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Welcome! For the bank holiday, you’ve got 3 pop-up markets in the city and lots of events for Cork Pride 2026.
Further out, Castletownbere's Festival of the Sea, MitchFest in Mitchelstown, and Beth Orton in Skibbereen could all be worth the drive.
Also, check out the ‘Astronomy on Tap’ event at Franciscan Well next Tuesday if you want some pints and astrophysics.
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✈️ Cork Airport Flight Deals Found This Week
Tenerife - €87 (usually €168+)* | 📅 Sept 14- Sept 18 | View fare →
Zadar - €87 (usually €243+)* | 📅 Sept 1–8 | View fare →
*Usually = the average return price from Ryanair’s month-view fares.
Pop-Up Markets
🛍️ Smacka Makka Creative Swap + Shop | Nudes Craft & Cocktail | Thu 30 Jul, 5pm–8pm | 🎟 Free |
Two-floor craft market with second-hand clothes, prints, reworked clothing, tattoos, pottery and DJs.
🛍️ Lughnasadh Market | Old Town Whiskey Bar at Bodega | Sat 1 Aug, 10am–5:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Market with local artists, stalls, tarot readings, flash tattoos and stick-and-poke tattoos.
🛍️ Sea Dog Market | Mr Bradley’s | Sun, 2 Aug, 2pm–6pm | 🎟 Free |
Pride weekend market with craft stalls, Sea Dog pop-up, DJ, tattoos, mystic readers and dog costume competition.
What’s On This Week
Across The Week
🌊 Castletownbere Festival of the Sea | Castletownbere | 31 Jul–8 Aug, times vary | 🎟 See programme |
Week-long maritime festival with family entertainment, live music, seafood, water activities and local traditions.
Wednesday July 29
😂 ALOK: Eat Pray Leave! | Cyprus Avenue | 7pm | 🎟 €30.26 |
Stand-up show about love and dating mistakes.
🎬 The People's Picturehouse Cork | July Showcase | The Pav | 7pm | 🎟 €5 |
Screening of locally made short films.
🎭 The Four-Faced Liar | Cork Arts Theatre | Wed 29 July– Sat 1 Aug, 8pm | 🎟 €18 |
Cork city play following more than sixty characters through its streets, voices and stories.
Thursday July 30
💃 Everybody Dance with Stevie G | Marina Market Food Court | 11am–12:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Dance session with Stevie G, music and movement for all abilities.
📅 Pages of Pride...an evening at Dubray Cork | Dubray Books Cork | 6pm | 🎟 Free |
LGBTQIA+ literature evening with authors CJ DeBarra and Rebecca Murphy.
🎨 MINI MOSAIC WORKSHOP | Civic Trust House | 6:30pm | 🎟 €35 | Participants learn mosaic techniques and create small mosaic artwork.
🎬 PRIDE SCREENING - PRIOSMA X GAZE | The Pav | 7pm | 🎟 €10 | Film screening presenting work from Priosma and GAZE international LGBTQIA festivals.
🎷 Blissín - On The Pig's Back | On the Pig's Back Café Deli | 7:30pm | 🎟 €17.07 |
Bilingual jazz duo performs with soul singer support at café venue.
🎶 Peter Broderick & The Winterage Men | Briery Gap, Macroom | 8pm | 🎟 €20–€22 |
Folk concert from multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick and friends, with fiddles and warm songs.
🎯 Pride Quiz Night | Wilde Cork | 9pm | 🎟 See venue |
Pub quiz with LGBTQI+ themes and celebrating Pride.
💃 The Queer Appear, Here! | The Circus Factory | 10pm | 🎟 €22.42 |
LGBTQI+ performers share raw experiences through dance, circus, pole, and live vocals.
Friday July 31
🎶 Laura Hyland: NAVIGATOR | Triskel Arts Centre | 11am | 🎟 Free |
Free outdoor improvised music performance with Laura Hyland, Dan Walsh and Eimear Reidy.
📅 Gayme For Your Life! | The Pav | 7pm | 🎟 Free | Drag performance battle fundraiser featuring two performers for Gay Project.
💻 Last Friday Social | The Courtyard on Sober Lane | 7pm | 🎟 Free |
Monthly social for remote and hybrid workers, with a free drink, snack and relaxed chats.
🎭 The Prometheus Project | Dance Cork Firkin Crane | 7:30pm +Sat Aug 1 2pm,7:30pm | 🎟 €18–€20 |
Dance theatre by choreographer Luke Murphy, reworking the Prometheus myth through two solo performances.
🎶 Ger O’Donnell | Sea Church, Ballycotton | Fri 31 Jul, 8pm | 🎟 €25 |
Irish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Ger O’Donnell performs songs from across his career.
📅 THE 4 OF US | Marino Church, Bantry | 8pm | 🎟 €32 |
Acoustic duo performs at the venue for the first time.
🎸 Silver Live at The Roundy | The Roundy | Fri 31 Jul, 8:30pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Loud rock night with Silver, Rafters and Crosswords.
🎧 Milk Pride with Tadhg K | Dali | 10pm | 🎟 €9.60 |
Cork Pride club night with Tadhg K, Acid Dave, Indica Moon and Sniffles.
Saturday August 1
🤝 Anthro Irish 2026 | The Metropole Hotel | 10am | 🎟 €38.52 |
Anthropology conference exploring Irish culture, society, and heritage.
🎉 Cork Ratha Yatra: Festival of the Chariots | Bishop Lucey Park | 11am–5pm | 🎟 Free |
Cultural festival with chariot parade, kirtan music, food and family-friendly activities.
