Cork Folk Festival

Cork City

Thu 01 Oct 2026 - Sun 04 Oct 2026


Four days of music, song and dance in Ireland’s southern capital, Cork. This year Mary Black is heading up our festival, she is featured along with some of Ireland’s and Cork’s finest traditional talents. We have put the festival together with the help of the Cork City Council Arts Committee, The Arts Council, Failte Ireland and MTU Cork. The programme includes over 150 musicians from all parts of Ireland and a few from abroad performing in 20 venues around the city.

Our festival this year features 50 plus events hosted at theatres, art centres and pubs scattered across the city, shining the spotlight on local styles of fiddle, concertina, accordion, flute and song. In this 43rd edition of the festival we also offer workshops, films, open-air events and storytelling sessions for children, providing deeper insights into the Irish folk tradition and ensuring the whole family are well-catered for.





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Fri 12 Dec

Highstool Prophets

Cyprus Avenue

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Cantate Christmas Concert 2025

St. Peters Cork

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Tony Roberts

The Welcome Inn

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Maria Doyle Kennedy

Coughlan's

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Trainwreck

Fred Zeppelins

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George Michael Tribute

The Blue Haven

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China Crisis Full Band Show

Sea Church

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Chopin At Christmas With Fionnuala Moynihan

Triskel Arts Centre

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Greg From Masons Apron

Arty's Bar

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Tony Milner

Cantys

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Stuart Wilde & The Birdmen

The Poor Relation

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Mano Le Tough

Connollys of Leap

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Myles Gaffney

JJ Coppingers

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The Essentials

Dwyers Of Cork

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Ger Ahern

Seventy Seven

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Witless

The Woodford

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Liquid Lunch

Cantys

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Fiesta Latina with DJ Mystic Gold & Guests

The Old Town Whiskey Bar at Bodega

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DJ Hungry

The Vicarstown

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Boss Hogg

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