Marquee, a look at corks hot spot

Posted on 18th May 09 by Contributor | 0

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Author: Gary

It has recently been announced that Brian Wilson will launch the Cork 2005
Marquee extravaganza on June 30″ the first ever appearance by the Beach Boy
in the southern capital.

A star”studded season of music and comedy” taking place in a specially designed
marquee in the Cork Showgrounds. Some of the biggest acts in Ireland and from
abroad will perform live between June 30 ” July 17″ ensuring that this lavish”
purpose”built marquee will be the city’s entertainment hub for the duration. God
it kills me to think that Cork still doesn’t have a worthwhile venue that can hold a
good crowd of 5000+ people” Come on lads” the capital of culure my bol”"”ks”

Anyway” highlights of the residency include Australia”s Nick Cave and our very own
Van Morrison and Christy Moore.

The full schedule is as follows:

• Thu 30/06 Brian Wilson
• Fri 01/07 Aslan
• Sat 02/07 Brian McFadden
• Mon 04/07 Gipsy Kings
• Tue 05/07 Al Green
• Wed 06/07 Nick Cave “Solo Performance”
• Thu 07/07 Van Morrison
• Fri 08/07 Paul Brady
• Sun 10/07 Tommy Tiernan
• Tue 12/07 Dwight Yoakam
• Thu 14/07 Paddy Casey
• Sat 16/07 Ronan Keating
• Sun 17/07 Christy Moore

Tickets are now on sale for all gigs from Ticketmaster.

Prices range from “22.50 to “70.00