by abstract and landscape artist Camille Souter…
Ireland’s biggest jazz celebration returns next week for its 46th year! The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, taking place over the October Bank Holiday weekend (24th–28th October), will have Cork in full swing once again as the festival brings electric vibes to the stages and streets of Cork City. With headliners Gregory Porter, Mary Coughlan, Buena Vista All Stars…
The beloved Ballymaloe Craft Fair, showcasing the best of Irish-made craft and design, is returning to Ballymaloe Grainstore this November, just in time for the 2024 festive shopping season. Each weekend, from November 15th-17th and 22nd-24th, more than 200 of Ireland’s finest artists, designers and food producers will display their products as Ballymaloe Grainstore transforms…
The Gleann a’ Phúca Creative Climate Action project will culminate in Cork’s Glen River Park on Saturday September 28th with a full day of events showcasing the outcomes from a 12-month programme of artists’ public engagement projects responding to the ecological, cultural, industrial and historical heritage of the northside city park. The day includes…
The Murphy’s Ballycotton Comedy Festival is just over a week away, with four days of gigs in the seaside village from September 26th to 29th. The popular festival, now in its fourth year, will have renowned Cork comedians Chris Kent and Ross Browne as MCs, and will feature high profile performers like Danny O’Brien,…
Cork City Council Night Time and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in partnership with TRISKEL ARTS CENTRE and MOTHERLAND present a special screening of the acclaimed documentary, “Don’t Forget to Remember,” at Triskel Arts Centre on September 15th at 18:30. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the…
With Clocks ticking to the gathering of 320,000 Coldplay fans in Croke Park from August 29th to September 2nd, and tickets sold out, AIB is issuing advice on how to ensure customers don’t find themselves in Trouble and their money Lost to last minute ticket scammers. While fans may have a Head Full of Dreams…