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The biggest arrival this week has to be Cork on Ice, returning to the Marina Market this Friday for another winter season.
Alongside the skating, the Cork Artisan & Makers Festival and the Glucksman Craft Fair also start on Friday.
The annual SpaceFest will bring something different, with events and exhibitions across twelve different venues in the city.
And below, we start things off with our Instagram giveaway progress.
30 Days of Giveaways – We're Underway!
Our 30 Days of Cork Giveaways is on day 4 on Instagram, and we've had some great prizes so far, like return flights to Europe and a barista coffee machine. If you want to get involved, you can follow us on Instagram through the link below.
We'll also have plans for more giveaways just for newsletter subscribers coming soon.
Pop-Ups & Openings
☕ Neighbourhood (Now Open At 37 Washington Street)
New café from the team behind The Liberty Bar and Ó Súilleabháin, serving coffee, pastries, soups and sandwiches alongside rotating local art.
What’s On This Week
Wednesday November 4
🎪 The Mersey Beatles | The Everyman | 8pm | 🎟 €36 |
The 2026 show focuses on Revolver and 1966 material, marking the album's 60th anniversary.
🎉 Cork One Act Drama Festival 2026 | Cork Arts Theatre | Wed 4 Nov - Sat 7 Nov, 8pm | 🎟 €18 |
Three amateur drama groups perform each night over four evenings, with results and awards announced on the final night.
Thursday November 5
🎪 The Undertones - 50th Anniversary Tour | Cyprus Avenue | 7pm | 🎟 €41.26 |
The Undertones perform Teenage Kicks, Jimmy Jimmy, and Here Comes the Summer.
💕 Rebel Speed Dating Cork Christmas Event- Ages 20–30 | The Old Town Whiskey Bar | 7pm | 🎟 €35 |
Speed dating event for singles to meet potential matches before Christmas.
🎪 Cornelius Patrick O'Sullivan: Pull Hard | The Glen Theater | 8pm | 🎟 €27.79 |
Cornelius Patrick O'Sullivan examines fatherhood, middle age, and the disappointment of lost opportunity.
Friday November 6
🎉 Cork Artisan & Makers Festival | Marina Market | Fri 6–Sun 8 Nov, 10am | 🎟 Free |
Market with local artists and makers selling handmade goods, prints, ceramics, textiles, jewellery and seasonal items.
⛸️ Cork on Ice | Marina Market | Fri 6 Nov–Sun 17 Jan, 10am-5:30pm | 🎟 From €15 |
Starting this Friday, you can do 45-minute ice-skating sessions at Marina Market, surrounded by Christmas lights and festive food stalls.
💍 Glucksman Craft + Design Fair 2026 | The Glucksman | Fri 6 - Sun 8 Nov 1pm - 7pm | 🎟 €9.55 |
Over 50 craft makers exhibit textiles, jewellery, ceramics, print, glass, woodturning, and furniture with emphasis on sustainably made items.
🧘 PRIMAL Breathwork: An Immersive Nervous System Reset | Tribe Flow Studio | 7pm | 🎟 €38.52 |
Participants use wireless headsets to follow guided breathing patterns designed to shift emotional states and fear-based beliefs.
🎶 David O'Doherty: Highway to the David Zone | Ballymaloe Grainstore | 8pm | 🎟 €36.09 |
Comedian mixes stand-up, songs, and walking-around banter across two hours.
🎵 Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh | The Everyman | 8pm | 🎟 From €19 |
Two Cork teenagers speaking a shared secret language face the end of their childhood bond.
🎸 Intricate / The Slugs / Waveflyer | The Roundy | 8pm | 🎟 €10 |
West Cork indie-rock band Intricate return to The Roundy, co-headlining with Cork band The Slugs and Waveflyer.
🎧 Shrek Rave | Cyprus Avenue | 🎟 €22.50 |
DJs play techno, house, drum and bass and Shrek remixes while costumed characters perform live on stage.
🎸 Diveboy + guest M'ADAM | Coughlan's | 🎟 €22.50 | Diveboy performs with guest M'ADAM, a Cork rock and indie-soul act.
Saturday November 7
🚀 SpaceFest | Marina Market | Sat 7–Wed 11 Nov, 10am - 4pm | 🎟 Free |
Five-day STEAM festival exploring space through science, technology, engineering, arts and maths, with events for adults, teens and families
🤝 Monthly Social | My Goodness Café @ The Co-op | 11am–12pm | 🎟 Free |
Casual monthly meetup for new and returning members to grab food, chat and meet others.
💘 Singles Mingle Seafront Walk | Boardwalk Coffee, Youghal | 11am–12:30pm | 🎟 €29–€32.08 |
Singles event for ages 25–55 with coffee, icebreaker cards and a relaxed seafront walk designed to help people meet naturally.
😂 Comedy Cavern: William Thompson – Touch Grass | Coughlan’s | 4pm | 🎟 €19 |
William Thompson uses dark stand-up to explore social media, trolls, incels and how online culture spills into real life.
🌌 NOVUM – The Dark Space in Between | Blackrock Castle Observatory | Sat 7 Nov - Sun 8 Nov, 5pm, 6:30pm & 8pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Immersive planetarium experience combining sound, spoken word, music and projections of the night sky
🎨 Afrobeats Beginners Dance Workshop (Cork Pop-Up) | Method Fitness | 6pm | 🎟 €20.28 |
Instructor teaches foundational Afrobeats dance moves and combines them into choreography.
