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Songs from the Heart on the buses

If music be the food of love then you’ll love our Culture Buses! Enjoy songs from the heart by some of Cork’s own musicians on the free Bus Éireann Culture Night buses to venues around the city.

Come and enjoy a mix of soul, funk and easy listening jazz outside City Hall on Anglesea Street. From 7pm the evening will swing and sway its way through to 10pm. With Jungle Bean & Smoking Giants.

Hourly 5pm to 9pm a series of talks, Q&A sessions and tours of the Lord Mayor’s Chamber and Council Chamber, by The Lord Mayor, Cllr Terry Shannon and members of Cork City Council. Booking at 4924120 or email lord_mayor@corkcity.ie.

Irish WWII Vets Project is a collection of war memory from Ireland, the experiences of Veterans and families from, or living in, Ireland. www.ww2vetsproject.com

SoundPortraits sets as its goal the accumulation of a body of portraits of ordinary people living in Ireland, an almost anthropological survey of “who we are” as a nation. Please participate by giving your time to add your face to the project. www.damiandrohan.com. Exhibition from 4pm to 10pm and SoundPortraits from 7pm to 10pm in the Atrium, City Hall, Anglesea Street.

Evelyn Grant (RTE lyric fm) and Gerry Kelly present a concert for all the family. An opportunity for the musically curious to get close-up to magical instruments and sounds as the Cork City Quartet scrape, bang and blow some great tunes in Cork’s Millennium Hall, City Hall.

The Gate Cinema, North Main Street at 7pm and 8pm Golden Globe nominated film composer Maurice Seezer and acclaimed singer Tony O’Sullivan re-interpret songs from the cinema in an eclectic and entertaining programme ranging from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ to ‘Midnight Express’ to ‘Basquiat’ to ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’! This event is free but ticketed. Tickets are available on a first come first served basis at The Gate box office from 5pm on Culture Night.

Ecclesiastical Art and Architecture in Cork

This year we celebrate the wonderful art and architecture of some of our city’s churches. With talks from experts on the various features of interest in these churches this series aims to reveal the wonder of these familiar edifices and interiors.

• 5pm Turners Cross Church, Turner’s Cross - Tom Spalding
• 6pm Church of the Annunciation, Blackpool - Ann Wilson
• 7pm St Peter and Paul’s Church, Paul Street - Gareth O’Callaghan
• 8pm Honan Chapel, UCC - Virginia Teehan

Just for Culture Night the Lee Sessions presents a packed series of traditional, vibrant and authentic trad sessions in Cork city centre, featuring masters of traditional music. From 6pm you will find music in The Rob Roy, The Gables, Charlies, Cavanagh’s and The Thomond Bar. From 7pm in Le Chateau Bar and Sin É. From 9pm in The Long Valley and from 10pm in The Corner House. All session are two hours in duration.