'A significant and emotional year': Cork venue and gallery managers unpack 2024
Pictured are Eibhlin Gleeson of the Cork Opera House, Mary McCarthy of the Crawford Art Gallery, and Ray Blackwell, DeBarras of Clonakilty.
"It was a very tough year for independent grassroots music venues across the country. The cost of living crisis has been felt: mega-gigs like Coldplay, Taylor Swift and Springsteen are hoovering up all the diminished disposable income of the gig-going populace, making it harder for independent artists and venues at the grassroots level to get people out to shows.
