Magic nights return

Wrap up warm and get ready for an outdoor series of live music and entertainment on Leeside!

Following the success of the inaugural Magic Nights By the Lee series last summer, The Good Room in association with Cork City Council this morning announced Magic Nights By The Lee - A Winter Solstice, to be staged over three nights in Cork’s Fitzgerald’s Park.

The outdoor shows which commence on the winter solstice, Tuesday 21 December, will showcase some of Cork’s finest music, comedy and drag performance talent for three nights in a row until Thursday 23 December.

Performing artists include one of Ireland’s most talked about, chart topping pop acts True Tides, the brilliantly talented drag queen Candy Warhol with the raucous Haus of Mockie Ah, the feisty boundary-pushing folk fiddler Clare Sands, up and coming Afrobeat artists Yves Solo and Minnie Marley, joyous jazz pop brass act Code of Behaviour, legendary Cork DJs Stevie G, Eddie Kay and Fish Go Deep and stand-up comedians Sinead Quinlan and Cornelius P. O’Sullivan.

Each night will be hosted by the hilariously irreverent Cian Austin Jesus, aka one half of RTE Junior’s ‘The Body Brothers’ and the acrobatic comic duo The Lords of Strut.

Magic Nights By The Lee - A Winter Solstice forms part of Cork City Council’s seasonal celebrations which also includes the illumination of the city centre and the much loved festival GLOW - A Cork Christmas Celebration in Bishop Lucey Park, which this year also sees the return of the ferris wheel on Grand Parade.

Announcing the series, Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Colm Kelleher said: “Cork City Council is delighted to support Magic Nights By The Lee - A Winter Solstice, funded through the Government’s Local Live Performance Programming Scheme.

"We’re thrilled to be able to stage some of Cork’s most talented artists, right here in the heart of the city, and for the citizen’s of Cork to be able to see and hear them perform at the most festive time of year.”

The shows take place each night from 6-8.30pm. Tickets cost €3 per person or €10 for a group of four and must be booked online in advance at magicnightsbythelee.com with all proceeds from the events being donated to a local charity to be nominated by the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Colm Kelleher.

Booking agent uTicket.ie has waived all fees for the series in order to support the soon to be announced nominated charity. All events will comply with the HSE Covid-19 guidelines.