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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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Jedniezgoda com CMF 24 Midsummer Parade 22 WEB More Info
Cork City Community Art Link

Midsummer Parade

Participation

Participation

Join the marvellous makers and performers as they create Midsummer madness, chaos and mirth in Cork’s city centre.

Free

Playspaces More Info
Chris Finnegan

PlaySpaces

Participation / Visual Art

Participation

A city-wide trail of child-only play pods and cosy dens scattered across Cork City. 

Free
Various venues

DIGNITY Book Now
Amanda Coogan

Dignity

Theatre / Participation

Participation

This brilliant collaboration returns to present their fascination with the work of deaf writer Teresa Deevy, adapting one of her most enduring radio plays in this centennial year of Radio Éireann.

€22 / €15

Edited 2 Book Now
Al Bellamy & Aoife King

Stimphony

Theatre / Music / Participation

Participation

How does it feel to be us? More importantly, how does it sound? How do we hear Joy? Fear? Pride? Grief? There is music in all of us, and melodies come from surprising places.

€15 / €12

The Wiggle Wagon More Info
Moss Russell

The Wiggle Wagon

Circus

Participation

This feast for the senses sees three colourful beings moving through the space with their wonderful sensory sculpture, while finding unique ways for audiences to enjoy art.

Free

Youth Quake June2025 More Info
Midsummer Youth Assembly

Soundburst

Music / Participation / Visual Art / Spoken Word

Participation

Get ready for a fun-filled day at Soundburst – a vibrant, youth-led takeover of Fitzgerald’s Park bursting with feel-good summer energy. With young people at the heart, creativity, culture and celebration take centre stage.

Free

Global Gardens More Info
Aoife Barrett & Amal Hope

Global Garden

Participation

Participation

A vibrant celebration of community collaboration through seed stories, forgotten foods, and garden mapping within a haven of nature in the city.

Free

Crucial Moves2 Book Now
Crucial Moves Collective

Crucial Moves

Music / Participation / Visual Art / Spoken Word

Participation

Crucial Moves Collective present a series of events in collaboration with local artists, collectives and spaces.


The Glucksman and locations across Cork city

Play This Way More Info
Chris Finnegan

Play This Way

Participation / Early Years

Participation

Transforming a gallery into an interactive play space for early years children (0-6). 

Free

Where sounds grow More Info
Natural Creators / Karen Power

...where sounds grow...

Participation / Early Years

Participation

An immersive and interactive sound installation for our youngest ears. Inviting children into a world filled with living recorded sounds of nature.

Free

The Singing Garden Image 2026 Book Now
The African Queens

Singing Garden

Participation / Early Years

Participation

Singing Garden is an immersive, multi-sensory experience created especially for babies (0–18 months) and their important adults.

€10 per baby (with parent / guardian)

Young Critics More Info
Youth Theatre Ireland

Young Critics Panel

Theatre / Participation

Participation

The Young Critics are coming to Cork! One of Youth Theatre Ireland’s most popular and innovative programmes, the Young Critics recruits 14 young people from youth theatres across the country.

Free

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