CONGRATULATIONS to the organisers of this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival; they have planned it for a weekend — October 27-30 — when the 10-day weather forecasts promise mere clouds and only a moderate risk of rain... the weather, then, as normal in our part of the world.
A helicopter put a piano on the 150-foot roof of Blarney Castle and other stories from the Cork Jazz Festival archives
We’ve delved into the archives to share some of our favourite stories from the last 40 years of the Cork Jazz Festival.
When Ella Fitzgerald came to Cork, the First Lady of Song played two memorable concerts
The First Lady of Song played two memorable concerts at the jazz festival in 1980, writes Des O’Driscoll
How Jim Mountjoy's festival has Cork Jazzin' since 1978
A strange set of circumstances led Jim Mountjoy to suggest a jazz festival for Cork in 1978. Little did he know how his idea would snowball, writes Des O’Driscoll
Dublin singer Soulé is one of a new generation of stars playing the Cork Jazz Festival
With a Congolese heritage and a penchant for electronic r’n’b, Dublin singer Soulé is being hailed as one of the leading lights of an emerging scene in Ireland, writes Ed Power
Jazz Memories: Famous faces share their favourite moments
As the Cork Jazz Festival turns 40, Richard Fitzpatrick asked a few familiar faces to share their fondest memories of the famous festival.
Toy Show ticket applications open as regional auditions hit Cork
Weird things you never knew it was possible to do at an airport
This is what a near miss looks like from the deck of a racing boat
Art involving a staircase and a trampoline in Paris’ Pantheon is blowing people’s minds
Gigi Hadid is launching a make-up collection with Maybelline: Here’s what we know so far
Julian Assange shared a ‘male secret’ on Twitter, so men have responded with some of their own