🧺 Pride Family Picnic | Fitzgerald’s Park | 12pm-5pm | 🎟 Free |
Family picnic with bouncy castles, face painting, dog show, food trucks and live performances.
📅 AFL Europe Women's Test Match | IRELAND v AUSTRALIA | Virgin Media Park | 1pm | 🎟 €10 |
Women's Australian Rules football international match between Ireland and Australia.
🎶 MitchFest | New Square, Mitchelstown | 12:30pm–5pm | 🎟 Free |
Busking and beer festival with live music, family fun, a dunk tank and a €10 Mitchfest beer card for six half pints or three full pints.
💘 Rebel Speed Dating Cork | The Bodega | 2pm–4pm | 🎟 €35 |
Speed dating event with spaces left for single men aged 45–55, with hosted five to eight-minute dates.
🎀 Girls Allow’d | Cyprus Avenue | Sat 1 Aug, 6pm | 🎟 €11 |
Girls-only night out with singalongs, party props, treats and pop anthems.
🎨 Afrobeats X Urban Hip Hop Dance Class | Method Fitness | 6:30pm | 🎟 €17.07 |
Pop-up dance workshop covering Afrobeats and urban hip hop choreography.
🎵 Mná | St Catherine's Cultural Centre ,Kinsale | 8pm | 🎟 €27.79 |
Concert featuring female-led Irish music with support acts.
🎵 Voodoo Full Moon Party | Voodoo Rooms | 11pm | 🎟 €9.55 |
Full Moon party with free barbecue, cocktails, and music across multiple floors.
Sunday August 2
🏋️ Singles Fun Run Day – Cork City | Marina Market | 9am | 🎟 Free |
Running event for singles seeking fitness and social connection.
📅 Coaching with Mark Seaman | Cork BMX Club | 11am | 🎟 €22.42 |
BMX coaching session covering athletic technique and training methods.
🏳️🌈 Cork Community Pride Parade | Grand Parade | 1pm | 🎟 Free |
Community Pride parade organised by local volunteers.
🎸 Fair Days Fleadh 2026 | Camus Farm | 2pm | 🎟 €64.33 |
Irish folk and indie artists perform across a daylong showcase festival.
🎵 Stampin' Ground @ Dali, Cork | Dali | 7pm | 🎟 €17.07 |
UK metalcore band performs with aggressive sound and intense live show.
🎉 SAINTS Cork Pride Party with ELLE VOSQUE, & more | Kino Events House | 8pm | 🎟 €13.85 |
Drag and cabaret celebration featuring over fifteen LGBTQI+ performers.
🎶 Beth Orton & Sam Amidon | Skibbereen Town Hall | 8pm | 🎟 From €33.15 |
Acclaimed English songwriter Beth Orton performs with special guest Sam Amidon.
🎉 CORK PRIDE PARTY with Emma Doran, Kyran Thrax, Paige Three & Blu Hydrangea | The Pav | 9pm | 🎟 €13.85 |
Drag performance with DJs and special guest performers.
Monday August 3
🎸 Grace Broadhead & Jason Turk: Live in An Seomra | Wallis' Bar, Midleton | 7:30pm | 🎟 See venue |
Folk duo performance with traditional session to follow.
🎤 Fair Play Open Mic | The Roundy | 7:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Relaxed open mic night with keyboard, guitar, bass and ukulele provided.
Tuesday August 4
🔬 Astronomy on Tap Cork: Eclipse Edition | Franciscan Well Brewery & Brewpub | 7pm | 🎟 Free |
Professional astrophysicists deliver talks on astronomy and eclipse science.
🎵 Leo Mullane & Band, Book’d @ Prim’s | Prim's Bookshop: Bibliotherapy | 7:30pm | 🎟 €17.07 | Singer-songwriter performs alternative tunings with reggae grooves and intimate lyrics.
Kids Events
🏰 Youghal Medieval Festival | St Mary’s College Gardens, Youghal | Sun 2 Aug, 11am–5pm | 🎟 Free |
Family heritage festival with Viking warriors, medieval camps, crafts, food and live demonstrations.
🧱 Riverstick Summer Lego Camp | Riverstick Community Centre | Mon 3–Tues 4 Aug, 9am–1pm | 🎟 €80 |
Two-day Lego camp for ages 5–12, with building challenges, creative play and new friends.
🎮 NEC Summer Gaming Camp | National Esports Centre | Tue 4–Fri 7 Aug, 10am–3pm | 🎟 €140 |
Four-day gaming camp for ages 8–15, with STEM skills, team challenges and supervised esports sessions.
Planning Ahead
🍽️ RTÉ Today Show Chef Collaboration | 1 Lapp’s Quay | Thu 13 Aug, 6:30pm–9pm | 🎟 €99.75 |
Cork on a Fork dinner with RTÉ chefs Eunice Power, Alex Petit and Mags Roche.
🍝 Cork and Fork Kids | Don Gregorio | Sun 16 Aug, 10am–12pm | 🎟 €22.42 |
Hands-on pasta-making workshop where kids roll, shape and taste their own creation
🎩 Keith Barry: Unhinged | The Everyman | Fri 16– Sat 17 Oct, 8pm | 🎟 €40.20 |
Keith Barry celebrates 25 years of magic, hypnosis and mind games with his final Unhinged shows.
Old Cork
North Main Street in December 1955 looking north towards Bachelors Quay.
Image attribution: Anthony Barry Photographic Archive
