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 28 Nov

Tony Roberts

The Welcome Inn

Fri 28 Nov

The Ghost Junction & Anthony Ruby

The Richmond Revival

Fri 28 Nov

Jinx Lennon + Wasps vs Humans & guest Ronan's Feats of Strength

Coughlan's

Fri 28 Nov

Mundy

Sea Church

Fri 28 Nov

Eamonn Walsh In Concert

Triskel Arts Centre

Fri 28 Nov

Roy Buckley

Cantys

Fri 28 Nov

The Watermelons

Cantys

Fri 28 Nov

The Biz

The Poor Relation

Fri 28 Nov

Kevin Moore

Arty's Bar

Fri 28 Nov

A Festive History Of Art With Dr Matthew Whyte

Triskel Arts Centre

Fri 28 Nov

Strings & Things

Dwyers Of Cork

Fri 28 Nov

Ger Ahern

Seventy Seven

Fri 28 Nov

The Slugs

Fred Zeppelins

Fri 28 Nov

Big Daddy Lambe

The Park

Fri 28 Nov

Fiesta Latina with DJ Wilros

Crane Lane Theatre

Fri 28 Nov

DJ Big Daddy Can

Crane Lane Theatre

Fri 28 Nov

DJ Che-k (Crystal Bar)

Crane Lane Theatre

Fri 28 Nov

DJ Hungry

The Vicarstown

Fri 28 Nov

Boss Hogg

The Vicarstown

Fri 28 Nov

DJ Val

The Vicarstown