🍷 Wine & Paint night | The Hideout Cafe | 7pm | 🎟 €43.87 |
Two-hour painting session with wine, where guests create their own artwork in a relaxed setting.
🎪 Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra with Michael McHale | Cork City Hall | 7:30pm | 🎟 €11.70 |
Conductor Michael McHale leads the orchestra in works by Mozart and Vaughan Williams, alongside Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.
🍽️ Murder Mystery Dinner Show - The Metropole Hotel | The Metropole Hotel | 7:30pm | 🎟 €90 |
Solve a crime while eating a three-course dinner.
🎧 Jenny Greene | savoy | 8pm | 🎟 €27.83 |
Jenny Greene plays a DJ set of electronic dance music.
🎪 TABU 2.0 | Sky Bar Cork | 8pm | 🎟 €13.85 |
Immersive six-and-a-half-hour event focused on connection to Earth through sound, vibrations, and collective movement.
🎸 The Frank & Walters Acoustic Show | The Richmond Revival, Fermoy | 8pm | 🎟 €38.50 |
Intimate acoustic duo show featuring Paul Linehan performing songs from across The Frank & Walters’ career.
🎧 Capítulo: Latin Party | Cyprus Avenue | 11pm | 🎟 €11 |
DJ will play reggaeton, salsa, and Latin hits across three and a half hours.
Sunday November 8
🎪 ❤️ Singles-Friendly Marina 5K Social Walk – Cork Ages 30-45 | Cameron Bakery Pier Head House | 11am | 🎟 €20.52 |
A casual walk at The Marina for single people aged 30–45 to meet others.
🎨 Lino Printing Workshop - Kinsale | Temperance Hall | 2pm | 🎟 €49.24 | Participants learn to carve and print designs on linoleum blocks with guidance from practising lino print artist John.
🎪 SUNDAY SLOWDOWN Nervous System Reset with Gong | Hidden Sauna Bridgefield | 2pm | 🎟 €45 | Gong bath combined with guided vagus nerve work and hot-cold water immersion for nervous system reset.
💕 Cork Speed Dating Ages 45-55 | Clancy's Cork | 3pm | 🎟 €36.14 |
Timed one-on-one conversations with multiple potential matches.
🎨 From Scraps to Landscapes Workshop with textile artist Sarah Buckley | Temperence Hall | 3pm | 🎟 €49.24 |
Learn to transform a landscape photo into fabric artwork using scraps and stitch.
🎨 Drama and Improv Sessions With Micheál | South Parish Community Centre Cork | 5:15pm | 🎟 €9.01 |
Interactive workshop focusing on active listening, spontaneity, and stage craft in a supportive setting.
🎨 Cosmic Connection! - A Vibes and Verses Writing Workshop |
Arts at Civic Trust House | 6:30pm | 🎟 €6.34 | Workshop focuses on writing techniques and creative expression through words.
🍷 Planets, Plates & Pairings | Cork County Cricket Club | 7pm | 🎟 €25 |
An astrophysicist and sommelier lead a wine tasting structured around planetary and cosmic themes.
📚 EARWICKER, Book’d @ Prim’s | Prim's Bookshop: Bibliotherapy | 7pm | 🎟 €10 | Live improvisation between electronic sounds, strings, samples, and visuals that shift between fixed, generative, and reactive modes, with Irene Murphy.
🎪 Sorcha Richardson | savoy | 8pm | 🎟 €25.67 | Sorcha Richardson's narrative songwriting explores tangled emotions through personal storytelling.
Monday November 9
📚 Sport Psychology Talk with Tim Marron | MTU Cork 9/Nov/2026 | Munster Technological University | 6pm | 🎟 Free |
Tim Marron covers practical techniques for building confidence, managing pressure, and handling competition anxiety.
🎨 Rocket Building Workshop with MTU | Earthstation | 7pm | 🎟 Free | Participants build and launch model rockets with guidance from MTU Rocketry Society, with all materials supplied.
Tuesday November 10
🎨 Cosmic Cartography Exhibition | Marina Market | 11am | 🎟 Free | Exhibition explores how humans map and understand the universe.
🤝 Cork: Connecting Communities | St Peter’s | 6:30pm–8pm | 🎟 Free |
Community networking event for local groups, social enterprises and organisations to share ideas, build connections and explore collaboration opportunities.
Kids Events
🔬 Professor Tony Baloney’s Space Science Show | Marina Market | Sun, Nov 8, 1pm | 🎟 Free | Experimental physicist performs 20-minute shows combining space science with live experiments and explosions.
👨👩👧 Space Cadet Story Hour | Marina Market | Mon Nov 9 - Wed Nov 11, 12:30pm | 🎟 Free | Storytelling session designed for young children with space as the theme.
Planning Ahead
🎶 Liam Ó Maonlaí & Rónán Ó Snodaigh | Live at St Luke’s | Thu 10 Dec, 8pm | 🎟 €31.07 |
The Hothouse Flowers and Kíla frontmen join forces for a night of traditional and folk music inspired by Irish landscape and mythology.
😂 David McSavage | Cyprus Avenue | Sat 30 Jan 2027, doors 7pm | 🎟 €25 |
David McSavage returns with a new stand-up show built around dark humour and his habit of saying exactly what he thinks.
🎤 Kate Nash | Cyprus Avenue | Mon 8 Feb 2027, 7pm | 🎟 €33 |
BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter Kate Nash brings two decades of indie-pop and punk-influenced material to Cork.
Old Cork
Looking down the South Mall in the late 1960s.
Image attribution: Anthony Barry Photographic Archive
