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Welcome! This Saturday, you’ve got Europe’s biggest thrift festival at Marina Market with hundreds of sellers.
There’s also an all-weekend holistic health event at City Hall. It’s totally free and will have hundreds of workshops, classes and talks.
And if you’re in the market, Bantry has something different: a singles festival running over the weekend with different matchmaking events each day!
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Building Tools For Cork
We’re getting closer to launching our regular events site! So far, we’ve found 327 events happening around the county! Pulling them all together has taken some work, but we should be ready to let you explore the site very soon.
What’s On This Week
Wednesday September 9
😂 Mary’s Hopes and Dreams | Cork Arts Theatre | Wed 9–Sat 12 Sep, 8pm; Sat 2:30pm | 🎟 €18 |
Physical comedy about contemporary rural Ireland with slapstick, mime, song, and dance.
Thursday September 10
🎭 The Irish Of Brittany | Wavelength Rooftop Bar | 7pm | 🎟 €8.80 |
Immersive musical performance exploring Irish migration to Brittany during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
🎬 PRIOSMA Queer Film Festival | Thu 10–Sun 13 Sep, times vary | 🎟 Prices vary |
Queer film festival with features, shorts, performances and industry events across Cork.
🎸 The South | Cork Opera House | 8pm | 🎟 €36 |
Nine-piece band featuring former Beautiful South members performs hits including Perfect 10, Rotterdam and A Little Time.
Friday September 11
🍽️ Tom Ford Cork Tobacco Chocolat Event | Brown Thomas Cork (Level 1 Fashions) | 4pm | 🎟 €43.87 |
Fragrance launch event with coffee tasting, masterclass, and makeup demonstration.
🎷 The Jazz Room: Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong Tribute | The Pavillion | 6:30pm | 🎟 €30 |
Live band performs classics by Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong in an intimate jazz setting.
💘 Craic On: Bantry Singles Festival | Bantry Town | Fri 11–Sun 13 Sep, times vary | 🎟 Prices vary |
Singles festival with matchmaking, speed dating, sober mingles, activities and pub entertainment.
🎵 Chris Boldt | Wavelength Rooftop Bar | 7pm | 🎟 €16.50 |
Country-Americana musician performs with full band.
🍽️ Cointreau Spicy Margarita Launch Night | 77 Grand Parade | 7pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Cointreau Spicy Margarita launch featuring cocktails, spicy food, and live DJ.
🍷 Ballymaloe Grainstore Food Sessions - Chapter two: Almost Anywhere | Ballymaloe Grainstore | 7pm | 🎟 €79.43 |
Multi-course shared feast of seasonal local produce with wine pairings and cocktails.
💼 Friday Lates: Launch of Art + Neurodiversity Commission | The Glucksman | 7pm | 🎟 Free |
Art collection launch featuring commissions exploring neurodiversity experiences through creative practice.
😂 Paul Crowley " That's Paul Folks "| City Limits | 8pm | 🎟 €22.42 |
Cork comedian Paul Crowley performs his comedy special about modern life and fatherhood.
😂 Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From A Really Nice Guy | Cork Opera House | 8pm | 🎟 €30 |
Political stand-up on inequality, autocracy, modern politics and existential angst.
🎧 LIGHTER x FLIRT present I DREAMED I DREAM & DJ Jen | savoy | 10pm | 🎟 €11.64 |
Lesbian Lines Afterparty featuring indie-pop band and DJ set.
Saturday September 12
🧘 Cork Mind Body Experience | Cork City Hall | Sat 12–Sun 13 Sep, 10am–7pm | 🎟 Free |
Two-day wellbeing event with mind, body and holistic health exhibitors and activities.
👗 Clothes Cycle Cork | Marina Market | 11am | 🎟 €5–€8.50 |
Thrifting festival with 100+ vintage sellers, clothes swap, DJs, alterations and pop-ups.
🎻 ConTempo Quartet: Of Woods and Water | Triskel Arts Centre | 1pm | 🎟 €18, €15 concession |
String quartet performs works by Haydn, Judith Ring and Beethoven.
🩺 Love Your Vulva Live | Cork Opera House | 2:30pm & 8pm | 🎟 €76 |
Laura Dowling hosts women’s health conversations with Deirdre O’Kane, Emily Power Smith and guests.
🎵 smachoface - 1st birthday (featuring M'ADAM, hegrá and guests) | Maureen's | 2:30pm | 🎟 Free |
Collaborative indie music project featuring multiple artists and guest performers.
🎶 AJA - A Tribute to Steely Dan - Live at The Pavillion Cork | The Pav | 7pm | 🎟 €29.93 |
Tribute band performs Steely Dan songs in full-length concert show.
