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What’s on in West Cork
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One Place and Every Place
‘One Place and Every Place’
Two person exhibition with Paula Marten & Sarah Ruttle running from
Friday 21st June - Sunday 7th July.
Official Opening - Thursday 20th June at 7pm. ALL WELCOME!
West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Bantry
The chamber music festivals that are treasured by music-lovers everywhere share several features – the day is full of music from morning to midnight, the programming repeatedly discovers unexpected repertoire and great but lesser-known musicians, all works are properly rehearsed, there is a strong programme of masterclasses and facilities for young musicians and audiences keep coming back. These festivals are very often in remote but beautiful places. This is what we try to achieve in Bantry.
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Schull Planetarium
Schull Planetarium - Summer Opening Hours
July 5th and 19th; August 9th and 16th.
No rebooking available and no cost of admission.
Shows all last approx 40 mins and start at 4pm.
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Goleen Harbour Open Day
Goleen Harbour are looking forward to our Opening Day, Saturday July 6th, come and experience what we're all about - taste, talk, dance, shoot and weave.
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Clonakilty Old Time Fair
Clonakilty Old Time Fair on Saturday, July 6!
Join us in your finest for a day of live music, crafts and wvents as Clonakilty’s famous main street transforms into a Time Machine.
Wear your old time best and march in our afternoon parade to receive prizes!
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Members Summer Exhibition
Gallery Asna is delighted to present 'Members Summer Exhibition.’ Opens on 6th July at 5:30pm. All are welcome!
Open Mic Night
Open Mic evening every Sunday at Asna Square, Clonakilty from 6pm-8pm. Sign up starts at 5:30pm.
West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry
Now an annual highlight in the Irish literary calendar, the West Cork Literary Festival is a week-long celebration of writing and reading for people of all ages held in Bantry.
From its humble beginnings as a series of casual poetry readings and fringe events around the Chamber Music Festival, it has expanded into a varied and extensive programme of readings, talks and week-long workshops, growing more adventurous and imaginative with each year.
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Imramma Sister Circle
Imramma Sister Circle presents
'Cacao & Celtic Kirtan Ceremony'
Special Guest Eileen Bray of Celtic Kirtan will be weaving a fusion of Celtic, Arabic and Bhakti Soul Chants as our Hearts Open to the Medicine of Mama Cacao.
Booking essential as places limited.
Open Mic Night
Open Mic evening every Sunday at Asna Square, Clonakilty from 6pm-8pm. Sign up starts at 5:30pm.
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Schull Planetarium
Schull Planetarium - Summer Opening Hours
July 5th and 19th; August 9th and 16th.
No rebooking available and no cost of admission.
Shows all last approx 40 mins and start at 4pm.
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Schull Planetarium
Schull Planetarium - Summer Opening Hours
July 5th and 19th; August 9th and 16th.
No rebooking available and no cost of admission.
Shows all last approx 40 mins and start at 4pm.
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West Cork History Festival
The West Cork History Festival will take place over the weekend of 9 - 11 August 2024 at the beautiful Inish Beg estate.
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Schull Planetarium
Schull Planetarium - Summer Opening Hours
July 5th and 19th; August 9th and 16th.
No rebooking available and no cost of admission.
Shows all last approx 40 mins and start at 4pm.
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Clon Guitar Fest
The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival (CIGF) returns for its 20th year from the 13th – 22nd September 2024. CIGF is an award-winning celebration of all things guitar, with the majority of the festival shows free across the week. Run by a not-for-profit voluntary organisation of music lovers, the festival has many facets underscored by an ethos of sustainability and inclusivity.
Open Mic Night
Open Mic evening every Sunday at Asna Square, Clonakilty from 6pm-8pm. Sign up starts at 5:30pm.
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Clonfest
A day of music featuring Eugene Brosnan, Black Apple Bastards, Liquid Lunch, Code of Behaviour, The Crew, Doctor Feelgood, Mali and so much more!Begins at 12pm in Recorders Alley at O’Donavans Hotel on Saturday 22nd June.
