Music Cork: Showcases, Speakers and everything you need to know

Taking place over three days in May, Music Cork will create a unique opportunity in Ireland to listen to some of the best industry professionals talk about their work and experiences, see the best new talent perform and enjoy plenty of opportunities to network with speakers and delegates over three days of intimate social gatherings and shows.

Performing over the course of Music Cork will be:
THE CORONAS, COLUMBIA MILLS, TALOS & CALLUM STEWART, who will play Cork Opera House on Wednesday May 10.
To apply for FREE TICKETS to this showcase, simply email "WEDNESDAY SHOWCASE" plus your name to [email protected]

Thursday 11th May will see showcases across 4 venues.

Cyprus Avenue
AILBHE REDDY
KORMAC
LYRA
LE BOOM
JACK O'ROURKE

Old Oak
RYAN MCMULLAN
GYPSIES ON THE AUTOBAHN
HEROES IN HIDING
AUDIBLE JOES
BAD BONES

Crane Lane
ROB BURCH
ALEX & ECHOES
BARQ
FANGCLUB

Triskel
JAFARIS
CRY HARRIDAN
SUPER SILLY
LITTLE HOURS

To apply for FREE TICKETS to this showcase, simply email "THURSDAY SHOWCASE" and your name to [email protected]. Guest wristbands will get you in to all of these great showcases.

Speakers for Music Cork

Full price tickets are available to purchase on MusicCork.com which gets you in to all the above plus all the other industry activities taking place over the 3 days, including music industry discussion panels.

Speakers include:
Labels:
-Darcus Beese, President of Island Records
-Mike Smith, Managing Director of Warner Chappell
-Rob Stevenson, Executive Vice President of Universal Republic/Casablanca

Agents:
-Geoff Meall, Head of UTA (Muse, Paramore)
- Steve Zapp, ITB (Biffy Clyro, Editors)
- Josh Javor, Xray Touring (Coldplay, Foy Vance)
- Sarah Casey, LPO (Mick Flannery, Billy Ocean)

Publishing:
-Martin Toher, B-Unique
-Tommas Arnby, Locomotion

Management:
-Ricardo Zambak (Kodaline)
-Ken Allen (James Vincent McMorrow)

Festivals:
-Brian Spollen, MCD
-Shane Dunne, Indiependence
-Andy Smith, Kendall Calling

All the above and more will be taking part in talks focusing on different areas of the music industry including:
Agents Panel
Publishing Panel
Festivals Panel
Creating The Artist
Where Does The Money Go?
Music For TV & Gaming
The Other Side of Trad.
These panels will be moderated by guests such as Nialler9 and Phil Taggart (BBC Radio 1).

In addition to this, there will be opportunities for attendees to network with some of the industry's top minds on the Music Cork Pub Crawls, at a networking breakfast and during Friday's Networking Day Trip.