The organisers of a 10,000 capacity music festival expect it to sell out well in advance after announcing a raft of artists will appear alongside Manic Street Preachers, The Coronas and Sigma.

Ireland’s largest free summer show rolls into Cork this weekend with a lizardman, contortionists, magicians and some of the world’s top street performers set to enthrall thousands of visitors.

THOUSANDS ofmusicians are expected to descend on a Cork town next month for one of the largest traditional Irish music festivals of its kind.