Cork Culture Night Brochure 2026

Cork City Fri 18 Sept 2026

corkcity.ie/culturenight culturenight.ie

ONE NIGHT FOR ALL OÍCHE D OÍCHE DÁR SAOL ONE NIGHT

CULTURE NIGHT CORK CITY

FRI 18 SEPT 2026

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BLACKPOOL

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MAYFIELD

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CULTURE BUS ROUTES

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ORANGE ROUTE City Hall, Eglington St. to Blackrock Castle & Return

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PINK ROUTE City Hall, Terence McSwiney Quay to Collins Barracks & Return via Blackpool & Summerhill Nth.

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GREEN ROUTE City Hall, Anglesea St. to UCC via South Terrace & Return via Mardyke

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16 City Hall - Atrium

11 Butter Exchange Band Bandrooms Open Night 19:30 - 20:30 12 CADA Performing Arts

1 ABC EduLibrary Gingerbread Festival - Polish Traditions from Toruń to Gdańsk 16:30 - 20:00 2 Alliance Francaise de Cork Screening of Jacques Offenbach’s Opera “Robinson Crusoe” 19:00 - 21:40 3 An tOireachtas - Áiléar Lewis Glucksman Coirm Ceoil Chorcaí 19:00 - 20:30 4 An tOireachtas - Leabharlann Cathrach Chorcaí Sí Gong 18:45 - 19:15 5 An tOireachtas - UCC - Hub - The Shtepps Foinn & Filíocht 17:30 - 18:25 6 7 8 9

Backwater Artists Group Studio Tours and Artists Talk 17:00 - 19:35 Blackpool Community Centre Music, Dance, History & Heritage 18:00 - 21:00

Two installations: PlaySpaces and Crucial Moves 17:00 - 21:00

17 City Hall - Culture Bus Stops Double Decks - Electronic Music Council 18:30 - 20:30 18 Culture Night LATE: City Hall - Concert Hall The Devil’s In The Dance Hall 21:00 - 23:00 19 City Hall - Council Chambers

Cultural Stars 16:00 - 19:00 13 Cashman’s Pub

Blackpool Walking Tour - Starting Point Blackpool at Work, Rest & Play 18:00 - 19:30 Blue Fitness, French Church St. - KBC Cork Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba - free class 19:00 - 23:55

Upstairs at Cashman’s - Singing Social with Nova Theatre Group 19:00 - 21:00

14 Churchfield Parochial Hall Multicultural Dancing & Singing 17:00 - 20:00 15 Circus Factory Circus of Selves by Enable Ireland Adult Disability Service 16:00 - 18:00

Tours of the Lord Mayor’s Office & Council Chamber 16:00 - 21:00

20 City Hall - Fireman’s Rest

10 Bus Station Live Music 19:00 - 21:00

Five Generations of the Cork Fire Brigade 17:30 - 19:30

62 MTU - Cork School of Music - Ground Floor According to My Eyes - Painting Exhibiton 16:00 - 22:00 63 MTU - Cork School of Music Theatre, Music and Visual Art 16:00 - 22:00 64 MTU - Cork School of Music - Curtis Auditorium Songs for Shelley: Fleischmann Choir, Irish Project Ensemble 21:00 - 22:00 65 Munster Literature Centre Video Archives & Poetry 17:00 - 20:00 66 MYO Café Widderling’s Lane Art Gallery - Artist Talk 18:00 - 20:00 67 National Sculpture Factory

41 Cork Community Art Link at the Lido Open Workshop 18:00 - 20:00 42 Cork International Film Festival Online Short Films All Evening 17:00 - 23:55 43 Cork Opera House Behind the Curtain 18:00 - 21:00 44 Cork Printmakers Studio & Gallery Tours 17:00 - 19:00 45 Cork Public Museum Collectors or Curators? The World of Private Collections 16:00 - 19:00 46 Cork Theatre Collective Studio @ Triskel Culture Night LATE: SCRATCH! 22:00 - 00:30 47 Cork YMCA Youth Space Night - Music, Poetry, Spoken Word, Art & Film 18:00 - 21:00 48 Cornmarket Street

