• Quarter Block Party 2023

    Long the jewel in the gleaming crown of Cork’s annual festival calendar, Quarter Block Party makes its highly-anticipated return across 14th-16th July. Once again striking an incredible balance between supremely DIY and carefully curated, this year’s programme promises another another world-beating three days and nights across various venues in Cork. Among the many highlights on the live music front include a double bill from two long-time TTA favourites, Elaine Howley and Maija Sofia at Couglan’s, His Father’s Voice and Rose Connolly at the Green Room of Cork Opera House, a Sunwell Tapes showcase at Plugd Records and Flowers at Night and Mantua, also…

  • Line-Up For Quarter Block Party 2020 Announced

    The full line-up for this year’s Quarter Block Party has been announced. Taking place in various venues across Cork City from February 6-9, Cork’s leading celebration of music and arts features 100 artists performing over 50 events across 3 days. Festival organiser Caoilian Sherlock says: “We are really delighted to have Jameson involved in the festival this year, it means that Quarter Block Party can offer more free performances to audiences throughout the weekend and that we can support even more talented young artists and bands that will I am sure we will hear a lot of over the course…

  • Festival Preview: Quarter Block Party 2018

    Returning to the centre of Cork city for its fourth year isQuarter Block Party, a music and arts festival fast establishing its position as one of the finest weekends in the cultural calendar. Presented by Makeshift Ensemble and the Southern Hospitality Board, a myriad of events are due to provide some much-needed upliftment following the post-Christmas tedium over the first weekend of February (Friday 2nd to Sunday the 4th). Psych-pop experimentalists O Emperor (below) have been quiet since the release of their Lizard EP which came out back in 2015 and their return provides an occasion for the band to debut…