Cork Midsummer Festival 2026 ☀️
12 - 21 June
Time To Play
Cork Midsummer Festival returns with 10 days of theatre, music, dance, music, and playful moments from extraordinary international and Irish artists.
See seven sharp suits dance to one legendary album, experience thousands of hours of circus in just 60 minutes, time travel in a city centre fort, uncover hidden spaces for young audiences, and discover so much more as part of this year’s programme.
Visit corkmidsummer.com or follow the link in bio to browse the full programme - tickets on sale now!
Looking forward to lots more of this next month 👏
Join us from 12-21 June for 10 days of theatre, dance, music and playful moments across the city.
Tickets available now from corkmidsummer.com.
📸 The Second Woman audiences at @corkoperahouse in 2025, @jedniezgoda .
CAST SPOTLIGHT: Meet Aidan Moriarty
Today, we are thrilled to introduce the second half of our brilliant two-person cast for the upcoming @corkartstheatre production of Constellations by Nick Payne, directed by @directedbyald and presented in association with @corkmidsummer .
Dubliner Aidan Moriarty is a graduate of the BA in Acting at The Lir Academy. He has appeared recently in King Lear ( Gate Theatre), In Heat ( Dublin Fringe), The Last Return (Druid Theatre Tour), Staging The Treaty (Anu Theatre) and Translations (Abbey Theatre).
Aidan will be playing the role of Roland, a beekeeper who finds his universe colliding with Julie Maguire’s Marianne. Together, under Al's brilliant direction, they are bringing this incredible, cosmic love story to life.
Constellations | Produced by Cork Arts Theatre
📅 Dates: June 16-20
🎟 Tickets & Info: corkartstheatre.com [link in bio]
#ReDirectingAtCAT #CastAnnouncement #CorkArtsTheatre #CorkMidsummerFestival #ArtsCouncilSupported
Next month, @onceoffproductions presents brand new shows by @dee_kinahan and @ray_scannell , artists whose previous work you are sure to have encountered at the festival in productions including Tempesta and The Bluffer’s Guide to Suburbia.
Join us for these world premiere performances in June as part of an electrifying line-up of Theatre at Cork Midsummer Festival.
The Homecoming Of Joseph Grace
Deirdre Kinahan
12-20 June
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The Lost Tapes of Lydia Howell
Ray Scannell
19-21 June
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Find out more on our website, corkmidsummer.com.
CAST SPOTLIGHT: Meet Julie Maguire
We are incredibly proud to introduce the first of our two-person cast for the upcoming @corkartstheatre production of Constellations by Nick Payne, presented in association with @corkmidsummer .
Cork-born @jumaguire trained at The Lir Academy. Her recent theatre performances include The Quare Fellow, Anna Karenina (Abbey Theatre), The Plough and the Stars (Lyric Hammersmith/Abbey Theatre); From Out The Land (Clonmel Junction Festival); The Teddy Bear’s Picnic (Theatre Lovett– Ireland National Tour).
Now, Julie takes on the complex and beautiful role of Marianne in this mind-bending story of love, honey, and quantum physics, directed by @directedbyald .
Constellations | Produced by Cork Arts Theatre
Dates: June 16-20
Tickets & Info: corkartstheatre.com [link in bio]
#ReDirectingAtCAT #CastAnnouncement #CorkArtsTheatre #CorkMidsummerFestival #ArtsCouncilSupported
🌱 Cúinní an Ghiorria
Fearghus Ó Conchúir
Is seanchleachtas feirmeoireachta é cúinne páirce a fhágáint fiáin ionas go mairfeadh plandaí agus ainmhithe éagsúla slán ann.
Leis an saothar nua rince seo agus leis na ceardlanna a bheidh á reáchtáil, fáiltímíd romhat “cúinní nua don ghiorria” a chruthú linn — ag tarraingt ar ár ndúchas agus ár n-aiteacht le todhchaí níos beomhaire a mhúnlú dúinn go léir.
Tar is bí ag súgradh linn.
📅 20-21 June
📍Millennium Hall, City Hall
🎟 dancecorkfirkincrane.ie or corkmidsummer.com.
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Presented as part of @corkmidsummer , co-presented by Dance Cork Firkin Crane.
Idrîsî Ensemble are making their hugely anticipated Irish debut as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2026. ✨🇮🇪
13 June, 7pm
St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
Plus: Old Roman chant workshop & talk with @thomasfournil
Friday 12 June, 1pm
Book both via the Idrîsî website, link in the bio.
One month to go until ten days of theatre, dance, music and playful moments across Cork city ☀️
It's never too early to plan ahead, check out the full programme and book tickets today on our website corkmidsummer.com.
Cork Midsummer Festival 2026
12 - 21 June
Time To Play
We can't wait for you to see this.
Pool (No Water)
By Mark Ravenhill
An EVERYMAN MADE production in association with Cork Midsummer Festival and The Metropole Hotel
Friday 12 – Saturday 27 June
A shocking and savage play about friendship, ambition, jealousy and art.
Tickets on sale now.
Video: @swaniguess
The first read-through is always a unique and exciting moment.
Pool (No Water) by Mark Ravenhill is directed by the Artistic Director and Co-CEO of The Everyman, Des Kennedy, in a collaboration with Movement Director Luke Murphy, Cork Midsummer Festival and The Metropole Hotel.
Don't miss it.
Friday 12 – Saturday 27 June
Video: @swaniguess
Following an electrifying preview at Dance Cork Firkin Crane in 2025, @emilyterndrup returns to Shandon with Offspring (A Modern Frankenstein) this June as part of @corkmidsummer .
In this visceral reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Terndrup fuses explosive choreography and razor-sharp storytelling into a fierce, funny and fearless meditation on creation and consequence.
Winner of Best Performer, Best Design and Radical Spirit awards at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025.
📅 12-13 June @dancecorkfirkincrane (Preview 11 June)
🎟 dancecorkfirkincrane.ie and corkmidsummer.com
Set to the iconic album that changed traditional Irish music forever, 1975 by The Bothy Band, @teacdamsa ’s 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig is a high-energy celebration of our music, memory, and heritage.
Seven dancers. Seven chairs. Seven sharp suits. And one legendary album.
Three nights only at @corkoperahouse , 18-20 June.
Tickets are on sale now from corkmidsummer.com.
📸 @emjcamera
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