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Myross Yoga Festival
Join us for the inaugural Myross Yoga Festival, a celebration of yoga, meditation, and holistic wellness in the serene setting of Myross House, Leap, West Cork. This two-day festival, happening on June 22-23rd, offers a rich program designed to rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit.
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Clonakilty Street Festival
West Cork’s hotly anticipated Irish Yogurts Clonakilty Street Carnival is back on Saturday 15 June 2024 and promises to be another jam-packed, gastronomic weekend, set to impress the ultimate culinary aficionado. The colourful streets come alive as rows of tables line Pearse Street to create Clonakilty’s biggest outdoor dining experience, with live entertainment throughout the day.
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More news from Nowhere
Gallery Asna is delighted to present 'More News from Nowhere,’ an exhibition of photographs of the sea by award winning West Cork photographer, John Beasley.
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Ballydehob Country Music Festival
Ballydehob Country Festival 2024
We are back this year with not one, not two… but three Country Dances for you all to enjoy!
Make sure you are in Ballydehob this June Bank Holiday Weekend.
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BA Visual Art Graduate Exhibition
Biennial showcasing of work from the BA Visual Art (hons) Degree Programme, Sherkin Island which takes place in two phases - Phase 1 - an Art Trail of installations on Sherkin Island mediated by the students (18 and 19 May) and Phase 2 - a curated exhibition of work by the final year students at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre (25 May to 15 June).
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Rare Earth
Rare Earth at O’Connell’s Gallery, Clonakilty he carefully considered title of this exhibition points to both the rarity of the reduced pigment lustre technique and the rarity of the life forms in the painted imagery. Fragility is also an important aspect of both the process and the painted subjects.
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Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival
Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival - a celebration of the traditional timber sailing boats of Ireland.
We invite sailors and boat-lovers from near and far to join us in Baltimore in May for a weekend of sailing, talking, learning and partying in true West Cork style!
Run in conjunction with Baltimore Seafood Weekend, on shore there will be the best of food and drink in the restaurants and bars. In the food tents lining the pier, West Cork's finest fish smokers, cheese makers and organic gardeners will ply their exotic, world famous wares.
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BioFest
West Cork Festival of Biodiversity
Saturday &Sunday May 18th/19th
Celebrate our Biodiversity; join walks, talks and workshops, learn how you can do more for natur. Some familu-friendly activities.
Pop up cafe will be at the even - however no dogs allowed.
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Clon Bike Fest
Another wheelie great year with nature cycles, dinner cycles, music cycles and more!!! Most events this year are totally suitable to young/beginner cyclists – the festival is planned so even children can do the whole thing!
Open Mic Night
Open Mic evening every Sunday at Asna Square, Clonakilty from 6pm-8pm. Sign up starts at 5:30pm.
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Bealtaine
A Bealtaine celebration 🌸
A time of welcoming Mama Gaia in all her fertility. As she blossoms and blooms in emergence from her slumber 🌺
An overnight event in beautiful West Cork surrounded by nature 🌿
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Rooted Harmony
Gallery Asna is delighted to welcome you all to our April exhibition 'Rooted Harmony' in what promises to be a diverse and exciting exhibition.
'Rooted Harmony' - a love letter to the artists’ locale
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Ballydehob Trad Fest
Ballydehob Traditional Music Festival 2024 will be held in the village of Ballydehob, West Cork from Friday, March 22nd - Sunday, March 24th 2024. A feast of traditional Irish music is promised, featuring famous musicians from far and wide as well as local musicians, with a programme of wide-ranging events including concerts, session trails, recitals and much more.
