The Jive is jumpin’ despite the atrocious weather

MORE than 1,000 musicians helped drive the blues away as a rain-drenched Cork had another bumper weekend of jazz and razzmatazz.

Trains, planes and automobiles carried tens of thousands of visitors to the southern capital for a feast of musical entertainment which helped to brighten an otherwise dull bank holiday weekend.

For publicans, hotels and guesthouses, business was booming thanks to the Guinness Jazz Festival’s continuing success.