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Green Room Jazz - The Music Of Nina Simone - Karen Underwood with Gary Beecher,

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Singer, writer, storyteller, and public speaker Karen Underwood, originally from Chicago, Illinois, found her way to Cork in 1997. Since then Karen has produced several shows, including ‘Singing Nina’, ‘The Story of Soul’, ‘Of Ladies Lost and Found’, ‘Generations’, ‘Soul in the City’, and ‘The Black American Songbook’, Karen’s interpretation of Black American music from the underground railroad to Cork. She has performed at venues across Ireland including Cork Opera House, The Everyman, The Olympia, The Gate, Vicar Street, Millennium Forum Theatre, The National Concert Hall and Marley Park as well as countless others. In October 2023 Karen sold out 5 shows for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival at Cork Opera House. Now she returns to the Green Room at Cork Opera House with the music and life of Nina Simone, accompanied by renowned pianist Gary Beecher and band.
  •    8.4 km from Cork Airport
  •    400 m from Cork City centre


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    Wed 23rd Oct
    Talisk
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    19:00, €20
    Thu 24th Oct
    Gregory Porter
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place
    18:00, €55-€65
    Thu 24th Oct
    The Academic
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    19:00, €35
    Thu 24th Oct
    Jarjarjr. & Support Chris Wong
    Live At St. Lukes, St. Lukes Cross, Summerhill, Cork City
    19:30, €21
    Thu 24th Oct
    Projective & Decarteret
    The Kino, Washington Street West
    19:30, €18.93
    Thu 24th Oct
    Todd Terje
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    23:00, €25
    Starts Fri 25th Oct
    Guinness Kinsale Jazz Festival
    Kinsale
    Fri 25th Oct - Tue 29th Oct, @ 00:00
    01:00,
    Fri 25th Oct
    Takuya Kuroda – Midnight Crisp: Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2024
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    18:30, €30
    Fri 25th Oct
    Lisa O Neill
    Coughlan's, Douglas St.
    19:00, €30
    Fri 25th Oct
    King Kong Company
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    19:00, €25
    Starts Fri 25th Oct
    The Music Of Nina Simone - Karen Underwood with Gary Beecher, Davie Ryan and Dav
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    Fri 25th Oct - Sun 27th Oct, @ 18:00
    19:00, €20.00
    Fri 25th Oct
    Mary Coughlan
    The Everyman, MacCurtain St.
    19:30, €31
    Fri 25th Oct
    Mik Pyro & Band
    Coughlan's, Douglas St.
    19:30, FREE
    Fri 25th Oct
    The Definitive Oasis Tribute - Mad Ferritt
    Cork City Hall
    19:30, €25
    Fri 25th Oct
    Maya Delilah + support Qbanaa
    Live At St. Lukes, St. Lukes Cross, Summerhill, Cork City
    19:30, €27.50
    Fri 25th Oct
    Cooks But We're Chefs & Rachel Mae Hannon
    The Kino, Washington Street West
    19:30, €18.93
    Fri 25th Oct
    Celebrating Alice Coltrane - Alina Bzhezhinska & Hipharp Collective Featuring Br
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    20:30, €35
    Fri 25th Oct
    Jimmy Smyth Trio
    Coughlan's, Douglas St.
    22:30, FREE
    Fri 25th Oct
    Theo Parrish
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    23:00, €22.50
    Fri 25th Oct
    Foxgluv | Jwy, Charlotte Walsh & Hopedieshere
    The Kino, Washington Street West
    23:00, €6.91
    Starts Mon 14th Oct
    Etaoin Melville Residency
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    Mon 14th Oct - Sun 10th Nov, @ 13:00
    13:00, FREE
    Sat 26th Oct
    Yankari Afrobeat Collective & Support Elikya
    Live At St. Lukes, St. Lukes Cross, Summerhill, Cork City
    13:30, €22
    Sat 26th Oct
    Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Presents: Hunafaa
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    14:00, €25
    Sat 26th Oct
    Tiny Giants
    Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St.
    14:00, FREE
    Sat 26th Oct
    Marilyn Mazur Special 4
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    14:30, €35/€32
    Sat 26th Oct
    BRIARS
    Coughlan's, Douglas St.
    17:00, FREE
    Sat 26th Oct
    Thank Funk
    Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St.
    17:00, FREE
    Sat 26th Oct
    Luke Thomas and Una Healy
    The Everyman Cork, MacCurtain St., Cork
    17:30, €31
    Sat 26th Oct
    Flash Harry - A Celebration Of Queen and Spring Break - Europe's Premier Good Ti