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Els Dietvorst: Adrift
Els Dietvorst is a Belgian visual artist and filmmaker based in County Wexford. Her work has been shown and supported by organisations such as the Kaaitheatre, Brussels; Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels; M HKA Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp; and BAK, Utrecht. As well as internationally in New York, Casablanca, London, and Vienna. She has been awarded international prizes such as the Evens Arts Prize in 2017, and more recently the Belgian Art Prize in 2021 hosted two exhibitions concurrently – This is what you came for in Bozar and CENTRALE for Contemporary Art, both in Brussels.
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Music: Zoe Halter
Live at Levis Corner House, Main Street, Ballydehob on Feb 16th from 8pm is Zoe Hayter!
Zoe is an English-Czech singer-songwriter, theatre and street performer. She’s been performing on the streets and in venues all over Europe since her childhood. In 2015, forming a band based in Prague, she’s recorded her debut album Only Breathing at 14, producing it with the money Zoe made from busking everyday for a year.
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A Night at the Opera
An evening of Opera choruses and music with special guest soprano Emma Nash.
This event is in aid of Breakthrough Cancer Research.
Open Mic Night
Open Mic evening every Sunday at Asna Square, Clonakilty from 6pm-8pm. Sign up starts at 5:30pm.
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Huh!? Photography Exhibition
Gallery Asna, Clonakilty Community Arts Centre is delighted to invite you to our Feb exhibition .
' Huh!? ' opens on Sat 3rd February at 5.30pm and runs until Sat 3rd March.
Thady Tra is an analog photographer from the family of Clonakilty in West Cork. His shows usually consist of 40 or so darkroom prints hung on pegs to express the darkroom. He also likes having something interactive in it to bring people into the darkroom even more.
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Allegory of the MV Alta
Majella O’Neill Collins lives and works on the island of Sherkin, just off the West Cork coast. Her work relates directly to her experience of living on an island, surrounded by water, and defined by the ever-changing weather and light. Majella makes paintings which try to make sense of what it means to live in this remote, rural and beautiful part of the world. Her approach is based on intuition and experimentation where painting is a means of reshaping the experience of the world, of examining, formalising and giving shape to perception.
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Christmas Flea Market
Christmas Flea Market at The Yard , Aghafore, Timoleague taking place on 17th December from 11am to 5pm. There will be Christmas Crafts as well as hot drinks and snacks available.
Entry is free.
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Christmas Craft Fair at Celtic Ross
Christmas Craft Fair will take place on 9th and 10th December 2023, from 11am - 5pm (both days). Join us for two days of beautiful arts and crafts created locally.Shop local this Christmas!
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DeBarras Spoken Word
Our June special guest, Catherine Ronan, will launch her debut poetry collection Elemental Skin at DeBarra's Spoken Word on December 6 from 8:30pm.
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Cecas Christmas Market
Cecas (Centre of Excellence for Climate Change & Sustainability) is hosting its Christmas Market on Sunday 3rd December. Over 40 stalls booked with food, crafts, vintage, plants. There will also be a Wheel of Fortune raffle on the day and a pop up cafe.
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Gallery Asna Members Exhibition
Gallery Asna, Clonakilty Arts Centre is delighted to invitee you to our annual Christmas Members Exhibition. Exhibition runs from Saturday 2nd December at 5:30pm to Sat 24th December.
This delightful exbitbition includes an eclectic mix of paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics alongside a selection of Artists Christmas cards.
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Cnoc Buí Members Exhibition
Cnoc Buí Members Exhibition opens on Thursday 30th November at 7pm. Exhibition runs from Friday 1st December at 12pm to 17th December.
Cnoc Buí is open Thursday to Sunday 12pm until 4pm and will feature artwork from over 30 artists.
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Christmas Fair at Eccles Hotel
Christmas Fair taking place at Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff on Sunday 19th November from 12pm-4pm.
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Christmas Craft Fair at O’Donavan Rossa Community Hall
Christmas Craft Fair will take place on 18th November 2023, from 11am - 5pm. Join us for beautiful arts and crafts created locally. Shop local this Christmas!
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