Comedy of the week:
Karl Spain, City Limits, on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March @ 9pm.
Karl Spain's comedy show is based on his life and loves and growing up in Ireland over the last thirty years. The main themes of his show include religion, love, sex, racism, dieting and being Irish.

Cork Opera House is renowned for producing electrifying and powerful musicals time and time again and their in-house production of West Side Story will be no different. Director Bryan Flynn and the creative team that brought us the musical drama, Michael Collins, now bring this thrilling presentation to the Cork Opera House stage.

Wiggle recently celebrated ten years of playing live their particular take on electro dub reggae to the Cork massive with a New Years Day show in the Pavilion. Now they play a pre-St Patrick's Day gig this Tuesday. At gigs they pull from a huge catalogue of songs with an uncertain amount of improvisation, which makes every gig unique.

As one of Ireland's leading energy providers, Bord Gais Energy are inviting students of all ages across Irish primary and secondary schools to capture the energy in the world around them. With only two more weeks to enter the competition, Bord Gais Energy is encouraging students of all ages to get out and capture the energy in the world around them this St Patrick's Day by entering the Bord Gais Energy Capture the Power schools photography competition.

The Mardyke is to host James Bond 007 Fridays every Friday nighs in March. The James Bond 007 theme is one style, mystery, excitement and triggers the imagination of almost everyone. Starting this Friday 12 March, these themed nights will be a lot of fun and will give everyone coming to The Mardyke a more special night out.

Wine and dine your mother, grandmother or wife in style this Mothers' Day… Enjoy a special meal in The Cornstore, Cork, and let their staff look after all the finer details, leaving you to spend some quality time together. The Cornstore, Cork, opened in 2007and has since become one of the regions top restaurants. The concept boasts two floors offering a lively, buzzing, Manhattan style surrounding, including private dining and contemporary heated smoking area.

Donal Ring and his band will play the Firkin Crane this St Patrick's Day, Wednesday 17th March. It should be a tremendous night of traditional Irish music. The Donal Ring Ceili band has toured extensively in England, Scotland, Wales, Holland and America down through the years. This man has been promoting Irish music and song over the last 60 years and is still going strong.

Fionn Regan is a singer songwriter. Not another one, I hear you say. But Fionn Regan is not one of the identikit maudlin singer songwriters who seemed to be only type of musician we could produce a few years ago.

The Wicklow man is more of a singer songwriter in the classic American mode and has drawn comparison with the likes of Neil Young, Ryan Adams and inevitably and horribly for him, Bob Dylan.

Passion Pit is the brainchild of Michael Angelakos, who formed the band with Ian Hultquist (synths), Ayad al Adhamy (synths, samplers), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, synths) and Nate Donmoyer (drums).

Passion Pit play uplifting upbeat melodic synth rock with panache and enthusiasm. Their positive, fun outlook makes them a great live act and they have been selling out venues all over Europe on their current tour.

There is now another way for music fans to get their hands on free tickets for their Heineken Green Spheres gigs. Kicking off at Passion Pit in Cork on Friday 12 March, die-hard fans who aren't lucky enough to get tickets from heinekenmusic.ie can now get tickets on the night.