Laoise Leahy and Karen Underwood will headline this year’s Soul Fest. Photo: Alison Miles/OSM PHOTO

Soul Fest is back in the city

It's back with a jam-packed programme of funk, soul, and entertainment.

That's Soul Fest, formerly known as Soul in the City, Ireland’s only soul music festival which is returning to Cork city from 26-28 August.

Headliners Karen Underwood and Laoise Leahy will take over City Hall on the Friday and Saturday and tickets are on sale now.

Programme Director, Sinéad Dunphy of Eventi Management said: "Soul Fest is the new name, but the festival still has its original heart and soul at its very core. The festival was one of the first to return to live gigs last year despite restrictions lifted and we’re going bigger and better this year with more concerts, bigger venues, and more surprises.”

Soul Fest promises a weekend of fun ensuring something for everyone. Music trails featuring Cork’s best loved pubs and clubs will run throughout the festival and a real live Soul Train will dance its way through the streets of Cork grooving the Festival into your hearts and minds on Friday 26 August to kick off the festivities.

Soul Fest believes strongly in making culture, and the cultural offerings of Cork City accessible to everyone in the city and hope that this project will provide a unique, informative and educational experience for students who would not otherwise experience this kind of music in their daily lives.

Tickets for the headline concerts, Karen Underwood and Laoise Leahy, are on sale from soulfestcork.com.