wow check out the Spiegeltent line up of the Cork Midsummer Festival...will be a busy one this year! (from www.corkmidsummer.com)
Super Stan Goes Country
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Friday 20 June, 8pm
Tickets €15
Choice Music Prize Nominees Stanley Super 800, Cork’s favourite psychedelic rock outfit, take you on a once off road-trip to the land of Country & Western, with dirty dawgs, broken hearts, lonely cow-girls, bucking broncos, line dancing and too much hooch.
Faust
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Saturday 21 June, 8pm
Tickets €25
Expect angle grinders, cement mixers, naked live painting (maybe) and some of the most visceral live music you’ll ever hear. This will be their first ever show in Cork, it is simply not to be missed!
Cork Guitar Poets Mash
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Sunday 22 June, 2pm
Tickets €12
An extravaganza with Ger Wolfe and the New Skylarks, Ian Whitty and the Exchange, Aaron Dillon, Cian and special guests. It’s Sunday and it’s easy come and easy go. Come appreciate the best of Cork’s music heritage, the flow of its past, its present and its future.
Yurah Langer!
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Auditions Monday 23– Friday 27 June 1:00pm
Free for auditionees, €3 for voyeurs
Auditions: This year YOU get the chance to show off your stupidest party piece at our nightly show The Last Resort. The winners of each daytime heat will be thrown to the lions at The Last Resort to compete for a chance to be in the grand final on 4th July.
To book your audition email [email protected]
visit the festival box office or just turn up on the day!
Jodavino
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Monday 23 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
Following on from their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Deep End’ in 2006, Jodavino have just finished recording their second album, ‘12 Rounds’, with Grammy award winning producer Jay Joyce in Nashville.
"Soaring songs with ornate understatement" – Ed Power, The Irish Examiner
Disco Boogie for Death Rockers: Rulers of the Planet and Aine Duffy
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Tuesday 24 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
Your Imperial Rulers of the Planet summon all subjects to the coronation of the hedonistic and majestic Aine Duffy. We demand you, our subjects, to witness the birth of a new rock ‘n’ roll state of short sharp sonic bursts of punk rock noise. Dancers, guitars and full throttle rock classics are the new order.The time is upon us. Disco boogie death rockers, seize the day.
The Franks play Grand Parade
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Wednesday 25 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €22.50
For the first time ever The Frank and Walters will play their critically acclaimed classic album Grand Parade in its entirety. This show will include a number of very special guests and old friends plus an exclusive Q&A with The Franks and people that worked on the Grand Parade album. A truly unique event, not to be missed.
Doubletime goes Overboard
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Thursday 26 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
A night of hot and heady music and dance from Ragtime to Swing. The fabulous Swing Street Band will have you rugcuttin’ like never before as they play a soulfully percussive mixture of Jump Blues and Boogie Woogie. With spontaneous dance displays of the Charleston, Tap, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug and Swing by Jess-a-Belle and the Divine Miss P. Later in the night DJ Gary will be spinnin’ to guarantee you’ll be swingin
Red Hot Gypsy Soul
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Friday 27 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
Get your blood pumping at our all action, all dancin’ gypsy soul night. Playing the tunes are the North Strand Klezmer Band and Cork’s very own Polskadots with their foot stompin’ musical journey around Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary. Throw into the mix DJ Mayakovksy playing everything from the fiery Gypsy brass of Boban Markovich to the speedy violins of Taraf de Haidouks as well as visuals from the movies of Amir Kusturica and you get a once off, fiery and passionate night of red hot soul.
Ballroom of Romance
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Saturday 28 June 7:30pm (Girls), 8:00pm (Boys and Couples)
Tickets €15
Remember in your parents’ generation, the old parish hall where your dancing partner was kept at a long arms length, the boys on one side, girls on the other and holy Catholic Ireland in the middle? This year relive their courtship nightmares at our Ballroom of Romance with gear-jammin’ rockabilly tunes from Rumbleshack, a 50’s era roots rock trio with influences from Brian Setzer to The Reverend Horton Heat, among others.
