'Cork needs more weekends like this': Jazz Festival hailed as most successful yet

Two-time Grammy winner, Gregory Porter, said: 'Cork is already a fantastic place.'
'Cork needs more weekends like this': Jazz Festival hailed as most successful yet

One of the highlights of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival was the Buena Vista All Stars performing at the Cork Opera House. Picture: Darragh Kane

More than 100,000 music-lovers took to the streets of Cork over the bank holiday weekend to enjoy the 46th annual Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, injecting an estimated €45m into the local economy, according to the event's organisers. 

Code of Behaviour bring jazz to the streets of Cork during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. Picture: Darragh Kane
Code of Behaviour bring jazz to the streets of Cork during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. Picture: Darragh Kane

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