    Cork City Hall
    18:00, €27.50
    Sat 26th Oct
    Stella Bass: Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2024
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    18:15, €22.50
    Sat 26th Oct
    Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    19:00, €27.50
    Sat 26th Oct
    Buena Vista All Stars Presents - One Night in Havana
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    19:00, €61.00
    Sat 26th Oct
    Les Amazones D'afrique
    Some Venue
    19:30, €30.53
    Sat 26th Oct
    New Brass Kings
    Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St.
    20:00, FREE
    Sat 26th Oct
    The X-collective
    The Kino, Washington Street West
    20:00, €21.33
    Sat 26th Oct
    Green Room Jazz - Kat Eaton
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    21:00, €20.00
    Sat 26th Oct
    Rob Harley
    The Gables, Douglas St.
    22:00, FREE
    Sat 26th Oct
    Le Boom
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    23:00, €25
    Sat 26th Oct
    Jenny Greene & Special Guests
    Cork City Hall
    23:00, €35.67
    Sat 26th Oct
    Green Room Jazz - Michael Buckley's Ebb and Flow
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    23:00, €20.00
    Sat 26th Oct
    Amadou & Mariam
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    23:59, €36.00
    Sun 27th Oct
    Fixity & Bog Jazz
    Live At St. Lukes, St. Lukes Cross, Summerhill, Cork City
    13:30, €22
    Sun 27th Oct
    Va Va Voom
    Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St.
    14:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    Zsófia Boros & Trygve Seim: Ecm Artists And Collaborations | Guinness Cork Jazz
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    14:30, €30/€28
    Sun 27th Oct
    Souldriven
    Coughlan's, Douglas St.
    17:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    Papa Zitas
    Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St.
    17:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    Orchestra Baobab
    The Everyman Cork, MacCurtain St., Cork
    17:30, €36
    Starts Sun 8th Sep
    Sunday Setlist with Mick Grace
    Seventy Seven, 77 Grand Parade
    Every Sunday @ 18:00
    18:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    Boolaboom
    Deep South, 51 Grand Parade, Cork
    18:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    Nitai Hershkovits: Ecm Artists And Collaborations | Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    18:30, €30/€28
    Starts Sun 6th Oct
    The Big Swinin' Mikeys
    Dwyers Of Cork, 28 Washington St.
    Every Sunday @ 19:00
    19:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    De La Soul
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    19:00, €51.00
    Sun 27th Oct
    Staples Jr. Singers & Support Toshín
    Live At St. Lukes, St. Lukes Cross, Summerhill, Cork City
    19:30, €33.22
    Sun 27th Oct
    Mack Fleetwood
    Cork City Hall
    20:00, €33-€38
    Sun 27th Oct
    Cork City Organ Group
    Coughlan's, Douglas St.
    20:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    Hyde Park Brass
    Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St.
    20:00, FREE
    Sun 27th Oct
    Kean Kavanagh
    The Kino, Washington Street West
    20:00, €22.50
    Sun 27th Oct
    Jakob Bro Trio Featuring Thomas Morgan And Joey Baron: Ecm Artists And Collabora
    Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.
    20:30, €40/€38
    Sun 27th Oct
    Green Room Jazz - Paul Dunlea and Cormac McCarthy
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    21:00, €20.00
    Sun 27th Oct
    Seun Kuti and Egypt 80
    The Everyman Cork, MacCurtain St., Cork
    22:00, €36 + booking fee
    Sun 27th Oct
    Marty Guilfoyle
    Cyprus Avenue, Caroline St.
    23:00, €12.50
    Sun 27th Oct
    Green Room Jazz - Christine Tobin and Phil Robson
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    23:00, €20.00
    Sun 27th Oct
    Guinness Cork Jazz Festival presents The Nasty Sessions with Shiv, Curtisy, F3mi
    Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork
    23:30, €27.50
    Mon 28th Oct
    Peader O Callaghan
    Seventy Seven, 77 Grand Parade
    21:00, FREE
    Starts Tue 10th Sep
    Ricky Kelleher
    Seventy Seven, 77 Grand Parade
    Every Tuesday @ 21:30
    21:00, FREE
    Starts Wed 11th Sep
    Ciaran Quigley
    Seventy Seven, 77 Grand Parade
    Every Wednesday @ 21:30
    21:00, FREE
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    Talisk

