Things to do in Cork
Looking for things to do in Cork? Craic agus Cork is your alternative event guide that dives deep into the event. We don’t want a vague listing with vague details. We want to know what art forms it includes, if it’s accessible (and not just a one-word statement, we want accessibility details), who it’s for, and more. Find events for all art forms here, as well as smaller events you don't always hear about.
Free Things to do in Cork
Things to do in West Cork
The Wake: An Immersive Circus Theatre Experience
An Immersive Circus Theatre Experience for Halloween at Circus Factory
The Wake: An Immersive Circus Theatre Experience
An Immersive Circus Theatre Experience for Halloween at Circus Factory
Fire Show at Mallow Castle
Rogu are performing a fire show at Mallow Castle, as part of Culture Night 2026
Womb Bones
Womb Bones will present an aerial performance where circus, visual art, and spoken word entwine to honour the womb as keeper of birth, life, and loss across generations.
Fire Show and Family Events at Mallow Castle
Experience an unforgettable evening of free family entertainment at the magical setting of Mallow Castle this Culture Night, including a fire show, circus, and Irish language storytelling!
Missy Impossible - Street Show
This thrilling performance features audience interaction, humor, fire-eating, sword swallowing, and the world’s only chair of nails.
Fountain of Joy - Street Show
Physical theatre, object manipulation with a symphony of absurd live music, culminating in an unforgettable stunt of stupidity.
Blackpool Block Party
The Blackpool Block Party takes place on Sunday 23rd August on Great William O'Brien Street, in Blackpool, Cork, and is a celebration of community and everything local.
Missing - Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival
See Tara Brandel’s Missing at Pitch’d Festival at Circus Factory.
Aerial taster Workshop - Pitch’d Circus & Street Arts Festival
Corks Circus Factory is hosting an aerial workshop as part of Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival.
Stage Presence Workshop - Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival
Corks Circus Factory is hosting a stage presence workshop as part of Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival.
Family Circus Workshops - Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival
Corks Circus Factory is hosting free family-friendly workshops as part of Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival.
Festival Gala - Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival
The Pitch’d Festival Gala delivers the nonstop thrills and spills that pay the bills!
Quare Fruit -Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival
See Quare Fruit at Pitch’d Festival, fresh off it’s premier at Cork Fringe.
The Queer Appear, Here!
Raw LGBTQI+ experiences shared live through performance. Told through movement, dance, circus, pole, sound and live vocals.
Skibbereen Arts Festival
Skibbereen Arts Festival offering music, theatre, workshops, circus and more!
The Dirty Circus
Looking for something a little …dirty…? Burlesque, pole, drag, comedy, and circus wrapped into one scintillating package with a little bow on top.
Kinsale Arts Weekend
This year, the festival celebrates a decade of bringing people together through art, music, theatre, film and shared experiences in the heart of Kinsale.
Creative Development and Clown Workshop
Circus Factory Cork is hosting a Creative Development and Clown workshop, which also looks at stage presence, humour, and drama.
Work In Progress: The Whistle II
Experience a show with you eyes closed, then open, then closed, then open again, anyway you get the idea!
Circus and Céilí' in Elizabeth Fort
A circus family day out with workshops, dance, performances, music and a céilí.