Camille O'Sullivan
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Sunday 29 and Monday 30 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €25
After sell-out Spiegeltent shows for the last three years Camille returns for two nights with a brand new show.
Camille O’Sullivan performs the dark and light songs of Nick Cave, Jacques Brel, Tom Waits, David Bowie and more. She transforms into different characters as she performs each song- passionate, sexy, amusing and mesmerizing. Nothing is quite what it seems.
"Like a cross between Sally Bowles, Patti Smith and P-J Harvey. A major star" Th e Scotsman
"Raunchy, dangerously fragile. An exceptional voice"
Edin burgh Evening News UK
Mick Flannery & Guests
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Tuesday 01 July, 8:00pm
Tickets €22.50
Mick can best be described as a folk rock singer/songwriter. At the age of just barely 23, he’s an experienced performer, having toured extensively in Ireland and New York City.
"Astute and sophisticated lyrics, strong imaginative melodies, consummate musicianship on both piano and guitar, and a voice that somehow manages to sound long experienced in the ways of the world." The Evening Echo
Bones of Cork
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Wednesday 02 July, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
The Bones of Cork consist of five jazz trombonists and rhythm section playing jazz standards and original compositions in styles ranging from big band swing to modern jazz. They have an impressive list of shows and toured the European and Irish Jazz circuits playing at such prestigious venues and festivals as The Cork Guinness Jazz Festival, The Jazz Party at Sea (Caribbean cruise) and Ronnie Scott’s Club, UK.
The Fall
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Thursday 03 July, 8:00pm
Tickets €25
"The Fall — always different, always the same," said John Peel. The Fall was his favourite band. Formed in early 1977, they’ve released about 50 singles, 27 studio albums, and around 50 compilation and live albums (although it seems like more). This legendary band, will, without doubt be one of the highlights in Cork in 2008
Super Stan Goes Country
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Friday 20 June, 8pm
Tickets €15
Choice Music Prize Nominees Stanley Super 800, Cork’s favourite psychedelic rock outfit, take you on a once off road-trip to the land of Country & Western, with dirty dawgs, broken hearts, lonely cow-girls, bucking broncos, line dancing and too much hooch.
Faust
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Saturday 21 June, 8pm
Tickets €25
Expect angle grinders, cement mixers, naked live painting (maybe) and some of the most visceral live music you’ll ever hear. This will be their first ever show in Cork, it is simply not to be missed!
Cork Guitar Poets Mash
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Sunday 22 June, 2pm
Tickets €12
An extravaganza with Ger Wolfe and the New Skylarks, Ian Whitty and the Exchange, Aaron Dillon, Cian and special guests. It’s Sunday and it’s easy come and easy go. Come appreciate the best of Cork’s music heritage, the flow of its past, its present and its future.
Yurah Langer!
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Auditions Monday 23– Friday 27 June 1:00pm
Free for auditionees, €3 for voyeurs
Auditions: This year YOU get the chance to show off your stupidest party piece at our nightly show The Last Resort. The winners of each daytime heat will be thrown to the lions at The Last Resort to compete for a chance to be in the grand final on 4th July.
To book your audition email [email protected]
visit the festival box office or just turn up on the day!
Jodavino
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Monday 23 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
Following on from their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Deep End’ in 2006, Jodavino have just finished recording their second album, ‘12 Rounds’, with Grammy award winning producer Jay Joyce in Nashville.
"Soaring songs with ornate understatement" – Ed Power, The Irish Examiner
Disco Boogie for Death Rockers: Rulers of the Planet and Aine Duffy
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Tuesday 24 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
Your Imperial Rulers of the Planet summon all subjects to the coronation of the hedonistic and majestic Aine Duffy. We demand you, our subjects, to witness the birth of a new rock ‘n’ roll state of short sharp sonic bursts of punk rock noise. Dancers, guitars and full throttle rock classics are the new order.The time is upon us. Disco boogie death rockers, seize the day.
