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Karaoke at Old Oak
25 May to 28 December 2026
Old Oak Pub, Cork, County Cork
Monday karaoke with Trevor Fitz gives Old Oak visitors a turn at the microphone.
Cork, County Cork
Events in Cork
27 events at a venue inside Cork, each listed by organisers and Fáilte Ireland. Where an event is ticketed the link goes to whoever the organiser says sells them, and the journey there is worked out from wherever you are starting.
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27 events still to come in Cork.
For events spanning several days, check the organiser’s daily programme before you go.
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Traditional Irish Music & Dancing
26 May to 30 September 2026
Old Oak, Cork, County Cork
Traditional music and Irish dancing fill the Old Oak on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
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The 2 Drops
4 June to 24 September 2026
Old Oak Pub, Cork, County Cork
The Old Oak’s house band The 2 Drops plays traditional tunes and ballads on Thursday nights.
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Trad Session at Old Oak
7 June to 27 September 2026
Old Oak Pub, Cork, County Cork
Sunday traditional sessions at the Old Oak welcome musicians and people who simply want to listen.
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Sarah Long: Residency & Exhibition
3 September to 25 October 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Sarah Long develops writing, painting and performance around ideas of girlhood, Irish identity and inherited stories at Triskel Sample Project Space.
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Stories from the Sea
26 September 2026
The Everyman, Cork, County Cork
Filmmaker Ken O’Sullivan shares footage and stories from his work in the seas around Ireland and the North Atlantic.
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Stupid August
27 to 30 September 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Pádraig Trehy's Stupid August uses silent cinema to follow a clown whose lost memories return in 1960s Ireland.
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
27 to 30 September 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Grant Gee's drama follows jazz pianist Bill Evans after the death of bassist Scott LaFaro disrupts his music and personal life.
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Cork Comic Con 2026
3 to 4 October 2026
Marina Market, Cork, County Cork
Cork Comic Con brings comics, cosplay and screen culture together for an October weekend.
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David Nihill: Taking Tangents
3 October 2026
The Everyman, Cork, County Cork
David Nihill brings his travel-inspired stand-up show Taking Tangents to Cork.
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47th Cork Folk Festival at Triskel
8 to 11 October 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Triskel's Cork Folk Festival programme combines lunchtime recitals with evening concerts across four October days.
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A World of Quartets with Raja Quartet: Autumn String Quartet Series 2026
10 October 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Raja Quartet places music by Prokofiev, Cork composer Aloys Fleischmann and Argentina's Alberto Ginastera together in a lunchtime recital.
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Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2026
22 to 26 October 2026
8 venues in Cork, County Cork
Five days of music across Cork over the October bank holiday weekend.
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Hayao Miyazaki's Dreams by Mystery Ensemble
23 October 2026
Holy Trinity Church, Cork, Cork, County Cork
Music associated with Hayao Miyazaki’s films comes to Cork in a Mystery Ensemble concert.
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Sunil Sharpe, Rebecca Delle Piane
23 October 2026
Savoy Club, Cork, County Cork
Sunil Sharpe and Rebecca Delle Piane headline a two-room techno night at Cork’s Savoy.
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Bill Laurance: Presented by Music Network
24 October 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Pianist Bill Laurance gives an afternoon concert at Triskel as part of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival programme.
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Trygve Seim & Tord Gustavsen: Inner Chorals
25 October 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Saxophonist Trygve Seim and pianist Tord Gustavsen use Bach chorales as starting points for improvisation in Inner Chorals.
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ECM Cork 2026 - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
31 October 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir brings Arvo Pärt's music to Triskel under conductor Tõnu Kaljuste.
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The Dragon of Shandon 2026
31 October 2026
Cork City, Cork, County Cork
A community-built dragon leads a Halloween-night procession through Cork for the parade’s twentieth anniversary.
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Prayers and Truths with Gealán Quartet: Autumn String Quartet Series 2026
21 November 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Gealán Quartet's lunchtime programme moves from short works by Perkin, Turina and Puccini to Mendelssohn's final string quartet.
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Siobhán Collins: Residency & Exhibition
3 to 31 December 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Cork residents become the subjects of Siobhán Collins's live portrait project at Triskel Sample Project Space.
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Rob Luft & Elina Duni - Reaching For The Moon
5 December 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Vocalist Elina Duni and guitarist Rob Luft return to a duo format for Reaching for the Moon at Triskel.
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The Lyric Tour with Ficino Quartet: Autumn String Quartet Series 2026
5 December 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
The Ficino Quartet pairs Ian Wilson's Lyric Suite with Beethoven's C sharp minor quartet in a lunchtime concert.
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Iarla Ó Lionáird with Cormac McCarthy & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
18 December 2026
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, County Cork
Singer Iarla Ó Lionáird performs with pianist Cormac McCarthy and fiddle player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh at Triskel.
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