VIDEO: Cork hits the streets for jazz and dragons

Four days, 1,200 musicians, and 40,000 punters later, the 34th Guinness Cork Jazz festival will tonight come to a close following a weekend of beats, blues, and boater hats.

The weekend’s overcast, but thankfully dry, weather saw thousands come out to sample the atmosphere in the city centre over the past two days.

Most bars were packed to the door by the time darkness fell an hour earlier yesterday, and sessions were in full flow by 5pm.