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Welcome! This week, Friday’s traditional rambling house at the Butter Museum has caught our eye. The 50-trader Record Fair is also back at Marina Market.
And for those who’ve wondered whether they could fly a plane, Cork Airport has a free flight school open day on Saturday.
For the Circus Vegas family passes last week, well done to Patrick. We’ll reach out with those shortly!
Next week is packed, so I’d appreciate it if you could vote in the poll at the end of this email. Thanks.
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Discounts & Deals
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✈️ Cork Airport Flight Deals Found This Week
Milan - €153 (usually €326+)* | 📅 Fri Aug 28 - Mon Aug 31 | View fare →
Carcassonne - €67 (usually €221+)* | 📅 Tues Aug 25 - Sat Aug 29 | View fare →
*Usually = the average return price from Ryanair’s month-view fares.
Pop-Ups & Openings
🥙 Ammo’s Greek Food Truck (Now Open At The Fifth Quarter, Rory Gallagher Place)
Second Cork location serving gyros, souvlaki and Greek street food from chefs Klaudjo and Gui.
What’s On This Week
Wednesday August 5
🎬 Blues Day at The Kino | The Kino Events House | 4pm–11pm | 🎟 Free |
Blues films and documentaries screen throughout the day, with music between screenings.
📚 TRESTLE X AAI : Patrick Lynch Public Lecture | The Crypt | 6:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Architect Patrick Lynch discusses Robin Walker, late modernism and West Cork house Bothar Bui.
👕 Clothes Swap | Rebel Reads Bookshop | 7:00pm | 🎟 €5 |
Monthly clothes swap where attendees exchange up to five good-quality washed clothing items.
Thursday August 6
🎨 Plant Pot Painting: Peaches + Cream | The Hideout Café | 7pm–9pm | 🎟 £18 |
Plant pot painting social with peaches and cream, designed for meeting new people.
😂 A Night Of Comedy At Mabel Lane | Mabel Lane | 7:30pm | 🎟 €17.07 |
Comedy night featuring Irish comedians Owen Colgan and Dave Horgan.
📅 Paint your own tote bag - Neon Paint Experience | The Liberty Bar X Resistance | 7:30pm | 🎟 €35 |
Participants paint tote bags under neon lights with drinks.
🎭 4.48 Psychosis | Cork Arts Theatre | Thu 6–Sat 8 Aug, 8pm; Sat 2:30pm | 🎟 €24 |
Sarah Kane’s final play, directed by Tom Creed and performed by Marty Rea.
🎵 John Foley Prized band and The Tin Whistle | Nudes Craft & Cocktail | 9pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Limerick alternative folk quartet performs with support from Cork supergroup Tin Whistle.
Friday August 7
🎉 West Cork History Festival 2026 | Inish Beg Estate, Baltimore | Fri Aug 7- Sun Aug 9 | 🎟 €10-€30 |
History festival exploring boundaries in local, national, and international contexts.
🎨 Art Installations Talk with Eoin Turner | Global Hub, Nano Nagle Place | 6pm–7pm | 🎟 €5 |
Sculptor Eoin Turner discusses his glass installations and creative process at Nano Nagle Place.
🤝 After work social for Remote & Hybrid employees in Kinsale | All Apologies | 6:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Networking social for remote and hybrid workers to socialise after work.
💃 FREE Latin Dance Open Night in Cork! | The Tribe Dance Academy | 6:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Latin dance open night featuring salsa, bachata, and kizomba for all levels.
🎵 Son Solar | Cyprus Avenue | 7pm | 🎟 €17.60 |
Latin band concert with dancing and live music performance.
🍺 ONLY Peroni x Seventy Seven | 77 Grand Parade | 7pm–11pm | 🎟 €13.85 |
Two Peroni pints, Italian-inspired bites, live DJ and interactive pouring experience.
