Live at the Marquee cancelled due to coronavirus but returns to Cork docklands in 2021

Aiken Promotions today confirmed that although Live at the Marquee Cork will not go ahead this year, it will return back home in 2021 on the existing site at the Docklands Cork.

Live at the Marquee 2020 will not go ahead due to the coronavirus.

Aiken Promotions confirmed the summer concert series, which was due to run from May 28 to June 29, has been cancelled.

A number of the 2020 concerts will go ahead in 2021, though.

The reorganised events are:

• The Coronas (original date, 29 May 2020) rescheduled for 28 May 2021
• The 2 Johnnies Podcast (original date, 30 May 2020) rescheduled for 29 May 2021
• Sinéad O’Connor (original date, 5 June 2020) rescheduled for 20 June 2021
• John Bishop (original date, 17 June 2020) rescheduled for 13 June 2021 & (original date 18 June 2020) rescheduled for 14 June 2021
• Christy Moore (original date, 27 June 2020) rescheduled for 26 June 2021
• Crowded House (original date, 29 June 2020) rescheduled for 28 June 2021

Aiken Promotions is working to reschedule other events and advises people to keep an eye on social media for further information.

Standard practice regarding refunds applies in these circumstances, with people advised to return to their point of purchase.

The promoters confirmed that Live at the Marquee will return to its existing docklands site next year.

The site - the old Ford Distribution Depot on Monahan Road - was sold in 2018 and is the subject of a major housing development. As such, it was expected Live at the Marquee would move to a new site next year.

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Aiken also cancelled the 2020 Live at the Iveagh Gardens concert series. Four concerts - James Blunt, Damien Dempsey, Aslan and Sinead O'Connor - have been reorganised for July 2021.

The new dates are:

• - Damien Dempsey (original date, July 10, 2020) rescheduled for July 10, 2021
• - James Blunt (original date, July 12, 2020) rescheduled for July 11, 2021
• - Aslan (original date, July 3, 2020) rescheduled for July 16, 2021
• - Sinéad O'Connor (original date, July 19, 2020) rescheduled for July 18, 2021.

Earlier this week, the government issued a ban on all events of more than 5,000 capacity until the end of August as part of its measures to stop the spread of the virus.