MusicFree entry
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.
County Cork
Events in County Cork
33 events from organisers and Fáilte Ireland, placed by the venue rather than by whoever is running it. Pick a day and the list answers for that day.
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33 events still to come in County 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.
- SportTicketed
Skibbereen Walking Festival 2026
25 to 27 September 2026
Skibbereen, Skibbereen, County Cork
Explore West Cork with local walk leaders during Skibbereen’s tenth walking-festival year.
- MusicTicketed
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Pauline Scanlon, Tom Morrow & John Doyle
26 September 2026
Bantry, Bantry, County Cork
Two voices, fiddle and guitar meet in a new traditional-music collaboration at St Brendan’s Church in Bantry.
- ArtsTicketed
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.
- FilmTicketed
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.
- FilmTicketed
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.
- MusicTicketed
Resurgam & West Cork Choral Singers in Concert
3 October 2026
St Brendan's Church, Bantry, County Cork
Resurgam and West Cork Choral Singers join forces for an evening of German choral music in Bantry.
- CommunityTicketed
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.
- ArtsTicketed
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.
- MusicTicketed
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.
- MusicTicketed
Raja Quartet – A World of Quartets
9 October 2026
St Brendan' Church, Bantry, County Cork
The Raja Quartet explores early twentieth-century chamber music with works linked to four different musical traditions.
- MusicTicketed
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.
- MusicFree and ticketed parts
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.
- FestivalsFree and ticketed parts
Aiteall
23 to 25 October 2026
Bantry, Bantry, County Cork
Aiteall turns Bantry into a meeting place for songwriters, folk musicians and curious listeners 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.
- MusicTicketed
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.
- MusicTicketed
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.
- MusicTicketed
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.
- SeasonalFree entry
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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