Culture Night takes place for the seventh time in Ireland on Friday, 21 September, with events all across the island. See here for more a general overview of the event, which attracted over 300,000 people last year. Over the next few days we’ll be making some selections of the music events that catch our attention. We’re taking the events province by province, with Dublin securing an honorary provincial title due to the number of event taking place in the capital. This time we’re heading south, with a selection of music events happening in Munster.

Clare

Glór, Ennis; 8pm Traditional and classical musicians combine with the unusual instrumentation of fiddles, flutes, pipes, oboe, guitar, harp and percussion. Featured musicians include Dave Flynn, the Clare Memory Orchestra, Liz Carroll, Máirtín O’Connor and Mick O’Brien.

Cork

Cork City Library, 61 Grand Parade, Cork; 6pm Singer-songwriter Cormac Ó Caoimh, formerly of the Citadels, will be performing in the library, where music will be interspersed with readings for much of the evening. Ó Caoimh released his new solo album, A New Season for Love, earlier this year.

Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Cork; 8pm A concert of solo and duo repertoire will be held in the Curtis Auditorium featuring harpsichordist James Taylor, recorder player Caoimhe de Paor, viola player David Kenny, pianists Gabriela Mayer and Michael Joyce, violinist Hugh Murray and percussionist Alex Petcu. Guided tours of the School of Music will also be given at 6pm, 6.30pm and 7pm.

Collegiate Church, Youghal; 7.30pm The Youghal Choral Society will perform a recital of pieces from various genres, including numbers from musicals such as Les Misérables and Phantom of the Opera.

O’Donovan’s Hotel, Pearse Street, Clonakilty; 8pm Part of the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, which runs from 20 to 23 September, the Acoustic Forum is an event that features many of the festival’s headlining artists in a more intimate setting. Featuring Richard Gilewitz, Tiny Ruins and others.

Kerry

Market Square, Killarney; 7pm Mexican group Tacumba Son Jarocho perform in the open air as part of their Irish tour. Son Jarocho is a regional folk style from Veracruz, performed with instruments such as the jarana jarocha and requinto jarocho (like small guitars), the arpa jarocha (a type of harp) and the pandero (a percussion instrument).

Limerick

St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick; 8pm The National Chamber Choir, conducted by David Hill, perform their Equinox programme, which they are currently touring around Ireland. The programme includes masses from the Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria as well as music by Thomas Tallis, J.S. Bach and John Rutter.

Herberts Bar, Lisnagry; 9.30pm — 11.30pm Castleconnell Folk Group, who usually meet every week on a Tuesday night, will play instrumental music and songs, as well as perform monologues — participation is encouraged.

Tipperary

Main Guard, Clonmel; 8.30pm Soprano Roisín O’Grady, recorder player Laoise O’Brien and guitarist Eamonn Sweeney perform music from seventeenth-century Ireland, England and France. The concert focusses on music that James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, and his family would have known and includes composers such as Henry Purcell, Turlough O’Carolan and Jean Baptise Lully.

Waterford

Christ Church, Waterford; 6pm The percussionist John Barron will play by candlelight in the church, with visitors invited to take part in a candlelit drumming circle.