Eclectic Mix for the 37th Cork Jazz Festival

The Coronas, Gary Numan and The Drifters will headline this year's Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

The Festival was officially launched in the city earlier and organisers says they expect over 40,000 people to descend on the city ths year for the music event..

Over 400 music sessions are being hosted in over 60 pubs, theatres, clubs and hotel venues in the city right across the October Bank Holiday weekend...  

Now in its 37th year, the Jazz Festival has attracted some of the biggest names in jazz to Cork over the years, including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Herbie Hancock 

Festival Director Jack McGowran told RedFM News that this years line up features an eclectic mix of artists..

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