Clonakilty is excited to once again welcome participants and spectators to the South of Ireland Band Championships on July 2. All previous bands expect to return to compete this year, including two new bands on their first visit to Clonakilty – Stedfast Shoes Band and An Lochrann Linn Brass Band […]
Culture
Bantry Development and Tourism Association invites everyone to join a mid-summer multicultural celebration at the Bantry Kupala Festival 2022 on Saturday, June 25 from 12-4pm. This festival is well known around West Cork for supporting artists from all backgrounds and this year’s programme features a unique range of artists from […]
The ninth international Fastnet Maritime and Folk Festival take place in Ballydehob from June 17-19, 2022. A merger of ‘Sliabh Luachra’ instrumental music and Irish and UK maritime songs and traditions, the festival concert at Ballydehob Levis Corner House on Saturday, June 18 features Tom Lewis, Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, […]
Sitting on top of Spring and looking forward to Summer, Blue House Gallery is hosting an exciting run of exhibitions and artists that in their own way reflect the spirit, colour and times we live in. Running May 27 until June 15: (on the ground floor) Nigel Huleatt-James offers us […]
‘The Hold’, which opens on Bere Island on Friday, June 17, documents the lives of 24 Bere Island women throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the hold the island has on them. The women, formed a collective, Bere Island Women Create, and during lockdown worked remotely with award winning island artist […]
To prepare for the return of Clonakilty International Guitar Festival (CIGF) this September, the festival organisers are hosting two special events in June to whet the appetite and generally remind everyone of the life-changing magic of live music. The Yonder Boys in DeBarras and Shanley’s on June 3 and Dog […]
