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This is up there with the busiest weekends of the year, with Heritage Week and Cork on a Fork in full swing. If you missed it, we sent a Cork on a Fork one-off newsletter on Sunday with a rundown of all the events, so check your inbox for that, or you can read it here if you just joined us.
Heritage Week is throwing up some unusual talks like the history of Freemasonry in Cork, plus free guided tours of local landmarks like Christchurch and The Everyman. We have also included some of the best remaining Cork Fork events below. Enjoy!
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What’s On This Week
Across The Week
🍴 Cork on a Fork Fest 2026 | Cork City Centre | Wed 12–Sun 16 Aug | 🎟 Prices vary |
Five-day food festival with 100+ events showcasing Cork food, local talent and family activities.
🏛️ National Heritage Week 2026 | County Cork | Sat 15–Sun 23 Aug | 🎟 Free |
Nine-day heritage programme with 200 cultural, built and natural heritage events.
🐴 Millstreet International Horse Show | Green Glens Arena | Tues 11–Sun 16 Aug, times vary | 🎟 Free |
International show jumping with riders and horses from Ireland and overseas.
Wednesday August 12
🎭 Word Against The Word | Cork Arts Theatre | Wed 12–Sat 15 Aug, 8pm; Fri 1pm | 🎟 €18 evening, €15 lunchtime, €20 with lunch |
Keith Dunphy blends autobiography and Shakespeare in a solo play about dyslexia and acting.
Thursday August 13
🍽️ Tasting Notes: A Cork Tasting Experience | Bakestone, Perry Street | 6pm | 🎟 €32.10 |
Guided sensory tasting exploring coffee, cacao, grapes, milk, wheat and flavour development.
🍽️ Cask x Fiáin Garden Party | Cask | 6pm–10pm | 🎟 RSVP required |
Garden party with foraged Irish ingredients, seasonal plates and matching cocktails.
🤼 Over The Top Wrestling: After Dark | Cyprus Avenue | Doors 7pm | 🎟 €28 |
Independent wrestling event with matches revealed live on the night.
🎸 SORE LOSERS 2026 // Other Mother / Joycult / BMU / Bazookafish | Fred Zeppelins | 7:30pm | 🎟 €8.48 |
Alt-rock and indie bands perform together across multiple acts.
🎭 Cú Chulainn | The Everyman | 7:30pm | 🎟 €30 |
Concert performance of opera exploring Cú Chulainn, Ferdia, Queen Medb and Conor Mac Nessa.
Friday August 14
⛵ Cobh People’s Regatta | Cobh | Fri 14–Sun 16 Aug, times vary | 🎟 Prices vary |
Maritime festival with sailing races, live music and family activities around Cobh.
🍽️ English Market Taste Trail | English Market | 12pm | 🎟 €44.52 |
Guided tasting tour of six food stalls within the historic market.
🍽️ Green Lunch Celebration | The Hideout Cafe and Art Gallery | 12pm | 🎟 €15.99 |
Lunch event featuring sustainable food practices and local community networking.
🏕️ Rory's Birthday Party Sherkin | Sherkin Island | Fri 14–Sun 16 Aug, 12pm onwards | 🎟 €169 |
Three-night island camping party with DJs, live music, food and drink on site.
🥃 Whiskey Tasting with West Cork Range | Moxy Cork | 4pm | 🎟 €25 | Whiskey tasting featuring the West Cork distillery range with industry representatives.
🍽️ Taste the Summer @ Dwyers Cork | Dwyers of Cork | 6pm | 🎟 €15 | Schweppes-sponsored summer tasting session featuring seasonal drinks and flavours.
📅 Free Fire Show at Holland Park | Slides at Marina Greenway | 8pm | 🎟 Free |
Family-friendly fire performance show.
🎭 Esoterica Sound | Dali | 8pm | 🎟 €3.12 |
Collective of local DJs and producers exploring experimental sounds and musical journeys.
🎸 Cow In The Water & The Men From Manhole | savoy | 8pm | 🎟 €17.04 | Alternative rock bands perform together in a debut show collaboration.
🎸 INCHIGEELA FESTIVAL 2026 | Inchigeela | 9pm | 🎟 €27.79 |
Traditional Irish music session with folk groups performing.