The Franks play Grand Parade
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Wednesday 25 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €22.50
For the first time ever The Frank and Walters will play their critically acclaimed classic album Grand Parade in its entirety. This show will include a number of very special guests and old friends plus an exclusive Q&A with The Franks and people that worked on the Grand Parade album. A truly unique event, not to be missed.
Doubletime goes Overboard
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Thursday 26 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
A night of hot and heady music and dance from Ragtime to Swing. The fabulous Swing Street Band will have you rugcuttin’ like never before as they play a soulfully percussive mixture of Jump Blues and Boogie Woogie. With spontaneous dance displays of the Charleston, Tap, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug and Swing by Jess-a-Belle and the Divine Miss P. Later in the night DJ Gary will be spinnin’ to guarantee you’ll be swingin
Red Hot Gypsy Soul
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Friday 27 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
Get your blood pumping at our all action, all dancin’ gypsy soul night. Playing the tunes are the North Strand Klezmer Band and Cork’s very own Polskadots with their foot stompin’ musical journey around Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary. Throw into the mix DJ Mayakovksy playing everything from the fiery Gypsy brass of Boban Markovich to the speedy violins of Taraf de Haidouks as well as visuals from the movies of Amir Kusturica and you get a once off, fiery and passionate night of red hot soul.
Ballroom of Romance
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Saturday 28 June 7:30pm (Girls), 8:00pm (Boys and Couples)
Tickets €15
Remember in your parents’ generation, the old parish hall where your dancing partner was kept at a long arms length, the boys on one side, girls on the other and holy Catholic Ireland in the middle? This year relive their courtship nightmares at our Ballroom of Romance with gear-jammin’ rockabilly tunes from Rumbleshack, a 50’s era roots rock trio with influences from Brian Setzer to The Reverend Horton Heat, among others.
Camille O'Sullivan
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Sunday 29 and Monday 30 June, 8:00pm
Tickets €25
After sell-out Spiegeltent shows for the last three years Camille returns for two nights with a brand new show.
Camille O’Sullivan performs the dark and light songs of Nick Cave, Jacques Brel, Tom Waits, David Bowie and more. She transforms into different characters as she performs each song- passionate, sexy, amusing and mesmerizing. Nothing is quite what it seems.
"Like a cross between Sally Bowles, Patti Smith and P-J Harvey. A major star" Th e Scotsman
"Raunchy, dangerously fragile. An exceptional voice"
Edin burgh Evening News UK
Mick Flannery & Guests
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Tuesday 01 July, 8:00pm
Tickets €22.50
Mick can best be described as a folk rock singer/songwriter. At the age of just barely 23, he’s an experienced performer, having toured extensively in Ireland and New York City.
"Astute and sophisticated lyrics, strong imaginative melodies, consummate musicianship on both piano and guitar, and a voice that somehow manages to sound long experienced in the ways of the world." The Evening Echo
Bones of Cork
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Wednesday 02 July, 8:00pm
Tickets €15
The Bones of Cork consist of five jazz trombonists and rhythm section playing jazz standards and original compositions in styles ranging from big band swing to modern jazz. They have an impressive list of shows and toured the European and Irish Jazz circuits playing at such prestigious venues and festivals as The Cork Guinness Jazz Festival, The Jazz Party at Sea (Caribbean cruise) and Ronnie Scott’s Club, UK.
The Fall
Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, Emmet Place
Thursday 03 July, 8:00pm
Tickets €25
"The Fall — always different, always the same," said John Peel. The Fall was his favourite band. Formed in early 1977, they’ve released about 50 singles, 27 studio albums, and around 50 compilation and live albums (although it seems like more). This legendary band, will, without doubt be one of the highlights in Cork in 2008
