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Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2026

22 to 26 October 2026Free and ticketed parts

Five days of music across Cork over the October bank holiday weekend. It is two festivals in one place: ticketed concerts in the Opera House, the Everyman, Triskel and St Luke's, and a free trail through pubs and bars that the festival says runs across more than seventy venues in Cork City, Douglas and Kinsale. Which of those you are going to decides almost everything else about the day.

Read the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival visitor guide

Cork City Hall. A view of the festival city, not this year’s performance.
Cork City Hall. A view of the festival city, not this year’s performance.·KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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When
22 to 26 October 2026
Where
8 venues in Cork
Entry
The Guinness Music Trail is free and works on a walk-in basis. The concerts in the named venues are ticketed and sold through each venue's own box office.
Kind
Music

What to expect

The festival describes the free trail as running across more than 70 venues in Cork City, Douglas and Kinsale.

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, read 21 September 2026

Tickets and entry

The Guinness Music Trail is free and works on a walk-in basis. The concerts in the named venues are ticketed and sold through each venue's own box office.

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, read 21 September 2026

Venues

Match your chosen session to its venue before planning the journey.

  • Cork Opera House
    Emmet Place, Cork City, T12 DW6P
    Cork
  • The Everyman
    15 MacCurtain Street, Victorian Quarter, Cork, T23 E094
    Cork
  • Triskel Arts Centre
    Tobin Street, Cork City
    Cork
  • Live at St Luke's
    St Luke's, Cork, T23 XE29
    Cork
  • Cyprus Avenue
    15 Caroline Street, Cork, T12 PY8A
    Cork
  • Cork City Hall
    City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork, T12 T997
    Cork
  • The Metropole Hotel
    MacCurtain Street, Victorian Quarter, Cork, T23 EEC3
    Cork
  • St Peter's
    87A North Main Street, Cork, T12 RF8D
    Cork

Getting there and getting home

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All times are local to Ireland. Scheduled services, without live delay updates.

Set to 22 October 2026. Check your chosen performance time before planning the journey.

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About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works
Destination, access and nearby stops

Cork Opera House is in Cork, County Cork. Routes here end at Emmet Place, Cork City, T12 DW6P, using the venue position in this listing.

Plan your journey using the published public transport timetable, or compare driving and walking. Check the organiser’s page for any event shuttles or road closures before setting off.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Mulgrave Rd (249981), 120 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Mulgrave Rd 120 m
    buses 202A and 202
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Camden Quay 130 m
    bus 210
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • St Patrick's Street 140 m
    buses 205 and 215
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Merchants Quay 210 m
    buses 202A and 202
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Bridge Street 210 m
    buses 208, 207 and 209
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Cork covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Where this comes from

The facts on this page were checked against the sources below on the dates shown. Follow the organiser’s link for programme updates.

The festival's own line-up page carried no acts when it was read, so no line-up is published here. Acts named in the press are not carried as facts about the programme until the organiser publishes them.

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