EXPERIENCE IT: 18 summer festivals, gigs and shows to check out this summer I'm Grand Mam - That's Showbiz, Various Venues, June 1 - 6 Cork's own PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey of I'm Grand Mam are back with another live show, with two dates in Cork's Opera House tonight and tomorrow at 8pm. If you can't wrangle a pair last minute, they are also in Limerick's Lime Tree Theatre this Thursday, June 6. John Bishop, Back At It, Various Venues, June 1 - 11 Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop is back on our fair shores for his Back At It tour with dates in Killarney's INEC, Cork's Live at the Marquee, Dublin's Vicar Street and more.
While the majority of shows are sold out, there are still tickets remaining (at the time of writing) for Killarney, Cork and Dublin — be quick! In The Meadows, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, June 8 Avant-garde Dublin folk act Lankum play their only Irish show of 2024 with a headliner performance at this new festival, which celebrates the pastoral and eclectic side of independent rock. The bill also includes post-rock veterans Mogwai and Mercury Rev, who still speak warmly to this day of an early gig in Cork, where the crowd grew so enthused they laid siege to the band’s tour bus and rocked it from side to side. Ne-Yo, Live at the Marquee, Cork, June 12 - 13 The Grammy-winning R&B superstar has always had a big Irish following, and there is excitement ahead of his two-night stand at the Live at the Marquee festival.
He will be blitzing through favourite.
