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Join us in Cork from 12 - 21 June 2026!

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

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Said The Dead Book Now
Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Linda Buckley

Said The Dead

Music / Literature

Literature

A live reading and music performance on the site at the heart of Ní Ghríofa’s new book, Said the Dead.

€18 / €15

Home Entertainment 1 Book Now
Pat McCabe, Michael Lightborne, David Murphy

Home Entertainment

Literature

Literature

Building on last year’s sellout show Howl On, Pat McCabe again joins forces with Michael Lightborne and David Murphy to present a new hallucinatory literary soundscape.

€18 / €15

Betweenness on loop Book Now
Danny Denton, Elaine Howley, Niamh Dalton

Betweenness (On Loop)

Music / Literature

Literature

A new durational live performance from Cork artists Danny Denton and Elaine Howley.

€18 / €15

Adania Shibli Book Now
Adania Shibli

On Repetition & Absence

Literature

Literature

The award-winning author of Minor Detail, Adania Shibli delivers an unmissable keynote lecture on repetition and the absence of words.

€18 / €15

Stinging Fly Book Now
The Stinging Fly x Banshee Press

The Music Of What Happens

Music / Literature

Literature

Join two of Ireland’s leading literary presses for a unique call-and-response exploration of the imaginative boundaries between writing and music, and the act of creativity itself. 

€10 / €8

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