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music · Saturday 15 August 2026 · 7:00pm 
Friends In Low Places - The Ultimate Garth Brooks Experience - Cyprus Avenue
At Cyprus Avenue · Caroline Street, Cork, Co. Cork
At Cyprus Avenue · Caroline Street, Cork, Co. Cork
Friends In Low Places, billed as “The Ultimate Garth Brooks Experience,” bring a full tribute show to Cyprus Avenue in Cork city centre on Saturday 15 August 2026. Garth Brooks tribute nights have been reliably popular around Ireland in recent years, riding the wave of interest generated by Brooks’ own Croke Park shows, and this one covers his best-known country hits with a full band arrangement rather than a solo acoustic set. Expect a set built around crowd singalongs, big choruses and the kind of stadium-country energy that made Brooks one of the best-selling live acts of his generation, reworked for a standing room rather than an arena. Cyprus Avenue’s central location and late licence make it an easy pairing with a night out in the city, and the tribute format tends to draw a mixed-age crowd who grew up on Brooks’ 1990s and 2000s output as well as newer fans discovering him through his live shows.
Tribute nights of this kind have become a fixture of the Irish live circuit in recent years, filling the gap between an artist’s occasional arena tours with a more frequent, affordable alternative that still delivers the singalong moments fans want. A mid-August Saturday slot puts this show in the middle of the venue’s busy summer schedule, and the format tends to suit groups and birthday nights out as much as solo gig-goers.
Cyprus Avenue is on Caroline Street, just off Patrick’s Street in Cork city centre, within walking distance of the main shopping district and city-centre car parks.
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