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Join us in Cork from 13 - 22 June 2025!

Browse our full programme below, or download and read our brochure PDF.

  • Irish Theatre & Performance
  • International Theatre & Dance
  • Visual Art
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Participation
  • Installations
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  • Theatre
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Circus
  • Spectacle
  • Talk
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  • Visual Art
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  • Opening Event
  • 24-Hour Event
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Second Woman website Book Now
Nat Randall & Anna Breckon

The Second Woman

Theatre / 24-Hour Event

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

€20 - €55 (entry slots available at different times)

Helios Book Now
Luke Jerram

Helios

Visual Art / Opening Event

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

€8 / €7 concession**, plus booking fee

Les Girafes More Info
Compagnie OFF

Les Girafes: An Animal Operetta

Spectacle / Closing Event

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

Free

Escaped Alone Webpage Book Now
Caryl Churchill

Escaped Alone

Theatre

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

€25 - €28

The Black Wolfe Tone Book Now
Kwaku Fortune

The Black Wolfe Tone

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

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

€25 / €23

Theatre for One Made In Cork More Info
Landmark Productions & Octopus Theatricals

Theatre for One: Made In Cork

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

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

Free, just join the queue

Chop Book Now
Lords of Strut

Chop

Circus

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.

€18 / €15
Kyrl's Street (opposite Bridewell Garda Station)

Footnote Book Now
Irene Kelleher

Footnote

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

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

Burnout Paradise Book Now
Pony Cam

Burnout Paradise

Theatre

International Theatre & Dance

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

€22 / €18

Triptych Book Now
Lewis Major

Triptych

Dance

International Theatre & Dance

A meeting of minds, bodies, and movement.

€22 / €18

Lien image Jane Hobson Book Now
Lewis Major

Lien

Dance

International Theatre & Dance

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

€8

Save The Last Dance For Me Book Now
Alessandro Sciarroni

Save The Last Dance For Me

Dance

International Theatre & Dance

A once nearly extinct Italian folk dance returns to life.

€10

Songs and Souls Book Now
Deirdre Kinahan and Steve Wickham

Songs and Souls

Theatre / Music

Irish Theatre & Performance

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

Bottlenose Book Now
Oh!Scare Wilde Productions and Cork Midsummer Festival

Bottlenose: A Mystery For Modern Ireland

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

Murder! Mystery! Dolphins!

€23 / €21

Stitch Image 2 Landscape Marcin Lewandowski Book Now
Irene Kelleher

Stitch

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

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

€21 / €19
J. Nolan Stationary, Shandon Street

Scattered Sideways Book Now
Will Flanagan

Scattered Sideways

Circus

Irish Theatre & Performance

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

€15 / €12.50

Caight In The Furze More Info
Amanda Coogan

Caught In The Furze

Installation

Visual Art

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

Free

Fruiting Futures More Info
Sarah Lou Kinneen

Fruiting Futures

Visual Art

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

Free
Beside The Lord Mayor's Pavilion

Dear Laila 2 Book Now
Basel Zaraa

Dear Laila

Installation

Installations

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

€8

Opening Night Book Now
Jane Deasy

Opening Night

Music

Music

Step inside the glittering ruins of performance.

€15 / €13

Storm In A Bathtub More Info
Cork Community Art Link and Cork Midsummer Festival

Storm In A Bathtub

Spectacle

Participation

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

Free

Solstice Ceili Book Now
Martin O'Donoghue

Solstice Céilí

Music / Dance

Participation

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

€7 / €5

Radio Resistors More Info
Action Hero

Rebel Resistors Radio Club

Theatre

Participation

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

Free

Arami More Info
Midsummer Youth Assembly

YouthQuake: It's All About Community

Music / Visual Art

Participation

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

Free

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Western Frequencies

Claudia Rankine

Literature

Literature

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

€15

Untitled design Book Now
Western Frequencies

Patrick McCabe with David Murphy and Michael Lightborne

Literature

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.

€15

Untitled design 1 Book Now
Western Frequencies

Aideen Barry and Sinéad Gleeson

Literature

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

€15

Untitled design 2 Book Now
Western Frequencies

GauZ' with translations from Frank Wynne

Literature

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

€15

Trygve Seim Book Now
Different Rivers 25th Anniversary

Trygve Seim Ensemble

Music

Music

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.

€35 / €33

Glassworks Book Now
Crash Ensemble

Glassworks

Music

Music

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

€27 / €25

Nest house 1 Book Now
Amanda Feery

NEST

Music

Music

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.

€15 / €13

Opposite of Queer Trauma Book Now
Yvon Bonenfant with Candy Warhol

The Opposite of Queer Trauma

Theatre / Music

Participation

This is no ordinary performance.

€10

Time and Time Again Book Now
Gabriela Mayer and Regina Crowley

Time and Time Again

Theatre

Installations

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.

€10

As If I Always Knew Book Now
Under the Sun at St. Fin Barre's Cathedral

As If I Always Knew

Music

Music

Producer and pianist Cian Sweeney presents an intimate new project, As If I Always Knew, showcasing unedited, live piano improvisations.

€15 / €13

Cosmos Book Now
Blackrock Castle Observatory

Cosmos at the Cathedral

Talk

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

€10 (under 12s free)

Quality of Life Jed Niezgoda More Info
The Glucksman

Quality of Life

Visual Art

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

Free (booking required)

First Impressions More Info
Jane Hayes

First Impressions

Visual Art

Installations

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

Free

Play Spaces More Info
Chris Finnegan

PlaySpaces

Visual Art

Participation

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

Free

Ca Bubble Book Now
Beag Early Years Arts

CaBubble

Participation

Participation

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

€10 (per child)
Graffiti Theatre

Young Critics More Info
Youth Theatre Ireland

Young Critics Forum

Theatre

Participation

Free

Process 2 Book Now
Cork Theatre Collective and Cork Midsummer Festival

Process

Theatre

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.

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Goldiefish Events

Night Market

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

Free
St. Patrick's Street (subject to licence)

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