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
Spike Island After Dark 18+
Dare to explore the eerie prison corridors and underground tunnels of Spike Island after dark and experience a new live show by mentalist Dean Jacob
BARE
Bare is an intimate, immersive theatre experience that invites audiences into a living gallery of human vulnerability
Secret Magic 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.
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
Intimate Magic 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.
Cork Comic Con 2026
An immersive traitors-style game in Cork. A live game of treachery: fourteen strangers, three liars, one room, trying to work out who.
GOLL - An Experimental Bilingual Theatre Piece
Goll explores the medieval origin story of Ireland and its first two inhabitants, Fintan macBóchra and Cessair. It is an experimental folk opera that adapts six stories from medieval Irish literature into a fusion of music, poetry, dance, storytelling, and film.
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.
I Fall Down: A Restoration Comedy by Gina Moxley
“I Fall Down” is an immersive, punk, and fearlessly feminist show by Gina Moxley
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!
Aon Scéal?
Carrigaline Bookshop will host an interactive Irish-language storytelling event for all ages.
A Football Play - When I Was God
A football play - On the field of dreams the referee is God, but what happens when God is made man?
Krissy Down Under
Priosma Queer Film Festival returns September 10th - 13th for their 3rd edition.
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.
Relaxed Performance of The Sound of Music at Cork Opera House
Fall in love all over again with one of the greatest musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, live onstage at Cork Opera House this Summer. There will be a relaxed performance and an ISL performance. There is an induction loop, and the venue is wheelchair-accessible.
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.
ISL Performance of The Sound of Music at Cork Opera House
Fall in love all over again with one of the greatest musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, live onstage at Cork Opera House this Summer. There will be a relaxed performance and an ISL performance. There is an induction loop, and the venue is wheelchair-accessible.
Let Me Tell You Something Literary Night
Literary evening hosted by Nell Korben at the Savoy in Cork City
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 Sound of Music at Cork Opera House - Induction Loop & Wheelchair Accessible
Fall in love all over again with one of the greatest musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, live onstage at Cork Opera House this Summer. There will be a relaxed performance and an ISL performance. There is an induction loop, and the venue is wheelchair-accessible.
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.
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.
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.
Doneraile Arts Festival and Plein Air
Doneraile Arts Festival and Plein Air 2026 will take place from Thursday, 25th June to Sunday, 28th June in County Cork.
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.
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!
Faulty Towers the Original Dining Experience
Interactive dining theatre - experience the original Faulty Towers dining night out.