The Poor Relation

September is looking good here in the Poor Relation 🎵

The music keeps getting better and better!! No Door Tax 🚫

The Poor Relation
Fri 30 Aug 2024
10pm
FREE

Vanilla Milksnake,

Corks premier tribute to 80s feel good rock n roll. Paying tribute the likes of Van halen, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and many more...

King Jeff & The Happy State

The Poor Relation
Fri 23 Aug 2024
10pm
FREE

Hailing from the furthest corners of the UK, the band first started their journey in Cork, Ireland in 2016 with various musicians taking part in the project. They have now settled on an awesome line-up and specialise in rock and bluegrass covers from the likes of AC/DC, Pearl Jam, The Doors, Johnny Cash, The Levellers, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, Guns n Roses, Steve Earle and many, many more (plus a sprinkling of their own tunes as well). They bring their own brand of semi-acoustic rock and may even belt out some 90s indie classics if the mood takes them!

Come along, sing, be merry and most importantly of all - Keep rockin'!

The Biz is a dynamic rock and blues cover band from Cork, Ireland, formed in 2019. With extensive experience playing in various bands across Ireland, London, and Italy, their electrifying performances pay homage to ’70s rock and blues classics. Led by Fran on vocals and keyboard, The Biz delivers an authentic and energetic sound influenced by iconic acts like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, and more

Free in tonight at 10PM 🎸

Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival 2024 will run from August 23rd to the 1st of September. The theme for 2024 is Future-Proof; this year’s festival looks to the future, sustains the team steering the ship, platforms work at all stages, and shares experiences with our audience. Over 10 days we platform multiple Irish & International Circus Artists. This Pitch’d Festival is a celebration of artists, audiences, and the shared love for the artform itself… Circus 🤡

We’re delighted to announce we will be hosting the Circus Reimagined Film night on Tuesday the 27th of August at 8PM…🎬🎬

A movie night created in collaboration with IndieCork and Ken Fanning!

“Out of the big top onto the screen” curated by Ken Fanning of AkenEvilThing co-founder of Tumble Circus and member of the Vault collective Belfast.
Dive, vault and splat into the emerging and exciting world of circus on screen. Selected short films from circus artists and filmmakers reimagineering how to present circus on the screen. Film from a diverse range of award winning local and international artists.
Screening:
Senso di Stefano | Beren D'Amico,
A spectral of herself | Laura Murphy
Walls beneath our feet | Antti Suniala film
Step off | Galway community circus
Branché | Eric Bates
Grass Between My Fingers | Upswing
We are disturbing flashes of light from another world breaking into this one | Ken Fanning

“Spirit of Circus; play, dance, trick” curated by IndieCork Festival
Tricky conversations, sleight of body movements.
Deft spins and manipulations, before the final moment manifests; sometimes as circus, sometimes not. We offer some superb short films that resonate with the spirit of the circus.
Screening:
Issues With My Other Half | Anna Vasof
Motodrom | Jörg Wagner
Stampede – A Stamped Circus Story | Franz Winzentsen & Tobias Sandberger
The Clown Wars | Julia Dorit & Elena Nyffeler
One Man Eight Cameras | Naren Wilks
Tango | Zbigniew Rybczynski
Detached | Elaine McCague

Warning: nudity and explicit language 18+

Get your tickets on www.eventbrite.ie

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our sister premises took home an astounding 8 medals in the world beer awards, Four Gold, Two Silver and Two Bronze! Best of all we have them here on tap!

Dublin guitar wizard and composer Gerry Quigley has returned home to Ireland after 30 successful years in Australia 🇦🇺 He will continue captivating crowds in Cork for the next while 🎸 Catch him for free tonight in The Poor Relation

The best free live music Cork has to offer this August 🎉

Another change to the weekend line up as the blues Jam will no be happening tonight unfortunately. Fear not , the blues will go on, which th Gerry Quigley & The Mystic Blues Band from 9pm tonight !

