40,000 festivalgoers to jazz up Cork

Headline acts for next month’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival include the Coronas, Gary Numan, and The Drifters.

The organisers expect 40,000 visitors to attend the festival, which takes place from October 22 to 26, and will feature more than 1,200 musicians performing in excess of 400 sessions in more than 60 pubs, theatres, clubs, and hotels in the city.

Renowned as one of the best jazz festivals in Europe, it continues to grow each year and this year’s line-up also includes The Darius Brubeck Quartet, Grace Kelly, and Marcus Miller.