🎵 Butter Supper Club - Lughnasadh | The Butter Museum | 7:30pm | 🎟 Free (booking required) |
Traditional rambling house with céilí dancing and live music.
🎤 Motown by Candlelight | Cork City Hall | 7:30pm | 🎟 €30-€50 |
Band and singers perform Motown hits by The Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.
🎭 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Briery Gap | 8pm | 🎟 €22 |
One-man theatrical retelling of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem with music and atmospheric staging.
🎸 Hermitage Green | Sea Church | 8pm | 🎟 €30 |
Irish folk-rock band performs as part of its 15-year anniversary tour.
🎸 ASH RED x GOODBYEVIKING x EVIL SCIENTIST | Fred Zeppelins | 8pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Three bands perform: alternative rock, indie pop, and electronic music.
🎷 Dónal Dineen's Backstory with QUANTIC and B+ | savoy | 8:30pm | 🎟 €22.43 |
DJ night featuring global music spanning Afrobeat, Ethiopian jazz, Caribbean soul, and cumbia.
Saturday August 8
🧘 Move & Meditate on the Beach | Myrtleville Beach | 7:30am | 🎟 €13.85 |
Beachfront Pilates flow, breathwork and guided meditation, with an optional sea dip.
🚴 Youghal RNLI Charity Cycle 2026 | MY Greenway | 8am | 🎟 €22.42 |
Charity cycle ride on East Cork Greenway welcoming cyclists of all ages and abilities.
💿 Cork City Record Fair | Marina Market | 10:30am–5pm | 🎟 Free |
Up to 50 traders sell vinyl, CDs, tapes and music memorabilia.
📅 AFTA Cork Open Day 2026: Discover Your Wings | Cork Airport | 11am | 🎟 Free |
Aviation school open day with aircraft viewing and instructor talks.
🎻 Meliora Quartet | Triskel Arts Centre | 1pm | 🎟 €18, €15 concession |
String quartet performs works by Caroline Shaw, Webern and Beethoven.
📅 Borrow a poet from The Poets Library | Cork City Library | 1pm | 🎟 Free | Poet discusses the origins, influences, and craft of impactful poetry.
🏃 Sherkin Island Do Run Run 2026 | Sherkin Island | 2:30pm–4pm | 🎟 €0–€17.07 |
Family-friendly island run with 4km, 6km and 8km routes for all abilities.
🎸 Leo Mullane | Maureen's | 3pm | 🎟 Free |
Singer-songwriter performs alternative folk with intimate and reggae-influenced material.
🎧 CLUB 30 | Cyprus Avenue | 6pm-10pm | 🎟 €11 |
Over 30s club night with 80s, 90s, 00s hits starting and ending early.
🎨 Intro to Sourdough | 24 Sullivan's Quay | 6pm | 🎟 €17.07 |
Hands-on sourdough workshop covering dough handling, tasting, and starter kit.
🕯️ The Music of Taylor Swift by Candlelight | Cork City Hall | 7:30pm | 🎟 €29.50 - €49.50 |
Candlelit Taylor Swift tribute show performed by a live band and vocalists.
🎬 André Rieu’s 2026 Summer Concert: Viva Maastricht! | Briery Gap | 7:30pm | 🎟 €20, €18 accessible |
Cinema screening of André Rieu’s 20th-anniversary Maastricht concert with the Johann Strauss Orchestra.
🎵 TABU - Break the Pattern | Sky Bar Cork | 8pm | 🎟 €10 |
Immersive electronic music event with art installations and communal dancing.
🎧 MS DSF | Cyprus Avenue | 11pm | 🎟 €24.76 |
Actress and award-winning DJ Dorcas Shola Fapson plays Hip Hop, R&B, Afrobeats, Dancehall and global club anthems.
Sunday August 9
🎨 Alterations Clinic Sunday 9th August 2026 | St. John the Baptist Parish Hall | 10am | 🎟 €49.24 |
Clothing alterations workshop where tailors assess and adjust garments for fit.
