The second Great Irish Beer Festival features 24 Irish craft brewers and one distillery; each bringing a unique flavour to the festival.

The three-day event includes live music programme over the weekend that will see Stiff Little Fingers, Le Galaxie, Rebel Rebel - The David Bowie Experience, The Band Anna, Fire & Water and Audible Joes.

The second annual festival offers lectures such as 'Learn How To Brew' with the Lee Valley Brewing Club and discussions led by Chris O'Flynn of the Malting Company of Ireland among others.

Run by the Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork in association with Tom Keating Presents, this year's festival aims to be one of the country's finest live music and brewing events, bringing in a bigger diversity in both its participants and audience.

The line-up for the annual festival as follows:

Thursday August 24
Stiff Little Fingers
Audible Joes
Doors 7pm, Concert 7.30pm - 10pm

Friday August 25
Le Galaxie
The Band Anna
Doors 4pm, Concert 6pm -10pm

Saturday August 26
Rebel Rebel -The David Bowie Experience
& Fire & Water
Doors 12noon , Concert 6pm - 10pm

Advance day tickets are €13.50 for each day/evening from tickets.ie or €15 on the door.