Cobh Heritage Centre to take tours to Spike Island

 

Cobh Heritage Centre will commence walking tours of Spike Island on Saturday 25^th June. Tours will operate at 12 noon from Kennedy Pier and tickets may be booked in advance by contacting the Centre on 021 4813591 or email info@cobhheritage.com or on the quayside on the day. Daily tours will commence mid July. Further details will be available shortly. We are also taking bookings for groups which can be accommodated midweek.

An evening with Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington 17th June

Sirius Arts Centre

Cobh, County Cork

Presents

An evening with

Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington
 17^th June   8pm (Doors 7:45)

Tickets   €15     

Bookings 021 4813790   cobharts@iol.ie

Sirius Arts Centre presents an evening with legendary Accordion player Charlie Piggott, originally from Cobh Co. Cork, and one of the founding members of Dé Danann and The Lonely Stranded Band. He toured extensively with both bands and later as a solo artist.  For this special one night only event, Charlie teams up with esteemed Kerry fiddler Gerry Harrington. Gerry is well known in Kerry/Cork music circles and to the Irish-American music fraternity, Gerry's music was brought to a wider audience during the nineties through the release of two exquisite albums.

“ Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington are both excellent players of the traditional music with individual reputations to prove it, and when they play as a duet it is special; a natural coming together of skills and sensitivities with a respect not simply for the notes and phrases of which tunes are made, but also for the tunes themselves." Peter Browne.

Charlie and Gerry released The New Road in 2000 which was well received and highly acclaimed.
For more information or to book tickets please contact Sirius at 021 481 3790 or via email at: cobharts@iol.ie

Cork Harbour Open Day 2011 ‘Date Announced’

The organisers of Cork Harbour Open Day are delighted to announce that the third Cork Harbour Open Day will take place on Saturday 10^th September 2011.

The idea for a Harbour Open Day emerged three years ago following discussions between various stakeholders involved in the development and implementation of the Integrated Strategy for Cork Harbour. A group comprising of representatives from UCC, City and County Councils and the Port of Cork set about working together to engage with users of the Harbour and to organise the Open Day. 

Last year Cork Harbour Open Day was a huge success with great weather and hundreds of people enjoying a selection of free family activities available on the day. Activities organised suited all ages and ranged from tours on board an Irish Naval Ship, sailing, kayaking, rowing, RNLI information day and crab fishing for the younger generation!

Organisers of this year’s Cork Harbour Open Day said: ‘We are hoping for a similar line up for 2011 and are encouraging people to organise events for the day, which can be jointly promoted under Cork Harbour Open Day. Most of the promotion was done through the Cork Harbour website last year, with high traffic volumes visiting the site on the lead up to the event. This year the website (www.corkharbour.ie) has been re-designed to be more user friendly, contain information on Cork Harbour and promote events such as Cork Harbour Open Day.’

‘Cork harbour Open Day is all about embracing what Cork Harbour has to offer in terms of leisure amenity and raises awareness of the many different activities available for people in the harbour both on and off the water. Last year was such a success; we are determined to make 2011 even better. Our ultimate aim is to extend the day to a weekend event over time’

Cork Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world, next to Sydney Harbour, offering beautiful locations for enjoying the outdoors, dramatic coastlines, and excellent leisure facilities, and is home to some very talented artists, sportsmen and women, and people who are passionate about the history, heritage and cultural value of Cork Harbour.

To get involved in Cork Harbour Open Day or to organise an event which aims to promote Cork harbour, please visit www.corkharbour.ie or contact Sara Dymond at harbourevents@corkharbour.ie or 021-4625375.

What: Cork Harbour Open Day

When: Saturday 10^th September 2010

Where: Various locations around Cork Harbour

Info: www.corkharbour.ie

Heaven is Under Construction – Photographs by Mirjam Siefert

Sirius Arts Centre

Cobh, County Cork

In Partnership with Cork County Council and Cork Midsummer Festival

Presents

Heaven is Under Construction 

Photographs by Mirjam Siefert

Opening Thursday 9 June at 7:00pm

SPECIAL GALLERY TALK WITH THE ARTIST

Saturday 11 June 2pm – Admission FREE

For more information:

www.siriusartscentre.com

www.mirjamsiefert.de

www.corkmidsummer.com

Pierce Turner at the Sis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sirius Arts Centre

Cobh, County Cork

Presents an Evening with

PIERCE TURNER

Saturday 11 June 8pm (doors 7:45)

Tickets €20

For more information or to book contact Sirius at (021) 481 3790 or via email at: cobharts@iol.ie

Sirius Arts Centre presents the only Cork date for this Irish born US based singer songwriter – a night not to miss!

When Pierce Turner performed at the South by South West Music and multimedia Festival in Austin Texas this March he was pleasantly surprised to find that there was more space for an eclectic artist like himself in this post conglomerate music world than there was in the old. 

Perhaps Pierce Turner’s unusual pedigree finally makes sense. Born and raised in Wexford Town he emigrated to New York in his early twenties with his friend Larry Kirwan (front man for Black 47) they formed The Major Thinkers and were signed to Epic Records, they’re single “Avenue B” almost cracked it.  Eventually they went separate ways and while composing music for modern dance in Manhattan’s downtown art world Pierce hooked up with Avant garde composer Philip Glass.

Intrigued by Pierce’s songwriting and style of singing, Philip suggested taking the idea of producing an album for the Wexford man to a contact that he had at Virgin Records in London.  Simon Draper of Virgin loved the music and the idea, flying Pierce back and forth a couple of times from the U.S.  But Virgin was going through a big upheaval at the time with Richard Branson.  And the deal got bogged down.  Luckily the music was also handed in to Martin Mills owner of Beggars Banquet / 4AD and he snapped Pierce up for a 3-album deal with Philip Glass producing and writing string arrangements.  Martin to this day believes that Pierce was ahead of his time and told him so when he attended his show at South By South West this March. He also believes that what Pierce does makes more sense in todays climate with the presence of solo artists like Antony and the Johnsons, Sufjan Stevens and James Blake.

The fact is, Philip Glass has collaborated with David Bowie, Eno, Leonard Cohen and Pierce Turner, heady company for this yellow belly.

This summer he plans to finish recording his new album, slated for an October release, it features a duet with Mr. Glass and reportedly a set of songs typical of the depth and soul of Pierce’s songs sourced from the fountain of time and experience.

It will be seven years since his last CD.  See him in Ireland this summer and get an advance glimpse of this new material by the man that Liam Fay of the Sunday Times said “ he has created what I confidently believe to be the finest body of work in contemporary Irish music”

www.pierceturner.com

Andy Irvine at the Sirius

Friday 27 May at 8pm

Sirius Arts Centre

Cobh, County Cork

Presents

An evening with

ANDY IRVINE

Tickets €20.00

To book or for more information contact Sirius at:

021 481 3790 or via email at: cobharts@iol.ie

May Trad Weekend with Ioscaid

A weekend of trad music is set to take place on 27th 28th and 29th May. Trad group musicians, Ioscaid, will play at the Bella Vista Hotel.
For further information, visit the Cobh Edition