Experience the electrifying sound world of Grammy-winning pianist and composer Bill Laurance.

This October, Music Network presents one of the most inventive voices in contemporary jazz. A founding member of five-time Grammy Award-winning group Snarky Puppy, Bill has wowed audiences around the globe with his genre-defying performances and compositions.

Just like Django Reinhardt’s quintessential gypsy jazz band of the 1930’s, the ‘Quintette du Hot Club de France’, the Tenters are a 5-piece jazz band following in the footsteps of the greats with their lineup of viola, bass and 3 guitars.

Live Jazz Jam Session in the heart of Cork City every Thursday from 9pm. Hosted by a house band of some of Cork’s finest jazzers & humans. All are welcome to participate for a tune or two. If that’s not your bag then simply take in the atmosphere with some food & refreshments served until late.

Fresh from her critically acclaimed collaboration Clay with Matthew Herbert, Momoko steps forward in her own right for the first time with her remarkable debut solo album.

Charlie Moon and Cormac OBrien present a quartet of veteran musicians who have worked extensively together in many different settings for many years.

Charlie Moon – guitar/vocals

Darragh Hennessy – piano

Cormac OBrien – double bass

Shane O’Donovan – drums

Red Line Jazz are a hard-swinging quartet of Dublin professionals playing a repitoire of hard-bop, post-bop, and contemporary jazz. The band changes it up every week, but the vibe stays the same; serious swing, serious sound!

Coke Lane Pizza kitchen open til 21:30

The Richie Buckley Quartet return to their Thursday Night Residency Jazz Gig at Frank Ryans Pub in Smithfield.

A familiar favourite of the Cork jazz weekend, the Des Hopkins International Dixieland Jazz Band returns to the Clayton Cork City Hotel for three days of spirited traditional jazz, with two performances each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and special guests joining the celebrations.

Karen Underwood, affectionately known as Cork’s Jazz Diva, returns to the Green Room this October following five sell-out performances at Cork Opera House in October 2025.

Join Karen and her outstanding band for “To Love Somebody”—an unforgettable evening celebrating the timeless songs of Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight and other legendary artists whose music has captured every emotion of love.

The complex interconnectedness of rivers and the surrounding environment is defined as Riversphere. This concept shares similarities to the interconnectivity between musical genres, the players, the listener and the performance itself. The collective experience is achieved through a shared flow state.

The Jazz Festival Club at The Metropole Hotel returns for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, bringing live music to multiple stages throughout one of the festival's most historic venues.

Friday's programme runs across the Ballroom, Douglas Vance, Met Bar, Merchant Restaurant and Lobby, with music continuing late into the night.

Experience the electrifying sound world of Grammy-winning pianist and composer Bill Laurance.

This October, Music Network presents one of the most inventive voices in contemporary jazz. A founding member of five-time Grammy Award-winning group Snarky Puppy, Bill has wowed audiences around the globe with his genre-defying performances and compositions.

When Miles Davis and John Coltrane shared the bandstand, they changed the trajectory of American music forever. This October, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival welcomes two contemporary pioneers who carry that very same revolutionary spirit.

Jazz pianist, composer, and artist Jason Moran hails from Houston, TX. He’s an alumnus of the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Jaki Byard. Upon graduation, he studied with Andrew Hill and Muhal Richard Abrams. Moran’s 18-year relationship with Blue Note Records produced 9 highly acclaimed recordings. His groundbreaking trio, The Bandwagon (with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits) is currently celebrating their 20th anniversary.

The Lewis Barfoot Swing Quintet returns to Swingcopation for the second time as part of the Cork Jazz Festival, with a fresh and playful set of classic golden age jazz. Danceable, elegant & timeless, with stunning vocals, superb musicianship & a playfully infectious energy that keeps the swing dancers dancing. Playing songs for lindy hop, balboa, shag, charleston and blues.