Cork World Book Festival
April 21st - April 25th 2010
Cork World Book Festival brings books and reading to a wider public, making them more accessible to people in the heart of the city. Since 2005, the Fest has established itself as a lively addition to Cork's cultural calendar. Featured writers in 2010 will include renowned Irish novelist Joseph O'Connor, Simon van Booy (winner of Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize), Rosaria Lo Russo (Italian poet), Hussein Bin Hamza (Syrian poet), along with other Cork and Irish writers. www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Cork International Choral Festival
28th April – 2nd May 2010
Now coming into its 56th year, the Cork International Choral Festival in Ireland is a world class festival celebrating the very best of choral and vocal music at the start of May every year. The programme includes prestigious international and national competitions, gala and fringe concerts, public performances, and an education programme. www.corkchoral.ie
Cork City Marathon
7th June 2010
Alongside the 26.2-mile marathon, the team relay makes this The Marathon for Everyone! An ideal event for charity fund-raising, runners, joggers and walkers of all levels www.corkcitymarathon.ie
Ocean to City Race
12th June 2010
An exciting & spectacular event, both on & off the water! The race covers a course from Crosshaven to Cork, finishing in spectacular style at Lapps Quay. www.oceantocity.com
Live At The Marquee 14th June - 1st August 2010
Huddled under the built up hub, audiences will once again be witness to musical genius and original comedy from Ireland and abroad. Artists include Megadeath, JLS, Kenny Rogers, Jackson Browne with David Lindley, Grizzly Bear, Midlake, Camera Obscura and Villagers, Paul Weller, The Cranberries, Deep Purple, Dara O'Briain, Christy Moore, Declan Sinnott, Tony Bennett, Madness, Mamma Mia!, Corca Dorca Theatre Production
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race July 1st - July 9th 2010
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will visit Cork for 9 days of free festivities from 01 July to 09 July visiting both Kinsale and Cork City. Come and see the ten 68ft yachts which have sailed around the world over the last 9 months including Ireland's entry 'Cork'. The Clipper Race is for amateur sailors who have taken almost a year out of their lives to take on this extraordinary challenge tackling extreme conditions. www.clipperroundtheworld.com
Cork City Sports July 3rd 2010
The 59th Cork City Sports International athletics meeting will take place at the Cork Institute of Technology Athletics Stadium. World class athletes from over 30 countries will take part. www.corkcitysports.ie
Cork Week 2010
July 10th - 16th 2010
Sailing races in Cork harbour and along the Cork coastline. www.accbankcorkweek.ie
Kinsale Arts Week
10th - 18th July 2010
Every year the historic beauty spot of Kinsale is electrified by the best in art, music, spectacle, theatre, literature and family entertainment for nine sunny days in July. www.kinsaleartsweek.com
Cork Culture Night
September 2010 - date to be confirmed
A night when the theatres, galleries, observatories, public laboratories, artist studios, prisons, historic houses and museums of Cork are staying open late and putting on a range of special programmes for one night only. With over fifty venues, one hundred and fifty events, the city opens it doors and lets the culture flow. www.corkcity.ie
Cork Mini Marathon
Sept 26th 2010
Munster's premier 4 mile road race. The 29th running of this race will take place on September 26, 2010. The event now attracts over 10,000 participants of all abilities and ages. The event raises millions for local, national and international charities. www.corkminimarathon.com
The 31st Beamish Cork Folk Festival
30th Sept - 3rd October 2010.
Sponsored by Beamish, brewers of the famous Irish stout, the festival presents the best local, national and international folk music, attracting artists from all over the world in celebration of Irish native music, singing, song making and storytelling traditions. Irish dancing is very popular, with Irish dancing and set dances indigenous to Cork taught in special workshops, as well as other styles, like clog dancing and the Cajun two-step. Players of traditional instruments - like the button accordion, fiddle, pipes, flute and whistle - demonstrate their skills, and keen musicians can participate in master-classes in these instruments. Cork itself has a wonderful range of shops, restaurants and pubs, all providing fresh local produce and there are many buildings of historical and architectural beauty to visit as well as enjoying all the festivities. www.corkfolkfestival.com
Cork Jazz Festival
22nd - 25th October 2010
In the past, Ireland's largest jazz event has attracted some of the genre's greatest names including Ella Fitzgerald, Art Blakely and Dizzy Gillespie to name but a few. Every year, sponsored by Guinness, the city of Cork hosts four days of this superlative music, incorporating the many jazz styles such as bebop, swing, freeform, dixieland and traditional, with a top line-up of over 1,000 musicians from more than 25 countries entertaining the fans with performances day and night on five separate stages in the city centre. As well as savouring the sounds of jazz, take a wander around Cork itself, which dates back to the sixth century and offers a wide range of interesting architectural and historical sights. There is the stunning natural harbour on the banks of the River Lee with the skyline of spires and steep medieval streets below with lively 21st-century shops, restaurants and bars to cater for all the festival visitors. www.corkjazzfestival.com
Cork Film Festival - 55th Festival 7th - 14th November 2010
Internationally held in high regard, this festival was created to celebrate the art of film, developing an ever-increasing and enthusiastic audience of filmmakers and film-lovers over the years. For the vibrant city of Cork, it is one of the most important events in the social and cultural calendar. With screenings and associated lectures throughout the week, the programme is wide-ranging, an eclectic mix of big-budget movies, world cinema, innovative independent films, animation, documentaries, student projects and short films. In particular, the festival supports the short film, seeing it as art form as well as a route for young filmmakers to enter the industry, and provides lectures on favourite directors, new productions and developments. www.corkfilmfest.org
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