    Wed 23rd Oct

    Gregory Porter

    Thu 24th Oct

    The Academic

    Thu 24th Oct

    Jarjarjr. & Support Chris Wong

    Thu 24th Oct

    Projective & Decarteret

    Thu 24th Oct

    Todd Terje

    Thu 24th Oct

    Guinness Kinsale Jazz Festival

    Fri 25th Oct - Tue 29th Oct

    Takuya Kuroda – Midnight Crisp: Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2024

    Fri 25th Oct

    Lisa O Neill

    Fri 25th Oct

    King Kong Company

    Fri 25th Oct

    The Music Of Nina Simone - Karen Underwood with Gary Beecher, Davie Ryan and Dav

    Fri 25th Oct - Sun 27th Oct

    Mary Coughlan

    Fri 25th Oct

    Mik Pyro & Band

    Fri 25th Oct

    The Definitive Oasis Tribute - Mad Ferritt

    Fri 25th Oct

    Maya Delilah + support Qbanaa

    Fri 25th Oct

    Cooks But We're Chefs & Rachel Mae Hannon

    Fri 25th Oct

    Celebrating Alice Coltrane - Alina Bzhezhinska & Hipharp Collective Featuring Br

    Fri 25th Oct

    Jimmy Smyth Trio

    Fri 25th Oct

    Theo Parrish

    Fri 25th Oct

    Foxgluv | Jwy, Charlotte Walsh & Hopedieshere

    Fri 25th Oct

    Etaoin Melville Residency

    Mon 14th Oct - Sun 10th Nov

    Yankari Afrobeat Collective & Support Elikya

    Sat 26th Oct

    Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Presents: Hunafaa

    Sat 26th Oct

    Tiny Giants

    Sat 26th Oct

    Marilyn Mazur Special 4

    Sat 26th Oct

    BRIARS

    Sat 26th Oct

    Thank Funk

    Sat 26th Oct

    Luke Thomas and Una Healy

    Sat 26th Oct

    Flash Harry - A Celebration Of Queen and Spring Break - Europe's Premier Good Ti

    Sat 26th Oct

    Stella Bass: Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2024

    Sat 26th Oct

    Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

    Sat 26th Oct

    Buena Vista All Stars Presents - One Night in Havana

    Sat 26th Oct

    Les Amazones D'afrique

    Sat 26th Oct

    New Brass Kings

    Sat 26th Oct

    The X-collective

    Sat 26th Oct

    Green Room Jazz - Kat Eaton

    Sat 26th Oct

    Rob Harley

    Sat 26th Oct

    Le Boom

    Sat 26th Oct

    Jenny Greene & Special Guests

    Sat 26th Oct

    Green Room Jazz - Michael Buckley's Ebb and Flow

    Sat 26th Oct

    Amadou & Mariam

    Sat 26th Oct

    Fixity & Bog Jazz

    Sun 27th Oct

    Va Va Voom

    Sun 27th Oct

    Zsófia Boros & Trygve Seim: Ecm Artists And Collaborations | Guinness Cork Jazz

    Sun 27th Oct

    Souldriven

    Sun 27th Oct

    Papa Zitas

    Sun 27th Oct

    Orchestra Baobab

    Sun 27th Oct

    Sunday Setlist with Mick Grace

    Every Tuesday

    Boolaboom

    Sun 27th Oct

    Nitai Hershkovits: Ecm Artists And Collaborations | Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

    Sun 27th Oct

    The Big Swinin' Mikeys

    Every Tuesday

    De La Soul

    Sun 27th Oct

    Staples Jr. Singers & Support Toshín

    Sun 27th Oct

    Mack Fleetwood

    Sun 27th Oct

    Cork City Organ Group

    Sun 27th Oct

    Hyde Park Brass

    Sun 27th Oct

    Kean Kavanagh

    Sun 27th Oct

    Jakob Bro Trio Featuring Thomas Morgan And Joey Baron: Ecm Artists And Collabora

    Sun 27th Oct

    Green Room Jazz - Paul Dunlea and Cormac McCarthy

    Sun 27th Oct

    Seun Kuti and Egypt 80

    Sun 27th Oct

    Marty Guilfoyle

    Sun 27th Oct

    Green Room Jazz - Christine Tobin and Phil Robson

    Sun 27th Oct

    Guinness Cork Jazz Festival presents The Nasty Sessions with Shiv, Curtisy, F3mi

    Sun 27th Oct

    Peader O Callaghan

    Mon 28th Oct

    Ricky Kelleher

    Every Tuesday

    Ciaran Quigley

    Every Tuesday

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