What's On

Prepare to be amazed as seven towering red giraffes gracefully parade through Cork's city centre, led by a captivating operatic Diva.

One Woman. One Scene. One Hundred Times. One 24-Hour Performance - starring Eileen Walsh.

The iconic Theatre for One booth returns to Emmet Place as part of Cork Midsummer Festival, with a very special instalment for 2025.

Murder! Mystery! Dolphins!

In the dim light of Pins and Needles, something dark is stirring…

“One million memories caught in time, scattering in silence like dust on the wind.”

An intimate, one-to-one installation that invites you to step into a world lost to war—but still alive in memory.

Join us at the Glucksman for a special event with Claudia Rankine, New York Times bestselling poet and MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award recipient.

Experience the Sun like never before at St Fin Barre's Cathedral.

Four performers. Four treadmills. One relentless, spiralling challenge.

A quiet, powerful one-on-one performance that celebrates the beauty of human connection and the intimacy of shared presence.

Patrick McCabe with accompaniment from David Murphy and Michael Lightborne present Howl On. Part soundtrack, part poetic memoir, a fever dream in which Patrick Kavanagh flirts with psychedelia, communes with John Lennon and ponders notions of town and place.

A performance of Philip Glass' iconic Glassworks by Crash Ensemble at Triskel Arts Centre.

A colourful and hands-on exhibition that invites young families to slow down, explore, and experience art with curiosity and wonder.

A major new commission from Cork Midsummer Festival and The Glucksman by an artist at the height of her creative powers.

Aideen Barry and Sinéad Gleeson, an in conversation event between artists and artforms.

On the evening of the summer solstice, Camille O'Sullivan presents a brand-new show specially created for Cork Midsummer Festival - celebrating her hometown and its music through a mix of beloved favourites and new gems!

A young man on the edge. A past that won't let go.

New work from one of Ireland's leading theatre companies, directed by Annabelle Comyn

Under the magnificent Helios installation in St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, As If I Always Knew (producer & pianist Cian Sweeney) presents A Piano Meditation.

Step inside the glittering ruins of performance.

NEST is a Mass for the Tenant. A powerful live performance honouring our deep, often sacred connection to home - even when those in power treat it as disposable.

CaBubble is a magical, multi-sensory play experience designed especially for babies (0–1year) and their grown-ups.

Step out of the rush and into a world suspended. Time and Time Again is an immersive sound and theatre installation that invites you to slow down, listen deeply, and reflect on the mysterious flow of time.

A once nearly extinct Italian folk dance returns to life.

An immersive installation grown from waste, care, and connection, inviting audiences to step inside a space shaped by renewal and possibility.

Children dream, design, and re-imagine how they move through their city in this playful and participatory project.

Noreen Gilhooly is the daughter of a celebrated poet wrestling with her own literary ambitions.

A time-traveling collective of traditional musicians and dancers explore the history of our island’s social dancing from 2025 BC to 2025 AD.

A meeting of minds, bodies, and movement.

This is no ordinary performance.

Big axe. Big muscles. Big existential dread. CHOP is a violently stupid and stupidly violent dive into fragile
masculinity, environmental doom, and the absurdity of it all.

Marking 25 years since the release of their acclaimed ECM debut, Different Rivers, Trygve Seim Ensemble brings their evocative, transportive sound to Cork for an exclusive Irish performance.

In this event, experience the work of GauZ' as it has never been performed before.

A moving, riotous celebration of character, music, and storytelling.

Discover the secrets of exoplanet detection with Alan Giltinan of Blackrock Castle Observatory under the Sun at St. Fin Barre's Cathedral

The Shenanigans are back — and more gloriously doolally than ever!

Get ready for an electrifying day of music, creativity and summer vibes at YouthQuake take-over of Fitzgerald’s Park.

Twelve Cork girls take control of the airwaves in this bold DIY performance project.

Featuring Danish artist Liesel Burisch, this roundtable brings together artists and curators to discuss the ethics and representation of care in contemporary art.

The city’s streets will come alive for a special Night Market – a vibrant, open-air celebration of local creativity, food, and community.

A series of work in progress sharings at Cork Theatre Collective Studio at Triskel Arts Centre, supported by Cork Midsummer Festival and Cork Theatre Collective.

Cork Theatre Collective present a series of insightful and participatory workshops and talks with a selection of artists from this year's festival programme.