Jazz legends set for return to Opera House stage after 3-year gap

Cork Opera House is set to swing and jive to the sounds of top jazz acts for the first time in three years as it takes centre stage again for this year’s jazz festival.

It follows the ending of a sponsorship deal between the theatre and brewing giant Heineken which has, since 2009, effectively prevented the theatre from staging acts as part of the Guinness-sponsored Cork Jazz Festival.

Now that the three-year deal has expired, the 920-seat theatre is considered an ‘open house’, clearing the way for it to once again become one of the main jazz festival venues.