Saturday August 15
🏰 Discover 400 Years of Elizabeth Fort | Elizabeth Fort | 11am, 1pm & 3pm | 🎟 Free |
Guided tour exploring the fort’s military history and role in Cork.
🏰 Medieval Day | Cork Public Museum | 11am–4pm | 🎟 Free |
Self-guided medieval experience with themed stations, historical objects, stories and costumes.
📖 Mary Harris: The Cork Girl Who Became the Most Dangerous Woman in America | Maldron Hotel Shandon | 11am | 🎟 Free |
Ger O’Mahony discusses Cork-born labour activist Mary Harris “Mother” Jones.
🧬 Irish Genealogy Basics with David Ryan | St. Peter’s Cork | 11am | 🎟 Free |
Introductory talk covering DNA tests, census records and starting Irish genealogy research.
🍽️ English Market Taste Trail | English Market | 12pm | 🎟 €44.52 |
Small plate tasting trail showcasing produce and dishes from the English Market.
🧭 Three Centuries of Freemasonry in Munster | Masonic Hall, Tuckey Street | 12pm | 🎟 Free |
Talk exploring Freemasonry in Munster from 1726 to 2026.
🗣️ Order, Counterorder and Disorder: The Cork Brigade of Irish Volunteers and the 1916 Rising | St. Peter’s Cork | 1pm | 🎟 Free |
Gerry White examines why Cork Volunteers did not participate in the 1916 Rising.
🎨 Puppet-making workshop (Open Walls's Big Summer Show) | Wandesford Quay | 1pm | 🎟 €15 |
Puppet-making workshop with all materials provided, suitable for all ages.
💥 Gunpowdermills Walk and Talk | Ballincollig Regional Park | 2pm–4pm | 🎟 Free |
Guided walk exploring Ballincollig’s 19th-century gunpowder mills and River Lee.
🍹 Shaken & Served | Gallagher's Cork | 2pm | 🎟 €92.15 |
Cocktail tasting with three-course meal and live music accompaniment.
🏰 Guided Walking Tour of the Old City Walls | Meet at St Peter’s Church | 2:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Guided walk tracing Cork’s old city walls with Liam O’Húigin.
📅 Historic Pub Trail | Callanan's Bar | 3pm | 🎟 €84.75 |
Walking tour exploring Cork's historic pubs and their cultural significance.
🏛️ Cork Heritage Open Day: Christchurch Guided Tour | Triskel Arts Centre | 3pm | 🎟 Free |
Guided one-hour tour exploring Christchurch’s medieval origins, architecture and civic history.
🥃 unCorked - Premium Cork Whiskeys Tasting with Whiskey Chats Podcast | The Fountain Pub | 4pm | 🎟 €65.19 |
Guided tasting of Cork whiskeys hosted by Whiskey Chats Podcast presenter.
🎭 Cork Heritage Day: Behind the Scenes Tour | The Everyman | 6pm | 🎟 Free |
Immersive theatrical tour exploring The Everyman’s 129-year history through actors and stories.
🎵 Friends In Low Places - The Ultimate Garth Brooks Experience | Cyprus Avenue | 7pm | 🎟 €30.26 |
Tribute concert performing Garth Brooks hits with a seven-piece band.
🎵 Tribute Night in Memory of James Spillane Drummer | The Crane Lane Theatre | 7:30pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Tribute concert honouring drummer James Spillane, with proceeds supporting Irish Lung Fibrosis Association.
🎸 J.P. Cormier | The White Horse | 8:30pm | 🎟 €27.19 |
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performs folk and acoustic guitar music.
🎻 The Music of The Lord of The Rings: Tribute to Howard Shore | Holy Trinity Church | 8:30pm | 🎟 From €20 |
Mystery Ensemble performs a tribute to Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings film scores.
🎉 Pitch'd Festival Gala - Weird in Cork | Circus Factory | 8:30pm | 🎟 €22.42 | Circus and street arts gala featuring acrobatic and performance acts.
