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CORK FESTIVALS & EVENTS
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Carrigaline Wren Boys Street Carnival
- December |
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Carrigaline Wren Boys
Street festival held on St
Stephen's Day is a
major street
carnival
which takes
place from 11.00am until 1.00pm on the
Main Street when traffic through the
town is diverted.
People take to the street in
colourful
costumes as per the
Wren Boy tradition, and many people come
to watch and participate in this
annual event. The traditional meet of
the South Union Hunt with 15 pairs of
hounds and over 100 horses make a
wonderful spectacle as they parade
through the crowded streets. Carrigaline
is the place to be on St. Stephen's Day. |
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West Cork Rally -
March |
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The West Cork Rally featured eight
stages on Saturday and a further eight
on Sunday for March
2010, many of which are regarded
as some of the best rallying roads in
county
Cork.
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Cork Choral Festival
- April/May |
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The Cork
International Choral Festival in Ireland
is a world class festival celebrating
the very best of choral and vocal music
at the start of May every year. The
programme includes prestigious
international and national competitions,
gala and fringe concerts, public
performances, and an education
programme. Follow the
festival as it moves from the different
venues such as Lewis Glucksman Gallery,
the Honan Chapel on UCC grounds, St
Finbarr's Cathedral, St Francis Church
and many more venues. |
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Ballydehob Jazz Festival - April/May |
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Ballydehob Jazz Festival held the end of
April, start of May enjoys great music
in the bars and streets where people can
enjoy street entertainment and a traders
fair where the crowds sampled good food
and fine craftwork whilst enjoying the
music. Some headliners were Michael
Buckley, considered to be the finest
saxophonist in Ireland today. Andreas
Varady the 12 year-old guitar prodigy
from
Limerick.
The Samuel Hudson Quartet, led by the
Berlin based saxophonist Samuel Hudson.
Most of the performances are free and
you can enjoy Ballydehob Jazz Festival
in a relaxed carnival style. |
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Bandon Music Festival
- June |
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Bandon Music Festival
is a music festival which started in
1996 under the name of a well-known jig,
the first “Humours of Bandon” as a
traditional music festival which then
grew their wings to become the
BANDON MUSIC FESTIVAL and
some of the
headline acts have
included Hothouse Flowers and
Juliet Turner,
Mundy, Gerry Fish & The Mudbug Club,
Aslan, the Saw Doctors, Mary Black, The
Blizzards and Republic of Loose, Duke's
Special ,Jack
L, Delorentos
and Fred.
On the Music Trail the music was a
mixture of trad sessions, folk and rock
music. We are very proud of what we
consider to be one of the best music
festivals in Ireland. |
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Cork Midsummer Festival
- June |
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Cork Midsummer
Festival offers an array of Dance, Music
and Theatre treats each Summer in Cork
City. |
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Cork City Marathon
- June |
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Cork City Marathon
Cork
a great day to support all those who
take part in this city marathon which
goes through the Jack Lynch Tunnel, in
Cork. The course time limit is 6 hours.
There are five relay stages, for teams
of two to five individuals. Each team
member completes their leg(s) before
handing over their team’s wristband
(you’ll find that in your race pack at
registration) to their team mate at the
fixed change-over points. |
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West Cork Chamber
Music Festival - June/July |
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West Cork Chamber Music Festival offers
some great music in venues such as St
Brendan's Church, The Brick Oven
Restaurant, Bantry and Bantry House. The
guest can enjoy music from some of the
greats such as Schumann, Mozart,
Fleishmann, Vivaldi and more. |
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Cork Live at the Marquee -
June/July |
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Cork Live at the Marquee organised by
Aiken Promotions has played host to a
number of great acts in the past, such
as Diana Ross, Lionel Richie,
Tom Jones, Gypsy
Kings, Tracy Chapman, Shayne Ward, Westlife, The Prodigy, Bell X1, Josh
Ritterer, Lady Gaga, Anastacia,
Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan, and many
more, do not miss
this event in Co Cork. |
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Skibbereen
Arts Festival -
July |
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Skibbereen Arts
Festival offers much for the visitor it
offers an excellent programme of
events with many world-class national
and international acts coming to town.
Highlights include the 4th Cork X
Southwest Music Festival, a gala concert
commemorating Canon James Goodman, an
excellent Sound & Vision programme of
films and drama and the very special
Skibbereen Children’s Festival.
Abbeystrewry Church
is a great venue for
many of the events with permission from
Reverend Bruce Hayes.
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Cobh Peoples Regattav-
August |
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Cobh Peoples Regatta, enjoy this 3 day
August festival, where you'll find live
music in the many pubs and open air. A
fun day out for all the family at Cobh
Regatta ranging from Sailing
Competitions, Busking Competition,
choosing the Cobh Peoples Regatta
Queen’s, Fancy Dress Parade, Bouncy
Castles, Clown, Face Painting and much
more. |
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Cork Folk Festival
- September/October |
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Cork Folk Festival is one of Ireland’s
oldest festival of traditional,folk
music and has taken place annually in
September. Put
together from year to year purely on a
voluntary basis by a dedicated group of
enthusiasts, sometimes with the help of
major sponsorship, often by a
combination of various sponsors and
supporters, it’s endurance is a tribute
to the energy and labour of it’s
workers. Enjoy the spirit of the
indigenous music, song and dance
scene where you can
hear music from premier national
and international exponents of folk and
traditional music. |
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Kinsale
Fringe Jazz Festival
- October |
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Kinsale Fringe Jazz Festival gives an
alternative venue for the Jazz if you
happen to be in Kinsale. Enjoy some
wonderful food in Kinsale and after soak
up some easy listening or heart thumping
jazz, all is on offer. |
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Cork Jazz Festival
- October |
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Cork Jazz Festival,
held in the month of October, sets Cork
alight with the sounds of jazz echoing
throughout Cork City Centre. Follow the
Jazz to the many destinations from The
Gresham Metropole Hotel, The Imperial
Hotel, Moran's Silver Springs Hotel and
lots more. Cork Jazz a wonderful weekend
to be enjoyed with some great names from
the Jazz scene. |
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Kinsale Gourmet Festival
- October |
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Kinsale Gourmet Festival, much to be
enjoyed here from the Mad Hatters Taste
of Kinsale, an escorted tour of the 12
Members of Kinsale's Good Food Circle
who will present spectacular dishes from
their kitchens bearing testimony to the
culinary skills of the chefs of Kinsale,
to a superb afternoon of fun & frolics
with MC Derek Davis in the Fruits de Mer,
Actons Hotel, Kinsale Suite. |
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Cork Film Festival
- November |
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Corona Cork Film Festival is one of
Ireland’s premier cultural events.
Established in 1956, the festival has
enjoyed a steady growth in scale, in
numbers of admissions and guests, in
reputation and in media coverage. The
festival has developed an
ever-increasing audience of general
public, film lovers and filmmakers.
Corona Cork Film Festival is held
in high regard on a local, national and
international level. In Cork city and
region it is one the most important
events in the social and cultural
calendar. The
programme is wide-ranging, an eclectic
mix of big budget pictures, world
cinema, innovative independent films,
documentaries and short films from all
over the globe. The festival is a major
showcase for Irish film production. |
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West Cork Tourism Walking Festival
Baltimore Wooden Boat Building Festival - May
West Cork Literary Festival - July
World Ghost Convention Cork City - October
The Dragon of Shandon Halloween Lantern Parade Cork - October
Maureen O'Hara Classic Film Festival Beara Peninsula - June
Cahirmee Horse Fair Buttevent -July
Rosscarbery Horse Fair - August
King of The Hill Triathlon Kinsale - July |
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