We have a very special weekend ahead of us, this year we are proud to be a part of the festival 2024 and we welcome all of you to join us for a weekend full of entertainment.Our partners have lots on, check them out below

On Friday we have:

Flashback 9pm
The Big Q***r Debs in .ie & 8.30pm

On Saturday:

The Ringmasters Drag Race (R***e) Hosted by 9.30pm
presents: Goes Wild .ie 10pm

On Sunday:

Pride Drag Brunch with In 12 noon - 3pm
Pride Wrap Party 6pm
in the 9pm
Pride Party with & .ie 9pm

"August Listings" with a change to tonights performance.
Tonight August 2nd Sean Long will play from 10pm and joined also by Doc Maclean.

Tonight from 10pm

MooCow are having a legen-dairy run of gigs being a new band in Cork. Our cattle-log of heavy rock songs can be herd at 10pm tonight in the Poor Relation. It’s going to be udderly amazing.

If you like the Foo Fighters, Ramones, Muse, Lenny Kravitz, and even TayTay come on down and see us churn out plenty of new moosic.

We’d better stop milking all these cow puns ...

We will be showing the match live for all you Lee-siders 🔴⚪️

The lads are going to bring Liam MacCarthy back home 🎉🎉

Best of luck!!

We will see you all here for the game at 3.30PM.

The Cork City Organ Group

The Poor Relation
Fri 12 Jul 2024
10pm
FREE

Organzola performing classics from the jazz organ era, funk infusions and psychedelia

Happy 4th of July to all of our American buddies,

We hope raise a pint of Handsum (our American styled IPA) whether you are with us or coming to visit.
May you and your loved ones enjoy this day and your fireworks never be pointed in the wrong direction. 🥳 🎇

Julys full lineup 🎶

All free- you will not see any door tax on Parnell Place ⛔️

All Welcome!!

The Birdmen are a 4 piece band playing everything from Bob Dylan to The Beastie Boys. Blues/Folk/Rock & Hip Hop. The Birdmen are Stuart Wilde, Herbie Macken, Dan Thornhill & Wally.

Free In-10PM

The Hollyz are a well known, hard rocking power trio out of east Cork. Priding themselves on a set comprised of (pre 1987) classic rock belters only! The self proclaimed “Dadrockers” play rock and blues examples from Ac/Dc ZZ Top, Lizzy and Pink Floyd etc.

If you wanna here hear Wagonwheel or Ed Sheeran…… you’ve found the wrong band.

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Live football today ⚽️

Slovakia v Ukraine

Poland v Austria

Netherlands v France

Catch all the games live here at the Poor Relation Bar 🍻🍻

The Darts are a fresh four piece band playing classic covers of your favourite songs 🎶

Free In Tonight after the football!!

10PM!

MooCow are having a legen-dairy run of gigs being a new band in Cork. Our cattle-log of heavy rock songs can be herd at 10pm on Nov 10th in the Poor Relation. It’s going to be udderly amazing.

If you like the Foo Fighters, Ramones, Muse, Lenny Kravitz, and even TayTay come on down and see us churn out plenty of new moosic.

We’d better stop milking all these cow puns ...

Free In- 10PM

The Long Shots are a new band formed by Ray (mandolin) and Robbie Barron (guitar and

vocals) that play a mixture of songs and tunes that traverses several musical genres from The

Beatles to Brazilian Choros with lots of interesting musical detours along the way. They are

joined by Michael Riordan on Double Bass and Geraldine Barron on accordion and concertina.

Free In Tonight-10PM

The Bluez Crew was started by Jeremy Nagle having returned from recording an album in California, in September 2013.

The style of the band is uptempo guitar based rocking blues which is lively and danceable, harkening back to

the early blues of, Muddy Waters, BB King, Albert King, Little Walter, up to modern blues such as

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, ZZ Top, AC/DC, The Who, David Bowie, Cheap Trick and many more!

Free in tonight- 10PM

We welcome all nationalities and wish you all the very best of luck ⚽️

Get on into us and we can all celebrate the Euros together 🎉🎉

Come along and join us for the Euros 2024 this year, we will be showing every game live ⚽️

There will be pints and good craic 🎉🎉

It’s all kicking off June 14th, See You There!!

Junes lineup 🎶 all free entry!!

A regular on the Cork music scene for many years now, Tony is well known for his unique acoustic interpretations of some classic songs which he’ll be playing, along with a few new original numbers, every monday on the Atlantic Songbook Main Stage.

Free In Tonight - 10PM

Catch Jack Ahern playing some tunes tonight at 10PM right after the Champions League Final ⚽️⚽️