Sunday August 16
📅 Open Day at Parade and Garrison Houses at Elizabeth Fort in Cork | Elizabeth Fort | 12pm | 🎟 Free |
Heritage buildings at Elizabeth Fort offer public access and viewing.
🍽️ Sophie's Aperitivo Club - Cork on a Fork 2026 | Sophie's Rooftop Cork | 12:30pm | 🎟 €38.52 |
Rooftop brunch featuring Cork produce and distillery cocktails.
🍽️ Pembroke Street Table - Cork on a Fork Festival | The Imperial Hotel & SPA | 2pm | 🎟 €90.81 |
Shared street dining featuring local food, live music, and drinks.
🎧 Aye Day Party | Aye | 2pm–6pm | 🎟 Price not stated |
Sunday afternoon house music party with DJs Cellaire and Leezur.
🍽️ Casa, Brazil meets Greece Sunday | Casa at The Rendezvous | 2pm | 🎟 €85.70 |
Brazilian and Greek music, food, and cultural celebration.
🍽️ The Market Table - Zero-Waste Dinner with FoodCloud & Orla McAndrew | The English Market | 3pm | 🎟 €85 |
Zero-waste dinner featuring seasonal cuisine prepared from surplus market ingredients.
🎭 Counting House Drinks Theatre with Tastings | The Counting House (Beamish & Crawford) | 3pm | 🎟 Free |
Drinks theatre with local producers, storytellers, and tastings exploring Cork's milk, buttermilk, and coffee.
🍽️ Chef Collaboration at Goldie Chapel | Goldie Chapel | 5pm | 🎟 €173.25 | Three chefs collaborate on a three-course dinner with paired drinks.
🎉 The Cork Runway - Fashion Show & Social Event | Cyprus Avenue | 6pm | 🎟 €22 |
Fashion showcase featuring Cork boutiques and designers with rooftop after party.
🍹 Caipirinha Masterclass | Kino Events House | 6pm | 🎟 €32.46 |
Cocktail masterclass teaching caipirinha preparation and variations with professional bartender.
🚶 Cork Through the Ages: An Introduction to the Historical Development of Cork City | Meet at National Monument, Grand Parade | 6:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Guided walking tour exploring the historical development of Cork City.
🎵 INCHIGEELA FESTIVAL 2026 | Inchigeela | 9pm | 🎟 €27.79 |
Festival programme featuring electronic and dance music acts.
Monday August 17
🎤 K-Pop All Stars | The Everyman | 2pm | 🎟 €38 |
Live K-pop tribute show featuring hits by Blackpink, BTS, Stray Kids, Twice and more.
🍷 Beyond White: Orange Wine & Cheese Tasting | Franciscan Well Brewery & Brewpub | 6:30pm | 🎟 €43.87 |
Orange wine and cheese tasting featuring three distinctive wine styles.
Tuesday August 18
🎨 Wine & Paint Night | The Hideout Café | 7pm | 🎟 €43.87 |
Guided painting evening with wine, materials and instruction provided for all levels.
🎭 Craic! The Improv Irish Play | Cork Arts Theatre | 8pm | 🎟 €18, €15 group rate |
Improvised Irish comedy where audiences choose characters, scenarios and storylines each night.
Kids Events
🦊 Tales from Acorn Wood | The Everyman | Fri Aug 14, 2pm; Sat 15 Aug, 10:30am, 1:30pm & 4pm | 🎟 €22 |
Interactive family theatre adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s stories.
🍽️ A Hysterical Children's Food Trail | Cork City Centre | Sat Aug 15, 12pm | 🎟 €19.26 |
Children's food trail exploring Cork City Centre's culinary history and heritage.
🎨 Kids & parents cupcake workshop | Urban Pantry | Sat Aug 15, 2pm | 🎟 €43.87 |
Kids and parents decorate cupcakes together, with hot chocolate and coffee provided.
🎭 The Princess Proms: Cork | Cork City Hall | Tues Aug 18, 2pm + 5pm | 🎟 €20.46 |
Concert featuring Disney and musical theatre songs performed for children dressed as princesses.
Old Cork
The Munster Arcade on St. Patrick’s Street traded in the 1960s before the site eventually became home to Penneys.
Image attribution: Anthony Barry Photographic Archive