83 Triskel Arts Centre - Sample-Studios Project Space Sarah Long: I Want To Talk About Ireland - Launch Event 19:00 - 21:00 84 Tyndall National Institute Ideas & Innovation - Talks & Activities 17:00 - 19:30 85 UCC - Boole Library - Creative Zone SoundEye Cabaret 19:30 - 21:30 86 UCC - Boole Library - Q Floor Art, Culture, Tech & Hands-On Activities 16:00 - 20:00 87 UCC - Clock Tower, Main Quad Walking Tour of UCC’s LGBT+ History 16:00 - 17:00 88 UCC - Hub - The Atrium Rhythms of India by UCC Indian Alumni Community 17:00 - 19:30 89 UCC - Hub - Áine Hyland Room Let’s go MultiLiLiTrans - Multilingualism activities 17:00 - 19:00 90 UCC - Visitor Services, North Wing Children’s Storytelling 16:00 - 16:45 91 UCC - Visitor Services, Meeting Point Two Walking Tours - Storytelling & Twilight Treasures 18:00 - 18:45; 20:00 - 22:30 92 Waterstones A Reading with Cónal Creedon and Mona Lynch 17:00 - 18:00

21 City Hall - Gardens

Hear the Queer Appear - Light Installation 20:00 - 23:00

22 City Hall - Information Hub Brochures and Event Guidance 16:00 - 21:00 23 City Hall - Millennium Hall

Now and Then: Circus meets Street Theatre 16:30 - 17:00; 17:30-18:00

24 City Hall - Plaza Performances 17:00-20:30 25 City Hall - Plaza Meeting Point

Wonderful Women of Cork Walking Tour 17:30 - 19:00

26 Civic Trust House 20th Anniversary Celebrations featuring Cónal Creedon 16:30 - 22:30 27 Collins’ Barracks Military Museum Late Opening 17:00 - 21:00 28 Cork Centre for Architectural Education MARSEILLE: Master in Architecture Exhibition 17:25 - 20:00 29 Cork City and County Archives Culture Night at the City & County Archives 18:00 - 21:00 30 Cork City Gaol Cork Light Orchestra 17:30 - 19:00 31 Cork City Libraries - Blackpool From Drawing to Metalwork - Hannah McGrenera 18:00 - 20:00 32 Cork City Libraries - Grand Parade - Adult Lending Through a Shared Lens: Music, Irish Culture, Photography 16:00 - 20:15 33 Cork City Libraries - Grand Parade - Carnegie Courtyard Rock the Block Returns! 19:15 - 20:30 34 Cork City Libraries - Grand Parade - Children & Young People’s Library Learn French, or Origami, Discover Lullabies of the world 16:00 - 20:00 35 Cork City Libraries - Grand Parade - Foyer Still Not Safe: Life in Gaza During The ‘Ceasefire’ - Documentary Premiere 18:00 - 20:35 36 Cork City Libraries - Grand Parade - Local Studies and Learning Department Uncovering Treasures: An Evening of Discovery 18:00 - 20:00 37 Cork City Libraries - Grand Parade - Plaza Rap-A-Mile: Follow Along the Musical Trail 17:30 - 18:30 38 Cork City Libraries - Grand Parade - Rory Gallagher Music Library Rap and Recording Workshop 16:00 - 17:00 39 Cork City Libraries - Hollyhill Gamelan Workshops with Music Generation Cork City 16:00 - 17:00 40 Cork City Libraries - Mayfield Where Two Worlds Collide Performance 19:00 - 19:45

Open Studios 17:00 - 20:00 68 Old Cork Waterworks Experience

Seanchoíche Óg - Folklore Storytelling & Crafts 16:30 - 19:00

69 Óstán Clayton

Night Market 17:00 - 21:00 49 Culture Night LATE: Coughlan’s Live Music 22:00 - 01:00 50 Dance Cork Firkin Crane The Saérlaith Project Exhibition 16:00 - 19:00 51 Dún Mhuire Meet the Legion of Mary 18:00 - 20:30 52 EIL Intercultural Learning Open Doors, Open Worlds 17:00 - 19:00 53 Elizabeth Fort Barrack Street Band and Friends 17:20 - 19:00 54 GPO