🎨 Needle Felting Workshop - Kinsale - August Craft Month | Kinsale · Temperance Hall | 10:30am | 🎟 €50.31 |
Needle felting workshop teaching wool painting technique using barbed needles.
📅 Kinsale Community Walk | Kinsale Town Car Park | 11am | 🎟 Free |
Community walking group meets for a neighbourhood stroll.
💕 Cork Speed Dating Ages 45-55 | Clancy's Cork | 3pm | 🎟 €36.14 |
Speed dating event for single adults aged forty-five to fifty-five.
🎨 Beginner Embroidery Workshop | Temperance Hall | 3pm | 🎟 €49.24 |
Embroidery workshop covering basic stitching techniques with materials provided.
📚 A Solar Eclipse from Cork - a talk by Dr. Niall Smith | CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory | 6:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Astronomy talk covering the upcoming solar eclipse and observational perspectives.
🎸 ✨ Joy of Little Things ✨ by When Chai Met Toast in Cork | Kino Events House | 7pm | 🎟 €27.79 |
Indie-folk concert celebrating simple pleasures and everyday moments.
Monday August 10
📅 Andy Cole & Andy Mitten in conversation | Cyprus Avenue | 7pm | 🎟 €38.50 |
Andy Cole shares Manchester United stories with journalist Andy Mitten.
Tuesday August 11
🎬 Artists Film International 2026 | Triskel Arts Centre | Tues 11–Thurs 13 Aug, 10am–3:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Weekly-changing international artists’ films exploring how systems of power shape seeing and visibility.
🎲 Games Night: Board & Card Games in a Pub | The Roundy | 7pm | 🎟 Free |
Social games night featuring board games and card games.
🎸 Kirris Riviere & The Delta du Bruit | The Roundy | 9pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Blues band performance featuring guitar, harmonica, and vocals.
Kids Events
🎨 Painting the Galaxy Tweens & Teens Workshop | Blackrock Castle Observatory | Sat 8 Aug, 10am–12pm | 🎟 €30 |
Ages 10–17 create galaxy artwork inspired by telescope images with guided painting.
🧚 Fairy School 3 Day Camp | Ballinlough Community Centre | Mon 10–Wed 12 Aug, 10am–1pm | 🎟 From €54.46 |
Three-day camp with fairy dancing, drama, mindfulness, crafts and outdoor nature activities.
🎮 NEC Summer Gaming Camp | National Esports Centre | Tue 11–Fri 14 Aug, 10am–3pm | 🎟 €140 |
Four-day gaming camp for ages 8–15, with STEM skills, team challenges and supervised esports sessions.
Planning Ahead
🍷 Bottles & Bites: Poliphonia Takeover | L’Atitude 51 | Wed 12 Aug, 6pm & 8pm | 🎟 €50 |
Four Georgian wines paired with bites, guided by Poliphonia and Pheasant’s Tears Winery.
🍽️ Cork Food History Guided Tour | Cork City Centre | Wed 12–Thu 13 Aug, 10am–12pm | 🎟 €73.50 adult, €63.17 youth, under-10s free |
Guided walking tour of Cork’s food heritage with local tastings and historical storytelling.
🍽️ The Big Table Mixer: Marina Market x Cork on a Fork | Marina Market | Fri 14 Aug, 6pm–9pm | 🎟 €47.10 |
Alcohol-free communal three-course meal with relaxed socialising, cocktails and music between courses.
🦊 Tales from Acorn Wood | The Everyman | Fri 14–Sat 15 Aug, times vary | 🎟 €22 |
Interactive family theatre adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s stories.
Old Cork
Daunt Square, off Grand Parade and Patrick Street, in the 1960s, when the McCarthy Ltd bakery occupied the corner.
Image attribution: Anthony Barry Photographic Archive
Before You Go
Next week is really busy, with Cork on a Fork and Heritage Week bringing lots of events across the city.