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.
Artists Film International 2026
Artists Film International is open to all, and brings together short films by artists from around the world. This year's theme is A Kind of Power;
Priosma Fim Festival
Priosma Queer Film Festival returns September 10th - 13th for their 3rd edition.
Krissy Down Under
Priosma Queer Film Festival returns September 10th - 13th for their 3rd edition.
Monthly Poetry Night with Ó Bhéal go Béal
Monthly free poetry night in the heart of Cork City
Pop-Up Choir: 80's Night!
Join a choir for one night only and become an 80’s icon (choir member).
Cork Card Show
Bringing collectors and traders together at the Marina Market in the heart of Cork City for all things TCG. Trade Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic The Gathering, Sports Cards and more!
We Were Always Here: LGBTQIA+ Exhibition Opening
Get your brightest outfits ready, because the official Cork Community Pride are taking over the streets of Cork this August Bank Holiday Weekend!
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.
Fire Show at Marina Park - Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival
Corks Circus Factory is back with their BIG fire show
Let Me Tell You Something Literary Night
Literary evening hosted by Nell Korben at the Savoy in Cork City
Pride Party with Mockie Ah!
Join the queens of Mockie Ah! for their legendary annual Cork Pride Party at The Pavilion, aka The Pav!
With special guest headliner Gawdland and Kyran Thrax!
Expect a massive drag show with special guests plus DJs playing a stomping mix of pop, club and dance classics until late!
ALT Prom & Drag
It’s Alt Prom! Dance Dance, and March on to the Black Parade on the 2nd of August at the Liberty Bar!
Cork Pride Parade
Get your brightest outfits ready, because the official Cork Community Pride are taking over the streets of Cork this August Bank Holiday Weekend!
Cork Pride Picnic
Forget the teddy bears, bring your brightest and loudest outfits to Fitzgerald’s Park for a family-friendly pride picnic with Cork Community Pride!
Gayme For Your Life
Gayze Gaymes Cork Pride Party! A battle for the ages between two drag performers, Lucrecia Luna and Lola Le'Synn! Gay Project Fundraiser
The Queer Appear, Here!
Raw LGBTQI+ experiences shared live through performance. Told through movement, dance, circus, pole, sound and live vocals.
Pride Screening
A film screening for Cork Pride at the Pav featuring new Irish LGBTQIA+ shorts and the iconic Chocolate Babies (1996),
ALOK: Eat Pray Leave!
Internationally, critically condemned stand-up comedian ALOK comes to Cork with their most intimate show yet: a comedy about love, heartbreak and the end times.
Cork Pride 5K
Race for a personal best, or run for the craic, either way run, walk or stroll for a good cause!
Sounds Queer to Me
SQtM is a creative hybrid between musical theatre and stand-up comedy and consists of a series of short stories, interspersed with original songs, sharing the highs and lows of Ivy's love life over a 5 year period.
Appalachian Flatfooting Workshop with Nic Gareiss
Play American folk music with your feet - for movers of all experience
Cork Trans Pride Parade
Join Cork Trans Pride this Saturday from 2 pm outside the City Library on Grand Parade and march behind Gay Project's banner as they celebrate those who fought for our freedom and ensure we fight for theirs!
The Act of Existing by Croí Glan
The Act of Existing is a dance work blurring the boundaries between observation and participation. The work invites audiences into a live encounter where influence is never straightforward, and responsibility is never neutral.
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.
Secret Show
A magic show you're not really supposed to know about. A monthly night of magic — raw, playful, and impossible to explain properly afterwards.