Ballydehob Jazz Festival launched at Levis
The Ballydehob Jazz Festival is back next month. Picture: Jason Lee
The Ballydehob Jazz Festival is returning this May bank holiday weekend with a jam-packed programme of music, performances and more.
The community-run music and arts festival kicks off on May 3 until May 6 in the village of Ballydehob in West Cork.
The festival has rolled out its programme for 2024, featuring musicians, spoken word artists, street performers, and dancers from across the globe.
It will include free live music with over 30 performances from both Irish and international acts such as The Bonk, Donal Dineen, The Lava Birds, Tacla, Becca Ruane and Boolaboom.
As well as that, there will be jazz, New Orleans punk and funk, piano prodigies, swing and more.
For the first time, the festival will also have an outdoor circus show for all ages featuring an aerial show and live music from a set built on and old school London taxi.
Other family-friendly events include the Sunday Jazz Festival Food and Craft Market, complete with a children's circus school, and pop-up daytime live music and poetry gigs.
The Ballydehob Community Hall will host events over the course of the long weekend including a concert with New Orleans Jazz Punk Pianist Stephanie Nilles and the Bootleggers Ball.
"It’s a really unique festival we have created together, full of heart, fun and community, music and art," says Creative Director Joseph O'Leary. "It’s a celebration of Ballydehob. And could happen nowhere else because there’s nowhere like this village."
- For full programme information, and to book tickets for headline shows, visit ballydehobjazzfestival.org
