PROC EventguideNorth Shore Hostel - Fri 29th May 2026, 2pm

Open Ear Festival

North Shore Hostel, Sherkin Island, Baltimore, Co. Cork

Thu 28 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026


Off the back of an unforgettable sun soaked 2024 Open Ear returns to the stunning environs of Sherkin Island this June Bank Holiday weekend - May 29th - June 1st. Expect a weekend of some of the most forward thinking experimental music from Ireland & beyond, alongside some of the most thrilling dance-floor disruptors, all of it interwoven within the uniquely spectacular backdrops of Sherkin Island in West Cork.

In 2024 Open Ear set new standards for itself, traversing across beaches, churches & abbeys alongside our traditional home of Banger Cliff situated on the north shore of Sherkin. 2025 will again bring a diversity of sounds across the Island in what is the most expansive, varied and straight-up exciting programme yet…





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Tony Roberts

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Heineken Greenlight Presents Nightmares On Wax & Boolaboom

The Old Town Whiskey Bar at Bodega

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Cyprus Avenue

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I Dreamed I Dream & guests Irvine

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Jinx Lennon

Levis Corner House

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Last Call

Dwyers Of Cork

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Ger Ahern

Seventy Seven

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Jack Ahern

Cantys

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Cathal Fitz

Arty's Bar

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Stuart Wilde

The Poor Relation

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The Watermelons

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The Lee Sessions Trad Trail

Sin É

Fri 29 May

The Lee Sessions Trad Trail

Sin É

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Dreem Weapons

Fred Zeppelins

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Carnegie Players Present: The Pension Plan

Briery Gap

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The Lee Sessions Trad Trail

Ó Súilleabháin's

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Dublin City Ramblers

Sea Church

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Baila Baila with DJ Mystic Gold and Special Guest:

The Old Town Whiskey Bar at Bodega

Fri 29 May

House Keeping Presents: Jordan Nocturne

The Pavillion

Fri 29 May

DJ Jim Comet

Intermission Bar