CORK: Nightlife

Today you can go out any night of the week and have a variety of top quality performances to choose from, no matter where it may be - in the city centre or around county Cork.

Large events and concerts in the centre usually take place in either the Everyman Palace Theatre (McCurtain St), the Cork Opera House (Emmet Place), the Half Moon Theatre/Club (on Half Moon St), or the Savoy Theatre on Patrick St., the city's main thoroughfare. The Lobby Bar on Union Quay holds more intimate gigs and is known for the quality of the bands and artists who have performed there for very long time. Other small sized venuesinclude Cyprus Avenue, An Cruiscin Lan and Fred Zeppelins.

Some pubs in the city centre and vicinity have regular weekly places for house bands like An Spailpin Fanach, An Bodhran and the Phoenix Bar, in addition to the Lobby on Union Quay. Venues of note in the city also include The Lodge in Mallow, De Barra's in Clonakilty, Pine Lodge in Myrtleville, the legendary Connolly's of Leap and the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh.