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Since the Crane Lane Theatre opened its doors in the early nougties, it has been the host to some of the biggest names in blues, jazz and indie music, including; New Model Army, James Taylor Quartet, Preachers Son and many, many more.

This exciting birth of a new kind of music venue, at a time of musical revolution in Cork has led to many memorable nights at the Crane Lane Theatre. As well as music, the Crane Lane has seen many great theatrical acts and has been a host venue in celebrating Cork’s most iconic events, including The Cork Jazz festival and St. Patricks Day festivities.

The venue hosts live music 7 days a week, and whether it is the return of the Crane Lane’s original folk and blues acts or tomorrow’s next big thing, we are sure our eclectic mix has something for everyone’s taste .

St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Thu 14th
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Seven piece groove masters, Soul Driven, have been kicking down venue doors all over the country with their hard-hitting, brass-infused mixture of soul, funk, jazz and blues. Whether at the Waterford Spraoi Festival, Guinness Jazz Festival, Dun Laoghaire Festival of…

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Fri 15th
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Latin night event playing the  best in, Reggaeton, Salsa, Merengue,Bachata & Samba

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Fri 15th
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Playing the best of indie and rock classics with electro dance,hip hop,ska and all things that make you move

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Sat 16th
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Combining the influences of Led Zeppelin, The Doors, and The Rolling Stones with their own original tone to create a fiery cocktail of heart racing and intensely grooving sounds. Applying various instruments such as acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, keyboards…

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Sat 16th
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Playing the best in Funk,Should Indie and more

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Sun 17th
Mar
Time: 2:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Award winning Irish group Two Time Polka play a fiery mixture of Cajun, Bluegrass and rock ’n roll music. They are not unknown to spice up their live performances with flavours such as tangos, east European tunes and a handful…

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Sun 17th
Mar
Time: 4:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

SKAZZ: This five piece started out as a swing and jazz outfit and converted in early 2007 to pure Ska vibes. In keeping with their jazz roots, Skazz have chosen the original Jamaican scene Ska of the 1960’s – when…

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Sun 17th
Mar
Time: 9:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Formed originally in 1999 in Cork, Ireland, Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers came about because of their love of the energy, message and fun of ska music. They have shared the stage with such luminaries as The Undertones, Bad Manners, The…

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St. Patrick’s Festival 2024
Date: Sun 17th
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

DJ Che-K will bring you back to a place you had forgotten you loved so much. Expect to hear songs that remind you of the first record you ever bought, your first leather jacket, or your very first live gig…

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Date: Mon 18th
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Jazz jam session returns on a new weekly night of Monday, hosted by Paul Dunlea. This is the original Jazz Improv in the city and features as part of the  Cork jazz festival every Oct. All players welcome.

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Date: Mon 18th
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Organzola performing classics from the jazz organ era, funk infusions and psychedelia

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Date: Tue 19th
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Hot Blooded Animals are a band of trumped-up Culchies who play the kind of Rock n’ Roll we can all relate to; the kind that shrouds crippling emotional pain and fear of inadequacy in a haze of boozy over-exaggerated machismo….

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Date: Wed 20th
Mar
Time: 7:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Join us  at 19:30 for Céilí by the Lee, Cork’s premier Irish dancing experience. Recreate the scenes from below decks in the Titanic, without the sinking feeling! Beginners are always welcome, no partner required. Each week we start with the…

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Date: Wed 20th
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

‘Pak Animal are an improvised collective lead by rapper 0phelia. Unique appearances will feature monster players based in Cork City selected for their dynamic musical abilities. Provocative rhythms and poetic wizardry laced with underground flavour mark Pak Animal as an…

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Date: Thu 21st
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

The Birdmen are a 4 piece band playing everything from Bob Dylan to The Beastie Boys. Blues/Folk/Rock & Hip Hop. The Birdmen are Stuart Wilde, Herbie Macken, Dan Thornhill & Wally.

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Date: Fri 22nd
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Latin night event playing the  best in, Reggaeton, Salsa, Merengue,Bachata & Samba

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Date: Fri 22nd
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Big Daddy Can plays an eclectic mix of everything from deep house, Rock, electro, funky house, dubstep, drum n bass, techno, jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, lo-fi – everything under the sun basically!  

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Date: Sat 23rd
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

THE SPOILERS are a Corkonian Power Trio serving out the best of 90s and 00s rock with a sprinkling of old school alternative and punk classics to top it all off. Brace yourself for tracks from, Weezer, Beastie Boys, Nirvana,…

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Date: Sun 24th
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Moonshine Gladbach: Country Music All Stars are a ragtag bunch of country music all-stars from the south of Ireland playing the songs of George Jones, Patsy Cline, Ernest Tubb, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, John Prine and much more!

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Date: Mon 25th
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Jazz jam session returns on a new weekly night of Monday, hosted by Paul Dunlea. This is the original Jazz Improv in the city and features as part of the  Cork jazz festival every Oct. All players welcome.

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Date: Mon 25th
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

The longest running jam session in the country hosted by Paul Dunlea returns for an afternoon giving musicians of all levels the opportunity to perform with some of the best musicians at the cork JAzz Festival. Get in early and bring…

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Date: Mon 25th
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

A new rock n roll/blues trio featuring Brian Hennessy (bass) and Shane Murphy (drums) and Robbie Barron (guitar &vocals ) Playing The Beatles, Neil Young, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Rory Gallagher and more..

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Date: Tue 26th
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

A regular on the Cork music scene for many years now, Tony is well known for his unique acoustic interpretations of some classic songs which he’ll be playing, along with a few new original numbers, every monday on the Atlantic Songbook…

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Date: Wed 27th
Mar
Time: 7:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Each week we start with the basic steps, so everyone is on the same level. Then we work through some group dances, before retiring, satisfied with our lot. This is a great way to meet new people in Cork, experience…

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Date: Wed 27th
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

The Watermelons are a 4 piece blues band based in Cork. With a line up, consisting  of drums, bass , guitar and sax, the band boasts some of corks finest musicians. The set journeys from chicago blues to blues rock…

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Date: Thu 28th
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

  THE TAN JACKETS perform covers of  song by bands often to referred to as punk rock and 60’s psychedelia, from Them, The Sonics, MC5 and a few more. Dirty Dancing for Dirty Dancers. Caoilian Sherlock – Guitar & Vocals…

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Date: Fri 29th
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Latin night event playing the  best in, Reggaeton, Salsa, Merengue,Bachata & Samba

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Date: Fri 29th
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Playing the best of indie and rock classics with electro dance, hip hop, ska and all things that make you move!

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Date: Sat 30th
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Sing It Back are a 4 piece R&B/Dance-Pop band covering both new and old bangers from Whitney Houston  to Dua Lipa. Having played together in many other projects the band produces a slick modern sound and is guaranteed to move your…

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Date: Sat 30th
Mar
Time: 11:30pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Mixed and scratched by Fadd Jnr, an alternative musical take on Saturday night club music. Expect classic electro cuts, indie fused pop and a mixture of Rock’n’Roll staples, along with plenty of new upbeat tunes for your dancing pleasure.

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Date: Sun 31st
Mar
Time: 9:00pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

Dirty Sexy Moneys’ raw entertainment showcase perfectly thier colourful character and soulful energy.’                                                       …

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Date: Sun 31st
Mar
Time: 11:50pm

Crane Lane Theatre Phoenix Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland +353 (0)21 427 8487

DJ Che-K will bring you back to a place you had forgotten you loved so much. Expect to hear songs that remind you of the first record you ever bought, your first leather jacket, or your very first live gig…

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