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Upcoming Fitzgerald’s Park event in Cork highlights importance of minding mental health and wellbeing, particularly for those seeking a future working in creative sectors

Mary Crilly will be a panel moderator at this years Joy in the Park. She chats about the work she has been doing in the arts industry

THE normally sedate Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork will be transformed into a joyous and quirky celebration of life for the return of a very special event taking place there on Sunday, July 23.

The festival, in collaboration with Cork Mental Health Foundation, will raise awareness for mental health with a celebration of life and colour.

Mental health awareness festival Joy in the Park will return to Leeside this year following its massively successful inaugural outing last summer.

Joy in the Park Returns for it's Second Year !!

THE normally sedate Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork will be transformed into a joyous and quirky celebration of life for the return of a very special event taking place there on Sunday, July 23.

        Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Music has the power to heal, a fact that has never been as relevant as it has over the challenging last few years. On his new album, “The Couch Sessions,” the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and composer Nicholas Payton provides a session of musical therapy that draws on … Continue reading

Nicholas Payton has frequently stated that his favorite musician is Miles Davis. So, here on Couch Sessions he taps a couple of veterans with similar shared histories – with each other and with Miles, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Lenny White.