Gaeilge Cois Laoi 18:30 - 19:30 70 Presentation Secondary School - Ballyphehane Craic, Ceol & Culture in the Nano Nagle Theatre 16:45 - 20:00 71 Quaker Meeting House An Evening of Poetry 18:25 - 20:25 72 Sarsfields GAA Club Riverstown Cork Accordion Club and Friends 20:40 - 23:00 73 St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral Sacred Music, Guided Tours, and Bell-Ringing 18:00 - 22:00 74 St. Luke’s 2FM Rising LIVE 19:00 - 22:30 75 St. Peter’s, North Main St. Tile Painting, Music & Dance 16:00 - 21:00 76 The Butter Museum The Station: A Rural Tradition 17:00 - 21:00 77 The English Market By Night 18:30 - 21:30 78 The Everyman Behind The Scenes Tour 16:00 - 18:00 79 The Glucksman - Foyer Europe Through Art: A Collaborative Family Workshop 16:00 - 18:00 80 The Hayloft, Long Valley Ó Bhéal go Béal 19:30 - 23:45 81 The Liberty Bar Art Exhibition & Market 18:00 - 00:30 82 Triskel Arts Centre Irish Baroque Orchestra: Handel’s Band Off Duty 20:00 - 22:00

Culture Night Trails

Blackpool Culture Trail Blackpool Community Centre, Walking Tour, Cork Community Art Link, Cork City and County Archives, Cork City Libraries - Blackpool

Kabin Crew ‘Making Better Happen’ with An Post 18:30 - 18:50

Mayfield Culture Trail Mayfield Library, Culture on the Green

55 Lavit Gallery New Irish Art 17:00 - 20:00 56 Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Fitzgeralds Park Sample-Studios Gallery: Barbara Diener Artist Talk & Tour 17:30 - 19:30 57 Mayfield Community Culture Night Community Culture on the Green 17:30 - 19:30 58 Mercier Press Book Shop Revisiting The Irish Bedside Book 18:45 - 20:00 59 MTU - Bishopstown Campus - James Barry Exhibition Centre SEE - Student Engagement Exhibition 16:00 - 19:00 60 MTU - Blackrock Castle Observatory Culture Night at the Castle 18:00 - 23:00 61 MTU - CCAD @ 46 Grand Parade

MTU Culture Trail Bishopstown Campus - James Barry Exhibition Centre, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Crawford School of Art & Design at 46 Grand Parade, Cork School of Music

UCC Culture Trail Boole Library Creative Zone, Boole Library Q Floor, The Clock Tower, The Hub - Shtepps & Atrium, Visitor Services, The Glucksman, Dept. of Music, Sunday’s Well

Shandon Culture Trail Cork Butter Exchange Brass and Reed Band Bandrooms, Dance Cork Firkin Crane, The Butter Museum

Booking required or advised - check full listings on www.corkcity.ie/culturenight . Irish Events For most up-to-date information follow @corkcityarts on Facebook and @culturenightcorkcity on Instagram

Art Exhibiton, Stop-Motion Film & Arts Engagement in Learning Showcase 16:00 - 20:45

Darragh Kane

Clare Keogh

OSM

Darragh Kane

Joleen Cronin

Clare Keogh

Darragh Kane

Clare Keogh

Cork City Council

Clare Keogh

KMB

CULTURE NIGHT Fri 18 Sept 2026 Cork City

Culture Night is one evening a year when people all across Ireland to come together for a night of free cultural discovery, creativity and connection. This Culture Night Cork City 2026 programme invites you to revisit the familiar and expand your horizons as you explore your city through the lens of the creatives who call it home. How will you ‘Culture Night’? “Cork City is so fortunate to have a huge number and range of talented artists, performers and makers, who on ‘Oíche Cultúir’ invite you to view and experience their work. Tour the city, drop by and try something new - and enjoy seeing Cork city through the artist’s eye.” Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Damian Boylan “Bus Éireann is proud to support Culture Night in Cork, helping connect with the city’s vibrant arts and cultural scene. Bus Éireann also helps bring culture directly into the heart of the community through Cork’s transport network.” Adrian O’Louglin, Senior Operations Manager, South, Bus Éireann

Getting around the city this Culture Night will be easier than ever this year, as the Culture Buses are back! Bus Éireann will provide a free hop-on-hop-off service, to assist Culture Night audiences explore events and activities across Cork City. Operating from City Hall across three dedicated routes, the Culture buses will connect audiences with Culture Night events on routes reaching to the North, East and West of the city.

Information correct at time of print. For more information on all events, including booking requirements and late changes visit: www.corkcity.ie/culturenight or scan the QR code here.

Culture Night Cork, City City Hall, Anglesea Street 021 492 4000

E @CorkCityArts Q @CultureNightCorkCity

culturenight@corkcity.ie CorkCity.ie/CultureNight

Cuireann an Chomhairle Ealaíon Oíche Chultúir i láthair, i gcomhpháirt le Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí. Culture Night is brought to you by the Arts Council in partnership with Cork City Council.

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