Cork Arts

21/10/2026

How can we make space for art, whilst also supporting thriving communities?

Making Space for Art - Third Places and other innovative models from France, Ireland and the EU.

📍Where: Cork City
📆 When: Thursday 3rd December

👉Register for Free Now: MakingSpaceForArt.eventbrite.ie

Cork City Council Arts Office will host a symposium focused on ‘cultural third places’ (tiers lieux), a French model blending culture, creativity, work, social inclusion and urban regeneration.

Hear from cultural leaders from France and the EU representing places that harness innovative approaches to temporary use, adaptive reuse and regeneration to deliver cultural infrastructure and provide places and spaces where art, artists and communities can thrive.

The symposium will also include contributions from public policymakers on existing measures and opportunities for expanding creative community infrastructure in Ireland.

Designed for policymakers, planners, private sector stakeholders and arts and cultural operators, the event creates a platform for knowledge exchange and new thinking on the cultural infrastructure gap.

The Making Space for Art Symposium is presented in partnership with the French Embassy in Ireland and marks the pairing of Cork and France under the programme for Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Funded as part of the Culture Programme for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Cork City Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
CreativeIrl
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Culture Ireland




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06/10/2026

This is an amazing opportunity for the right person working in events and festivals. Read more by following the link below or contact Meitheal Mara

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 & 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿
Meitheal Mara is looking for an experienced event professional to lead the planning and delivery of Ocean to City – An Rás Mór, while overseeing our coordination of Cork Harbour Festival.

The role involves managing events of significant scale:
- 600+ Ocean to City participants
- Ireland’s largest multi-craft rowing and paddling race
- 100+ Cork Harbour Festival events
- 50+ festival partners across Cork City and Harbour
- 30,000 festival visitors
- From across Ireland and overseas

This is a hands-on management role covering event planning and delivery, staff and volunteers, partnerships, suppliers, budgets, funding and reporting.

The successful candidate will work year-round with Meitheal Mara staff, volunteers and a wide range of partners across Cork’s maritime, sporting, cultural and community sectors.

Cork City | 32 hours per week
Applications close 18 October 2026.
Full job description and application details are on https://corkharbourfestival.com/recruiting-festival-events-manager/

t h a n k s - f o r - s h a r i n g

26/09/2026

Would additional access funding be helpful to your arts application for 2027? If so, reserve a place on our webinar on Tuesday 29th September from 10am.

Siobhan Clancy, Assistant Arts Officer - Community Arts, will talk applicants through the steps involved in requesting access funding to support proposals to the Cork City Council 2027 Artist and the Community Award, Artist Bursary and Project Scheme. She will also talk about the value of access, provide tips on form filling and answer questions.

This event is highly recommended for Cork-based practitioners that are themselves, or supporting others who are, disabled or neurodivergent. Follow this Eventbrite link for booking https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/personal-disability-access-budgeting-for-the-arts-tickets-1999778716975

Irish Sign Language Interpretation will be provided. Please get in touch if you have any other access requirements.

More information on available funding and an FAQ on access funding can be found here https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/services/arts-culture-heritage/arts-office/arts-funding/

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Access in the Arts. FREE Webinar with Cork City Council Arts Office 29th September 2026.
Personal Disability Acess Funding for 2027 with Siobhan Clancy, Cork City Council Arts Office 10am-11am 29.09.26 MS Teams
Irish Sign Language Interpretation will be provided
Booking Link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/personal-disability-access-budgeting-for-the-arts-tickets-1999778716975
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24/09/2026

📣Funding Opportunity
Cork City Council's 2027 Arts Grants and Schemes are now open for applications!

🔵 Arts Grants - Professional Arts Organisations 2027
🔴 Arts Grants - Community and Voluntary Organisations 2027
🟡 Artist and the Community Award 2027
🟣 Artist Bursary 2027
🟢 Cow House Artist Bursary 2027
🟤 Project Scheme 2027

Apply Online by 4pm Thursday 19th November 2026

For more information, go to https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/services/arts-culture-heritage/arts-office/arts-funding/

23/09/2026

Some more snapshots of one of our best Culture Nights yet ✨

A huge thank you to our media partners Cork's Red FM and EchoLive.ie for supporting us so brilliantly in the run up to the night, and to Bus Éireann for connecting up so many of our amazing venues, with the added bonus of incredible music onboard from Electronic Music Council 🎶

And, of course, the biggest thank you again to the 100+ venues who brought Cork city alive with such an amazing range of events. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Cork City Council Culture Night The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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1, 3, 6, 10: Clare Keogh
2, 5, 8, 11: Joleen Cronin
4, 7, 9, 12-15: Darragh Kane

21/09/2026

Just a small glimpse into how magic Culture Night Cork City 2026 was 🤍

The streets were brought to life and there were smiles all around. Truly something for everyone with such a diverse, vibrant programme of events by the most incredible venues and volunteers 🌱

Roll on 2027…⏳

Culture Night Cork City Council EchoLive.ie Cork's Red FM

21/09/2026

19/09/2026

Culture Night Cork City 2026 💥

We want to give a HUGE thank you to all the venues, artists, musicians, volunteers and absolutely everyone who came in to the City and got involved last night 🤍

We had it all…music, exhibitions, circus, open buildings, history, culture buses, workshops, dancing and SO much more.

The city came alive and was bursting with energy ✨



📸: 1, 2, 4 ,6 ,8 Clare Keogh
📸: 3, 5, 7, 9 Darragh Kane

Culture Night Cork City Council Cork's Red FM EchoLive.ie

18/09/2026

The Devil is officially in the Dancehall 🎶

Once vibrant hubs of music, community and freedom, our dance halls came under fierce attack in the 1930s from church and state, who labelled them dangerous, immoral and “the devil’s work.”

Now, 90 years on, the dancers rebel again!

Culture Night Cork City Council Cork's Red FM EchoLive.ie

18/09/2026

Culture Night has officially kicked off! Here’s just a little taster for you so far…

Come out and join us for a night of amazing free events all around the city ✨

Cork City Council Culture Night EchoLive.ie Cork's Red FM