Cobh October Events Guide

Ongoing Daily Events
Mon-Sun – Titanic Trail Guided Walking Tour – €9.50 – Commodore Hotel- 11.00 am – Contact Michael Martin – 087 2767218

Mon-Sun – Daily Guided Walking Tours of Spike Island – €12.50 Adults €8.00 Children under 12 years – Departs from Kennedy Pier at 2.00 pm – Marine Transport – 021 4811485

Mon-Sun – The Queenstown Story New Titanic Exhibition – €7.10 Adults €4.00 Children – Cobh Heritage Centre    9.30 am – 5.00 pm – Contact Cobh Heritage Centre – 021 4813591

Mon-Sun – Fota Wildlife Park – €13.50 Adults €9.00 Children – 10.00 am – 5.00 pm – Fota Wildlife Park –  021 4812678

Ongoing Weekly Events
Mondays – Every Monday – SWELS (Seniors With Energetic Lifestyles) – Great Island Community Centre 11.00 am – Contact Great Island Community Centre – 021 4815905

Wednesdays – Cobh Table Tennis Club – Cobh Community College – 5.00pm – 7.00pm – Contact Phil Shaw – 0851441981 – Fee – €3.00 – Age 8 and up.

Fridays – Every Friday – Bingo with over €1500 to be won every week! – Great Island Community Centre – 8.00 pm – Contact Great Island Community Centre – 021 4815905

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Friday 1st October – Fashion Show & Coffee Morning – Cobh Heritage Centre – In aid of Rosewood Grove Project – €6.00 and starts at 11.00sm

Saturday 2nd October – Spike Island – Song Writing Workshop – 5.30pm – 8.30pm – Cobh Youth Services are running a Two Day Music/Song Writing Workshop for 17 – 25 year olds on the 2nd & 3rd October 2010.This will be run by Cork Artists the Frank & Walters and Ken Cotter Singer/Song Writer. This workshop is run to develop an Artist in the Local Community. It will be held in Spike Island which has r…ecently been “released” to the people of Cork County. We hope that this historical venue with so much history will inspire the Artists in their participation in this Music/Song Writing Workshop.

Saturday    2nd October – Fota House – Gardening Seminar – Tickets €50.00 – Starts 9.00 am

Sunday 3rd October -Fota Wildlife Park – African Drumming Workshops – Hit the rhythm of Africa with the Unity Drummers with our very popular African Drumming Workshops

Sunday 3rd October – High Chaperal -Live Music –  Liam Cantillion

Monday 4th October – Fota Wildlife Park – World Animal Week 4th – 10th October- Join us for a week of celebrations for all the animals in the park as Fota joins the World Animal Week Celebrations

Monday 4th October – Cobh Flower & Horticulture Club meeting at Cobh Community Centre – 8.00pm

Thursday    7th October – Sirius Arts Centre – North Cregg in concert –    Tickets €15.00 – 8.00 pm

Thursday 7th October – Colaiste Muire Open Night 2010 – 6.30pm- 8.30pm – 6th Class pupils of Cobh and parents/guardians are invited to visit the school.

Friday 8th October – Sirius Arts Centre – Sandra Minchin and Maleonn Ma Exhibition Opening – 7.00 pm – FREE

Friday 8th October – QUAYS FACTOR – ROCKAOKE 2010

Saturday 9th October – Rushbrooke Manor residents Assoc – Clran-Up  – 12.00pm

Sunday 10th October – High Chaperal – Live Music – Pete Duffy

Saturday 10th October – Rob Roy Bar –  Super Hits Of The 70’s – 9.00pm

Friday 15th October – Adrian “Jackpot” Lewis Darts Exhibition – Commodore Hotel – 8.30pm

Friday 15th October – Sirius Arts Centre – Eleanor McEvoy in concert – Tickets €18.00 – 8.00 pm

Friday 15th October – Fota House – “A Close Shave with the Devil”  Autumn Theatre – Tickets €20.00 – Starts 8.00 pm

Friday 15th October – QUAYS FACTOR – ROCKAOKE 2010

Friday 15th October – Ballymore Community Assoc Ltd – Table Quiz – High Chapperal – 8.30pm

