All-day live jazz at The Glasshouse with Starlight Trio & The Underscore Orchestra. Celebrate Cork Jazz Festival in style.

Join us at The Glasshouse Rooftop Bar at The Montenotte Hotel for an unforgettable day of live jazz during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2025. Overlooking panoramic views of Cork city, The Glasshouse is the perfect setting to enjoy soulful performances, signature cocktails, and a lively festival atmosphere.

Karen Underwood returns to the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival in the Cork Opera House Green Room celebrating the men that she has loved from birth until today. To All The Men I’ve Loved Before is a tribute to the men and the music who have shaped her life.

Luke Thomas & The Swing Cats will perform on The Everyman stage as part of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

Ireland’s King of Swing, Luke Thomas, returns after his acclaimed sell-out performance at last year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival with his brand-new Kings of Swing Tour.

Mås Exödus exploded onto the scene in 2021, the brainchild of ChoiceCuts’ very own Mark Murphy and guitarist & MD Max Zaska. Together they explore modern contemporary jazz sounds along with an all-star band of Irish players (including Dylan Lynch, Matthew Halpin, Eamon Cagney, Luke Howard & Neal Dorrington) who share a love for soul and jazz music across the board that has been championed by ChoiceCuts over the past 20 years.

British synth wizard James Holden meets Polish clarinet guru Waclaw Zimpel to form Holden & Zimpel: a collaborative alliance wherein these two versatile modern composers might explore their deepest improvisational urges in an intimate setting, to strikingly lush, hypnotic and deeply emotive effect. Two like-minded masters of their instrument come together in an in-the-moment lyrical conversation between alto clarinet and modular synth, cementing the joyful convergence of their disparate musical journeys in an explosion of raw musical creativity in its most primal form.

After a stunning debut at the Bulman Bar as part of the 2024 Cork Jazz Festival, Lewis and her quartet return with a fresher and more playful set of classic golden age jazz. Danceable, elegant & timeless with stunning vocals, superb musicianship & a playfully infectious energy that keeps audiences smiling & feet tapping.

The seven sons of jazz great Phil Cohran carry on his musical legacy. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are seven brothers from the south side of Chicago. Together they have toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America playing with everyone from Prince, Mos Def , Mick Jones (The Clash) and Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz). They’ve performed at Coachella, WOMAD AU, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall.

Delicate, profound, and full of lyrical power: British jazz vocalist Norma Winstone and pianist Glauco Venier present themselves in a fascinating duo configuration.

Winstone – a defining voice of European jazz, notably known from the trio Azimuth with John Taylor and Kenny Wheeler – is, at over 80 years of age, more artistically present than ever. As an artist who understands herself not only as a jazz singer but also as a lyricist, Norma brings her poetic sensibility to new compositions by Kit Downes, as well as works by Carla Bley, Ralph Towner, and John Taylor, on the 2024 ECM album Outpost of Dreams, giving each piece a fresh dimension. Glauco Venier, one of Europe’s most compelling pianists, has shared the stage with Norma for many years. He impresses with a deep musical intuition and a playing style that is at once sensitive to every nuance and marked by extraordinary creativity. Their trio album with Klaus Gesing was even nominated for a Grammy in 2007.

Karen Underwood returns to the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival in the Cork Opera House Green Room celebrating the men that she has loved from birth until today. To All The Men I’ve Loved Before is a tribute to the men and the music who have shaped her life.

Enjoy Cork Jazz Festival at The Glasshouse with The Underscore Orchestra, Starlight Trio & Velvin Lamont. Rooftop jazz all day.

Celebrate the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2025 with a day of live music at The Glasshouse Rooftop Bar, The Montenotte Hotel. With sweeping views of the city and a line-up of world-class performers, it’s the ultimate destination for an intimate yet vibrant jazz experience this October Bank Holiday Weekend.

A very special sit-down concert for discerning ears, kindly hosted by Lavit Gallery.

Lewis Barfoot is a London-Irish singer, songwriter, musician, actress and dancer based in Cork. In 2024, she formed the Lewis Barfoot Jazz Quintet, making their debut at the 2024 Cork Jazz Festival, with a return appearance confirmed for 2025—this time joined by French trumpeter Julien Silvand. In addition to her musical projects, Lewis teaches blues dancing in Cork City and continues to explore the fertile ground between music, movement, and storytelling. 

Karen Underwood returns to the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival in the Cork Opera House Green Room celebrating the men that she has loved from birth until today. To All The Men I’ve Loved Before is a tribute to the men and the music who have shaped her life.

Pianist Colin Vallon joins forces with two of Europe’s most prominent and original musicians: Matthieu Michel, whose unmistakable sound on the trumpet could by itself be the definition of beauty, and drums wizard Jorge Rossy, one of the most influential musicians today. The repertoire oscillates between free improvisation, own compositions, and older gems by Don Cherry, Thelonious Monk and Gabriel Fauré, amongst others.

Founded in 1970 in Dakar, Orchestra Baobab is more than just a band—it is an institution, a cornerstone of African music. Initially a club formation inspired by the Afro-Cuban fever that swept through West Africa, Baobab quickly forged a unique style, blending Mandinka, Wolof, and Serer sounds with Latin rhythms and timeless elegance. From their first golden era to their remarkable resurgence in the early 2000s, led by Nick Gold (Buena Vista Social Club), the band has continuously reinvented its legacy, captivating each generation with its hypnotic groove.

ZASKA is a modern soul artist blending indie jazz, funk, hip-hop, and neo-soul, led by Irish guitarist and producer Max Zaska, known for collaborations with artists like Hozier; influenced by Silk Sonic, Tom Misch, and guitar legends like Wes Montgomery and Carlos Santana, ZASKA creates a unique, high-energy sound, and is renowned for joyous live performances at major venues and festivals including Ronnie Scott’s, Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, and Mladí ladí Jazz in Prague.