Star-studded line-up for Cork jazz festival

Cork's Guinness Jazz Festival is expected to pump over €20m into the Cork economy over the four days of the October bank holiday weekend (Oct 24- 27).

Tourism sources are already reporting heavy bookings from home and overseas and ticket sales to date are well above last year's record levels. In addition, hits on the festival website www.corkjazzfestival.com are up by 300%.