Coughlan's Live

01/09/2026

01/09/2026

Absolutely gutted to hear this news. We could try to describe what a wonderful lady Elmarie was but our words just wouldn’t do her justice.
Our deepest sympathies to Conor, her family and all that new and loved her, of whom there are many. Codladh Sámh Elmarie xx

Here at Cork's 96FM we are devastated to hear about the passing of Elmarie Mawe.

As the long-time presenter of The Arts House here on Cork's 96FM, she spent almost 3 decades spotlighting and supporting Cork’s vibrant cultural scene.

A PPI & IMRO Radio Award winner and a primary school teacher, Elmarie was a defining voice of Sunday morning radio, bringing local theatre, literature, and music into thousands of homes across the city and county.

Loyal listeners, Cork performers and those in the radio and entertainment industry will remember her warmth and resilience, her beautiful voice and great sense of humour, which all cement her status as one of Cork radio's most beloved figures.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis 🕊

01/09/2026

Take a look at what's coming to Coughlans Live this September.
Comedy Cavern Julianne Quirke Souldriven Paul Spring Macdara Ó Faoláin Kat Eaton Jack O Rourke William Tyler Mick Flannery Emma Langford Lisa O'Neill The Service George Houston & much much more.

01/09/2026

Coming Soon: Coughlans Live Music Festival 2026
This September, we're once again throwing open our doors for our annual celebration of live music to mark another birthday for Coughlan's. Bringing together friends, music lovers, and a lineup of some of our favourite artists.

01/09/2026

Tonight at Comedy Cavern.

The Comedy Cavern Open Mic is on this Tuesday in Coughlans, with Padraig McAuliffe on hosting duties!!

The night will feature some, all, or even more than the following list of acts:

Aaron Chandler
Hazel
Micheal Roche .thebarman.roche
Rory Connolly
Aaron McCarthy
Fionn Higgins
Daniel Lowry
Adam Raymond .b.city97
James Surgeoner
Kevin O'Connell
Luke Cullen
Michael Brennan
MJ Heffernan

Get down to this Tuesday. Doors are at 8:30pm, and the show starts at 9. It's free in and you can pay what you want at the end.

31/08/2026

Just Announced + On Sale Now
Paddy Dennehy Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. Friday Oct 23rd.
After taking a little over a year away from music Paddy Dennehy and his band will be returning to Coughlan's on Friday the 23rd of October.

“To say that I have missed writing and performing would be something of an understatement. It has been like a constant itch or a sore tooth that demanded further attention. And as is usually the way with such ailments, I am dreadfully sorry that I waited this long to attend to it!”

Work has already begun on a third album which will be released in 2027 and many of these songs will get their first airing outside of a studio in Coughlan's on the night.

Paddy is no stranger to the Irish music scene having shared a stage with many of his childhood idols such as Mick Flannery, Lisa Hannigan, Glen Hansard and Imelda May and performed across Ireland over the years. He has been called a “rare talent” by Rolling Stone France and Hot Press Magazine called his first album “a captivating, gut wrenching showcase of how powerful folk music can be.”

31/08/2026

The Comedy Cavern Open Mic is on this Tuesday in Coughlans, with Padraig McAuliffe on hosting duties!!

The night will feature some, all, or even more than the following list of acts:

Aaron Chandler
Hazel
Micheal Roche .thebarman.roche
Rory Connolly
Aaron McCarthy
Fionn Higgins
Daniel Lowry
Adam Raymond .b.city97
James Surgeoner
Kevin O'Connell
Luke Cullen
Michael Brennan
MJ Heffernan

Get down to this Tuesday. Doors are at 8:30pm, and the show starts at 9. It's free in and you can pay what you want at the end.

30/08/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Rx0Am_po0&list=RDC2Rx0Am_po0&start_radio=1
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥! George Houston
Sunday 27th Sept. Tickets

Hailing from rural Donegal, George Houston is a genre-bending singer-songwriter praised for his poetic, cinematic sound and deeply personal themes. Since debuting in 2020, Houston has released four albums, toured with Paul Weller, and The Divine Comedy, received acclaim from BBC Radio One, RTÉ Radio One, and played Later… with Jools Holland, and The Tommy Tiernan Show. His work explores grief, queerness, and resilience, wrapped in lush harmonies and gothic-folk aesthetics.

This September, we're once again throwing open our doors for our annual celebration of live music to mark another birthday for Coughlan's. Bringing together friends, music lovers, and a lineup of some of our favourite artists.

With support from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

30/08/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za86sYu2T-0&list=RDza86sYu2T-0&start_radio=1

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥! Curtisy. Sept 25th
Curtisy’s ascent feels like the natural next chapter in Ireland’s ongoing cultural purple patch. Since his breakout collaboration with Kojaque just two years ago, the Dublin rapper has become one of the most compelling new voices in a scene unafraid to blur lines between art, fashion, and community. His trajectory has been swift but deliberate: an RTE Choice Prize nomination for his debut album ‘What Was The Question’, a BBC Radio 1Xtra debut with CassKid, a widely-circulated Dazed profile that labelled him “one of the best rappers to ever come out of Ireland,” and a growing catalogue that doubles as a personal diary — candid, witty, self-deprecating, and bracingly honest.

His music lives in the cracks between sharp humour and quiet melancholy, drawing comparisons to Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE but refusing to lose its Irish vernacular. Each track reads less like a performance and more like a conversation overheard, rooted in the working-class surroundings that shaped him. It’s this voice — unfiltered, unpretentious, and emotionally transparent — that has turned Curtisy into a crucial documentarian of contemporary Irish life, the type of rapper who can capture both hopelessness and the flicker of light that cuts through it.

Live, he’s everywhere: from a lauded UK and Ireland tour to cult Irish fashion label Pellador’s runway show, from a storming set at Electric Picnic to opening for New York rap luminary Wiki in Dublin. Alongside those appearances, collaborations have stretched his palette further — a future-facing link-up with hyper-pop outlier Sloucho, and the collaborative mixtape Beauty In The Beast with producer hikii, a record that sought out hope in the most unlikely places. Endorsements from Maverick Sabre and NTS’s DJ Bempah only underscore what’s already clear: Curtisy stands among a wave of Irish artists breaking internationally, a generation that includes Fontaines D.C., Rejjie Snow, Kneecap, Gemma Dunleavy, and Kojaque, all pushing against the weight of circumstance to carve out their own space on the world stage.
This September, we're once again throwing open our doors for our annual celebration of live music to mark another birthday for Coughlan's. Bringing together friends, music lovers, and a lineup of some of our favourite artists.

With support from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport See less

Dublin’s own Curtisy takes the stage at the Chapel Royal for a stan...