Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 'brings a palpable energy' to Cork City with more than 100,000 visitors

Aaron Mansworth, the managing director of Trigon Hotel Group, said every business in the area had got a welcome cash boost from visitors

TBL8 Brass performing live on the Jazz Bus during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this weekend. The festival runs until Monday. For more see guinnesscorkjazz.com @guinnesscorkjazz. Picture: Darragh Kane

It’s going down in the record books as the busiest jazz weekend Cork City has ever seen, according to the organisers who estimate crowds well in excess of 100,000 have so far attended. And they still have Monday to listen to the music and party.

The increase in visitor numbers is evidenced by Cork Airport’s news that arrivals were up this bank holiday weekend to 62,000, which is a 12% increase on the comparative weekend last year, and it’s believed what is the 47th annual Guinness Cork Jazz Festival will boost the local economy by around €45m.