Edel Curtin of Coughlans live music venue chats about the Live Music Collective which consists of 23 live venues around around the Country with 6 in Cork and they are: Coughlans, The Crane Lane,The Kino,De Barras, Levis Corner Store,The White Horse and Connolly's . With funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 2000 people were hired taking part in 400 shows, with over 500,000 audience members engaging digitally. Having seen how much of a success those events were the venues decided to come together and support each other by applying for the funding as one group. As they all have one goal and this is to save the live music industry. Edel feels like now more than ever it is so important to support grassroots venues. If you are looking for some virtual live gigs to watch this weekend you can catch Mick Flannery live in Ballincollig at 9 O'Clock on Saturday night, the set theatre have David Kitt at 8.30 PM, and The Spirit Store have The Strypes at 8 PM. For more information on upcoming gigs visit :https://www.facebook.com/LiveVenueIre/