🍷 Wine & Paint night | The Hideout Cafe | 7pm | 🎟 €43.87 |
Paint and drink wine in a casual setting.
😂 Reggie’s Farm 2026 Tour @ the Carrigaline Court Hotel | Carrigaline Court Hotel | 7:30pm | 🎟 €27.79 |
Cork comedy character Reggie returns with a new show about farming and rural Ireland.
😂 Jarlath Regan: Gas Man | The Everyman | 8pm | 🎟 €33 |
Jarlath Regan performs a new stand-up show packed with observational comedy and stories.
🎵 ØXN | savoy | 8:30pm | 🎟 €37.01 |
Norwegian electronic and experimental music ensemble performs across traditional and contemporary soundscapes.
🎧 MARK BLAIR | Cyprus Avenue | 11pm | 🎟 €16.50 |
DJ and producer performs a techno set with grime and hip-hop influences.
Sunday September 13
🧘 Fill My Cup | Fountainstown Beach | 8am | 🎟 €25 |
Pilates, stretching, sauna, sea dip, and coffee session at the beach.
🎨 Create your own silver ring workshop | Torytop Cafe | 12pm | 🎟 €147 | Silversmith workshop teaching wax carving techniques for custom ring creation and casting.
🏃 Alice Crowley Inchydoney Summer Swim 2026 | Inchydoney Beach | 1pm | 🎟 €33.15 |
Charity sea swim in two distances raising funds for RNLI lifeboat services.
❤️ Relay For Life East Cork | Midleton C.B.S. Secondary School | 1pm | 🎟 Free |
24-hour walking relay to remember, celebrate, and fight cancer.
🧘 Ease into Autumn: An afternoon of Gentle Restorative Yoga | Collective Cork | 2:30pm | 🎟 €43.87 |
Gentle restorative yoga class with pranayama and yoga nidra instruction.
🎨 Drama and Improv Sessions | South Parish Community Centre Cork | 5:15pm | 🎟 €9.01 |
Drama and improv workshop developing public speaking and communication skills.
🎨 Caipirinha Masterclass | Kino Events House | 6pm | 🎟 €32.46 |
Mixology workshop teaching caipirinha preparation and variations with a professional bartender.
🎶 Paul Spring Quartet + Aidan Duffy Trio + Macdara Ó Faoláin | Coughlan’s | 7:30pm | 🎟 €15 |
Folk and trad-focused triple bill blending songwriting, bouzouki, Irish traditional music and baroque influences.
🪗 Cormac Begley | Cork Opera House | 8pm | 🎟 €36 |
West Kerry concertina player performs traditional Irish music with special guest Brendan Begley.
🎧 The Sunday Edit | Nudes Craft & Cocktail Co. | 9pm–close | 🎟 Free |
DJ night with Unklezeh playing kwaito, afro-house, Afrobeats and amapiano.
Monday September 14
🎬 Launch of short film 'My Day Is The Same As Yours.' | Cork Opera House | 7pm | 🎟Free |
Short film exploring identity, relationships, and everyday life with HIV.
Tuesday September 15
🍽️ Costigan’s Cut with Planteray Rum | Costigan's Pub | 7:30pm | 🎟 €17.07 | Rum tasting event featuring Planteray Rum producer.
🎸 Nightdress with Bode Lash and Java Light | The Roundy | 8pm | 🎟 €9.55 | Indie rock band performs with two support acts.
Kids Events
📚 Gruffalo Granny Celebration | Waterstones Cork | Sat 12–Sun 13 Sep, 11am | 🎟 Free |
Family activities celebrating Gruffalo Granny, with storytelling, activity sheets and a treasure hunt.
🎨 Art of Process- workshop 2-6 years old | Chapel Hill School of Art, Macroom | Sat Sept 12, 4pm | 🎟 €22.42 |
Sensory art workshop for young children exploring texture collages and large-scale outdoor painting.
Planning Ahead
🎻 Rhiannon Giddens | Cyprus Avenue | Thu 1 Oct, doors 7pm | 🎟 €40 |
Two-time Grammy-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist performs her historically rooted folk music.
😂 Jack Dee: Jack’s Joke Show | The Everyman | Tue 20 Oct, 8pm | 🎟 €32.50 |
Jack Dee marks 40 years in stand-up with favourite old jokes and anecdotes from his career.
🎸 The Boomtown Rats | Cork City Hall | Sat 24 Oct, 7pm–11:30pm | 🎟 From €49.50 |
The Boomtown Rats celebrate 50 years with a Cork Jazz Festival show featuring classic hits and fan favourites.
Old Cork
The bus station on Parnell Place in the 1960s, with the old Queen’s Hotel in the background.
Image attribution: Anthony Barry Photographic Archive