Saturday 16th October – Great Island Community Centre    See You In Cobh presents ” An Audience With… Caitriona Fallon & Band” – €10.00 – Starts 8.00 pm

Saturday 16th October – Crows Nest – Pyjama Party – 10.00pm

Saturday 16th October – Rob Roy Bar – Big Band – 9.00pm

Sunday 17th October – Scoil Iosaef Naofa Annual School Walk – Starts at 11.30am from the school

Sunday 17th October – High Chaperal – Live Music – Tim & Virginia

Monday 18th October – Cobh Community Centre – Doors 7.30pm – East Cork Cinema Club –  Film: The White Ribbon – Germany – 2009 – 144 minutes – Cert 15 – This mysterious drama set in a small village in northern Germany on the eve of the first world war is a portrait of a time & place in history & the gradual unravelling of a society.  Winner of the Palm d’Or at Cannes 2009

Thursday 21st October – Sirius Arts Centre – Lynda Cullen & Band and Knights of The Afternoon – Starts 8.00pm (Doors 7.45) and admission €5.00

Thursday 21st October – Crows Nest Cobh – ‘Student Night’

Friday 22nd October – Quays Bar – QUAYS FACTOR – ROCKAOKE 2010, with What The Funk! – Can YOU impress the judges enough to win your choice of a HOLIDAY for 2 to MARBELLA (Including flights and apartment for 1 week) OR €250 CASH PRIZE!! To be in with a chance of winning this amazing prize, simply join in @ Karaoktober @ The Quays, Cobh on Fridays 1st, 8th and 15th October for three-screen and audience participation Karaoke with AAA DJ’s!! 5 Karaoke participants will be selected from each night to participate in the Grand Finale ‘Quays Factor Rockaoke 2010’, and sing with the infamous and energetic WHAT THE FUNK on Friday 22nd October Bank Holiday Weekend! Maybe you will fulfill your dream of singing with a live band… or it might even be the chance to show your friends that yes you might be tone deaf, but you certainly know how to entertain a crowd! Calling on all Cobh’s singers to come down and show us what you’re made of!

Saturday 23rd October – Marlogue Inn – Individuals Darts Competition – Darts comp with the usual Cup/Shield format. Winners of first round go into cup. Losers go into shield. Sign in for 4pm first game at 4.30 sharp. €5 entry. All boards will be wall mounted

Saturday 23rd October –  8pm (doors 7:45) – Sirius Unplugged presents An evening of Song with Tomas Murray and Friends Featuring WILD VOICES – A capella from Germany With Oileán – Tickets €5

Saturday 23rd October – Fota Wildlife Park – Join the Primates at Fota Wildlife Park in celebrating the Cork Jazz Festival. Live Music each day from 3 – 5pm with Jazz Vocalist Amanda Neri on Saturday and Cork Jazz Legends “The Swing Kings” on Saturday and Sunday. We will also have Fun activities including making monkey masks and face painting. There will also be talks in the park each day on the Primates. Check out Fota Wildlife Park Events at http://www.fotawildlife.ie/events/

Sunday 24th October – High Chaperal – Live Music – Jimmy McCarthy

Sunday 24th October – Crows Nest Cobh – Dirty Secret – 10.00pm

Tuesday 26th October – Fota Wildlife Park – BOO at FOTA (October 26th – 31st) Get all spooky during the October Mid-Term at Fota Wildlife Park with fun activities at BOO

Wednesday 27th October – Fota Wildlife Park –  Halloween Activity Camp – Fota Wildlife Park’s Annual Activity Camp takes place this year from – Wednesday 27th October to Friday 29th October

Thursday 28th October – Great Island Historical Society monthly meeting – 8.00pm – Pray & Pastoral Centre

Friday 29th October – Sirius Arts Centre – Darragh McGann in Concert – 8.00pm – 10.30pm – Tickets are € 10 and can be booked now from Sirius Arts Centre on (021) 4813790

Friday 29th October – Fota Wildlife Park – 9.30pm – Are you a member of the park? Would you like to see what the park is like at night? Well this halloween we are bringing back the special night time tour of the park for our members on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st of October. For more info click here http://www.fotawildlife.ie/events/view/night-time-train-tour-of-the-park

Sunday 31st October – High Chaperal – Live Music – Barry Ahern